What are your top ten all time favorite songs? (What does Rolling Stone Know?)

[auntpolly]

Woohoo! Go treesinger! #3 Precious Things...haha take THAT auntpollly!

Oh, it's sad, but until treesinger conforms to the <i>rules</i> he is <i>disqualified!!!!</i> (NO SOUP FOR YOU TREESINGER!)

 

[chesirekate]

Oh wow, this is really hard. Sorry but I find it absolutely impossible to narrow a list to a top 10. But rock 'n roll's about breaking the rules, right? So in the spirit of punk, I'm breakin' the rules! These would just be the ones that I can think of off the top of my head:

1. Pictures of You - The Cure
2. Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
3. Alex Chilton - The Replacements
4. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
5. This Is A Low - Blur
6. Slide Away - Oasis
7. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
8. Bitter Sweet Symphony - Verve
9. The Campaign For Real Rock - Edwyn Collins
10. Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
11. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
12. Promenade - U2
13. The Winner Takes It All - Abba
14. Teardrop - Massive Attack
15. Sara - Fleetwood Mac
16. Silver Springs (the original, not the awful live version from '97) - Fleetwood Mac
17. On A Bus To St. Cloud - Trisha Yearwood
18. Regret - New Order
19. Distant Sun - Crowded House
20. This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert
21. Common People - Pulp
22. Half A Person - The Smiths
23. Magic Man - Heart
24. Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
25. If You See Her, Say Hello - Bob Dylan
26. She's In Fashion - Suede
27. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
28. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
29. Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
30. I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses

I could just go on and on and on and on and on and on...

 

[TheBellhop]

Oh, it's sad, but until treesinger conforms to the rules he is disqualified!!!! (NO SOUP FOR YOU TREESINGER!)

UNFAIR RULES!!!

 

[Judy from Boise]

For my top 10 (in no order) I want songs that instantly make me happy!

1. Wonderfull World - Armstrong
2. Canon in D minor -Pachelbel
3. Hallelujia chorus - Handel
4. Born to Run - Springsteen
5. Old time rock and roll - Seger
6. Thats what I like about you - Romantics
7. I need a hero - Gaynor
8. Top of the World - Carpenters
9. Barbara Ann - Beach Boys
10. Rocky Mountain High - Denver

 

[auntpolly]

Oh wow, this is really hard. Sorry but I find it absolutely impossible to narrow a list to a top 10. But rock 'n roll's about breaking the rules, right? So in the spirit of punk, I'm breakin' the rules! These would just be the ones that I can think of off the top of my head:

1. Pictures of You - The Cure
2. Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
3. Alex Chilton - The Replacements
4. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
5. This Is A Low - Blur
6. Slide Away - Oasis
7. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
8. Bitter Sweet Symphony - Verve
9. The Campaign For Real Rock - Edwyn Collins
10. Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
11. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
12. Promenade - U2
13. The Winner Takes It All - Abba
14. Teardrop - Massive Attack
15. Sara - Fleetwood Mac
16. Silver Springs (the original, not the awful live version from '97) - Fleetwood Mac
17. On A Bus To St. Cloud - Trisha Yearwood
18. Regret - New Order
19. Distant Sun - Crowded House
20. This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert
21. Common People - Pulp
22. Half A Person - The Smiths
23. Magic Man - Heart
24. Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
25. If You See Her, Say Hello - Bob Dylan
26. She's In Fashion - Suede
27. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
28. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
29. Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
30. I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses

I could just go on and on and on and on and on and on...

What did I <i>just</i> tell you!!!!
Great list, seriously

 

[Mermaid02]

This isn't easy but right off the top of my head:

1. Melt with You- Modern English
2. Landslide- Fleetwood Mac
3. Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
4. Sweet Child O'Mine- Guns N Roses
5. Canon in D- Pachbel
6. That's Amore- Dean Martin
7. Cowboy take me away- Dixie Chicks
8. The 2nd Start to the right- from Peter Pan
9. Can't help falling in love- Elvis
10.Annie's Song- John Denver

BTW- Twinkles.. aka my dd- you like OUR music lately

I think not.

 

[Catzeyes]

1. Time of Your Life- Greenday
2. Only Time-Enya
3. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring-Josh Groban
4. All I Know-Art Garfunkle
5. Southern Cross-CSNY
6. Iris-Goo Goo Dolls
7. Only Hope-Mandy Moore
8. On the Turning Away-Pink Floyd
9. Hush-Deep Purple
10. Eres Tu

 

[shortbun]

For my top 10 (in no order) I want songs that instantly make me happy!

1. Wonderfull World - Armstrong
2. Canon in D minor -Pachelbel
3. Hallelujia chorus - Handel
4. Born to Run - Springsteen
5. Old time rock and roll - Seger
6. Thats what I like about you - Romantics
7. I need a hero - Gaynor
8. Top of the World - Carpenters
9. Barbara Ann - Beach Boys
10. Rocky Mountain High - Denver

Love your list Judy! Wish I had thought of jOHN dENVER!

 

[Mermaid02]

I think not.

LOL- hey Meg.... I was signed in.... you answered me as ME!!

 

[auntpolly]

LOL- hey Meg.... I was signed in.... you answered me as ME!!

Oh I'm glad you explained that. I thought maybe we had a multiple personality disorder on the DIS!

 

[Mermaid02]

Oh I'm glad you explained that. I thought maybe we had a multiple personality disorder on the DIS!

One of the dangers of having 2 Dis Addicts in the same house!

 

[auntpolly]

For my top 10 (in no order) I want songs that instantly make me happy!

1. Wonderfull World - Armstrong
2. Canon in D minor -Pachelbel
3. Hallelujia chorus - Handel
4. Born to Run - Springsteen
5. Old time rock and roll - Seger
6. Thats what I like about you - Romantics
7. I need a hero - Gaynor
8. Top of the World - Carpenters
9. Barbara Ann - Beach Boys
10. Rocky Mountain High - Denver

This is such an interesting list! You should make this copies of this for holiday gifts!

 

[oracle]

OK, well narrowing it down to ten songs is almost impossible, but here goes:

In no real order,

1) Bad Religion-American Jesus
2) Counting Crows-Rain King
3) Weezer-El Scorcho
4) Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah
5) Beatles-In My Life
6) Pearl Jam-Yellow Ledbetter
7) Bright Eyes-Bowl of Oranges
8) U2-One
9) A Tribe Called Quest- Electric Relaxation
10) Oasis-Don't Look Back In Anger

OK, I had to add a few extra

11) Nirvana-In Bloom
12) R.E.M.-Losing My Religion
13) Bob Dylan-Blowin in the Wind
14) The Tragically Hip-Wheat Kings
15) The Ramones-I Wanna Be Sedated
16) The Clash-Rudie Can't Fail
17) John Mayer-Comfortable
18) Eric Clapton-Tears in Heaven
19) The Get Up Kids-I'll Catch You
20) Jets to Brazil-Cat Heaven

Alright, I'll stop there, but I feel like I could go on forever. Keep the lists coming, these are great.

 

[Judy from Boise]

OK, well narrowing it down to ten songs is almost impossible, but here goes:

In no real order,

1) Bad Religion-American Jesus
2) Counting Crows-Rain King
3) Weezer-El Scorcho
4) Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah
5) Beatles-In My Life
6) Pearl Jam-Yellow Ledbetter
7) Bright Eyes-Bowl of Oranges
8) U2-One
9) A Tribe Called Quest- Electric Relaxation
10) Oasis-Don't Walk Away In Anger

OK, I had to add a few extra

11) Nirvana-In Bloom
12) R.E.M.-Losing My Religion
13) Bob Dylan-Blowin in the Wind
14) The Tragically Hip-Wheat Kings
15) The Ramones-I Wanna Be Sedated
16) The Clash-Rudie Can't Fail
17) John Mayer-Comfortable
18) Eric Clapton-Tears in Heaven
19) The Get Up Kids-I'll Catch You
20) Jets to Brazil-Cat Heaven

Alright, I'll stop there, but I feel like I could go on forever. Keep the lists coming, these are great.

[]This is such an interesting list! You should make this copies of this for holiday gifts!
Thanks! I tried to pick one song that represented different phases of my life. To add further back into childhood I would have
I walk the Line- Cash
and to represent my current life with a teenager....
Skater boy - Avignon?

 

[Judy from Boise]

obviously I need further play time with the new features!!!!!!!

 

[RadioNate]

ok it ate my list - probablly since I had 30 songs on it lol

oh well, maybe later I'll try again!

 

[Planogirl]

Only ten is hard but I'll try too. Some favorites:

1. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
3. Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
4. Imagine - John Lennon
5. A Day in the Life - Beatles
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
7. Building A Mystery - Sarah McLachlan
8. Smooth Operator - Sade
9. Faithfully - Journey
10.Flirtin' with Disaster - Molly Hatchet

Country extras:

1. Kiss an Angel Good Morning - Charley Pride
2. Amarillo by Morning - George Strait
3. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson
4. Here In The Real World - Alan Jackson
5. It's Five O'Clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet

 

[dmadman43]

Not sure I could come up with 10... I'll just list until I get tired... (in no particular order)

Help Me Rhonda - Beach Boys
Revolution - The Beatles
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Maybe I'm Amazed - Wings
Young Americans - David Bowie
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Somewhere Across the Sea - Bobby Darin
Since I Fell - Al Jarreau (with Bob James and David Sanborn)
Domino - Van Morrison
20 Flight Rock - Eddie Cochrane
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Cound Nine - The Temptations
My Girl - The Temptations
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Already Gone - The Eagles
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
Burn Down The Mission - Elton John
Slim Shady - Emenim
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Son of A Preacher Man - Jackie DeShannon
Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
My Sharona - The Knack
Thank You (Falenttinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly and The Family Stone
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers

and then I got tired...

 

[auntpolly]

Planogirl I think that's the first time someone mentioned Freebird! I haven't heard that song in years, but I'm sure I could still sing every word!

 

[siouxsieQ]

I can't really only list ten... but off the top of my head here is what I can think of.

No real order except for #1 and #2 are my all-time favorites!!!


1. Find the River - R.E.M.
2. Talking to My Angel - Melissa Etheridge
3. Bolero - Ravel
4. Fred Bear - Ted Nugent
5. Across the Board - Grace Slick
6. Sean - The Proclaimers
7. Pushing Me Away - Linkin Park
8. Christmas in Dixie - Alabama
9. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
10. Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven