Best Song of all Time

by Michaels, Sean Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:17 am

After todays thread on Steffan's Shed 7 tickets, I'm running a 606v2 Boxing 'Best Song of All Time Thread'.

Much like Union (without the cheating and favouritism), you all get your picks. It ends on Sunday midnight. I'll then do a top 10 poll.

Fire away.........

PS list your top 3

by Michaels, Sean Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:20 am

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins
Ten Storey Love Song - Stone Roses

by TRUSSMAN66 Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:23 am

1. Young Americans - David Bowie
2. Star spangled banner - Jimi Hendrix
3. Breakfast in America - Supertramp..

They all take some beating...

"Grim up north" - would've been my 4th choice..

by **Fists of Fury** Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:24 am

1. Jerusalem
2. Land of Hope and Glory
3. I vow to thee my country

by TRUSSMAN66 Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:31 am

God save the Queen by the sex pistols...your back up hey??? Cool

by **Fists of Fury** Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:32 am

Top tune.

by Rowley Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:38 am

American Idiot - Green Day

by **ShahenshahG** Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:39 am

Masters at work - Work

by **88Chris05** Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:42 am

1) 'I Can See for Miles' - The Who
2) 'Pretty Vacant' - The Sex Pistols
3) 'Here, There & Everywhere' - The Beatles

Would give a different top three every day, mind you.

by Sugar Boy Sweetie Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:43 am

Paranoid Android (Radiohead)
Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)
There Is a Light Thst Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

by Rowley Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:44 am

Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed
PP Arnold - If You think you're groovy

Ask me tomorrow you can have a different three.

by TRUSSMAN66 Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:46 am

No one has ventured a Gary Glitter song...

He was a top Brit at one time wasn't he???

by **88Chris05** Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:49 am

A Smiths fan eh, Sugar Boy? A man after my own heart!

by **ShahenshahG** Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:49 am

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:No one has ventured a Gary Glitter song...

He was a top Brit at one time wasn't he???

Suffering from stockholm syndrome trussy?

by TRUSSMAN66 Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:51 am

Just wanting clarification that he was a top Brit at one time Shah.....

Innocent enquiry mate...

by Sugar Boy Sweetie Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:56 am

88Chris05 wrote:A Smiths fan eh, Sugar Boy? A man after my own heart!

Big fan mate, Smiths, Beatles, Bowie, Who, Stones, Radiohead, Libertines, that's my taste.

Have listened to The National? If you like the Smiths you'd probably like them.

by **88Chris05** Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:57 am

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Just wanting clarification that he was a top Brit at one time Shah.....

Innocent enquiry mate...

Wonder how long it's been since the word 'innocent' was used in such close proximity to 'Gary' and 'Glitter'....

by Guest Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:02 am

1. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
2. A Day in the Life - Beatles
3. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

by Michaels, Sean Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:11 am

Ok. not going well. i need a serious top 5.

i'll put them in a spreadsheet. do not edit.

by Sugar Boy Sweetie Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:24 am

TumblingDice wrote:1. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
2. A Day in the Life - Beatles
3. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

Actually think your very own username is the Stones best song mate, followed closely by Gimme Shelter.

by **88Chris05** Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:33 am

Could be here all day doing a Stones list, though. 'Start Me Up' probably gets my vote. 'Miss You' would be up there, too.

by Guest Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:37 am

Yeah it was hard to pick one...

My favourites are generally the ones more from Keith such as Happy and You Got The Silver but as the title was best songs of all time, I felt it more appropriate to go for the headliners so was stuck between Sympathy, Satisfaction and Gimme Shelter.

Not so struck on Radiohead but There is a Light and Here Comes are both outstanding tracks!

by Sugar Boy Sweetie Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:37 am

88Chris05 wrote:Could be here all day doing a Stones list, though. 'Start Me Up' probably gets my vote. 'Miss You' would be up there, too.

Tumbling Dice
Gimme Shelter
Angie
Loving Cup
Beast of Burden

Would be my top 5 Stones (gun to head!).

by Sugar Boy Sweetie Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:41 am

TumblingDice wrote:Yeah it was hard to pick one...

My favourites are generally the ones more from Keith such as Happy and You Got The Silver but as the title was best songs of all time, I felt it more appropriate to go for the headliners so was stuck between Sympathy, Satisfaction and Gimme Shelter.

Not so struck on Radiohead but There is a Light and Here Comes are both outstanding tracks!

Happy is a great tune, follows Loving Cup brilliantly on Exile - best bit of the album. Radiohead aren't to everyone's taste but I love them, and Thom Yorke is the best live vocalist I've seen.

Couldn't not include Here Comes... Nearly killed myself mastering it on the guitar, and me and Mrs Sugar walked out of the church to it at our wedding - I'd have it at my funeral.

by AlexHuckerby Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:14 am

Not the best song of all time, but do you know the song on the Rage advert a while back?

Counting Bodies Like Sheep - Performed by - A perfect circle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ejsM0VF-Os

So epic.

by John Bloody Wayne Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:33 am

ZZ TOP - Just Got Paid
Nirvana - School
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry

Just three of my favourites, could be any three really. I don't like the term best when it comes to music and entertainment, all opinion.

by Guest Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:48 am

1/ Angel of Death - SLAYER
2/Left Hand Path - ENTOMBED
3/Bury Me In Smoke - DOWN

Could also have had
Malevolent Creation - MALEVOLENT CREATION
Mutiny on my Mind - THE INBREDS
Phantom - DISFEAR
Demand the Impossible - MISERY INDEX
Dechristianize - VITAL REMAINS
The Coffin Ships - PRIMORDIAL
The Apocalypse Machine - MOURNING BELOVETH
Slowly We Rot - OBITUARY
For Victory - BOLT THROWER
Existence is Punishment - CROWBAR
...and a whole host of others

Alexhuckerby, best song by A Perfect Circle is "Magdelena" from "Mers de Noms"

by AlexHuckerby Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:24 am

Not a huge fan of Magdalena in truth Dave...

Excision and Downlink - Heavy Artillery (Skism Remix)

Absolute beast of a song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFoa9NB7jZs

by BALTIMORA Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:30 am

Heard it on the Grapevine, the CCR version.

by Strongback Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:14 pm

All Along The Watch Tower - Jimi Hendrix
A Day in the Life - The Beatle
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles

What's going On - Marvin Gaye
Livin in the City - Stevie Wonder
Sex Machine - James Brown
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair

Baba O'Reilly - The Who
Who Are You - The Who
The Real Me - The Who - anything off Quadrephenia

Eight Miles High - The Byrds
I'm Waiting for my Man - The Velvet Underground
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones

John McLaughlin - Good Bye Pork Pie Hat
Wes Montgomery - Round Midnight
Django Reinhardt - Djangology
Miles Davis - All Blues
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Grant Green - My Favorite Things
Joe Pass - Satin Doll
Al Di Meola - Egyptian Danza/Race With the Devil on a Spanish Highway
Pat Metheny - Have you Heard
Santana - Oye Como Va

John Williams - J. Rodrigo - Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez
Andres Segovia - Asturias
Julian Bream - Bach Prelude in D

Frank Zappa - Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar
Steve Vai - For The Love of God
Joe Satriani - Satch's Boogie

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Metallica - Wherever I May Roam
Rage Against The Machine - Killing in the Name
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - I Could Have Lied
Motorhead - Ace of Spades

The Jam - That's Entertainment
Blondie - Sunday Girl
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
The Prisoners - Hurricane
James Taylor Quartet - Theme From Starsky and Hutch

The Specials - Do Nothing
The Selector - James Bond
The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
Madness - Embarrassment
Prince Buster - Al Capone
Desmond Dekker - 007 Shanty Town
Laurel Aitken - Skinhead
The Toasters - East Side Beat
The Loafers - The Undertaker
Maroon Town - Average Man

The Dead Kennedy's - Holiday in Cambodia
G.B.H. - City Baby Attacked By Rats
The Clash - London's Calling

The Pixies - Debaser
Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing

Bob Marley - The Back Catalogue

Anything by Stax. Otis,Booker T etc.

Nick Drake - Pity the metamorphosis from boy to man was too much for this sensitive soul. Few have what he had.

That's just few I like from the scrap yard of my memory, I hope it's self-indulgent enough. There's at least a few classic in there.

by Steffan Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:17 pm

Thats a mega list with loads I like on there

by AlexHuckerby Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:37 pm

Anything done by Jedward.

by **ShahenshahG** Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:45 pm

AlexHuckerby wrote:Anything done by Jedward.

A pet rabbit?

by 6oldenbhoy Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:22 pm

Dolly Parton- Jolene.

by Adam D Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:53 pm

BALTIMORA wrote:Heard it on the Grapevine, the CCR version.

Is that the Californian Raisins?

by BALTIMORA Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:06 pm

Adam D (Hobo) wrote:
BALTIMORA wrote:Heard it on the Grapevine, the CCR version.

Is that the Californian Raisins?

Creedence Clearwater Revival.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:38 pm

The Pogues: Rainy night in Soho
Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising
Al Green: Let's Stay Together
Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing
Whigfield: Saturday Night

by Michaels, Sean Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:46 pm

crickey. not sure this is going to work....... what would Union do?

my extra 2 are

love my way - psychodelic furs
electronic - getting away with it

not sure i can leave out love will tear us apart (joy division) or there she goes (the la's) though......

by BALTIMORA Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:48 pm

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
Portishead - Machine Gun
QOTSA - ~~Like A Drug~~ Mosquito Song...

...or...anything off their brown album.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:49 pm

Sean, I have had a think about it, and can you remove Whigfield and replace it with The Venga Boys and 'Boom Boom Boom Boom'.

Thanks.

by Rowley Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:10 pm

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:The Pogues: Rainy night in Soho
Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising
Al Green: Let's Stay Together
Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing
Whigfield: Saturday Night

Was about to say you had awful tastes in music Tina, but you pulled it out of the bag at the death.

by Scottrf Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:12 pm

rowley wrote:
Mind the windows Tino. wrote:The Pogues: Rainy night in Soho
Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising
Al Green: Let's Stay Together
Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing
Whigfield: Saturday Night

Was about to say you had awful tastes in music Tina, but you pulled it out of the bag at the death.

Yeah Dire Straits are great.

by Michaels, Sean Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:15 pm

Scottrf wrote:
rowley wrote:
Mind the windows Tino. wrote:The Pogues: Rainy night in Soho
Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising
Al Green: Let's Stay Together
Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing
Whigfield: Saturday Night

Was about to say you had awful tastes in music Tina, but you pulled it out of the bag at the death.
Yeah Dire Straits are great.

I do hope that comment isn't tinged with sarcasm? The Sultans of Swing Guitar solo is one of the best. Also like a bit of Romeo and Juliette when I'm feeling romantic.........

by Scottrf Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:17 pm

No they are great. Brothers in Arms and Walk of Life too.

by Rowley Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:18 pm

I despise Dire Straits bland middle of the road dullards, if it was not for my pathological hatred of Queen they would quite possibly be my least favourite band ever.

by Scottrf Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:18 pm

rowley wrote:I despise Dire Straits bland middle of the road dullards, if it was not for my pathological hatred of Queen they would quite possibly be my least favourite band ever.

I bet you'd like them if they sold less records.

by Rowley Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:20 pm

Scottrf wrote:
rowley wrote:I despise Dire Straits bland middle of the road dullards, if it was not for my pathological hatred of Queen they would quite possibly be my least favourite band ever.
I bet you'd like them if they sold less records.

Absolutely because their failure to sell loads of records has always been the reason I love the Stones and Elvis.

by Scottrf Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:22 pm

rowley wrote:Absolutely because their failure to sell loads of records has always been the reason I love the Stones and Elvis.

How are the Dire Straits middle of the road? You can tell their style in a song of theres you've never heard before.

by Mind the windows Tino. Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:23 pm

You're very bad tempered this morning, jeff. Did TSMR turn her back on you last night?

What's not to like about that song that contains the following lyrics:

And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles

Genius.

by Rowley Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:25 pm

Just find it bland and uninspiring, taste is obviously pretty subjective but they do absolutely nothing for me.

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