What are your favorite songs?
Are they primarily from an specific era, genre, or event in your life?
Mine range from late childhood to present. Some hold meaning... Others, I just liked that much.
Give me a top five!
Mine:
Take on me- ABBA
1979- Smashing Pumpkins
Mary Jane's Last Dance- Tom Petty
She talks to angels- The Black Crows
HRSA- Blue October
This is my new song on repeat. It inspires me during these dark political days.
“Danny’s Song”. Loggins & Messina
“The Secret of Life”. James Taylor
“Vincent” Don McClean, played by Chet Atkins
The Beatle’s song about John’s son Julian, sung by Paul, the title of which I can’t remember
Not really a song, but beautiful music: “Variations on a Theme of Paganini”. Serge Rachmaninoff (sp?)
Good Night Saigon - Billy Joel
The Trooper - Iron Maiden
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
One More Fuckin' Time - Motorhead
Adagio For Strings - Samuel Barber
I'm Going to Hell - The Pretty Reckless
Fuckin' Perfect - Pink
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Tomorrow some of these will be different....
Absolutely love Nobody's Fool! Also Save Your Love.
Mine keep changing. Too many to count. But some perennial favorites, due to lyrics that make you think, are:
"Fragile" and "History Will Teach Us Nothing," both by Sting,
"Free Will," by Rush,
"93 Million Miles" by Jason Mraz,
"In My Life," by the Beatles,
"Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word" by Elton John
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
She Sells Sanctuary - the Cult
Wasted Years - Iron Maiden
Voodoo - Godsmack
Well, it's a selection of 5 favorites anyway
Van Halen - Jump
Boston - Foreplay/Longtime
Breaking Benjamin - Breath
The best song ever written is Night's Blood by Dissection. The song is written like a poem. I don't know how Jon did lead and vocals at the same time. I can't keep up that tempo for very long, let alone do vocals!
I consider myself pretty eclectic when it comes to genres.