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[Eminem]

Come on, grow some balls and list the 5 songs you will always love. I'd expect these songs to be older, because how could you know without many years passed.



But mine:


1) Eagles - Hotel California - what can I say...don't like the band at all. But c'mon, this song is so so very classic. It just stands the test of time.

2) Led Zeppelin - Achilles' Last Stand - as far as epics go, this is the best. Period. Zeppelin is great, but this is thier pinnacle.

3) Guns 'N Roses - November Rain - the solo in this is just godly. they fell to shit, but when they made genuine music, forget about it. Amazing chemistry.

4) Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence - No duo has ever sounded so good in harmony. Beautiful voices, and this is thier best.

5) Pink Floyd - Pigs(Three Different Ones) - Epic greatness. 11 minutes of perfection. Rockin', trippy, and catchy all at the same tim. Greatness.

 

[SD-Ness]

1. Opeth - Benighted
Opeth does awesome acoustic/psychedelic stuff. I wish they did more.

2. Miles Davis - Shhh; Peaceful
Early fusion stuff, so great.

3. Pink Floyd - Echoes
If you can get past the 'disturbing noises' throughout the song, it is amazing, both musically and lyrically.

4. Talib Kweli - For Women
Impressive.

5. John Coltrane - Blue Train
Coltrane is so good at soloing.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Songs: Ohia - Farewell Transmission
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes (as heard on Staring at the Sea:Singles and not ANY OTHER FUCKING VERSION)
Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
Pixies - River Euphrates
Smiths - There Is A Light

I'm probably neglecting some huge ones, but this would be my list for 1/30/05-12:08am.

 

[Guzim]

Blur - Tender - I love everything about this song: the music, the lyrics, the vocals (especially when Graham sings). You actually feel Damon's pain when you hear this song. This is Blur's best song.

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond - David Gilmour's guitar work and Roger Waters' singing are perfect.

Rilo Kiley - August - Just reminds me of summer when I became close with this girl and how we became best friends.

The Smiths - Ask - Morrissey's vocals on this song = <3

Weezer - Waiting on You - The last minute and a half is pure bliss.

 

[Eminem]

whoever mentioned Benighted..man, what a GREAT song. i wish they made more stuff like that, and not all heavy metal

 

[Foreign Jackass]

4) Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence - No duo has ever sounded so good in harmony. Beautiful voices, and this is thier best.

This is the song I like the least of 'em. My favorites are Feelin' Groovy, America and Homeward Bound. There's a large number I haven't listened to yet, though.

Blur - Tender - I love everything about this song: the music, the lyrics, the vocals (especially when Graham sings). You actually feel Damon's pain when you hear this song. This is Blur's best song.

AGREED. This song doesn't get enough love.

Let's see... Really, really hard to tell, but these are songs that have passed my test of time.

1) A Day in the Life - Beatles (Probably my favorite song ever, but it's hard to tell)
2) No Surprises - Radiohead (Damn, the whole album is great, I just didn't know what to pick).
3) Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones (The start of it, the guitar lick just gives me chills).
4) Nirvana - All apologies (Best song they ever did, IMO, and a promise of a future that never came).
5) 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins (One of the only really timeless songs they did, although I love For Martha, and Mayonnaise just as well).

 

[Eminem]

This is the song I like the least of 'em. My favorites are Feelin' Groovy, America and Homeward Bound. There's a large number I haven't listened to yet, though.

Feelin Groovy is my second favorite. Just a bit too short....though At the Zoo is right behind that too. Just so many great songs.

 

[Mugen]

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Radiohead - Let Down
Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Weezer - El Scorcho
Pearl Jam - Black

 

[Foreign Jackass]

Feelin Groovy is my second favorite. Just a bit too short....though At the Zoo is right behind that too. Just so many great songs.

Wow, forgot At the Zoo. I heard that song twice in my life, and I've been forgotting to get it periodically. It's such a great song that having heard it only twice, I still can say it's a great song.

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Radiohead - Let Down
Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Weezer - El Scorcho
Pearl Jam - Black

I wanted to put Bohemian Rhapsody (I've been listening to A Night at the Opera a lot lately) and the rest of the list is great, and although El Scorcho is not my favorite Weezer song, it's coming from my favorite album they did (I love Across the Sea and Pink Triangle on Pinkerton).

 

[lexi]

1. Pink Floyd - Dogs
17 minutes of awesomeness. 'Dragged down by the stone' - This is without doubt Floyd at their best.

2. Beatles - A Day in the Life
Capped off one of the best albums of all time, Sgt Pepper's. An amazing song with a great orchestral piece and Lennon's awesome voice.

3. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Cliched, yeah, but's it's a really awesome song. Led Zep at their best.

4. Guns 'n' Roses - November Rain
Oh man, the guitar solos. GNR is nothing without Slash.

5. Billy Joel - New York State of Mind
So easy going, always how I'll remember New York. Awesome song with saxophone solo, how can you go wrong?

3. Pink Floyd - Echoes
If you can get past the 'disturbing noises' throughout the song, it is amazing, both musically and lyrically.

Agreed 100%

 

[Lemurnator]

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who = Powerful, sharp, and just kicks a whole lot of ass
In My Life - The Beatles = A beautiful song, it makes me feel good just listening to it makes me feel good.
Real Love - From the Beatles Anthology = Amazing song... tears me up every time and I don't know why.
When the Levee Breaks- Led Zeppelin = I just love this song
Echos - Like someone said before, get post the odd sounds and it's a great song, instrumentally and lyrically.

 

[Eminem]

1. Pink Floyd - Dogs
17 minutes of awesomeness. 'Dragged down by the stone' - This is without doubt Floyd at their best.

2. Beatles - A Day in the Life
Capped off one of the best albums of all time, Sgt Pepper's. An amazing song with a great orchestral piece and Lennon's awesome voice.

3. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Cliched, yeah, but's it's a really awesome song. Led Zep at their best.

4. Guns 'n' Roses - November Rain
Oh man, the guitar solos. GNR is nothing without Slash.

5. Billy Joel - New York State of Mind
So easy going, always how I'll remember New York. Awesome song with saxophone solo, how can you go wrong?

About as close anyone will come to my list. Awesomeness, my friend.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin
Goldfrapp - Utopia
Blur - This Is A Low
The Kinks - Lola
The Stone Roses - Waterfall

 

[lexi]

About as close anyone will come to my list. Awesomeness, my friend.

Yes, may I compliment you on your fine musical taste! Good thread!

 

[Jak140]

I have a lot of favorite songs and I would have trouble ranking them all, but these are the definite top three:

Everlong - The Foo Fighters
Probably the only song I like by them, but damn if it isn't fucking brilliant.

Edit the Sad Parts - Modest Mouse
When I'm feeling depressed, this song can express what I'm feeling when I can't; and somehow, it still manages to be extremely uplifting; the same goes for Everlong.

Edit:
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Damn, I can't believe I almost forgot to add this song to the list.

 

[Shazapp]

This switches from day-to-day, but in the mood I'm in now, these are it.

Not in any particular order:

"Over My Head" - King's X
This song never fails to put me in a good mood. It's just a great song.

"Dogs" - Pink Floyd
It's a long one and probably not a great song, per se...but I heard it for the first time when I was in 4th grade or so and the lyrics stuck with me. Probably why I'm so fucked up in my old age.

"I Love it Loud" - Kiss
Yeah, it's juvenile...but damn if it's not a good, rousing hard rock/heavy metal song. Great live...well, back when Eric Carr was playing with them. They've had bigger hits with other songs, but that's my favorite.

"Dumb" - Nirvana
Hard to pick one Nirvana song out of their catalog, but that's probably the favorite.

"Jelly Roll" - Blue Murder
It's an obscure song by an obscure 80s hair band, but it's a great song. Nice gear-switching in the middle.

 

[Crag Dweller]

In no particular order...

Sade - Pearls
The smoothest voice I've ever heard, and this song is a prime example.

Pink Floyd - Dogs
Glad to see all the love for this song here. I was blown away in 1977 when I first heard it and I'm still blown away now when I listen to it. I'll kick my self in the ass for the rest off my life because I didn't see this tour.

Neil Young - Ambulance Blues
There's at least 20 other songs I could of put in this list by Neil Young, but this one is at the top. From his most over-looked masterpiece "On The Beach".

Judas Priest - Beyond The Realms of Death
Just a great priest song that showcases Rob's amazing voice, Good God how I worshipped this Band in the late '70's/ early '80's. My kids just roll their eyes when I play this stuff now.

Brainiac - Fucking With The Altmiter
I wasn't a real good friend of Tim Taylor, but we knew alot of the same people at the time. I remember hearing a rough cut of this song and thinking that he was hearing stuff in his head that none of us could come close to hearing. Just an amazing guy, we all still miss you Tim.

 

[Jak140]

Brainiac - Fucking With The Altmiter

Excellent choice.

 

[lexi]

All this mention of Dogs, I just have to go back to it and listen again.

Goddamn the guitar from 3:40 to 6:50 is bliss in music form.

 

[Jason]

I will never, ever get tired of listening to these songs.

Tom Waits - 16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six
Tom doing what he does best.

Carole King - I Feel the Earth Move
Reminds me of simpler times free from responsibilty and real life.

Sarah Slean - High
This song got me through some stressful times. Her vocals make me melt...so full of lust.

Radiohead - A Reminder
One of their more mellow and laid back songs. Reminds me (haha) of one of my favourite movies, Night on the Galactic Railway.

Neko Case - Favorite
Neko's vocals + that country twang are beyond perfect in this song.

 

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

1) Estranged - (Guns n' Roses) - The best of Axl's bloated 10 minute ballads. Amazing vocal performance ("when you took everything ... said you took everything from me") and Slash's guitar work is bliss. Plus it's got one of the dumbest, lamest, funniest and most expensive video clip to accompany it.

2) You Could Be Mine (Guns n' Roses) - Hard, Fast and savage. The drum intro is amazing and then Slash just kicks in with that great riff. Axl's spits out the lyrics in that raspy growl with such venom that you believe every word he says.

3) Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd) - I know, it's a cliché. But if Gilmour's two solos aren't the greatest, most emotional pieces of guitar work of all time, then I'll go eat my hat.

4) Black (Pearl Jam) - The best song from one of the greatest albums of all time. Poetic lyrics and a haunting vocal performance from Vedder.

5) Child in Time (Deep Purple) - Better than Stairway!

Bands like AC/DC and Motorhead (who I absolutely love) tend to miss out because they make great albums rather than individual songs. Ace of Spades and Back in Black are two great rock albums but all the songs seem to blend together, and it's impossible to choose just one. The same could be said about Appetite For Destruction.

Zeppelin, Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Stones, Aerosmith (Season of Wither!), Alice Cooper and many others unlucky to miss.

More Than A Feeling by Boston also deserves a mention. Best one hit wonder of all time.

 

[Desperado]

Boston was a one hit wonder?!

 

[lexi]

Forgot one, Pink Floyd - Time (From Dark Side of the Moon)

Say what you will about Gilmour and Rogers, they did amazing work.

 

[IJoel]

It's immensely hard for me to pick favorite songs, so while I'll just mention a few of my favorites that come to mind.

1. Paint Pastel Princess - Silverchair (This is my all time favorite song. I must've heard this song more than a thousand times already. Very heartfelt song.)

2. Let Down - Radiohead
3. How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead
4. Immortality - Pearl Jam

 

[Eminem]

I love the Pink Floyd love..Animals is easily my favorite CD of theirs. One of my favorites ever.


you've got to be crazy....you've got to fight when the moment is right...

 

[lexi]

you've got to be crazy....you've got to fight when the moment is right...

Sorry to nitpick, but I believe it's 'you've got to strike when the moment is right'.

As for my favourite line: 'You have to be trusted, by the people that you lie to, so that when they turn their backs on you, you'll get the chance to put the knife in.' Great stuff, Animals is a masterpiece.

 

[SD-Ness]

whoever mentioned Benighted..man, what a GREAT song. i wish they made more stuff like that, and not all heavy metal

Yeah. They've got an okay amount of purely acoustic stuff. And in between their heavier stuff, there are usually lyrical acoustic passages that give a really nice contrast.

Agreed 100%

Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine

...

Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can

Verses one and three, I love.

 

[kablooey]

Errrr. I'm not a huge fan of lists, but here goes (no order):

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
Radiohead - There There
Pixies - caribou
tom waits - time
joy division - disorder


Note that only the top 2 are solid...the rest change daily.

edit: kudos to whoever picked Ambulance Blues. I fucking love that song. On another day, it might've made my top 5.

 

[APerfectCircle]

i don't really think that a song has to be the old to be in my best ever.

3 Libra's - A perfect circle- a song that just makes me stop and listen.
Wish you were here-Pink Floyd- another one i listen to and just love.
heaven Beside you- Alice in chains- a great song
The man who sold the world- Nirvanna.
noose -A perfect circle- sent chills down my spine for a long time.

 

[Crag Dweller]

Sorry to nitpick, but I believe it's 'you've got to strike when the moment is right'.

As for my favourite line: 'You have to be trusted, by the people that you lie to, so that when they turn their backs on you, you'll get the chance to put the knife in.' Great stuff, Animals is a masterpiece.

That's my favorite line too. I was 13 when this came out '77 and I'm still not tired of listening to it.

 

[Docpan]

The entire Silent Hill 3 soundtrack, dawg. 'Specially the tracks where it's pretty much just straight up screaming with noises going off in the background.

I be rollin' in my Escalade listenin' to that shit, yo. 8 )

 

[android]

The Beatles - "Yesterday"
Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb"
Santana - "Samba Pi Ti
The Who - "Baba O'Reilly "
B.B. King - "Thrill is gone"

 

[Eminem]

ah, everyone is showing my age....but yes, thanks for the floyd correction.
Props to the person who mentioned There, There....and damn me for forgetting Piano Man by Billy Joel. Another classi.
Echoes is great too....The mention of that and Dogs made me listen to them both =D

 

[Desperado]

The Who - "Teenage Wasteland"

Baba O'Reilly.

 

[ToxicAdam]

Mine are all over the map.


Please Bleed - Ben Harper

Deer Dance - System of a Down

Welcome to the Terrodome - Public Enemy

Reflecting God - Marilyn Manson

Tired of Being Alone - Al Greene


I command all of you to get the 'Best of Al Greene' ... he is a soul legend.

 

[Lemurnator]

The Who - "Teenage Wasteland"

It's called Baba O'Riley

 

[android]

Teenage Wasteland .

What are you guys talking about. I didn't put that. Look at my post. sheesh

 

[Dead]

My Bloody Valentine - To Here knows when
Mansun - Cancer
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Smashing Pumpkins - Soma (different day, different song from siamese dream)
New Order/Joy Division - Ceremony

An ever changing list of course, the only truly constant number one is the THKW, although the rest are locks in a top 10. On a different day id be inclined to list Rides Leave Them All Behind instead of the radiohead song.

 

[FoneBone]

It's really fucking hard to do this.

Guns N' Roses - Estranged
Guns N' Roses - Civil War
David Bowie - Suffragette City
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

 

[GG-Duo]

For today:

Modest Mouse - Night on the Sun
Radiohead - Let Down
Of Montreal - Nickee Coco and the Invisible Tree
Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah [cover]
Weezer - Only in Dreams

I'm a sucker for a pop song with a good 'climax'.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

this is tough

i think the song i've listend to more than anything, ever, is 'closer' by nine inch nails, musically this song just blows me away and i still go through phases of being obsessed with it.. NOW!
in no particular order ;

'isobel' by bjork
'fire in the head' by the tea party
'fascination street' by the cure
'nil' by autechre
and i'm kinda ashamed to admit this, but 'freak like me' by the sugababes also makes the list for pure pop awesomeness

 

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Boston was a one hit wonder?!

Debatable, but I think they probably are. It's the only one of their songs that I listen to, and the only one 90% of the general public would recognise.

Enjoyed seeing Tom Waits get a few mentions. Amazing artist that has done so much for so many years.

Also good that songs from the illusion albums are getting named. Annoys me to no end when people say the Guns n' Roses were a one album band. The illusion albums might be very different from the short, loud punky songs of Appetite but that doesn't make them bad. I love the diversity they showed with the ballads (November Rain, Estranged, Civil War and Don't Cry), bluesy songs with a country vibe (Bad Obsession, Breakdown), and the great hard rock of You Could Be Mine, Coma, Next Door to Hell and Don't Damn Me.

Unfortunately people only seem to remember the lame music videos, the shitty Dylan/wings covers, and Axl becoming the fucking insane egotist who would dance around in his underwear. :lol

 

[Triumph]

1. Radiohead- Paranoid Android
2. Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
3. Beatles- Mother Nature's Son
4. Pearl Jam- Corduroy
5. Beethoven- 4th movement of the 9th symphony

 

[Lemurnator]

What are you guys talking about. I didn't put that. Look at my post. sheesh

YOU SPELLED IT WRONG.

DIE.

 

[Tarazet]

Hard to pick five non-classical songs and call them my five favorites. There are several that spring to mind, I doubt many of them will be very popular among GAF:

Soundgarden - Spoon Man
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Michael Jackson - Will You Be There
REM - Losing My Religion

 

[android]

YOU SPELLED IT WRONG.

DIE.

All I did was copy, paste from Desperado. I was talking mainly to him, not you. As far as I know you just copied him. Tell him to die. Shitty song anyway.

(waits for angry response)

 

[kgHavok23]

I feel that if I post a list without Pink Floyd or the Beatles at this point, I may be banned...having said that, I don't care.

U2 - With or without You
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
Coldplay - The Scientist
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven

some of my favorite songs arent in english, so I guess this list isnt really true. but oh well...i'll assume this was Favorite five english songs, ever.

 

[nitewulf]

The Smiths - Ask - Morrissey's vocals on this song = <3

you are the man.

 

[skip]

It's immensely hard for me to pick favorite songs, so while I'll just mention a few of my favorites that come to mind.

1. Paint Pastel Princess - Silverchair (This is my all time favorite song. I must've heard this song more than a thousand times already. Very heartfelt song.)

2. Let Down - Radiohead
3. How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead
4. Immortality - Pearl Jam

I've never heard your #1, but your #'s 2-4 are f'n superb.

 

[speedpop]

Props to IJoel for having the balls at putting one of Silverchair's best songs from their most under-rated album as # 1. Fucking legend *thumbs up*

1. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
2. Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
3. The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere
4. X Japan - Crucify My Love (I detest the studio version a bit.. the best version is just vox and piano)
5. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir .. suppose that's a given but the intensity of it is great.