#966115 - 07/06/01 12:02 AM
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Okay what's your fave single of all time? It doesn't have to be deep and meaningful or even musically brilliant. It's just one of those songs that makes you go.... "YEAH!!"
To start the ball rolling I'm going with 'I Feel Fine' by the fab four.
The sound of the twanged guitar string just beginning to feedback as it leads into the opening riff does it for me every time!
If you've got it somewhere and haven't played it for years, put it on and turn it up... see what I mean!
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#966116 - 07/06/01 01:14 AM
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No way!!
No way possible for me to pick ONE song.
How about if you had to pick ONE song to listen to for the rest of your life, Like stranded on a desert island or something. I think I would never listen to it and just try to keep humming and singing all of the songs I could remember.
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#966117 - 07/06/01 01:32 AM
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Man thats a hard one.......too many great songs!
I guess Marvin Gaye's Whats Going On..
But then theres...........
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#966118 - 07/06/01 01:39 AM
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Boy, that's tough.
The first thing that popped (sorry, bad pun) into my head was Hey Jude B/W Revolution by The Beatles. Showing my age I guess by mentioning both sides of a 45 RPM single....
But then Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields popped to mind (probably the best doube A side of all time)....
No wait! My favorite song of all time is Yesterday...
And I haven't even exausted all the great Beatles singles yet, yet alone all of the other great artists and singles I could mention...
I agree with Bonafide - No way I can narrow this down to one song. Sorry!
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#966119 - 07/06/01 02:02 AM
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(This was posted by Popmusic in a duplicate folder I deleted -- Anderton)
Most of mine are "shoulda been a hit" singles, and will change depending on the day of the week, but I think all of them are pretty fun... If you like melodic pop, go onto Napster or whatever and check 'em out (then buy the CD)!
Trash Can Sinatras - How Can I Apply?
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations, Cool Cool Water
Lemonheads - Into Your Arms
Juliana Hatfield - Might Be In Love
The Churchills - Gonna Take A Lot To Stay
Big Star - September Gurls
I could name about 200 more songs, but I'll stop there.>>
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#966120 - 07/06/01 03:04 AM
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"The Mayor of Simpleton" by Andy Partridge/XTC, from the record Oranges and Lemons...
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#966121 - 07/06/01 03:57 AM
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Originally posted by AlChuck:
"The Mayor of Simpleton" by Andy Partridge/XTC, from the record Oranges and Lemons...
there's a brilliant pop song from a band that deserved more success in the US
that song brings to mind a few other UK faves:
Nick Lowe "Cruel to Be Kind" (it's PERFECT)
Elvis Costello "Alison"
any one of a number of great Squeeze songs: "Another Nail from My Heart", "Pulling Mussels", "Tempted"
The Police "Roxanne"
Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over" (OK, from New Zealand)
and on the funky side:
Stevie Wonder "Superstition"
Al Green "Let's Stay Together"
Was (Not Was) "Spy in the House of Love" (the best '80s funk song not recorded in Minneapolis)
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#966122 - 07/06/01 03:59 AM
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Originally posted by AlChuck:
"The Mayor of Simpleton" by Andy Partridge/XTC, from the record Oranges and Lemons...
there's a brilliant pop song from a band that deserved more success in the US
that song brings to mind a few other UK faves:
Nick Lowe "Cruel to Be Kind" (it's PERFECT)
Elvis Costello "Alison"
any one of a number of great Squeeze songs: "Another Nail from My Heart", "Pulling Mussels", "Tempted"
The Police "Roxanne"
Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over" (OK, from New Zealand)
and on the funky side:
Stevie Wonder "Superstition"
Al Green "Let's Stay Together"
Was (Not Was) "Spy in the House of Love" (the best '80s funk song not recorded in Minneapolis)
and finally, something unrelated to any of the above:
Matthew Sweet "Girlfriend"
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#966123 - 07/06/01 04:00 AM
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#966124 - 07/06/01 04:02 AM
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#966125 - 07/06/01 04:08 AM
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#966126 - 07/06/01 04:20 AM
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After much soul searching I found that my favorite pop song of all time is "Who can it be now?" by Men at work. The song still grooves today yet while holding it's 80's odor through the new millennium.
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#966127 - 07/06/01 05:33 AM
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THE MACERANA!!!!!! j/k
One of my favorite ones is Free Fallin by Tom Petty
The runner up is Purple Rain by Prince
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#966128 - 07/06/01 07:20 AM
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To many good ones to even bother making alist... but OK, IŽll list a few that are less likely to show up here:
The Adverts - Gary GilmoreŽs eyes
Jet Bronx and The Forbidden - AinŽt doinŽnothing
Vibrators - Baby Baby
Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
Dillinger - Cocaine
Jimmy Cliff - The harder they come
Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown
Kinks - Lola
Mott the Hoople - The golden age of Rock and Roll
M - Pop Music
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
Patti Smith - My Generation
Leonard Cohen - Susanne
Donna Summer - I feel love
Dianna Ross - Upside down
The Residents - I canŽt get no satisfaction
+ a lot of Swedish stuff youŽve probably never heard of...
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#966129 - 07/06/01 07:33 AM
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~poor side of town~ johnny rivers
i've never owned the record afraid i would play it to death and lose whatever spark that made me like it in the 1st place.
to me its just the most beautiful tune w/ female backup singing,reverb/tremelo guitar that just takes me away...stop me cause i'll just keep goin on about this tune...
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#966130 - 07/06/01 08:28 AM
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I will have to sell my wifes work and say that best coming pop song is this : http://www.DarlingNikkie.com/sounds/SugarCane.mp3
Yeah, I know it's not moraly correct but I do think it does stand its ground 
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#966131 - 07/06/01 09:29 AM
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Originally posted by mzeger:
there's a brilliant pop song from a band that deserved more success in the US
that song brings to mind a few other UK faves:
Nick Lowe "Cruel to Be Kind" (it's PERFECT)
Elvis Costello "Alison"
any one of a number of great Squeeze songs: "Another Nail from My Heart", "Pulling Mussels", "Tempted"
The Police "Roxanne"
Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over" (OK, from New Zealand)
and on the funky side:
Stevie Wonder "Superstition"
Al Green "Let's Stay Together"
Was (Not Was) "Spy in the House of Love" (the best '80s funk song not recorded in Minneapolis)
Other than preferring The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead by XTC, I'd say this is a great list of choices. Great stuff - all of these are classics.
Phil O'Keefe
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#966132 - 07/06/01 11:37 AM
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From the big band era...
"The Sunny Side of the Street"...
Takes me back, y'know...
From the Doo Wop era...
"Under the Boardwalk"
From the early rock era
"No Particular Place to Go"
From the "Big Sound" Era:
"Special Angel"
From the Brit Invasion Era:
"I Feel Fine" or "I'm a Loser" or...
From the Motown catalog:
"Standing in the Shadow of Love"
From the Funk/Soul catalog:
"Roadrunner"
Surf:
"Good Vibrations"
Psychedelia:
"Strawberry Fields"..."White Room"
And I haven't even gotten to the seventies yet. This is impossible. I give up.
My favorite single of all time is Donny Osmond "Puppy Love"...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ULP...ULP...ULP...
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#966133 - 07/06/01 11:47 AM
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Originally posted by mats.olsson@rockfile.se:
Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
Dillinger - Cocaine
Jimmy Cliff - The harder they come
A knife, a fork, a bottle, and a cork...that's the way we spell New York (it's like a Jamaican take on "Waters of March"). So, I'd guess UB40 "Tyler" is a favorite, too (IMHO, their best was their first).
So, what are the qualities of a well crafted pop song?
- the KISS principle (the most important, perhaps)
- a hook, gotta have a hook
- clever lyrics, well thought choices of words
- a great bridge (helps, but sometimes unnecessary)
- sung with intensity, passion, conviction
- no solos longer that a verse or chorus
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#966134 - 07/06/01 12:00 PM
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Alison or Black Coffee in Bed.....
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#966135 - 07/06/01 12:32 PM
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ZZ Top: "Bang Bang My Shangalang", 1996
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#966136 - 07/06/01 12:42 PM
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I've never been able to shake "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2
It's never lost it's appeal to me.
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#966138 - 07/06/01 04:15 PM
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One: Stairway to heaven, Led Zeppelin
Two: Child in time, Deep Purple
Three: Brown Sugar, Roling Stones
Four: Lucille, Little Richard
Five: I can go on a couple of ours, but I think I better stop here.
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#966140 - 07/06/01 06:46 PM
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Originally posted by Bonafide:
Hey Srat0124, Squeeze?
I thought that you were an Alt. Country type player 
Squeeze did have an Alt. Country moment, "Labeled With Love". So did Elvis Costello with the Almost Blue album and "It Was a Good Year for the Roses". "Alison" would make a great country cover song.
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#966141 - 07/06/01 06:52 PM
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Originally posted by sign:
One: Stairway to heaven, Led Zeppelin
I might be wrong here, but I don't think that Led Zeppelin released any singles. At least I didn't see any, even though I really was looking.
Led Zeppelin was quite into that theme-album concept, like Pink Floyd and a couple of others.
But it is a great song!
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#966142 - 07/06/01 06:55 PM
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Dusic by Birck
This is to me a timeless pop funk dance single
Hip base line too!
Robert Morin
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#966143 - 07/06/01 06:55 PM
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Where would the world have gone without
"LOUIE LOUIE" ... Kingsmen.
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#966144 - 07/06/01 06:58 PM
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Originally posted by Bonafide:
Hey Srat0124, Squeeze?
I thought that you were an Alt. Country type player
I would have expected something from say Wayne Hancock, The Derailers, The Mavericks, High Noon, or Even Older Hank Williams Jr.
As I said, there is no way to narrow it down, But a song like 'Family Tradition', or a 'Country boy can Survive' certainly make my list.
Cheers.
You might be surprised, but I was a Hendrix/Trower/Mohagony Rush devotee for many many years in my early twenties. But I just came back to my roots where I started from, which is basically country/blues/bluegrass/rock. I have always thought that Squeeze sported some fantastic songwriting and soulful playing and singing.
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