Favorite Songs

Very good topic, Mike. Today, I really dug Bowie's Changes. As for fav all time song? Hands down it's Norman 'Hurricane' Smith's Oh, Babe What Would You Say?

How Long is a great tune, though. Good choice.

Rock on,
Rick

I doubt I could ever pick a favorite. I like so many different things about music at so many different times. And I'm still exploring.
I don't always like the lyrics of the songs that I enjoy the most. And many times good lyrics get sugared down and wasted by a sappy tune.
Ted Nugent's Stranglehold is always the first that comes to mind when this question is asked. Good ole' rock and roll. Scorpion's 'Lovin' You on Sunday Morning' is sweet and romantic but with a good rock feel. I could rock out to bands like Megadeth, ACDC, newer Tesla, etc..all day.
Then there's the musically introspective bands like Pink Floyd, Zeppelin a bit
There's something that Nora Jones sings, hmm, I'll have to look it up. Her voice is wonderfully dreamy and the song just sends shivers.
Catchy lyrics on an upbeat get me. There is current popular song on the radio by Blue October called Into the Ocean - love it. The lyrics are meaningful and the tune is lively, I hum it all day.
Some of my favorite bands for lyrics are Cake, Creed, Audioslave, the Beatles...
I could go on and on. (And that's just covering Rock)
My husband is a musician who plays casually with a couple of groups, and I am forever calling him up suggesting some song or another I just heard, for him to cover.
How would one pick just one???

moblues said:

DW would like this song: Dreamer from Tommy Bolin's album Teaser. This has the best rock gutar solo I have ever heard.

Please check out Tommy's stuff. Unfortunately he overdosed at the age of 25 in 1976.

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I love Tommy Bolin. Someone very close to me introduced his music to me years ago. I have some of his stuff, and Dreamer is my favorite.

“Michael From Mountains” (Joni Mitchell) Be Human (Yoko Kanno) I die (Stephin Merritt)

I had that impression about Dreamer as well.
Now you've done it, I'll have to listen to some Bolin this weekend.

Someone gave me James Gang's Miami lp decades ago. TB was the guitarist then. He played well, but the album was dross.

Guess I'll always dig Alice Cooper. Never a hint of self pity in his stuff. Curiously, I thought I'd outgrow ol' black eyes, but as the years go on, the lyrics have so many deeper levels then I first realized, it's addictive.

what more could one ask for in lyrics than this:

Michael wakes you up with sweets
He takes you up streets and the rain comes down
Sidewalk markets locked up tight
And umbrellas bright on a grey background
Theres oil on the puddles in taffeta patterns
That run down the drain
In colored arrangements
That michael will change with a stick that he found

(chorus)
Michael from mountains
Go where you will go to
Know that I will know you
Someday I may know you very well

Michael brings you to a park
He sings and its dark when the clouds come by
Yellow slickers up on swings
Like puppets on strings hanging in the sky
Theyll splash home to suppers in wallpapered kitchens
Their mothers will scold
But michael will hold you
To keep away cold till the sidewalks are dry-

(chorus)

Michael leads you up the stairs
He needs you to care and you know you do
Cats come crying to the key
And dry you will be in a towel or two
Theres rain in the window
Theres sun in the painting that smiles on the wall
You want to know all
But his mountains have called so you never do-

new favorite song: how it ends/ Devotchka

moblues said:

Even though Eighteen was an anthem, give me No More Mister Nice Guy.




Mike

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I agree.

Rock on,
Rick

sorry mike, i didn't realise you were addressing me!!

yes, i will check it out i promise - thanks for the nudge!

yeah, he's great, Mike - thanks!

I just discovered an amazing new artist a couple days ago - devechenko... so I went a little crazy in front of the camera and now you guys can see a homemade video clip of one of my new favorite songs, made by yours truly... press link below!

Thanks for putting it so nicely Mike! I did ballet for 7 years, now I'm injured So when I do dance it's a big occasion, and I tape it and put it on YouTube! That was like my first time dancing in ages... I think I'm gonna take it down, though - it's embarrassing...

Anyway, back to the topic, correction: Devotchka, not Dovachenko, and he is responsible for most of the amazing soundtrack of Li'l miss sunshine.

Oh, so many songs...

The elite :

Miles Davis, Right Off. If it weren't for the awful voiceover on Yesternow, A Tribute to Jack Johnson might have been my hands down favorite album, end to end.

Paul Simon, Allergies. As if Paul wasn't brilliant enough on his own, he brought in Al DiMeola for the solo. It doesn't get much better than that.

McCoy Tyner Trio, Bon Voyage. Not an easy album to find, but well worth it. I also had the great pleasure of hearing him perform it live.

Beyond those, there are many, many great songs in the world. I'm obviously particular to jazz, but I listen to a lot of classic rock and blues. I can't think of any genre that I don't like at least a song or two from. It would honestly take me days to compile a partial list, though I can say Alice Cooper would take a few slots. I think he has a lot more depth as an artist than most people give him credit for. He's also a pretty interesting guy on a personal level and his radio show is hilarious. Hendrix would be on my list a few times as well, though I'm partial to his jazzier works.

Dancing Queen by ABBA.

ABBA video http://jimcolyer.com/papers/entry?id=44

Today, it is Fallout Boy "This Ain't a Scene"

Tomorrow .. who knows

I cant pick just one song to be my favorite!

Sometimes I like music to express how I'm feeling in ways I can't and sometimes it's simply for entertainment. I like Music that I can hear the lyrics to, I'm really not into all that 'screaming so loud I may burst a blood vessel' stuff at all but I don't have a defined style either,Im' really influenced by people close to me and all my current favorites are from a cd a friend made me. The most listened to on my MP3 player at the moment is ... Hurricane by Bob Dylan. Great song!

For story telling lyrics, I've always been partial to Chris DeBurgh though not 'Lady in Red'... more like 'Tender Hands' or 'Carry Me'.