favourite song ever
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favourite song ever
take a deep breath...
what's yer fave song of all time? (right now anyway)
non spiritualized answers only!
ta,
moop
what's yer fave song of all time? (right now anyway)
non spiritualized answers only!
ta,
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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?
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?
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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'.
I thought that it was going to be the same song as The Squires 'Going all the way'.
Lipsmackin' thirstquenchin' acetastin' motivatin' goodbuzzin' cooltalkin'
highwalkin' fastlivin' evergivin' self aggrandizin' willthisdo?
highwalkin' fastlivin' evergivin' self aggrandizin' willthisdo?
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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
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
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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.
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.
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Which for me would be Anarchy in the UK and God Save The Queen by the Pistols and probably Ozzie's Dream.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, ...
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.
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Yes.Flathaddock wrote:In the cup for tottingham.....The Breeze wrote: probably Ozzie's Dream.
Is that the Ozzies dream you mean?
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
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.
Beethoven Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, 2nd movement (Barenboim)
One of the most heart rendingly beautiful pieces of music ever written.
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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.
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.
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)'
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)'
Come on now people, come on and slide with me
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...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.
Ghostface - Daytona 500
Oh yeah! I love that rolling bassline. .
'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...
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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
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
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that's pretty interesting ...Four Tet - "Unspoken"
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 ...
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Edukator wrote:I suppose it depends what kind of mood you're in.
Kate Bush - 'Cloudbusting'
+1
but when it´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 there´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.
...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?
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that's lovely.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 ..."
has anybody heard that album that James Carr did in the 1990's??
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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.
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.
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.
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no matter what jason might say about you jiggy, you're alright with me!!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.
hey while you're at it, you might as well post "pain in my heart" as well.
I've been trying to decide on an answer for this since the thread was originally posted back in September!
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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.
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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.