Good songs

Jack Lynch

Right, maybe this should go in a music Forum, but i cant guarantee that they'll have taste. There are some songs which are automatically seen as 'good' songs. Bohemian Rhapsody and Imagine come to mind. What other 'good' songs are there, and which is the best?

Also, which is the best song anyway?

My favourite 'good' song is American Pie. I think a few people might agree.

Woo! First new topic in like ages

PurpleFistMixer

Um.. It's a bit of a subjective question...
Are you asking us what are our favourite songs? I could go on a while.

Matthewthebig

Sunn O))) - anything by them

Mr.D.Leprachaun

Stairway to Heaven!
Bohemian Rhapsody's teh best.

Piste

There are no objectively "good" songs. The OP has said Imagine is a "good" song. I don't like imagine, I don't think it's a verey good song and I'm sure there are songs that I like that others would see as terrible.

odranCN

Deliverance - opeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Per Liefsonson

"Obeisance Before Giving Breath To The Inert One In The Presence Of The Cresent Shaped Horns" by Nile. Great song.

jono087

Is it just me or is CTYI predominantly a rocker group??:rolleyes:
says something for rockers....

PurpleFistMixer

Dream Theatre - Infected Mushroom.
Psytrance ftw!

Yes, I did this to be contrary, but it's also a great song.

Also

Halcyon and On and On - Orbital.

jono087

yay!!!

commander tom - attention, had to be said
stretch nd vern - beats & bones

Shellie13

The Hunger by the Distillers- ok f*ck technicallities that ong is AMZING to listen to!

Piste

oooh Scorpion by Infected Mushroom!


Also anything from Moulin Rouge.

PurpleFistMixer

Scorpion is so great. It reminds me of spy films... and it has strings. That means it has to be good.

Chris IS Cool

Mr.D.Leprachaun wrote:

Stairway to Heaven!
Bohemian Rhapsody's teh best.

Wrong fool! Stairway to Heaven is the best... Ever. All Led Zeppelin songs are fantastically better than everyone else, even the not so good ones on the last two albums.

I have a lot of favourite songs though, i couldnt mention them all... well, i could, but i'd just go on and on ...

Machine Gun and All Along the Watchtower by Hendrix...

Napoleon Bona Parts One and Two by Budgie is brilliant too, anyone ever listen to them?

I could continue... but i wont...

Piste

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Scorpion is so great. It reminds me of spy films... and it has strings. That means it has to be good.

It was used as the theme tune for Are You Afraid of The Dark afaik.

Mr.D.Leprachaun

Chris IS Cool: Queen conquers all! Followed closely by Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Rolling Stones, T-Rex, Cream and the Kinks.

Am I the only one who genuinely dislikes Jimi Hendrix? I know he was a guitarist without comparison and all that but his songs seem mediocre to me and his distortion's just horrible to listen to. Gives me a headache every time.

halenger

I'm going to allow this...for now...

Keep it conversational/discussional/whateveral. No posting lists and non-sense like that. This thread isn't your own personal post count bumper. <insert usual violent ban related threat here>

Spraypaint

One by U2 - If you'd seen it live, you'd know.
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve.

I realise I'm probably on my own here as regards those two songs but I genuinely love them.

PurpleFistMixer

Bittersweet symphony starts off good, but it gets repetitive and boring fast.

RefulgentGnomon

No, I'd actually agree with those being great songs along with others such as Californication, Come On Eileen , House of the Rising Sun, Sunshine of Your Love and My Lovely Horse. Can't actually think of any magnificent songs at the moment...

StupidLikeAFox

RefulgentGnomon wrote:

Come On Eileen

You should get Reel Big Fish's version of it.

Also Ive Been to a Marvellous Party by The Divine Comedy is a cool enough song, as is Songs of Love, also by the DC

Feral Mutant

Chop Suey, Sad Statue, pretty much anything from System of a Down's last 3 albums though this is just my opinion. I don't expect everyone to agree.

Piste wrote:

Also anything from Moulin Rouge.

I only saw a few minutes of this but am I crazy or did I hear Smells Like Teen Spirit in that?

Jack Lynch

Piste wrote:

There are no objectively "good" songs. The OP has said Imagine is a "good" song. I don't like imagine, I don't think it's a verey good song and I'm sure there are songs that I like that others would see as terrible.

Exactly. It's not necessarily a good song (and in Imagine's case, it's just a boring, hypocritical tribute song), but if you asked someone to name The Best Song of All Time, that would more then likely come up, as would Stairway to Heaven.

I actually like Bo Rhap, though.

Undergod

Feral Mutant wrote:

I only saw a few minutes of this but am I crazy or did I hear Smells Like Teen Spirit in that?

Yes, when the ladies come out it's to the strains of 'Lady Marmalade' and the guys come from the other side, asking to be entertained, as in singing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.


Learning this kinda thing is just one reason why staging that movie ruled.



There are very few works that I would consider perfect pieces of music, these are a few of them, and comprise but a small part of my list of favouites.

Leper Affinity - opeth
Oh holy night - the christmas song
Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor - Bach
Clarinet Concerto in F Major, 2nd Movement(Adagio) - Mozart
Space-Dye Vest - Dream THeater




This thread is kinda silly, I think.

jono087

Undergod wrote:

This thread is kinda silly, I think.

course.... tis all a matter of opinion, we're not going to get a resolution. tis still good though

Chris IS Cool

Mr.D.Leprachaun wrote:

Am I the only one who genuinely dislikes Jimi Hendrix?

I hope so... Hendrix is/was a genius.

mentalimplosion

this is a silly thread.
for instance, i firmly believe that beyonce's 'crazy in love' (and susbsequently, amerie's '1 thing') is one of the greatest songs ever written. of course, nobody here will back me up on this because beyonce doesn't have the same alternative street cred as jimi hendrix. i'm not saying jimi hendrix isn't also very good. but crazy in love is better.

Piste

I liked B*witched...







There I said it.

PurpleFistMixer

Liked?
What did you get kicked out of #ctyizens tonight for doing?

(I can't actually remember, but i think it was B*witched related)

Well, I liked Aqua. And I still do.

xtremetothemax

I'm gonna take a shot at this bizarre question by posting some obscure songs that are great.

Yes-Close to the Edge
Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds- Thunder Child
King Crimson-21st Century Schitzoid Man
Dave Brubeck-Blue Ronda A La Turk
Brad Mehldau-Paranoid Android (yes , its a radiohead cover)

Piste

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Liked?
What did you get kicked out of #ctyizens tonight for doing?

(I can't actually remember, but i think it was B*witched related)

Well, I liked Aqua. And I still do.

...I got kicked from #ctyizens?

I did say /me bops to B*witched at some point. And I also blatantly disobeyed the topic by saying "But my college is better than your college!"

I do alot of things that could merit kicking

<_<

>_>

¬.¬

PurpleFistMixer

Yeah, it was bops to B*witched thing.
Shame on you!

halenger

Piste wrote:

And I also blatantly disobeyed the topic by saying "But my college is better than your college!"

You said that after I kicked you.

Anyway, shoo topic, back, on, etc.

I haven't actually contributed anything. Hrm... I don't know to be honest. At the moment I listen to a fair bit of Nightwish (moving away from this), a bit of Within Temptation, started listening to Metallica again recently, a good deal of Muse/Radiohead and the Black Mages. That's just a list of bands I guess but in general anything by them is to my liking.

I tend to listen to things randomly. Anything and everything (aside from genres that I just totally dislike).

Per Liefsonson

Well apart from a heathy dose of progressive black metal, I'm getting quite into Shostakovitch lately.

PurpleFistMixer

Shotsakovitch wins the cool name award.
Speaking of classical music, actually, everyone go and get Scheherazade by Rimsky Korsakov. Such a great piece. I'm not sure of the exact movement, but if it's 45 minutes long it's probably the right one.

Piste

What's this now? Podge posting something that isn't a ban threat?

I started listening to Nightwish recently too. And the Cure more.

Undergod

xtremetothemax wrote:

Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds- Thunder Child

Like it, but I have issues with the album in general. It's what I'm listening to right now, actually.

xtremetothemax wrote:

Dave Brubeck-Blue Ronda A La Turk

I just think it's very dull. And not like Rondo A La Turk at all.

for instance, i firmly believe that beyonce's 'crazy in love' (and susbsequently, amerie's '1 thing') is one of the greatest songs ever written.

Take out most of the Jay-Z, and you're almost right. That song freakin rules.

Jack Lynch

Piste wrote:

I liked B*witched...







There I said it.

The first CD i ever bought was a Spice Girls CD.

Well, can't use this tongue again.

Per Liefsonson

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Shotsakovitch wins the cool name award.

Not only that but he wins the most eccentric composer and (in my mind) best classical composer awards too. As for songs by him, the 4th Symphony is the best I've heard so far. Very long though. Although that's not a really a bad thing...

Jack Lynch

No way, Tchaichovsky rocks! In a way.

And Stotetc. might have the best name, but the best song name is "Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict"

jono087

mentalimplosion wrote:

this is a silly thread.
for instance, i firmly believe that beyonce's 'crazy in love' (and susbsequently, amerie's '1 thing') is one of the greatest songs ever written.

I'd have to agree to a point, tis all about the lyrics. I'm not saying I'm a great fan of beyonce's but amerie's 1 thing is a touch of class!

**Timbuk2**

JCB Song by Nizlopi is the greatest...

jono087

true......true......

Undergod

Neither Shostakovich nor Tchaikovsky are classical composers.

PurpleFistMixer

The term 'classical' is quite ambiguous in that it can be referring to a particular period of music, (what was it, the 18th century?) or, as it is being used in this case, to a broad genre of music, yes, containing the classical era, but which is fairly distinct to most modern music in ... well, lots of ways. It doesn't really need defining though. People know what 'classical' music is.

Undergod

Mer mer mer... I'm PFM, I'm not a pedantic music nerd... ner mer mer.


THat's my impression of you, see?

Piste

Tchaikovsky is the Romantic era.

PurpleFistMixer

I'm a pedantic language-usage nerd. Music has to come second some times.

Jack Lynch

**Timbuk2** wrote:

JCB Song by Nizlopi is the greatest...

I dont like it, but if it beats the fella who won the Reality TV show to No. 1 for Christmas, i won't complain. Of course, they should give it to Madonna.

Per Liefsonson

Shostakovitch is twentieth century so I think he fits into the modern period of Classical music. It's crazy I know but there you go.

Yazamalainia

fur elise! such a great song...no reason by sum41, infact any sum 41 song, does anyone agree with me about how cool their lyrics are?
funeral for a friend .......bend your arms to look like wings
blink 182.......violence, adams song and feeling this
sum41......the hell song, no reason, im not the one
and their song "thanks for nothing" reminds me of ctyi my first year, listen to the lyrics!