Post Your Favorite Songs of All Time

[AmericanIdiot12]

dont know if this has been done before but i think it will be a good way for people to discover new music...

ill start (in no particular order)

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Wonderwall - Oasis
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
Cute Without the "E" (Cut From the Team) - Taking Back Sunday
Diamonds - Kanye West

if you have more or less than five thats cool

[Sirus The Virus]

So hard to pick just 5 of all time, so I'll put in my current 5.

Bjork - All is Full of Love
U2 - All Because of You
Passengers - Miss Sarajevo
Sting - Fragile
Autechre - Cfern

[slooksterPSV]

It's a tie between:
Forever by Perception I think..... I'm not sure its on In search of Sunrise Volume 2. Like 11th song or that.
Single Life by Sarina Paris - "Freedom all around, people jumpin up and down, boys and girls get down, we are single now. It's so great to be in the crazy company".... and it continues.

[tiny_101]

- "Drops of Jupiter", Train
- "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing", Aerosmith
- "Against All Odds", Remake by Mariah Carey

[Chip NoVaMac]

For me it is show tunes:

Seasons of Love from Rent
Dreamers from Jean Seberg sung by Sarah Brightman
And I Telling You I'm Not Going from Dreamgirls by Jennifer Holiday
Memories from Cats
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables from Les Miserables by Garth Brooks from The Dance

[coreybox]

"stay with me" - rod steward and the faces
the album "blues breakers with eric clapton" - john mayall

EDIT:
the song with the highest play count in itunes for me is
"You've got to hide your love away" - the beatles

[wesco]

-In my life by the beatles
ahhh, such a beautiful song.....

[Whyren]

A little hard to narrow it down, but approximately:

1. Kaze ga fuku hi - Maaya Sakamoto
2. Dance of Curse - Yoko Kanno
3. Tune the Rainbow - Maaya Sakamoto
4. Asia at Odd Hours - Splashdown
5. A Charming Spell - Splashdown

Others worth mentioning (I'm a music major! I can't narrow it down!):
To One in Paradise - Alan Parsons Project
Cosmic Castaway - Electrasy
Chicago: Stealth - Rare
When We Are Together - Texas
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity & Mars, Bringer of War - Gustav Holst
Orc Track 2 - Blizzard
mostly anything from Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Duel of the Fates & Journey to the Island (Jurassic Park) - John Williams

[G5Unit]

I like all Pink Floyd sonds but I really like the song Sordid by Amon Tobin. It was the one in that X3 commercial.

[homerjward]

to the OP: "American Idiot" isn't on there?
edit: right now it's "Sugar We're Going Down" by Fall Out Boy but it changes all the time depending on my mood (yeah, i know...) a few days ago it was "So Cruel" by U2. if i had to pick an all-time favorite song it'd probably be "So Cruel."
"and you need her like a drug..."

[Oryan]

This just came to my mind and I've already started seeing holiday stuff at stores, so I'd say the Mannheim Steamroller version of Carol of the Bells. And I also really like a lot of the songs that have already been mentioned.

[Deepdale]

-In my life by the beatles
ahhh, such a beautiful song.....

Just listened to it in iTunes ... the words are meaningful and the melody is soothing. Another gem courtesy of the Beatles, no surprise there.

[Deepdale]

When I need an adrenaline pumping rush, "Rock & Roll" from Led Zeppelin always works well.

[Whyren]

This just came to my mind and I've already started seeing holiday stuff at stores, so I'd say the Mannheim Steamroller version of Carol of the Bells. And I also really like a lot of the songs that have already been mentioned.

Nice catch! Their versions of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and Good King Wenceslas are also very good.

[swiftaw]

Nice catch! Their versions of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and Good King Wenceslas are also very good.

In the spirit of Christmas, Fairytale in New York by The Pogues

[AmericanIdiot12]

to the OP: "American Idiot" isn't on there?


lol no its just a cool song that i thought would make a good s/n...its probably in my top 50

[Blue Velvet]

• Flower: The Eels
• Black Cherry: Goldfrapp
• I Believe In You: Talk Talk
• O Superman: Laurie Anderson
• Floating: Julee Cruise

I could easily pick a completely different five on another day and in another mood...

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

dont know if this has been done before but i think it will be a good way for people to discover new music...There's always the What's your favorite artist and song-thread. ;)

But if you want more than 1, here's my Top 10 (alphabetically by artist):

- "The Guns of Brixton" by The Clash (http://www.dailytunes.com/songs/20050602172946.html)
- "Edie (Ciao Baby)" by The Cult (http://www.dailytunes.com/songs/20050601203249.html)
- "Det er ikke sant" by Elektrisk Regn (Norwegian, as you might guess)
- "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden (http://www.dailytunes.com/songs/20050603010033.html)
- "Kayleigh" by Marillion
- "Great Expectations" or "Ballad of Bodmin Pill" by New Model Army (I cannot decide between them right now :o)
- "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue (http://www.dailytunes.com/songs/20050601203429.html)
- "Comfortably Numb" (http://www.dailytunes.com/songs/20031027231023.html) or "Wish You Were Here" (http://www.dailytunes.com/songs/20031028084041.html) by Pink Floyd (again too hard to decide)
- "Ghost Town" by Specials (http://www.dailytunes.com/songs/20050312203107.html)
- "Strange Little Girl" by The Stranglers (http://www.dailytunes.com/songs/20050905232100.html)

(If you ask me again in 6 months of a year some might be replaced by other awesome songs, but I think most would remain...)

[ScruffyTheMac]

Here's ten:

Yes: Close to the Edge
Yes: Heart of the Sunrise
r.e.m.: 7 Chinese Bros.
Old 97's: Can't Get a Line
Dumptruck: Going Nowhere
Guster: Careful
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians: Madonna of the Wasps
Scruffy the Cat: Time Never Forgets
Maná: Fé
Phantom Planet: One Ray of Sunshine

The five at the top are permanent; the others could be replaced at any moment by any of the other 5,000 favorite songs in my library. :)

[Sirus The Virus]

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day

Sorry, that has to be one of the worst songs of all time.

[cygni]

Egg Man by Beastie Boys
Stormy Monday by Tbone Walker
Silent Lucidity by Queensryche
Hurt by NIN
Baba O'Riley by The Who
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica
Firestarter by Prodigy
Battleflag by Lo Fidelity Allstars
Santa Monica by Everclear
Fire by Bruce Springsteen
Softer, Softest by Hole
Know Your Enemy by Rage Against The Machine
Wooden Ships by CSN&Y

[russed]

urm....

i hate doing things like this! my favourite songs change all the time, but there are a few songs that when you just listen to it for the first time in a while, you go wow, that was good!

oasis - wonderwall

battle - isabelle or feel the same, or even takayuka - this band is amazing and they will be big next year (well in the UK anyway - look them up on itms, really good)

smashing pumpkins - disarm or tonight tonight

feeder - pretty much anything but prob if i had to keep it to one song, would be 'your my evergreen'

slipknot - vermillion pt. 2 - dont laugh, its actually quite a nice gentle and mellow song!

[redAPPLE]

Sorry, that has to be one of the worst songs of all time.

the secret is not to play the song too often, then it would start to suck after the 30th play.

[russed]

the secret is not to play the song too often, then it would start to suck after the 30th play.

hence i never like any song that ever gets on the radio 1 playlist. you will hear it every 10 mins and it will just get annoying within a day!

[devman]

Wow, 5 songs only... like others have said, this list could easily change on a different day in a different mood.

Not in any order.

Heartbreaker, Kashmir, The Wanton Song - Led Zep.

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd.

Shagkabob - Jason Bonham.

Too tough that. There's many great songs I've left out...

[Blue Velvet]

No Woman, No Cry: Bob Marley
Heroes: David Bowie
Shipbuilding: Elvis Costello
My Baby Just Cares For Me: Nina Simone
Hey Joe: Jimi Hendrix

[bartelby]

Warm Leatherette - The Normal
Venus In Furs - Velvet Underground
Escape From The Prison Planet - Clutch
Sabrina - Einstürzende Neubauten
Dance of the Mad - PWEI

[skullsplitter]

Iron Maiden - Afraid to shoot strangers
Dire straits - Why worry
Pink flloyd - Pigs on the wing 01/02
Led Zepellin - Over the hills and far away......
Metallica - S&M version of 'Of wolf and man'


Of interest, here in NZ a radio station called 'the rock' has the top 1000 rock songs countdown in about feb of each year. #1 is usually enter sandman, closely followed by under the bridge - RHCP, stairway - LEDZEP, Nov rain - G&R, one - metallica to name a few.

[barneygumble]

Keep on loving you - REO speedwagon
Say you Say me - Lionel Ritchie
Civil War - Guns & Roses
Every Rose has its Thorn - Poison
Time to say goodbye - Sarah Brightman
The prayer - Andrea Bocelli
1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky
5th and 9th Symphony - Beethoven
Morning - Greig

[nomad01]

For me it is show tunes:
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables from Les Miserables by Garth Brooks from The Dance

Garth Brooks recorded Empty Chairs? Really?? Wasn't aware of that. Showtunes are fine by me.


• Floating: Julee Cruise


Love that song. Have it on the B side of the Falling single from Twin Peaks.

In no order, my top handful for today(aka today's iPod playlist!):

1000 Oceans - Tori Amos
Raspberry Swirl - Tori Amos
If You Still Love Me - Matt Bogart
Nine Million Bicycles - Katie Melua
If I Had My Way - Linda Eder
Who Can I Turn To? - Anthony Warlow
The Show Must Go On - Queen
Rise and Shine/Am I Ever Gonna Change/Who Cares? - Extreme
Together In Electric Dreams - Giorgio Moroder and Phil Oakey
Manhattan - Ella Fitzgerald
It's Over - Roy Orbison
Let It Be Me - Everly Brothers
I Dreamed A Dream - Patti LuPone
Creep - Radiohead
David - Nelly McKay

I like quite a wide range of music though so it's not easy to name a handful of all time favourites as it changes with my mood.

[fawlty]

It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to


Happy Birthday, Blue Velvet!
(and welcome to the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything)

[AmericanIdiot12]

the secret is not to play the song too often, then it would start to suck after the 30th play.

my play count is up 23 now for that song

[zelmo]

Hmmm....here are a few that I can enjoy no matter the mood I'm in.

Easter, Marillion
Fade to Black, Metallica
Waiting, Porcupine Tree
Space Dye Vest, Dream Theater
anything from Surfing With the Alien, Joe Satriani
The Knife, Genesis (live version)
Remembering, Joaquin Lievano
Steppin' Out, Joe Jackson
Angry Eyes, Loggins and Messina
Cake and Sodomy, Marilyn Manson

...and about 200 others. I could do this all night.

[macmanmatty]

In no order

Sing Me Back Home- Merle Haggard

Are We In Trouble Now- Mark Knopfler

Tequila Sunrise- The Eagles

It's Just The Sun- Don Mclean

He Went to Paris- Jimmy Buffett

[jiv3turkey748]

Seein Red- by Unwritten Law
Hey Mama -by Kanye West
If id Found the Right Words to Say- by Snow Patrol
Eleven -by Taking Back Sunday
My Name is -by Eminem

[jiv3turkey748]

I could easily pick a completely different five on another day and in another mood...

im the same way i just go through phases where i really like certain songs, but then i get sick of them

[Patmian212]

Renee- Lost boyz
NY state of mind-NAS
Winds of change-Scorpions
Bohemian Rahapsidy-Queen
Big Poppa- Biggie Smalls

[MattG]

This is an impossible question...

Right now, 5 of my favorites are:

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes -- performed by Hem, written by E.C.
Sister, Do You Know My Name? -- White Stripes
Answer -- Sarah McLachlan
Daylight -- Alison Krauss and Union Station
White Sail -- Cowboy Junkies

Guess I've got a thing for female vocalists...

[thequicksilver]

<Insert obligatory spiel here about it being an impossible question, but putting ten down anyway in no particular order>

Orbital - Belfast
Underworld - Juanita : Kiteless : To Dream of Love
New Order - 1963
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
New Order - Thieves Like Us
Beloved - The Sun Rising
Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us ApartGreat song (http://www.dailytunes.com/songs/20050404174910.html)... :)

[iGav]

<Insert obligatory spiel here about it being an impossible question, but putting twenty down anyway in no particular order> as stolen from thequicksilver. :D

R.E.M. - Leave
Pop Will Eat Itself - Underbelly
Underworld - Jumbo
Curve - Triumph
David Gates - Guitar Man
Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
Frank Sinatra - I Won't Dance
James - Don't Wait That Long
London Philharmonic Orchestra - Falls
Moby - Rushing
Pete Yorn - On Your Side
Portishead - Roads
Rae And Christian - All I Ask
Saint Etienne - Avenue
Smashing Pumpkins - This Time
The Cardigans - And Then You Kissed Me
Ultravox - Rage In Eden
Zwan - Heartsong

[cgratti]

-In my life by the beatles
ahhh, such a beautiful song.....

That is a great tune, Ozzy Osbourne remade it and did an awesome job. Check it out!

As for my favorite all time song...

Freshman - The Verve Pipe
Love Song - Five for Fighting

and moving up on my list fast is....

Your Beautiful - James Blunt

[SilvorX]

Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
Big Sugar - Three Minute Song
The Guess Who - Hearbroken Bopper
Neil Young - Prairie Wind
Trooper - Raise a Little Hell

[Plymouthbreezer]

Okay, can I do 20 of my all-time favorites? In no particular order...:

1) Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
2) Paradise By The Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf
3) Learning To Fly (or Comfortably Numb) - Pink Floyd
4) In The Flesh? - Pink Floyd
5) Good Riddance - Green Day
6) Drops of Jupiter - Train
7) Wake Up - The Arcade Fire
8) Champagne Supernova - Oasis
9) Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
10) Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright
11) Crush - Dave Matthews Band
12) The Load-Out / Stay - Jackson Browne
13) The Temple - Andrew Lloyd Webber
14) King Herod's Song - Andew Lloyd Webber
15) Cantina Band - John Williams
16) Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
17) Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - The Killers
18) Overture / Prologue - Mamma Mia!
19) Eastern Glow - The Album Leaf
20) Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie

[deadlygopher]

Ndakuvara by Oliver Mtukudzi
music video at tukumusic.co.zw/tuku_stream/Ndakuvara_video.mov

[IanF0729]

Most of the music I like none of my friends know even exists. :rolleyes:

Asking me to narrow down to my favorite songs would take a lifetime. I'll just post a few artists!

Yann Tiersen
Rufus Wainwright
Michael Bubl&#233;
Badly Drawn Boy
ATB
MC Solaar

Enjoy!

[Qoxiivi]

This is a very hard thing to do but these songs would have to appear somewhere.

Vincent - Don McLean
Empty Chairs - Don McLean
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Let Down - Radiohead
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Yesterday - The Beatles
Mouthful of Cavaties - Blind Melon
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
Imagine - John Lennon

[rosalindavenue]

How Soon is Now-- Smiths
Waltz #2 (xo)-- Elliott Smith
Cult of Personality-- Living Colour
Song 2-- Blur
Sick of Myself-- Matthew Sweet
Sitting Still-REM
Greetings to the New Brunette-- Billy Bragg
Substitute-- The Who
The Eton Rifles-- The Jam
Has My Fire Really Gone Out? -- Paul Weller
It's Only Natural-- Crowded House

[Jay42]

So hard to choose- I'm only posting my one all-time favorite song because if I open this up to multiple songs, I would be pulling on a never-ending string.


Time -- Pink Floyd

[DZ/015]

Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation
I Close My Eyes - Shivaree

[angellissie]

1) A Day In The Life - The Beatles
2) Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
3) Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
4) Tonight She Comes - The Cars
5) Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
6) Killer Queen - Queen
7) Eat To The Beat - Blondie
8) 12:51 - The Strokes
9) Buddy Holly - Weezer
10) Dream a Little Dream of Me - The Mamas and the Papas

[KKKL]

Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line

[Cfg5]

Jedi Mind Tricks - Heavenly Divine
Dr. Dre - Big Egos (dopest beat ever)
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood

[yoak]

In the spirit of Christmas, Fairytale in New York by The Pogues

Favourite of mine too, no christmas with out.

[Jaffa Cake]

Favourite of mine too, no christmas with out.Fairytale of New York is my Christmas favourite too – and plenty more agree (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4533030.stm) with us.

[Bobdude161]

Sting - Never Coming Home
&
Lupe Fiasco - Streets on Fire

[davidanddavid]

Van Morrison - Into The Mystic
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain
Stevie Wonder - Visions
World Party - All Come True
Pearl jam - Indifference
Thomas Dolby - I Scare Myself
Wilco - Impossible Germany
The Beatles - Because
Elton john - I've Seen That Movie Too
Flash & The Pan - Walking In The Rain
Radiohead - street Spirit
Steve Miller Band - One In A Million
Rolling Stones - Heaven
Led Zeppelin - too many to count, but That's The Way, No Quarter and Going To California come to mind
Lenny Kravitz - Sister
Dire Straits - Skateaway

[reberto]

Some are permanent, some aren't :D

(You Drive Me) Crazy -Britney Spears
I remember when this first came out and I HATED IT SO MUCH. Now, almost eight years later, it's grown on me.

Flashing Lights -Kanye West
Just love it, no reason why.

Love Lockdown -Kanye West
The song is only a few days old but I've listened to it hundreds of times already.

I Kissed a Girl -Katy Perry
Catchy, fun, I love it.

Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll -The Killers
No need to explain this one.

[BoyBach]

"Fairytale Of New York" - The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl

"God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys

"Living For The City" - Stevie Wonder

"Ice Hockey Hair" - Super Furry Animals

"Northern Sky" - Nick Drake

[Melrose]

New Gold Dream ~ Simple Minds
Where the Streets Have No Name ~ U2
I Can See Clearly Now ~ Jimmy Cliff
Thunderbird ~ Hans Zimmer
Canon in D ~ Pachelbel

[iLao]

1. Pink Floyd - Echoes
2. Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
3. Pink Floyd - Careful with that axe, Eugene

[luckygyrl83]

Only 5? If I had to choose:

Change Clothes by Jay-Z ft Pharrell
Karma Police by Radiohead
The Beast by The Fugees
Troublemaker by Weezer
All I Need by Radiohead

[liptonlover]

(in no particular order)

Angels Wish (Curtis Chapman)
Hey There Delilah (Plain White T's)
The Giving (Michael W. Smith, Instrumental)
Forever (Chris Brown)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
Good Riddance (Greeny Day)
Let's Have A Baby (Candy Butchers)
You're The Inspiration (Chicago)
Stupid Boy (Keith Urban)
Drops Of Jupiter (Train)

[Badandy]

Stairway to Heaven: Zep
Pjanoo: Eric Prydz
Put Your Hands up for Detroit: Fedde Le Grand
'Till I Collapse: Eminem
Lucifer: Jay-Z

And the best song of all time

Brooklyn's Finest: Biggie and Jay-Z

[dirt farmer]

1. Pink Floyd - Echoes

I was just about to post this myself. Without a doubt, the greatest song I've ever heard (tripping, or otherwise). And I've been around the block a few times.

[jodelli]

I Wanna Be Sedated- Ramones
I Am The Walrus- Beatles
Hard Days Night- Beatles
Helter Skelter- Beatles
Sing Sing Sing- Benny Goodman
Them Bones- Alice In Chains
Diggin For Fire- Pixies
Planet Claire- B 52s
God Save The Queen- Sex Pistols
Paranoid- Black Sabbath

too many others...

[rockosmodurnlif]

Rhapsody in Blue composed by George Gershwin

[fairychild]

Jesus Walks - Kanye West

Perfect - Simple Plan

Seasame Street Theme...:p

[SilentGreg]

1. Pink Floyd - Echoes
2. Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
3. Pink Floyd - Careful with that axe, Eugene

Echoes is hands-down the craziest Pink Floyd song to listen to when on mind-altering drugs. ;)

For me it would be:
(in no order)

1. Pearl Jam - Even Flow
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Led Zeppelin - Traveling Riverside Blues (but you can never go wrong with Zep)
4. Pearl Jam - Alive
5. The Who - You Better, You Bet
6. The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black


And a hand full of others.

[redmeister]

could post a pretty long list, too many good ones to name

metallica - to live is to die

shall suffice for now

[Maceo Kemp]

My favourites are:
Blue Blot - Pretty Good
Marillion - Sympathy (by Jasper Steverlinck)
Prince - When Doves Cry
The Cure - Just Like Heaven (the rough rare unplugged version)
The Cure - Lovesong (exception)

[borjasanz]

No particular order

Read my Mind - The Killers
Hotel California- The Eagles
Let it be - The Beatles
Imagine - John Lennon
Clocks - Coldplay
Love will come through - Travis
Fix you - Coldplay
Im yours - Jason Mraz

[TwinCities Dan]

could post a pretty long list, too many good ones to name

metallica - to live is to die

shall suffice for now

Excellent choice! :cool:

I would have to go with "Little Wing" :)