What are your top 10 favourite songs?

[Pureblood]

Pale Shelter > Everybody Wants to Rule the World

[ZonkoVille77]

Like today I need to remove 2 and add Use Me by Bill Withers and Son of a Preacherman by Dusty Springfield

 

Impossible task. 

[aRdja]

2 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

Additional 10

 

A Horse with No Name - America

The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

Number 9 Dream - John Lennon

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Annie’s Song - John Denver

Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney

Young Turks - Rod Stewart

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart - Gene Pitney

This Old Heart of Mine - The Isley Brothers

 

 

 

 

 

Then change the title thread to top 20!

[Tony Moanero]

5 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Then change the title thread to top 20!

Too late to edit the thread title.

 

Feel free to post another ten songs though.

[ZonkoVille77]

How can a man dismiss Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marv, in any list? Or Sir Duke by Stevie. Really is the hardest task ever. 

[Pidge]

Leatherface - Springtime

Desmond Dekker - You can get it if you really want

The Beatles/Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun

Dusty Springfield - Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone

Youssou N'Dour - Li Ma Weesu

The Bronx - Notice of Eviction

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - X-Ray Style

Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made of Sand

Restorations - Separate Songs

Bouncing Souls - Say Anything

[Pureblood]

Leatherface rep.

[Atticus Finch]

9 hours ago, aws said:

Today's list:

 

Tangled Up in Blue - Dylan

Hurt  - Cash

Thunder Road - Bruce

Badlands -Bruce

LA Woman - Doors

Paint it Black -Stones

Days - Kinks

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis

Hey Joe - Hendrix

On The Road Again -Canned Heat

Made my day, have some Canned Heat rep. 

[Bjornebye]

10 more because Tony is an evil wanker (I've used artists I didn't last time) :

 

YNWA - Gerry & The Pacemakers

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Faithfully - Journey

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Cutt Off - Kasabian

Mystify - INXS

West End Girl - Pet Shop Boys

Common People - Pulp

Everlong - Foo Fighters

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC 

 

 

[Bruce Spanner]

11 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

10 more because Tony is an evil wanker (I've used artists I didn't last time) :

 

YNWA - Gerry & The Pacemakers

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Faithfully - Journey

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Cutt Off - Kasabian

Mystify - INXS

West End Girl - Pet Shop Boys

Common People - Pulp

Everlong - Foo Fighters

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC 

 

 

 

If lists were colour, this would be beige...

 

The first ten would be black, or an absence of colour.

[Bjornebye]

10 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

If lists were colour, this would be beige...

 

The first ten would be black, or an absence of colour.

Bit like your sex life. 

[Tony Moanero]

18 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

10 more because Tony is an evil wanker (I've used artists I didn't last time) :

 

YNWA - Gerry & The Pacemakers

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Faithfully - Journey

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Cutt Off - Kasabian

Mystify - INXS

West End Girl - Pet Shop Boys

Common People - Pulp

Everlong - Foo Fighters

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC 

 

 

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Pet Shop Boys rep.

[Captain Turdseye]

Drops of Jupiter - Train

Breaking Into Heaven - Stone Roses

This is the One - Stone Roses

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac 

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac 

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 

Dakota - Stereophonics

The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys

Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue

Supersonic - Oasis 

[Bruce Spanner]

20 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Bit like your sex life. 

 

Ya ma seems happy enough with it.

[The Midnight Rambler]

Vol 2

 

The Byrds - Mr Tambourine man

The Rolling Stones - Miss you

JJ Cale - Call me the breeze

Beck - The Golden Age

The Connells - 74 75

Neil Young - Harvest moon

Fleetwood mac - Man of the world

Captain beefheart - Sure nuff and yes I do

America - Ventura Highway

The Travelling Wilburys - End of the Line

[Pureblood]

Top ten cover versions, no particular ords:-

 

Afghan Whigs - Lost in the Supermarket (I'm not a Clash fan, and think this version improves on it.  Neg away)

Supersuckers - Dead Homiez (this rules so much it makes both of my lists on this thread to date)

Seaweed - Go Your Own Way (appears on the OST from the movie Clerks)

Beachwood Sparks - By Your Side (amazing Sade cover)

Dinosaur Jr - Quicksand (amazing Bowie cover)

Red Red Meat - I'm Not In Love

Truly - Our Lips Are Sealed

Killdozer - Sweet Home Alabama (better than the original.  Negs accepted)

Roxy Music - Jealous Guy

Scud Mountain Boys - Where's The Playground, Susie?

 

 

 

[Tony Moanero]

9 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Drops of Jupiter - Train

Breaking Into Heaven - Stone Roses

This is the One - Stone Roses

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac 

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac 

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 

Dakota - Stereophonics

The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys

Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue

Supersonic - Oasis 

The Chain rep.

[Pureblood]

There have been a few shouts for Go Your Own Way.  It's almost impossible to live up to the original but this is a great effort.

 

 

 

[Captain Turdseye]

10 minutes ago, TK421 said:

There have been a few shouts for Go Your Own Way.  It's almost impossible to live up to the original but this is a great effort.

 

 

 

 

 

No. Just no. 

[Bjornebye]

27 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

Ya ma seems happy enough with it.

You throw E.L.O on for her mate and you wouldn't have to touch the sides 

[Tony Moanero]

2 minutes ago, TK421 said:

Top ten cover versions, no particular ords:-

 

Afghan Whigs - Lost in the Supermarket (I'm not a Clash fan, and think this version improves on it.  Neg away)

Supersuckers - Dead Homiez (this rules so much it makes both of my lists on this thread to date)

Seaweed - Go Your Own Way (appears on the OST from the movie Clerks)

Beachwood Sparks - By Your Side (amazing Sade cover)

Dinosaur Jr - Quicksand (amazing Bowie cover)

Red Red Meat - I'm Not In Love

Truly - Our Lips Are Sealed

Killdozer - Sweet Home Alabama (better than the original.  Negs accepted)

Roxy Music - Jealous Guy

Scud Mountain Boys - Where's The Playground, Susie?

 

 

 

 

Top 10 Covers

 

Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart - Gene Pitney

Stand by Me - John Lennon

Without You - Harry Nilsson 

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds

Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson

Caravan of Love - The Housemartins 

The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

Only You - The Flying Pickets

Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy

Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack

[KMD7]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

10 more because Tony is an evil wanker (I've used artists I didn't last time) :

 

YNWA - Gerry & The Pacemakers

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Faithfully - Journey

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Cutt Off - Kasabian

Mystify - INXS

West End Girl - Pet Shop Boys

Common People - Pulp

Everlong - Foo Fighters

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC 

 

 

INXS rep

[Pidge]

Covers:

 

Aretha Franklin - Let It Be (that glorious middle 8)

Joe Strummer - Redemption Song

Jimmy Cliff - Ruby Soho

New Found Glory - Never Ending Story (first song I ever crowdsurfed to)

Hot Water Music - Radio

The Zombies - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted

Streetlight Manifesto - Linoleum

Jimi Hendrix - Day Tripper

Cap'n Jazz - Take On Me

Motorhead - Heroes

 

Also, just realised I forgot one of my top three from my previous list (The Pogues - Rainy Night in Soho)

 

edit: Originally included Nina despite mentioning her in my previous list, but still left out Dusty so decided to replace Nina with Aretha.

[ZonkoVille77]

Another 10 is fair cop

 

Janey - Foy Vance

Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones

Touch Me - Doors

Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Turn Turn Turn - The Byrds

A 1000 Times - Hamilton Leithauser

Jolene - Ray Lamontagne

The tracks of my tears - Smoky Robinson

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

Strange and Beautiful - Aqualung

 

It would be a good idea if everyone who posted listened to other people's top 10's, just for some interest? Might learn something. 

[Pureblood]

2 minutes ago, Pidge said:

Also, just realised I forgot one of my top three from my previous list (The Pogues - Rainy Night in Soho)

Nick Cave effort.