Best Songs of All Time

Absatively, posolutely "Waiting for a Train" by Jimmie Rodgers.

Supercalifragalistic Expialedocious

hotel california
one of these days
3rd stone from the sun
classical gas
stray cat blues- stones
sympathy for the devil
walk, don't run
apache
would i lie to you- eurthemics

i like instrumentals.

"Hey Ya" Outkast - Catchy little tune. Makes me smile whenever I hear it. Overplayed when it first came out but it'll stand the test of time. Trust me.

"Magic Carpet Ride" Steppenwolf - I like a heavy guitar riff. What can I say?

"American Pie" Don McLean - Just out of spite of the CNN poll that someone posted in another thread. Plus it's a great song.

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana - I'm biased on this one. There's so many great Nirvana songs I like. This is one should be mentioned here somewhere.

"Imagine" by John Lennon.

"Somebody to Love" by Queen.

"American Pie" by Don McLean.

"O Holy Night" by Placide Cappeau

Born to Run - Springsteen
Little Wing - Hendrix
Sympathy for the Devil - Stones
Folsom Prison Blues - Cash
Sweet Thing - Van Morrison
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley version

Take the 'A' Train - written by Billy Strayhorn, made famous by Duke Ellington
'Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
Lush Life - Billy Strayhorn
(One More for My Baby, and) One More for the Road - Johnny Mandel?
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
Mirror in the Bathroom - The English Beat
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Jeepster - T. Rex
The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Voodoo Chile (slight return), many others - Jimi Hendrix
Cumberland Blues, Truckin', Lost Sailor/Saint of Circumstance,
Unbroken Chain - Grateful Dead
Claire de Lune - Claude Debussy

Where does one stop?

"At Last" by Etta James
"Over the Rainbow" by IZ (NOT to be confused with the Judy version)
"Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison
"Shake Your Rump" by the Beastie Boys

geez- I'm with Poet- where do you stop? I guess I'll stop now--hehe

KoRn: "Right Now"

Dream Theater: "Lifting Shadows Off A Dream"

Tori Amos: "Winter"

Lynyrd Skynyrd: "Simple Man"

Evanescence: "My Immortal"

I also love Metallica's cover of the song "Astronomy," but I have no idea who did the original song.

Rush: La Villa Strangiato, YYZ, Cygnus X-1 Book I and II, Natural Science, and Freeze.
John Coltrane- Giant Steps
Allan Holdsworth- Three Sheets To The Wind
Arcturus-Kinetic
Frank Gambale-Credit Reference Blues (Live)
Cynic-Textures
The Mahavishnu Orchestra- Meeting of the Spirits
Jeff Beck-Blow by Blow
Gordian Knot-Muttersprache, Singing Deep Mountain
Genesis-Firth of Fifth
Death-Human, Story to Tell, A Moment of Clarity, Spirit Crusher
Coroner-Semtex Revolution, Pale Sister
Brian Hughes- Along The Way
Obituary-Don't Care
The John Scofield Band- Pick Hits (live)

Let me know when you guys are ready to start the list of best songs, OK?

Beatles - Help

"November Rain" Guns n Roses

"God" Tori Amos

"Fall to Pieces" Velvet Revolver

"Comedown" Bush

"Wicked Garden" Stone Temple Pilots

"Roadhouse Blues" The Doors

"Voodoo Chile" (Slight Return) Jimi Hendrix

"Once" Pearl Jam

"Fat Chance" 311

"Superbad" James Brown

"Volare" Dean Martin

"Birth of the Blues" Sammy Davis Jr. (Although my fav is the live version with Sammy, Dean and Frank)

There are so many, many more.

the best song full stop -

'nessun dorma'.


it was close but 'the greatest love of all' will have to make do with second place

Shadow_Ferret said:

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Badge-Cream

The Weight-The Band

Blowin' in the Wind-Bob Dylan

For What it's Worth-Buffalo Springfield

Helpless-Neil Young

More Than a Feeling-Boston

Fire and Rain-James Taylor

Rob

"Hey, There" by Rosemary Clooney
"That's All" by Nat "King" Cole
"Vincent" by Don McLean ("Starry, starry night . . .")
"Harvest Moon" by Neil Young
"Fire and Rain" by James Taylor (especially since I now know the back story.)
"My Travelin' Star" also James Taylor
"Stand" by REM (just for fun and whimsy)
"Pianoman" by Billy Joel for the depth and description crammed into that song

why can't i get just one kiss-violent femmes

you shook me all night long-AC DC

get up stand up-bob marley

Desire-U2

wish you were here-floyd

whole lotta love-led zeppelin

i need you tonight-INXS

should i stay or should i go-the clash

forgot one-
it had to be you-harryconnick jr.

TS ELLiot by CRash TEST Dummies
Bark at the Moon by Ozzie
What if God was One of US? by Joan Osborne
John I love you by Sinead O'Connor
November Rain by GNR (like One TEAM one DREAM said)
ONE heart by Bob MARLEY
Rainbow in the DARK - Dio
Scarborough FAIR - Simon & garfunkel
Fire on BAbylon - Sinead O'connor
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd


Of course, these are songs that are popular, we like to listen to chants by Tibetan Monks, and classical music.

KTC, looks like it's you and me (and PSG) against the world.

I'd start with robeiae, but that'd be too obvious....

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Sorry, dude, but I just don't LIKE the theme from Laverne and Shirley.....

poetinahat said:

Sorry, dude, but I just don't LIKE the theme from Laverne and Shirley.....

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Happy Days, man.

i like leonard cohen, especially his first album.
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