Favourite Songs?

[LadyW]

I have always found, that particular songs, remind me of particular times in my life, places, people or certain thoughts/feelings.

-The Eagles: Hotel California.
Reminds me of being in Spain a little before sunset.

-Kings of Leon: Knocked Up
Makes me think of being alone in the world.

-Maroon 5: She will Be Loved
A memory of an old friend & unrequited love.

-Jimmy Eat World: 23
Makes me wonder about the future.

-The Cure: Just Like Heaven
Pure happiness :)

-Nirvana: Smells like teen spirit
Reminds me of having great times with friends


Do you have any songs in particular that spark a thought, a memory, a feeling everytime you listen to them?

[Shurtugal]

hmmmm..... let me think.

when i listen to "Peter Returns" i remember that my innocence is fleeting.

when i listen to "Far away" i want to run up to everyone special and tell them i love them.

when i listen to "Clowns (Can you see me now?)" i think of Final fantasy and want to kick the snot out of my enemies. :D

[jon1jt]

Cool thread! Okay, here's some from my secret stash...

Samson ~ Regina Spektor
Orleans ~ Still The One
Wild Sage ~ The Mountain Goats
Trouble ~ ColdPlay
We Just Don't Care ~ John Legend

[NikolaiI]

Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers, gives me a feeling of bliss.

No Rain - Blind Melon, also gives me a feeling of bliss.

The albums Disraeli Gears by Cream, and Axis: Bold As Love, by Hendrix, also give me feelings of bliss and love.

[Pensive]

[U]
-The Eagles: Hotel California.

I love this song!

Some others would be in no particular order:

Hallelujah (Rufus Wainwright)
Bang Bang (Sony and Cher)
High Hopes (Pink Floyd)
Complicated (Avril Lavigne)
Mad World (From Donnie Darko)
Sound of Silence (Garfunkel and this other guy whose name I forget)
For No One (The Beatles)
Californication (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)

[amalia1985]

In no particular order:

1) Ever Dream (Nightwish)
2) Ghost Love Score (Nightwish)
3) Riders on the Storm (Doors)
4) Come Together (The Beatles)
5) Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
6) The Poet and the Pendulum (Nightwish)
7) The Siren (Nightwish)
8) Waiting for the Sun (Doors)
9) Kuolema Tekee Taitejlijan (Nightwish)
10) Gothic Kabbalah (Therion)
................and many more............

[jon1jt]

In no particular order:

1) Ever Dream (Nightwish)
2) Ghost Love Score (Nightwish)
3) Riders on the Storm (Doors)
4) Come Together (The Beatles)
5) Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
6) The Poet and the Pendulum (Nightwish)
7) The Siren (Nightwish)
8) Waiting for the Sun (Doors)
9) Kuolema Tekee Taitejlijan (Nightwish)
10) Gothic Kabbalah (Therion)
................and many more............

Oh hell yeah those are excellent Doors selections, amalia! I'll add L.A. Woman.

'I just got into town about an hour ago..." :nod:

[aeroport]

Samson ~ Regina Spektor


High Hopes (Pink Floyd)
Both excellent. :thumbs_up



In no particular order:

1) Ever Dream (Nightwish)
2) Ghost Love Score (Nightwish)
3) Riders on the Storm (Doors)
4) Come Together (The Beatles)
5) Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
6) The Poet and the Pendulum (Nightwish)7) The Siren (Nightwish)
8) Waiting for the Sun (Doors)
9) Kuolema Tekee Taitejlijan (Nightwish)10) Gothic Kabbalah (Therion)
................and many more............

Some of their best stuff there... (I have to say your #6 is the only song I really like on the new album)

Pour moi:
Learning to Live - Dream Theater
Mad Man Moon - Genesis
Red Barchetta - Rush
Arriving Somewhere...(But Not Here) - Porcupine Tree
Stop Swimming - Porcupine Tree
Deliverance - Opeth
Monsters and Men - Flower Kings
Fantasmic - Nightwish
Swanheart - Nightwish
Master of Puppets - Metallica (and every other song on that album)

[metal134]

I don't have favorite songs, I have favorite albums. I don't think enough people appreciate the art of the full album. To many people believe in the bogus notion that there are only 2 or 3 good songs on most albums. Balony. The album is a craft that should be appreciated more. But I'm getting off the beaten path. Some of my favorite albums.

Black Sabbth - Black Sabbath
Systematic Chaos - Dream Theater
Animals Pink Floyd
Brave New World - Iron Maiden
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Dirt - Alice in Chains
Rust in Peace - Megadeth

[aeroport]

I don't have favorite songs, I have favorite albums. I don't think enough people appreciate the art of the full album. To many people believe in the bogus notion that there are only 2 or 3 good songs on most albums. Balony. The album is a craft that should be appreciated more. But I'm getting off the beaten path. Some of my favorite albums.


I quite agree, but most of your examples are fairly old. I don't think "the art of the full album" is practiced as widely as it once was. That said, I'll do a few of these as well:

Deliverance - Opeth
Scenes from a Memory - Dream Theater
Images and Words - Dream Theater
Deadwing - Porcupine Tree
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Oceanborn - Nightwish
Moving Pictures - Rush

[LadyWentworth]

Orleans ~ Still The One
We Just Don't Care ~ John Legend
:thumbs_up Great songs!

There are songs that make me think of particular people and events, but none of them I would actually list as favorites. Anyway, here is my list, in no particular order, of songs that are my all-time favorites (there are a lot!):

*My Truly, Truly Fair - Vic Damone (probably my #1)
*There I've Said It Again - Vic Damone
*The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr.
*Volare - Dean Martin
*More - Bobby Darin
*Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
*The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles
*Tell Me Why - The Beatles
*Baby Don't Go - Sonny and Cher
*Rock With You - Michael Jackson
*Touch Me - The Doors
*Like a Prayer - Madonna
*Everyday - Buddy Holly
*The Edge of Heaven - Wham
*Hold Me - Whitney Houston and Teddy Pendergrass
*Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
*I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
*All I Want is Forever - Regina Belle and James "J.T." Taylor
*When Smokey Sings - ABC
*Reflex - Duran Duran
*Holding Back the Years - Simply Red
*How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees
*Casanova - Levert
*The End of the Road - Boyz II Men
*Breakout - Swing Out Sister
*Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
*You're My Best Friend - Queen
*Joanna - Kool and the Gang
*So Bad - Paul McCartney
*Watching the Wheels - John Lennon
*Love Comes to Everyone - George Harrison
*Together Forever - Rick Astley
*This Is the Right Time - Lisa Stansfield
*Rock Steady - The Whispers
*Here Comes the Rain Again - The Eurythmics
*Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
*Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
*God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
*Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns'n Roses
*Out of My Head - Fastball
*Fair - Ben Folds Five
*In Too Deep - Genesis
*Half Crazy - Johnny Gill
*Everything That Touches You - The Association
*Superman - Five for Fighting
*Just My Imagination - The Temptations
*You Baby - The Turtles
*You Didn't Have to Be So Nice - The Lovin' Spoonful
*Let's Hang On - Frankie Valli and the four Seasons
*Cool It Now - New Edition

Just as a "bonus", I will list these three "songs":
*Lose Yourself - Eminem
*So What'cha Want - Beastie Boys
*Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Naughty By Nature
:D :D :D :D :D

[amalia1985]

Oh hell yeah those are excellent Doors selections, amalia! I'll add L.A. Woman.

'I just got into town about an hour ago..." :nod:

Perfect!!! I could go on for hours, regarding the Doors!!!:nod: :nod:


Both excellent. :thumbs_up




Some of their best stuff there... (I have to say your #6 is the only song I really like on the new album)



Yes, this song is a pure masterpiece. But I adore everything Tuomas writes, and I believe that "Dark Passion Play" is his best work. This is only my opinion, of course. I've been listening to Nightwish since their first work, for 10 years now, and Tuomas keeps excelling and surpassing himself. The vanities of Fame haven't reached him.:rolleyes:

[Ydfkdy]

DAft Punk ~Verdi's Quo
Pink Floyd~The Wall
Queen
30 Seconds To Mars~Fom Yesterday
Panic At The disco

I listen to alot of music these are just a taste of my favorite's

[dramasnot6]

American Pie...Don Mclein(sp?) Hmm

I have 2000 songs on my Itunes, and I consider about 300 of those to be my "favorites"! Gah!

But there is something so wonderfully raw and contextual about American Pie.

[Il Penseroso]

Rollin' and Tumblin' - Muddy Waters
Midnight Special - Leadbelly or the CCR version
The Ghost of Corporate Future - Regina Spektor (totally beats out Samson)
The Electric Heart - Devendra Banhart
Steak for Chicken - The Moldy Peaches
Two-Headed Boy - Neutral Milk Hotel
Tonight - The Robot Ate Me
They Ate Themselves - The Robot Ate Me
Apeman - The Kinks
Lola - The Kinks
Astroman - Jimi Hendrix
Slow Blues - Jimi Hendrix
Sweet Angel - Jimi Hendrix
Happiness is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
Honey Pie - The Beatles
Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles
Vidalia - Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
Tea and Thorazine - Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left - Andrew Bird
Measuring Cups - Andrew Bird
The Soft Parade - The Doors
Queen of the Highway - The Doors
Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
Glenn Gould's version of Bach's Prelude (the one in space :))

[_JadeRain_]

Mac the Knife- Ella Fitzgerald
Imagine- The Beatles
Read 'em and Weep- Barry Manilow
Lover Man- Billie Holliday
The Real Folk Blues- Yoko Kanno
Dies Irae- Mozart
Music of the Night- Michael Crawford
On my Own- Lea Salonga
Tank- The Seatbelts
Summer Wind- Frank Sinatra

[LadyWentworth]

Rollin' and Tumblin' - Muddy Waters
Midnight Special - Leadbelly or the CCR version
Slow Blues - Jimi Hendrix
Sweet Angel - Jimi Hendrix
Happiness is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
Honey Pie - The Beatles
Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles
The Soft Parade - The Doors
Queen of the Highway - The Doors
Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan

:thumbs_up Excellent ones!



Mac the Knife- Ella Fitzgerals
Imagine- The Beatles
Read 'em and Weep- Barry Manilow
Lover Man- Billie Holliday
The Real Folk Blues- Yoko Kanno
Dies Irae- Mozart
Music of the Night- Michael Crawford
On my Own- Lea Salonga
All great songs! I especially love Lea Salonga's version of "On My Own"! You can never go wrong with anything by Ella! :D

[mheartin]

Paul McCartney- Maybe I'm Amazed, Let it Be, Hey Jude
John Lennon- Strawberry Fields Forever
Daft Punk- Digital Love
Stevie Wonder- For once in my life
Dean Martin- You belong to me (also have been covered by many other artists exceptionally, especially Jason Wade)

[aeroport]

Yes, this song is a pure masterpiece. But I adore everything Tuomas writes, and I believe that "Dark Passion Play" is his best work. This is only my opinion, of course. I've been listening to Nightwish since their first work, for 10 years now, and Tuomas keeps excelling and surpassing himself. The vanities of Fame haven't reached him.:rolleyes:

Wow, that long? I didn't even know about them til after "Century Child". He definitely does keep writing cooler and cooler stuff, and, having just spent the larger part of the day driving around with DPP playing in the car, I have to say it is actually growing on me a little. It's just a lot more...bouncy, I suppose, than what I've come to expect from them. I like the new woman's voice, though. However, "Oceanborn" remains my favorite, I think.

[amalia1985]

Yes, I totally agree with you!!! "Oceanborn" is my personal favorite too!!!

[babyface123]

My favorite songs are:
Booty bass- Shake that
Nelly- luven me
Janet Jackson- Feedback

[Selkie]

Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed is my favourite song. It's brilliant lyrically and musically and I never get sick of hearing it. It also has huge sentimental value for me, so if I could only choose one song that would be it.

[Shalot]

I don't have favorite songs, I have favorite albums. I don't think enough people appreciate the art of the full album. To many people believe in the bogus notion that there are only 2 or 3 good songs on most albums. Balony. The album is a craft that should be appreciated more. But I'm getting off the beaten path. Some of my favorite albums.

Black Sabbth - Black Sabbath
Systematic Chaos - Dream Theater
Animals Pink Floyd
Brave New World - Iron Maiden
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Dirt - Alice in Chains
Rust in Peace - Megadeth

There's nothing better than a favorite album, but you have to admit that there are a lot of albums that are nothing but 3 to 5 radio hits and then a lot of garbage recorded for the sake of filling space. Someone should start a thread on the perfect album because The Wall belongs there.

But, as far as favorite songs go, as of today (and this list is subject to change):

9 Crimes - Damien Rice
Creeping Death - Metallica
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
Strong Enough - Cheryl Crow
Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chics
Black - Pearl Jam

[formality hater]

My favourite ones are:
The Trolley Song-Judy Garland
1973_James Blunt
Hallelujah-Jeff Buckley
Jailhouse rock,lonely and suspicious minds by Elvis presley
Hey there Delilah-Plain White T's
Seasons in the sun,Swear it again and Soledad by Westlife
Home-Michael Buble'
...and the list seems never-ending!

[Pensive]

My favourite ones are:
The Trolley Song-Judy Garland
Hallelujah-Jeff Buckley
Hey there Delilah-Plain White T's
Seasons in the sun

Oh I love these especially Hey There Delilah (this song brings tears in my eyes) and Hellelujah!

[crystalmoonshin]

My fave song is "Everlasting Story" and "Kuroi Tsuki" (Dark Moon) both by Satou Akemi. I feel like falling in love whenevr I listen to the first and I feel quite "emo" whenever I listen to the latter. Aside from those two songs, I also love those by the band Michael Learns to Rock. They really ROCK my world!

[Behemoth]

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Within Temptation - The Truth Beneath the Rose
Breaking Benjamin - Break My Fall
Rise Against - Prayer of the Refugee
Nickelback - Savin' Me
Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away

[kilted exile]

Not in order, 10 Favourite songs (this list will be correct for possibly 1/2hr):


Ishmael & Maggie - The Trews (http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Trews%20Lyrics/Ishmael%20&%20Maggie%20Lyrics.html)
Just a Few things that I aint - The Beautiful South (http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Beautiful%20South%20Lyrics/Just%20A%20Few%20Things%20That%20I%20Ain't%20Lyric s.html)
Anything, Anytime, Anywhere - Bruce Cockburn (http://www.lyrics007.com/Bruce%20Cockburn%20Lyrics/Anything%20Anytime%20Anywhere%20Lyrics.html)
Common People - Pulp (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pulp/commonpeople.html)
Sticks & Stones, Girl - Del Amitri (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/del+amitri/sticks+stones+girl_20039157.html)
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/leonard+cohen/hallelujah_20082898.html)
Scared - The Tragically Hip (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tragicallyhip/scared.html)
Novocaine for the Soul - The Electric Eels (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/eels/novocaineforthesoul.html)
Man in Black - Johnny Cash (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnnycash/maninblack.html)
Dont Let me be Misunderstood - The Animals (http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_animals/dont_let_me_be_misunderstood.html)

[Lily Adams]

Mongoloid by DEVO is my favorite song ever.

Now that we have that out of the way, I like "Hate to Say I Told You" So by the Hives, (my current obsession-that song and that band) "Cyborg Control" by Man or Astroman?, "Havana Affair" by the Ramones, "I Want Your Mother" by Alice Donut, "File Under Defiled" by New Bomb Turks, "Buggie Technica" by Polysics, and "Little Girls" by Oingo Boingo.

Basically.

[sprinks]

What About Me by Shannon Noll (okay, I know, I know, he covered it - its not his song), whilst not a favourite of mine, certainly brings back memories. It's like an Australian anthem :D. It's one of the few songs that we sing at my birthday every year, without fail.

I'm Yours by Jason Mraz, we listened to this song at least once a day during the Canberra trip last week, so it kind of became the theme song of the trip :D. It calms me down as soon as I hear it :D

All This Love by The Similou, it reminds me of New Years, and new beginnings, because I listened to it a lot during New Years at the start of this year.

Boten Anna by Basshunters was my friends alarm every morning during the Canberra trip, so it always reminds me of the trip when I hear it.

We Will Rock You by Queen always reminds me of school sports events, when everyone would sing it :D

Better Days by Pete Murray, I listened to his album and especially this song, on my way to the hospital for my knee operations. I also sung it loudly in my head when I had the stitches taken out of my knees. It reminds me of how I can hold on and that things will get better.

Lemon Tree by Fools Garden, always reminds me of long car trips with my mums friend. Also, of being lonely.

Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C, well, simply reminds me of graduation and also of the ends of things that lead into new things.

All The Same by Sick Puppies also reminds me of New Years... and makes me think about, well, love... and stubborness... and how much the guy I love means to me. (also it makes me think of him because I got him interested in this band :D)

Anywhere But Here by Sick Puppies, this was the song that I had in my head when he told me he was moving... and happened to be the song he was listening to when he told me.

Way I Are by Timbaland, my friend played this constantly during my last birthday, and so it reminds me of that :D

there are so many more.... but... that'll do :D

[andave_ya]

This is a cool thread! Here are mine...

The Grace of Undomiel by Howard Shore, for the Lord of the Rings. I listen to this song when I want to get in the mood to write. It's such a beautiful song though, if I listen to it too closely I start crying.

Remember Me by Josh Groban, for the Troy soundtrack. This song is my latest craze. A splendid voice singing such heartbreaking words that, to me, are more than a remembrance of Hector and Sparta but for all literature and its worlds as well.

Lux Aeterna, by I forget who, for the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack. This is as angsty and as angry as it gets! :D

O Mio Babbino Caro, by Sissel. Such a beautiful interpretation of a classical piece.

Skiddoo by Mairead Nesbitt. When I want to feel funky and modern, I listen to this piece.

Song of Gondor, Boromir's Lament, Galadriel's Song of Eldamar, Song of Elves Beyond the Sea, and Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel, all by the Tolkien Ensemble. Tolkien plus Danish composers add up to more than their sum :D. Absolutely stunning music that reminds me of the place I'd call mine --if it was real!

Skelling, Marco Polo, Caravanserai, and The Highwayman all by Loreena Mckennit. Beautiful music that reminds me of the way that the Orient was supposed to be.

Koul Chi Am Yekhlass, Amm Yess'alouni Aleyk, Ya Beirut, Ohibbuka Jiddan, and Habibi, all by Majida el Roumi, a Lebanese singer whose voice is as stunning and patriotic as she is. In English, the titles are Everything is Ending, They are Asking Me about You, O Beirut, and I Love You So Much.

[sprinks]

Lux Aeterna, by I forget who, for the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack. This is as angsty and as angry as it gets! :D


It's by Clint Mansell (with the Kronos Quartet I think). And guess what!? Our performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream starts with this song!! It plays while Hermia walks over to Lysander, Demetrius reaches out for her but she ignores him, Hermia and Lysander dance, Demetrius pulls her away, then other people (the other actors) come out and dance around like "spirits", then get in a circle around Lysander, he breaks the circle, pulls Hermia away, then the other people get in a circle around Demetrius, until he breaks through the circle, and then the music ends, the other people run off stage, and then, the play begins! :D

[Epistemophile]

'where do you go to my lovely' - peter sarstedt
'pink's song' - richard wright (it's thought to be an address to syd barrett but for me it's an ode to the pink floyd moniker)
'if' - bread
'Buon Giorno Principessa' - Nicola Piovani
Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm - Crash Test Dummies