What's your favourite song of all time?

Boxfresh · 29-12-2009 11:51am #1

I want to make a good cd to listen to in my car but I can't think of any good songs to put on it.

What is your favourite song of all time or if that's too difficult to answer, what song do you play the most on your mp3/car stereo/tape deck/turntable etc? All genres welcome.

Rabies · 29-12-2009 11:53am

moved to music

Boxfresh · 29-12-2009 12:16pm

Rabies wrote: »

moved to music

Great. I'll have to wait days for a reply here. I'd have 2 pages of reply's in after hours by now.

Fighting Irish · 29-12-2009 12:37pm

Boxfresh wrote: »

Great. I'll have to wait days for a reply here. I'd have 2 pages of reply's in after hours by now.

:werd:

i like eddie vedder - rise

ronaneire · 29-12-2009 12:39pm

I've too many

Gillington · 29-12-2009 1:28pm

Modest Mouse - Dashboard

in fairness theres far too many,have you ever seen High Fidelity!!?

m83 · 29-12-2009 1:33pm

Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000

Boxfresh · 29-12-2009 1:37pm

m83 wrote: »

Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000

No thanks. Hard to believe that's 10 years old!

Kold · 29-12-2009 2:43pm

My favourite songs are like my children maaan, don't make me pick one.

Boxfresh · 29-12-2009 3:25pm

Right, lets ask a different question. If you were to make a good cd what songs would you put in it?

Kold · 29-12-2009 3:51pm

My 85gbs of music is like my child maaan, don't make me remove one of it's organs!

Um, what kinda playlist you want? What kinda music you into?

You almost certainly need this on it however:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbFDIRtSMK0

mle1324 · 29-12-2009 3:59pm

I'ed put a few Queen songs on it like:Bohemian Rhapsody,I Want It All and Tie Your Mother Down.Maybe a few more from Queen but I'll leave it at that for the mooment.

Ehhh,AC/DC-Highway to Hell,Guns n Roses-Sweet Child o Mine and Paradise City.

Thats just me but if it was for a car i'ed get a iPod or even a cheap MP3 player and connect it via USB to the car radio (if the radio has a usb port) and then have a huge range of songs to chose from.

And like Kold said,what type of music are you into?
Nobody can really help you as you didn't say what type of music you like.

Nolanger · 29-12-2009 4:06pm

How about some '80s Dublin mullet rock? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og_3SbTbMRE

thebigcheese22 · 29-12-2009 4:31pm

Immortality by Pearl Jam

Or else Like Suicide by Soundgarden

Shoota · 29-12-2009 7:10pm

A thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton, great song!!!!

Boxfresh · 29-12-2009 10:12pm

Kold wrote: »

My 85gbs of music is like my child maaan, don't make me remove one of it's organs!

Um, what kinda playlist you want? What kinda music you into?

You almost certainly need this on it however:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbFDIRtSMK0

85 GB of music?! Are you serious? That would take about 10 years to listen to all that :pac:

That youtube video ain't half bad by the way.

mle1324 wrote: »

Thats just me but if it was for a car i'ed get a iPod or even a cheap MP3 player and connect it via USB to the car radio (if the radio has a usb port) and then have a huge range of songs to chose from.

And like Kold said,what type of music are you into?
Nobody can really help you as you didn't say what type of music you like.

Yeah I got a new car stereo yesterday, like the one your on about so I'm putting all my tunes on my phone now.

I like old Oasis and Verve stuff, Ian Brown & Kasabian. Stuff like that. I used to be a big fan of house music back in the day but I kinda mellowed out since.

By starting this thread I was hoping to find out some of your favourite stuff and introduce me to any new stuff, like I said in the first post - Any genre welcome.

mle1324 · 29-12-2009 11:26pm

New Romantics music from the early 80s is another choice.
Artists like David Bowie (who kinda brought out the hole make-up thing), OMD, The Human League, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Roxy Music, Ultravox and many more.

BBC's Ashes to Ashes TV program is was made me listen to some of the early 80s stuff.

Or if you want to go later into the 80s have a look at the GTA Vice City soundtrack.All of these songs are up as far as 1987 I think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_FM#Flash_FM

thebigcheese22 · 29-12-2009 11:27pm

Also, Let Down by Radiohead

siltirocker · 29-12-2009 11:33pm

Great to see Pearl Jam twice already (well one Eddie Vedder but it's all the same).

Although it has no relevance on my music choice on the whole, FreeBird by Lynyrd Skynrd takes me to great places. Crowded House's Weather With You always reminds me of the best times in my life too!

Rabies · 30-12-2009 12:53am

Boxfresh wrote: »

Great. I'll have to wait days for a reply here. I'd have 2 pages of reply's in after hours by now.

You only waited 20min.
Posting in AH for hits doesn't work.

Plus AH people would have posted crap.

K4t · 30-12-2009 2:30am

This every time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB1cNkC71vE

Junco Partner · 30-12-2009 3:24am

white man in hammersmith palais - the clash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4rC3gP2hXk

or tangled up in blue - bob dylan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8y3aUgDY6c

but anything either of these two have done can be my favourite at anytime changes constantly ask me on my deathbed and ill have a definite answer

Boxfresh · 30-12-2009 9:32am

Rabies wrote: »

You only waited 20min.
Posting in AH for hits doesn't work.

Plus AH people would have posted crap.

I would have got reply's in AH in 2mins.

I wasn't looking for hits I was looking for answers.

Not everyone on AH posts crap, I'm sure I'd have my cd made by this stage. No harm to the music forum but it just doesn't get as much traffic as the likes of AH would.

Phil D · 30-12-2009 9:37am

Don't go to www.bomb-mp3.com even if it downloads fast and doesn't appear to have any viruses. Stealing music on-line is wrong.

Rigsby · 30-12-2009 1:36pm

"All" time you say.....

Here's one of my favourites from the 60's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UodaOuoMHXs

Xavi6 · 30-12-2009 4:00pm

Best. Song. Ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57CzNqgm8Fc

Squirrel · 01-01-2010 5:21pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77EtW3qWRxA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX5USg8_1gA

If you can find the real version of this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJyIOScUNrY

macdragon76 · 01-01-2010 5:30pm

I feel love by the Blue Man group (Theatrical group but still a cracking tune)
Yes, By McAlmont and butler
I alone by Live
One by U2
fast car Tracey Chapman
Gabriels Oboe from the Mission Movie
Mr Pitiful the commitments movie
Hit the ground running by Tim Finn
Guitar Man by Bread
Fire starter Prodigy
Year of the cat By Al Stewart
Self asteem By Offspring

Kevster · 02-01-2010 12:43am

It's such a difficult question to answer dude... ...but I'd have to choose Belinda Carlisle's Heaven is a place on Earth.

hitlersson666 · 02-01-2010 4:05am

hmm this

or this

Mars Bar · 02-01-2010 2:34pm

Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run"

Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" (live version on Rock 'N' Roll Hero album is the best version IMO)

cashback · 02-01-2010 3:09pm

Possibly this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajBdDM2qdg

RichTea · 02-01-2010 8:53pm

Well this thread took a turn for the better. Some great choices in the mix. My favourite song changes every so often but these two are always up there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttcboE1GrNg

Bloc Party - Flux

David Bowie - Life on Mars?

mle1324 · 03-01-2010 12:44am

RichTea wrote: »

David Bowie - Life on Mars?

A proper classic :cool:.
So good they named a tv program after it.

lisajane · 03-01-2010 1:36am

Here's a couple of my favourite songs

Dilemma - Nelly & Kelly
Pretty Green Eyes - Ultrabeat
Tearin it up (and burning it down) - Garth Brooks
The River - Garth Brooks
Allison Miranda - Garth Brooks
Fishin In The Dark - Garth Brooks
Home Improvement - George Strait
If You Think You Want A Stranger - George Strait
Cowboys Like Us - George Strait

JackMagic · 06-01-2010 12:41am

Tommy Emmanuel - rock solid

Irish Guitarist · 07-01-2010 6:01am

My favourite song of all time is See Emily Play by Pink Floyd.

Boxfresh wrote: »

Right, lets ask a different question. If you were to make a good cd what songs would you put in it?

You might not like (or even heard of) any of these but if I was to compile a a CD here's some songs I might put on it -

Syd Barrett - Baby Lemonade
Love - Can't Explain
Neil Young - Sugar Mountain
Hawkwind - Spirit Of The Age
Bob Dylan - Mister Tambourine Man
The Byrds - Change Is Now
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
The Doors - The Crystal Ship
Joni Mitchell - Urge For Going
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing

I could name hundreds of songs but those are some that just popped into my head.

bus77 · 07-01-2010 10:19pm

This Eddie Floyd number goes on everything, like Heinz. Deffo my fav song.

I found this one after hearing it sampled by a rapper.

Busi_Girl08 · 07-01-2010 10:43pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk

Every time

bus77 · 07-01-2010 10:50pm

Rigsby wrote: »

"All" time you say.....

Here's one of my favourites from the 60's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UodaOuoMHXs

Thanks. album cover's cool too

http://vinyltapradio.blogspot.com/2009/08/oc-smith-hickory-holler-revisited-1968.html

Kevin Bacon · 07-01-2010 11:00pm

Favorite song ever would have to be The Beatles Across The Universe

Not their must well known song by any means but an absolutely perfect song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-bQEdvcjMw

KaiserMc · 08-01-2010 1:21am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdsJsmqIx-w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S6xlO4IOMY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uwPL4wxSKA

Emmsy · 11-01-2010 6:31am

Well, this is my current car cd tracklist:

1. The Cure-Close to me
2. The Smiths-There's a light that never goes out
3. Belle and Sebastian-Piazza, New York Catcher
4. Regina Spektor-Us
5. Little Joy-Next time around
6. Glasvegas-It's my own cheating heart that makes me cry
7. Snow Patrol-Set down your glass
8. Fleet Foxes-Ragged Wood
9. Bon Iver-Skinny Love
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Zero
11. Mumford and Sons-The Cave
12. Thom Yorke-Hearing Damage

Yeah, people hate travelling with me but, meh.

DanHendrix · 11-01-2010 6:39am

Jon Bon Jovi-ALWAYS
Arctic Monkeys-When the sun goes down

Spr1ngsteen · 12-01-2010 11:27am

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen (Hammersmith Odeon version, London 1975)

picturethis · 13-01-2010 2:45pm

i could listen to these songs over an over...

Chairlift - Bruises
Soulja Boy - Kiss me thru the phone
이별후애 (feat. 주보라) by 1sagain -
Ray La Montagne - Empty
T.I. - whatever you like
Eagles - Hotel California
Vampire Weekend - A Punk
Black Eyed Peas - meet me halfway
MIA - paper planes
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Orion
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

Rud · 06-03-2010 3:25am

these are my top 5 favourite songs ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhDl5DCzp2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTJ10Smz8pE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGXsmj2YRew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aluTSObRD5w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUNJJlIp4So

ricero · 06-03-2010 2:08pm

either the verve-bittersweet symphony
steve harley and cockney rebel-make me smile
pink floyd-wish you where here
kasabian-vlad the impaler
lou reed-perfect day
blur-song 2

musicmania · 06-03-2010 3:57pm

Not exactly a driving song but my favourite song of all time is Leonard Cohen Hallelujah. A close second is John Lennon Imagine.

However as driving songs I'd recommend anything by Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, U2, The Beatles, Pink Flyod, Billy Joel, The Eagles etc etc.