Best song ever??????
03-10-02, 05:29 AM
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Best song ever??????
Is Nat King Cole "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons" the best ever?
C'mon......name me a better tune........I dare you.
C'mon......name me a better tune........I dare you.
03-10-02, 07:41 AM
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This is such a tough question, it's hard to decide
Jesus built my hotrod --- Ministry
No, no
The Camera Eye --- Rush
No, no
The Grudge -- Tool
No, no
Hell I don't know!
Jesus built my hotrod --- Ministry
No, no
The Camera Eye --- Rush
No, no
The Grudge -- Tool
No, no
Hell I don't know!
03-10-02, 10:55 AM
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"Take Me To The River"
Not my absolute favorite, but I think it deserves to at least be in the running - simply because I've heard so many different versions from so many different people & I've never heard a bad one.
Not my absolute favorite, but I think it deserves to at least be in the running - simply because I've heard so many different versions from so many different people & I've never heard a bad one.
03-10-02, 12:02 PM
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star --- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
We all do our best work before we are five.
(Yeah, yeah, I know he was 17 when he did an arrangement for this song, and that Jane Taylor actually wrote the lyrics much later... and that Mozart made a variation of the song Ah! Vous Dirai-Je Maman? ---- but it's still a GREAT tune.... maybe the best ever.)
We all do our best work before we are five.
(Yeah, yeah, I know he was 17 when he did an arrangement for this song, and that Jane Taylor actually wrote the lyrics much later... and that Mozart made a variation of the song Ah! Vous Dirai-Je Maman? ---- but it's still a GREAT tune.... maybe the best ever.)
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03-10-02, 12:21 PM
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My votes go to:
Depeche Mode - "Enjoy The Silence"
NewOrder - "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Front 242 - "Headhunter"
But could this debate be any more subjective?
-matt
Depeche Mode - "Enjoy The Silence"
NewOrder - "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Front 242 - "Headhunter"
But could this debate be any more subjective?
-matt
03-10-02, 03:28 PM
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Originally posted by ziggy
House of the Rising Sun
performed by anyone except The Animals - the more versions of this song that I hear, the more I dislike The Animals' version.
House of the Rising Sun
performed by anyone except The Animals - the more versions of this song that I hear, the more I dislike The Animals' version.
03-10-02, 03:48 PM
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Originally posted by palebluedot
Nina Simone version
Nina Simone version
I've never heard that one -
I like Bob Dylan the best, also Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, B.B. King - I'll try to find that one and give it a listen though.
03-10-02, 05:24 PM
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Originally posted by nazz
Where can I find the Dylan version of House of the Rising Sun?
I'd really like to hear that.
Where can I find the Dylan version of House of the Rising Sun?
I'd really like to hear that.
Its on his first album, "Bob Dylan" '61, I think. THough I'm sure you can get it on any of the napsterlike sites.
and palebluedot: that is terrific, thanks.
03-11-02, 12:29 AM
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My two favorites...
"A Day in the Life" by the Beatles...manages to pack everything that makes a song great in under 5 minutes and not sound cluttered in any way...sheer brilliance.
"California Stars" by Wilco and Billy Bragg...excellent Woody Guthrie lyrics re-interpreted and a result that damn near approaches trancendence.
Just thinking about these songs is enough to give me goosebumps.
"A Day in the Life" by the Beatles...manages to pack everything that makes a song great in under 5 minutes and not sound cluttered in any way...sheer brilliance.
"California Stars" by Wilco and Billy Bragg...excellent Woody Guthrie lyrics re-interpreted and a result that damn near approaches trancendence.
Just thinking about these songs is enough to give me goosebumps.
03-11-02, 09:01 AM
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Originally posted by Lokimok
"Take Me To The River"
Not my absolute favorite, but I think it deserves to at least be in the running - simply because I've heard so many different versions from so many different people & I've never heard a bad one.
"Take Me To The River"
Not my absolute favorite, but I think it deserves to at least be in the running - simply because I've heard so many different versions from so many different people & I've never heard a bad one.
I don't think this question can actually be answered. "White Christmas" is amazingly popular, and is well loved, but best ever? I doubt it.
"Happy Birthday"? At least everyone knows it.
03-11-02, 02:59 PM
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This is a very cliche choice, but Stairway to Heaven could very well be the perfect song - it pretty much has everything.
Another good choice would be Radiohead's Paranoid Android - that song is also a masterpiece that throws in everything and acheives something much greater than the sum of it's parts.
Another good choice would be Radiohead's Paranoid Android - that song is also a masterpiece that throws in everything and acheives something much greater than the sum of it's parts.
03-11-02, 05:29 PM
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Yeah, I have a singing fish that does that one when you walk by him. It rocks!
Yeah, I have a singing fish that does that one when you walk by him. It rocks!
oh god i'd forgotten about that. i walked past 1 of those around xmas time...the horror...
I guess I have to change my answer to "Boogie" by John Hartford.
