The Beatles Bible - Topic: Your Top 25 songs of all time

vonbontee on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:17:46 +0000

First, I'm not necessarily a fan of "songs" per se - songs as in "a set of music plus lyrics intended to be sung". I like records! recordings! performances! And 25 is far too few for "all time" - I'm supposed to choose 0.625 songs for every year I've been an avid listener?! Most of which will change anyways! Yeah, right...but whatever. Let's just say these are 25 songs that I'd really, really love to hear right now or almost anytime. (And as usual in these non-Beatles-specific music lists, I'm excluding all Beatles and solo-Beatle music, to be fair.)

1. Donna Summer, "I ...

lettherebbeatles4ever on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:32:28 +0000

1 a day in the life

2 purple haze jimi hendrix

3 wont get fooled again the who

4 an american trilogy elvis

5 i heard it through the grapevine marvin gaye

6 voodoo child jimi hendrix

7 tomorrow never knows

8 in the ghetto elvis

9 hotel califarnia the eagles

10 knocking on heavens doors bob dylan

11 strawberry fields forever

12 paint it black the stones

13 bridge over troubled water simon and garfunkel

14 stting on the dock of the bay otis redding

15 itsnt a pity george harrison

16 working class hero john lennon

17 my way frank sinatra

18 mull of kintyre wings

19 bohemian rhopsery queen

20 all along the watchtower jimi hendrix

21 ...

kedame on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:01:15 +0000

I love On the Way, too. I like the guitar work and the drums, even if they aren't that inventive. Paul's voice is excellent, too. Hell, I love the whole McCartney II album, though I'm a little tired of Coming Up...heard it too many times.

meanmistermustard on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:31:34 +0000

re On the Way I love Pauls vocal with all the echo, and the guitar and the drums sound great, plus i like the lyrics. (To go off on a tangent i like songs with lyrics which dont go down the whole ''i will love you forever and everything is going to be just super and pink and everyday i will make you pancakes and we will never argue and i will never do anything to hurt you'' route. One of my favourite lines in any song is '"if you should ever leave me, life would ...

Into the Sky with Diamonds on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:12:34 +0000

Meanmistermustard, "On the Way"? Had to look that up. What, pray tell, do you see in that song?

On the other hand, even if it doesn't crack the top 10, I always thought "Summer's Day Song" was under-rated to the extent that no one ever talks about it. It has a quasi religious or zen aspect to it. Very meditative in a beautiful way.

meanmistermustard on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:09:20 +0000

Not sure i can get 25 exactly so it may be slightly over/under, no beatles and 3 per artist max. Plus they're not in any order.

Its Not My Fault - Buddy Holly

If You Dont Love Me - Kylie Minogue

Picture - Sheryl Crow & Kid Rock

Its Over - Kendall Payne

Cocaine Blues (@ Fulsom Prison) - Johnny Cash

Love Of My Life - Queen

The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart - Alicia Keys

Spark (Acoustic) - Amy McDonald

The Spider And The Fly - The Rolling Stones

Put Yourself In My Place (acoustic) - Kylie Minogue

Let Love Speak Up Itself (Paul Heaton ...

Sgt. Pepper on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:22:58 +0000

This is going to be hard. I'm going to cheat and put in four extra songs. Rebel here. xD

*these aren't in any particular order, by the way*

Mother Nature's Son – The Beatles

Ramble On – Led Zeppelin

America – Simon and Garfunkel

Blowin ' in the Wind – Bob Dylan

Behind Blue Eyes – The Who

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

I Want to Break Free - Queen

Voodoo Child – Jimi Hendrix

I've Got a Name – Jim Croce

Peace Train – Cat Stevens

For No One – The Beatles

Going to California – Led Zeppelin

Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra

The Boys of Summer – Don Henley

Empty Garden – Elton ...

GniknuS on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:59:52 +0000

My friend and I were trying to come up with our definitive top five or so at work and I think I've come up with a decent list for now. It's just hard to keep all these songs in your head, what I like now I might not like as much or remember how much I like in a few months. So as of right now...

(1) After the Gold Rush - Neil Young. I just can't help but smiling at this one, Neil's voice is the only one that affects me like John's does.

(2) Funky Miracle - the Meters. So ...

kedame on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:30:59 +0000

Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) – The Beach Boys

That’s Not Me – The Beach Boys

I Am a Rock – Simon and Garfunkel

Bridge Over Trouble Water – Simon and Garfunkel

Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

You Can’t Always Get What You Want- The Rolling Stones

The Long Black Veil – Johnny Cash

Last Dance with Mary Jane – Tom Petty

Californication/Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers

One Week – Barenaked Ladies

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – David Gray

Music of the Night- Original London Cast of Phantom of the Opera

Cleaning Out My Closet – Eminem

Any Old Wind that Blows – Johnny Cash

One More Suicide – Marcy ...

The Beatles bassist on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:09:50 +0000

I haven't listed the order yet so I instead write 25 song titles of my favorites tunes (most from The Beatles and CCR - the 5 first is my top 5):

- Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Wrote a Song for Everyone - Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival

- I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles

- Hound Dog - Elvis Presley

- November Rain - Guns N' Roses

- Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

- Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

- Another Brick in the ...

PennyLane on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:47:42 +0000

Redoing my list. Things change. Again in no particular order:

Long, Long, Long- The Beatles
A Day in the Life- The Beatles
America- Simon and Garfunkel
Ten Years Gone- Led Zeppelin
Redemption Song- Bob Marley
Free Fallin'- Tom Petty
Handle Me With Care- Traveling Wilburys
"Heroes"- Davis Bowie
The Passenger- Iggy Pop
Love and Happiness- Al Green
A Change is Gonna Come- Otis Redding
Gimme Shelter- The Rolling Stones
Soul Survivor- The Rolling Stones
Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
Badge- Cream
All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix
Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)- Bob Dylan
For What It's Worth- Buffalo Springfield
Here's Looking at You, Kid- The Gaslight Anthem
Born to Run- Bruce Springsteen ...

Into the Sky with Diamonds on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:51:42 +0000

Unknown, wow, "25 or 6 to 4"

Hadn't thought of that one in a while.

I heard Chicago play that when they opened for (I think) Jethro Tull. That was their only hit at the time, and they played it for what seemed like 20 minutes. It was great; blew everyone away. Love that guitar.

The Walrus on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:16:50 +0000

An update:

Like A Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan

The Prophet's Song- Queen

In The Backseat- Arcade Fire

Strawberry Fields Forever- The Beatles

Hoppípolla- Sigur Ros

Desolation Row- Bob Dylan

While My Guitar Gently Weeps- The Beatles

She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach- Manic Street Preachers

The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing- The Decemberists

I Come And Stand At Every Door- The Byrds

Baba O'Reilly- The Who

Paranoid Android- Radiohead

Free Love- Cornershop

In One Ear- Cage The Elephant

Child Of The Jago- Kaiser Chiefs

Photosynthesis- Frank Turner

Sunshine Of Your Love- Cream

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)- Arcade Fire

Life On Mars?- David Bowie

Across The Universe- The Beatles

Supersonic- Oasis

Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve

Plug In Baby- Muse

(Antichrist Television Blues)- Arcade Fire

We're Going To ...

unknown on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:24:16 +0000

This isn't really my top of all time, just songs that I have been on a kick on lately. I didn't put in any Beatles or solo Beatles songs becuase those would take up over half my list.

1. That's Life (Frank Sinatra)
2. Time To Say Goodbye (Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman)
3. She's Got A Way (Billy Joel)
4. Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees)
5. Mr. Blue Sky (ELO)
6. This Love (Maroon 5)
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)
8. 25 Or 6 To 4 (Chicago)
9. Tweeter And The Monkey Man (Traveling Wilbury's)
10. Crying (Roy ...

GniknuS on Your Top 25 songs of all time

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:23:53 +0100

Very Simon and Garfunkel like, a very, very cool band.

I'm looking at my list and I feel like my musical tastes are very fluid, I get stuck on songs and bands but I'm not sure I have a definite top songs of all time. I really like all the songs on my list, but certainly they aren't my all time favorites. So I've been sitting here for the last two minutes thinking really hard and I think I can come up with a top 10 sans Beatles. I think they just have to be songs that put you somewhere, no ...