Top Ten Songs Of All Time

at the moment:

Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Remedy - Black Crowes
Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band
Pastures of Plenty - (Alison Krauss and Union Station Version)
Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop and the Stooges
The Rubberband Man - The Spinners
Tale as Old as Time - Angela Lansbury from Beauty and the Beast (it’s a great song, so keep your comments to yourselves)
Canon in D Major - Pachelbel
Fly From the Inside - Shinedown
Caps and Bottles - Dropkick Murphys

My list in no specific order:

AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Zeppelin - Black Dog
Rage - Know Your Enemy
Bowie - Under Pressure
Elvis - Hound Dog
CCR - Fortunate Son
Seger - Turn the Page
Sabbath - War Pigs
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

no order:

  • Joy Division - ‘Love will tear us apart’

  • Stone Roses - ‘Fools Gold’

  • Radiohead - ‘A Reminder’

  • Carter USM - ‘Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere’

  • Clash - ‘London Calling’

  • Charlatans - ‘The only one I know’

  • Massive Attack - ‘Unfinished sympathy’

  • The Smiths - can’t remember the title, but it’s the one that bollocks on about him being a son and heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar…

  • New Order - ‘Blue Monday’

Iron Maiden can fill up my whole list of top ten. Their first few albums had multiple classics on each.

Favorite Led Zepplin song: Achilles last stand

Other bands: Megadeth, Metallica, Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy/Sabbath, Van Halen, U2, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, G ‘N’ R, Disturbed, Godsmack

laters pk

[quote]paul bunyan wrote:
alstan90 wrote:
paul bunyan wrote:
These are just my favourites. I wouldn’t say they should be considered the best songs.

In no particular order.

Gimme shelter - Rolling Stones
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
Civil War- Guns N Roses
Break On Through- The Doors
Fade To Black- Metallica
Cemetary Gates-Pantera
Sweet Chid of Mine- Guns n Roses
Stairway To Heaven- Led Zeppelin
Vodoo Child- Jimi Hendrix
My My Hey Hey - Neil Young

Other bands that were close include

The Beatles
Alice Cooper
Tom Petty
Megadeth
Ozzy
Bob Dylan
Slayer
Black Sabbath
Allman Brothers Band

You mention tom petty in the ‘nearly’ category. I think you have a point.

What do you mean? Do you like or dislike Petty? Tom Petty is in my top three for bands. He has so many excellent songs but I don’t think any single song of his belongs in my top ten. Refugee, breakdown and Free fallin are probably in my top twenty. I am constantly changing what I’m listening to so it’s hard to pick just ten. [/quote]

Sorry about the confusion, i mean that I like Tom Petty, i’m not tring to be sarcastic.

Wow, these lists are always so hard, so i’ll just name off a few songs by some of my favorit artists.

Artist - Song Title

The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon
The Doors - Crystal Ship or Wishful Sinful
Nas - Just a Moment
Talib Kweli - Get By
Reflection Eternal - Expansion Outro
Journey - Open Arms
Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I-IX)
Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Tupac - Starin’ Thru My Rearview
Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious Thugs

[quote]paul bunyan wrote:
These are just my favourites. I wouldn’t say they should be considered the best songs.

In no particular order.
Gimme shelter - Rolling Stones
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
Civil War- Guns N Roses
Break On Through- The Doors
Fade To Black- Metallica
Cemetary Gates-Pantera
Sweet Chid of Mine- Guns n Roses
Stairway To Heaven- Led Zeppelin
Vodoo Child- Jimi Hendrix
My My Hey Hey - Neil Young

Other bands that were close include

The Beatles
Alice Cooper
Tom Petty
Megadeth
Ozzy
Bob Dylan
Slayer
Black Sabbath
Allman Brothers Band
[/quote]

This would be my list as well!

I play Civil War ALL THE TIME! Love that song! Break on thru is a must. SHIT, anything by Led Zeppelin. And I would throw in “Garden Party” by Rick Nelson. Awesome song, the lyrics are awesome, everything to Dylan, Hughes, Yoko & Lennon & Chuck Berry.

The best line from that song is “If memories were all I sang, I’d rather drive a truck”. Well said!

[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
I’m surprised no ones said hells bells by ACDC.[/quote]

Exactly, some wuss post some shit like “Jump” over anything AC/DC has recorded. Why not post Winger or Poison?

jesus christ, u don’t get much better than “Back in Black”, “Stiff Upper Lip” or “Rising Power”

I"m still amazed over the Jump post.

Ha Ha Ha!!!

My top 5, since ten would be a bit hard. I’m surprised none of the Metal heads have come out to play yet.

Slayer-War Ensemble
Sepultura-Arise
Hatebreed-A Call for Blood
Pantera-Sandblasted Skin/Mouth for War

And for the top song of all time, in my opinion is a tie between two classic Metallica songs
-Master of Puppets
-One

[quote]alstan90 wrote:
You mention tom petty in the ‘nearly’ category. I think you have a point.[/quote]

We had a saying in college:
If you don’t like Petty…
You just don’t like music.

Just to tough to put top 10 songs on a list. I do have one song that comes to mind:

Slayer, Reign in Blood.

This is a GREAT thread!

But it also makes you realize why people at places like “VH-I” will a) make the categories more specific (e.g. rock, soul, “The 80’s” etc) b) base it on something (like total sales) and c) get a good cross-section of opinions.

(Speaking if “VH-1”; how in the world was Pat Benetar left off either the “Top Songs” or “Top Artist” of the 80’s list??? Go figure!)

Cool thread, though!

Mufasa

I figured that each decade must have its best, so I tried to pick some that were representative of the best for each time period and that bring me back in time when I hear them.

Blowing in The Wind - Bob Dylan
The End - The Doors
Deja Vu - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
The Message - Grand Master Flash
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Shout - Tears for Fears
How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
Fight For Your Right To Party - Beastie Boys
Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana

LT:

What the HECK is going on in that avatar, Brother?

Mufasa

There’s one song that trumps all others. The greatest song of all time?

Hello Lucille, Are You a Lesbian?
by T. Valentine

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Sunday Morning Sidewalk - Kris Kristofferson
So Caught Up in You - .38 Special
Sweet Home Alabama - Skynyrd
Pride and Joy - SRV

Best songs ever…right now.

I agree with most of the songs already posted, but here are a few of my own selections…

Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
Smokey Robinson - Tracks of my tears
Pearl Jam - Man of the hour
Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

~Sadly in this day and age you really will not hear most of the good music out there on radio or MTV. If anyone wants to hear some really great music try The Arcade Fire, “Funeral”!

[quote]Mufasa wrote:
What the HECK is going on in that avatar, Brother?
Mufasa[/quote]

That would be a monkey washing a cat. Siamese, I think.

This link brings you to a larger version with an old timey trumpet accompaniment…

http://brud.info/

EDIT: Maybe it’s clarinet and trumpet. I’m no musician.

“…That would be a monkey washing a cat. Siamese, I think…”

Okey, dokey!

LOL!

Mufasa

I love these threads.

Since I am a little closer to being over the hill than many of you… I use the recomendations in these threads to find good metal stuff for my MP3 player.

I found it interesting that most of the early posts in this thread listed older stuff.

My list, off the top of my head looks like this.

Baba O’Reiley - Who
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Rock N Roll - Led Zeppelin
Machine Head ALBUM - Deep Purple
Too Many to list - AC / DC
Too Hard to pick - Ramones
Never Mind the Bollocks ALBUM - Sex Pistols