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Post by mangogas15 on Oct 18, 2021 7:17:23 GMT
These are 20 of my favourite all time tracks. They have been whittled down by picking 10 out of 100 of my Spotify playlist (2,000) and then one of those 10 x 20. It's simpler than it sounds but some of my favourite songs are missing because they are beaten by some world beaters. E.g. Heroes by Bowie and Wonderwall by Oasis.
Here for you to judge and give your opinion are my 20 in alphabetical order.
I'd be interested to know your top 1 or 5.
Number 1 of all time is Ashes to Ashes just to put it out there. Trying to put this lot in order after that is impossible for me.
This 20 sums up my taste more than any other list of songs.
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505 - Arctic Monkeys
Ashes to Ashes - Bowie
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
Five Years - Bowie
Hey Jude - Beatles
Imagine - Lennon
Life On Mars - Bowie
Magic Pie - Oasis
Mr Blue Sky - ELO
Night Boat To Cairo - Madness
Piledriver Waltz - Arctic Monkeys
Rise and Fall - Madness
Sound and Vision - Bowie
Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles
Together in Electric Dreams - Phil Oakey etc
Vienna - Ultravox
Who are You - The Who
Young Americans - Bowie
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Post by eppinggas on Oct 21, 2021 8:08:02 GMT
I think 'favourite' lists of singles are almost impossible... depends on your mood / time of the day etc etc. Constantly shifting.
I'd struggle to list my top 20 albums. Though to be honest there haven't been many contestants in the last 20 years.
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Post by mangogas15 on Oct 21, 2021 13:49:31 GMT
I think 'favourite' lists of singles are almost impossible... depends on your mood / time of the day etc etc. Constantly shifting. I'd struggle to list my top 20 albums. Though to be honest there haven't been many contestants in the last 20 years. Agree, it's really hard and i have known my favourite song for about 41 years lol, since it came out. |
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Post by eppinggas on Oct 21, 2021 14:29:58 GMT
I think 'favourite' lists of singles are almost impossible... depends on your mood / time of the day etc etc. Constantly shifting. I'd struggle to list my top 20 albums. Though to be honest there haven't been many contestants in the last 20 years. Agree, it's really hard and i have known my favourite song for about 41 years lol, since it came out. So today my favourite song is Autumn Almanac by the Kinks. In my head as I'm cycling through the Essex countryside. Perfection at this time of year. "From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar When the dawn begins to crack. It's all part of my autumn almanac. Breeze blows leaves of a musty-coloured yellow So I sweep them in my sack. Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac". Another 'game' - without being too maudlin... is to pick the 3 songs you would want played at your own funeral. So they have to be your favourites and also define you as a person. Over to you... |
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Post by mangogas15 on Oct 21, 2021 20:54:49 GMT
Agree, it's really hard and i have known my favourite song for about 41 years lol, since it came out. So today my favourite song is Autumn Almanac by the Kinks. In my head as I'm cycling through the Essex countryside. Perfection at this time of year. "From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar When the dawn begins to crack. It's all part of my autumn almanac. Breeze blows leaves of a musty-coloured yellow So I sweep them in my sack. Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac". Another 'game' - without being too maudlin... is to pick the 3 songs you would want played at your own funeral. So they have to be your favourites and also define you as a person. Over to you... I love Autumn Almunac The verse 'this is my street...' inspired Madness Rise n Fall album of that i am sure. My 3 songs at my funeral Likely not ashes to ashes to be fair due to subject matter. Hmm. Difficult. I'm Outta Time by Oasis Gotta be a Bowie one there, possibly Heroes or Life on Mars. Then maybe Xanadu as a guilty pleasure and really does sum up me. Or Mr Blue Sky. Or Hey Jude. Oh dear, so tough |
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Post by Angas on Oct 24, 2021 21:36:17 GMT
Not a single, but this is definitely one of my all time favourites - and a far better way of passing 90 minutes than following Rovers atm. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010kk0 |
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Post by alftupper on Oct 26, 2021 6:57:28 GMT
So today my favourite song is Autumn Almanac by the Kinks. In my head as I'm cycling through the Essex countryside. Perfection at this time of year. "From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar When the dawn begins to crack. It's all part of my autumn almanac. Breeze blows leaves of a musty-coloured yellow So I sweep them in my sack. Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac". Another 'game' - without being too maudlin... is to pick the 3 songs you would want played at your own funeral. So they have to be your favourites and also define you as a person. Over to you... I love Autumn Almunac The verse 'this is my street...' inspired Madness Rise n Fall album of that i am sure. My 3 songs at my funeral Likely not ashes to ashes to be fair due to subject matter. Hmm. Difficult. I'm Outta Time by Oasis Gotta be a Bowie one there, possibly Heroes or Life on Mars. Then maybe Xanadu as a guilty pleasure and really does sum up me. Or Mr Blue Sky. Or Hey Jude. Oh dear, so tough The three at my funeral? "Ain`t no stopping me now." Shelton Benjamin.
"Fire." The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. "The road to Hell." Chris Rea.
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Post by bluetornados on Oct 26, 2021 15:31:40 GMT
My Top 20 List Would Be Very Close To This:
1..SEX PISTOLS - PRETTY VACANT
2..UNDERTONES - TEENAGE KICKS
3..BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID
4..DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER
5..LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
6..RAINBOW - ALL NIGHT LONG
7..JIMI HENDRIX - HEY JOE
8..BLONDIE - DREAMING
9..THE JAM - BITTEREST PILL
10..THE JAM - TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT
11..BUZZCOCKS - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
12..X-RAY SPEX - GERMFREE ADOLESCENTS
13..ROLLING STONES - SATISFACTION
14..THE POLICE - EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
15..QUEEN - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
16..THE WHO - PINBALL WIZZARD
17..RAINBOW - STARGAZER
18..MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES
19..ELVIS PRESLEY - IF I CAN DREAM
20..BEATLES - HELP
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Post by mangogas15 on Oct 26, 2021 22:15:00 GMT
My Top 20 List Would Be Very Close To This: 1..SEX PISTOLS - PRETTY VACANT 2..UNDERTONES - TEENAGE KICKS 3..BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID 4..DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER 5..LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE 6..RAINBOW - ALL NIGHT LONG 7..JIMI HENDRIX - HEY JOE 8..BLONDIE - DREAMING 9..THE JAM - BITTEREST PILL 10..THE JAM - TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT 11..BUZZCOCKS - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE 12..X-RAY SPEX - GERMFREE ADOLESCENTS 13..ROLLING STONES - SATISFACTION 14..THE POLICE - EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE 15..QUEEN - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS 16..THE WHO - PINBALL WIZZARD 17..RAINBOW - STARGAZER 18..MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES 19..ELVIS PRESLEY - IF I CAN DREAM 20..BEATLES - HELP Love Pretty Vacant, Pinball Wizard, even Tubestation is a thing of beauty. Help is one of the greatest songs ever written. How the dark, depressed tone of the lyric is not matched by the melody, also I love the backing vocal beating the main singer to the lyric, it's never been done since, so clever. It was also how John felt at the time. A true classic, a great album too. |
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Post by baselswh on Oct 27, 2021 12:08:29 GMT
My Top 20 List Would Be Very Close To This: 1..SEX PISTOLS - PRETTY VACANT 2..UNDERTONES - TEENAGE KICKS 3..BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID 4..DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER 5..LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE 6..RAINBOW - ALL NIGHT LONG 7..JIMI HENDRIX - HEY JOE 8..BLONDIE - DREAMING 9..THE JAM - BITTEREST PILL 10..THE JAM - TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT 11..BUZZCOCKS - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE 12..X-RAY SPEX - GERMFREE ADOLESCENTS 13..ROLLING STONES - SATISFACTION 14..THE POLICE - EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE 15..QUEEN - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS 16..THE WHO - PINBALL WIZZARD 17..RAINBOW - STARGAZER 18..MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES 19..ELVIS PRESLEY - IF I CAN DREAM 20..BEATLES - HELP Fair play BlueTornado. I like a few of them. Pistols make number 1 above your rock bands and songs.Interesting. I was lucky enough with my last band to support the Buzzcocks, at Delemont,Switzerland.Nice chap Pete Shelley and as I walked to the merchandise stand the bass player told me he knew I was English ,"by the way you hold your pint"! 🙂A very proud moment for me. |
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Post by eppinggas on Oct 28, 2021 8:38:37 GMT
After a lot of thought... in alphabetical order.
ABC - The Look of Love
Everything but the Girl - Each and Every One
Joy Division - Transmission
Kate Bush - The Hounds of Love
Motorhead - Overkill
New Order - True Faith
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Public Image Limited - PIL
Radiohead - Ceremony (New Order cover)
Radiohead - Let Down
Radiohead - No Surprises
Radiohead - There There
Sigur Ros - Hoppipola
The Carpenters - Goodbye to Love
The Damned - New Rose
The Kinks - Autumn Almanac
The Pogues - The Ballad of Sally Maclennane
The The - This is the Day
The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
Apologies to Jimi Hendrix, The Smiths, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Crowded House, XTC, and The Doors, to name but few.
England 17, Rep of Ireland 1, Iceland 1, USA 1.
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Post by absent on Nov 15, 2021 23:30:39 GMT
I wrote out my top 30 songs of all time but then I realised they were all by Radiohead so I must be in that sort of mood.
Funeral Songs
Remember Me by [British] Sea Power
Creep (Very 2021 Remix) by Thom Yorke (ft Radiohead)
On Fire by Sebadoh
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Post by bluetornados on Sept 25, 2022 21:22:17 GMT
My Top 20 List Would Be Very Close To This:......Alternative top 20 would be: In no particular order. 1..SEX PISTOLS - PRETTY VACANT....................1..TUBEWAY ARMY - ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC ? 2..UNDERTONES - TEENAGE KICKS..................2..OMD - ENOLA GAY 3..BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID......................3..LED ZEPPELIN - SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU 4..DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER.........4..AC/DC - LET THERE BE ROCK 5..LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE............5..U2 - NEW YEARS DAY 6..RAINBOW - ALL NIGHT LONG......................6..STRANGLERS - SKIN DEEP 7..JIMI HENDRIX - HEY JOE............................7..PRINCE - PURPLE RAIN 8..BLONDIE - DREAMING...............................8..ANIMALS - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN 9..THE JAM - BITTEREST PILL.........................9..DIRE STRAITS - TUNNEL OF LOVE 10..THE JAM - TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT....10..GENESIS - TURN IT ON AGAIN 11..BUZZCOCKS - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE........11..BEACH BOYS - DON'T WORRY BABY 12..X-RAY SPEX - GERMFREE ADOLESCENTS...12..DOORS - THE END 13..ROLLING STONES - SATISFACTION...........13..R.E.M - LOSING MY RELIGION 14..THE POLICE - EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE....14..NIRVANA - FEELS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT 15..QUEEN - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...........15..RATTLES - THE WITCH 16..THE WHO - PINBALL WIZZARD.................16..MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER 17..RAINBOW - STARGAZER..........................17..GUNS N ROSES - SWEET CHILD O MINE 18..MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES................18..BOB MARLEY - NO WOMAN NO CRY 19..ELVIS PRESLEY - IF I CAN DREAM............19..DEPECHE MODE - JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH 20..BEATLES - HELP.....................................20..MADNESS - ONE BETTER DAY |
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Post by Nobbygas on Sept 29, 2022 9:15:59 GMT
I love Autumn Almunac The verse 'this is my street...' inspired Madness Rise n Fall album of that i am sure. My 3 songs at my funeral Likely not ashes to ashes to be fair due to subject matter. Hmm. Difficult. I'm Outta Time by Oasis Gotta be a Bowie one there, possibly Heroes or Life on Mars. Then maybe Xanadu as a guilty pleasure and really does sum up me. Or Mr Blue Sky. Or Hey Jude. Oh dear, so tough The three at my funeral? "Ain`t no stopping me now." Shelton Benjamin.
"Fire." The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. "The road to Hell." Chris Rea.
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Post by Gastafari on Oct 3, 2022 22:24:52 GMT
Narrowing it down to 20 is pretty near impossible. These are the ones that came to me while writing this. I have tried to include 50's until present day. This isn't a definitive list. It will probably change within 10 minutes
The Coasters - Down In Mexico
Buddy Holly - Listen To Me
Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin
Desmond Dekker - 007 Shanty Town
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
The Beatles - It's All Too Much
Rolling Stones - You Cant Always Get What You Want
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
The Supremes - Stoned Love
T.Rex - Buick Mackane
Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
David Bowie - Heroes
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Joy Division - Atmosphere
The Smiths - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Stone Roses - Mersey Paradise
Stone Roses - This Is The One
Leon Bridges - Texas Sun
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Post by francegas on Oct 23, 2022 18:49:06 GMT
In no particular order.....
The Clash....London's Calling
Siouxsie and the Banshees.....Spellbound
The Jam....Town Called Malice
ELO......Mr Blue Sly
ELO......Last Train to London
U2.......One
Blondie....Heart of Glass
Supertramp.....The Logical Song
The Brothers Johnson...Stomp
The Eagles....Hotel California
Hazel O'Connor.....Will You
Kings of Leon....Use Somebody
Deacon Blue...Real Gone Kid
Dire Straits....Sultan's of Swing
Fleetwood Mac....Go Your Own Way
Earth Wind and Fire....September
David Bowie.....Heroes
Candi Stanton...Young Hearts Run Free
Queen....We Are The Champions
The Jam....Start
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Post by bluetornados on Oct 25, 2022 20:04:12 GMT
In no particular order..... The Clash....London's Calling Siouxsie and the Banshees.....Spellbound The Jam....Town Called Malice ELO......Mr Blue Sly ELO......Last Train to London U2.......One Blondie....Heart of Glass Supertramp.....The Logical Song The Brothers Johnson...Stomp The Eagles....Hotel California Hazel O'Connor.....Will You Kings of Leon....Use Somebody Deacon Blue...Real Gone Kid Dire Straits....Sultan's of Swing Fleetwood Mac....Go Your Own Way Earth Wind and Fire....September David Bowie.....Heroes Candi Stanton...Young Hearts Run Free Queen....We Are The Champions The Jam....Start Absolutely love the underlined artists, i can take or leave the other perfectly good choices. At school i worshipped The Jam and Blondie, i have got almost everything that was released by both over the decades. |
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Post by francegas on Oct 25, 2022 21:43:29 GMT
In no particular order..... The Clash....London's Calling Siouxsie and the Banshees.....Spellbound The Jam....Town Called Malice ELO......Mr Blue Sly ELO......Last Train to London U2.......One Blondie....Heart of Glass Supertramp.....The Logical Song The Brothers Johnson...Stomp The Eagles....Hotel California Hazel O'Connor.....Will You Kings of Leon....Use Somebody Deacon Blue...Real Gone Kid Dire Straits....Sultan's of Swing Fleetwood Mac....Go Your Own Way Earth Wind and Fire....September David Bowie.....Heroes Candi Stanton...Young Hearts Run Free Queen....We Are The Champions The Jam....Start Absolutely love the underlined artists, i can take or leave the other perfectly good choices. At school i worshipped The Jam and Blondie, i have got almost everything that was released by both over the decades. Thank you for your reply. Blondie Parallel Lines was the first album I bought. I liked the punk scene, to an extent, and saw Siouxsie and the Banshees in concert at Hammersmith in the early 80s and the Sex Pistols in Brixton in 2007. The Jam were probably my favourite group and again saw them in Hammersmith in the 80s. My first date with my wife was to get tickets for U2 at Earls Court (best live concert I've seen) which went down well as she's Irish! Since moving to France we went to Paris to see Fleetwood Mac. (Excellent live) Very difficult task to name your top 20 as The Jam could fill that. |
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Post by bluetornados on Dec 27, 2023 20:09:15 GMT
My Top 20 List Would Be Very Close To This:......Alternative top 20 would be: In no particular order.................Also yet another top 20 Fav list would be: 1..SEX PISTOLS - PRETTY VACANT....................1..TUBEWAY ARMY - ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC ?......1..THE JAM - STRANGE TOWN 2..UNDERTONES - TEENAGE KICKS..................2..OMD - ENOLA GAY..........................................2..THE JAM - DAVID WATTS 3..BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID......................3..LED ZEPPELIN - SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU..3..JOY DIVISION - CEREMONY 4..DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER.........4..AC/DC - LET THERE BE ROCK..........................4..RAINBOW - MAN ON THE SILVER MOUNTAIN 5..LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE............5..U2 - NEW YEARS DAY.....................................5..SEX PISTOLS - GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 6..RAINBOW - ALL NIGHT LONG......................6..STRANGLERS - SKIN DEEP..............................6..UK SUBS - LIMO LIFE 7..JIMI HENDRIX - HEY JOE............................7..PRINCE - PURPLE RAIN...................................7..JIMI HENDRIX - PURPLE HAZE 8..BLONDIE - DREAMING...............................8..ANIMALS - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN............8..PSYCHEDELIC FURS - LOVE MY WAY 9..THE JAM - BITTEREST PILL.........................9..DIRE STRAITS - TUNNEL OF LOVE....................9..STYLE COUNCIL - WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN 10..THE JAM - TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT....10..GENESIS - TURN IT ON AGAIN.......................10..RADIOHEAD - CREEP 11..BUZZCOCKS - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE........11..BEACH BOYS - DON'T WORRY BABY................11..ELVIS PRESLEY - (NOW & THEN THERE'S) A FOOL SUCH AS I 12..X-RAY SPEX - GERMFREE ADOLESCENTS...12..DOORS - THE END........................................12..FLEETWOOD MAC - THE CHAIN 13..ROLLING STONES - SATISFACTION...........13..R.E.M - LOSING MY RELIGION........................13..PAUL WELLER - YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME 14..THE POLICE - EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE....14..NIRVANA - FEELS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT................14..STYLE COUNCIL - SPEAK LIKE A CHILD 15..QUEEN - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...........15..RATTLES - THE WITCH...................................15..EDGAR WINTER GROUP - FRANKENSTEIN 16..THE WHO - PINBALL WIZZARD.................16..MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER......................16..MADNESS - MY GIRL 17..RAINBOW - STARGAZER..........................17..GUNS N ROSES - SWEET CHILD O MINE..........17..BLONDIE - UNION CITY BLUE 18..MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES................18..BOB MARLEY - NO WOMAN NO CRY.................18..JUDAS PRIEST - BREAKING THE LAW 19..ELVIS PRESLEY - IF I CAN DREAM............19..DEPECHE MODE - JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH.....19..JOHN TRAVOLTA - SANDY 20..BEATLES - HELP.....................................20..MADNESS - ONE BETTER DAY.........................20..BAY CITY ROLLERS - SUMMERLOVE SENSATION |
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