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What Are Your Top 10 Favourite Songs?

ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited September 2010 in Other Music
In no particular order:

Everyday is Like Sunday - Morrissey
Good Feeling - Violent Femmes
Broken Flag - Patti Smith
Long Road - Pearl Jam
Summertime - The Walker Brothers
Dirt - The Stooges
500 Miles - Peter, Paul & Mary
Lay Down Your Weary Tune - Bob Dylan
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
The Fields of Athenry - The Dubliners
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  • Still In HidingStill In Hiding Posts: 370
    Black- Pearl Jam
    Say Hello 2 Heaven- Temple Of The Dog
    Sucide Machine- Elliott Smith
    Flagpole Sitta- Harvey Danger
    911 Is A Joke- Public Enemy
    Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye- The Black Crowes
    If I Ever Leave This World Alive- Flogging Molly
    Troubled Times- Screaming Trees
    Change- Blind Melon
    Eddie Vedder- Local H
  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Today and in no particular order except the first 3:

    1) Smile -PJ
    2) Change- Blind Melon
    3) Black- PJ
    4) Old Man- Neil Young
    5) God Only Knows- Beach Boys
    6) Ain't No Fun- Snoop
    7) Man in the Mirror- Michael Jackson
    8) I Shall Be Released- The Band
    9) Delta Lady- Joe Cocker
    10) Just Like Heaven- The Cure
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    edited September 2010
    ...I'll add a few more:

    Big Star 'Kangaroo'

    Johnny Thunders 'You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory'

    Tom Waits 'Come on Up To The House'
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    1. Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin
    2. Porch - Pearl Jam
    3. In Hiding - Pearl Jam
    4. Married With Children - Oasis
    5. Wiser Time - Black Crowes
    6. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town - Pearl Jam
    7. I've Just Seen a Face - Beatles
    8. Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
    9. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSN
    10. No One Knows - Screaming Trees
    "Speak clearly if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall"

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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    Black - Pearl Jam
    Talking with myself - Electribe 101
    A Forest - The Cure
    Never let Go - Camel
    Fire and Water - Free
    Sign On My Mind - Dr Strangely Strange
    Blue Conversation - Delta
    Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Wooden Ships - Crosby Stills
    Its a Beautiful day - White bird
    Alive - Pearl Jam
    Dead Souls - Joy Division
    In A Manner Of Speaking - Tuxedomoon
    Would - AIC
    The Four Horsemen - Aphrodites Child
    Nothing as it seems - Pearl Jam
    Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
    Sunshine of your love - Cream
    Winning - The Sound
    Nina Simone - Feeling Good
    Simple man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Charlotte sometimes - The Cure
    Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
    The End - The Doors
    State Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
    The trooper - Iron Maiden
    Stripped - Depeche Mode
    With or Without you - U2
    Ble - Fovame
    i was hoping - Alanis Morissette
    Glory Box - Portishhead
    Love song - The Cure

    pff...31 and cant stop..
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    10 or 11 of my favorites off the top of my head

    Bad - U2 (rattle & hum live version)
    Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
    Glosoli - Sigur Ros
    All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
    New York Minute - The Eagles (I know it by Don Henley but the version on 'Hell Freezes Over' is amazing)
    Morning Theft - Jeff Buckley
    Black - Pearl Jam
    Hummer - Smashing Pumpkins
    Dark Center of the Universe - Modest Mouse
    Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams
    Lucky You - The National
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    Red Sector A/La Villa Strangiato.....2.gif
    Nobody Right, Nobody Wrong/Yell Fire........Michael Franti and Spearhead
    Behind The Sun/Method To The Madness....Living Colour
    Amongst The Waves.....Pearl Jam
    Language Of Violence/Television (The Drug Of The Nation).....The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
    Always With Me, Always With You/Clouds Race Across The Sky.....Joe Satriani
    I Shot The Sheriff/Exodus (LIVE).......Bob Marley and the Wailers
    I'm Not Afraid......Eminem
    Stereo Love.....Edward Maya feat. Alicia 2010 remix
    Doomsday Clock/United States......Smashing Pumpkins

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    I Am Mine - Pearl Jam
    Mind Games - John Lennon
    Across the Universe - The Beatles
    Will You Be There - Michael Jackson
    Chemtrails - Beck
    Rocketman - Elton John
    Under Pressure - Queen
    Where the Steets Have No Name - U2
    Nautical Disaster - The Tragically Hip
    Rocket Queen - Guns n' Roses
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Imagine - John Lennon
    Given To Fly - Pearl Jam
    Breath - Pearl Jam
    Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
    My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
    Stuck In a Moment - U2
    Elevation -U2
    Get Off My Cloud - Rolling Stones
    Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
    Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Pearl Jam- Black
    The Beatles- In My Life
    Alice in Chains- Don't Follow
    Arcade Fire- Wake Up
    The Shins- Pink Bullets
    Incubus- Wish You Were Here
    Jimi Hendrix- The Wind Cries Mary
    Ben Folds- The Luckiest
    Dashboard Confessional- Hands Down
    Modest Mouse- Gravity Rides Everything
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,314
    Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
    4th Time Around - Bob Dylan
    Everyday - Buddy Holly
    Trouble - Cat Stevens
    Narcotic Prayer - Chris Whitley
    So Into You - Shudder To Think
    Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
    What A Wonderfull World - Louis Armstrong
    Blood/Porch - Pearl Jam
    Everything In It's Right Place - Radiohead

    Hard to leave these out...

    A Quick One - The Who
    Sounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
    Helplessly Hoping - CSN
    Searching With My Good Eye - Soundgarden
    Just Like Heaven - The Cure
    Redemption Song - Bob Marley
  • SawyerSawyer Posts: 2,411
    Pearl Jam- Black

    Bruce- Rosalita

    Hold Steady- Stuck Between Stations

    The National- Mr. November

    Bloc Party- This Modern Love

    The Strokes- You Only Live Once

    Led Zep- Over the Hills and Far Away

    Smashing Pumpkins- Muzzle

    Sigur Ros- Glosoli

    Arcade Fire- Wake Up
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,178
    Alive - Pearl Jam
    Corduroy - Pearl Jam
    Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
    Video - Ben Folds Five
    Battle of Who Could Care Less - Ben Folds Five
    Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
    Endless Yesterday - Mudhoney
    Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
    Outshined - Soundgarden
    Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - White Stripes
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Given to Fly- Pearl Jam
    Behind Blue Eyes- The Who
    Round Here- Counting Crows
    Sound of Silence- Simon & Garfunkel
    Crush- Dave Matthews Band
    I Will Follow You Into the Dark- Death Cab for Cutie
    People are Strange- The Doors
    Something- The Beatles
    Evening Kitchen- Band of Horses
    Shiny Happy People- R.E.M.
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
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    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
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    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    I'll do what I can...no order of course...just spit-balling and of course it changes...but for now

    Ryan Adams...Oh My Sweet Carolina
    Derek and the Dominoes...Layla
    Drive-by Truckers...Lookout Mountain
    The Band...The Weight
    Black Crowes...Hotel Illness
    U2...Walk On
    Black Keys...I Got Mine
    Springsteen....Tenth Avenue Freeze Out...wait...maybe it Thunder Road or maybe Atlantic City
    The Doors...Roadhouse Blues
    Stones...Paint it Black/beast of burden/tumblin' dice/sympathy for the devil
    Grace Potter...Apologies/Things I Never Needed
    Hold Steady...Lord I'm Discouraged
    Jamey Johnson...Can't Cash My Checks
    Cash...Folsom Prison Blues
    Metallica...Seek and Destroy
    OTIS!...Sittin' on the dock of the bay
    BB King...Thrill Is Gone/Chains and Things
    Ryan Bingham...Southside of Heaven
    Allman Bros...Whipping Post
    Zac Brown Band...Free/Colder Weather

    I'm not much on counting....there's no way to do just 10 for Christ's sake!!!
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    This is too hard and would maybe change if I thought about it again on another day.

    Pearl Jam ~ Sometimes
    The Beatles ~ Across The Universe
    Led Zeppelin ~ Rain Song
    Allman Brothers ~ One Way Out
    Pearl Jam ~ Immortality
    Tom Waits ~ House Where Nobody Lives
    The Beatles ~ While My Guitar Gently Weeps
    Black Crowes ~ Thorn In My Pride
    Deep Purple ~ Mistreated
    Bob Dylan ~ Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

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  • mattdinglemattdingle Posts: 180
    samjam wrote:
    Given to Fly- Pearl Jam
    Behind Blue Eyes- The Who
    Round Here- Counting Crows
    Sound of Silence- Simon & Garfunkel
    Crush- Dave Matthews Band
    I Will Follow You Into the Dark- Death Cab for Cutie
    People are Strange- The Doors
    Something- The Beatles
    Evening Kitchen- Band of Horses
    Shiny Happy People- R.E.M.
    shiny happy people :cry: cant be serious
  • mattdinglemattdingle Posts: 180
    pearl jam- off he goes

    nirvana - drain you

    weezer - sweater song

    aic - sickman

    smashing pumpkins - here is no why

    soundgarden - head down

    stone temple pilots - crackerman

    faith no more - midlife crisis

    metallica - bleeding me

    pavement - silent kid
    off the top of me head sure im forgetting someone
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boQ0g6P1yy8

    2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uazFfQpK5SE

    3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QnjexWLMTE

    4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP15bKvUpdw

    5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFuD09livGk

    6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wURobXwuNh0

    7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=han2KehB3CY (this specific version)

    8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pxvXI1i9cw

    9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txIx9b07RhY

    10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbXh26DMl7s
  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    mattdingle wrote:
    samjam wrote:
    Given to Fly- Pearl Jam
    Behind Blue Eyes- The Who
    Round Here- Counting Crows
    Sound of Silence- Simon & Garfunkel
    Crush- Dave Matthews Band
    I Will Follow You Into the Dark- Death Cab for Cutie
    People are Strange- The Doors
    Something- The Beatles
    Evening Kitchen- Band of Horses
    Shiny Happy People- R.E.M.
    shiny happy people :cry: cant be serious

    What a crazy music video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s&ob=av3e
    "Speak clearly if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall"

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  • RoeghmannRoeghmann Posts: 969
    Immortality - Pearl Jam
    The Funeral - Band of Horses
    Drown - Smashing Pumpkins
    Lampshade - Kashmir
    Call Me A Dog - Temple of the Dog
    Papillion - The Twilight Singers
    Master of Puppets - Metallica
    No Cars Go - Arcade Fire
    Three days - Jane´s Addiction
    Rusty Cage - Soundgarden
    Street Spirit - Radiohead


    ....funny thread. I tried not to "use" the same artist 2 times
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh see the world.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boQ0g6P1yy8

    2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uazFfQpK5SE

    3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QnjexWLMTE

    4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP15bKvUpdw

    5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFuD09livGk

    6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wURobXwuNh0

    7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=han2KehB3CY (this specific version)

    8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pxvXI1i9cw

    9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txIx9b07RhY

    10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbXh26DMl7s

    I like that Cat Stevens song. What album or albums of his would you recommend?
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    mattdingle wrote:
    samjam wrote:
    Given to Fly- Pearl Jam
    Behind Blue Eyes- The Who
    Round Here- Counting Crows
    Sound of Silence- Simon & Garfunkel
    Crush- Dave Matthews Band
    I Will Follow You Into the Dark- Death Cab for Cutie
    People are Strange- The Doors
    Something- The Beatles
    Evening Kitchen- Band of Horses
    Shiny Happy People- R.E.M.
    shiny happy people :cry: cant be serious

    One of the first R.E.M. songs that I ever heard, lots of good memories associated with this one.
    So yes, Shiny Happy People makes it on to my list ;)
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
    2010: MSGx2
    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
    2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    samjam wrote:
    mattdingle wrote:
    samjam wrote:
    Given to Fly- Pearl Jam
    Behind Blue Eyes- The Who
    Round Here- Counting Crows
    Sound of Silence- Simon & Garfunkel
    Crush- Dave Matthews Band
    I Will Follow You Into the Dark- Death Cab for Cutie
    People are Strange- The Doors
    Something- The Beatles
    Evening Kitchen- Band of Horses
    Shiny Happy People- R.E.M.
    shiny happy people :cry: cant be serious

    One of the first R.E.M. songs that I ever heard, lots of good memories associated with this one.
    So yes, Shiny Happy People makes it on to my list ;)
    You're quite entitled to your Shiny Happy People miss without excuses.. ;) Each to his/her own etc..
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

    Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
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  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    what the heyll, here's what I came up with today...


    Blackbird - (Lennon)/McCartney
    Across the Universe - Lennon/(McCartney)
    In Hiding - Gossard/Vedder
    Baba O'Riley - Townsend
    Little Wing - Hendrix
    You Don't Know How It Feels - Petty
    Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver (Denver/Danoff/Nivert)
    Never Go Back - Camper Van Beethoven (Lowery/Segel/Krummenacher/Lisher/Pedersen)
    Sunshine Life for Me - Ringo Starr (Harrison)
    Xanadu - Lee/Lifeson/Peart
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