Favourite Song?
 

Enough of bullets, wound ballistics etc, lets lighten it for the weekend. Whats you favourite song and if you want to, why?

Mine? Nat King Cole singing Mona Lisa. No particular reason I just always liked him and the song.

There is a song that reminds me of a bad time, its a Billy Joel number c.1980/2 but I stay away from it. Spooky how music can do that? And some smells?

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I really don't have a favorite song but one of the ones I can relate to most easily is Lynyrd Skynyrd - Take Me and Mine... :)

"Oh, well I can see the concrete 'a slowwwwly creepin'... Lord take me and mine before that comes.."

You'd have to know where I grew up and how the area has changed to realize the significance of that... :)

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A very difficult question to answer for me, Tranter. There are so many I am very fond of. I guess I would have to say "Scarborough Fair" as done by Simon and Garfunkel, closely followed by "Sounds of Silence" by the same duet. Oh, and I must agree, Nat King Cole was indeed a fantastic singer, and Mona Lisa was one of his very best. I have it on my computer in fact.

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Ah Ha! I have everything on my new HP Laptop, which as it happens is on my lap right now !!!! You see I discovered UTube. It seems to have everything ever done in the history of the world. :)

Any how I am off with Son to KFC or McDs now.

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Whenever a new Beatles song came out, THAT was my favorite. I still enjoy and listen to them today. "I Am The Walrus" comes to mind. Love the 60s, 70s, and 80s music, but not too keen on todays' music. I guess I'm not that angry anymore. TJ

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I have two, sorry, couldn't nail it down to just one! First though is Barbra Streisand (I know, I know you either love her or hate her, and I don't just mean politically!) when she sings "The Way We Were" and secondly, Frank Sinatra "I Did it My Way." Both of those are real classics!

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"Wildwood Flower"......A Carter Family song..... For a lot of reasons.... >MW

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I would have to say Highway To Hell AC/DC

I also like Gimme Back My Bullets Lynyrd Skynyrd but that might bring us back to gun topics.:)

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Metallica - Enter Sandman

Bob Seger - Like A Rock

Two completely different genres but, both work for me.

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Dimmu Borgir "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse"

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im in the same boat as pistol...there are soooo many songs that i like. i cant narrow it down to just one. i love 60's - 80's rock (ac/dc, metallica, white snake, rolling stones, you get the idea)...SOME country music (depends on the artest.....and hey, i'd listen to Taylor Swift even if she couldnt carry a tune in a bucket...she is absolutely beautiful:p;)...imho) i also like a lot of the "angry" music, in particular the German death metal band Rammstein. and here lately i have taken to my heratige and really gotten into Blue Grass. If any of y'all like blue grass music i suggest coming to my humble little county here in God's Country (wilkes county, nc) on the 23rd through the 26th of april...we have an annual event called "merlefest", at the local community college, in honor of Merle Watson started by his brother "Doc" Watson. Doc is blind and i belive could still give Skaggs or Skruggs a run for their money. A lot of big names have performed there over the years (Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Allison Craus and Union Station.....) ive met people from all over the world there.. you can google it or here is a link to their home page http://www.merlefest.org/MerleFestCMS/default.aspx (Doc is the white headed fellow in the first few pics) but...(as i try to get back on the main point)....i could narrow it down to 2. 1)Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man"....i pretty much see that as a song to live by. to me it says be true to yourself and 2) The Eagles "Seven Bridges Road" with "Take it Easy", "Desperado", or "Lyin Eyes" tagging not too far behind

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AC/DC - Big Gun
CCR - Bad Moon Rising
Eric Church - These Boots

Some of my favorites

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Being a classical nut I have several - - -

Beethoven Piano Concerto #1, Beethoven Violin concerto, Mendelssohn Piano and violin concertos, Mozart Surprise Symphony, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and a few Schubert and Dvorak items would round out the favorites.

I would also include the entire Handel Messiah in the group. I love to sing [First Tenor] in this, also, with full symphony orchestra for accompaniment. Did it one year with Jeno Blau and the Philadelphia Orchestra when a Junior and Senior at Rutgers as part of the Rutgers Chorale.

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Good to see another Metallica fan...

Whiskey in the jar... (It's an old Irish folk song ya know!)

Youtube Vid

And by Hootie... Let her cry.

Video


Crpdeth

Jimmy Buffett - Breathe in, breathe out, move on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMR0c5iMCsw

John Prine - Paradise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEy6EuZp9IY

Lynyard Skynyrd - Simple Man

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

Bela Fleck - Just about anything the guy put out old or new.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Tr2PliEXw

I'll stop now. This list could go on forever. I love music. :o ;) :D


Art

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Have 3...

Angelyne by a guitarist from Austin named Ian Moore. If you haven't heard him, especially his live music, you should.

A cover of "The wind cries Mary" by John Mayer, recorded live, of course.:D

A cover of "All along the watchtower" by the Dave Matthews Band. He does this frequently in concert, and this particular version is about 11 minutes long and has the Fish guitarist sitting in.

Chris

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Gee , there are so many I used to listen to back in the day. I would have to say "Highway Star" by Deep Purple, but the live version from the "Made in Japan" album.
I also liked "Cross Eyed Mary" by Jethro Tull. "And You an I" by Yes was also a favorite.

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Your last two should be on my list too. Ian Anderson can do no wrong. ;) :D
I just read that next month will be Tull's 40th anniversary. I suddenly feel old. :D


Art

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You bet, right near the top.. The all time favorite love song has to be George Jones,, He Stopped Loving Her Today.. dang it makes me sniffle.

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"AMAZING GRACE"

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"will you still love me tomorrow" 1961......written by carol king & gerry goffin......recorded by the shirelles

the lyrics say it all

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If I had to pick just one... I guess I have to go with Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly." If I could have any more, Pearl Jam's "Yellow Ledbetter" would be up there, and "Disarm" by the Smashing Pumpkins (I'm a sucker for violin, especially in a rock song...).

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Hank Williams Sr - I can't Help It (if I'm Still in Love with You). Don't know why but it is just my favorite.

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John Couger Mellencamp's, Taxi dancer.
Trisha Yearwoods, Georgia Rain.

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Another song that I forgot to mention that I really liked a lot - "Last Days of May" by Blue Oyster Cult from their first album.