Justin wrote:
What is your Favorite Song and Why ?
I'm differentiating "song" from "piece of music."

Favorite Song: "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd.

Why: It's evocative to certain things in my life experience, it translates its mood through lyrics and music poignantly, and the finishing guitar solo is masterful in projecting and capping off the emotional content.

I knew there was a reason I really liked you!

Garry k wrote:
.......... performed here by Go West ......
To me the song evokes memories of the West Coast Soul Sound of the 70s which I so loved ( I am a huge TOP fan ) even though Caldwell was an East Coast Cat

And the duo came from England .

Looknsee Photography wrote:
I got one, but I won't name it.  I'll give you hints, and you are welcome to guess (it should be easy) but I will neither confirm or deny your guesses.

The story:  Dad was a song writer; he wrote hundreds of songs in the late 50s & early 60s, and he pretty much was one of the most successful songwriters in the era before the Beatles.  About 20 years ago, my sister & I bought his publishing catalog -- that's how I became a music publisher.

99% of the time, he had a song writing partner -- the partner would write the melody & Dad would write the lyrics.  But a handful of times, he took a pre-existing instrumental, added lyrics, and created a new song; he did quite well these few times, creating some very popular (at the time) songs.

One day, when I was 8 or 10, he explained this to me, and he played a calypso sounding simple little tune and told me the name of the song.  I asked myself, how hard is it to come up with lyrics?  So, I went to my room & emerged 10 minutes later with lyrics that frankly sounded like a child wrote them.  I guess he thought it was cute; he took it into the office and had one of the top acts record the song. 

The song started a dance craze.  You've probably danced to it, on a beach, while bending over backwards under a bamboo bar.  It became a #1 hit, and because of its uniqueness, it is still popular enough to generate thousands of dollars in royalties annually.  Its success is still totally surprising.

I'm a one-hit wonder!

So, that's my favorite, because it reminds me of my childhood, back when I thought writing songs was easy.

--Limbo Rock---

Kozmina wrote:
Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers.

I love,I mean absolutely LOVE the sunshine,so for a song to say the sunshine is gone when their lover leaves,is just so emotional for me.

Love this version-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWJQeuOO-VA

Great Song

Next to the original - my favorite version is by "The Texas Cannonball "Freddie King

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16AnGcB7MHA

saw him give a similar performance opening for Santana in the 70s

Good Egg Productions wrote:
At the moment, it's Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke.

I mean, have you SEEN the video?! Holy shit, it almost melted my monitor!

http://vimeo.com/63173106

You're welcome.

Having just watched the video ...Yes it is fascinating

GRMACK wrote:
For upbeat maybe this?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJEllVt3alc

Got Craig Ferguson and his horse dancing to them too, and the audience got into them as well.  First time I've seen a tap-dancing drummer standing and dancing on the bass drum to the beat.  Drummer actually looks like a model too.

For a purist, maybe Brandi Carlile if you want pure voice and haunting messages: http://vimeo.com/43915834

I skip around a lot of genres.

hmmm , something tells me that neither of these songs is actually your top favorite