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4.01am
23 January 2011
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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.
"You can manicure a cat but can you caticure a man?"
John Lennon- Skywriting by Word of Mouth
4.32pm
8 January 2012
Offline 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
8 in the ghetto elvis
9 hotel califarnia the eagles
10 knocking on heavens doors bob dylan
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 Hey Jude
22 waterloo sunset the kinks
23 sweet child of mine gun and roses
24 smells like teen spirit nirvana
25 let it be
5.17pm
1 December 2009
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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 Feel Love” (called this my favourite single ever many times, so it may as well be true)
2. The Velvet Underground, “Sister Ray”
3. Abba, “Dancing Queen”
4. James Brown, “Mother Popcorn”
5. John Coltrane, “Manifestation”
6. Led Zeppelin, “When The Levee Breaks”
7. Dusty Springfield, “I Only Want To Be With You”
8. MX-80 Sound, “Afterbirth/Aftermath”
9. Billy Preston, “Spacerace”
10. Sir Lord Baltimore, “Pumped Up”
11. Betty Everett, “The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)”
12. Boston, “More Than A Feeling”
13. Mahavishnu Orchestra, “The Noonward Race”
14. Bob Dylan, “Desolation Row”
15. Cyndi Lauper, “Time After Time”
16. The Pretenders, “Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)”
17. Cecil Taylor, “Steps”
18. Bob Seger & the Last Heard, “Persecution Smith”
19. Joni Mitchell, “Carey”
20. The Stooges, “1970”
21. Bow Wow Wow, “Go Wild In The Country”
22. Funkadelic, “Loose Booty”
23. The Kingsmen, “Louie Louie”
24. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, “The Tracks of My Tears”
25. Jimi Hendrix, “The Star Spangled Banner”
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
8.25pm
25 December 2017
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Here I am Reviving an Old Ass Thread
This list changes almost daily, so in no order (Be Warned. . . A lot of Prince)
Purple Rain – Prince
Scarlet Begonias- Grateful Dead
Misrelou- Dick Dale
Wonderwall- Oasis
Surfin’ Bird- The Trashmen
Sub Rosa Subway- Klaatu
Wipe Out- The Surfaris
Wrong Way- Sublime
Rain – The Beatles
Kiss- Prince
Breakfast at Tiffany’s- Deep Blue Something
I Saw The Light- Hank Williams
The End – The Doors
Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)- Looking Glass
Controversy- Prince
A Day In The Life – The Beatles
Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
Inna Gadda Da Vida- Iron Butterfly
Scary Monsters and Super Creeps- David Bowie
Apostrophe- Frank Zappa
1999- Prince
That’s All Right, Mama- Elvis Presley
My Way- Frank Sinatra
Dr. Feelgood- Motley Crue
Faith- George Michael
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9.26pm
9 March 2017
Offline This will be hard but as my final post of 2017, i think i’ll give it a go but split up into 5 categories and out of order:
Rock:
Tie Your Mother Down, Queen
While My Guitar Gently Weeps , The Beatles
Lord Of This World, Black Sabbath
Longview, Green Day
Let There Be Rock, AC/DC
Ballad:
The Wind Cries Mary, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Texas Flood, Stevie Ray Vaughan
Nowhere Man , The Beatles
Home Sweet Home, Motley Crue
One, Metallica
Nostalgic:
Something To Believe In, Maroon 5
Irreplaceable, Beyonce
Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson
Go Go Power Rangers, Ron Wasserman
Get Ready To Wiggle, The Wiggles
Instrumental:
Misirlou, Dick Dale
Flying , The Beatles
Linus And Lucy, Vince Guaraldi Trio
Eruption, Van Halen
On The Run, Pink Floyd
Epic:
Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin
Time, Pink Floyd
The Hero, Queen
Detroit Rock City, KISS
Brighton Rock (Live Killers version), Queen
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11.53pm
18 December 2017
Offline Man In Black, Johnny Cash
Life On Mars?, David Bowie
Paint It, Black, The Rolling Stones
Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash
Cocaine Blues, Johnny Cash
She’s Not There, The Zombies
There You Go, Johnny Cash
Thanks A Lot, Johnny Cash
The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash
Friends Of Mine, The Zombies
Space Oddity, David Bowie
Ziggy Starrdust, David Bowie
All The Madmen, David Bowie
If 6 Was 9, Jimi Hendrix
Give Peace A Chance , John Lennon
If, Pink Floyd
(That was harder than expected)
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4.24am
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27 November 2016
Offline Dark Overlord said
Ballad:
Nowhere Man , The Beatles
I really wouldn’t describe Nowhere Man as a ballad. It’s folk rock, IMO.
Anyway:
Me: *sees title of thread*
Me: runs away because it will be waaaaaay too hard…
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9.07am
9 March 2017
Offline Nowhere Man is a unique one in that it gives off both happy and sad vibes (one of the reasons i like it so much) so it’s debatable whether or not it’s a ballad but because it was on The Beatles Ballads and i needed a place to put it, i labeled it as such.
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11.55am
17 January 2016
Offline Hi BBers! A thread that I need to come back to! This needs some thought as this is going to be a tough one.
That said, I’m back. Haven’t paid this place enough attention in a bit. Promise to be better in 2018! Happy New Year!
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12.26pm
26 January 2017
Offline Ooh. This is going to be hard.
The Beatles
The La’s
There She Goes
Oasis
Live Forever
Led Zeppelin
The Rain Song
Pink Floyd
Fearless
David Bowie
Rock N Roll Suicide
Quicksand
The Smiths
Asleep
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
This Charming Man
How Soon Is Now?
I Know It’s Over
Smashing Pumpkins
1979
Hummer
Soma
Mayonaise
Mac Demarco
My Kind Of Woman
Ode To Viceroy
The Stone Roses
Sally Cinnamon
I Am The Resurrection
Kendrick Lamar
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The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses
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3.32pm
14 December 2009
Offline Thanks for thread revival, Purplish…I always feel a bit guilty when a thread dies immediately after I post in it!
Lotsa great music on these lists.
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6.43pm
25 December 2017
Offline Von Bontee said
Thanks for thread revival, Purplish…I always feel a bit guilty when a thread dies immediately after I post in it!Lotsa great music on these lists.
You’re Welcome! i kind of have a little bit of a habit of reviving threads. .
"Dinner with Delores Must be some kind of sin
Like a Brontosaurus She was packin' it in" -Prince
6.43pm
14 February 2016
Offline Silver, Blue, And Gold – Bad Co.
I’m Only Dreaming – The Small Faces
Take Me Home – Phil Collins
Kilburn Towers – BeeGees
The Man Who Sold The World – Nirvana version
No Matter What – Badfinger
Rock Of Ages – Badfinger
Just What I Needed – The Cars
Bye Bye Love – The Cars
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) – The Eurythmics
The Carpet Crawlers – Genesis
D’yer Mak’er – Led Zeppelin
Hot Love – Cheap Trick
Cirrus Minor – Pink Floyd
Get On The Floor – Michael Jackson
Rock The Casbah – The Clash
Rebel Yell – Billy Idol
Year Of The Cat – Al Stewart
Love Song – Tesla
Stuck In The Middle With You – Stealers Wheel
What Makes You Think You’re The One – Fleetwood Mac
The Red Telephone – Love
In The First Place – George Harrison
All Apologies – Nirvana
Foolin’ – Def Leppard
My list constantly changes, so these aren’t in any order and if I remake this list in 4 months the songs would be completely different.
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6.49pm
25 December 2017
Offline Evangeline said
Stuck In The Middle With You – Stealers Wheel
That’s my Mother ‘s favorite song! and a song that i love as well
"Dinner with Delores Must be some kind of sin
Like a Brontosaurus She was packin' it in" -Prince
2.35pm
11 September 2018
Offline I will choose twenty-five UK singles from twenty-five years, beginning with the year I first ‘discovered’ music.
1994 – Blur – Girls and Boys
1995 – Pulp – Common People
1996 – Robert Miles – Children
1997 – No Doubt – Don’t Speak
1998 – Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next
1999 – Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
2000 – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
2001 – Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out of My Head
2002 – Eminem – Without Me
2003 – Beyonce – Crazy In Love
2004 – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
2005 – McFly – All About You
2006 – Lily Allen – Smile
2007 – Arctic Monkeys – Brianstrom
2008 – Mark Ronson feat Amy Winehouse – Valerie
2009 – Florence and the Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
2010 – Cee Lo Green – Forget You
2011 – Jessie J – Price Tag
2012 – Lana Del Ray – Video Games
2013 – Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble
2014 – George Ezra – Blame It On Me
2015 – Little Mix – Black Magic
2016 – Christine and the Queens – Tilted
2017 – Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE
2018 – Dua Lipa – New Rules
2019 – Stormzy – Crown
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QuarryMan3.08pm
26 January 2017
Offline These are just off the top of my head as general desert island songs, one song per artist, as well as trying to touch a few different bases in terms of mood and genre.
Fleetwood Mac – Gypsy
The Replacements – Unsatisfied
Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
Pretenders – Brass in Pocket
Grimes – Kill V. Maim
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Frank Ocean – Nights
Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
Miles Davis – Flamenco Sketches
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
Kanye West – Street Lights
Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
John Coltrane – Naima
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
Björk – Hyperballad
Angelo Badalamenti – Twin Peaks Theme
Fiona Apple – Regret
Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
Joni Mitchell – A Case of You
Madonna – Like a Prayer
Kendrick Lamar – Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
Gil Scott Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
“While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I’m a naysayer and hatchet man in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I’ll gladly take another - because I choose to live my life in the company of Ghandi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. I love you, Sheriff Truman.”
8.34am
13 January 2019
Offline I think this is a fun thread to revive! I’ll need some time to think of my 25, but in the meantime, I hope to see some of y’all’s. 
P E A C E & L O V E
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2.09pm
26 January 2017
Offline Let’s limit to one song per artist so it isn’t just Beatles and Dylan
The Beatles – Sexy Sadie
Bob Dylan – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
The Beach Boys – That’s Not Me
The Band – Caledonia Mission
Steely Dan – Rose Darling
Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
Grateful Dead – Terrapin Station
Widespread Panic – This Part of Town
Phish – Stash
The Rolling Stones – Let It Loose
The Who – Love Ain’t For Keeping
Michael Jackson – Baby Be Mine
Simon and Garfunkel – Overs
James Taylor – Blossom
Tom Petty – Time To Move On
Allen Toussaint – Pickles
Boston – Peace of Mind
Buffalo Springfield – Bluebird
Neil Young – I’ve Been Waiting For You
CSN – 49 Bye Byes
Derek & the Dominos – Anyday
Dire Straits – Tunnel of Love
Elton John – Country Comfort
Billy Joel – Summer Highland Falls
Joni Mitchell – You Turn Me On I’m A Radio
Van Morrison – Bright Side of the Road
Warren Zevon – The French Inhaler
Roger Miller – Leavin’s Not the Only Way To Go
Rogers/Hammerstein – The Hills Are Alive
Alan Menken – The Bells of Notre Dame
Dr Dre – The Watcher
Outkast – Hootie Hoo
Wu Tang – Shane On a
Nas -Life’s A Bitch
Compositions/versions of songs I love
Duke Ellington- Sunny Side of the Street (Great Paris Concert)
Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins – Limbo Jazz
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington – Solitude
Grant Green – Patches (Live and Club Mozambique)
Cannonball Adderley Quintet w/ George Duke – The Black Messiah
Charlie Parker – Billie’s Bounce
Wayne Shorter – Footprints
Allen Toussaint – Cast Your Fate Into the Wind
George Duke – Anticipation
The Meters – Sophisticated Cissy
Scott Joplin – A Breeze From Alabama
Solo Stuff
John – You Are Here
Paul – Long Haired Lady
George – Let It Down
Paul Simon – Gumboots
Jerry Garcia Band – Cats Under the Stars
Donald Fagen – New Frontier
List is too long and has too many omissions
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