Your most beloved songs of all time ?

[steve2470]

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Yes, time for a somewhat more positive thread

This is a tough one, hmm...... For want of something competing for space in my head, I'll nominate this one:

ETA: Yes, I changed the title of the thread, makes more sense.

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Mine's very easy:

[steve2470]

2. yes I loved Fleetwood Mac, still love Stevie Nicks ! nt

[Rhiannon12866]

3. She really is awesome and sure has stood the test of time!

Here's my other favorite of hers!

[malthaussen]

13. Ever wonder how many kids were named Rhiannon after that song came out?

I know three myself.

-- Mal

[KamaAina]

20. I once knew a cat named Rhiannon

Alas, either her human's ex or an anti-choice fanatic pulled her leg off. We never did find out which. Had she made it, I would have become her human, as Velvet (this was in NOLA ) didn't want an indoor kitteh. Alas, she did not.

[CBGLuthier]

4. I have, for 40 years, preferred instrumentals. So this must be my choice

[kwassa]

26. that is indeed a beautiful melody

[Art_from_Ark]

30. And then, there's the 2nd movement of the 8th Symphony,

supposedly based on Johann Maezel's newfangled metronome.

[hifiguy]

41. I LOVE Beethoven's Eighth

There is very little Beethoven of which I am not very fond but the Eighth is a special favorite for me.

[Art_from_Ark]

48. I first read about it in a book titled "Unfinished Symphony and Other Stories of Men and Music"

by Freda Pastor Berkowitz. Just from the description in the book, I recognized it right away when I heard it by chance on a local radio station. It's a really underrated symphony.

Another underrated, almost obscure, Beethoven "symphony" that I really like is "Wellington's Victory" or the "Battle Symphony", as performed by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

[steve2470]

5. from the rock genre:

[Skittles]

6. Bridge Over Troubled Water

just lovely

[Manifestor_of_Light]

24. Art Garfunkel has always been incredibly cool, IMNSHMO.

Simon....not so much. Big ego.

Garfunkel....voice of an angel. I have one of his later CDs called "Everything Waits to be Noticed" which is good.

[mucifer]

7. My favorite song is Pearl Jam's Courduroy:

It has a special meaning to me the way songs do about a time in my life. Brings me a few tears thinking about it.

[femmocrat]

8. Can I have two?

"Imagine" by John Lennon and "In My Life" by the Beatles.

[sendero]

39. i second that emotion.......

..... one of the Beatles' most heartfelt and sentimental songs.

But I could never choose just one, so i have offer up this one...

[Coventina]

9. Could never pick a favorite, but this one has a special place in my heart:

[First Speaker]

10. Anything by Gershwin...

...a 100-way tie...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

25. I love playing Gershwin on the piano!

It's difficult but fun! Lots of moving parts and jazz chords. Those old pop songs (I'm including Rodgers & Hart here) have a complexity to them I find fascinating.

[TBF]

11. Hallelujah

[Avalux]

12. My most beloved.....no matter who performs it.

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Joy Division, New Order, various covers...this song is pure emotion, hauntingly beautiful, maybe even sad to some, but I love it how it makes me feel....


Joy Division - rehearsal session recording:

New Order - 7-inch single version:

New Order - Substance version:

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Radiohead cover:

My favorite cover - Galaxy 500:

[Arugula Latte]

17. Ceremony is a beautiful song, my favorite New Order song ever.

[malthaussen]

14. Eh, my "most beloved" is pretty schmaltzy.

Love the video, too.

Heck, it wasn't even their biggest hit.

-- Mal

[Archae]

15. Hey Bulldog - Beatles.

They were at their creative peak together at the time.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

38. nice choice

[clarice]

16. Layla. nt

[Ron Obvious]

18. I couldn't possibly pick one

But let me put in a favourable mention for Nilsson:

[Aristus]

19. "The lovers, the dreamers, and me..."

[steve2470]

21. my favorite from the blues genre

[BootinUp]

22. Hard to pick....Oh Well!!!!!

[shenmue]

23. The Boy With the Thorn in His Side

[rurallib]

27. "Golden Slumbers" Beatles on Abbey Road

As my wife recovered from her stroke, I rocked two little girls to sleep night after night to that song.

And that whole side of Abbey Road - is essentially one record and my fave.

[easychoice]

28. Key to the Highway ...Clapton & Allman

just good old butt rockin.

Bach's interpretation of Pachelbel's Canon in D Major Too

[kwassa]

29. pon moun paka bouge. I knew you were thinking of that song.

Aren't we all?

High-energy, very upbeat and danceable Afropop track that I have played more than any other song in my long life. It sat on a cassette in my car for years. An instant cure for any kind of depression.

The great African singer Pepe Kalle, with his band Empire Bakuba. Take a listen, turn it up loud, and dance and dance.

[BlueJazz]

31. Marc-André Hamelin- Variations on a Theme by Paganini

& If I loved you.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

32. For sheer breathtaking beauty, maybe these two pieces played by Sarah Chang

Massenet's "Meditation" and Bach's "Air On The G String" (the latter being the main inspiration for Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade Of Pale&quot :

[tblue37]

33. "The Sounds of Silence," by Simon and Garfunkel.

I used to hurry home from high school each day to turn on the radio because it was very popular and therefore often played in the rotation.

I love a lot of the Beatles' songs, too, but listening to "The Sounds of Silence" was practically a religion for me when I was a teenager.

(BTW, I could also listen to the Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" over and over again.)

ON EDIT: Here are videos of the two songs:

ANOTHER EDIT: The video embed codes didn't work, so here are the URLs for the videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dTCNwgzM2rQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=o7pVjl4Rrtc

[Sherman A1]

34. I would have to go with

[BainsBane]

35. How do you pick?

I'm putting Patti Smith, "Because the Night," but in five minutes the answer will be something else.

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Okay, less than five minutes. Maybe I should have picked the Pogues, "Fairytale of New York,"

Or Gloria

Or Caetano Veloso, Você é linda

Or Adriana Caconhoto, Mentiras

I could post dozens. I don't know how to pick.

[hifiguy]

42. The first time I heard "Because The Night"

right after the single came out I was driving down the freeway and damn near spun off the road because I was so blown away. And I was not a Patti fan at the time. Freaking amazing song.

[steve2470]

36. any other nominations ? nt

[Coventina]

44. Each day you ask, you'll probably get a different answer.

I'm not an Oasis fan, but for whatever reason this is one of my favorite songs of all time:

[steve2470]

45. next time I do a thread like this, I'll entitle it....

What are your most beloved songs, plural. I think we all have more than just one.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

37. Probably this:

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Though Surfin' Bird is a close second!

[Enthusiast]

40. I cannot pick a my most beloved. So this one will suffice.

[Boomerproud]

43. Black Pearl by the Checkmates

A jewel from 1969. Also, almost all of the Beatles canon would qualify as "beloved" by me.

[steve2470]

46. fwiw, pic of my music collection

That's about half of it.

[CTyankee]

47. Sheep may Safely Graze by J.S. Bach