Your favourite songs of all time

[Jarryd_S]

I was bored yesterday so I did a list of my top 20 songs of all time, would be interested to see how it compares to other peoples lists:

1 Back in the USSR-The Beatles
2 Imagine-John Lennon
3 No Regrets-Robbie Williams
4 Angels-Robbie Williams
5 The End-The Beatles
6 Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band-The Beatles
7 Love Somebody-Robbie Williams
8 Ain’t that a kick in the Head
9 Georgia on my Mind-Ray Charles
10 Bittersweet Symphony-The Verve
11 Let it Be-The Beatles
12 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life-Monty Python
13 It’s a long way to the top-AC/DC
14 I Want You (She’s so Heavy)-The Beatles
15 (I got everything you need) Almost-The Blues Brothers
16 Flip, Flop & Fly-The Blues Brothers
17 Morning Glory-Oasis
18 Johnny B Goode-Chuck Berry
19 Come Together-The Beatles
20 Jailhouse Rock-The Blues Brothers

[_Ed_]

Tough one, but here goes:

1. Muse - Citizen Erased
2. Muse - Plug In Baby
3. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
4. Coldplay - Fix You
5. The Smiths - I Know It's Over
6. Radiohead - Exit Music (for a film)
7. Muse - Showbiz
8. Athlete - Shake Those Windows
9. Radiohead - True Love Waits
10. Athlete - New Project
11. Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
12. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
13. Coldplay - Politik
14. Muse - Sing for Absolution
15. The Postal Service - Against All Odds
16. Gramsci - Fall to Earth
17. Ash - Shining Light
18. Athlete - Chances
19. REM - Everybody Hurts
20. The Smiths - There is a Light that Never Goes Out

[Simon]

mine

1 Wonderwall - Oasis
2 Push It - Garbage
3 Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
4 Every You Every Me - Placebo
5 Whatever - Oasis
6 Push - Matchox Twenty
7 Im Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
8 Stupid Girl - Garage
9 Unwell - Matchbox Twenty
10 Bittersweet Symthony - The Verve
11 Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
12 Californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
13 When I Grow Up - Garbage
14 Shes Electric - Oasis
15 London's Calling - The Clash
16 Falls Apart - Sugar Ray
17 It's My Life - No Doubt
18 Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Greenday
19 Queer - Garbage
20 3am - Matchbox Twenty

ive probably missed some but thats the general jist of it

[Burpey]

I decided to give this a go. I've probably left out a few though and the order isn't 100% right

1. One Said To The Other - The Living End
2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
4. Lola - The Kinks
5. Hotel California - The Eagles
6. Lithium - Nirvana
7. Under The Bridge - RHCP
8. Yesterday - The Beatles
9. Tomorrow - Silverchair
10. The Scientist - Coldplay
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
12. Self Esteem - The Offspring
13. Smoke On The Water - Deeep Purple
14. House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
15. No Aphrodisiac - The Whitlams
16. Chemical Heart - Grinspoon
17. My Happiness - Powderfinger
18. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
19. Rock & Roll - Led Zeppelin
20. Reptilia - The Strokes

[James90]

1. Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
2. Instinct - Crowded House
3. I Love Work - Butterfingers
4. Half A Person - The Smiths
5. Imagine - John Lennon
6. Champagne Supernova - Oasis
7. Chemical Heart - Grinspoon
8. I'm Not An Addict - Jane's Addiction
9. Don't Change - Grinspoon
10. In Bloom - Nirvana
11. The Sentinel - Hilltop Hoods
12. First Of The Gang To Die - Morrissey
13. Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles
14. Sing For Absolution - Muse
15. Rape Me - Nirvana
16. Four Seasons In One Day - Crowded House
17. Distant Sun - Crowded House
18. Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
19. The Scientist - Coldplay
20. Kiss You Better - Maximo Park

[FaaipDeOiad]

I couldn't possibly come up with any sort of definitive list, but this is 20 songs I think are pretty damn good, for a number of different reasons, and none would be far from my favourites.

1. Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
3. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
4. Tom Waits - Small Change
5. The Smiths - Miserable Lie
6. The Clash - London Calling
7. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
8. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
9. Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
10. Bob Marley - Get Up, Stand Up
11. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
12. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
13. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Carny
14. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
15. The Pogues - Boys From The County Hell
16. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
17. The Birthday Party - Mutiny In Heaven
18. Joy Division - Transmission
19. Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears
20. Tom Waits - Invitation To The Blues

[Sudeep]

Coldplay - Clocks
Coldplay - Trouble
Coldplay - Yellow
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
Matchbox Twenty - Real World
Michael Buble - Home
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
Creed - Higher
Crowded House - Weather With You
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Oasis - Wonderwall
REM - Everybody Hurts
Muse - Citizen Erased
Muse - Feeling Good
Muse - Sing For Absolution
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Sting - Englishman in New York
Sting - Fields of Gold
The Police - Every Breath You Take
U2 - Beautiful Day
U2 - Can't Help Falling in Love
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2 - One
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2 - Walk On
U2 - With or Without You

[andyc]

Was just thinking about a thread like this

Muse- Citizen Erased
The Living End- West End Riot
Muse- Plug in Baby
The Living End- All Torn Down
Muse- Sing For Absolution
Foo Fighters- Monkey Wrench
AC/DC- Thunderstruck
U2- With or Without You
Coldplay- Everything's Not Lost
Bad Religion- The Empire Strikes Back
NOFX- Seperation of Church and Skate
Bad Religion- Los Angeles is Burning
The Living End- The Room
Xavier Rudd- No Woman No Cry
Powderfinger- Passenger
AC/DC- Highway To Hell
The Living End- Second Solution
The Living End- Prisoner of Society
Muse- Endlessly
Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Parallel Universe
Green Day- Basket Case
Green Day- Macy's Day Parade

[Jamee999]

1 Good Riddance(Time of your Life) - Greenday
2 Mr Brightside - The Killers
3 One Million - Athlete
4 Wires - Athlete
5 Smile Like You Mean It - The Killers
6 Wonderwall - Oasis
7 American Idiot - Greenday
8 Champagne Supernova - Oasis
9 All These Things That I Have Done - The Killers
10 Fix You - Coldplay
11 Angels - Robbie Williams
12 Basket Case - Greenday
13 The Scientist - Coldplay
14 Somebody Told Me - The Killers
15 Suddenly I See - KT Tunstell
16 Lose Yourself - Eminem
17 Vehicles & Animals - Athlete
18 You Got The Style - Athlete
19 Half Light - Athlete
20 God Gave You Rock & Roll - Kiss

YAAAAAA!!!!

[BoyBrumby]

Any list I give is going to be pretty arbitrary, 'cos my favourties change all the time. But, for today, the first 20 of my favourites I thought of are:

That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore – The Smiths
That’s Entertainment – The Jam
Taillights Fade – Buffalo Tom
Inbetween Days – The Cure
True Faith – New Order
Fools Gold – The Stone Roses
Live Forever – Oasis
Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House
Suedehead – Morrissey
A Day In The Life – The Beatles
All Apologies – Nirvana
U-Mass – Pixies
Ghost Town – The Specials
Northern Sky – Nick Drake
Fanfare – Eric Matthews
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
For The Dead – Gene
Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
Get The Message - Electronic

[crickhowell]

I couldn't give a difinitive list so heres 20 songs I really like

1. Nicole- Ash
2. Grafitti- Maximo Park
3. Vehicles and animals- Athlete
4. Bad Weekend- Art brut
5. Come together- The Beatles
6.Warterloo sunset- The Kinks
7. Love song for someone- MissGuided Youth
8. F**k the Golden youth- The Mint chicks
9. Mercedes Children- The Checks
10. Bittersweet symphony- The Verve
11. Maxwells silver hammer- The Beatles
12. Shinning light- Ash
13. Wonderwall- Oasis
14. There is no depression in New Zealand- Blam Blam Blam
15. It's too late- Evermore
16. One million- Athlete
17. Do you want to- Franz Ferdinand
18. All for you Sophia- Franz Ferdinand
19. Stairway to heaven- Led Zeppelin
20. Fly me to the moon- Frank Sinatra

[NZTailender]

These are my favourites in no particular order...
1. The Room - The Living End
2. Read About It - The Living End
3. End of the World - The Living End
4. Junior Kickstart - The Go! Team
5. Golden Path - The Flaming Lips/Chemical Brothers
6. In My Pocket - The Cat Empire
7. The Wine Song - The Cat Empire
8. Paperback Writer - The Beatles
9. We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
10. Eight Days A Week - The Beatles
11. Since I Left You - The Avalanches
12. (Nothing) But Flowers - Talking Heads
13. Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
14. Burn The Witch - Queens of the Stone Age
15. I Never Came - Queens of the Stone Age
16. How To Handle A Rope - Queens of the Stone Age
17. Hangin' Tree - Queens of the Stone Age
18. Blue Monday - New Order
19. Monotone - Goodshirt
20. Sand - Goodshirt

Sorry I'm going to have to do 10 more..

21. Slippy - Goodshirt
22. Blood on the Microphone Part 1 - Gerling
23. Hey, Johnny Park! - Foo Fighters
24. Everlong - Foo Fighters
25. Mr. E's Beautiful Blues - Eels
26. So You Say You Lost Your Baby - Death in Vegas
27. Hook Up - Butterfingers
28. Debra - Beck
29. Little Wonder - Augie March
30. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

[Majin]

1. The Mad Capsule Markets - W.O.R.L.D
2. The Mad Capsule Markets - Fly High
3. The Mad Capsule Markets - Midi Surf
4. The Mad Capsule Markets - Possess in Loop
5. The Mad Capsule Markets - Kumo
6. The Mad Capsule Markets - DO JUSTICE TO YOURSELF DO JUSTICE TO MY LIFE
7. Dragon Ash - Shizukana hibi no Kaidan wo
8. The Stance Punks - Mayonaka Shounen Totsugeki Dan
9. Killswitch Engage - The end of heartache
10. Dragon Ash - Yuri no saku Basho de
11. Dragon Ash - Grateful Days
12. Happatai - Yatta!
13. Metallica - Whiskey In the Jar
14. Foo Fighters - Everlong
15. The Mad Capsule Markets - Chaos Step
16. Bob Marley - Jammin'
17. The 12th Man - Bowling Shane. (WASIM AKRAM!!!)
18. Hell is for Heroes - Slow song
19. The Mad Capsule Markets - Jesus is Dead
20. The Mad Capsule Markets - Good Girl/All the time in Sunny Beach/Crack/Bit Crusher/XXX Can of this/Out\Definition/Step into yourself/Tribe/Gaga Life/CRASH POW/Kami-Uta/Bomb Idea/JAM!/Creature/Island/many, many more.

Ya The Mad Capsule Markets are my favourite band by like, miles. :3

[NZTailender]

Originally Posted by Majin

Ya The Mad Capsule Markets are my favourite band by like, miles. :3

What kind of music do they play? :3

[Pothas]

Karma Police- Radiohead
Fake plastic trees- Radiohead
The Tourist- Radiohead
Disturbance at the Heron house- REM
Man on the moon- REM
The lonsome death of Hattie Carrol- Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling stone- Bon Dylan
Brand new leopard skin pillbox hat - Bob Dylan
All on along the watch Tower - bob dylan - performed by Jimi Hendrix - best song ever!
Voodo Chile- Jimi Hendrix
Grace- Jeff Buckley
Eternal Life- Jeff Buckley
Otherside- The red hot chilli peppers
Exodus - Bob Marey
Redemption song- Bob Marley
When the Musics over- The doors
Riders on the Storm- the doors
All lost in the supermarket- the clash
Tales of Brave ulysees - cream
As you said - Cream
Battery in your leg - Blur
Take, take, take - the white stripes
Youve got her in your pocket - the white stripes