I’m sure my five will change by this afternoon but here goes: (1) Led Zep - Kashmir (2) The Who - Amazing Journey/Sparks (Live at Leeds) (3) Deep Purple - Lazy (Made in Japan) (4) Mahler - Der Abschied (Das Lied Von Der Erde) (5) Bowie - The Width of a Circle (David Live)
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (the greatest track from the greatest band) Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (pretty much perfect, especially the second guitar solo) Cream - Crossroads (Clapton at his very best) Bob Dylan - Tangled up in Blue (there's probably a dozen Dylan tracks I could choose but right now this one) Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (for Plant's singing alone)
(1) Sunday Morning - Velvet Underground (VU and Nico) (2) Candyman - Grateful Dead (American Beauty) (3) Free Money - Patti Smith Group (Horses) (4) Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young with or without Crazy Horse (several albums) (5) Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (Songs of Love and Hate) In no particular order...
1) Time - Pink Floyd, greatest fucking song ever made. 2) Venice Queen - Red hot chili peppers, best song on their best album 3) Graceland - Paul Simon, that first minute is fucking beautiful and reminds me of my parents. 4) Adieu - Enter Shikari, don't really rate ES but that song is the bomb. 5) Guerrilla Radio - Rage Against the Machine, reminds me of being 11 years old and hopelessly trying to learn how to skateboard (and failing) also great to rock the fuck out too.
I’m sure my five will change by this afternoon but here goes: (1) Led Zep - Kashmir (2) The Who - Amazing Journey/Sparks (Live at Leeds) (3) Deep Purple - Lazy (Made in Japan) (4) Mahler - Der Abschied (Das Lied Von Der Erde) (5) Bowie - The Width of a Circle (David Live)
Damn - I forgot: In a broken dream - Python lee Jackson Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
Funny Valentine. Ella Fitzgerald Great balls of fire..Jerry Lee Lewis Still waters run deep....four tops Your song ...Elton John American pie..don McLean
This would change from day to day, tried to cast the net wide
Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals This Old Heart of Mine - Isley Brothers Reward - Teardrop Explodes Hurt - Johnny Cash Wide Open Road - The Triffids City and the Stars - Spiro Revolutionary Spirit - The Wild Swans Use It UP, Wear it Out - Oddysey
This would change from day to day, tried to cast the net wide
Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals This Old Heart of Mine - Isley Brothers Reward - Teardrop Explodes Hurt - Johnny Cash Wide Open Road - The Triffids City and the Stars - Spiro Revolutionary Spirit - The Wild Swans Use It UP, Wear it Out - Oddysey
20 years ago I bet you thought that we beat Southampton 8-0 too!
Some great choices though esepcially "Hurt" and "This Old Heart of Mine".
I've just gone back over this thread, and my top four choices will likely remain the same for the foreseeable future:
1) Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand 2) George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue 3) Billy Cotton - The Red Red Robin 4) Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby (Take 2), from the album of the same name/the Village Vanguard recordings in 1961
But that fifth choice - the Wagner - may be superseded at some point. Actually, it's likely to be. Contenders include:
- The Beach Boys - God Only Knows - Debussy - Arabesque No. 1, or Clair de lune (obvious, I know) - Vivaldi - Spring, from the Four Seasons - Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 Pastorale, I. Allegro ma non troppo - Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts 1-5, or The Great Gig in the Sky - Miles Davis - So What (but there's so much of his stuff I could choose... Milestones, Seven Steps to Heaven, Stella By Starlight...) - The Beatles (no idea what, but there's a LOT of choice)
I kind of took the “my all time favourites” which would be close to my DIDs but there’s not a lot of sentiment attached. I need to rethink of those songs that earmarked stages of my life. One song would get a mention is “Little White Bull” by Tommy Steele or another of my favourite of his is “Put a ring on her finger” both remind me of when I lived in the Old Kent Road where I was born. I still have the 45!
I kind of took the “my all time favourites” which would be close to my DIDs but there’s not a lot of sentiment attached. I need to rethink of those songs that earmarked stages of my life. One song would get a mention is “Little White Bull” by Tommy Steele or another of my favourite of his is “Put a ring on her finger” both remind me of when I lived in the Old Kent Road where I was born. I still have the 45!
Good point. I would need to include Talking to an Angel - Eurythmics, otherwise my missus would kill me!
I've just gone back over this thread, and my top four choices will likely remain the same for the foreseeable future:
1) Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand 2) George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue 3) Billy Cotton - The Red Red Robin 4) Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby (Take 2), from the album of the same name/the Village Vanguard recordings in 1961
But that fifth choice - the Wagner - may be superseded at some point. Actually, it's likely to be. Contenders include:
- The Beach Boys - God Only Knows - Debussy - Arabesque No. 1, or Clair de lune (obvious, I know) - Vivaldi - Spring, from the Four Seasons - Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 Pastorale, I. Allegro ma non troppo - Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts 1-5, or The Great Gig in the Sky - Miles Davis - So What (but there's so much of his stuff I could choose... Milestones, Seven Steps to Heaven, Stella By Starlight...) - The Beatles (no idea what, but there's a LOT of choice)
You've now gone way up in my estimation after that Taylor Swift nonsense.
I've just gone back over this thread, and my top four choices will likely remain the same for the foreseeable future:
1) Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand 2) George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue 3) Billy Cotton - The Red Red Robin 4) Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby (Take 2), from the album of the same name/the Village Vanguard recordings in 1961
But that fifth choice - the Wagner - may be superseded at some point. Actually, it's likely to be. Contenders include:
- The Beach Boys - God Only Knows - Debussy - Arabesque No. 1, or Clair de lune (obvious, I know) - Vivaldi - Spring, from the Four Seasons - Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 Pastorale, I. Allegro ma non troppo - Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts 1-5, or The Great Gig in the Sky - Miles Davis - So What (but there's so much of his stuff I could choose... Milestones, Seven Steps to Heaven, Stella By Starlight...) - The Beatles (no idea what, but there's a LOT of choice)
You've now gone way up in my estimation after that Taylor Swift nonsense.
Hey, I'll listen to anything. That includes Taylor Swift, which is very bubblegum for me and a bit of fun, and I think she's a decent songwriter (for the record I didn't agree with all of the article, interesting as it was) - but is she one of the heavyweights?
Absolutely not.
The good stuff is above. Led Zeppelin's hit-you-in-the-face power combined with masterful songwriting and four generational musical talents; *THE* harmonic reformer of jazz language in Bill Evans; the titan of Gershwin who married jazz/contemporary, classical, and all sorts and wrote innumerable popular songs; and the incomparable, indelible Red Red Robin that is the first song I ever knew and - obviously - the one tune I'd demand was played at my funeral?
Yeah, I might like 22 by Taylor Swift; or Africa by Toto; or This Love by Maroon 5, but it's never going to transcend a singular emotion or musical feeling like the others do, time and time again.
I've just gone back over this thread, and my top four choices will likely remain the same for the foreseeable future:
1) Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand 2) George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue 3) Billy Cotton - The Red Red Robin 4) Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby (Take 2), from the album of the same name/the Village Vanguard recordings in 1961
But that fifth choice - the Wagner - may be superseded at some point. Actually, it's likely to be. Contenders include:
- The Beach Boys - God Only Knows - Debussy - Arabesque No. 1, or Clair de lune (obvious, I know) - Vivaldi - Spring, from the Four Seasons - Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 Pastorale, I. Allegro ma non troppo - Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts 1-5, or The Great Gig in the Sky - Miles Davis - So What (but there's so much of his stuff I could choose... Milestones, Seven Steps to Heaven, Stella By Starlight...) - The Beatles (no idea what, but there's a LOT of choice)
You've now gone way up in my estimation after that Taylor Swift nonsense.
Hey, I'll listen to anything. That includes Taylor Swift, which is very bubblegum for me and a bit of fun, and I think she's a decent songwriter (for the record I didn't agree with all of the article, interesting as it was) - but is she one of the heavyweights?
Absolutely not.
The good stuff is above. Led Zeppelin's hit-you-in-the-face power combined with masterful songwriting and four generational musical talents; *THE* harmonic reformer of jazz language in Bill Evans; the titan of Gershwin who married jazz/contemporary, classical, and all sorts and wrote innumerable popular songs; and the incomparable, indelible Red Red Robin that is the first song I ever knew and - obviously - the one tune I'd demand was played at my funeral?
Yeah, I might like 22 by Taylor Swift; or Africa by Toto; or This Love by Maroon 5, but it's never going to transcend a singular emotion or musical feeling like the others do, time and time again.
Music's just the best, isn't it?
Africa is absolute quality. I liked Hold the line as well. I'd have a totally different 5 every time I was asked to be honest so much good stuff
Morcheeba - The Sea Jimmy Cliff - You can get it if you really want Johnny Cash - Hurt Hank Williams - I'm so lonesome I could cry Rival Sons - Electric man
The Smiths - Hand in Glove. There is a live version of this on youtube which was filmed for the old grey whistle test at Glasgow Barrowlands 1985 I believe, awesome.
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead - title track to the best album ever recorded (in my opinion). Has everything, Killer intro and lyrics that range from laugh out loud funny to melancholic.
The Wedding Present - Swimming Pools, Movie Stars - Love the Wedding Present, great live and were hugely under-rated
Morrissey - Suedehead - Triumphant
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Servo - love this song, have only really started to discover BJM and find some of it hit and miss but could listen to this song over and over again.
Genesis - Supper's Ready Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pink Floyd - Echoes Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Part One Yes - Close To The Edge
A very prog selection, only chosen because they are the longest songs that I like and would therefore kill a lot more time than a few three and a half minute tracks!
Don't think they'll ever ask me onto a specially extended edition of the programme!
Blimey what great songs. I will go with: Positively 42nd Street-Bob Dylan. In my Life-Beatles/John Lennon Eve-Jim Capaldi I would rather go blind-Etta James Tapestry-Carole King
1,ELP ,Fanfair for the Common man (Copeland) Proper Proper Drum and Bass. 2,American Pie , 14yrs old, Still thinking i might be able to play pro.! 3,Beethoven 9th , The whole damn thing! 4,Comfortably Numb, will be played when i go through the curtains at the end. 5,Valley Floyd Rd, When we sing it properly, it moves me to tears
Lonnie Donegan – Always from the Heart Scott Engel : Jackie Jussi Bjoerling and Robert Merrill : Pearl Fishers’ duet, Bizet Joan Baez : Love is just a four-letter word Buddy Holly : Take your time Pierre Bachelet : Les Corons Albert Lee and the Refreshments : I’m ready Mark Knopfler : Telegraph Road There are dozens of personal reasons why I choose these.I was at Roan with Albert;I recorded one of buddy's songs;Lonnie inspired so many of us to pick up a guitar;Pierre Bachlet comes form up the road from my home in France;I could go on but these are the songs I play most....
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(1) Led Zep - Kashmir
(2) The Who - Amazing Journey/Sparks (Live at Leeds)
(3) Deep Purple - Lazy (Made in Japan)
(4) Mahler - Der Abschied (Das Lied Von Der Erde)
(5) Bowie - The Width of a Circle (David Live)
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (the greatest track from the greatest band)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (pretty much perfect, especially the second guitar solo)
Cream - Crossroads (Clapton at his very best)
Bob Dylan - Tangled up in Blue (there's probably a dozen Dylan tracks I could choose but right now this one)
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (for Plant's singing alone)
(2) Candyman - Grateful Dead (American Beauty)
(3) Free Money - Patti Smith Group (Horses)
(4) Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young with or without Crazy Horse (several albums)
(5) Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (Songs of Love and Hate)
In no particular order...
1) Mr Blue Sky ELO
2) Metal Guru T Rex
3) Everyday Buddy Holly
4) Tutti Frutti Little Richard
5) Rock the Casbah The Clash
2) Venice Queen - Red hot chili peppers, best song on their best album
3) Graceland - Paul Simon, that first minute is fucking beautiful and reminds me of my parents.
4) Adieu - Enter Shikari, don't really rate ES but that song is the bomb.
5) Guerrilla Radio - Rage Against the Machine, reminds me of being 11 years old and hopelessly trying to learn how to skateboard (and failing) also great to rock the fuck out too.
In a broken dream - Python lee Jackson
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
Funny Valentine. Ella Fitzgerald
Great balls of fire..Jerry Lee Lewis
Still waters run deep....four tops
Your song ...Elton John
American pie..don McLean
Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals
This Old Heart of Mine - Isley Brothers
Reward - Teardrop Explodes
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Wide Open Road - The Triffids
City and the Stars - Spiro
Revolutionary Spirit - The Wild Swans
Use It UP, Wear it Out - Oddysey
Some great choices though esepcially "Hurt" and "This Old Heart of Mine".
1) Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
2) George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
3) Billy Cotton - The Red Red Robin
4) Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby (Take 2), from the album of the same name/the Village Vanguard recordings in 1961
But that fifth choice - the Wagner - may be superseded at some point. Actually, it's likely to be. Contenders include:
- The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
- Debussy - Arabesque No. 1, or Clair de lune (obvious, I know)
- Vivaldi - Spring, from the Four Seasons
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 Pastorale, I. Allegro ma non troppo
- Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts 1-5, or The Great Gig in the Sky
- Miles Davis - So What (but there's so much of his stuff I could choose... Milestones, Seven Steps to Heaven, Stella By Starlight...)
- The Beatles (no idea what, but there's a LOT of choice)
Absolutely not.
The good stuff is above. Led Zeppelin's hit-you-in-the-face power combined with masterful songwriting and four generational musical talents; *THE* harmonic reformer of jazz language in Bill Evans; the titan of Gershwin who married jazz/contemporary, classical, and all sorts and wrote innumerable popular songs; and the incomparable, indelible Red Red Robin that is the first song I ever knew and - obviously - the one tune I'd demand was played at my funeral?
Yeah, I might like 22 by Taylor Swift; or Africa by Toto; or This Love by Maroon 5, but it's never going to transcend a singular emotion or musical feeling like the others do, time and time again.
Music's just the best, isn't it?
Chemical brothers - elektrobank
UNKLE - rabbit in the headlight
Dizzee Rascal - brand new day
Wookie - Battle
Jimmy Cliff - You can get it if you really want
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Hank Williams - I'm so lonesome I could cry
Rival Sons - Electric man
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead - title track to the best album ever recorded (in my opinion). Has everything, Killer intro and lyrics that range from laugh out loud funny to melancholic.
The Wedding Present - Swimming Pools, Movie Stars - Love the Wedding Present, great live and were hugely under-rated
Morrissey - Suedehead - Triumphant
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Servo - love this song, have only really started to discover BJM and find some of it hit and miss but could listen to this song over and over again.
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Part One
Yes - Close To The Edge
A very prog selection, only chosen because they are the longest songs that I like and would therefore kill a lot more time than a few three and a half minute tracks!
Don't think they'll ever ask me onto a specially extended edition of the programme!
Positively 42nd Street-Bob Dylan.
In my Life-Beatles/John Lennon
Eve-Jim Capaldi
I would rather go blind-Etta James
Tapestry-Carole King
2,American Pie , 14yrs old, Still thinking i might be able to play pro.!
3,Beethoven 9th , The whole damn thing!
4,Comfortably Numb, will be played when i go through the curtains at the end.
5,Valley Floyd Rd, When we sing it properly, it moves me to tears
Pimper’s Paradise - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Babies - Pulp
Here comes the sun - The Beatles
Scott Engel : Jackie
Jussi Bjoerling and Robert Merrill : Pearl Fishers’ duet, Bizet
Joan Baez : Love is just a four-letter word
Buddy Holly : Take your time
Pierre Bachelet : Les Corons
Albert Lee and the Refreshments : I’m ready
Mark Knopfler : Telegraph Road
There are dozens of personal reasons why I choose these.I was at Roan with Albert;I recorded one of buddy's songs;Lonnie inspired so many of us to pick up a guitar;Pierre Bachlet comes form up the road from my home in France;I could go on but these are the songs I play most....