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LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
edited October 2008 in Other Music
Rocket Queen - guns and roses (one of the best on Appetite)
Ten Years Gone - Led Zep
Caribou - Pixies
mother's little helper - Rolling Stones
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    I'd say Coma by GnR. Everyone talks about November Rain as their big epic, but both Estranged and Coma shit all over it.
    And Cold Cold Ground by Tom Waits.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Boots of Spanish Leather by Dylan. I mean, it's well enough known to be included in the 20th Century folk ballads section of the Norton Poetry Anthology but it's never really mentioned as being up there with his great songs.

    There's something utterly magnificent about this:

    "Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
    And the diamonds from the deepest ocean,
    I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss,
    For that's all I'm wishin' to be owning"
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    And Cold Cold Ground by Tom Waits.
    Hell, yeah. I've been in love with it since it was used in an episode of Homicide years ago.

    Comes a Time - Neil Young
    Cuyahoga - REM (I could list 1,000,000)
    Acrobat - U2
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    MrSmith wrote:
    Rocket Queen - guns and roses (one of the best on Appetite)
    Ten Years Gone - Led Zep
    Caribou - Pixies
    mother's little helper - Rolling Stones

    That's my favourite pixies song ever. Generally not a huge pixies fan, but I do love that song.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • MohabMohab Posts: 310
    Pink Floyd

    Paintbox / Remember a Day / See-Saw



    even more so, there best song in my opinion


    Unknown Song - Zabriskie Point Soundtrack

    (all four versions including pt.1 of the narrow way)
  • ChrisisChrisis Posts: 16
    Deep Purple: 'No One Came' from the album Fireball
  • wcsmithwcsmith Posts: 165
    Bruce Springsteen - It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
    The Eagles - A Good Day in Hell
    The Band - Unfaithful Servant
    Led Zeppelin - Hots on for Nowhere
    The Police - Darkness
    The Who - Love Ain't for Keeping
    Pink Floyd - Wot's Uh the Deal?
    Genesis - Ripples
    Peter Gabriel - And Through The Wire
    King Crimson - Fallen Angel
    ZZ Top - Just Got Paid
    Marshall Tucker Band - This Ol' Cowboy
    Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia
    "I'll ride the wave where it takes me"
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Springsteen-Lost In The Flood
  • The Long RoadThe Long Road Posts: 183
    Tea For One-Led Zeppelin
    Yes, The River Knows-The Doors
    Pony-Tom Waits
    Bike-Pink Floyd
    Gypsy Eyes-Jimi Hendrix
    "All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives"--Ed
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    The Long Road wrote:
    Pony-Tom Waits
    Good call.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • The Long RoadThe Long Road Posts: 183
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Good call.

    We could honestly go on forever w/ Tom Waits. Most of his songs are underrated, because HE is underrated...and I think HE likes it that way. I chose Pony because it's a personal fav of mine.
    One more thing Jeremy1012, I promise I will never squabble w/ you, because a fan of Pony is a fan of mine!
    "All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives"--Ed
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Led Zeppelin - Out on the Tiles
    Elton John - Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
    Stone Temple Pilots - Still Remains
    Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky
    Oasis - Slide Away
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    Elton John - Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
    Stone Temple Pilots - Still Remains
    These are good picks. I'd throw in STP's Glide too. Brilliant song, but it gets written off with the rest of No. 4.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    These are good picks. I'd throw in STP's Glide too. Brilliant song, but it gets written off with the rest of No. 4.

    i agree. good call.
  • supersonicyearssupersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    Hoodoo Voodoo Medicine Man - Aerosmith
    "In the age of darkness
    want to be enlightened"
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    The Long Road wrote:
    We could honestly go on forever w/ Tom Waits. Most of his songs are underrated, because HE is underrated...and I think HE likes it that way. I chose Pony because it's a personal fav of mine.
    One more thing Jeremy1012, I promise I will never squabble w/ you, because a fan of Pony is a fan of mine!
    I agree, I mean, there are songs on Orphans that should never have been on an odds & sodds compilation, however high the overall quality of it is. Never Let Go and Down There By The Train are two of my favourite songs EVER.

    Along with Pony :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Edved82Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    One Tree Hill - U2
    I'm Gonna Crawl - Led Zep
    Helter Skelter - Beatles

    would be 3 of my favourites
    "...though my problems are meaningless....that don't make them go away...."
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    Is Pearl Jam a classic artist yet? If so, TREMOR CHRIST :D
    :D
    without a doubt. i'd go with In My Tree.
  • KannKann Posts: 1,146
    Jimi Hendrix - rainy day dream away/still raining still, dreaming
  • rivariadrivariad Posts: 15
    every song of Band on the Run album which is a Paul McCartney & Wings classic, also "dont let me down" and "happiness is a warm gun" from the gods. the beatles
  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 532
    pretty much any Zeppelin tune that doesn't get any radio play
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    MrSmith wrote:
    Rocket Queen - guns and roses (one of the best on Appetite)
    Ten Years Gone - Led Zep
    Caribou - Pixies
    mother's little helper - Rolling Stones

    Ten Years Gone is one of Zep's best songs. I love Tea for One too.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I'd say Coma by GnR. Everyone talks about November Rain as their big epic, but both Estranged and Coma shit all over it.
    And Cold Cold Ground by Tom Waits.

    You are right, Estranged is better than November Rain.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    Led Zeppelin - Out on the Tiles
    Elton John - Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
    Stone Temple Pilots - Still Remains
    Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky
    Oasis - Slide Away

    Still Remains is great. I was on a kick of that song a couple of weeks ago and listened to it like five times. The last song on Purple is great too, Kitchenware and Candybars, i think it's called. Meatplow, the first song on Purple is great too.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    EBowie wrote:
    pretty much any Zeppelin tune that doesn't get any radio play

    Well said.

    I saw Plant play with Allison Krausse Saturday night and it was great! He sang Black Country Woman. And at the end he said, "What's the matter with you little mama?"
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • wcsmithwcsmith Posts: 165
    EBowie wrote:
    pretty much any Zeppelin tune that doesn't get any radio play

    I agree, with two exceptions:

    Hot Dog and Boogie With Stu
    "I'll ride the wave where it takes me"
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    rrivers wrote:
    Ten Years Gone is one of Zep's best songs.
    IMHO...it's their best song.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    rrivers wrote:
    You are right, Estranged is better than November Rain.
    Yes, this is correct. :D
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    rrivers wrote:
    Still Remains is great. I was on a kick of that song a couple of weeks ago and listened to it like five times. The last song on Purple is great too, Kitchenware and Candybars, i think it's called. Meatplow, the first song on Purple is great too.
    Purple is simply a great album. :D
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    MrSmith wrote:
    mother's little helper - Rolling Stones

    that is one great song! good choice!
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