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what is the 5 best non-pearl jam song ever

fifefife Posts: 3,327
edited May 2006 in Other Music
i have seen so many threads abotu best songs ever and everyone always put like 4 pearl jam songs. what i want people to think of is what is teh best songs ever written by people or bands that are not Pearl jam.

Here is Mine:
1) Bad
2) Wish you were here
3) Let it be
4) Like a rolling Stone
5) How soon is Now

so what is all of yours
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  • FirecloudFirecloud Posts: 516
    These are never going to be the same for me on any given day, but right this minute, in this mood, here are mine:

    1)Never Be Moved - Clutch
    2)Across the Universe - As done by Fiona Apple
    3)Sympathy for the Devil - Stones
    4)Hangin' Tree - Queens of the Stone Age
    5)Eulogy - T00L
  • BoSoxFan11BoSoxFan11 Posts: 17
    1) The Boxer (S&G)
    2) The way it ought to be (Led Zepplin)
    3) Try not to Breath (REM)
    4) Old Man (Neil Young)
    5) Hey Jude (The Beatles)

    Runners up
    Out of Control (U2)
    Tangled up in Blue (Dylan)
    Thunder Road (Bruce)
    Gloria (U2)
    Outshined (Soundgarden)
    Nutshell (AIC)
    Pretty Persuasion (REM)
  • two fish soultwo fish soul Posts: 8
    1. With a Little Help from my friends
    2. Gimme Shelter
    3. Wish you were here
    4. La Cienega Just Smiled (Ryan Adams, Gold)
    5. Down Payment Blues (AC/DC, Powerage)
    "Well his wife and kids asleep but he's still awake
    and his brain weighs the curse of thirty bills unpaid
    gets up, lights a cigarette, he's grown to hate
    thinking if he can't sleep, how will he ever dream again?"
  • Dreams of RedDreams of Red Posts: 203
    BoSoxFan11 wrote:
    1) The Boxer (S&G)
    2) The way it ought to be (Led Zepplin)
    3) Try not to Breath (REM)
    4) Old Man (Neil Young)
    5) Hey Jude (The Beatles)

    Runners up
    Out of Control (U2)
    Tangled up in Blue (Dylan)
    Thunder Road (Bruce)
    Gloria (U2)
    Outshined (Soundgarden)
    Nutshell (AIC)
    Pretty Persuasion (REM)


    you sir have impeccable taste...

    1. crime in the city-neil
    2. battle of evermore-l.zep
    3. imagine-lennon/beatles
    4. the boxer-s&g
    5. porcelina of the vast oceans[/i]-t.s.p.

    As far as you take me, that's where i believe
    The realm of soft delusions, floating on the laves
    On a distant shoreline, she waves her arms to me
    As all the thought police, and closing in for sleep
    The dilly dally, of my bright lit stay
    The steam of my misfortunes
    Has given me the power to be afraid
    And in my mind i'm everyoneand in my mind
    Without a care in this whole world
    Without a care in this life
    It's what you take that makes it right
    Porcelina of the oceans blue
    In the slipstream, of thoughtless thoughts
    The light of all that's good, the light of all that's true
    To the fringes gladly, i walk unadorned
    With gods and their creations
    With filth and disease
    Porcelina, she waits for me there
    With seashell hissing lullabyes
    And whispers fathomed deep inside my own
    Hidden thoughts and alibis
    My secret thoughts come alive
    Without a care in this whole world
    Without a care in this life
    It's what you take that makes it right
    And in my mind i'm everyone
    In my mind i'm everyone of you
    You make it right
    It's all allright
    You make it right
    Porcelina of the oceans blue

    :rolleyes:HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!!!
    i'm a thief... and a liar...

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  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    Tragically Hip - Leave (I personally guarantee if you download this song you will enjoy it, if you appreciate PJ songwriting, you'll appreciate this)
    Soundgarden - The Day I Tried to Live
    Matthew Good Band - Apparitions
    Queen of the Stone Age - The Sky is Fallin'
    Tragically Hip - It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken

    Fuck that was hard! All of these songs demonstrate PJ comparable songwriting abilities in my opinion.
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • BoSoxFan11BoSoxFan11 Posts: 17
    Dreams of Red wrote:
    you sir have impeccable taste...

    Thank You very much!! By the way I love Battle of Evermore.
  • pearljamfan99pearljamfan99 Posts: 61
    1. Come Pick me Up - Ryan Adams
    2. With a Little Help from my Friends
    3. Rooster - AIC
    4. Amazing Grace - as long as its sung acapella
    5. St. James Infirmary - Satchmo

    I know its a weird combo, but hey Im weird. Peace, J
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  • mr orionmr orion Posts: 61
    Bob marley - no woman no cry
    Nirvana - breed
    Black crowes - remedy
    Neil young- powderfinger
    Richard Thompson - wall of death
  • LajoteroLajotero Posts: 9
    1- Time - Pink Floyd
    2- Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
    3- Heroes - David Bowie
    4- One of These Days - Pink Floyd again =]
    5- Like a Rolling Stone
    the serpent was subtil, peer, genesis 3:6
    described as... bored, ignored
    harmless
    because I say so
    bored, black, numb, disturbed
    problem, wicked out
    a harmless child
    he say he didn´t have mother
    the unclean spirit intend
    erase

    Curitiba,Br. 11/30/05
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,529
    1 - American Pie
    2 - A Day in the Life
    3 - Hotel California
    4 - Born to Run
    5 - Smells Like Teen Spirit
  • ponner1usponner1us Posts: 738
    1. The Drugs Don't Work-The Verve
    2. Graceland-Paul Simon
    3. Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
    4. Bullet Proof....I Wish I Was-Radiohead
    5. Anything, Anything-Dramarama
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    Journey Ends:
  • edmosquitoedmosquito Posts: 69
    I have to agree with Firecloud on this one. Will never be the same for me on any given day/mood, though I have maintained since the day I heard it, that RITFW was the perfect rock song. Essentially only 3 chords, verse-chorus-verse-chorus-verse-chorus, with a kickin', sweetly-sloppy solo thorwn in at just the right moment, and is a protest song against the most powerful man in the world at the time. Perfect.

    I pulled these out of my ass:

    Visions of Johanna - Dylan
    Rock and Roll - Velvet Underground
    Tomorrow Never Knows - Beatles
    Over the Hills and Far away - Zep
    Rockin' in the Free World - Uncle Neil
    "You would be punctilious in assuming that."
  • (:Smile:)(:Smile:) Posts: 117
    to name albums is easier (in no specific order):

    beck - sea change
    cocorosie - noah's ark
    low - things we left in fire
    mum - finally we are ...no one
    jon brion - eternal sunshine of the... ost
    damien rice - o
    three fish - the quiet table
    explosions in the sky - the earth is not a cold dead place
    sigur ros - ( )
    all britney s. albums - lol, just checking if anyone reads this crap and notices :)
    mono - walking cloud and deep red sky, flag fluttered and the sun shine
    radiohead - kid a
    the hobos - flashback mornings


    ok, there is a problem with choosing only 5...
    The man they call my enemy, I've seen his eyes
    He looks just like me, a mirror

    The more you read, we've been deceived
    Everyday it becomes clearer,...

    Clearer.
  • DillsnufusDillsnufus Posts: 1,165
    1. stairway to heaven
    2.Comfortably Numb
    3.Fade to black
    4.Back in black
    5.victim of changes(judas priest)
  • EarthgirlEarthgirl Posts: 695
    1. Battle of Evermore-Led Zep
    2. All I want is you- U2
    3. Imagine- Beatles/Lennon
    4. Wonderful-Adam Ant
    5. La Vie En Rose-Louis Armstrong
    6. Free Fallin-Tom Petty
    7. Harvest Moon-Neil
    8. Have you ever seen the rain- CCR
    9. Seasons in the sun- Terry Jacks
    10. Black- Pearl Jam
  • freewheelin3freewheelin3 Posts: 173
    summer babe - pavement
    thirteen - big star
    shine on you crazy diamond (1-9) - pink floyd
    in the aeroplane over the sea - neutral milk hotel
    olsen olsen - sigur ros
    cortez the killer - neil young
    the diamond sea - sonic youth
    ashes of american flags - wilco
    your hand in mine - explosions in the sky
    please dont ask me too smile - you am i


    this is it at the moment, but i reckon i have about 500 favourite songs..
  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,310
    BoSoxFan11 wrote:
    2) The way it ought to be (Led Zepplin)

    ???????

    how is that your #2 song if, 1.) its not the actual name of the song, and 2.) you spelled zeppelin wrong...i know, i'm a dick, but i'm also a professional zeppelin listener...

    5 off the top of my head...
    ten years gone or the rain song by zeppelin
    don't be denied by NY
    amazing journey/sparks by the who
    sofa #2 by zappa
    6/26/98, 8/17/00, 10/8/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/25/03, 5/28/03, 6/1/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 6/6/03, 6/12/03, 6/13/03, 6/15/03, 6/18/03, 6/21/03, 6/22/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03, 10/3/04, 10/5/04, 9/9/05, 9/11/05, 9/16/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/19/06, 6/30/06, 7/23/06, 8/5/07, 6/30/08, 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 5/4/10, 5/7/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/11/13, 10/17/14, 8/20/16
  • leethalleethal Posts: 134
    NewJPage wrote:
    ???????

    how is that your #2 song if, 1.) its not the actual name of the song, and 2.) you spelled zeppelin wrong...i know, i'm a dick, but i'm also a professional zeppelin listener...

    5 off the top of my head...
    ten years gone or the rain song by zeppelin
    don't be denied by NY
    amazing journey/sparks by the who
    sofa #2 by zappa

    I was thinking the same thing. excellent taste u have:

    1. Rain Song
    2. ten years gone
    3. Thats the Way
    4. Ramble on
    5. Love or Confusion - (Hendrix)
  • prljam85prljam85 Posts: 227
    5. cigarettes and alcohol-Oasis
    4. master of puppets-Metallica
    3. Living loving maid-Led Zeppelin
    2. All along the watchtower
    1.stairway to heaven- Led Zeppelin
  • skipshotskipshot Posts: 33
    My five (in no particular order):

    1) "California Stars" - Billy Bragg & Wilco
    2) "Blue" - The Jayhawks
    3) "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" - Wilco
    4) "Do You Realize" - The Flaming Lips
    5) "So Alive" - Ryan Adams

    Honorable Mention:
    "Last Goodbye" - Jeff Buckley

    I'd also have to say that these are the first five that came off of the top of my head that I still listen to quite a bit. It would probably be totally different if I answered this tomorrow or a week from now.
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    battle of evermore
    bad
    alien -bush
    no quarter
    1979- smashing
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • corycory Posts: 736
    Purity - Slipknot
    No Leaf Clover - Metallica
    3 Libras - A Perfect Circle
    Sometimes - Candlebox
    Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (that song just makes me happy)

    Throw in Love Song by Tesla too..........great tune
    Revive the heart of the heartless...

    Why would you start was has no end?
  • evenkatevenkat Posts: 380
    Like A Hurricane - Neil Young
    Five Years - David Bowie
    Violet - Hole
    War Pigs - Black Sabbath
    Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

    on other days

    Old Man - Neil Young
    The Ballad of Dwight Fry/Second Coming - Alice Copper
    Heart of the Sunrise - Yes
    All Along the Watch Tower - Jimi Hendrick
    She's Gone - Ozzy Osborne

    another day...

    fife wrote:
    i have seen so many threads abotu best songs ever and everyone always put like 4 pearl jam songs. what i want people to think of is what is teh best songs ever written by people or bands that are not Pearl jam.

    Here is Mine:
    1) Bad
    2) Wish you were here
    3) Let it be
    4) Like a rolling Stone
    5) How soon is Now

    so what is all of yours
    "...believe in lies...to get by...it's divine...whoa...oh, you know what its like..."
  • KravenKraven Posts: 829
    Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
    Achilles Last Stand- Led Zeppelin
    Sympathy for the Devil- The Rolling Stones
    A Day in the Life- The Beatles
    All Along the Watchtower- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    32 shows and counting...
  • OceansofVitalogyOceansofVitalogy Posts: 1
    1) Metronome Arthritis- At The Drive In
    2) Cosmonaut- At The Drive In
    3) November Hotel- Mad Season
    4) Fade To Black- Metallica
    5) Birth Ritual- Soundgarden
    i was alone and far away, hey..
    when i heard the band start playin'
  • beachdwellerbeachdweller Posts: 1,532
    Tool - 46 & 2
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cortez the Killer
    Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Lovin You
    The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock n Roll
    Bob Dylan - Masters of War

    this is truly impossible to do, lol
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  • tylerj1462tylerj1462 Posts: 40
    Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
    Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
    One - U2
    Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan
    Time- Tom Waits
    "so this is how liberty ends, with thunderous applause"
  • tylerj1462tylerj1462 Posts: 40
    Firecloud wrote:
    These are never going to be the same for me on any given day, but right this minute, in this mood, here are mine:

    1)Never Be Moved - Clutch
    2)Across the Universe - As done by Fiona Apple
    3)Sympathy for the Devil - Stones
    4)Hangin' Tree - Queens of the Stone Age
    5)Eulogy - T00L


    Fiona does it so well. One of the few covers i like better then the real thing
    "so this is how liberty ends, with thunderous applause"
  • chrisw_30chrisw_30 Posts: 21
    At the moment

    Emotion Sickness- Silverchair
    Outlaw Torn- Metallica
    Bliss- Muse
    Last Goodbye- J Buckley
    Across The Night- Silverchair
    Carpe Diem Baby
  • ScubascottScubascott Posts: 815
    fife wrote:
    i have seen so many threads abotu best songs ever and everyone always put like 4 pearl jam songs. what i want people to think of is what is teh best songs ever written by people or bands that are not Pearl jam.

    Here is Mine:
    1) Bad
    2) Wish you were here
    3) Let it be
    4) Like a rolling Stone
    5) How soon is Now

    so what is all of yours

    Michael Jackson's Bad?

    Ok, how about this

    Stairway, or Rain Song, or Babe I'm gonna leave you, or Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, or Dazed and Confused, or No Quarter. . . I don't know, they're all awesome.

    Freebird

    Rockin' in the Free World (One of the best rock songs ever)

    Xavier Rudd - To Let

    The Spice Girls - Spice up your life.
    It doesn't matter if you're male, female, or confused; black, white, brown, red, green, yellow; gay, lesbian; redneck cop, stoned; ugly; military style, doggy style; fat, rich or poor; vegetarian or cannibal; bum, hippie, virgin; famous or drunk-you're either an asshole or you're not!

    -C Addison
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