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What is your favourite song of all time?

Discussion in 'Sensorium' started by Runescarred, Jul 22, 2010.

  1. Runescarred Gems: 10/31
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    [​IMG] Mine is 'Spancil Hill', and has been for seven years or so. There has yet to be a version that would cover the whole spectrum of it's awesomeness. :)

    How about yours?
     
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    [​IMG] Don't think I have one in particular. Probably between Godsmack - Straight Out of Line, a couple of Disturbed songs and a couple of Lamb of God songs.
     
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    Eye in the Sky by the Alan Parsons Project.
     
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    That would be George Harrison's Here Comes the Sun.

    If I could mention a piece of music, it would be Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, K581. :p
     
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    It's impossible for me to say I have a favorite, but here are just a handful:

    By favorite bands:

    The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter/You Can't Always Get What You Want
    The Beatles - Revolution/Here Comes the Sun
    Led Zeppelin - Ramble On/Over The Hills And Far Away
    Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band/The Wheel
    Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child/Rainy Day, Dream Away/Still Raining Still Dreaming
    The Beach Boys - God Only Knows/Wouldn't It Be Nice
     
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    For me, hands down, Led Zepplin's Kashmir.
     
  7. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love. It was played at my dads funeral and has a special meaning for me and my family
     
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    The Motorcycle Song -- Arlo Guthrie

    It's just brilliant.

    It was late last night the other day
    I thought I'd go up and see Ray
    So l went up and I saw Ray
    There was only one thing Ray could say, was:

    I don't want a pickle
    Just want to ride on my motorsickle
    And I don't want a tickle
    'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
    And I don't want to die
    Just want to ride on my motorcy...cle

    This song is about the time that I was ridin' my motorcycle.
    Going down a mountain road, at 150 miles an hour, playin'
    my guitar. On one side of the mountain road there was a
    mountain, and on the other side there was nothin' - there was
    a cliff in the air.

    Now, when you're going down a mountain road at 150 miles
    an hour you gotta be very careful, especially if you're playin'
    a guitar. Especially if that guitar is an acoustic guitar.
    Because if it's an acoustic guitar, the wind pressure is greater
    on the box side than on the neck side, because there's
    more guitar on the box side. I wasn't payin' attention ..

    Luckily I didn't go into the mountain - I went over the cliff.
    I was goin' at 150 miles an hour sideways and 500 feet down
    at the same time.

    I knew it was the end. I looked down, I said ''Wow! Some
    trip". I thought it...well I knew it was...I knew it was my last
    trip, and in my last remaining seconds in world, I decided
    to write one last farewell song to the world.

    Put a new ink cartridge in my pen. Took out a piece of paper.
    I sat back and I thought awhile. Then I started writin':

    I don't want a pickle
    Just want to ride on my motorsickle
    And I don't want a tickle
    'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
    And I don't want to die
    Just want to ride on my motorcy ...cle."

    I knew that, it wasn't the best song I ever wrote, but I didn't
    have time to change it. I was comin' down mighty fast.

    But as you all know, and as fate would have it, I didn't die. I
    landed on the top of a police car. And he died. I drove away
    on the road that he was on. I came into town at a screamin'
    175 miles an hour, playin' the motorcycle song.

    I came into town, I jumped off my bike, the bike went around
    the corner by itself, went up on the stand by itself, turned
    itself off.

    I walked over to my friend. He was standin' there eatin'
    pickles. I said "Hi, what's happenin'?" He looked at me in the
    eye and said "Nothin'".

    You gotta sing it with that kind of enthusiasm. Like you just
    squashed a cop...

    I don't want a pickle
    Just want to ride on my motorsickle
    And I don't want a tickle
    'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
    And I don't want to die
    Just want to ride on my motorcy...cle

    This is followed closely by 'Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues' by Todd Snyder...

    hey, hey, my, my
    rock and roll will never die
    hang your hair down in your eye
    you'll make a million dollars

    well i was in this band goin' nowhere fast
    we sent out demos but everybody passed
    so one day we finally took the plunge
    moved out to seattle to play some grunge
    washington state that is
    space needle
    eddie vedder
    mudhoney

    now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts
    we turn our amps up until it hurts
    we've got bad attitudes and what's more
    when we play we stare straight down at the floor
    wowee
    pretty scary
    how pensive
    how totally alternative

    now to fit in on the seattle scene
    you've gotta do somethin' they ain't never seen
    so thinkin' up a gimmick one day
    we decided to be the only band that wouldn't play...
    a note
    under any circumstances
    silence
    music's original alternative
    root's grunge

    well we spread the word through the underground
    that we were the hottest new thing in town
    the record guy came out to see us one day
    and just like always we didn't play
    it knocked him out
    he said he loved our work
    he said he loved our work but he wasn't sure if he could sell a record
    with nothing on it
    i said tell 'em we're from seattle
    he advanced us two and a half million dollars

    well they made us do a video but that wasn't tough
    'cuz we just filmed ourselves smashin' stuff
    it was kinda weird 'cuz there was no music
    but mtv said they'd love to use it

    the kids went wild, the kids went nuts
    rolling stone gave us a five-star review said we played with guts
    we're scorin' chicks, takin' drugs
    then we got asked to play mtv unplugged
    you should have seen it
    we went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions of the
    electrical songs we had refused to record in the first place
    then we smashed our ****

    well we blew 'em away at the grammy's show
    by refusing to play and refusing to go
    and then just when we thought fame would last forever
    along come this band that wasn't even together
    now that's alternative
    now that's alternative to alternative
    i feel stupid and contagious

    well our band got dropped and that ain't funny
    'cuz we're all hooked on drugs but we're outta money
    so the other day i called up the band
    i said boys i've taken all i can
    shave off your goatees
    pack the van
    we're goin' back to athens

    and Tim Wilson's '100 Things to Remember'

    I had a crazy uncle that was on his deathbed a long time ago,
    he said "BOY... there's a hundred things in life every man needs to know to
    survive... and here's 39 of em'"

    a virgin don't never drive a z-28
    never bet the ranch on your prostate
    if it's got an adams apple its prob'ly a man
    never trust a gay gypsy with the palm of your hand

    she didn't accidently get good in bed
    you can't join a church if your already dead
    a work uniform ain't totally nude
    brim and bass ain't seafood

    when theres guns in the house one better be yours
    don't be naked next to any fishin' lures
    if there's girl scout cookies she's a little too young
    if you say I do... be the ugly one

    don't ever let a bald man borrow your comb
    never play strip poker in a nursin' home
    don't blame your pall bearers cuz they don't show
    if your buried in the middle of the super bowl

    let people borrow money they'll leave you alone
    never fry bacon without a shirt on
    never spray water on a hornets nest
    a woman rarely aces the driver's test

    the sign prob'ly don't really mean massage
    never threaten anybody in camoflauge
    say you love her 'til she lays down the butcher knife
    never put the move on the bosses wife

    she's messin' round on ya if yer briefs don't fit
    never trust a hitch-hiker to babysit
    Cosmo's never in a happy home
    you can't cut a deal with a kidney stone

    a politician ain't got an HMO
    washin' her hair means she don't wanna go
    don't ridicule a biker bout' his tattoo
    you been married nine times... hell maybe its you

    Doom ain't the same as donkey kong
    if he's wearing high heels you mighta raised him wrong
    the clinic ain't the best place to pick up dates
    don't rent a room from a man named Bates

    a tank tops never on a billionaire
    Stevie Ray Vaughn missed a note here and there
    how many get to heaven no one knows
    but hell will be asses and elbows

    and then he died... crazy fool rolled over and DIED! and never did tell me
    what them other 61 things were... so if anybody out there knows... how
    bout gettin' ahold of me at tim wilson dot net
     
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    It's a tie between Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World (although Israel Kamakawiwo'ole version is such a nice one) and Cindy Lauper's Time After Tme. Loved them since I first heard them... and that a long time ago.
     
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    Aww, me and Rob walked up the aisle after our wedding ceremony to What a Wonderful World!
     
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    Tough call. A tie between G.G.F.H's Enter the Shadow and Sielwolf's Nachtstrom.
     
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    Nine Inch Nails - The Great Below

    I tend to tie up music with books/manga/comics, whenever i'm forced to read them in computer versions instead of solid paper. The Great Below ended up being listened along with Dune series by Frank Herbert. It made for a wonderful fit. At least, it fits together for me now, after listening to it for hundreds of times while reading Dune. Although most music stays shelved along with their respective literature, this one escaped direct equation and stands on it's own now.
    Definitely my favorite.
     
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    Men without hats - Safety dance

    Mark Knopfler - What it is

    Manowar - Master of the wind

    Wierd....they all start with an M...
     
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    Motley Crue's "Kickstart my Heart" has pre-empted all the greatest moments of my life; mainly the last Motley Crue show I saw and also the NASCAR race in Las Vegas.
     
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    I initially thought that choosing one would be fairly easy. But when I thought about it for a bit longer I came to the conclusion that it is impossible to pick one as the favourite song of all time. Although any Dire Strait's song and Uriah Heep's Lady in Black would probably be high on the list.
     
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    Damn, this is a tough one. I can't pick one song.. I could write a massive list of my favourites though.


    ...Dammit, I can't pick one!

    Edit: RHCP - Californication has to be high on the list.
    Edit 2: So does Radiohead - Just.
     
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    Hmm... hard to choose just one.

    Top 3 favorites:
    Alice Cooper: Sister Sara
    Jimmy Buffet: Jolly Mon
    CCR: Bad Moon Rising
     
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    Dire Strait's Tunnel of Love and Knopler's Theme from Local Hero are my favorite too.
     
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    I've been thinking about this question for weeks! With all the great musicians and artists we have (had, rather), I guess there is no possible way for me to choose one. But there are some songs that come to mind. Most of them are jazz-songs, some are soul or funk. Others are artists my old man and my brother used to listen to (Simon & Garfunkel, Alan Parsons, Dire Straits, The Police etc).

    Still, I'll have to decide. I love songs with some wisdom, probably about overcoming hardship, being happy with what you got or enjoying the simple things in life. (What a wonderful world, feeling good etc.) I guess I'll take

    "Ain't got no - I got life" by Nina Simone Preferably live in Paris, 1968

     
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    Darkseed "Autumn"
     
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