favourite song ever

moop · Post by **moop** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:00 pm

take a deep breath...

what's yer fave song of all time? (right now anyway)
non spiritualized answers only!

ta,
moop

will this do? · Post by **will this do?** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:04 pm

It's either Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs, or Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones.

gimperella · Post by **gimperella** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:06 pm

The Animals version of House of the Rising Sun

Hedspace · Post by **Hedspace** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:16 pm

Love will tear us apart : Joy Division

Superstar · Post by **Superstar** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:24 pm

I couldn't possibly say - had to pick eighty songs for my birthday party recently and slaved away for days trying to get the perfect playlist. Its the same with books, films, albums. These sorts of questions pain me

anorthernsoul · Post by **anorthernsoul** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:44 pm

'i'll be there for you' by the rembrandts.

will this do? · Post by **will this do?** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:53 pm

anorthernsoul wrote:'i'll be there for you' by the rembrandts.

Sorry... I know there's an outside chance you're being sincere... but...

HA HA HA hahaha!

Shinesalight · Post by **Shinesalight** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:14 pm

Don't think I could really single out my favourite song of all time. Depends on what mood I'm in, the situation etc. If I'm going on a big night out I usually whack on Flowered Up's "Weekender" or the Roses' "Resurrection"....they're both crackers and always get me fired up.

Anything on New Order's Substance is a contender as that was probaby the one single album that really got me into music. Maybe The Smiths "Reel Around The Fountain" or the Weddoes "Bewtiched" if I'm feeling a bit melancholy. Fuck, I don't know, there are so many songs.....The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun", Neil Young's "Like A Hurricane", The Fannies "Everything Flows", J & MC's "Darklands", Ride's "Close My Eyes", The Stones' "Monkey Man". You just can't pin it down to one song, it's just not possible.....is it?

JPB · Post by **JPB** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:25 pm

Ceremony by Neworder has been one of mine for a long time. It still sounds vibrant and charged full of emotion now. It's weird that the first New Order album was so dire when you listen to the their first few singles.

will this do? · Post by **will this do?** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:34 pm

Crikey Barry - you big softy... it's all bubblegum saccharine choruses with you, isn't it?

I thought that it was going to be the same song as The Squires 'Going all the way'.

simonkeeping · Post by **simonkeeping** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:38 pm

'i'll be there for you' by the rembrandts.

Tune.

That is the best song ever.

Blimey thats a tough question! Hmmmm

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:20 pm

quite possibly 'crimson and clover'. if not, otis redding 'pain in my heart'. knocks me out everytime.

Post by **spzretent** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:30 pm

If I had to pick one? I cant.
Strawberry Letter #23 by Brothers Johnson (the Shugie Otis original is good but I like Brothers Johnson version better)
I Just Wanna See His Face- Rolling Stones
My Whole World Ended- David Ruffin

jack white · Post by **jack white** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:50 pm

its an obvious choice but still...

bob dylan - desolation row

second place would be gnr - nightrain.

warmgun. · Post by **warmgun.** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:14 pm

Tough question - it's a toss up between Shine A Light by the Rolling Stones or Holes by Mercury Rev.

Both give me shivers pretty much everytime I hear them.

twentysixdollars · Post by **twentysixdollars** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:27 pm

Caroline No

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:04 am

Strawberry Fields Forever

ash · Post by **ash** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:20 am

Quite possibly.... You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling by the Righteous Brothers.

Or maybe This Charming Man by The Smiths.

Or perhaps Heart Translation by Art of Fighting.

Oh, it's all too hard.

The Breeze · Post by **The Breeze** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:22 am

A Taste Of Aggro by The Barron Knights

Chapter Two · Post by **Chapter Two** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:53 pm

Fora long time if you'd asked me this I would have said Fat Old Sun by Pink Floyd. But I think I was naively sucked in by the hazy sentimentality of it. Still, it means a lot to me, that song.

If you asked me now, I'd be very hesitant, but I think I'd have to go for On My Own by Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy. It's a cover of a song by Quixotic, though I haven't heard the original. It's just a beautiful song, with very simple lyrics about wandering off on your own, walking by the road, your trainers getting soggy, feeling sorry for yourself but just taking it outside and walking it rather than giving it to the people around you. That's how I hear it anyway. It has this beautiful rolling chorus with lots of voices singing 'on my own, on my own' and big kettle drums, but they're quite low in the mix so it gives it a really warm textured atmosphere. And Will's voice is as wonderful as it ever is.

"I am far away..."

For a while, the last thing I did before my twenty minute walk to work on a morning was listen to this song.

Runner-Up: The Trees Do Grow So High by Papa M.

Starfish · Post by **Starfish** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:23 pm

well, today's answer is:

After The Lights Go Out -- The Walker Brothers

oh, and by the way....

The Breeze wrote:A Taste Of Aggro by The Barron Knights

No way, man, they like totally ripped off the Smurfs on that one.

mojo filters · Post by **mojo filters** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:10 pm

Joni Mitchell's reworked Both Sides Now from the LP/DVD-A of the same name

Flathaddock · Post by **Flathaddock** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:36 pm

Waterloo Sunset.. no.. Lola.. no sunny afternoon..no definetly all of them.

Each one an English gem full of fun and a sense of home, except Lola as I don't know any transvestites but it is a fun song.

The Breeze · Post by **The Breeze** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:55 pm

Flathaddock wrote:Waterloo Sunset.. no.. Lola.. no sunny afternoon..no definetly all of them.

Each one an English gem full of fun and a sense of home, ...

Which for me would be Anarchy in the UK and God Save The Queen by the Pistols and probably Ozzie's Dream.

The best song I have ever heard for ages is Benny's Trip. Sonic Boom's remix of Benny's Insobriety by Magnetophone. I like it lots.

veiko · Post by **veiko** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:47 am

i know the bloody opposite. song i hate forever is "Whiter shade of pale" by Procol Harum. crap is crap is crap.
best song - maybe indeed the french anthem.

One Asian Under A Groove · Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:07 pm

Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High. The most euphoric song I've ever heard. It sounds completely breathless, and I love how the backing music veers from completely quiet to so Wall Of Sound loud that it virtually drowns out Tina Turner's last "YEAH! YEAH YEAH!"

Flathaddock · Post by **Flathaddock** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:44 am

The Breeze wrote: probably Ozzie's Dream.

In the cup for tottingham.....

Is that the Ozzies dream you mean?

nukisarocknrollstar · Post by **nukisarocknrollstar** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:30 pm

after the goldrush (can't decide on 1 fav but this would prob win)

contenders.......

higher than the sun

mothers little helper & sympathy for the devil

jugband blues

shine on you crazy diamond

ecstasy symphony/transparent........

while my guitar gently weeps

lucky (radiohead)

columbia (oasis)

Chapter Two · Post by **Chapter Two** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:37 pm

I'm going to cheat and go again, but it's not really cheating because my previous answer was very subjective. I have realised since I posted it that the greatest song ever written by anybody, anywhere, ever, is...

The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning.

This thread can end now because I win.

twentysixdollars · Post by **twentysixdollars** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:51 pm

Nah - Candy Says and I Heard Her Call My Name are better.

Chapter Two · Post by **Chapter Two** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:15 am

twentysixdollars wrote:Nah - Candy Says and I Heard Her Call My Name are better.

I know these songs not. But oh, how I shall.

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:12 am

twentysixdollars wrote:Nah - Candy Says and I Heard Her Call My Name are better.

ohhhhhh wow! candys says vs. sunday morning????

my jury is still out on this one.

Fuzzhead · Post by **Fuzzhead** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:21 pm

Chapter Two wrote:
I know these songs not. But oh, how I shall.

Pass the sick bucket.

Chapter Two · Post by **Chapter Two** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:15 pm

Fuzzhead wrote:
Chapter Two wrote:
I know these songs not. But oh, how I shall.
Pass the sick bucket.

Just saying. I don't know them but I have something to look forward to. Pardon me all over the place.

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:56 pm

and the winner is???

suuuuunday morning. it's just about perfect isn't it!

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The Breeze · Post by **The Breeze** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:36 pm

Flathaddock wrote:
The Breeze wrote: probably Ozzie's Dream.

In the cup for tottingham.....

Is that the Ozzies dream you mean?

Yes.

In our ranks there's Ossie Ardiles
He's had a dream for a year or two
That one day he's gonna play at Wembley
Now his dream is coming true
Ossie we're gonna be behind you
Altogether man for man
We know you're gonna play a blinder
[Ossie] In de cup for Totting-ham

ash · Post by **ash** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:53 am

I don't know how I could forget this one. Old Skool.

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, 2nd movement (Barenboim)

One of the most heart rendingly beautiful pieces of music ever written.

twentysixdollars · Post by **twentysixdollars** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:12 am

Ah, the Pathetique (for that is what most people know that piece of music to be called - the second movement of the C minor sonata)...very lovely indeed, lovely, that is, but not sublime...

Can I submit a second vote? A (comparatively) recent discovery?

John Coltrane - Venus

stevie · Post by **stevie** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:57 am

it can't be reduced to just the 1 so it comes down to these

waterfall - stone roses
the mercy seat - nick cave
rez/cowgirl (from everything everything) - underworld
folsom prison blues - jonny cash
sometimes - mbv
common people - pulp
i love you to the moon and back - spectrum

and more

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:49 am

One song? One song?? That's an extremely hard question, and I'd rather not think about it too much.

Some contenders would have to include :

Dion - Born To Be With You
Prince - Feel U Up
Nirvana - Aneurysm
Etta James - At last
Primal Scream - Skull X
Ghostface - Daytona 500
Miles - On the Corner
Ike & Tina - River Deep, Mountain High
Iggy Pop - Lust for life
Amerie - One Thing
Dylan - Isis

...and a thousand others.

I'd call 'Waiting for the man' and 'Oh Sweet Nuthin' for the Velvets.

Edukator · Post by **Edukator** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:03 pm

I suppose it depends what kind of mood you're in. 10 Contenders:

The Longcut - 'A Last Act Of Desperate Men'
Sonic Youth - 'Shadow Of A Doubt'
Echo and the Bunymen - 'Broke My Neck'
Primal Scream - 'Rise'
New Order - 'Leave Me Alone'
Mogwai - 'Mogwai Fear Satan'
Kate Bush - 'Cloudbusting'
My Bloody Valentine - 'To Here Knows When'
Stone Roses - I Am The 'Resurrection (Live at Blackpool Empress Ballroom version)'
The Clash - 'Straight To Hell (Extended version)'

simonkeeping · Post by **simonkeeping** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:08 am

Ghostface - Daytona 500

Oh yeah! I love that rolling bassline. RZA is a genius! I dont know if its my favorite song ever but California Soul - Marlena Shaw is fairly high on my list. I just love the production, its sounds so full. And orchestration is damn near perfect.

nailik · Post by **nailik** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:27 am

Red Blood by Blackskin the Prophet

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:02 pm

Ghostface - Daytona 500

Oh yeah! I love that rolling bassline. .

...which is a direct loop from Bob James soul/funk/jazz classic 'Nautilus' for anyones interest - hear that and realize how brutal that loop actually is.

'mon the RZA!

We are the G-O-D's
And we came to rock the spot
Like Ironman Starks
They be the illest MC's in the world today
Cappa, Raekwon and the R-Z-A
So listen to them clear, and put the box right near your ear
Light your blunts, sink down your beers
Cause you could never fuck with Wu-Tang Killer Beez...

simonkeeping · Post by **simonkeeping** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:35 pm

couldnt leave you hanging around all alone in here, you might start to go mad taking to yourself.

I think for sheer emotion and power mine my have to be Gimme Shelter. When Merry Claytons voice cracks and Mick shouts (is it in the middle 8?) its electric. The initial notes and the percussion like the calm before the storm. And that rhythm guitar sound. Pefect, Its almost what they dont play in it that makes it so good. No wasted notes. No fat, no filler. Just sounds hanging off those amazing voices. dare I say it?

genius

will this do? · Post by **will this do?** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:37 pm

will this do? wrote:It's either Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs, or Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones.

...

nukisarocknrollstar · Post by **nukisarocknrollstar** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:15 pm

Fuzzhead wrote:
Chapter Two wrote:
I know these songs not. But oh, how I shall.
Pass the sick bucket.

How Rude!

ash · Post by **ash** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:50 am

Come on...

you've lost that lovin' feeling

...right?

jamesj1986 · Post by **jamesj1986** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:11 am

Spacemen 3 - Call the Doctor
Icarus Line - Getting Bright at Night
Stooges - 1970
Pavement - Grounded
The Fall - The Classical
John Lee Hooker - I Can't Believe
Ink and Dagger - Sarcastic Sunrise

That'll do for now.

P.S. Got to agree with Benny's Trip/Benny's Insobriety.

ragmop · Post by **ragmop** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:45 pm

heatwave- martha reeves and the vandellas

jack white · Post by **jack white** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:14 pm

jamesj1986 wrote: Icarus Line - Getting Bright at Night.

best song ever.

runaway · Post by **runaway** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:27 am

Since someone already picked Caroline No I'm gonna have to go with Waterloo Sunset.

throb · Post by **throb** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:51 am

Four Tet - "Unspoken"

anorthernsoul · Post by **anorthernsoul** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:55 pm

Four Tet - "Unspoken"

that's pretty interesting ...
have you ever heard an alternate version of it? apparently on the promo copies of rounds, it was different, and featured a tori amos piano sample that he could never get cleared, so the released lp version is one of those recreations-without-quite-recreating-it ones. apparently it was really great, anyway ...

scratch · Post by **scratch** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:58 pm

Edukator wrote:I suppose it depends what kind of mood you're in.

Kate Bush - 'Cloudbusting'

+1

but when itÂ´s time for karaoke I go with "love is the drug" by roxy music.

you can drink almost a whole beer during the intro and then thereÂ´s a short passage at the end (between ooo-oooh-oh:s) where you can empty the glass if you failed to do that before.

throb · Post by **throb** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:28 pm

...have you ever heard an alternate version of it? apparently on the promo copies of rounds, it was different, and featured a tori amos piano sample...

Really?

Mind you, I guess I shouldn't be too shocked. There is a sample of a squeaking rubber duckie in "slow jam"!

Has anyone see Four Tet live? Sadly, I've never managed to. What's he like?

jamesj1986 · Post by **jamesj1986** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:24 pm

jack white wrote:
jamesj1986 wrote: Icarus Line - Getting Bright at Night.
best song ever.

I wasn't expecting anyone to agree with that one.

runaway · Post by **runaway** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:54 am

throb wrote:Four Tet - "Unspoken"

Awww fuck! How could that be the greatest song ever? I've never even heard of it...

joemac · Post by **joemac** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:21 am

James Carr - Dark End of the Street.

There have been so many versions of this song but this has to be the definitive one, even Dan Penn (he wrote) said so at a gig in Dublin a couple of years ago...

anorthernsoul · Post by **anorthernsoul** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:30 pm

haha, i've heard dan penn say that; "someone asked me which was my favourite version of dark end of the street ... well, i didn't know there was any others but james carr's, but i'll play it anyway ..."

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:44 pm

anorthernsoul wrote:haha, i've heard dan penn say that; "someone asked me which was my favourite version of dark end of the street ... well, i didn't know there was any others but james carr's, but i'll play it anyway ..."

that's lovely.

has anybody heard that album that James Carr did in the 1990's??

m
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p/s- i'm changing my favourite song as well, it's now "pain in my heart" by otis redding. tune in next week.

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:01 pm

During my slow walk into work this morning with my iPod blasting away, i listened to James Carr - Dark End Of The Street and Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart, freaky stuff.

Listening to them early in the morning helped get me through 7 hours of boredom.

If anyone is interested in the James Carr song, i'd be happy to put up a yousendit link.

gimperella · Post by **gimperella** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:05 pm

The Jig wrote:If anyone is interested in the James Carr song, i'd be happy to put up a yousendit link.

i've heard of him, but not familiar with his sound, so i for one would be very grateful if you'd put up some link. Thanks.

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:17 pm

The Jig wrote:During my slow walk into work this morning with my iPod blasting away, i listened to James Carr - Dark End Of The Street and Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart, freaky stuff.

Listening to them early in the morning helped get me through 7 hours of boredom.

If anyone is interested in the James Carr song, i'd be happy to put up a yousendit link.

no matter what jason might say about you jiggy, you're alright with me!!

hey while you're at it, you might as well post "pain in my heart" as well.

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:27 pm

Ok then. I've put up both tracks as yousendit links on the SongOfTheDay thread.

ro · Post by ro » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:46 pm

I've been trying to decide on an answer for this since the thread was originally posted back in September!

:
Sloop John B.

We used to sing it on the camp bus
But not as well as the Beach Boys.

and Orange Blossom Special.
there's a great story about this on the back of the record I have,
I'll find it.