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Hey NSG!

I was thinking about songs I really like, and started wondering what songs other people loved. So, what songs (considering all genres) do you consider the best of the best? Please provide a link if possible.

This is going to get out of hand really fast...

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Sober by Tool
Vapour Trail by Ride

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Sober by Tool
Vapour Trail by Ride

Tasteless degenerate...


See? See?

I think that this comic must be posted:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/classic.png

Tasteless degenerate...


See? See?

You, sir, are a vermicious canid.

A Quick One While He's Away is a personal favourite, especially the part where they all just start singing 'cello cello cello cello' in place of an actual cello. Awesome song. Starts off pretty crude and ends up with one of the best ending of any song, ever. Best listened to as the Live At Leeds recording or from The Rolling Stones Rock'n'Roll Circus, I think.

Seven Spanish Angels by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. The link is to the ver. w/ Willie and Ray Charles.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QBq-n_zvBoA

Good Riddance by Green Day (especially live)
Sober by Tool
Black by Pearl Jam

"Road to Spencer" - Ricky Skaggs
"This Town" - Flatfoot 56
"A Place To Call Home" - Nobuo Uematsu
"Do Not" - John Reuben
"Chase The Sun" - The Orange County Supertones
"Oro, Se Do Bheatha Bhaile" - Celtic Nots
"Jekyll & Hyde" - Petra

"The Cuillins of Rhum" - The Tannahill Weavers
"Secret" - Audio Adrenaline
"The Folk Song Army" - Tom Lehrer
"Lewis & Clark (The Official Bicentennial Song)" - Brownsmead Flats
"Cain" - Flatfoot 56
"Vapor" - Skillet

Have I offered more than my allotment yet?

WAY too many to pick one best song.

All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult
Police Truck by Dead Kennedys
Spirit of Radio by Rush
Peace Sells and Hangar 18 by Megadeth
The Trooper by Iron Maiden
Raining Blood by Slayer
One by Metallica
Black by Pearl Jam
Zero by Smashing Pumpkins
Lake Bodom by Children of Bodom
Closer by Nine Inch Nails
Seabeast by Mastodon
Laid To Rest by Lamb of God

Yeah, I know. Too much. :cool:

You, sir, are a vermicious canid.
*tackles*
Yay!
Soooooo .....
Home Was Good / When You're Ready - OSI
When The Water Breaks / Biaxident - Liquid Tension Experiment
Caffeine / Got That Feeling - Faith No More
Squeeze Me Macaroni / None Of Them Knew They Were Robots - Mr. Bungle
Love In Vein / Warlock - Skinny Puppy
... ugh this'll take forever.
Plenty more.

"The Folk Song Army" - Tom Lehrer


What, not "Smut", "The Vatican Rag", "Oedipus Rex", "The Elements Song", or "The New Math"?
:(

*tackles*
Yay!
Soooooo .....First the Caribbean, now Connecticut...when shall the disappearing acts on my part end? (This weekend, I believe...)

When The Water Breaks / Biaxident - Liquid Tension Experiment

You reminded me...
When The Levee Breaks and Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

First the Caribbean, now Connecticut...when shall the disappearing acts on my part end? (This weekend, I believe...)Do it to it! I'll head back to Belize (and Cayman Islands, thanx wifey) sometime, and my boss has some good ideas about the Yucatan (that one's a hard sell on the wife), but i may ... i just MAY ... check out the East Coast some time this year. :)


You reminded me...
When The Levee Breaks and Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

And you remind me ...
Rose / Pet - A Perfect Circle

[scratches head]

who're these bands?

note: i know some of them...

I don't have any one favorite, but "Il bianco e dolce cygno" by Arcadelt happens to be in my head at the moment, and it is probably the prettiest song ever written about multiple orgasms.

Do it to it! I'll head back to Belize (and Cayman Islands, thanx wifey) sometime, and my boss has some good ideas about the Yucatan (that one's a hard sell on the wife), but i may ... i just MAY ... check out the East Coast some time this year. :)


I highly suggest Boston. Great city. I can reccomend places too.
As for you going back to the Caribbean...I hate you. I want to go back. But I go to Vermont for MLK weekend :)

My personal theme used to be the Eurhythmics' "Missionary Man", but now it's The Way You Like it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSkEWktRnMk) by Adema

I don't have any one favorite, but "Il bianco e dolce cygno" by Arcadelt happens to be in my head at the moment, and it is probably the prettiest song ever written about multiple orgasms.
Tell us more?
Like, how does it make you feel?

I highly suggest Boston. Great city. I can reccomend places too.Oh, yes! Actually i have some family i've never met over there. I'll probably crash on their lawn or something, unannounced. :)

As for you going back to the Caribbean...I hate you. I want to go back.Perfectly understandable, both cases. :p
But I go to Vermont for MLK weekend :)See, that's somewhere i'd DEFINITELY love to check out, and you know what time of the year i'm thinking. :)

Oh, yes! Actually i have some family i've never met over there. I'll probably crash on their lawn or something, unannounced. :)Well, if I can crash on my neighbors front porch, I suppose you could hit up family...

<.<
>.>

I don't want to talk about it.

See, that's somewhere i'd DEFINITELY love to check out, and you know what time of the year i'm thinking. :)Love it in every season. Tons of breweries to hit up (Magic Hat, Otter Creek, Harpoon, among many others), as well as great riding. Killington is great for the boarding, Burlington for the beer. I'll, however, be at Mt. Snow. For free.

Too hard to just choose one.

Off the top of my head: Alone With You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpJrtCmcoq0), by The Sunnyboys.

I don't want to talk about it.Just pix :p

Love it in every season. Tons of breweries to hit up (Magic Hat, Otter Creek, Harpoon, among many others), as well as great riding. Killington is great for the boarding, Burlington for the beer. I'll, however, be at Mt. Snow. For free.I *think* i probably have enough free snow and mountains, thanxkby :p

A Quick One While He's Away is a personal favourite, especially the part where they all just start singing 'cello cello cello cello' in place of an actual cello. Awesome song. Starts off pretty crude and ends up with one of the best ending of any song, ever. Best listened to as the Live At Leeds recording or from The Rolling Stones Rock'n'Roll Circus, I think.

My name is Ivar, Im an engine driver. I know him well, I know why you feel blue. Just cuz he's late, dont mean he'll never get through.
He told me he loves and he, nor I a liar, so lets have a smile for an old engine driver.
Lets have a smile for an old driver.

Know Your Enemy - RATM
Drones - Rise Against
Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
Hunting For Witches - Bloc Party
Ghost In The Arcade - Idlewild
Almost anything done by Muse

"Tiptoe through the tulips," as performed by Tiny Tim.

No idea. I love Amanda Palmer covering "Creep" by Radiohead, I also love "Ampersand" by her and a bunch more (Astronaut!!! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=udHpzUnoHSk)), I love "Mad World" from the Donnie Darko soundtrack and I'm about to get my hands on the Neutral Milk Hotel album, which I suspect I'll also love.

In no particular order:

"Symptom of the Universe"-Black Sabbath.
"Sister Morphine"-The Rolling Stones.
"Fearless"-Pink Floyd.

No links from me because I have class soon. However, I rather do like "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen and "White & Nerdy" by "Weird Al" Yankovic.

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
"The Unforgiven" by Metallica
"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.

Coincidentally, these 3 songs were all released in the same year.

I'm about to get my hands on the Neutral Milk Hotel album, which I suspect I'll also love.There are 2. :)

Hey NSG!

I was thinking about songs I really like, and started wondering what songs other people loved. So, what songs (considering all genres) do you consider the best of the best? Please provide a link if possible.

You really are irritatingly cheerful aren't you? Really, which self-respecting poster starts a thread with "Hey NSG!"?

Purely at first thought, I would have to say "There is a light that never goes out" by the Smiths. There are many songs I like, many I adore for a time, but "There is a light..." is simply brilliant.

Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar - Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes
Eu Não Existo Sem Você - Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes
Garota de Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes
Corcovado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Aquarela do Brasil - Ary Barroso
Olhos Nos Olhos - Chico Buarque
O Mundo É Um Moinho - Cartola

To name just a few ... :p

English Civil War - I like the Clash version, but the Levellers have covered it brilliantly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrcpxpbgAnc

Imitation Leather Jacket - H2SO4 - I just love the guitar noise.
http://www.blastro.com/player/h2so4imitationleatherjacket.html

Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton - because it's fun to sing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM

Judy Is A Punk by The Ramones
Don't Worry About The Government by Talking Heads
Uncontrollable Urge by Devo
Killer Queen by Queen

Tell us more?
Like, how does it make you feel?

Happy. ;)

Subterranean homesick blues by Bob Dylan
Wake up by RATM
El costa de la vida by Juan Luis Guerra
After the deluge by Jackson Browne

Yeah and I also hate Nirvana so I don't listen to the radio anymore, which has basically cut me off from the newer songs...that and I hate the newer songs.

Raining Blood, by Slayer

Colossus, by Borknagar.

There are 2. :)
So I heard. Anyways, I ordered Aeroplane over the Sea.

Crosby, Stills, & Nash's Suite Judy Blue Eyes
The Doors' Five to One
Dick Gaughan's Revolution
Janis Joplin's Ball & Chain
John Renbourne's National Seven
Bob Marley & the Wailers' Stir It Up
Booker T & the MGs' Green Onions
Buffalo Springfield's For What It's Worth
Cream's White Room
King Curtis' cover of Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale
John Martyn's I Don't Want to Know
Kula Shaker's Govinda
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers w/ Eric Clapton's Rambling on My Mind

That'll do for now.:p

First, a short disclaimer. I'm only 20, and the stuff I like doesn't really go back any further than the nineties. So I'm probably going to make myself look slightly silly if I suggest my favourites are the best stuff ever because obviously theres a whole lot of musical history I know zilch about. Though, generally I don't like older music, a generation thing maybe. Hmm.

Well, heres my personal favourite songs I've ever heard (don't be too harsh :p)

Cave In- Big Riff
Fuck Buttons- Sweet Love For Planet Earth
Genghis Tron- Arms
Green Day- Redundant
Howling Bells- In The Woods
The Mars Volta- L'Via L'Viaquez
Oceansize- Ornament/The Last Wrongs
Radiohead- Paranoid Android
Sigur Ros- Glosoli
Silverchair- Emotion Sickness
Unexpect- Meet Me at the Carrousel

And yes, I've chosen loads. I'm indecisive. Or maybe I'm not. I'll have to think that one over for a little while longer.

You really are irritatingly cheerful aren't you? Really, which self-respecting poster starts a thread with "Hey NSG!"?

Purely at first thought, I would have to say "There is a light that never goes out" by the Smiths. There are many songs I like, many I adore for a time, but "There is a light..." is simply brilliant.

Would you prefer if I started my threads with threats for those that do not respond?

Anyone mentioned Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?

Anyone mentioned Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?

Other than Jello Biafra on this page? No idea. :p

I am rather fond of the song "I Don't Work for a Living" in its country yodeling rendition.
But it has been performed in various ways with slight changes of verses and things.

Two of my favorite songs would be "Peace Train" and "The First Cut is the Deepest" both by Cat Stevens.

There's plenty more of course...

In no particular order...

Seether- Fine again
Pink Floyd- Wish you were here
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Simple man
The Beatles- All you need is love
Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven
U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday
Nirvana- You know youre right
Pixies- Where is my mind
The Rolling Stones- Paint it black
The Ramones- Blitzkrieg bop

etc.

In what position are we to declare the best songs ever if we have not listened to every song ever?

In what position are we to declare the best songs ever if we have not listened to every song ever?

Ok, how about Best Songs You've Ever heard?

Let The Bodies Hit The Floor-Static X
Sleeper-Saosin(I think that's the name of the song,damn my bad memory!)
Ride 'Til I Die-666 Mafia
Misery Business-Paramore
Sign of The Times-Prince
The Enemy-Static X
If I Was Your Girlfriend-Prince
Hertic Anthem-Slipknot
I Came to Bring The Pain-Tupac
Hells Bells-AC/DC
Do Me Baby-Prince
Little Red Corvette-Prince
Souja Boy Remix-Calvarly Boy
Wow,I'm more obsessed with death than I thought.Any away I have many more favorites but I can't remember them all,too many.

For those people who keep mentioning Slayer and "Raining Blood".

Stop it.

Its "Reign In Blood". thats the ALBUM name.

The SONG is correctly named.

Some of my favorite songs from Protest the Hero

The Divine Suicide of K.
Nautical
Turn Soonest to the Sea
Blindfolds Aside

The hillllllllllllls are aliveeeeeeeee with the sound of muuuuuuuusiiiiiiiiiiic.

I don't know about the greatest song in the world, but I know it's tribute.

For those people who keep mentioning Slayer and "Raining Blood".

Stop it.

Its "Reign In Blood". thats the ALBUM name.

The SONG is correctly named.
In know. I had it correct.

But more than me picked Raining Blood? I need to sharpen my reading stick.

You, sir, are a vermicious canid.

And you, sir, are a verminous cesspool of brothel shavings unfit to view the simple pleasures of animal cruelty.

Elektronic Supersonik, by Zlad. I'm surprised no one mentioned that yet.

What, not "Smut", "The Vatican Rag", "Oedipus Rex", "The Elements Song", or "The New Math"?
:(

yeah, those are good too. "National brotherhood Week", "We Will All Go Together When We Go"...

Happy. ;)Yay! Another internet success story!
*tingles*

yeah, those are good too. "National brotherhood Week", "We Will All Go Together When We Go"...
Oddly enough, i sing BOTH of those at work!
Especially National Brotherhood Week. *nods emphatically*

In know. I had it correct.

But more than me picked Raining Blood? I need to sharpen my reading stick.

Not to worry.

Youre not the only one whos made that mistake.

Well, obviously not the best songs ever, but I can list a few favourites.

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Portishead - Roads
Puccini (Composer) - O Mio Babbino Caro
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Edith Piaf - Non, je ne regrette rien
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
David Bowie - Heroes
The Smiths - I Know It's Over (or) How Soon Is Now?
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Regina Spektor - Samson

Obviously just influences by indie/alternativ stuff mostly and the time when I was growing up. There isn't a best song ever.

Cryin' in the Rain by A-Ha

David Bowie - Heroes

You should surely include "A Small Plot of Land", then.
*nods emphatically*

In light of a memory sparked by my thread, I'm adding Elton John's Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, as well as the cover by the BU Dear Abbeys

In light of a memory sparked by my thread, I'm adding Elton John's Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, as well as the cover by the BU Dear Abbeys

Yay!
*drools about Shakira some more*

My Curse (Avenged Sevenfold) is also particularly good.

autumn leaves by nat king cole.

Led Zeppelin:
The Rover
Immigrant Song
Kachmir
Stairway to Heaven
Achilles Last Stand
Ramble On
Moby Dick (kickass drum solo)

Metallica:
The Unforguven (I and II)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fade to Black
Enter Sandman

'Runaway' by Linkin Park

'Now We are Free' by Lisa Gerrard

'Without me' by Eminem

'Black or White' by Michael Jackson

'Thriller' by Michael Jackson

'Larger than Life' by Backstreet Boys

'I wish I was a Punk Rocker' by Sandi Thom

The Ukranian entry into Eurovision 2007

'World of our own' by Westlife

'Stayin' Alive' By the Bee Gee's

Just a few of My own Favourites

So I heard. Anyways, I ordered Aeroplane over the Sea.

Oh Comely gives me goosebumps.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6doB7ZRtQJw

I think that this comic must be posted:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/classic.png

Heh, that's awesome.

As for listing favourite songs, can't be bothered plus a lot have already been said.

80s Rock:

Bon Jovi - "Livin' on a Prayer"
Def Leppard - "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

Techno:
Snap! - "Rhthym is a Dancer"

Metal:
Metallica - "Blackened"
Megadeth - "In My Darkest Hour"

Gangsta Rap:
Dr. Dre - "Let Me Ride"
Dr. Dre - "Nothing But a G Thang"
Tupac - "California Love"

Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits

Oceansize- Ornament/The Last Wrongs
Best song they've done. Impeccable taste. Though marred slightly by the mention of Glosoli rather than anything from Sigur Rós' () album.

David Bowie - Heroes
Check this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=slgl9AdomTE) out.

Electric Wizard - Return Trip
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Pelican - Mammoth
Capdown - An A-Political Stand of Reasons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhcM_hx0zxw&feature=related

There are no words.

There are no words.
...to describe how extensive your Rush obsession is? ;)

"The Ballad" by thrash metal band Testament is a wonderful and under appreciated song.
"The Heretic (The Lost Child)" by formerly glam metal band W.A.S.P. is another well composed and well written song, perhaps one of the best I've ever heard.
Of course, no one can forget "All Along the Watchtower" as re imagined by Jimi Hendrix. Though originally written by Bob Dylan, Jim Hendrix takes everything to 11. :p
"Rooster" by Alice in Chains is a thoughtful and haunting classic too
"Hallowed be Thy Name" by heavy metal legend Iron Maiden is perhaps the definitive heavy metal song, as well as a powerfully composed and well written statement, regardless of musical style
"Land of Confusion" by Genesis. Nothing more need be said.
"Cult of Personality" by Living Colour is perhaps one of the most thought provoking and intelligent songs that I've ever listened to.
The genius of the instrumental "Orion" by Metallica is second to none as well.
"Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine sucessfully melds hip hop, funk, jazz, punk and heavy metal into a potent jab at "the Man"
and finally, "Eyes of Stranger" by Queensryche. This is the brilliant climax to their concept album "Operation Mindcrime".


Well, there are some of the songs that i think are the greatest and the reasons why I like em.

"Finest Worksong" by REM

any music by Thrice is just fantastic.

and Iron Maiden are sheer excellence.

BEST SONG EVER!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTtY_wIRTd8&feature=related)

BEST SONG EVER!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTtY_wIRTd8&feature=related)

Linking to this "song" should be considered a crime.

Anything Iron Maiden has put out with Dickenson on vocals and Smith still in the band.

To be specific? Moonchild, Number of the Beast, and Flash of the Blade.

And to whoever mentioned Testament, that was a good choice as well.

Linking to this "song" should be considered a crime.

lol :D

It was runner-up over here

4.Llama song!
3.The Immigrant song
2.The show must go on.
By Queen
1.Ogre battle.By Queen

BEST SONG EVER!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTtY_wIRTd8&feature=related)

:p

Hallowed Be Thy Name by Iron Maiden.

Anything Iron Maiden has put out with Dickenson on vocals and Smith still in the band.

To be specific? Moonchild, Number of the Beast, and Flash of the Blade.

And to whoever mentioned Testament, that was a good choice as well.

That was me. :)

I'm not a big fan of Moonchild, but Number of the Beast is a definite classic. But I also must say that songs made during the Blaze Bayley years such as "Lord of the Flies", "Sign of the Cross" and "Futureal" are at least on par with Maiden's previous work, even though Blaze is not as good of a singer as Bruce. Indeed, few people are.

Dammit. So many.

The Poet and the Pendulum, Nightwish
Over the Hills and Far Away, cover by Nightwish
The Islander, Nightwish
All Nightwish songs, come to think of it...

The Unthinking Majority, Serj Tankian
Honking Antelope, Serj Tankian

Neighbourhood #4, Arcade Fire

Princes of the Universe, Queen

Hey there delilah- Plain white ts
How to save a life-the fray
Black bparade-my chemical romance
Kokomo-Beach boys
Face down-Red jumpsuit aaparatus
First time-lighthouse
I dont wanna be in love-Good charolote\
Apoplgise-Timbaland

Chicago - Sufjan Stevens

/thread

Hey there delilah- Plain white ts
How to save a life-the fray
Black bparade-my chemical romance
Kokomo-Beach boys
Face down-Red jumpsuit aaparatus
First time-lighthouse
I dont wanna be in love-Good charolote\
Apoplgise-Timbaland




Leave. Now.


In seriousness, the drummer from the first band you mentioned lives across the street from me. Or at least he did, Im in college now.

I Believe in A Thing Called Love---The Darkness
Like A Stone---Audioslave
Paradise City---Guns and Roses
Dancing With Myself---Billy Idol

Roxanne - The Police
Green Grass & High Tides - The Outlaws
Freebird / Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
A Quick One While He's Away - The Who
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

... I've got about a million of these.

Oh and in case anyone hasn't mentioned it yet,

Cult of Personality

is awesome!

You Spin Me Right Round - Dead or Alive
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Bergenfield (for obvious reasons) - Tom Russell Band
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Oh and in case anyone hasn't mentioned it yet,

Cult of Personality

is awesome!Is that on Guitar Hero?

Is that on Guitar Hero?

I think it's on Guitar Hero 3.

I think it's on Guitar Hero 3.
!
*giggles*
Ohsweet.
I imagine the hard setting for the solo on that is a *lot* of fun. :D
That would be a great song to record and play on my old radio show. With the misses and tings and everything.