Your 'Greatest songs ever written'...

[La Rocque]

love in vain - Robert Johnson (Johnson wrote it, many groups stole it)
a day in the life - Beatles
the wind cries mary - Jimi Hendrix
i'm so lonesome i could cry - Hank Williams
sympathy for the devil - Rolling Stones
an american prayer - the Doors
holy wars/the punishment due - Megadeth
in every dream house - Roxy Music
still the same - Bob Seger

 

[Arline]

OK HERE'S SOME MORE
HOW SOON IS NOW- THE SMITHS
CUTS YOU UP- PETER MURPHY
HANDMADE GOD-MOONSPELL
JUKE BOX HERO- FOREIGNER
FAITHFULLY-JOURNEY
WHO WANT'S TO LIVE FOREVER- QUEEN
YOUR SONG- ELTON JOHN
THE LOGICAL SONG- SUPERTRAMP
EVERYBODY KNOWS- CONCRETE BLONDE
TURN THE PAGE- BOB SEGER
LAYLA- ERIC CLAPTON
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH- BLACK SABBATH
SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE-TEARS FOR FEARS
TIME STAND STILL & WORKING MAN- RUSH
CATS IN THE CRADLE- HARRY CHAPIN
SOMEONE ELSE- QUEENSRYCHE
BREATHE ME- SIA (FROM THE SIX FEET UNDER TV FINALE)

THESE ARE JUST FEEL GOOD SONGS WHEN YOU NEED YOUR SPIRITS LIFTED
BIGGER THAN MY BODY-JOHN MAYER
ITS THE END OF THE WORLD- REM
BEAUTIFUL DAY- U2

KICK ASS COVER SONGS
HURT- JOHNNY CASH
WONDERWALL- RYAN ADAMS
MAD WORLD- GARY JULES

JUST FOR LAUGHS
LONG HAIRED GUYS FROM ENGLAND- TOO MUCH JOY
EAT IT- WEIRD AL
TRIBUTE - TENACIOUS D
PRETTY FLY & WHY DON'T YOU GET A JOB- THE OFFSPRING

"Long Haired Guys from England" by Too much Joy
all the girls in the music biz
have credit cards they subscribe to ms.
but they only want to fuck
long haired guys from england

there's this girl at my record company
i dig her but she doesn't like me
i met her boyfriend the other night
he had a pony tail and he didn't talk right

he was a long haired guy from england
long haired guy from united kingdom

all the girls in this here bar
will treat you like you're a star
don't get excited it's just luck
they'll ignore you if the guy from the cult shows up

'cause he's a long haired guy from england
long haired guy from united kingdom

i'm getting on an aeroplan
going someplace where the girls are sane
i bet in london i could get a date
'cause i'm a short haired guy from the united states

i'm not a long haired guy from england
long haired guy from united kingdom

that's the end of this here song
it's about as short as my hair is long
so i'm getting on my motorbike
going someplace where the girls don't like

longhaired guys from england
long haired guy from united kingdom

 

[NvmbrsDoom5]

Funny, every bar I go to, I get stared at like I'm some freak because of my hair. I guess I need to put on the british accent, maybe that'll change things.

 

[WinterFist]

Funny, every bar I go to, I get stared at like I'm some freak because of my hair. I guess I need to put on the british accent, maybe that'll change things.

You need to put on a Norwegion accent most of them all have long hair.

Me being British, I have never come accross that many people with long hair, I have shoulder length hair - but only because I like to be different.

On the topic of British stuff, I eat crumpets and drink tea everyday, and Paul likes a British pop band-Coldplay!

 

[Novembers Paul]

and Paul likes a British pop band-Coldplay!

I'm very much into Coldplay. They are one of my current favorites.

 

[affinityband]

Hey, its better than Keane!

 

[NvmbrsDoom5]

Actually, Paul and I both like Keane as well.

 

[steel102]

ABBA?!!

 

[affinityband]

Actually, Paul and I both like Keane as well.

*Shudders*

 

[NvmbrsDoom5]

Yes indeed. I enjoy alot of different kinds of music, pop music very much included. I grew out of that whole "metal is the only music for me, fuck the world" mentality a long time ago. lol I still love metal, but I can get alot out of other kinds of music as well....yes, even Abba.

Matter of fact, there's a great many metal/hard rock musicians who enjoy or are influenced by Abba. The way their music is structured is quite interesting at times, and their use of harmonies was awesome.

 

[Novembers Paul]

Keane was playing in Milwaukee when we were in the studio, about 10 minutes from us, and I was pissed I missed them. If I listened to only metal, I'd hang myself. Isn't the entire mindset of a metalhead is to be open minded? Most metalheads are some of most close minded people out there. Someone needs to let them in on the secret that it's OK to like other forms of music, and it doesn't make you any less metal.

 

[affinityband]

Yes indeed. I enjoy alot of different kinds of music, pop music very much included. I grew out of that whole "metal is the only music for me, fuck the world" mentality a long time ago. lol I still love metal, but I can get alot out of other kinds of music as well....yes, even Abba.

Matter of fact, there's a great many metal/hard rock musicians who enjoy or are influenced by Abba. The way their music is structured is quite interesting at times, and their use of harmonies was awesome.

Ha to be honest there larry, most metal ( newer certantly ) is awful and bores the hell out of me. I prefer other music to metal ( there are a few special bands though in metal ). Keane is just garbage compared to bands like Paatos, RadioHead it sounds very second rate. Admitley i am not a fan of pop music that is done with the sort of instruments keane use (other bands, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Hard Fi...)Simply because theres so much more you can with that sort of thing and they choose not to, although fair play to them if they enjoy creating it, but i dont know if they do..... I am more of a fan of cheesy pop music.

 

[stefan86]

Anathema - Deep
Green Carnation - The Burden Is Mine.. Alone
Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
Katatonia - Brave
Katatonia - Chrome
Katatonia - I Am Nothing
Mourning Beloveth - Narcissistic Funeral
Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me
Porcupine Tree - Trains
Solitude Aeturnus - Shattered My Spirit
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
Vader - Epitaph (For Humanity)

 

[Mister Shhh]

I love these kind of threads because there are no "right" answers.

I tend to loo at the songs that have the greates "affect' on me. Songs that in some way 'move" me. here is what I can think of off the top of my head.

You Can't Get What You Want til You Know What you Want -- Joe Jackson
Get Started, Start a Fire -- Graham Parker
Peace, Love and Understanding -- Elvis Costello
Bitch -- Rolling Stones
While My Guitar Gently Weeps -- Beatles
Wonderwall -- Oasis
Constant Craving -- kd lang
Everybody Wants to Rule the World -- Tears for Fears
Love Song -- Tesla
Interstate Love Song -- STP
You Shook me All Night Long -- AC/DC
Crazy Train -- Ozzy
Cult of Personality -- Living Colour
You Got Another Thing Coming -- Judas Priest
Cruel Summer -- Banannarama
Late in the Evening -- Paul Simon
Spoonman -- Soundgarden
A Girl Like You - Smithereens
Alive and Kicking -- Simple Minds
Somewhere in Time -- Iron Maiden
Pain Lies Down By the Riverside -- Live

That is what comes to mind right now. I am sure I am missing quite a few.

great lists from everybody!!!!

 

[Novembers Paul]

I love these kind of threads because there are no "right" answers.

I tend to loo at the songs that have the greates "affect' on me. Songs that in some way 'move" me. here is what I can think of off the top of my head.

You Can't Get What You Want til You Know What you Want -- Joe Jackson
Get Started, Start a Fire -- Graham Parker
Peace, Love and Understanding -- Elvis Costello
Bitch -- Rolling Stones
While My Guitar Gently Weeps -- Beatles
Wonderwall -- Oasis
Constant Craving -- kd lang
Everybody Wants to Rule the World -- Tears for Fears
Love Song -- Tesla
Interstate Love Song -- STP
You Shook me All Night Long -- AC/DC
Crazy Train -- Ozzy
Cult of Personality -- Living Colour
You Got Another Thing Coming -- Judas Priest
Cruel Summer -- Banannarama
Late in the Evening -- Paul Simon
Spoonman -- Soundgarden
A Girl Like You - Smithereens
Alive and Kicking -- Simple Minds
Somewhere in Time -- Iron Maiden
Pain Lies Down By the Riverside -- Live

That is what comes to mind right now. I am sure I am missing quite a few.

great lists from everybody!!!!

I would agree with quite a few of these actually.

 

[NvmbrsDoom5]

Shit, that's a great list Mister Shhh, I like almost every one of those songs. If that were a mix cd I would definitely listen to it regularly.

Okay real quick for the hell of it, here's a list of some more songs that I think are the greatest/favorites-

"America"- Simon And Garfunkel
"Whipping Post"- Allman Bros.
"In A Big Country"- Big Country
"West End Girls"- Pet Shop Boys
"Catch"- The Cure
"The Hanging Garden"- The Cure
"Porpoise Song"- The Monkees (actually Trouble do a great cover of this too)
"Everybody's Talkin'"- Nilsson
"Sister Golden Hair"- America
"Under the Milky Way"- The Church
"New Moon On Monday"- Duran Duran
"My Sweet Lord"- George Harrison
"Layla"- Derek & The Dominos (Duanne Allman's slide guitar at the end of the song is so moving, he was the best)


Ugh this could go on and on....

I'm still working on my all metal list, that'll come soon hopefully....

 

[BloodSword]

Like magical Pop? try some Pineforest Crunch. All of their records are good, but I really prefer "Pamemarenko" A swedish band with Asa Ecklund as the singer. Maybe more addictive than crack.

 

[chupe666]

half of Roy Orbison's catalog goes in here- the left half. and then the rest of the space would be filled with the right half of Badfinger's catalog.

now i have Crying and Baby Blue stuck in my head

 

[NvmbrsDoom5]

Roy Orbison and Badfinger are both freakin' awesome.