What's Your Top Ten, Pop Pickers?

[November Rain]

Music tastes change, sometimes from day to day, but what are your enduring classics? The songs that have always & will always get a reaction from you? List ten of your faves...

Mine are (in no particular order):

Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum

(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

November Rain - Guns n Roses

Perfect Day - Lou Reed

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Love Bites - Def Leppard

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Wish you were here - Pink Floyd

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

OK, cheating now as I can't decide between:

Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf/ Light my Fire - The Doors/ Mama - Genesis

Anyone else want to try & narrow their favourites down to 10 (or 12 in my case!!) ?

Edited March 25, 2007 by November Rain

[Austhaied]

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Ain't No Fun Waiting Round to be a Millionaire - AC/DC

Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

War Pigs - Black Sabbath

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Estranged - Guns n Roses

Runaway - Del Shannon

The End - The Doors

[jasreeve17]

Rocking-tastic thus far.

Mines a slightly different (younger? ) focus. In no particular order.

T Rex - Children of the Revolution.

Skunk Anansie - Hedonism.

Pixies - Debaser.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCoOlUjhlc

John Lennon - Imagine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0

Beatles - A Day in the Life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZez_k4vAzU

Then Jerico - Darkest Hour. (hahahahahahahaha, I am sad.)

Mudhoney - Touch me I'm sick.

Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun (great video too).

Cult - Rain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu9NQN8Ogv0

Sonic Youth - 100%.

I'm off to youtube..

[Jim's_a_Thai_Fox]

yikes, that's a tricky one... off the top of one's head

The Beatles - Get Back

The Stone Roses - Going down

The doors - Roadhouse

Bob Dylan - Like a rolling Stone

Mc Solar - Nouvean Western

Floyd - we're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl...

Beck - Sex laws

the velvet underground - pale blue eyes

Michael Jackson - Billy Jean

Hendrix - wind cries Mary

Like the late, great bill hicks said: drugs are good. Those artists who were on drugs were real high and made real good music. Those artists who speak out against drugs...boy, their music sucks!

[mrbojangles]

Again, in no particular order.

Mr BoJangles (obviously) The Robbie Williams version though.

Mack the Knife - Bobby Darrin

In the port of Amsterdam - David Bowie

Fields of Gold - Sting

Germ Free Adolescents - Xray Spex

Digging your scene - Blow Monkey's

Bank robber - The Clash

Killing an Arab - The Cure

All tomorrow's parties - Japan

Whole of thge moon - The Waterboys

Toptastic but that was really hard and no doubt tomorrow would be slightly different

[recluse]

OK, I'll bite on this one: I'm going to shy away from the Stairway's, Free Birds and Bohemians of the world. hel_l if we mention those, we may as well throw in Hotel Cal. LOL

1. Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin (little known B side of Immigrant Song single. great lyrics, see below

Wanna tell you bout the girl I love.

My, she looks so fine

An shes the only one that Ive been dreamin of,

Maybe someday she will be all mine.

I wanna tell her that I love her so,

I thrill with her every touch,

I need to tell her shes the only one I really lo__ve.

I got a woman, wan ball all day.

I got a woman, she wont be true no.

I got a woman, stay drunk all the time.

I said I got a little woman and she wont be true.

On sunday mornin when we go down to church

See the menfolk standin in line.

Dont say they come to pray to the lord

But when my little girl looks so fine.

An in the evenin when the sun is sinkin low

Everybodys with the one they love.

I walk the town, keep-a searchin all around,

Lookin for my street corner girl.

I got a woman, wan ball all day yeah.

I got a woman, she wont be true no, no.

I got a woman, stay drunk all the time.

I said I got a little woman and she wont be true.

An in the bars with the men who play guitars,

Singin, drinkin and rememberin the time,

A-my little lover does a midnight shift,

She fool around-a all a the time.

I guess theres just one thing then left for me to do:

Gonna pack my bags an move on my way

A-cause I got a worried mind sharin what I thought was mine.

Gonna leave her where the guitars play.

I got a woman, she wont be true no, no.

I got a woman, wanna ball all day-yeah-yeah now, now.

I got a woman, stay drunk all the time.

I got a little woman and she wont be true.

Hey, hey what can I do?

I said she wont be true no. yeah-no, yeah-no,

Whoah-ho what can I say?

Yeah-no, yeah-no. [ ahhh__ ]

Hey, hey what can I do?

[ __hhh__ ] keep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin,

&nbspkeep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin.

Whoah-ho what can I say?

[ __hhh. ] she wanna ball.

Hey, hey what can I do?

A-keep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin,

&nbspkeep ballin yeah, yeah.

Whoah-ho what can I say?

A-boogie, a-boogie chillun. a-boogie, a-boogie chillun.

Hey, hey what can I do?

Hahh-yeah, ah-yeah, ah-yeah, ah-yeah.

Whoah-ho what can I say?

Hey, hey what can I do? I got a woman, she wont be true.

Hey, hey what can I do?

Ah-whoah~whoah~whoah hear what I say.

I got a woman, wanna ball all day.

Whoah-ho what can I say?

Keep ballin, keep ballin

Who__ahhh-ho-ho-ho-ho.

Hey, hey what can I do?

Ooh.

2. Go All the Way - The Rasberries

3. One - Three Dog Night (a personal one for me)

4. School - Supertramp

5. Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band

6. How Many Friends - The Who

7. Memory Motel - Rolling Stones

8. Dogs - Pink Floyd

9. The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

10. Sideshow - Blue Magic

Enjoy this list, it is to be treasured

[recluse]

yikes, that's a tricky one... off the top of one's head

The Beatles - Get Back

The Stone Roses - Going down

The doors - Roadhouse

Bob Dylan - Like a rolling Stone

Mc Solar - Nouvean Western

Floyd - we're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl...

Beck - Sex laws

the velvet underground - pale blue eyes

Michael Jackson - Billy Jean

Hendrix - wind cries Mary

Like the late, great bill hicks said: drugs are good. Those artists who were on drugs were real high and made real good music. Those artists who speak out against drugs...boy, their music sucks!

I hope you're talking about the live version of Roadhouse. important distinction there

[Tilokarat]

Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

Be Bop-u-lu-la - Gene Vincent

Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

Made in Thailand - Caribou(sp)

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

North-West Passage - Collins

Golden Love - Sally Yeh (Yip Sih Man)

House of the Rising Sun - Animals

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (LP)

Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

Mystery Train - Elvis Presley

[farangconnection]

Nights in White Satin............................Moody Blues

Hymn.................................................Barclay James Harvest

Room with a View................................Tony Carey

White Rabbit........................................Jefferson Airplane

Lady in Black.......................................Uriah Heep

Stairway to Heaven..............................Led Zeppalin

Celtic Sonnant.....................................Moody Blues

Cold Bent Sidewalk..............................Tangerine Dream

Take on Me..........................................AhA

Suzzanne............................................Lenard Cohen

11. Almost any number from the 60's/70's

[Jamie]

Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Temptations

You Really Got A Hold on Me - Smokey and The Miracles

Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin

Chevy Van - Sammy Johns

Crazy Love - Van Morrrison

Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen

More Than A Feeling - Boston

American Girl - Tom Petty

Shooting Star - Bad Company

Stone In Love - Journey

[Grover]

Pixies - Blown Away

Pixies - Hey

BoB Dylan - Hurricane

Jimi Hendrix - All along the Watchtower

Pink Floyd - High Hopes

Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Ones)

Dire Straits - So far away

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication

The Master Song - Lenard Cohen

Tom Waits - Crossroads

Edited March 27, 2007 by Grover

[muckypups]

Mr Tambourine Man, Bob Dylan

Fly, Nick Drake

On Raglan Road, Luke Kelly

Brand New Start, Paul Weller

Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks

Gimme' Shelter, The Rolling Stones

God Only Knows, The Beach boys

The Universal, Blur

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, George Thorogood

In The Garden, Van Morrison

[Beavis and Butthead]

some good ones mentioned here:

rock and roll

more than a feeling

god only knows

one bourbon, scotch, beer

tamborine man (I like byrds version)

shooting star

chevy van

white rabbit

house rising sun

nights white satin

these are not mine but greats mentioned by you

Edited March 27, 2007 by Beavis and Butthead

[rgs2001uk]

jeez, this is hard trying to narrow it down. straight off the top of my head, if i thought about it this list would probably change.

traffic feelin alright

bob dylan visions of joanna

bob marley redmption song

bob seeger the fire inside

van morrison sweet thing

etta james out of the rain

the triffids wide open road

cold chisel flame trees

stephen stills love the one youre with

stevie nicks talk to me

bar owners pay attention now, the customer is always right

[garro]

Wow I'm impressed by the good taste of some of the TV members

1 Nick Drake - One of these things first

2 Pixies - Wave of mutilation

3 Billy Bragg - Brickbat

4 Radiohead - Just (you do it to yourself)

5 Pixies - Hey

6 Nick Drake - Things behind the sun

7 Nirvana - smells like team spirit

8 The Clash - Stay Free

9 Billy Bragg - Greetings to the new Brunette

10 Nick Drake - Parasite

Edited March 27, 2007 by garro

[Jared]

I have a feeling Im a bit younger than most in this thread as your choices sound liek my dads playlist in his car, these are 10 of my favourite songs in no real order.

1.Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

2.Micheal Jackson - Billy Jean

3.Audioslave - Be Yourself

4.Foo Fighters - Everlong

5.Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench

6.Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside

7.The Kooks - Naive

8.Lostprophets - The Fake Sound Of Progress

9.Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

10.The Used - On My Own

[gennisis]

Music tastes change, sometimes from day to day, but what are your enduring classics? The songs that have always & will always get a reaction from you? List ten of your faves...

Mine are (in no particular order):

Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum

(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

November Rain - Guns n Roses

Perfect Day - Lou Reed

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Love Bites - Def Leppard

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Wish you were here - Pink Floyd

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

OK, cheating now as I can't decide between:

Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf/ Light my Fire - The Doors/ Mama - Genesis

Anyone else want to try & narrow their favourites down to 10 (or 12 in my case!!) ?

look on my media player library just a-g and found my most played were

Abba..............Winner takes it all

Al Jolson.........Anniversary Song.(Oh how we danced)

Band Aid ........Do they know its christmas

Blondie...........Atomic

Barbara Dickson...Caravan

Boz Scaggs......Lido Shuffle

Charlie Gracie...Fabulous

Dave Edmunds...I knew the bride

Delbert McClinton..Sun Medley

Don Gibson........Sea of Heartbreak

Eddie Bond.......Rockin Daddy

ELO................Hold on tight to your dream,s

Gerry Marsden....Youll never walk alone

[Tingnongnoi]

in no particular order

Blondie Picture this

The Verve History

Ray Charles Georgia on my mind

Rolling stones Gimme Shelter

Marvin Gaye Whats going on

The Jam Down in a tube station at midnight

Oasis Talk tonight

Lou Reed Satelitte of love

the Who Four faces

Beatles A day in the life

and as others have mentioned would probably look very different tommorow

Edited March 27, 2007 by Tingnongnoi

[endure]

Heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye

Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt

There is a season - Byrds

Right Track - Billy Butler (Keep the Faith for those in the know)

Chain of fools - Aretha Franklin

A brand new me - Jerry Butler

Road Runner - Junior Walker and the Allstars

Save the last dance for me - Drifters

Family Affair - Sly & the family stone

Listen to the music - the Doobie Brothers

[luckyluke]

All based on "souvenirs" :

1)Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)

2)Hey Joe (Willy{Mink}DeVille)

3)Vincent(Don Mc.Lean)

4)Avalon (Roxy Music)

5)San Francisco Nights(The Animals)

6)The End (The Doors)

7)The Partisan(Leonard Cohen)

8)White Room (Cream)

9)Imagine(John Lennon)

10)Le Plat Pays qui est le mien (jacques Brel)

[wallyc]

Lots of good stuff listed so far ...

Here is my short list - I have many more than I list here, as I'm sure everyone else has

Super Session - Alberts Shuffle

Doors - When the musics' over

Rippingtons - Dreams

Pat Metheny - Third Wind

Ronettes - Sally go 'round the roses

Blue Cheer - Summer Time Blues

Brian Ferry - Don't stop the dance

Mamas & Pappas - I saw her again last night

Zombies - Shes not there

Kingsman - Louie Louie

Dave Koz - Shakin' the shack

Dire Straits - Money for nothing

Righteous Brothers - Little Latin Lupe Lu

thats all for now

wallyc