Best Song of Past 100 Years? Your Vote?

[daveAustin]

41 minutes ago, IsaanExpat said:

David Gilmour is still one of the greatest Guitarists of all time though

At least someone is on the right track.

[Evil Penevil]

Leonard Cohen wasn't the best singer, but his gravelly voice seemed appropriate for the profound but often harsh lyrics of his songs.   Cohen was also a poet and novelist and the importance of his lyrics over melodic clang is evident.  He's  widely ackowledged  by critics and other musicians as one of the best lyricists of the past 100 years.

 

His  popular hit 'Closing Time" from  1992 is very reflective of the Pattaya experience.  A sample of the lyrics:

 

"And I loved you when our love was blessed
And I love you now there's nothing left
But sorrow and a sense of overtime
And I missed you since the place got wrecked
And I just don't care what happens next
Looks like freedom but it feels like death
It's something in between, I guess
It's closing time"                                                                https://genius.com/Leonard-cohen-closing-time-lyrics

 

 

[brianthainess]

Green sleeves, it makes me think of ice cream..........

[IsaanExpat]

 

 

This guy just made one good song and still lives off the money😅

 

 

[IsaanExpat]

 

 

Jeff Lynne is a great songwriter, I hope he pulls a Bowie and makes one last great Album before he leaves us

 

[IsaanExpat]

 

 

For our Aussie friends out there. Bonn Scott era is the only AC/DC I'll listen to.

 

[IsaanExpat]

 

 

Warren Zevon was another great Lyricist. I watched the VH1 special of his last album when he was dying of Asbestos induced Lung Cancer, real tear jerker that was....

 

 

[IsaanExpat]

 

Last one for today....it's a neat and jaunty little tune....

 

 

[BarraMarra]

For me it has to be Freebird  up there. No one i know and i've never known another Guitarist to attempt the Guitar Solo on it and as the lead singer and other band members were killed in an sir crash in my opinion is awarded the title Posthumously

 

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[cdemundo]

I could never pick one song.

But I could pick my favorite Billie Holiday recording and it's not the earlier mentioned "Strange Fruit".

"Comes Love" Billie fantastic delivery with a fantastic band.

 

[fredwiggy]

2 hours ago, daveAustin said:

lol Judging by the responses on long dead music, Thaivisa must have some seriously ancient members. Each to their own of course and there cannot be 'best', a classic is written at any time, it is all subjective etc etc, but if you think Billie Holiday is in that bracket, then my vote would be to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by the Sherman Bros.

Good music is timeless, which much music isn't. There are still bands bringing good music out these days, although it's hard to beat the music us old timers grew up with from the 50's to the 80's. Yes, there is no such thing as a best song. There are quite a few that will be at the top, and much of what one sees on music charts these days doesn't cut it. I could name hundreds of songs that are up at the top, although some might not be that into music to know them. Only a couple mentioned here fill that bill.

[proton]

On 9/17/2024 at 11:58 PM, cjinchiangrai said:

I would nominate Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima

 

 

 

A better version!

 

 

[cjinchiangrai]

6 minutes ago, proton said:

 

A better version!

 

 

The Tachibana Green band is amazing.

[roo860]

 

Edited September 20 by roo860

[MarkBR]

Too  many to claim to be best, many equally good - Je Ne Regrette Rien (Edith Piaf), Padam Padam (Edith Piaf), Feeling Good (Nina Simone), Ne Me Quitte Pas (Jacques Brel), I heard it through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye), Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat), plus many songs by Siouxsie and the Banshees, etc..  The list is endless due to the sheer number of good songs

[proton]

31 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

The Tachibana Green band is amazing.

 

Practice, practice, practice, would love to see them live sometime, imagine this coming down your street!

 

 

Edited September 20 by proton

[MarkBR]

1 hour ago, IsaanExpat said:

 

 

Jeff Lynne is a great songwriter, I hope he pulls a Bowie and makes one last great Album before he leaves us

 

Yes, ELO were awesome

[MarkBR]

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

Good music is timeless, which much music isn't. There are still bands bringing good music out these days, although it's hard to beat the music us old timers grew up with from the 50's to the 80's. Yes, there is no such thing as a best song. There are quite a few that will be at the top, and much of what one sees on music charts these days doesn't cut it. I could name hundreds of songs that are up at the top, although some might not be that into music to know them. Only a couple mentioned here fill that bill.

Also depends on your age and the mood you are in as to what is an awesome song.

[OneMoreFarang]

3 hours ago, daveAustin said:

lol Judging by the responses on long dead music, Thaivisa must have some seriously ancient members. Each to their own of course and there cannot be 'best', a classic is written at any time, it is all subjective etc etc, but if you think Billie Holiday is in that bracket, then my vote would be to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by the Sherman Bros.

 

You are right. So, I thought about which "modern song" from the last couple of years was very good. I think this one is one of the best from recent years. And with 8.5 billion views on YouTube for just this video, it seems many people agree with me.

 

 

[KannikaP]

On 9/18/2024 at 1:12 AM, Evil Penevil said:

In terms of which song has had the most influence in the past 100 years, I would say the U.S. Civil War song "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

The past 100 years started in September 1924.  The US Civil War started in April 1861.

[cjinchiangrai]

39 minutes ago, proton said:

 

Practice, practice, practice, would love to see them live sometime, imagine this coming down your street!

 

 

They seem to go to Disney every two years or so. LA  I think. They played the Rose Bowl a few years ago. There has to be a schedule available. They changed the arrangement on Sing, Sing, Sing two years ago but it is familiar.

[MarkBR]

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

You are right. So, I thought about which "modern song" from the last couple of years was very good. I think this one is one of the best from recent years. And with 8.5 billion views on YouTube for just this video, it seems many people agree with me.

 

 

Yes, a very good song

[cjinchiangrai]

1 minute ago, KannikaP said:

The past 100 years started in September 1924.  The US Civil War started in April 1861.

More likely Dixie. The North won and forgot about it but the South is still butt-hurt and still promoting their racist nonsense.

[Hanaguma]

For feeling and atmosphere, 'If You Could Read My Mind' by Gordon Lightfoot. 

 

To drive too fast. 'Black Betty' by Ram Jam.

[proton]

30 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

More likely Dixie. The North won and forgot about it but the South is still butt-hurt and still promoting their racist nonsense.

 

The song was written before the war and by a northerner. Nobody was more of a racist than that butcher Lincoln, he even offered the CSA to keep slavery in slave states until 1900 if they would re join the Union. Well known Dixie's Land was a favourite song of Lincoln's.

 

 

[cjinchiangrai]

37 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

You are right. So, I thought about which "modern song" from the last couple of years was very good. I think this one is one of the best from recent years. And with 8.5 billion views on YouTube for just this video, it seems many people agree with me.

 

 

The question was about influence. We started with a jazz classic that molded all following music, then followed up with one of the best songs of the swing era, the music that won the war. Several other iconic songs have been mentioned as well. New songs have not been around long enough to influence anything but we might have to give a nod to Tay Tay this year.

[cjinchiangrai]

1 minute ago, proton said:

 

The song was written before the war and by a northerner. Nobody was more of a racist than that butcher Lincoln, he even offered the CSA to keep slavery in slave states until 1900 if they would re join the Union. Well known Dixie's Land was a favourite song of Lincoln's.

 

 

The source is irrelevant, it was adopted as the song for the rebels and has been used to stoke racist views ever since. Lincoln may have been a racist but he did the right thing anyway.

[proton]

1 minute ago, cjinchiangrai said:

The source is irrelevant, it was adopted as the song for the rebels and has been used to stoke racist views ever since. Lincoln may have been a racist but he did the right thing anyway.

 

He did nothing to stop 4 Union states being slave state though, his only objective was forcing the CSA back into the Union, slavery was a side issue. He actually freed no slaves at all, the 13th amendment was not passed until months after his death

[kwak250]

5 hours ago, IsaanExpat said:

 

David Gilmour is still one of the greatest Guitarists of all time though

Now we're talking.

 

[cjinchiangrai]

2 minutes ago, proton said:

 

He did nothing to stop 4 Union states being slave state though, his only objective was forcing the CSA back into the Union, slavery was a side issue. He actually freed no slaves at all, the 13th amendment was not passed until months after his death

Whatever, the slaves were freed, like the should have been 90 years earlier and the South lost the war. All of it should be history by now except for the hate filled hillbillies.