Your Favourite Song(s) of all time?

PommieMacGill · 21-09-2004, 05:25 AM

I thought it would be interesting to see what people's favourite song or songs of all time were and why. Are they your favourite because they remind you of a good time in your life, or just because it is a good song musically?

Well, for me it's:-

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
I was hooked on Joy Division when I heard this song. The song totally captivated me and it is just a beautiful song, lyrically, musically, everything about the song is brilliant.

Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
The opening riff by Keith Richards is awesome and is the perfect introduction to the song. Then the Bass really kicks in and hums all the way through the song. Brilliant song.

The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hold
Everything is right about this song. It's is just a brilliant song and this song really switched me on to The Beatles and how good they were.

These are my favourite songs of all time, not because they remind me of anything in particular. They are just great songs which I could listen to over and over again.

Share your favourite songs of all time here and why.

Regards,

Lee

Simon · 21-09-2004, 05:54 AM

Wonderwall - Oasis
Just a great song, good memories and makes me think long and hard

Push - Matchbox Twenty
The song that gt me hooked on this great band, must have listened to it a million times

Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
One of the greatest rock songs ever, gets better every time i listen to it

Holy Grail - Hunters and Collectors
Another great song, hard to describe why i like it so much, so i wont..

Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
Probably my 2nd or 3rd favourite all time, very catchy for a rock song, but very rocky for a pop song, the extended version has some great lyrics in the middle..

_Ed_ · 21-09-2004, 06:35 AM

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody:
Absolute classic. Musical perfection. Great lyrics, great sound.

Muse - Citizen Erased:
Amazing song. The transition from the quiet bit to the second main guitar bit is absolutely beautiful, and the quiet piano ending is as powerful as any guitar riff Muse have ever played.

Nightwish - Beauty of the Beast:
A 10 minute epic. Incredible sound. The lyrics aren't quite as great as the first 2 songs I mentioned though.

Radiohead - Paranoid Android:
Another great epic song (as you can see I quite like the long songs) with great lyrics and tune changes.

Muse - Thoughts of a Dying Atheist:
Not as good musically as many of Muse's other songs, but absolutely phenomenal lyrics. "It scares the hell out of me, and the end is all I can see".

BoyBrumby · 21-09-2004, 08:32 AM

Oooh, my kinda thread (puts on anorak):

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore - The Smiths
I think when scientists discover the formula for the perfect song they will prove this is it. Morrissey in prime lyrical form, striking exactly the right note between resignation & a muted hope. Johnny Marr's guitar is simply stunning. You'll believe a guitar can cry.

That's Entertainment - The Jam
The ultimate two-chord classic. Weller takes the mundane specifics of English city life in the late 70s & makes it sound timeless and transcendent. "A baby wailing, stray dog howling, a freezing cold flat & damp on the walls. That's entertainment." Doesn't read as great poetry, but sounds perfect in its context.

Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom
A "Love Will Tear Us Apart" for the post-Nirvana generation. Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom's lead singer) sounds like what Ian Curtis would've sounded if he'd been a college boy from Boston with a truckload of Catholic guilt. "Broken face & broken hands, I'm a broken man". Sounds like he's ploughing a deep, deep furrow. I wish him well, but I’m glad I’m not him, ‘cos it sounds like hell down there.

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Divison
I've been beaten to this one by Pommie MacGill, but couldn't not mention it. I could talk about Martin Hamnet's darkly percussive production or the glistening sheen of the keyboard, but that's missing the point. It's the sound of a 24 year old who, unable to choose between his wife & his lover, was shortly to take his own life.

PommieMacGill · 21-09-2004, 10:52 AM

Nice selections there BoyBrumby. You seem to have the same kind of taste in music as I do

I was going to add a Smith's song into my all-time list, I was thinking either "This Charming Man" or "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" but I couldn't decide between the two. "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" would have been up there too.

I was also thinking about putting in "Walk In My Shadow" by Free. If you've heard it you will know that it is the perfect example of Blues Rock. A really hard, throbbing bassline followed by some really well thrown together lyrics. A great song and a fave of mine but it misses out on making it into my top 3 of all-time.

Again, I was thinking about placing "Leif Erikson" by Interpol in my top-three but I decided against it. It is a beautiful song, humming bassline throughout and very eery vocals reminiscent of Joy Divisions Ian Curtis in some ways.

luckyeddie · 21-09-2004, 11:11 AM

I doubt there are many who would agree with some of my selections, but here goes (no deep analysis, no heavy anoraking - I'm a fillum buff, not a song buff, but I know what I like) - and yes, one of these 'songs' is an instrumental...

Feeling Good (Nina Simone) - covered by a number of artists including Muse - and that was nearly as good as the original. Nina Simone had a voice which made me want to die with pleasure.

Little House I Used To Live In (Mothers of Invention) - anything with Sugar Cane Harris playing violin is good by me. Also features some breathtaking guitar by Zappa, saxaphone by Ian Underwood which flows so well it's almost liquid, and great skin work by Ainsley Dunbar.

One (Metallica) - the song was based upon the book 'Johnny Got His Gun' by Dalton Trumbo and tells the tale of a soldier terribly injured on the final day of World War I - a quadruple amputee who is also blind, deaf and dumb, unable to communicate yet conscious.

Langeveldt · 21-09-2004, 03:01 PM

FEEDER - Love Pollution
Undoutebly my favourite song of all time.. When I heard it I new Feeder were my favourite band of all time as well.. Best thing about it is the way it has a sombre theme but is immensely uplifting at the same time.. Lyrics are the best I have heard out of the music I have liked, by a long way again.. Its an incredibly sad yet hopeful song

FEEDER - Just the way I'm feeling
If you were to cast a criticism, it would be that it is to similar to Love Pollution.. Its a more uplifting song though, and anything that is similar to it gets a hell of a lot of play time on 1X repeat.. Just like this song

POETS OF THE FALL - Late Goodbye
Probably the only way you would have heard this song is if you had completed Max Payne 2 and its the music to the credits at the end.. It was worth getting the game just for this bit of music.. Anyway I decided to look into these guys, and they are unsigned band from Finland. Quite how this stuff has passed nearly everyone by is a bit of an injustice..
Anyway, I will endeavor to get you a link so you can download the MP3.. Tell everyone if you like it..

SNOW PATROL - Run
This was played at the college rock fest.. Anyway that was Snow Patrol discovered!

Honorable Mentions

5) Muse - Our time is now
6) Kelly Rowland - Stole
7) Coldplay - God put a smile on your face
8) Travis - Driftwood
9) Snow Patrol - How to be dead
10) Oasis - Whatever (yeah I take most of the stuff I've said about Oasis back)
11) U2 - Walk on
12) Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar

luckyeddie · 21-09-2004, 03:04 PM

Muse tends to be a recurring theme - I don't actually know many people who DON'T like them.

Langeveldt · 21-09-2004, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luckyeddie

Muse tends to be a recurring theme - I don't actually know many people who DON'T like them.

Im not a fan of a lot of their stuff, but what I do like I find very very good indeed (Kind of like Oasis)

AUST_HiTMaN · 22-09-2004, 07:14 AM

Well, just a couple of my favs, like eddie, no deep analysis.

Guns N Roses - November Rain
Metallica - One
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Cold Chisel - Forever Now
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 (Cheers for reminding me Simon

)

Just a couple of my all time favourite songs. Had an interesting question my boss asked me today at work today "What would your funeral song be?" I couldnt answer with any certainty, more then likely November Rain by Gunners, but yeh. Took some thought.

anzac · 22-09-2004, 11:48 AM

Muse - Butterflies & Hurricanes
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil / Gimmie Shelter
Led Zepplin - Kashmir
Guns 'n Roses - Estranged
CCR - I put a spell on you
U2 - One
Elton John - Funeral for a Friend / I've seen that Movie too
Beatles - Golden Slumbers? (for something different)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt
Mike Oldfield - Mt Teidi - live & loud....

and many others...........

Anna · 22-09-2004, 03:32 PM

Dashboard Confessional - A Plain Morning
Still sounds as good now after listening to it 1000s of times as it did when I first heard it.
Coldplay - Clocks
Matchbox Twenty - Unwell
The reason I am now a massive fan- heard it once & was hooked

Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
A complete change to their other stuff & a beautiful song.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
A great song. Has to be listened to extremely loud to get the full effects of the intro. Even better with the video!

Cloete · 22-09-2004, 03:55 PM

Coldplay - God Put a Smile Upon My Face
Not my favourite, but a brilliant song that I can listen to forever.

Coldplay - The Scientist
Probably my favourite Coldplay song. Absolutely tops.

Oasis - Wonderwall
I'd say this would be my number one. It's something that I just play over and over again and never get tired of. Oasis would probably be one of my favourite bands as well.

Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Awesome song...

Queen - We Will Rock You
Classic!

Billy Joel - Piano Man
Slow song, but I just love it.

Lighthouse Family - High
Another slow song, but I just love the song and the lyrics.

U2 - Beautiful Day
The lsit wouldn't be complete without U2. Hard to pick, but Beatiful Day would be my favourite, just!

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Their best song ever IMO. Can't Stop, By The Way, Californication and Scar Tissue come close but Under the Bridge is just a classic.

Matchbox 20 - Disease
I always have this song in my head for some reason. But I just love listening to it, Matchbox 20's best IMO.

Greenday Time Of Your Life
Great song, liked it since the day it came out. Also it's always played at cermonies and stuff so it sticks in my head. Great Song.

Langeveldt · 22-09-2004, 03:56 PM

Cloete, its "God put a smile upon your face"!

Absolutely storming song, Coldplays best IMO..

Cloete · 22-09-2004, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Langeveldt

Cloete, its "God put a smile upon your face"!

Absolutely storming song, Coldplays best IMO..

lol true...maybe it has a double meaning? Coldplay put a smile upon My face

!

Is it:
"God gave my style and gave me grace,
God put a smile upon your face."

Or is it:
"God gave YOU style and gave YOU grace,
God put a smile upon Your face."

Always thoguht it was the first, but it must be the later.

21-09-2004, 05:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
PommieMacGill State Regular Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Leicestershire, England Posts: 908	Your Favourite Song(s) of all time? I thought it would be interesting to see what people's favourite song or songs of all time were and why. Are they your favourite because they remind you of a good time in your life, or just because it is a good song musically? Well, for me it's:- Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart I was hooked on Joy Division when I heard this song. The song totally captivated me and it is just a beautiful song, lyrically, musically, everything about the song is brilliant. Rolling Stones - Start Me Up The opening riff by Keith Richards is awesome and is the perfect introduction to the song. Then the Bass really kicks in and hums all the way through the song. Brilliant song. The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hold Everything is right about this song. It's is just a brilliant song and this song really switched me on to The Beatles and how good they were. These are my favourite songs of all time, not because they remind me of anything in particular. They are just great songs which I could listen to over and over again. Share your favourite songs of all time here and why. Regards, Lee __________________ PommieMacGill. “Everyday life is only an illusion behind which lies the reality of dreams." - Werner Herzog Friedrich Nietzsche \| Werner Herzog \| Joy Division \| Ludovico Einaudi \| History \| Peep Show Last edited by PommieMacGill; 21-09-2004 at 05:29 AM.

21-09-2004, 05:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Simon Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 25,316	Wonderwall - Oasis Just a great song, good memories and makes me think long and hard Push - Matchbox Twenty The song that gt me hooked on this great band, must have listened to it a million times Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams One of the greatest rock songs ever, gets better every time i listen to it Holy Grail - Hunters and Collectors Another great song, hard to describe why i like it so much, so i wont.. Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind Probably my 2nd or 3rd favourite all time, very catchy for a rock song, but very rocky for a pop song, the extended version has some great lyrics in the middle.. __________________ CWXI - Chairman CWXI - Wicketkeeper/Batsman for CW Colts, CW Under 19's and CW 'A' Randy Smeltz ranked 18th in Cricketweb Tennis

21-09-2004, 08:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ringing out for Ian Posts: 27,164	Oooh, my kinda thread (puts on anorak): That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore - The Smiths I think when scientists discover the formula for the perfect song they will prove this is it. Morrissey in prime lyrical form, striking exactly the right note between resignation & a muted hope. Johnny Marr's guitar is simply stunning. You'll believe a guitar can cry. That's Entertainment - The Jam The ultimate two-chord classic. Weller takes the mundane specifics of English city life in the late 70s & makes it sound timeless and transcendent. "A baby wailing, stray dog howling, a freezing cold flat & damp on the walls. That's entertainment." Doesn't read as great poetry, but sounds perfect in its context. Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom A "Love Will Tear Us Apart" for the post-Nirvana generation. Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom's lead singer) sounds like what Ian Curtis would've sounded if he'd been a college boy from Boston with a truckload of Catholic guilt. "Broken face & broken hands, I'm a broken man". Sounds like he's ploughing a deep, deep furrow. I wish him well, but I’m glad I’m not him, ‘cos it sounds like hell down there. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Divison I've been beaten to this one by Pommie MacGill, but couldn't not mention it. I could talk about Martin Hamnet's darkly percussive production or the glistening sheen of the keyboard, but that's missing the point. It's the sound of a 24 year old who, unable to choose between his wife & his lover, was shortly to take his own life. __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "if visible signs of progress are what coach Jamie Siddons is looking for then he will need more than prescription lenses in his sunglasses." - The BBC's Harry Reekie on Bangladesh's efforts over the first two days of the first test

21-09-2004, 10:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
PommieMacGill State Regular Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Leicestershire, England Posts: 908	Nice selections there BoyBrumby. You seem to have the same kind of taste in music as I do I was going to add a Smith's song into my all-time list, I was thinking either "This Charming Man" or "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" but I couldn't decide between the two. "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" would have been up there too. I was also thinking about putting in "Walk In My Shadow" by Free. If you've heard it you will know that it is the perfect example of Blues Rock. A really hard, throbbing bassline followed by some really well thrown together lyrics. A great song and a fave of mine but it misses out on making it into my top 3 of all-time. Again, I was thinking about placing "Leif Erikson" by Interpol in my top-three but I decided against it. It is a beautiful song, humming bassline throughout and very eery vocals reminiscent of Joy Divisions Ian Curtis in some ways. Last edited by PommieMacGill; 21-09-2004 at 11:02 AM.

21-09-2004, 11:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
luckyeddie Cricket Web Staff Member Target Champion! Stuarts Xtreme Skateboarding Champion! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Derby, England Posts: 17,402	I doubt there are many who would agree with some of my selections, but here goes (no deep analysis, no heavy anoraking - I'm a fillum buff, not a song buff, but I know what I like) - and yes, one of these 'songs' is an instrumental... Feeling Good (Nina Simone) - covered by a number of artists including Muse - and that was nearly as good as the original. Nina Simone had a voice which made me want to die with pleasure. Little House I Used To Live In (Mothers of Invention) - anything with Sugar Cane Harris playing violin is good by me. Also features some breathtaking guitar by Zappa, saxaphone by Ian Underwood which flows so well it's almost liquid, and great skin work by Ainsley Dunbar. One (Metallica) - the song was based upon the book 'Johnny Got His Gun' by Dalton Trumbo and tells the tale of a soldier terribly injured on the final day of World War I - a quadruple amputee who is also blind, deaf and dumb, unable to communicate yet conscious. __________________ Nigel Clough's Black and White Army

21-09-2004, 06:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
_Ed_ International Coach Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Auckland, Aotearoa Posts: 12,714	Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody: Absolute classic. Musical perfection. Great lyrics, great sound. Muse - Citizen Erased: Amazing song. The transition from the quiet bit to the second main guitar bit is absolutely beautiful, and the quiet piano ending is as powerful as any guitar riff Muse have ever played. Nightwish - Beauty of the Beast: A 10 minute epic. Incredible sound. The lyrics aren't quite as great as the first 2 songs I mentioned though. Radiohead - Paranoid Android: Another great epic song (as you can see I quite like the long songs) with great lyrics and tune changes. Muse - Thoughts of a Dying Atheist: Not as good musically as many of Muse's other songs, but absolutely phenomenal lyrics. "It scares the hell out of me, and the end is all I can see".

21-09-2004, 03:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Langeveldt Soutie Pinball Champion! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: South Africa Posts: 28,704	FEEDER - Love Pollution Undoutebly my favourite song of all time.. When I heard it I new Feeder were my favourite band of all time as well.. Best thing about it is the way it has a sombre theme but is immensely uplifting at the same time.. Lyrics are the best I have heard out of the music I have liked, by a long way again.. Its an incredibly sad yet hopeful song FEEDER - Just the way I'm feeling If you were to cast a criticism, it would be that it is to similar to Love Pollution.. Its a more uplifting song though, and anything that is similar to it gets a hell of a lot of play time on 1X repeat.. Just like this song POETS OF THE FALL - Late Goodbye Probably the only way you would have heard this song is if you had completed Max Payne 2 and its the music to the credits at the end.. It was worth getting the game just for this bit of music.. Anyway I decided to look into these guys, and they are unsigned band from Finland. Quite how this stuff has passed nearly everyone by is a bit of an injustice.. Anyway, I will endeavor to get you a link so you can download the MP3.. Tell everyone if you like it.. SNOW PATROL - Run This was played at the college rock fest.. Anyway that was Snow Patrol discovered! Honorable Mentions 5) Muse - Our time is now 6) Kelly Rowland - Stole 7) Coldplay - God put a smile on your face 8) Travis - Driftwood 9) Snow Patrol - How to be dead 10) Oasis - Whatever (yeah I take most of the stuff I've said about Oasis back) 11) U2 - Walk on 12) Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar __________________ www.portelizabethsportphotography.co.za

21-09-2004, 03:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
luckyeddie Cricket Web Staff Member Target Champion! Stuarts Xtreme Skateboarding Champion! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Derby, England Posts: 17,402	Muse tends to be a recurring theme - I don't actually know many people who DON'T like them.

22-09-2004, 07:14 AM	#10 (permalink)
AUST_HiTMaN International Debutant Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 2,259	Well, just a couple of my favs, like eddie, no deep analysis. Guns N Roses - November Rain Metallica - One Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Cold Chisel - Forever Now Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 (Cheers for reminding me Simon ) Just a couple of my all time favourite songs. Had an interesting question my boss asked me today at work today "What would your funeral song be?" I couldnt answer with any certainty, more then likely November Rain by Gunners, but yeh. Took some thought. __________________ eep.

22-09-2004, 11:48 AM	#11 (permalink)
anzac International Debutant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canberra, ACT Posts: 2,584	Muse - Butterflies & Hurricanes Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil / Gimmie Shelter Led Zepplin - Kashmir Guns 'n Roses - Estranged CCR - I put a spell on you U2 - One Elton John - Funeral for a Friend / I've seen that Movie too Beatles - Golden Slumbers? (for something different) Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt Mike Oldfield - Mt Teidi - live & loud.... and many others...........

22-09-2004, 03:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
Anna International Vice-Captain Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: England Posts: 4,023	Dashboard Confessional - A Plain Morning Still sounds as good now after listening to it 1000s of times as it did when I first heard it. Coldplay - Clocks Matchbox Twenty - Unwell The reason I am now a massive fan- heard it once & was hooked Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) A complete change to their other stuff & a beautiful song. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop A great song. Has to be listened to extremely loud to get the full effects of the intro. Even better with the video! __________________ COME ON YOU BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "One day lad, all this will be yours" "What, the curtains?"

22-09-2004, 03:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
Cloete International Captain Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Suncorp Stadium Posts: 7,003	Coldplay - God Put a Smile Upon My Face Not my favourite, but a brilliant song that I can listen to forever. Coldplay - The Scientist Probably my favourite Coldplay song. Absolutely tops. Oasis - Wonderwall I'd say this would be my number one. It's something that I just play over and over again and never get tired of. Oasis would probably be one of my favourite bands as well. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger Awesome song... Queen - We Will Rock You Classic! Billy Joel - Piano Man Slow song, but I just love it. Lighthouse Family - High Another slow song, but I just love the song and the lyrics. U2 - Beautiful Day The lsit wouldn't be complete without U2. Hard to pick, but Beatiful Day would be my favourite, just! Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge Their best song ever IMO. Can't Stop, By The Way, Californication and Scar Tissue come close but Under the Bridge is just a classic. Matchbox 20 - Disease I always have this song in my head for some reason. But I just love listening to it, Matchbox 20's best IMO. Greenday Time Of Your Life Great song, liked it since the day it came out. Also it's always played at cermonies and stuff so it sticks in my head. Great Song. __________________ CWXI Regular - Member of CW Black Blacks ftw

22-09-2004, 03:56 PM	#14 (permalink)
Langeveldt Soutie Pinball Champion! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: South Africa Posts: 28,704	Cloete, its "God put a smile upon your face"! Absolutely storming song, Coldplays best IMO..

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