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your picks for GREAT songs
genres be damned. post examples of what you consider to be great songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X2TXwREYOY this one was a major hit, in the way back machine, and has been covered a million times; but this is the actual writer performing it. jw wrote some iconic songs, but i still consider this his opus magnum. next up? Jul 08 15 09:30 pm Link In terms of complete song construction (thoughtful lyrics, a melody that's both catchy and yearning, a fantastic arrangement, and superb performances), it rarely gets any better than this Jul 08 15 09:41 pm Link Dance With My Father Again - Luther Vandross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgLHVi40Gc8 Jul 08 15 09:50 pm Link Jul 08 15 10:00 pm Link I'm not even going to bother because 95% of you will give me that look a dog gives you when you make fart noises with your armpit....because my faves are by bands so far underground they are almost in the mantle... Jul 08 15 10:08 pm Link For sheer mastery of the female voice - Mary Fahl gets my vote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QknQ9f7Sz6c But then again - if genre's be damned - how about something Medieval Moorish? - I'm a dead sucker for that Contralto voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0jC19eFx5c Or - for me - it's when something is firing on ALL cylinders - Metallica took a hell of a risk - and transcended all expectations and stereotypes. (Which still seems to make some folks more than a little squeamish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWB2l9tJRAo Jul 08 15 10:10 pm Link Chris Rifkin wrote: uh uh. first person to denigrate another's pick, will be bounced from the thread (symbolically, since i draw no real water here). Vintagevista wrote: see, like this. i've never heard of mary fahl, but like vv, i love me a good contralto voice. that's why i love singers like nina simone, or lisa gerrard. oh, and cassandra wilson, too. Jul 08 15 10:14 pm Link Jul 08 15 10:24 pm Link Michael Hedges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uzNDNdyJpI Eva Cassidy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWg7zNOyK8 Jul 08 15 10:35 pm Link KungPaoChic wrote: beautiful--and tragic--examples. rip, to both. Jul 08 15 10:42 pm Link GK photo wrote: That's a good one Jul 09 15 04:07 am Link Jul 09 15 04:09 am Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIiLvg58SY Extreme - More Than Words I almost didn't buy that CD because the group's name is Extreme, the name of the CD is Pornograffiti and these were/are some "strange" looking people. This song doesn't match them or their voices (my opinion). Jul 09 15 05:04 am Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY - "Lateralus" by Tool (try to follow the math in this song.. ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02tL7YymAmc - NIN "Somewhat Damaged" I saw this very performance. There's so many good fucking songs of his but I love this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w5SyiyqUtY - "Blue Veins" by The Raconteurs (Jack White) While I dislike Jack as a person, he's easily THE most talented person to emerge in the past 30 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1_6yCHnSI4 - "Sloe Gin" by Joe Bonamassa This guy is just amazing on guitar - 5 minutes in is where you see his raw talent. I'm such a huge blues rock fan and when I discovered him my life got a lot brighter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J4trNtRwoc - "Nothing in Return" by Down. Probably the most underrated metal band ever. Was going to post some heavy metal songs but like Chris, people are gonna be like; "Wat?"  Jul 09 15 07:41 am Link Just about anything by Ofra Haza. Another Time and Place by Dave van Ronk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6mb37DykRc This Old Porch by Lyle Lovett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0iXfnyAZhs Jul 09 15 08:22 am Link This one . . . Lorrie Morgan with the Beach Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPJO_9a … PJO_9a01ps . . . ain't she sumethin' . . .  SOS Good lord, suddenly I didn't know how to upload from youtube . . . I'm such a dinosaur . . . Jul 09 15 08:55 am Link A classic, performed by someone unexpected https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5AjzQhr6Bc http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1t0ch … event_news ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- reworked tune for use in a commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbduh1kX_9M the product commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poz_P6l1uY0 bts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVgz1tZDPI Jul 09 15 10:42 am Link Jul 09 15 11:27 am Link It's difficult to pick songs without understanding the context of its usage. I've long felt that there is an unnamed art form that places the perfect song into a dramatic situation (in TV shows & movies). When the perfect song matches the dramatic situation. It is an art. But here -- you are just going to get a list of favorite songs. Here's some of my current favs: Ain't No Sunshine (When She's Gone) -- Bill Withers The Drowsy Bee -- Brooks Williams (hard to find) Dirt In The Ground -- Tom Waits Ode to Joy -- Beethoven Jump Around -- House of Pain Is that what you were looking for? Jul 09 15 01:39 pm Link Lots of great posts here. There are just so many that can be considered great songs. I'm not going to go into long lists. This is not a song but a symphony and I have always loved it... I'd like to cast my vote for Beethoven's - 6th Symphony, 'Pastoral' Jul 09 15 02:21 pm Link Jul 09 15 02:31 pm Link Looknsee Photography wrote: Agreed ... Jul 09 15 03:12 pm Link Eric Clapton - Layla https://youtu.be/fX5USg8_1gA while maybe not the greatest---a long time favorite: Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton - Can't Find My Way Home https://youtu.be/VT-SFgkVlno arguably one of the all time great female voices in rock: Linda Ronstadt - Tumbling Dice https://youtu.be/4s4_teISos0 I have been listening to Carlos Santana's mastery of the guitar for more than 45 years--- Santana - Into The Night ( Live at Montreux 2011) https://youtu.be/oxNz_15qjEI cant forget Jimi Hendrix- Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child ( Slight Return ) https://youtu.be/6OTvz1lJzmI and maybe his match on a guitar: STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN -- VOODOO CHILE https://youtu.be/OEJh2FFUUoU cool thread--- I am an old fart---its been cool "growing old" with Clapton and the rest of them, thru their life issues, and now old age---for those who survived. Jul 09 15 03:51 pm Link the pearlfishers....group by scottish songwriter and undiscovered genuis David Scott. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4OFummWIJ0 Jul 09 15 04:14 pm Link mikell wrote: she does that tune well. i was wondering how long it would be before a cohen tune showed up. Jul 09 15 05:44 pm Link and speaking of candians. anyone who can listen to this song--and not smile--isn't human. they're an alien. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmRDM7GyJXE Jul 09 15 05:48 pm Link and then there's the french contingent. you can't forget debussy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DNRCY this is probably the greatest 'song' i've ever heard. i like the orchestral versions, but the solo piano version is riveting. Jul 09 15 05:56 pm Link I love a good wordsmith. "Living on the road, my friend was gonna keep you free and clean. Now your wear your skin like iron And your breath's as harsh as kerosene." - Townes van Zandt, "Pancho and Lefty" "They say there was a magic chord, Which Daniel played, that pleased the Lord. But you don't really care for music, do ya? It goes like this, the 4th, the 5th, The minor fall, the major lift, A baffled king composing Halleluja." - Leonard Cohen - "Hallelujah" "I was blue when I met you. You took my breath. Now you say you really love me and it scares me to death. Cause now I lie awake, and wonder, and worry about losing you. I don't care what you say, maybe I was happier blue." - Chris Smithers - "Happier Blue" ".... In the end I was the mean girl, somebody's in between girl." - Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On" "Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try." - John Lennon - "Imagine" "When you attend a funeral, it is sad to think that sooner'r' later those you love will do the same for you. And you may have thought it tragic, not to mention other adjec- tives to think of all the weeping they will do. (but don't you worry) No more ashes, no more sack cloth And an arm band made of black cloth Will soon no more adorn a sleeve. 'Cause if the bomb that drops on you, Gets your friends and neighbors too, There'll be nobody left behind to grieve. (And we will) All go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, what an inspiring achievement. Yes, We'll All Go Together When We Go." - Tom Lehrer - "We Will All Go Together When We Go" Jul 09 15 06:44 pm Link Vintagevista wrote: Thanks for turning me on to her. Jul 09 15 08:00 pm Link Warren Leimbach wrote: You are quite welcome - she is a gem. There is a moment in the 2nd link of mine where she hit's that Bb in Ben Andi Habibi - (and during a live show, I heard somebody behind me going "Wow!") Jul 09 15 08:44 pm Link Warren Leimbach wrote: fixed, just for accuracy. daniel was a little too busy with dreams and visions to be worried about tunes. david was the musician, as well a king. Jul 09 15 08:52 pm Link Jul 09 15 08:55 pm Link GK photo wrote: Well and not to nitpick a great song (or another nitpicker for that matter!!!) but isn't it a "secret chord"? Jul 09 15 09:09 pm Link Shadow Dancer wrote: follow the lyric. the 'secret chord' is part of a progression. Jul 09 15 09:13 pm Link I have a few songs that I'd like like to hear again as soon as they end. The Day I Tried To Live Soundgarden Instant Karma John Lennon Parallel Universe RHCP Jul 09 15 09:15 pm Link GK photo wrote: Sure, but I meant as opposed to "magic chord". Leonard sings secret, Buckley sang secret, everybody I've heard at open mic nights (which is just about everybody!) sings secret. Jul 09 15 09:17 pm Link Shadow Dancer wrote: oh...whoosh...punto. and it's sacred, isn't it? now i have to listen to it again. Jul 09 15 09:17 pm Link GK photo wrote: I always thought it was sacred too. Jul 09 15 09:27 pm Link Shadow Dancer wrote: buckley says secret... Jul 09 15 09:27 pm Link Lucinda Williams ~ Ventura https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsw-vJ7HguE Jonathan King ~ Everyone's Gone to the Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73ks2TPPyho Screamin' Jay Hawkins ~ I Put a Spell on You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc Jul 09 15 09:38 pm Link |
