What's your favorite song of all time?

[SweetZombieJesus]

For many of you, this will be akin to picking which one of your children is your favorite, but I'm curious as to which songs make y'all go weak in the knees.

Mine's a three-way tie between Dylan's "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding", The Beatles "Here Comes The Sun", and The Meat Puppets "Oh Me".

[Brucey]

1. There are too many to pick one, but if I have to

Paranoid Android by Radiohead.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

2. country feedback

by r.e.m.

[Kamika]

3. Ok this one is a recent favoirte but i think its my alltime

"i ran" by "a flock of seagulls


And I ran
I ran so far away
I just ran
I ran all night and day

And I ran
I ran so far away
I just ran
I couldn't get away.

[oldleftguy]

4. I have a dream.

By Abba

[Cheswick2.0]

5. the finale of Candide

Make Our Garden Grow.

[rainydaywoman]

6. Blowin' in the Wind

By Bob Dylan

Any song from Pink Floyd's The Wall
that whole album makes me weak in the knees ever since I dropped a few and watched the movie

[Shrek]

7. "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who

Best. Album. Ever.

[wtmusic]

12. Agree

[markbark]

24. another good political anthem....

Props to symbolman for this one:

Idiot Son of An Asshole



--MAB

[mvd]

8. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

by Simon and Garfunkel. It's so beautiful, and I'm an optimist.

[Bossy Monkey]

9. Today? "When You Make Up Your Mind" by Gutterball

although I should have made it "Splendid Isolation" by Warren Zevon for today.

[Forkboy]

10. The Myth Is Real...Let's Eat!

by Jello Biafra/NoMeansNo

My fav Meat Puppets song would be Sam...great band!

[LeftCoast]

11. Hard to say...O Fortuna comes to mind though

Anyone else know it?

[Snow]

63. Oh, yes......

very interesting piece, very interesting opera....or whatever it is. I've seen the whole thing performed fully staged, including python. And my daughter really likes singing the two soprano pieces. (If you don't know, the opera in Orff's Carmina Burana = songs by a group of midieval monks who left the orders and became wandering scholars/rowdies/minstrels.

[mitchum]

13. "Sittin' On Top Of The World" trad arr.

[Lizz612]

14. I Ain't Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs

Alot of stuff by Phil Ochs. "I must of killed a million men and now they want me back again." I just want to cry.

[phaseolus]

15. "Weep you no more sad fountains", set by John Dowland

A remarkable composition from around 1600 or so, for four voices. If you like all your music in a major key you would probably call this 'funeral music' but it's not. It's beautiful, and haunting...

Weep you no more, sad fountains;
What need you flow so fast?
Look how the snowy mountains
Heaven's sun doth gently waste.
But my sun's heavenly eyes
View not your weeping,
That now lies sleeping
Softly, now softly lies sleeping.

Sleep is a reconciling,
A rest that peace begets:
Doth not the sun rise smiling
When fair at even he sets?
Rest you then, rest, sad eyes,
Melt not in weeping,
While she lies sleeping
Softly, now softly lies sleeping.

[Duncan Grant]

16. "Slippery People" - Talking Heads

Hard to believe this song is 20 years old but it stands the test of time.

[lazarus]

17. Dancing in the Moonlight

By King Crimson. Just a great pop song with no pretensions that it's anything else.

[Zorba607]

18. damn

toughie, today it's probably Fitter, Happier by radiohead. But I haven't given a good listen to floyd in awhile.

[4_Legs_Good]

19. "The Musical Box" by Genesis 1971

Album: Nursery Cryme

Play me Old King Cole
That I may join with you,
All your hearts now seem so far from me
It hardly seems to matter now.

And the nurse will tell you lies
Of a kingdom beyond the skies.
But I am lost within this half-world,
It hardly seems to matter now.

Play me my song.
Here it comes again.
Play me my song.
Here it comes again.

Just a little bit,
Just a little bit more time,
Time left to live out my life.

Play me my song.
Here it comes again.
Play me my song.
Here it comes again.

Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he.
So he called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.

But the clock, tick-tock,
On the mantlepiece -
And I want, and I feel, and I know, and I touch,
Her warmth.

She's a lady, she's got time,
Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your face.
She's a lady, she is mine.
Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your flesh.

I've been waiting here for so long
And all this time has passed me by
It doesn't seem to matter now
You stand there with your fixed expression
Casting doubt on all I have to say.
Why don't you touch me, touch me,
Why don't you touch me, touch me,
Touch me now, now, now, now, now...
Now, now, now, now, now
Now, now, now, now
Now, now, now, now

david

Kucinich 2004

Arianna YES
Recall No

[corarose]

33. I love that song! Anything off of the Foxtrot Album by Genesis was great.

I still play that Album but now its on CD and I love it. I was 12 years old when I went to see Gabriel with Genesis and he put one hell of a show on.

[4_Legs_Good]

57. Gah!

I am *sooooo* jealous! I was 4 when Gabriel left the band. I can't imagine how cool it would have been to see them perform at their peak on the Lamb tour. Luckily many recordings have survived, but unluckily, no very good films (from that tour).

Anyway, glad there's another fan out there!

david

[bunk76]

20. The Tubes

White Punks on Dope.

[Cocoa]

21. Willin

by Little Feat.

[mulsh]

22. aguas de marco

by antonio carlos jobin. stan getz did a light jazz version but the original by jobin is outstanding.
edit-that's jobim

[Tikki]

23. Chris Kenner's....."Land of a 1,000 Dances".

...'the name of the band..is the Twistelettes'....

[LanternWaste]

25. Liberation

Liberation. The last track on Chicago Transit Authority.

[Dirk39]

26. Atmosphere by Joy Division

Walk in Silence,
Dirk

[FloridaJudy]

27. Another three-way tie

The Beatles' "Hey, Jude"

The last movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony (The "Ode to Joy")

Edith Piaf's "Je Ne Regrette Rien"

All three are anthems to the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. They pick me up when I'm feeling down.

[OneBlueSky]

28. Teddy Bears Picnic . . .

the original version . . . :)

[ButterflyBlood]

29. now and all time

now: alexisonfire - Like A Dagger Through The Heart of St. Angelas

all time: You and I - 143

[corarose]

30. The Lamb Dies Down On Broadway by Genesis

Tin Soldier By the late great Steve Marriott

Jail Break By the late great Bon Scott AC/DC

Any song off the Foxtrot Album by Genesis

[4_Legs_Good]

58. Agree on the album...

as a whole, but I'm not sure about the title track... :)

david

[NightTrain]

31. If I could only pick one...

...I'd have to go for the late James Carr's 1967 soul classic, "Dark End of the Street." Not only is it the greatest cheatin' ballad ever written (by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham), Carr sings it with soul so deep it has no bottom for the protagonist to hit.

"Dark End of the Street" is an amazing record of which I doubt I'll ever grow weary.

[theemu]

32. Mine's a three way tie as well...

Tom Waits' "In the Neighborhood"
The Beatles' "A Day in the Life"
Elvis Costello's "Watching the Detectives"

[corarose]

34. Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

:kick:

[4_Legs_Good]

59. Definitely one of the best albums ever

I'm glad to see there are a couple other progressive rock fans out there!

david

Kucinich 2004

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

35. "What A Wonderful World"

sung by Louie Armstrong.

Followed by Heart's "Love Alive" and The Temptations' "Just My Imagination".

Too many others to choose from, but those will do for now.

[Rhiannon12866]

36. It is hard for me, also, to pick just one.

However, I'll bet you can guess which song I would pick, if really forced to choose just one...:-)

[jus_the_facts]

37. The Star Spangled Banner by Jimi Hendrix.......

:loveya:

[Snow]

38. Probably one of three or four by Gordon Bok....

the "Old Man's Song"
"I knew this place" (Anne Muir Mayo"
"Julian of Norwich" (got her writings, btw - very interesting read. 14th century English Daoist)
and "Peter Kagan and the Wind"

And maybe a couple more by Stan Rogers...

[corarose]

39. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

It was a bit lengthy but it was a great record.

[lpbk2713]

40. Wagner's "Tannhauser Suite"

and "She's Got Legs" - ZZ Topp........... :eyes:

[Raenelle]

41. I Am the Walrus; or Rhapsody in Blue.

n/t

[kodi]

42. over the rainbow

about the best written song ever. structually elegant and simple at the same time.

[Llewlladdwr]

43. The Torture Never Stops

Off Frank Zappa's Zoot Allures album.

[leftofthedial]

44. happy birthday

seems like good things happen almist imeediately right after every time I hear that song.

[Pert_UK]

45. Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield......probably. n/t

P.

[Lindsey]

46. Not possible to pick just one but...

most of the time my tops are:
A Day in the Life - The Beatles
Moonlight Sonata - Beethovan
The Dance - Garth Brooks

[mac56]

47. "She Loves You".

All time favorite song.

[qb]

48. Comfortably Numb

[MissMillie]

49. Too tough to pick one... here's 3:

'til Tuesday: Coming Up Close
Moody Blues: Tuesday Afternoon
Simon & Garfunkel: America

[noonwitch]

50. "Ode to the Silvery Moon" by D'Vorak

A good version is Renee Fleming's. It's from the opera Russalka. Not many opera singers perform it outside of the Czeck Republic, because not many know the language. Sarah Brightman did an italian version on her "La Luna" cd.

[Redbear]

51. Armageddon Days by The The

Islam is rising
the chrisitians mobilizing
the world is on its elbows and knees
Its forgotten the message
and worships the creeds

[catpower2000]

52. "Everyday Sunshine" by Fishbone nt

[Bucky__Badger]

53. "Powderfinger" by Neil Young

[catpower2000]

55. Golly, that's a depressing song to be your favorite...

Don't get me wrong, I think it's brilliant, but geez, it's awful heavy, ain't it? :)

"Wake up Mama, there's a white boat floatin' down the river..."

Have you ever heard the Cowboy Junkie's valium-speed version? It's pretty cool.

Cat

[4_Legs_Good]

61. Cowboy Junkies

Oooh, that sounds great!

Down by the River is my favorite NY song, followed by Change Your Mind.

david

Kucinich 2004

[rjbcar27]

54. Can I pick two please?

I'll take:

Locomotive - Guns and Roses

Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield.

Could they be more disparate?

[kmla]

56. One? Impossible to pick. Here's a few...

In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
What's Up? - Four Non Blondes
Overkill - Colin Hay (acoustic version)

If you made me choose at gunpoint, I would probably say "In Your Eyes" was my favorite. Probably.

But it better be a large caliber weapon, because that is one hard choice to make...

[RandomKoolzip]

60. "It Was A Accident" by NRBQ, or "Lazymuthafucka" by the Coup are my

current faves, but some of my other all time faves:

"Rich Girl" by Hall and Oates
"Get Back Where we Started From" by Maxine Nightengale
"Waiting Room" by Fugazi
"Oh No" by Frank Zappa
"West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys
"This Ain't No Picnic" by the Minutemen
"Twin Falls" by Ben Folds Five
"Stupid Kids" by Christmas
"Kid Dynamite" by Squirrel Bait
"Walking the Cow" by K. McCarty

That's my definitive list...out of all of 'em, prolly "Rich Girl" is my all-time favorite...

[undergroundrailroad]

62. The Soundtrack to West Side Story/Leonard Bernstein

Each and every song on the soundtrack is nothing short of a brilliant masterpiece. Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents literally "heard" the songs in their head and the three of them contributed to what is considered the most extraordinary meeting of minds in the history of music. The end result was a great result. The music is timeless, beautiful and moving.

[LuLu550]

64. In My Life by the Beatles

It takes on more meaning the older I get.

[Missy Vixen]

65. "My Funny Valentine", Elvis Costello's version

or "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," the Police

Julie