Following up on the previous item on favorite cd's, it occurs we havent done a "favorite song" item in a long time. What are your all-time favorite songs? Which songs mean the most to you and why? What are the songs you listen to over and over again?87 responses total.
This is a hard item, because there are so many songs one wants to list. Here are some of my favorites-- *** "Like A Rolling Stone" (Bob Dylan)-- IMO the greatest rock song ever, summarizing the sheer terror and joy of growing up and being alive in three words, 'How does it feel.....' *** "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan)-- Probably my favorite song; Mr. Tambourine Man being an allegory for God, and the song about the quest for religion and meaning in life...'Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, wont you play for me, Im not sleepy and Im not going anywhere" *** "Wild Horses" (Rolling Stones)-- Famous song Mick Jagger wrote when (I think Grace Slick) overdosed and was in a coma, and then woke up when he thought she was going to die, and said, "Wild horses couldnt keep me away" *** "Layla" (Eric Clapton) The most passionate gut-wrenching song about love and breaking up, written when Layla Harrison (George's wife) dumped Eric. Also love Duane Allman's slide guitar on this. *** "Freebird" (Lynrd Skynrd)-- the ultimate rock power song, the national anthem of southern rock. *** "Because the Night" (Bruce Springsteen/Patti Smith) *** "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson)-- *The* classic blues song; love Clapton's electric version on his box set, entitled naturally, "Crossroads" *** "Until the end of the world" (U2) *** "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (Charlie Daniels Band)-- Charlie in a fidding contest with the Devil, how can you resist! *** "Driver 8" (REM)-- This is an early song and IMO their best, "and the train conductor says, take a break driver 8, you've been on this trip too long" *** "Pride and Joy" (Stevie Ray Vaughn)-- the live version of this with the Double Trouble band is a killer! and of course no list is complete without a Bob Marley and the Wailers song, "No worry, no pain" comes to mind.
I love Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson. Don't know why, just like it I guess. I also like Don MacLean's American Pie. Again, I don't really know why, but I think it has something to do with the line "Drove the Chevy to the Levy but the Levy was dry". I heard the song for the first time (when I was 4 years old) while riding in a Chevy Caprice. I like Elton John's Saturday Night's Alright for Fightin. I heard the Michigan Basketball band do their version, and I was just hooked. I like 25 Or 6 to 4 by Chicago, just because. And, I can't go without mentioning the Greatest Surf Music Drum Song (I am a drummer) Ever Recorded - Wipeout by the Surfari's.
Boy howdy. There are far too many songs that could be on my list. But the ones that spring to mind are: Thomas The Rhymer, Steeleye Span Dancing Under the Rose, Albion Band Detroit 1759 Mustard's Retreat Now Be Thankful, Fairport Convention Babylon, the band with John Tams that I can't recall because the night, patti smith lola, the kinks by way of sorrow, julie miller and that's about it. For now. All of these are either long-term faves or the ones that are racketing around my head at the moment. Major tom(coming home) peter schilling
a mere sampling: "Brick Shithouse", Placebo "Flower", Liz Phair "Hell", Squirrel Nut Zippers "The Ghost of Stephen Foster", SNZ "Song Remains the Same", Led Zeppelin "She's Like a Rainbow", Rolling Stones (yep on the new IMac commercials) "Everybody Hurts", REM "The Boat Family", The Roches "Blame", Soul Coughing "Brick", Ben Folds Five "Violet", Hole oooh, i must dance now
resp:3 :: Twila's favorite "Babylon" is by The Home Service.
Hmm. My list will be woefully incomplete, but it's something. There's a lot more than this, but I can't stick it all in. Okay. "AEnema," by Tool, which is an awe-inspiring song about the end of California. It's impossible to get enough of this song. The musical composition of this song makes you feel the earth rumbling and the tidal waves crashing in. It's amazing. I can probably stick "Third Eye" on top of it, which is different, but no less amazing. It runs more in the psychadelic region, but the mastery the band shows is undeniable. "Black," by Pearl Jam, is a deep, emotional song, another one where the entire band contributes to the feel. Released on their first album, it is the pinnacle of their artistry, and they've been struggling to return since. "Lights Out," by little known of Newsboys. I don't know, this song is nothing like anything else they've produced. It gets me going every time, though. And, of course, there's the greatest song of all time. Hail to the Victors. Nothing like singing that in a small, fun loving group of 110,000. Wow. I can hear the groans already.
hmmm
"Little Wing" by Stevie Ray Vaughan. This is a cover of Hendrix's
work but I think SRV did it better.
"Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman. I like the guitar/drum interplay
and of course the words.
"Fanfare for the Common Man" composed by Aaron Copland; performed by the
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. This particular piece is only 3 mins long, but is
perhaps the most moving piece ever composed. Trunpets speak to my soul, and
this one speaks volumes. When I hear it, it becomes a spiritual experience.
"The Thrill is Gone" by BB King.
Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds (tip of the iceberg -- I'm a major Byrds fan) Stray Cat Blues - Rolling Stones Bitch - Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones Loving Cup - Rolling Stones Penny Lane - The Beatles (tip of that iceberg, too) Nuvoletta - Barber Must the Winter Come So Soon - Barber Do Not Utter a Word - Barber When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt In the Forest - Baby 'O Kiss on My List - Hall & Oats Santa Cruisin' - Grover Washington, Jr. Clash City Rockers - The Clash Too Drunk to Fuck - The Dead Kennedys Steet Beat - Tom Scott Das Wandern ist Des Mullers Lust - Schubert (tip of a very huge iceberg) Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson (and most of the rest of that early album)
[Lest I be thought sexist by the sort of person who
looks at a song title and assumes therefrom what the
song is about, I should add that "Bitch" by the Stones
is about a man so besotted with a certain woman that
he turns to jelly when she's around ("I salivate like
a Pavlov dog"). The refrain goes, "Love is a bitch."
'sall.]
My all time favorite pop song is Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On."
You're asking *ME* for a favorite song? Oh hell...I'll try to keep it to ten I couldn't live without. They're all good to drive/dance to. (Go figure) "Red Barchetta" - Rush "Blue Monday" - Orgy "Halo" - Depeche Mode "Shot in the Dark" - Ozzy Osbourne "Hunting" - Deep Forest "Aldebaron <sp?>" - Enya (okay...not a dancing/driving song) "War Child (long version)" - Blondie "Oil 1" - Moby "Mr. Pinstriped Suit" - Big Bad Voodoo Daddies (I don't know if that's the title...) "Shout" - Isley Brothers It was VERY hard to keep this to ten, ladies and gents... I can think of ten from every era. =)
more more more... (I've heard of the Newsboys, senna) "London Calling", the Clash "Beeswing", Richard Thompson. The chorus: "She was a rare thing/fine as a bee's wing" "Vincent Black Lighting", Richard Thompson "Gun Shy", Liz Phair "God", Tori Amos "Blackbird", The Beatles (also a cool version by Crosby Stills and Nash) "Hush", Deep Purple "heaven Inside You", Alice in Chains (or is it beside?) "King of Bohemia", Richard Thompson. My theme song. Just listen to it.
My favorite songs keep changing. But I rarely ever learn to hate a song. Right now I'm working on a song from "The Court Jester", a lullaby. I think it would sound great if Tom Waits sang it, but for now I'll have to settle for myself in the shower.
resp:12 :: heavens, I consider myself a Richard Thompson fan, and I cannot recall a single thing about the song "King of Bohemia."
it's on the Mirror Blue CD. very slow, just Richard and his guitar. chorus: Did your dreams die young? Were they too hard won? Did you reach too high and fall? And there is no rest For the ones God blessed And He blessed you best of all. ..an old love interest heard the song and thought of me. :)
Oh, that one. Guess I never knew what it was called. Unfortunately MIRROR BLUE was a loser album for me, and YOU ME US was even worse. Did you get CELTSCMERTZ, last year's fan club live recording? ((( winter agora #93 <---> music #170 )))
(Re Beeswing back there some where: Darn it Trish, you mention Bohemia and I start singing La Vie Boheme from Rent, and I can't even listeng to it!) As to my all time favourite songs... November Rain by Guns 'N Roses: Don't know why but I have always loved this song, it's so great to me. American Pie by Don McLean: Need I say more? Singin' In The Rain, Gene Kelly: I love Gene Kelly. And now that I've started tap dancing(Even if it's only for a show) I respect his dancing ability even more than I had in the past. Pride(In the Name of Love) by U2: The live version off of Rattle & Hum is by far the best. Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky: I love this music to death. It's my pinnacle of wonderful music. And current favourite songs: Pretty Fly(For a White Guy) -Offsrping Get a Job -Offsrping Anything Goes -Anything Goes AEnema -Tool Bouncin' Round the Room -Phish Dr. Worm -TMBG All music by Squirrel Nut Zippers That's all I can think of for now.
Renee Fleming sang "Nuvoletta" at her recital at Hill auditorium on 14 Jan... (in re #8)
Nope, krj, I was a slobbering RT fan for awhile but it's kinda waned for me. Mirror Blue didn't change my life or anything but I like it okay. I have to be in the mood to listen to it.
I suspect we should take it to the music cf's Richard Thompson item (there's got to be one somewhere there..) but I couldn't stand the musical arrangements on "Mirror Blue" (liked the lyrics, hated the tunes) but liked "You? Me? Us?"
The list is plenty big for me, including a lot of what I have
read. I just like a lot of music, and can be quite impacted by some.
Instead, here are a few songs I went out of my way to make sure others
also heard:
Touch a Name on the Wall - Joel Mabus (memories of Vietnam
and the Memorial Wall)
Cool Green Hills of Earth, words by Robert Heinlien, musical
arrangment by Michael McGonical(?), vocal by Mark
Bernstein with chorus
A Boy and His Frog - Tom Smith (tribute to Jim Henson)
When Tenskwatawa Sings - Michael Longcor (reverse angle on
the Battle of TippiCanoe(?sp?)
Hope Eyrie - Leslie Fish, but this Lunar Anthem is best when
sung by many.
Wow, this is a toughie.
I'm gonna try to keep myself down to one Beatles song here...it's a close tie
between "Something" and "In My Life", but I think "In My Life" wins.
"Angel from Montgomery" - my favorite is Bonnie Raitt's version, though I like
Susan Tedeschi's too, but I'm not sure who wrote it.
"In the Light" by Led Zepplin.
"Is it Okay if I Call You Mine?" from the movie Fame.
"No Woman No Cry" by Bob Marley.
"Something So Right" by Paul Simon.
"Oh Amelia" by Joni Mitchell. ("tip of the iceberg," md would say)
"Calling from the Western Slopes" by Rickie Lee Jones. ("tip of the iceberg")
"Tones of Home" by Blind Melon.
Cassandra Wilson's version of "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young, although I hate
Neil Young's version of this song with a passion.
Actually, I feel the same way about a lot of covers - Tori Amos' version of
Led Zepplin's "Down By the Seaside" and Joe Cocker's version of the Beatles'
"With A Little Help from my Friends" come to mind.
Hmm...that's enough for now....
John Prine wrote "Angel From Montgomery," I believe. tpryan: Joel Mabus is playing Green Wood Coffee House on Feb 12.
Thought of three more tonight: "Time Warp" - RHPS cast "Politics of Dancing" - Re-Flex "Der Kommissar" - After the Fire
Yikes, this is tough, and what I really like to listen to shifts around a lot, but I'll see if I can put down fav. tracks of best loved albums. In No Particular Order "Brother 52" --Fish "Money" --Pink Floyd "Kate" --Ben Fold's Five "Knots" --Gentle Giant "Signify" --Porcupine Tree "Lovely Rita" --The Beatles (I just like this song) And that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
i like the re-flex song too, i'd forgotten about them... "Hypnotized"-- Fleetwood Mac "Pure Morning"-- Placebo "South Dakota" -- Liz Phair "Batmobile"-- Liz Phair "Institutionalized"-- Suicidal Tendencies (the story of my youth, Mike IS me)
"Lady Blue" Leon Russell
I have much too many to count, but here goes: From U2's _War_: Sunday Bloody Sunday New Year's Day The Drowning Man Martin Page's "In The House of Stone and Light" Eric Clapton's "My Father's Eyes" Enya's "Carribean Blue," "Cursum Perficio," to name a few I am a big fan of Depeche Mode instrumentals: Big Muff Any Second Now Excerpts from My Secret Garden Nothing to Fear Sibling Painkiller and their lesser known songs: Ice Machine Shout Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead Naked Eyes's last best-of compilation has so many songs I really like, but "Promises, Promises" and "Fortune And Fame" are some biggies Mark Morrison's "Return Of The Mack" Seal's "Crazy" and "Bring It On" I'll go on forever, so I'll quit.. but I will add I love the classical guitar piece "Romance"
A few of my favorite songs: Garth Brooks "Friends in Low Places" Beatles "Paperback Writer" Patsy Cline "Crazy" Nazareth "Miss Misery" Marvin Gaye "Heard it Through the Grapevine"
Gah, I like too many songs... so I'll list a few-
On My Own- from Les Miz.
Little Earthquakes- Tori Amos
Bitch and What Would Happen- by Meredith Brooks
Mother Mother- Tracy Bonham (Something like that, I can't quite remember
her last name)
Hold On- Sarah McLachlan
Terrible Lie- NIN (actually, most of "Pretty Hate Machine" is a fave)
American Pie- Don McLean (already said by others, there's just something
about that song, I've always loved it.)
Butterfly Kisses- I don't know who sings it, but it's about a dad and
his daughter, and I just think it's absolutely beautiful.
Any Man Of Mine, You're Still The One, and No One Needs to Know Right
Now-Shania Twain
That song from the Fame Album with Coco singing to the piano music...
I can't think of the name off hand- but I really love singing
that song.
"Head Like a Hole"... NIN (ultimate song for when bees is pissed off) "Killer Queen" and "We Are the Champions"... Queen (Flash! Aaaaa!) "Crucify"... Tori Amos "Been Caught Stealing"... Jane's Addiction
Oops...have to list Queen...how could I forget? =) "One Vision", "It's a Kind of Magic", "The Miracle"...okay, the entire freakin' Classic Queen album. <g> "Big Love" (both versions) - Fleetwood Mac "Supernova" - Liz Phair "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" - Revolting Cocks (one of the best covers EVER) "Just Like Heaven" and "Love Cats" - the Cure Anything by the Smiths
No offense, but when I read the lyrics to "Any Man of Mine," I thought it should be re-titled "Any *Slave* of Mine." Catchy tune, but what the lyrics ask for is just unreasonable. Maybe she's being facetious or sarcastic?
Another couple of good ones... **Somebody Bring Me Some Water*** (Melissa Ethridge)-- "Somebody bring me some water...cant you see Im burning aliiive" I always get a kick out of that song. **Puff theMagic Dragon**** (Peter, Paul and Mary)..my favorite song when I was about six. ***Yellow Submarine*** (the Beatles)-- my *other* favorite song when I was about six. *** It's the End of the World as we know it and I feel fine*** (REM)
And a few more White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane End of the world ... feel fine - REM Baby, I need your lovin - ?? National Anthem - Jimi Hendrix version ONLY Hotel California - ?? Kodachrome - Simon (& Garfunkel?) Pinball Wizard - ?? Only the Good Die Young - ?? Stars and stripes forever - John Phillip Sousa Surfin USA - The Beach Boys
(Oh, dear. Oh dear oh dear. You weren't able to identify The Who? I guess high school really has changed.)
Nor the Eagles.
Ahhh yeah. "Can't Explain", "Eminence Front"... The Who "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"... Queen "Nature of a Sista"... Queen Latifah (about girl power and she can kick all them Spice Girls' asses in one fell swoop) "End"... the Cure (i also like their older stuff)
Hard question. The number one item on my list is obvious:
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
My parents had an album when I was young and impressionable,
and it wormed its way deep into my brain, especially after
seeing it performed live while still young and impressionable
(and three-and-a-half-times since, the half time being a modern
dance ensemble that just did side two of the record). Parts of
it were playing in my head all through my first summer away from
home. Since I didn't have any way to listen to the original
all that summer, it started mutating into something different,
and my mental version has never fully reconverged with Orff's.
It's joyous, dramatic, gaudy and theatrical. It's an
affirmation of life and a touchstone for my mind.
Other than that, there are just a lot of songs I kinda like.
"Waltzing with Bears" appears on a number of folk albums. I think I
first met it on a Bok, Muir, Trickett album. It's one of the few songs
I bothered to learn the words to. I sing it to Arlo almost every day.
I'm working on learning the words to the companion song that the
Berrymans do, about my dear Aunt Emily, who sings in her sleep.
"Just Follow That Road" by Anne Hills is a love song written the form of
travelling directions.
I should mention something from Michelle Shocked's "Arkansas Traveler"
album, Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt's "Closing the Distance", but I
don't know how to choose just one song off either one of them. These
two albums and Lauri Anderson account for a significant fraction of all
the music fragments that live in my head.
I have an album by the Balineski Quartet that is indispensible to me.
It's a string quartet doing non-electronic arrangements of a lot of
music originally composed as electronic music. It's mechanical and
energizing, and the perfect grading music. When I have to do a
mind-numbing and depressing job that nevertheless requires me to stay
mentally alert (grading papers qualifies, believe me), the Balinesky
Quartet goes in the CD player with the REPEAT button down. I've heard
it a couple thousand times through now, and I still love it.
what, no welsh bands?! 'tsunami' & 'if you tolerate this, your children will be next' by the manic street preachers and 'goldfish and paracetamol' by catatonia never heard of them? you're missing out over there...
"End of the Party"
-The English Beat
Well, Mr. Simon Jones, she says, she'd *happily* take some Welsh bands, but it's a bit hard what with the nasty wet ocean in the way. Any recommendations, seriously, for someone who'd like the Welsh language and a folk/rock sensibility? And any way to send some, like on a cassette of samples?
Re#33- I always took it as being facetious. I like the music and it
just sounds really upbeat.
I can't believe I forgot Queen! Okay, so...
-The entire 'It's a Kind of Magic' album.
And some others-
-Daddy, Foolish Games, Everyday Angels- by Jewel.
-Puff The Magic Dragon- Peter Paul and Mary
-Centerfold- by the J. Giles Band- I have no idea why I like this song,
I just fell in love with it when I was little (when I was a sweet
innocent lamb who had **no** idea what the song was about...)
Mostly what I find myself listening to now is the radio (I used to love
Savage Garden, but since my tape player has decided to keep it and not
give it back, they've kinda gotten on my nerves.) So half the songs I
like I have no idea what they're names are.
Re #35: "Only the Good Die Young" is by Billy Joel. (Unless you were referring to the Iron Maiden song of the same name, but the former is a lot more, shall we say, mainstream than the latter.) Since I brought up Billy, I will mention that my three favorite songs of his are "Angry Young Man", "Stiletto", and "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant". I'm not even going to attempt to list songs by other artists right now; I'll be here all day thinking about it. Well, okay, I'll give one more. "Master of Puppets" by Metallica.
I forgot to mention "Blue Moon" (Cowboy Junkies version)-- Actually I love the entire Trinity Sessions album, which was recorded in an old church. In fact its my wake-up CD on many days. "Love Shack" (B52's)-- I spent one christmas in the actual Love Shack, a psychedelic log cabin in upstate new york where they shot the video for this. "Piano Man" (Billy Joel) Beethoven's 9th Symphony (preferably a version from Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, although there are many good versions) Nothing like putting on Beethoven's 9th, turning the volume up all the way and opening up all the windows.
If it's radiohead and I'm listening to it it's one of my favorite songs at the time. Right now it's paranoid android :) One, by Metallica, too.
"Love, Reign O'er Me"--the Who "Lust for Life"--Iggy Pop "I Am the Walrus"--the Beatles
Re: 39 Hey, I had to _sing_ the carmena burana at a young age. Not the whole thing, but a couple parts which called for treble voices. Coincidentally, one of the performances we did was in accompnimant of a modern dance ensemble. The group has since gone bankrupt.
Re: all those people who remembered the artists that I forgot: The only reason I forgot/didn't know the artists is because DJ's very rarely name the song and artist. As far as the Eagles/Hotel California - I knew it, I was just blanking when I entered the response Re 44: Yes, I meant the Billy Joel version, not the Iron Maiden song. Looking at my list(s), I think it's fairly obvious which musical era I prefer.
"Fascination Street" - the Cure "Pump it Up" - Elvis Costello (I *think*) "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" - Prong <birdy likes to thrash> "Sesame Street" (the techno remix) - ??? "The Muppet Show" - the Muppets (duh)
Ok, I have not listened to some of these bands. I am just listing band names I like. Love Spit Love Lick The Fat Elvis The Five That Framed OJ Ass Ponys Lords of Acid KMFDM Pro-Pain Pungent Stench Pezz Squirrel Nut Zippers Swayzak Love & Rockets Fuck Owens Chemical Brothers Virgin Prunes (now defunct) Ozric Tentacles
re: resp:42 the nasty wet ocean's not in the way at all, it's all over to the west. we watch the sun set over it...:) for welsh language folk/rock, it'd have to be Dafydd Iwan and then Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - both the Manics and Catatonia record mainly in English... and sure, if you email me a postal address, anderyn, i'm sure i could get around to sending a bits'n'pieces tape, even though i'm not at home right now...
That would be waaay cool. I will do so.
re: resp: 50 the techno tune you are thinking of, Sarah, is called "Sesame's Treet," by a band called smart e's. Actually, I think I prefer "Magnificent" on the album of the same name. The album is worth checking out-- it's a nice treat of pop and techno. They haven't done anything since then, but it was refreshing to hear. Some techno is not melodic in the least bit. On that note, Daft Punk's "Around The World" Orbital's "The Saint" Bass 305's "Is There Life On This Planet?" (Berlin Radio Version) Beastie Boys' "Intergalatic" I could go on and on and on, but I won't.
re: resp:50 the techno tune you are thinking of, Sarah, is called "Sesame's Treet," by a band called smart e's. Actually, I think I prefer "Magnificent" on the album of the same name. The album is worth checking out-- it's a nice treat of pop and techno. They haven't done anything since then, but it was refreshing to hear. Some techno is not melodic in the least bit. On that note, Daft Punk's "Around The World" Orbital's "The Saint" Bass 305's "Is There Life On This Planet?" (Berlin Radio Version) Beastie Boys' "Intergalatic" I could go on and on and on, but I won't.
Ummmm, yes you *did* . . . .
All-time favorites? Hard to name too many since my tastes keep evolving, but here are a few that have held for several years: "Monkey Businessman", Michael Manring (THONK). "Why Am I Painting the Living Room?", Lou and Peter Berryman (What, Again?) "Icarus", Paul Winter (various) "The River" [I think], Geoffrey Oryama (Beat the Border). "Red Streamliner", Little Feat (Time Loves a Hero).
Stone Temple Pilot's "Big Bang Baby". They've broken up because the badass lead singer Scott Weiland can't quite kick the heroin habit. :/
"corn likker made a fool out of me" bad livers
They're making another album. "Tiny Music" wasn't as big of a deal as their other two, but it was terrific.
beth orton - trailer park. hauntingly beautiful.
Yah, I love "Tiny Music..."; it's in my car now. I wasn't into them before. I thought they'd kicked Scott out of the band, or is he back?
"Low Rider" by War.... it is on the radio as I type this and my little butt is just wiggling in my chair. Yeah it reminds me of Cheech driving his Love Machine in "Up In Smoke".
sorry about that.. yep, "Low Rider" is a great song..hrm..not sure if I've seen "Up In Smoke.." was it with the chief of police who was toking with his lizard and then later turned into a lizard?
"Fuck the Millennium" - 2K (Produced by the Artists forever known as
the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, furthermore known as the JAMs)
"Acid Brass/What Tims Is Love" [Version K] - 2K
"3 A.M. Eternal" - The KLF
"Welcome To the Machine" - Pink Floyd
"A Question of Time" - Good Courage (from the CD Trancemode Express 2.01 --
A Trance Tribute to Depeche Mode)
"Head Like a Hole" - NIN
"Life During Wartime" - Talking Heads
"One More Astronaut" - I Mother Earth
"Three Little Birdies Down Beats" - The Chemical Brothers
"Still Here" - Information Society
No contest on my favorite artist/band/group: The Chemical Brothers.
"Hairdresser on Fire" and "Girlfriend in a Coma" -- The Smiths Just for the names alone!
yesyesyes - not forgetting shoplifters of the world unite and heaven knows i'm miserable now...:)
I realized as I was thinking about what to put that I don't really have any particular "favorites" right now. Which is extremely bizarre for me. And somewhat disturbing. These are a couple of things I thought of, without which my life would have been immeasurably poorer. Beethoven's 9th, with Solti. Beethoven's moonlight sonata, the first movement of which I used to be able to attempt to play. That was therapeutic. Verdi's Requiem. Billy Joel, "New York State of Mind" Tom Lehrer. No song in particular, just his existence. Van Morrisson (sp?) "Moondance", preferably the long version, which I can't seem to find a recording of.
Oh, how did I forget Lehrer?! I can still belt out a reasonable facsimile of "The Irish Ballad" and I haven't listened to it in years. (No, I'm certain that the neighbor's dog's howling was pure coincidence.)
And how could I forget "Barbarik" by William Orbit??!! That has to be in my top 10 somewhere.
Remember the Tinman by Tracy Chapman. What a beautifully worded song. The melody and guitar are great as well.
I love singing along when the Smiths sing, "Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ...*hang* the DJ, etc, etc"
reminds me of Dead Kennedy's "Let's Lynch the Landlord"
Oh, yeah! Lehrer "Poisening Pigeons in the Park" --A favorite for San Marco square, "In Old Mexico," with the best desription of a bull fight _I've_ ever heard, "Oedepus Rex," I know by heart, "Smut!" 'nuff said.
"Satan is my Master"-- Ben Folds Five. "Satan is my master He has always been... he buys my Metallica records for me..."
'burn down the disco' la la tra la etc...
Burn down the disco? Is that the same as Disco Inferno?
no, it's back to that smiths' song... 'burn down the disco, hang the blessed dj...' merrily merrily...:)
mind you, a trammps version of a morrissey song... now there's a thought!
Right now I'm really liking "Crediting Men's Hayride"; Frank Allison and the Odd Sox. The Soviet recording. One thing I'll say for the Melodiya label, they knew a thing or two about producing a pop song.
Wow. An old friend & coworker of mine, Dave Katz, was bass player for the Odd Sox when they made their trip to Russia in the waning days of the Soviet Union. As I recall the story, they traded a couple of modern microphones for the studio time. Then the tapes disappeared in Russia for a few years, or something like that.
When Frank finally took posession of the tapes, circa 1995, they were some format that hardly anyone around here could handle.
Here's a random listing of favorite songs: Sarah MacLachlan - "Posession" Sarah (again) - "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" Kate Bush - "Oh England, My Lionheart" Tori Amos - "Little Earthquakes" P.J. Harvey - "Rid of Me" They Might Be Giants - "Birdhouse in Your Soul" Throwing Muses - "Counting Backwards" Daft Punk - "Around the World" Talking Heads - "Road to Nowhere" Holst - The Planets (especially Mars and Jupiter) The closing song on Please Save My Earth Delerium - "Flowers Become Screens"
good choice with the Daft Punk tune :)
My one favorite song of all time: "I can't Explain" -- The Who. I never tire of that 1:52 burst of energy. If it can't be said in less than two minutes, it's not worth saying!
Right on brother!
Oh, uh... let's see:
"Heavenly Pop Hit" - the Chills (never was a hit, but should have been)
"Northern Lights" - Peter Blegvad
"Yacht Dance" - XTC (kind of a stupid title, but a great song)
"Glass Hotel" - Robyn Hitchcock (I got to see him perform this live on
Saturday night! For the first time! Total thrill...)
"Rain" - The Beatles
"Lay My Love" - Brian Eno and John Cale
"Northern Sky" - Nick Drake
"Ghost" - Neutral Milk Hotel
"Ruby" - The Apples in Stereo (I dare anyone to listen to this without
dancing around foolishly)
"Beestung" or "Your Ghost" - Kristin Hersh
I can't pick just one Elvis Costello song. Anything off "Armed Forces,"
I guess - or "Imperial Bedroom."
You have several choices: