Top 10 favorite songs?

[Guest]

Ok..I know there are alot of music related threads, but I'm posting this because I received an email from my father asking the family to reply to him with their 10 favorite songs of all time. His rules are pretty minimal, but limits 1 song per artist, (except you can have 1 song from the Eagles, and still another from Joe Walsh...not sure if I'd be able to list a James Gang song, also though).
Anyway...my list so far is:
(also in no particular order)
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mary Jane - Rick James
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Hotel California - The Eagles
I Seen A Man Die - Scarface
November Rain - Guns 'n Roses
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr.
California Love - Tupac & Dr. Dre.

Only have room for 1 more, but this isn't my final list. May end up replacing a song or two or three. But Just wondering if anyone has any other great songs that I may have forgotten about(I'm sure there are a ton..like CCR, or other southern rock..or even some good country songs.)

 

[DimeBag65]

Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Damageplan- moment of truth
Shadows fall- light that blinds
Lamb of God- break you
as I lay dying- control is dead
bob marley- waiting in vain
Killswitch engage- just barely breathing
Acid bath- finger paintings of the insane
Stone temple pilots- sin
Faith no more- Epic

just some songs i quickly picked from a group of music i enjoy... im sure my top 3and down could change day to day... i did a quick pick from the albums i have at this time. Peace, Dime

 

[buckeye-leaf]

Pantera - Cemetery Gates

one of the best solos ever

 

[Guest]

Not too familiar with alot of the music you listed, although "waiting in vain" and "epic" are both great songs(and epic may just end up on that top 10 list). I was thinking about some Soundgarden like "black hole sun" or something.

 

[cobalt]

david bowie. starman
bob dylan. the hurricane
pink floyd. brain damage
oasis. masterplan
paul weller. a town called malice
kasabian. club foot
red hot chillie peppers. scar tissue
the beatles. walrus
cyprus hill. insane
the killers. mr brightside

what question, lol a had to answer, not sure about the killers but its a class song. oasis have got too many to pick from, for me anyway. could have made it a top 20 an had me sitting here all day.

 

[Guest]

Yeah..top 10 songs is almost impossible to list. Now that you mention Pink Floyd, "Confortably Numb" comes to mind as a great song. Also, red hot chili peppers..but maybe something earlier like "under the bridge" or something.

 

[Jam Master Jaco]

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits (spelling?)
Sweet Child O' Mine- Guns N Roses
Acid Bath- God Machine

Uhhh.....I could go on for a while. So I'll just leave it with that.

 

[ChaoticEntity]

Skynard- Simple Man
The Killers- Mr. Brightside
Arctic Monkeys- From the Ritz to the Rubble
Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down
Foo Fighters- Stacked Actors
Eve 6- Here's to the Night
Harvey Danger- Wine Women and Song
Harvey Danger-Wrecking Ball
Our Lady Peace- 4am
Sarah McLachlan- Angel
Smashing Pumpkins- Stumbleine
The Verve Pipe - Villians
Simon and Garfunkel- The Only Little Boy in New York
The Beatles - Yesterday
Blue Oyster Cult- Don't Fear the Reaper
A Perfect Circle- 3 Libras
Eve 6- Jesus Nitelight
Stone Temple Pilots- Creep
RHCP- Under the Bridge
Bob Seger - C'est La Vie


eh, no particular order and well over 10, this list is my mood at the moment, other times there would probably be Sex pistols, Dead Kennedys, Clash, Velvet Revolvers and would have some jazz in the mix, louis armstrong or perhaps some Miles or Coltrane, I'm a sucker for good old school jazz.

I have probably 500gigs of music most of it in lossless formats so I'm always exploring new tunes.

There's some great rock thats coming around this day and age, not very commercialized but very very good, elements of dylans folk roots is quite striking, there's some great folk rock if you dig it.

 

[Gangabiss]

This is hard.

Pink Floyd - Echoes
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Syd Barrett - Dark Globe
John Lennon - Love
Shpongle - Molecular Superstructure
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child Of Mine
Tool - Parabola
Paul Oakenfold - Ascension , Someone (Slacker & Original Vocal Mix)
Cypress Hill - Hits From The Bong
Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea

 

[jcsmooth]

This is hard, but I have a huge collection so my tastes (and top 10) are really diverse. Here goes...

1. Josh Ritter - kathleen (the perfect story about an underdog who waits outside of a party to drive home a girl....and gets her!)
2. The Band - the weight
3. Cesaria Evora - sodade
4. Ray Lamontagne - how come/shelter/three more days (anything by this man!)
5. Damien Rice - delicate
6. David Gray - shine
7. Doves - there goes the fear
8. Iron and Wine - naked as we came
9. Jeff Buckley - last goodbye
10. Sufjan Stevens - casimir pulaski day

Did my best to pick 10, but most of them came out really slow/chilled out because lately I've needed a lot of background music that doesn't distract me while working. I tend to like singer-songwriter stuff, lyrics that you really need to absorb and interpret to find the meaning. I'm an amateur musician myself (guitar and trombone), so I really enjoy an artist's unique style.

JC

 

[BACKCOUNTRY]

Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard- Pancho and Lefty

Beatles- A day in the life

Metallica-One

Belamy brothers- Old hippy

Sublime- Santeria

Eagles- Hotel California

Allman brothers- Melissa

Gratefull dead- Uncle Johns band

Hank Williams JR.- A country boy can survive

Foo Fighters- Everlong

Cypress hill- Insane in the membrain

Steppenwolf- Magic carpet ride

Bob Seager- Night moves

The Doors- Riders on the storm

Waylon Jennings- Good old boys

More than 10, but oh well!

 

[ChrOniCHiGhz]

I like a lot of different kinds of music, so this will be very random
#1 Santeria - Sublime
#2 Omerta - Lamb Of GOd
#3 Badfish - Sublime
#4 Garden Grove - Sublime
#5 Hurt - Johnny Cash
#6 Give Me Novacaine - Green Day
#7 Floods - Pantera
#8 Tool - Sober
#9 Down - 311
#10 Amber - 311

 

[DimeBag65]

there are so many awsome bands and groups of musicians i could just keep listin buncha top 10 songs... like gmb got me thinkin bout hank williams 3rd,

JMJ kinda suprised ya listen to acid bath but good stuff man...

Pantera- the sleep
^ great solo awsome song ne ways keep the music playin! Dime

 

[Guest]

Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard- Pancho and Lefty

Beatles- A day in the life

Metallica-One

Belamy brothers- Old hippy

Sublime- Santeria

Eagles- Hotel California

Allman brothers- Melissa

Gratefull dead- Uncle Johns band

Hank Williams JR.- A country boy can survive

Foo Fighters- Everlong

Cypress hill- Insane in the membrain

Steppenwolf- Magic carpet ride

Bob Seager- Night moves

The Doors- Riders on the storm

Waylon Jennings- Good old boys

More than 10, but oh well!

Bro, I would just like to say that I LOVE this list. I was seriously thinking about Pancho & Lefty and Magic Carpet Ride prior to this post. Also..all of thse other lists are great. Good songs guys.

Oh..and a little off topic, but when I worked at a Country Club in the DFW area, I had the pleasure of meeting Dime Bag. He was an avid golfer, and I remember seeing this guy on the putting green and asking one of the batenders "who is that guy with the weird facial hair"..he replied "dude..that's Dimebag". Wasn't a huge fan of their music(it was very respectable..just not what I'm into), but definitely proud to have them be from Dallas

 

[Guest]

Top 10 Favorite Songs

Top 10 Favorite Songs

hmmm let's see.....

Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin (ok pretty much anything by Janis)
The whole Dark Side of the Moon album - Pink Floyd (ok all their other stuff too)
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Hush - Deep Purple
Hurts So Bad - Susan Tedeschi
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (pretty much any of their stuff)
Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
Little Wing - SRV (Hendrix Cover)
In The Beginning - Emerson Lake & Palmer (some songs just have special meaning)
Wicked Garden - STP (especially their acoustic version)

One last.... one...
Touch of Gray - Grateful Dead (for my Bro)

Hippie Chic

 

[I Used To Grow]

alright..this will be fun..in no particular order

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

KoRn - Here To Stay

Tom Petty and The Hearbreakers - I Won't Back Down

Pink Floyd - Echoes

Incbus - The Warmth

Toby Keith - I'll Never Smoke Weed With Willie Again

Grateful Dead - Casey Jones

Swollen Members - Pressure

Outkast - Da Art of Storytellin Part 1

Pearl Jam - Evenflow

other faves of mine

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

Notorious BIG - Ten Crack Commandments

Scorpions - Wind of Change

Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

The Killers - Read My Mind

Guster - 2 Points For Honesty

Foo Fighters - DOA

Eminem - Never 2 Far

Ben Harper - Burn One Down

 

[Guest]

Used to Grow: Glad to have someone list an Eminem track from his Infinite album. Definitely a great album for an indie. Also, I'm definitely going to have to put a Tom Petty song in there. Oh...and the Outkast song also had Slick Rick in it(the original storyteller and one of the top 10 greatest rappers ever)..Good stuff.

 

[I Used To Grow]

Yeah... I like a little rock (whatever flavor)..and a little rap too..I also like "searchin" by Eminem on his Infinite album..

Outkast..man, they are awesome lyricists..Da Art of Storytellin part 1 and 2 are killer tracks

 

[Ncogneato]

1. Stand By Me - Ben E. King

2. Tangerine - Led Zepplin

3. Riders on the Storm - The Doors

4. Long Cool Woman - The Hollies

5. Copperhead Road - Steve Earle

6. House of the Rising Sun - Animals

7. Hotel California - The Eagles

8. Shakedown Street - The Dead

9. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits

10. Sweet Leaf - Ozzy Osborne

 

[Jam Master Jaco]

JMJ kinda suprised ya listen to acid bath but good stuff man...

I realize with my hippity hoppity on this site you wouldn't expect this...but I'm actually a metalhead.


One that I realized needs to go on my top ten list is...Slayer- Raining Blood and Black Sabbath - Iron Man