Nawor Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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! "WARNING!" - this artificial fruit juice may contain traces of REAL FRUIT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonafide Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondottcomm Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Man thats a hard one.......too many great songs! I guess Marvin Gaye's Whats Going On.. But then theres........... Don What? you mean I can take this block of fine swiss and make a song??...COOL! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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! Phil O'Keefe Sound Sanctuary Recording Riverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html pokeefe777@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 (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.>> Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 "The Mayor of Simpleton" by Andy Partridge/XTC, from the record Oranges and Lemons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 This message has been edited by mzeger on 07-06-2001 at 01:06 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alndln Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Inkadinkadoo. "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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. -Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfish Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 THE MACERANA!!!!!! j/k One of my favorite ones is Free Fallin by Tom Petty The runner up is Purple Rain by Prince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 To many good ones to even bother making alist... but OK, I´ll list a few that are less likely to show up here: The Adverts - Gary Gilmore´s eyes Jet Bronx and The Forbidden - Ain´t doin´nothing 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 can´t get no satisfaction + a lot of Swedish stuff you´ve probably never heard of... /Mats http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanner Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 ~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... AMPSSOUNDBETTERLOUDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Darling Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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 http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif ------------------ Visit http://www.DarlingNikkie.com/sounds for free MP3's Rotshtein Danny - Studio Engineer Jingles show-reel Visit DarlingNikkie.com To discover the sounds of "Darling Nikkie"(aka Jade 4U). . . . New exciting project Goddess of Destruction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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 Sound Sanctuary Recording Riverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html pokeefe777@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Alison or Black Coffee in Bed..... Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russrags Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 ZZ Top: "Bang Bang My Shangalang", 1996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 I've never been able to shake "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2 It's never lost it's appeal to me. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 I agree with Phil about "Cruel to be Kind". Along the same lines for me is Foo Fighters "Big Me". When I first heard that song it took my back to the 1979-1981 era which was a magical time for guitar pop for me. I was just hitting my teen years and coming of age. I know, I know others will say that era sucked, but maybe its the memories the songs bring back http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif... As far as XTC, "The Man That Murdered Love" blew me away upon first listen... pure guitar pop! ------------------ KJ ------------------- bari man low KJ ------------------- "50 million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong" - John Prine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sign Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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. Peace The alchemy of the masters moving molecules of air, we capture by moving particles of iron, so that the poetry of the ancients will echo into the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonafide Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Originally posted by strat0124: Alison or Black Coffee in Bed..... Hey Srat0124, Squeeze? I thought that you were an Alt. Country type player http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/tongue.gif 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Originally posted by Bonafide: Hey Srat0124, Squeeze? I thought that you were an Alt. Country type player http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/tongue.gif 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 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! /Mats http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvdd Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Where would the world have gone without "LOUIE LOUIE" ... Kingsmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moronix Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Dusic by Birck This is to me a timeless pop funk dance single Hip base line too! Robert Morin Alesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Originally posted by Bonafide: Hey Srat0124, Squeeze? I thought that you were an Alt. Country type player http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/tongue.gif 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. Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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