What are your favorite songs?  They do not have to be in any particular order, just what you might think of off the top of your head or you can just write them down and then post them here if you want.


My favorite of favorites is Peace Sells by Megadeth

Others that I like are:

Blackened by Metallica

Money, Money, Money by ABBA

Eclipse Of The Heart by Bonnie Tyler

Wake Up Dead by Megadeth

Jump Around by House Of Pain

Insane In The Brain by Cypress Hill

Lose Yourself by Eminem

I Was Made For Loving You by Kiss

Nightcrawler  by Judas Priest



I will have more later...


Jerry

I like songs that are catchy, but I think my favorites are the ones that state a basic truth somewhere.

Billy Joel is pretty good about that.  But so are many others.

"They're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinkin' alone."

"You may be right.  I may be crazy.  But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for."

And my all-time favorite, not by BJ but the Eagles,

"I cain't complain, but sometimes I still do."

Across the Board- 1973- Grace Slick -banned by most radio at the time.
Ashes are Burning - 1975 - Annie Haslem & Rennasaince- live version is best, 22 min and 4 octaves of vocals. This is my current favorite.
School's Out- 1972- Alice Cooper
White Rabbit - 1968- Jefferson Airplane
Highway Star- early 70's- Deep Purple
Inagaddadavida- 1968- Iron Butterfly- full version 17 min.
Get Ready- Rare Earth- 60's= live version 30 min. is best Full version 17 min is good.
Goldfinger- 1964- SHirley Bassey
Celebration- mid 80's Joe Satriani (sp), NOT the one most heard played at weddings and such. This is a hard metal instrumental rarely if ever played onthe radio. The only thing in common is the name.
Love is Blue- 1968 instrumental
Still Loving You- Hard driving ballad by the Scorpions- 1984
Down, Down - Status Quo- 196x
Carol of the Bells- all versions
O Holy Night - versions by the Morman Tabernacle Chior and the one by Charlotte Church. The vocalist with the choir is simply stunning.
Anything by 'It's a Beautiful Day'.
409 - Beach Boys
Incense and Pepperment- 1968- Strawberry Alarmclock

Short list. I appreciate great soprano voices and hard driving keyboard and guitar instrumentals. I don't like rap or disco, yet Yvonne Ellerman had a great voice (wasted on disco). I like country if it's old time bluegrass on banjos and fiddles. Not current contemporary country. I'm not into jazz but sometimes it's not bad.

Quiz: How many on my short list has anyone actually heard? Most of it is hippie era or early 70's but for some reason the mid 80's produced some good music.

rodent wrote on Dec 16^th, 2007 at 4:41pm:


I'm really showing my age here - these are the songs from your list that I am familiar with - and many are on my list of all time favorites:

Across the Board- 1973- Grace Slick -banned by most radio at the time.
School's Out- 1972- Alice Cooper
White Rabbit - 1968- Jefferson Airplane
Highway Star- early 70's- Deep Purple
Inagaddadavida- 1968- Iron Butterfly- full version 17 min.
Get Ready- Rare Earth- 60's= live version 30 min. is best Full version 17 min is good.
Goldfinger- 1964- SHirley Bassey
Love is Blue- 1968 instrumental
Down, Down - Status Quo- 196x
Carol of the Bells- all versions
O Holy Night - versions by the Morman Tabernacle Chior and the one by Charlotte Church. The vocalist with the choir is simply stunning.
409 - Beach Boys
Incense and Pepperment- 1968- Strawberry Alarmclock

Hmm. I could write out my list of favorite songs, but honestly, it changes from one hour to the next. I guess, though, in no particular order,
* sarajevo 12/24 by trans siberian orchestra(loud, angry guitar driven carol of the bells/god rest ye merry gentlemen hybrid, I reccomend you go find it. it is yay.)

* I still lost(or, really, any song), by Dommin (I was friend requested by them on myspace a few weeks ago, took one listen and I've not played anything else since.. I just bought the CD(The first cd I've bought in over a year)  (in this regard, I envy Angel Spun, since she's close enough to go see them perform if she wished. darn Cali types. ))

*the old ways, by Loreena McKennitt(either the original version, or the version on the live CD...one has harp, the other is faster paced and has a better beat)

*My Immortal, by evanescence. also taking over me, bleed, and um.. a really long list. some of their songs are kinda... wimpy, I guess? but most are love. I have every evanescence song ever released, so

*Theywalk, by Torrent Vaccine(a local one man band comprising Brad Vaccine, a cool guy, great musician, has a pretty cat.(a friend of ours))

*Cursive Lie, by I:Scintilla(not much to say about this one... just... I love it)

I'm sure there's about 154,325 songs I'm forgetting, but that's a good short list off the top of my head. Dommin, I:Scintilla and torrent vaccine can be accessed through myspace(all three are on my top friends list)

Honky Tonk Badonkadonk:  Trace Adkins
Rough & Ready:  Trace Adkins
Songs About Me:  Trace Adkins (my favorite of favorites by him)
What Was I Thinkin':  Dierks Bentley
How Am I Doin':  Dierks Bentley
Friends In Low Places:  Garth Brooks
Longneck Bottle:  Garth Brooks
Standing Outside The Fire:  Garth Brooks
Rodeo:  Garth Brooks
Play Something Country:  Brooks & Dunn
How Long Gone:  Brooks & Dunn
Ain't Nothing 'Bout You:  Brooks & Dunn
Boot Scootin' Boogie:  Brooks & Dunn
Rock My World (Little Country Girl):  Brooks & Dunn
Folsom Prison Blues:  Johnny Cash
Ring Of Fier:  Johnny Cash
I Walk The Line:  Johnny Cash



Jerry

Hot Rod Lincoln:  Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
The Devil Went Down To Georgia:  The Charlie Daniels Band
In America:  The Charlie Daniels Band
Long Haired Country Boy:  The Charlie Daniels Band
The Legend Of Wooley Swamp:  The Charlie Daniels Band
Suds In The Bucket:  Sara Evans
Breathe:  Faith Hill
How Do You Like Me Now?!:  Toby Keith
I Wanna Talk About Me:  Toby Keith
Beer For My Horses (duet with Willie Nelson):  Toby Keith
Wild Angels:  Martina McBride
Wink:  Neal McCoy


Jerry

Dancing Queen:  ABBA
Knowing Me, Knowing You:  ABBA
Take A Chance On Me:  ABBA
Mamma Mia:  ABBA
Super Trooper:  ABBA
I Have A Dream:  ABBA
The Winner Takes It All:  ABBA
S.O.S.:  ABBA
Voulez Vous:  ABBA
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight):  ABBA
Does Your Mother Know:  ABBA
The Name Of The Game:  ABBA
Highway To Hell:  AC/DC
Rocker:  AC/DC
Thunderstruck:  AC/DC
Moneytalks:  AC/DC
The Razors Edge:  AC/DC
Are You Ready:  AC/DC
Hells Bells:  AC/DC
Shoot To Thrill:  AC/DC
Back In Black:  AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long:  AC/DC
Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution:  AC/DC
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap:  AC/DC
Love At First Feel:  AC/DC
Squeler:  AC/DC
Run To You:  Bryan Adams
Somebody:  Bryan Adams
Everyone:  Adema
Eat The Rich:  Aerosmith
Livin' On The Edge:  Aerosmith
Rag Doll:  Aerosmith
Janie's Got A Gun:  Aerosmith
Dream On:  Aerosmith
Walk This Way:  Aerosmith
Taste Of India:  Aerosmith
Train Kept A Rollin':  Aerosmith
Kings And Queens:  Aerosmith
Damned If I Do:  The Alan Parsons Project
Games People Play:  The Alan Parsons Project
Eye In The Sky:  The Alan Parsons Project
I Ran:  A Flock Of Seagulls
Lost In Love:  Air Supply
Even The Nights Are Better:  Air Supply
The One That You Love:  Air Supply
Every Woman In The World:  Air Supply
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All:  Air Supply
All Out Of Love:  Air Supply
Here I Am:  Air Supply
Sweet Dreams:  Air Supply
Poison:  Alice Cooper
Feed My Frankenstein:  Alice Cooper
School's Out:  Alice Cooper



Jerry

Their version is the first one I heard but if I remember right there are many covers of it and I can not remember who did the original?

Jerry

Me And My Gang:  Rascal Flatts
Lady:  Kenny Rogers
Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer:  Kenny Rogers
She Believes In Me:  Kenny Rogers
You Decorated My Life:  Kenny Rogers
Love Without End, Amen:  George Strait
All My Ex's Live In Texas:  George Strait
True:  George Strait
Three Wooden Crosses:  Randy Travis
Forever And Ever, Amen:  Randy Travis
Josh Turner:  Long Black Train
Forever And For Always:  Shania Twain
I'm Gonna Getcha Good!:  Shania Twain
Man! I Feel Like A Woman!:  Shania Twain
Honey, I'm Home:  Shania Twain
You're Still The One:  Shania Twain
Days Go By:  Keith Urban
Tulsa Time:  Don Williams
There's A Tear In My Beer:  Hank Williams, Sr.
Your Cheatin' Heart:  Hank Williams, Sr.
Hey Good Lookin':  Hank Williams, Sr.
Hey, Good Lookin':  Hank Williams, Sr.
Here For The Party:  Gretchen Wilson
Redneck Woman:  Gretchen Wilson
Little Ways:  Dwight Yoakam

Heaven Beside You:  Alice In Chains
Them Bones:  Alice In Chains
Junk Head:  Alice In Chains
Dirt:  Alice In Chains
God Smack:  Alice In Chains
Hate To Feel:  Alice In Chains
Angry Chair:  Alice In Chains
Man In The Box:  Alice In Chains
Open Your Eyes:  Alter Bridge
Dr Phibs:  Angel Witch
Alison Hell:  Annihilator
Desperate But Not Serious:  Adam Ant
Goody Two Shoes:  Adam Ant
Be All, End All:  Anthrax
Who Cares Wins:  Anthrax
Indians:  Anthrax
I'm The Man:  Anthrax
Look Into The Sun:  April Wine
I Just Wanna Make Love To You:  April Wine
I'm A Man:  April Wine
Heat Of The Moment:  Asia
Only Time Will Tell:  Asia
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes:  Asia
Cochise:  Audioslave
Gasoline:  Audioslave
Like A Stone:  Audioslave
Set It off:  Audioslave

Jerry!

Wouldn't it be easier to list what you don't like? You seem to like everything out there.

New list: what you can't be near when playing. For Rodent:
1. Rap. I actually walked out of a wedding reception last summer when the DJ started playing several rap things in succession.

2. Disco. I think Rap is the modern version of disco. Boom boom boom. no talent.

3. Modern Contemporary Country. Outside of real bluegrass, country pretty much sucks. But the right combo of banjo, harmonica, and fiddle is a real treat. Think Granpa Jones or Hee Haw.

In no specific order:

Try Walking In My Shoes - Depeche Mode
Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode (Johnny Cash covered it and so did some other artists)
Suffer Well - Depeche Mode
The Sinner In Me - Depeche Mode
TV Set - Depeche Mode
It's Called A Heart - Depeche Mode
A Question of Time - Depeche Mode
A Question of Lust - Depeche Mode
Precious - Depeche Mode
A Pain That I'm Used To - Depeche Mode
Useless - Depeche Mode
My Secret Garden - Depeche Mode
Price Of Love - Depeche Mode
Lie To Me - Depeche Mode
But Not Tonight - Depeche Mode
Two Minute Warning - Depeche Mode
Fly On The Windscreen - Depeche Mode
Surrender - Depeche Mode
The Dead Of Night - Depeche Mode
Halo - Depeche Mode
Any Second Now - Depeche Mode
It Doesn't Matter - Depeche Mode
Satellite - Depeche Mode
It's No Good - Depeche Mode  

Kingdom - Dave Gahan (DM frontman, solo)

Is This Love - Alison Moyet

Who Needs Love Like This - Erasure (Vince Clarke, forming ex-member of Depeche Mode)
Ship Of Fools - Erasure

In Dreams - Roy Orbison (don't know if it's originally his)
Crying - Roy Orbison
Unchained Melody...and so many more by/covered by - ??? I prefer Roy Orbison's vocals on it.

Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin
Rainin' - Bobby Darin
Dream Lover - Bobby Darin
All I Have To Do Is Dream - ??? Prefer Petula Clark and Bobby Darin duet

Why - Frankie Avalon

Fallin' - Connie Francis
Stupid Cupid - Connie Francis
Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart - Connie Francis

Beneath Still Waters - Emmylou Harris

Walk Right Back -  The Everly Brothers
That's Old Fashioned - The Everly Brothers
All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
Till I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers
Should We Tell Him - The Everly Brothers
I Wonder If I Care As Much - The Everly Brothers

I could've written similarly to Lisabelle: ...nearly all songs by Depeche Mode with the exception of...
nearly all songs by Roy Orbison with the exception of.....
nearly all songs by Bobby Darin with the exception of....
nearly all songs by and covered by The Everly Brothers with the exception of....
nearly all songs by Connie Francis with the exception of.....
nearly all songs by Emmylou Harris with the exception of....
nearly all songs by Patti Page
nearly all songs by Patsy Cline
nearly all songs by Deaf School
nearly alls ongs by Madness

...they really all are favorites!