YOUR TOP 10 SONGS OF ALL TIME

[Andrew Everard]

Is this the right forum for mentioning Aysha Brough ?

Only if someone finally gets round to spelling her name correctly.

 

[daveloc]

Is this the right forum for mentioning Aysha Brough ?

Only if someone finally gets round to spelling her name correctly.

Actually, I originally got round to spelling her name correctly (unless Wikipedia and Facebook are also wrong) 😉

More top tens, and less kibbitzing, please? <giggle>

 

[Deleted member 2457]

1. G N R - Paradise City

2. G N R - November Rain

3. M C R - Helena

4. M C R - Na Na Na

5. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (With a guitar intro at the beginning)

6. AC/DC - Thunderstruck

7. Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar

8. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

9. Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark

10. Slash/Andrew Stockdale - By the Sword

 

[Andrew Everard]

Actually, I originally got round to spelling her name correctly (unless Wikipedia and Facebook are also wrong) 😉

Wikipedia, wrong? Perish the thought

Actually, it gets the spelling wrong a couple of times, then goes back to getting it right again. Facebook gets it wrong because it lifts the text uncorrected from Wikipedia...

 

[Anonymous]

wow, lots of dire straits, genesis and pink floyd love here! 😀

My top ten, in no particular order apart from the first one which rules 'em all:

Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings

Genesis - Firth of Fifth

Peter Gabriel - Here Comes the Flood

Pink Floyd - Wish You Where Here

Vivaldi - L'Inverno (but I love all the other seasons as well)

Muse - Hysteria

Armin Van Buuren - Serenity

Staind - Zoe Jane

Daft Punk - Aerodynamic

Giovanni Allevi - Go with the Flow (has a special meaning to me, it's the song that I associate to my first gf

)

 

[Andrew Everard]

Go with the Flow (has a special meaning to me, it's the song that I associate to my first gf

)

She was called Florence?

 

[Shanka]

OK, so I got it wrong, I was distracted by the school girl uniform.............

 

[Anonymous]

Go with the Flow (has a special meaning to me, it's the song that I associate to my first gf

)

She was called Florence?

Nope 😛

 

[Macspur]

Sorry I can't resist! here's another 10:
Keep the Curtains Closed Today, Colin Blunstone
The Lark Ascending, Vaughn Williams
Night Vision, Suzanne Vega
Landing in London, 3 Doors Down
While My Guitar Gently Weeps, The Beatles
Moon Dance, Van Morrison
Fields of Gold, Sting
Cathy's Song, Simon&Garfunkel
Lullabye for a Stormey Night, Vienna Teng
Just a Vehicle, David Wilcox
Ventura Heighway, America
Something in the way She Moves, James Taylor
Indian Sunset, Elton John
Running Down a Dream, Tom Petty&the Heartbreakers
Sand&Water, Beth Nielsen Chapman
Madg, Stephen Bishop
This Old Love, Lior
Oops! think I've got carried away.
Sugden A21L amp, Naim CD5XS CDP Chord Cobra3 i.c ProAc Studio 130 speakers

 

[Anonymous]

The beatles- in my llife

Kate bush- wuthering height's

Pulp- somthing changed

The beatle's- she's leaving home

John lennon- jeaulous guy

Ultravox- vienna

Squeeze- up the junction

U2- one

Bjork- play dead

James- laid

 

[amcluesent]

I can't decide on songs, so 10 albums -

Wings - Band on the Run
Richard & Linda Thompson - In Concert, 1975
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver
Kate Bush - Director's Cut
Joe Jackson - Summer in the City
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Van Morrison - Too Late to Stop Now
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel III (Melt)
Swing Out Sister - It's Better To Travel
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

 

[plastic penguin]

Almost an impossibility but I'll give it a bash. In no particular order:

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks; Tin Soldier - Small Faces; Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield; Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson; Brilliant Mistake - Costello; Lover, You should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley; Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House; Sunday Shining - Finlay Quaye; Whole Lotta Love - Zepp; Come And Get It - Eli 'Paperboy ' Reed.

Come next week this'll probably change...

 

[slithytove1]

This is silly but fun.

At this very moment I'll say...

Debaser - Pixies

Alternative Ulster - SLF

I Had a Dream - Long Ryders

Atmosphere - Joy Division

Shake, Shake, Shake - White Denim

Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead

River Deep Mountain High - Ike and Tina

Cab it Up - Fall

Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jnr

Johnny Too Bad - Slickers

But ask me in 5 mins and it'll change

 

[StevenKay]

Another 'must listen' song which should be part of all favorite song lists:

Emerson Lake and Palmer - From The Beginning Triology

 

[caesar44]

The cars: Drive

The cars: Stay the night

Reo speedwagon: keep on loving you

The beatles: Help

Nightwish: For the heart i once had

REM: Losing my religion

REM: Everubody hurts

Bon Jovi: Living on a prayer

I will add more, to the moment they are my top songs.

 

[KiwiMoto]

Cars-Moving in Stereo

Kiss-Dr Love

UK Squeeze-Cool For Cats

Everclear-Heroin Girl

Zepp-Achilles last stand

Stones-Miss You

Bronski Beat-Small Town boy

Ozark Mountain Daredevils-Jackie Blue

Motorhead-Killed By Death

Audioslave-Show me how to Live

 

[KiwiMoto]

And then there's...

Hawkwind-Silver Machine

Boz Scaggs-Low Down

Brothers Johnson-Strawberry Letter 23

The Only Ones-Another Girl Another Planet

Wilco Johnson-Roxette

Parliament-Flashlight

Ace Frehley-New York Groove

Heart-Magic Man

Magazine-Motorcade

The Motors-Dancin' the Night Away

 

[AEJim]

I always think any top 5/10/100 list is really difficult, perhaps moreso with music than anything else because it's so mood dependant. Some days you'll be up for some hard rock while others you may be in the mood for classical. I guess it's the tracks that you can go back to time and time again that should stand out. Then of course you have that highbrow attitude come in where you couldn't possibly put down Buck's Fizz's "Making your mind up" for fear of embarrassment! (Actually in thinking about it I'd probably put the Bee Gee's "Staying Alive" in my top 10 as I still think it's a masterful piece of music making that works 30+ years on!)

One rule that should always be in force is nothing from the last 5-10 years should be applicable. How often do you see these kinds of lists topped by the likes of "Titanic" being voted number one film of all time because it was popular at the time the list was made. Things that are fresh in your memory will always stand out.

Anyway, I'm probably just skirting the issue because I can't decide on a definite top 10, and that there would be some very low-brow choices in there! 😀 I think maybe best albums is easier as many are disappointing aside from a few tracks. The Black Crowes' "Southern Harmony and Musical Companion" is still probably my number one album for being enjoyable all the way through though...

 

[the record spot]

They change all the time, so it's never a fixed 10. Still, for now in no particular order...

Mad Man Moon - Genesis

Lost for Words - Pink Floyd

Magic - Olivia Newton-John

It'll Be Me - Tom Jones/Jools Holland

Nine Times Out of Ten - Cliff Richard

Think It Over - Buddy Holly

Thunder On The Mountain - Bob Dylan

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

Dreaming - Blondie

Starship Trooper - Yes

City to City - Gerry Rafferty

...that's this week's...!

 

[DIB]

Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"

plus 9 others.

.

 

[Drummerdave]

Very difficult but here goes:-

Neil Young - Words (Between

 

[Drummerdave]

 

[Drummerdave]

Neil Young – Words (Between the Lines of Age)
Oxes – Riki Creem Calls this On “ Chivas Regal”
Led Zep – Since I’ve been Loving You
Shellac – Prayer to God
Pixies – Gouge Away
ACDC – Down Payment Blues
2 Pac – 2 Gangsta
Sunn 0))) – Orthodox Caveman
The Melvins – Boris
The Fall – Impression of J Temperance

 

[Anonymous]

This list would no doubt be quite different on another day, but for what it's worth:

Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground

Frank Sinatra – Cake

Hejira – Joni Mitchell

Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead

Unravel – Bjork

Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

Waiting for a Superman – The Flaming Lips

Man in the Moon – REM

It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding – Bob Dylan

She's leaving home – The Beatles

 

[Simon Lucas]

Sunn 0))) – Orthodox Caveman

Dave, you are hardcore.

My list (like most lists, this is valid for one week only):

Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High (this has cropped up in previous lists - I presume they, like me, insist on the Phil Spector recording)

Joan As Police Woman - Anyone

The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes (I've discussed this with the editor and I'm not just putting it down because he has, really)

The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You

Psychic TV - The Orchids

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Far From Me

The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache

Can - Moonshake

Four Tet - Slow Jam

Nick Drake - Fly