Top Twenty Songs

Fitzer123

Guys,

I love all types of music. Give me your top twenty songs and I will create playlists to match. I will give you my opinioin on the best ones. Good thread subject too eh?......eh? I started mine today with the the following songs but it is far from finished:

Ian Brown - Corpses in my mouth
Undertones - Teenage kicks
Blur - Song 2
Bob Dylan - Dont think twice
David Bowie - Lets Dance
The Beatles - Hey Bulldog
Beck - Looser
The Clash - Londons Calling
Nirvana - The man who sold the world
Orbital - Belfast
Doves - Break you gently

Thats just the start have not got too far!!

KnifeWRENCH

hmm.....this requires a lot of thinking......at the mo,dis is my list (in no particular order)

The Breeders - Cannonball
Smashing Pumpkins - God
Smashing Pumpkins - Cherry
Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
Garbage - Push It
Garbage - Why Do You Love Me?
Garbage - Happy Home
Radiohead - Climbing Up The Walls
No Doubt - Comforting Lie
Kosheen - Hungry
Nirvana - Dive
Alanis Morissette - Cant Not
White Stripes - Blue Orchid
The Cure - A Forest (acoustic)
U2 - Hold Me.Thrill Me.Kiss Me.Kill Me.
Pixies - River Euphrates
Pixies- Debaser
Queens Of The Stone Age - Little Sister
Green Day - Longview
Bjork - Hyperballad

In about 2 weeks,that list might be slightly different though....theres a lot of songs i love that i didnt mention...

Steve_o

No particular order....tis a tough one!

Cannonball - Damien Rice
Revelate - The Frames
Message in a bottle - The Police
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy
Fitzcarraldo - The Frames
The River - Garth Brooks
Star Star** - The Frames
Better Man - Pearl Jam
Poison - The Prodigy

After that theres too many to put in a list!!

ratboy

Neil Young- Helpless
Bob Dylan- Masters of War
Bruce Springsteen- The River
The Band- The Weight
Rory Gallagher- Tattood Lady
Stone Roses- Waterfall
The Clash- Complete Control
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Smashing Pumpkins- To Sheila
Pulp- Disco 2000
Elton John- Tiny Dancer
Nirvana- Heart-Shaped-Box
The Undertones- Teenage Kicks
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Freebird
The Cure- Lovecats
Oasis- Champagne Supernova
Bob Marley- Easy Skanking
The Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up
The Kinks- Waterloo Sunset
The Beatles- Helter Skelter

rugbug86

In no order!

Very hard question to answer by the way!

Greenday - Good Riddance
Oasis - Don't look back in anger
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Queen - Don't Stop me now
Queen - We are the Champions
Radiohead - Creep
Kirsty MacColl/The Pogues - Fairytale of new york
U2 - With or without you
U2 - Beautiful day
John Lennon - Imagine
Frank Sinatra - Theme to New york new york
Coldplay - The scientist
Blur - Song two
Faithless - insomnia
Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining
Lynard Skynard - Free Bird
Paddy Casey - Saints and Sinners
Robert Miles - Children
Mundy - July
Garth Brooks - The Dance

Civilian_Target

Hmmm....

Amongst them will be:

Eric Clapton - Layla
Queen - Bohiemien Rhapsody
The Beatles - Helter Skelter (good call Ratboy)
Black Sabbath - Faries Wear Boots
Rage Against The Machine - Killing in the Name
System of a Down - Attack
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Machine Head - Davidian


There are plenty of others to add to that list, just can't think of which ones right now. If I had my MP3 player, it'd tell me

Tar.Aldarion

maybe my top 1,000 would be a lot easier sigh...
I'll just put a good song by each band...


Carcass - Corporal jigsore quandary
Slayer - Seasons in the abyss
Nightwish - Wishmaster
Slipknot - Pulse of the maggots
Evanescence - Missing
Sepultura - Ratamahatta
Metallica - Fade to black
System of down - A.D.D.
Leaves' Eyes - Senses Capture
Belle an Sebastian - Piazza, new york catcher
Tristania - equilibrium
Isis - Panopticon
Stone sour - bother
A perfect circle - Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the wardrums
Tool - AEnima
Biff naked - Lucky
Marilyn manson - The nobodies
Nasum - Inhale/Exhale
Napalm death - Nazi punks **** off
Suicidal tendencies - Subliminal

tj-music.com

Top Twenty Songs of all time, we're talking, right?

Alright then, there they are (in no particular order):

01. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled water
02. Prince - When doves cry
03. Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
04. Kraftwerk - The Robots
05. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence
06. Kiss - Love Gun
07. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
08. Motoerhead - Ace of Spades
09. Bee Gees - Too much heaven
10. Prince - Purple Rain
11. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
12. George Michael - Careless Whisper
13. Billy Idol - Rebell Yell
14. Kraftwerk - Boing Boom Tschak
15. Lionel Richie - All night long
16. Band Aid - Feed the World
17. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
18. Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
19. Lamb - Gabriel
20. Yazoo - Don't go

Paulj

At the moment (and in no particular order):
Dj Shadow - blood on the motor way (from the O2 add a while back)
Dj Shadow - Cisco Kid
Manu Chao - Bongo bong
Radiohead - Lucky
Blue Oyster Cult - dont fear the reaper
Castaways - Liar Liar
Cranberries - Zombie
Pixies - Where is my mind
Mercury Rev - Goddess on a Highway
Death in Vegas - Dirge
Portishead - Glory Box
Massive Attack - Black Milk
UNKLE - Lonely Soul
Waterboys - A girl called Johnney
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Rory Gallagher - A million Miles away
Rob D(ougan) - Clubbed to Death
Phillip Glass - Metamorphosis part 4
Rolling Stones - Mothers Little Helper
Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower

Mossy Monk

Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Prince - Purple Rain
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Jeff Buckley - Halleluja
Marilyn Manson - Coma White
System Of A Down - Aerials
Alice Cooper - Poison
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Primal Scream - Come Together
Guns N' Roses - Coma
Blur - The Universal
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
David Bowie - Heroes
Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness
Oasis - the Masterplan
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

what a bastard of a thread
that is 20 good songs imo, i could go on all day but that's your lot for now

Nightwish

I could list so many songs, it'll be hard to limit it to 20 but here goes, in no particular order

Children of Bodom - Hate Me!
Epica - Facade of Reality
Evanescence - Understanding
HIM - Join Me (In Death)
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
Nightwish - The Beauty of the Beast
Sirenia - In My Darkest Hour
Tristania - Equilibrium
Tristania - Heretique
Within Temptation - Jane Doe
Elis - Lost Soul
Epica - Consign to Oblivion
Lacuna Coil - Daylight Dancer
Lordi - The Devil Is A Loser
Nirvana - You Know You're Right
Rammstein - Speiluhr
System of A Down - Old School Hollywood
Theatre of Tragedy - And When He Falleth
Within Temptation - The Other Half (Of Me)
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

Civilian_Target

Nightwish wrote:

Lacuna Coil - Daylight Dancer

I always thought it was Daylight Cancer....

Seriously though, dunno how you'd pick that over Unspoken or To Myself I Turned.

Mercury Rev - Goddess on a Highway

Oops - left that one out....

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Sepultura - Ratamahatta
Metallica - Fade to black
System of down - A.D.D.
Belle an Sebastian - Piazza, new york catcher

I think "eclectic" is the word for this...

sadie06

fitzer123 don't you think your other half would be a little upset that there are no women in your selection.......

Surprised at you myself...;)

Tar.Aldarion

Civilian_Target wrote:

I think "eclectic" is the word for this...

Are you just saying that I like varied music(or those four songs having very different emotions stressed) or that I like individual elements from a variety of styles?

cheap sheep

and in no order:

fugazi-disclosure
grant green-idle moments
pixies-hey
right said fred-deeply dippy
fela kuti-army arrangment2
rhcp-if you want me to stay
jesus and mary chain-just like honey
stevie ray vaughan+double trouble-pride and joy
misfits-astro zombies
john martyn-may you never
u2-ultraviolet
silver jews-trains across the sea
clive barnes-porchlight swinging
velvet underground-sweet jane
elvis-maries the name
tom petty-breakdown
dj shadow-all of endtroducing!!!!

Civilian_Target

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Are you just saying that I like varied music(or those four songs having very different emotions stressed) or that I like individual elements from a variety of styles?

Varied music.

funk-you

I cant just leave it at 20 so you can pick 20 from here:

wilson pickett-land of 1000 dances
hendrix-all along the watchtower
jefferson airplane-somebody to love
the doors-break on through(live)
sympathy for the devil-the rolling stones
born to be wild-steppenwolf
house of the rising sun-the animals
whole lotta love-led zeppelin
the weight-the band
green onions-booker t and the mg's
crossroads-cream
like a rolling stone-bob dylan
i heard it through the grapevine-marvin gaye
tenderness-the commitments
louie louie-the kingsmen
there she goes-the la's
great balls of fire-jerry lee lewis
morning glory-oasis
wish you were here-pink floyd
spiral staircase-kings of leon
sabotage-beastie boys
song 2-blur
rocks-primal scream
you really got me-kinks
rock and roll-led zeppelin
sweet jane- the velvet underground
rock and roll-the velvet underground
gloria-patti smith version
my generation-the who
jumpin jack flash-rolling stones
jean genie-david bowie
honky tonk women-rolling stones
day tripper-the beatles
hotel california-gypsy kings
for your love- the yardbirds
fortunate son- creedance clearwater revival
common people-pulp
sitting on the dock of the bay-otis reading
i want to take you higher-sly and the family stone
baby please dont go-them
jonny b goode-chuck berry
jailhouse rock-elvis presley
papas got a brand new bag-james brown
california dreamin'-the mamas and the papas
who do you love- bo diddley
paint it black- the rolling stones
love will tear us apart-joy division
golden retreiver-super furry animals
Dead flowers - The Rolling Stones

-Funk

Tar.Aldarion

Civilian_Target wrote:

Varied music.

ah, good stuff.