Post your nomination for FAVORITE SONG EVER poll

[Bossy Monkey]

Follow these directions minutely, or there will be trouble.

Post the title to a single song in the subject line. Feel free to list all your runnerup songs in the message area.

If your song is already posted, please reply to that post with a Ditto (ok maybe not that word; just say Oxycontin), again adding any second choices, misgivings or other comments in the message area.

If you change your mind, just post the new song, or ditto it if somebody else posts. I promise that nobody will accuse you of schizophrenia. We've all noticed by now that favorite songs, favorite artists, etc., change from day to day for nearly everybody.

No limitations whatsoever on style or period, although I have a shrewd notion that greatest support will accrue to rocknroll hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Remember, I'm the guy who did the most recent How old are we? poll. I know all.

Editorial commentary, ie "undisclosedlocation is an asshole" might be better placed in a separate thread. With all the dittos that it would engender, "undisclosedlocation is an asshole" would end up on the FAVORITE SONG EVER poll, which I'm sure everybody will agree would be a tragedy.

I'll compile the responses into an actual poll some time after there are at least 100 of them, which is to say when heck freezes over :)

[Bossy Monkey]

1. Once again: "When You Make Up Your Mind" by Gutterball

Boy am I ever not expecting to see any dittoage!

[LynneSin]

2. TIE: Ramble on or What is and What Should Never be - By Led Zeppelin

Depending on my mood usually one of those is my favorite!

[Democrats unite]

3. "Penny Lane" The Beatles

eom

[Drifter]

4. Broken Hearts are For Assholes - Frank Zappa

sorry couldn't resist.
It is one of my favorite songs.

Runner up: The rest of Zappa's songs.

Cheers
Drifter

Cheapnis, in the case of a monster movie has nothing to do with the budget of the film ... although it helps.

[wryter2000]

5. Let's Get it On, Marvin Gaye

The sexiest song ever written/performed.

[Caution]

6. All Good Soldiers by Bad Religion

[underpants]

7. "Cannonball" by the Breeders or "Driver 8" by REM

:bounce:

[rucky]

8. Sonic Youth - "Teenage Riot"

[CO Liberal]

9. "Mr. Blue" - The Fleetwoods

Runners up:

"Image of a Girl" - Safaris
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - Bobby Vee
"Dream a Little Dream" - Mama Cass Eliot
"That Sunday, That Summer" - Nat King Cole
"Mr. Dieingly Sad" - The Critters

[Brucey]

10. Paranoid Android

Pet Sounds, Karma Police, She Loves You, Take Five, Only the Lonely, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Imagine, Made In Formosa.

[rucky]

59. I second Paranoid Android n/t

[bif]

11. "Into the Mystic" Van Morrison

"Shine" David Gray
"In the Gloamin'" Jonatha Brooke (Live album)
"Mona Lisa" Guster
"She went away" Duncan Sheik
"Seen all good People" Yes
"My Generation" The Who

[Raenelle]

12. I Am the Walrus, Beatles

[markus]

13. China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider (Greatful Dead-Europe '72)

Ok, it's a medley so I know it can count as one song. Can't it?

[RandomKoolzip]

14. "This Ain't No Picnic" by the Minutemen

Runner-ups:

1. Change Gonna Come- Otis Redding
2. Rich Girl- Hall and Oates
3. Lazy Muthafucka- The Coup
4. Hot in the Airport- Y. Bhekhirst
5. It was a accident- NRBQ
6. I Just Can't Keep From Cryin'- Blind Willie Johnson
7. Demons are Real- Guided by Voices
8. I Found Out- John Lennon
9. Volunteers- 76% Uncertain
10. Kid Dynamite- Squirrel Bait

[corporalclegg9]

15. Echoes, by Pink Floyd

Saucerful of Secrets, by Pink Floyd

They're my favorite band, what can I say?

[VelmaD]

16. "46 & 2" by Tool

add "Stinkfist", "H", and "The Grudge" by Tool to the list of runners-up.

Also "Magdalena" by A Perfect Circle, "Closer" by NIN, "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" by the Police, "Dreamline" and "Free Will" by Rush, "Not a Virgin Anymore" by Poe, "Peace Frog" by The Doors, and "Unmarked Helicopters" by Soul Coughing.

Whew...big list. :-)

[peekaloo]

17. Free Bird!

not really.

I just like to shout it out for no apparent reason.

:dunce:

[HERVEPA]

18. "The Babysitter's Here" Dar Williams

[NashVegas]

19. "Answering Machine" - The Replacements

runners up:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "I put a spell on you"
Nick Cave - "Papa won't leave you Henry"
Julian Cope - "Charlotte Anne"
Belly - "Stay"
OMD - "Takling loud & Clear"

[Coventina]

20. How Soon is Now? -- The Smiths

I remember vividly the first time I heard that song.
I'd never heard anything like it. And it touched me in a special place deep inside.

I've never had a song affect me that way before or since.
Unfortunately, it is now way overplayed on 80s nostalgia radio. Which I don't understand because the Smiths were NEVER on the radio in the 80s. At least, not in Phoenix.

[felonious thunk]

21. It Might As Well Be Spring - Stan Getz

With all due respect to my favorite artist (see my screen name) the Stan Getz version of this song with Astrud Gilberto singing is the most beautiful song I've ever heard

[THUNDER HANDS]

22. "Jungleland" - Bruce Springsteen

As for contemporary songs I'd recommend....

1. Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground - The White Stripes
2. Hey Ya - Outkast
3. Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
4. Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
5. Stop - Black Rebel Motercycle Club

[manderley]

23. "Across the Universe" - The Beatles

My family has strict instructions that this song MUST be played at my funeral. Morbid...yeah

[Whitacre D_WI]

24. "Devil Got My Woman" - Skip James

[regularguy]

25. ZEP: 10 years gone

just thinking of ROCKNROLL here....

[nedlogg]

26. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

By the greatest Rock and Roll band in the world!

It's got it all: great hook, bad grammer, and a suggestive message.

[mbartko]

27. Down In A Tube Station At Midnight by The Jam

[Tikki]

28. "Land of a 1,000 Dances"...Chris Kenner (1962)

...Kenner wrote and recorded this dance number, first. We have confirmed at least 15 cover versions. Kenner's original is just, simply, 'outstanding'.

Honorable Mentions..

The Five Satins....'In the Still of the Night'
Roger Miller......'Chug-a-lug'
The Sonics......'Louie, Louie'
Bobby Fuller Four....'Never to be Forgotten'
Marvin Gaye....'Heard it Through the Grapevine'
Elvis Costello...'Waiting for the End of the World'
Ramones....'Havana Affair'
X......'The Have Nots'


The Tikkis

[commander bunnypants]

29. A quick one while he's away

By the bestest band in the world.


The WHO baby


DDQM

[forgethell]

30. "Green Eyes" Bob Eberley & Helen O'Connell

n/t

[SiobhanClancy]

31. "Imagine" John Lennon

"Kashmir" Led Zeppelin
"Sweet Dreams" Patsy Cline
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" U2
"One" U2
"Thunder Road" Bruce Springsteen
"I Put A Spell On You" Screamin Jay Hawkins
"Dust My Broom" Robert Johnson and/or Elmore James
"Death Letter" Son House

[nini]

32. "September" -- Earth, Wind and Fire

....

[qwertyMike]

33. "Across the Universe" - Rufus Wainright (Beatles)

[Supply Side Jesus]

34. Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing"

chills

[democracyindanger]

54. No, SRV's "Little Wing"

Stevie's version far far far better. :)

[dwckabal]

35. Holidays In The Sun-Sex Pistols

"A cheap holiday in other people's misery"

Best.Song.Ever

Close behind:

I'm So Bored With The U.S.A. - The Clash
English Civil War - The Clash
The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
Get Your Gunn - Marilyn manson
Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana
Beat On the Brat - The Ramones
Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden
Bullet In The Head - Rage Against The Machine
Settle For Nothing - Rage Against The Machine
Fight The Power - Public Enemy
ATWA - System Of A Down
P.L.U.C.K. - System Of A Down
Prison Song - System Of A Down
Eye Of The Beholder - Metallica

[Iris]

36. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" - Rolling Stones

[VeniceBeat]

37. "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis

You make me happy when skies are grey.

[Kamika]

38. Until the End of the World by U2

n/t

[mac56]

39. "She Loves You" by the Beatles.

Runners up:

"Like A Rolling Stone" by Dylan.
"Satisfaction" by the Stones.
"I Walk The Line" by Johnny Cash.
"Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters.
"Let's Dance" by Benny Goodman.

[Brucey]

68. Some great choices.

I picked She Loves You as a runnerup. Paranoid Android by Radiohead was my top pick... love that song.

[chiburb]

40. Ballad of Casey Deiss... Shawn Phillips.

.

[ForrestGump]

41. "Jailhouse Rock"

Runner-ups "Suspicious Minds" (Elvis) and "Hello Goodbye" (Beatles)

And all the Beatles choices already posted, especially "Penny Lane"

[RedEarth]

42. You've Lost That Loving Feeling.....The Righteous Brothers

[L.A.dweller]

43. "It's my life." Talk Talk

Don't you forget.

[sister_rosa_refried]

44. Sister's all time favorite.

White Rabbit.

Oh, the memories of that song. Dropping acid and going to mass.

[proud patriot]

45. Oye Como Va ..Carlos Santana

:bounce:

[nini]

58. aahhh.. reminds me of High School!

:-)

[Spider Jerusalem]

46. "The Ship Song", Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.

Runners-up: "Wave of Mutilation" (UK Surf) - The Pixies
"Desolation Row" - Bob Dylan
"Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash
"I'm Deranged" - David Bowie
"Makes Me Wanna Die" - Tricky
"Cowgirl" - Underworld
"Mustt Mustt" - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
"Inertia Creeps" - Massive Attack
"Mother" - John Lennon
"A Love Supreme" - John Coltrane

And a few hundred others.

[Richardo]

47. "The Way You Look Tonight" by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields

Some day, when I'm awfully low,
When the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you...
And the way you look tonight.

Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft,
There is nothing for me but to love you,
And the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart...
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
It touches my foolish heart.

Lovely ... Never, ever change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won't you please arrange it ?
'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight.

[grasswire]

55. that's a romantic choice for a guy

...and did you pick it because of Rod Stewart's revival?

McHugh & Fields. Genius. Another of their great romantic songs is "Don't Blame Me."

[Richardo]

76. *gag* *choke* ROD STEWART? *cough* *retch* I had NO idea....

...he covered it.

To me, it's a beautiful melody with a charming sentiment. Makes me feel good everytime I hear it. (As long as it's not Rod Stewart.)

I guess I picked it IN SPITE of his cover. x(

[peekaloo]

80. currently being used to pimp cars

I love this song but hearing Stewart coo the lyrics to the exterior of a car makes me ill.

[mac56]

60. Great song, Richardo

Especially by Sinatra.

[Richardo]

77. thx, mac56

:thumbsup:

[geniph]

48. R.E.M., Everybody Hurts

very closely followed by Beethoven, Fur Elise.

[Punkingal]

49. Imagine....

by John Lennon.

[mitchum]

50. "Smokestack Lightning" performed by Howlin' Wolf

[Colin Ex]

51. Bad Religion - The Streets of America

Belle and Sebastian - Don't Leave the Light On Baby
Mogwai - Ratts in the Capital
Anti-Flag - Stars and Stripes
Death Cab for Cutie - A Movie Script Ending

[kodi]

52. "one love" bob marley

'nuff said.

[thebeaglehaslanded]

53. "White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane

[gratuitous]

56. "Wonderin' Where the Lions Are" and "Candy Man's Gone"

It's a tie!

[retread]

57. "A Change is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke

[mlawson]

61. A Day in the Life -- Beatles.

It's been my absolute favorite since June 1, 1967.

[Bossy Monkey]

62. kick, 'cause it's fun (not a favorite song)

[Kira]

63. Redemption Song..Bob Marley

Any Marley song.

[Dogmudgeon]

64. The Chicken Walk

By Hasil Adkins.

--bkl

[Cocoa]

65. Surrender

Cheap Trick.

[jafap]

70. the "live at Budokan version"

doesn't the album version bite, or am I thinking of "I want you to want me". One radio station played the Gary Richrath version of "Ridin the Storm out" to promo an REO concert. Every so often I hear a version of a song I like that makes me say "WTF".

[Jack Rabbit]

66. This Land Is Your Land, Woody Guthrie

Hey, this is DU. Gatta have that one.

[RedEarth]

67. Fantastic Song

Excellent pick. One of the all time classic songs. My children have sung this song many times at school events. Also, I enjoy listening to his son, Arlo...."City of New Orleans".

Woody grew up in my home state of Oklahoma and each year there is a Woody Guthrie music festival.

[jafap]

69. Crazy Train

Don't they play the into every three minutes at a football game?
I also like:
Roll with the Changes - REO
Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
Come Sail Away - Styx, and
anything by Def Leppard. Cripes there is way too much Zeppelin on this list. I loathe them. I cannot understand their appeal. I think my room 101 would be a place where I was forced to listen to their greatest hits.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

71. (this week) After The Gold Rush -Young

and Suzanne by Cohen/Collins
and Talisman by the Guess Who
and Fanfare for the Common Man Copeland/ELP
St. James Infirmary Blues by various artists
and just about ALL of Les Mis

[Search Party]

72. god only knows - beach boys

[emad]

73. 'Hey Jude'

at the moment........but intermittently rivalled by Bowie's 'Starman' because of the Phil Manzanera guitar solo...

[elcondor]

74. Sound of Silence: Simon and Garfunkel

Followed closely by "Let it Be" by the Beatles.

[OldEurope]

75. We shall overcome

just an outbreak of oldfashioned nostalgia

:hi:

[BlueJazz]

78. Blue ronda ala-turk .....Dave Brubeck

Rachmaninoff:Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini.

[Richardo]

79. Blue Rondo!

Cool, daddy-o! :thumbsup: