Name Your 10 Favourite Songs

[ChrisP]

Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard....

There'll be some easy choices, but when it comes down to the wire and you've got 10 spots and 15 songs to fill em, someone's gonna get cut.

Go on be Ruthless!

10 Songs ONLY

 

[Buttons*]

*cries* that's so cruel and unusual! How could you!?

 

[Aqualung]

Okay, this'll be tough, and probably not true but here goes:

1) Breakfast at Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something
2) The Break Up Song (They Don't Write 'em) by the Greg Kihn Band
3) Space Overdrive by Syrian
4) Shout by Tears for Fears
5) Heroe de Leyenda by Los Heroes del Silencio
6) Hold the Line by Toto
7) Malas Intenciones by Los Heroes del Silencio
8) El Camino del Exceso by Los Heroes del Silencio
9) Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil
10) World by New Order

 

[Bishka]

1) Breakfast in America - Supertramp
2) Magic Man - Heart
3) Yesterday - Beatles
4) Norwegian Wood - Beatles
5) You Better You Bet - The Who
6) Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
7) Levee Song - Led Zeppelin
8) I Feel Like Making Love(Can't remember who it is by)
9) Dream On -Aerosmith
10) Push - Madonna

 

[ChrisP]

Did you just say Black Dog? An LDS LIKES Black Dog? lololololol you're right, you're not that sheltered. I concede the point!!! What about "What is and What Should Never Be"?

"When the Levee breaks" is a good track too.

 

[michel]

Argh! This is so unfair!!!!!!

I was going to try to answer, but they change, day by day, depending on what I have heard that day!:biglaugh:

 

[Circle_One]

1) I Wasn't Born To Follow-Social Distortion
2)Circle One-The Germs
3)Chinese Rock-The Heartbreakers
4)53rd and 3rd-The Ramones
5)London Calling-The Clash
6)Mommy's Little Monster-Social Distortion
7)Johnny Hit And Run Pauline-X
8)Little Red Riding Hood-Sam the Sham
9)Die For Your Government-Anti Flag
10)Get It Together-Beastie Boys

 

[dawny0826]

This sucks. I need like a "Top 20".

This is my secular Top 10

10. Blue - A Perfect Circle
9. Stripped - Depeche Mode
8. A Warm Place - Nine Inch Nails
7. That Day - Poe
6. Paper, Bullets & Walls - Frente
5. Mother - Tori Amos
4. Northern Lad - Tori Amos
3. Not Given Lightly - Frente
2. I've been Here Before - Lush
1. Super Vixen - Garbage

 

[ChrisP]

10. War Pigs - Faith No More (it's a cover but it's better)
9. Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson (Bruford incarnations)
8. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
7. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan/Yes! cover
6. Reflection - Tool
5. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (live '94) - album version is not patch on this one
4. Pu**** - Tool
3. Starship Trooper - Yes! (Live 1973 Yessongs)
2. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepellin - (live 1973 California off How the West was Won)
1. Lateralus - Tool

 

[ChrisP]

This sucks. I need like a "Top 20".

Me too, but that was the point of limiting . What can I say? I have a sadistic streak .

Was trying to agree on a top 10 Tool songs with 2 of my mates once. We argued for 3 hours, and once the whiskey ran out we just gave up. It's impossible, Tool rock.

 

[dawny0826]

Me too, but that was the point of limiting . What can I say? I have a sadistic streak .

Was trying to agree on a top 10 Tool songs with 2 of my mates once. We argued for 3 hours, and once the whiskey ran out we just gave up. It's impossible, Tool rock.

I LOVE Faith no More...just one more slot and they would have made it...:sad4:

 

[Buttercup]

Oh Man Chris! You are so mean!

But...if I had only one cd and it fit only 10 songs....I could handle these. For a little while!! But i would need MORE, MORE, MORE soon....!

Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana
With Or Without You-U2
The Ocean- Led Zeppelin
Iris- Goo Goo Dolls
Pressure Zone - Beck
Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Show Me How To Live - Audioslave
One - U2
Stupid Girl - Garbage

 

[ChrisP]

Leaving out Nirvana Pearl Jam the beatles and half a dozen other bands gutted me Buttercup, but I had to be honest. Tool Rocks :jam:

 

[Buttercup]

I had Nirvana in there! And if I could have hidden tracks...I would add Jeremy from Pearl Jam...and 8 days a Week from the Beatles...there, now, go put a band aid on that slash!

 

[Atheist_Dave]

Top Ten:

1. Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement - Beethoven
2. Asturias - Issac Albeniz
3. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
4. Artist in the Ambulance - Thrice
5. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
6. Fade to Black - Metallica
7. Time - Pink Floyd
8. Is This Love - Bob Marley
9. Vincent - Don Maclean
10. This Old Guitar - John Denver

(In no particular order) That's quite a varied list, I think I managed to squeeze in a nice selection.

Peace x

 

[CaptainXeroid]

... 8) I Feel Like Making Love(Can't remember who it is by)...

Bad Company...good choices btw. Ok, for me

1) More Than a Feeling - Boston
2) Us and Them - Pink Floyd
3) High Cotton - Alabama
4) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
5) Pina Colada - Jimmy Buffet
6) Don't Look Back - Boston
7) Anything But Mine - Kenny Chesney
8) Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning - Alan Jackson
9) When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krause
10) Amanda - Boston

Man...that was hard...especially narrowing down the last few. I tried to think of songs that evoke some kind of emotion that I can't quite put into words.:jiggy:

 

[Buttercup]

I think Chris needs to get a warning from the mods for cruel and unusual punishment....

I already want to modify my 10 choices! Cut us some slack Turtlepower, we need more ROOM!

 

[ChrisP]

I think Chris needs to get a warning from the mods for cruel and unusual punishment....

I already want to modify my 10 choices! Cut us some slack Turtlepower, we need more ROOM!

You can always edit your post , the temptation IS strong.

ROFL@ Turtlepower, the way things are going I might have to keep this avatar.

 

[YmirGF]

Crap. I need a freakin' top 100 LOL.

I will edit this later... I must eat something before I pass out.

Okies.... my favorites are, in no particular order:

1. Echoes (from Meddle by Pink Floyd)
2. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
3. Women of Ireland - Mike Oldfield
4. The Deathsong Kids - Marilyn Manson
5. Bolero - Ravel
6. Awaken - yes
7. Om - The Moody Blues
8. When you wake up - Justin Hayward & John Lodge (of the Moody Blues)
9. Dont give up - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
10. Creep - Radiohead
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My god Chris... that is so hard.
I could come up with a list of 10 classical pieces, a list of 60's & 70's early rock and another 10 favorite punk... even some "new wave". 10 more for favorite alternative or industrial etc.... so hard...

 

[ChrisP]

Tell me about it. I was weedling and poking trying to fit Awaken in there.