Top five favourite songs....

[wrong hole]

...I thought about my favourites songs of all time...it was impossible to pick just 5 songs b/c moods and taste change all the time....

...but I figure I'll give it a try...in no particular order...


Peace Frog - Doors

All Apologies - Nirvana

Soul to Squeeze - Chilly Willy (Chili Peppers)

Drown - Smashing Pumpkins

Motor away - Guided by voices


What are some of yours......

 

[CyberGoth]

All Things Dark and Sensuous

good music for playing... [read whatever you want into that statement. music is a most excellent reason to live]


Haunted When the minutes Drag -- Love & Rockets
Bela Lugosi's Dead -- Bauhaus.
Tower of Lust & Temptation -- Project Pitchfork
Dear Prudenc & Melt! -- Siouxsie & The Banshees [new DVD out Jul22!!!!]
Lastnite -- Lush
Into This Garden -- Black Tape for a blue girl.
Ionia -- Lycia
London Calling -- The Clash
Sand -- Einsturzende Neubauten
Stigmata -- MINISTRY
Do Yah Think I'm Sexy -- RevCo.
Fascination Street -- The Cure
Crush -- Garbage
Closer -- Nine Inch Nails

I listen to BOTH kinds of music; Goth & Industrial. ;-)

 

[Shallow Throat]

Elvis Presley - If I can Dream
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays
Louis Armstrong - Wonderful World
Green Day - Time of Your Life
MatchBox 20 - Real World
John Lennon - Imagine
ZZ Top - Legs


On the much much lighter side...
BareNakedLadies - Be My Yoko Ono
Denis Leary - A$$HOLE
Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

 

[Meesh]

At Last - Etta James
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
The Weight - The Band
South Carolina Purples - Chicago Transit Authority
We're All Alone - Boz Skaggs
What is Hip? - Tower of Power
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
kd lang - Pulling Back the Reins
California Dreaming - Mamas and the Papas


Most any song by either Carly Simon or Carole King

 

[Berlin]

All time top 5 songs:

1. Hey nineteen ( Steely Dan )

2. Never as good as the first time ( Sade.... almost any tracks from her )

3. West end girls ( Petshopboys.... again, almost any tracks from them)

4. Hotel California ( The Eagles )

5. Sadness part 1 ( Enigma )

 

[Fuzzy Thumper]

No way do I have 5 "favourites", but here are 5 arbitrary ones that I like:


Possession (Sarah McLaughlin) - It's her VOICE... not the creepy/stalky undertones... honest...

The Unicorn (The Irish Rovers) - The Rovers ROCK!

Carnival (Natalie Merchant) - Got a groove that makes my tail "bob"...

Deuce (Kiss) - I think I just like the lyrical message...

Leather and Lace (Henley/Nicks) - Yeah, I'm STILL not over "Shock and Awe"... what about it???



Thump and Roll, baby... Thump and Roll.

 

[elaine]

Tangled up in Blue - Dylan

Rocky Racoon & She's Leaving Home - Beatles

Ramblin' Irishman & Blood Wedding - Oysterband

Mr. Wendell - Arrested Development

Strictly Genteel & Dinamo Hum- Zappa

And for new music, Unwell Matchbox 20

All time favourite though, Um - Moody Blues

 

[revolver]

This list could change daily but ...

Beatles - I could name tons but ... I'll Be Back, I Don't Want To Spoil the Party, Strawberry Fields, I Am The Walrus, And Your Bird Can Sing come to mind.

From the rest....

Moody Blues - Question, I'm Just a Singer in a Rock n' Roll Band
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb, Time
Stones - Ruby Tuesday, She's A Rainbow
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Fronteers
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Your Song
CCR - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger
Mammas and da Pappas - California Dreamin', Dream a Little Dream of Me
Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster
Hendrix - Purple Haze

Sorry I keep thinking of more to add

Tommy James and the Shondels - Crimson and Clover, Draggin' the Line
T-Rex - Bang a Gong, Jeepster
Stevie Wonder - Superstition, Higher Ground, My Cherie Amour, Living for the City
Clapton - Layla, White Room. Tales of Brave Ulysses, Crossroads
Carole King - It's Too Late


Is that five yet?

 

[revolver]

And you're jogging mine now rm. Midnight Confessions is another of my favourites. I could have listed a few more CCR tunes like the one you mentioned along with Up Around The Bend, Who'll Stop The Rain, etc. My list was getting too long and there are so many other good ones. I just realized I forgot to list any Zeppelin songs so, Whole Lotta Love and Goin' To California...

 

[Pistol Pete]

Abba - Dancing Queen
Rupaul - Supernatural
Wham - Wake me up before you go go
Right said Fred - I'm too sexy
Gerry Halliwell - It's raining men

 

[Hornet]

The Cars - Drive
NIN - Closer
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
Natalie & Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Kim Mitchell - Go For A Soda, All We Are

 

[Troops]

Abba - Dancing Queen
Rupaul - Supernatural
Wham - Wake me up before you go go
Right said Fred - I'm too sexy
Gerry Halliwell - It's raining men

Lmfao...................I'd love to hear the rest of the boys list(aka.Rusty,poolie,ref,.......etc)

 

[homonger]

Five favorites? Close to impossible for me. I need a filter... 5 favorite 80's songs, 5 favorite Beatles songs, 5 favorite songs by Canadian artists, 5 favorite “guilty pleasures”, 5 favorite songs with a girl's name but not in the title, etc. Yes, I enjoyed the book and movie "High Fidelity".

5 favorite 80's songs

Take on Me - A Ha
Beat It - Michael Jackson
What Have Done to Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield
Don’t You Want Me – Human League
Under Pressure - David Bowie and Queen

Honorable Mention: Walk This Way – Run DMC

5 favorite Beatles songs

Martha My Dear
If I Fell
Norwegian Wood
Nowhere Man
Ticket to Ride

Honorable Mention: A Day in the Life

5 favorite songs by Canadian artists

You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
American Woman – The Guess Who
Crazy on You – Heart
Ironic – Alanis Morrisette
I’m Like a Bird – Nelly Furtado

Honorable Mention: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot

5 favorite “guilty pleasures”

…Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
This Kiss – Faith Hill
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes
Open Arms – Journey
Waiting for a Girl Like You – Foreigner

Honorable Mention: Everything I Own – Bread

5 favorite songs that mention a girl but not in the title

Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs (Caroline)
Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen (Wendy)
Your Love – The Outfield (Josie)
White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane (Alice)
More Than a Feeling – Boston (Mary Ann)

Honorable Mention: Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot (Becky)

 

[Aussie visitor]

I could never narrow it down, and my 5 faves would change from month to month, but I dont mind the Canadian boys of SUM 41 lately.

 

[homonger]

In honor of Aussie visitor

I could never narrow it down, and my 5 faves would change from month to month, but I dont mind the Canadian boys of SUM 41 lately.

Favorite 5 songs by Australian artists:

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
Suicide Blonde - INXS
Overkill - Men at Work
Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees

Honorable Mention: Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil

 

[shiftee]

In no particular order.....

Right Thurr-Chingy
New York City Cops- The Strokes
The White Stipes-Seven Nation Army
The Ballad Of Ira Hayes-Johnny Cash
Higher Than The Sun-Primal Scream

 

[reaper29]

Top 5

5) The Wizard- Black Sabbath
4) The Unforgiven- Metallica
3)Over the Hills and Far Away- Led Zepplin
2)Walk this Way- Aerosmith

and the number 1 song....

Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult

 

[Back Burner]

5)Queen - Best Friend
4)Eric B & Rakim - I aint no joke
3)Elton John - Levon
2)Public Enemy - Don't believe the Hype
1)Nas - New York state of mind.

Also - The Clash - London is calling
The Kinks - Lola

Back Burner

Back Burner

 

[twobigo]

I,m on my deathbed, i get to listen to these songs before i go.Drift Away-Dobie Gray,These Arms of Mine- Otis Redding,Running Scared- Roy Orbison,Dark End Of The Street=James Carr,Sea Of Love- Phil Phillips.

 

[Meesh]

Additional ones (inspired by other contributors):

Somewhere Down a Lazy River - Robbie Robertson

..and anything by The Guess Who/Burton Cummings