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What are your top 10 favorite songs of all time?

samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
edited February 2012 in Other Music
I was thinking about this earlier. Try not have too many ties and try and pick a definitive top 10 favorite songs, ever! Here are mine, I consider all these songs sonic perfection:

1. Given to Fly- Pearl Jam
2. Blackbird- The Beatles
3. The Sound of Silence- Simon & Garfunkel
4. Redemption Song- Bob Marley
5. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
6. Won't Get Fooled Again- The Who
7. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
8. After the Gold Rush- Neil Young
9. #41- Dave Matthews Band
10. Round Here- Counting Crows
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    This is a tough one. You ask me tomorrow and I'll probably give a different list, except for the top 2 which has pretty much been my opinion as long as I can remember.

    1. Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin
    2. Sway - The Rolling Stones
    3. Two Of Us - The Beatles
    4. No Way - Pearl Jam
    5. Monkey Man - The Rolling Stones
    6. Instant Karma! - John Lennon
    7. Moonage Daydream - David Bowie
    8. Corduroy - Pearl Jam
    9. Come Back Jonee - Devo
    10. That's How Strong My Love Is - O.V. Wright, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones (all 3 versions are great)
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    SatansFuton wrote:
    2. Sway - The Rolling Stones
    I LOVE that song. It's often overlooked.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • KnZiE94KnZiE94 Posts: 158
    My Top Ten Favorite Songs

    1. Given To Fly- Pearl Jam
    2. Release- Pearl Jam
    3. Chloe Dancer/ Crown Of Thorns- Mother Love Bone
    4. Imagine- John Lennon
    5. Crystal Ship- The Doors
    6. Footsteps- Pearl Jam
    7. She Talks To Angels- The Black Crowes
    8. A Day In The Life- The Beatles
    9. Moonlight Drive- The Doors
    10. Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)- Motley Crue
    BRAD- April 21, 2012 Seattle, WA
    BRAD- April 27, 2012 Seattle, WA

    Pearl Jam- September 30, 2012 Missoula, MT
    Pearl Jam- November 30, 2013 Spokane, WA
    Pearl Jam- December 6, 2013 Seattle WA
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    number one is place to be by nick drake, but i dont think i could come up with 9 more songs.
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    edited February 2012
    no particular order:

    Pearl jam- Black
    Pearl jam- corduroy
    Beatles- while my guitar Gently weeps
    Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven
    Led Zeppelin- Thank you
    Toadies- Tyler
    Climax Blues Band- I love you
    Mad Season- wake up
    Cream- White Room
    Eric Clapton- Wonderful tonight

    This was hard, cause there is tons more.
    Post edited by red mos on
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  • KM43590KM43590 Posts: 298
    Nomadic Revery - Bonnie Prince Billy
    It Ain't Like That - Alice in Chains
    The Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine
    God - John Lennon
    The Curse - Josh Ritter
    Never Ending Math Equation - Modest Mouse
    Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse - of Montreal
    Who You Are - Pearl Jam
    4th of July - Soundgarden
    I Got Dreams To Remember - Otis Redding

    There's so many more, but this is a good start.
  • staceycurcistaceycurci Posts: 97
    No particular order:

    Pearl Jam - Animal
    Neil Young - Heart of Gold
    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Learning to Fly
    John Lennon - Gimmee Some Truth
    Rolling Stones - Miss You
    The Clash - Inoculated City
    Led Zepplin - When the Levee Breaks
    Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
    Pearl Jam - Indifference
    Pearl Jam - Of the Girl

    Now I know tomorrow while I am at work I will be thinking "O shit I forgot about that song...and that one s a classic...etc."
  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Way too hard to do, I can only name my favorite song of all time...

    1) Unthought Known
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    I'll do one per artist. This is impossible.

    Alice in Chains: Nutshell
    Beatles: Tomorrow Never Knows
    Coltrane: Acknowledgement
    Foo Fighters: Everlong
    Mad Season: November Hotel
    Metallica: Fade to Black
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Powderfinger
    Pearl Jam: Immortality
    Pink Floyd: Echoes
    Radiohead: Lucky
    Zep: Ten Years Gone
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Empty GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Samjam, you owe me a beer. You really made my head hurt...but I've spent the last hour or do listening to great tunes to get my list. Alphabetical till I get that beer :D

    Abbey Road (side B) - The Beatles *** Golden Slumbers medley is great, sorry to cheat ***

    After the Goldrush - Neil Young
    Can't You Hear Me Knocking - Rolling Stones
    Captain Jack - Billy Joel
    In My Life - The Beatles
    My Hero - Foo Fighters
    Tangled Up In Blue - Dylan
    Ten Years Gone - Led Zep
    The Weight - The Band
    Wiser Time - Black Crowes
    I've met Rob

    DEGENERATE FUK

    This place is dead

    "THERE ARE NO CLIQUES, ONLY THOSE WHO DON'T JOIN THE FUN" - Empty circa 2015

    "Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015
  • drlovemonkeydrlovemonkey Posts: 394
    in no particular order......

    Porch - PJ
    One - Metallica
    Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
    SOLAT - PJ
    Everlong - Foo Fighters
    Come Down - Bush
    3 Libras - Perfect Circle
    Walk - Pantera
    Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground - White Stripes
    Nobody's Fault - Led Zeppelin
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Who Princess wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    2. Sway - The Rolling Stones
    I LOVE that song. It's often overlooked.

    Yeah, I don't know why it is so overlooked. It's not like it's a hard to find track. It's on Sticky Fingers, one of their most popular albums, and it's crammed right in between two of their biggest hits (Brown Sugar and Wild Horses) so you'd think more people would listen to it, or at least know it.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • pirlo21pirlo21 Posts: 534
    Wow! Tough! Changes day to day, but at the moment I'd say...

    Hunger Strike - Temple ofthe Dog
    Cortez the Killer - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    The River - Bruce Springsteen
    Change - Blind Melon
    Real Me - The Who
    Present Tense - Pearl Jam
    Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins version!
    People Are Strange - The Doors
    I Believe In Miracles - Ramones
    Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
    Cymru Am Byth

    PJ albums, at the moment!! -
    1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,531
    Alive - Pearl Jam
    Just Like Heaven - The Cure
    Angel of Harlem - U2
    American Pie - Don McLean
    Basketball - Kurtis Blow
    Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunneymen
    Small Town - John Mellencamp
    Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin
    Hero in Me - Jeffrey Gaines
    In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    I guess favorites stand the test of time and a couple here I know will :D

    Long Nights
    Ed Vedder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEwNEbFqqfU

    Please Don't Let me Be Misunderstood
    Joe Cocker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36_T05GeVt0

    Indifference
    Pearl Jam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmL8XbC6 ... re=related

    Brave (More than you ever thought you needed)
    Lee Harvey Osmond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IlViey5 ... re=related

    Buzzin Fly
    Tim Buckley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7SUqKJb7tk

    Don't Let It Bring You Down
    Neil Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG1HY2zLc1s

    Get Together
    Youngbloods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4fWN6Vv ... re=related

    Corrina
    Taj Mahal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SHHxMNkMl4

    Ridgetop
    Jessie Colin Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMBU4kR70z4

    Down on Me
    Miss Janis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSQCatgW ... re=related

    enjoy!
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Who Princess wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    2. Sway - The Rolling Stones
    I LOVE that song. It's often overlooked.

    Yeah, I don't know why it is so overlooked. It's not like it's a hard to find track. It's on Sticky Fingers, one of their most popular albums, and it's crammed right in between two of their biggest hits (Brown Sugar and Wild Horses) so you'd think more people would listen to it, or at least know it.

    Rolling Stones never made a finer song than Sway.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    This is tough! I'm going to limit it to 1 per artist and go as fast as I can. These will be in no particular order.

    Fade To Black - Metallica
    Albuquerque - Neil Young
    Zip City - Drive-By Truckers
    Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
    Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
    Unsatisfied - The Replacements
    He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
    New Dawn Fades - Joy Division
    No Time To Cry - Iris DeMent
    Black - Pearl Jam
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    - Al Swearengen

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  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    This is really hard. I simply couldnt narrow down to ten songs, this is the best I could do:

    Paranoid Android - Radiohead
    Black - Pearl Jam
    Battle of Evermore - The Lovemongers
    Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd
    Somebody to Love/You Dont Fool Me - Queen (cant separate the two)
    The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby
    Somebody that I used to know - Gotye
    The Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
    Hysteria - Muse
    Land of Confusion - Genesis
    No-one Knows - QOTSA
    Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
    Imagine - John Lennon
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