Favourite Song? - The Firearms Forum

TranterUK · 01-10-2009, 01:56 PM

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?

ponycar17 · 01-10-2009, 02:01 PM

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...

Pistolenschutze · 01-10-2009, 02:04 PM

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.

TranterUK · 01-10-2009, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

I have it on my computer in fact.

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.

Teejay9 · 01-10-2009, 02:24 PM

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

fmacsin1 · 01-10-2009, 03:35 PM

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!

millwright · 01-10-2009, 05:10 PM

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

gunfreakboy · 01-10-2009, 05:19 PM

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.

guntech59 · 01-10-2009, 05:25 PM

Metallica - Enter Sandman

Bob Seger - Like A Rock

Two completely different genres but, both work for me.

Dakota Red 1 · 01-10-2009, 06:09 PM

Dimmu Borgir "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse"

21bravo · 01-10-2009, 06:34 PM

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

...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

Xaiver56 · 01-10-2009, 07:05 PM

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

Some of my favorites

Marlin · 01-10-2009, 07:16 PM

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.

Crpdeth · 01-10-2009, 07:19 PM

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

artabr · 01-10-2009, 07:28 PM

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.

Art

ckill1 · 01-10-2009, 07:38 PM

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.

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

jacksonco · 01-10-2009, 08:09 PM

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.

artabr · 01-10-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jacksonco

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.

Your last two should be on my list too. Ian Anderson can do no wrong.

I just read that next month will be Tull's 40th anniversary. I suddenly feel old.

Art

Texman · 01-10-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by fmacsin1

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!

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.

Nighthawk · 01-10-2009, 09:44 PM

"AMAZING GRACE"

vytoland · 01-10-2009, 10:27 PM

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

the lyrics say it all

CampingJosh · 01-10-2009, 11:34 PM

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...).

gdmoody · 01-11-2009, 12:09 AM

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.

swanshot · 01-11-2009, 12:44 AM

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

jacksonco · 01-11-2009, 01:39 AM

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.

01-10-2009, 02:01 PM	#2
ponycar17 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina Contributor Posts: 4,884	Re: Favourite Song? 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... Last edited by ponycar17; 01-10-2009 at 09:46 PM..

01-10-2009, 02:04 PM	#3
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Favourite Song? 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. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

01-10-2009, 02:24 PM	#5
Teejay9 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Southwest Corner of the US, "Where no stinking fence will stop us!!" Posts: 1,257	Re: Favourite Song? 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

01-10-2009, 03:35 PM	#6
fmacsin1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Moosehead Lake, Maine Posts: 433	Re: Favourite Song? 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!

01-10-2009, 05:10 PM	#7
millwright Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,436	Re: Favourite Song? "Wildwood Flower"......A Carter Family song..... For a lot of reasons.... >MW

01-10-2009, 01:56 PM	#1
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	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? __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way! --> Last edited by TranterUK; 01-10-2009 at 01:59 PM..

01-10-2009, 05:19 PM	#8
gunfreakboy V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Buffalo, N.Y. Posts: 338	Re: Favourite Song? 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.

01-10-2009, 05:25 PM	#9
guntech59 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Adirondack foothills Posts: 82	Re: Favourite Song? Metallica - Enter Sandman Bob Seger - Like A Rock Two completely different genres but, both work for me. __________________ Phil US Army 1977-1998

01-10-2009, 06:09 PM	#10
Dakota Red 1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 504	Re: Favourite Song? Dimmu Borgir "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" __________________ Warte nur, balde ruhest du auch.

01-10-2009, 06:34 PM	#11
21bravo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: wilkes county, nc Posts: 790	Re: Favourite Song? 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...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

01-10-2009, 07:05 PM	#12
Xaiver56 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Grand Prairie, TX Posts: 526	Re: Favourite Song? AC/DC - Big Gun CCR - Bad Moon Rising Eric Church - These Boots Some of my favorites __________________ NRA Member GOA Member "Government's view on the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it" --Ronald Reagan “The United States leads the world in too many areas for us to start imitating those who are trailing behind.” --Thomas Sowell

01-10-2009, 07:16 PM	#13
Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,853	Re: Favourite Song? 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. __________________ *The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.* *The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress.*

01-10-2009, 07:19 PM	#14
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: Favourite Song? 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 __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

01-10-2009, 07:28 PM	#15
artabr Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Iberia, Louisiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	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. Art Last edited by artabr; 01-10-2009 at 08:16 PM..

01-10-2009, 07:38 PM	#16
ckill1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Iowa Posts: 299	Re: Favourite Song? 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. 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

01-10-2009, 08:09 PM	#17
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: Favourite Song? 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.

01-10-2009, 09:44 PM	#20
Nighthawk Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Central Texas Posts: 3,330	Re: Favourite Song? "AMAZING GRACE" __________________ Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives." --John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush, April 18, 1808 NRA Life TSRA Life GOA Member

01-10-2009, 11:34 PM	#22
CampingJosh TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 4,788	Re: Favourite Song? 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...). __________________ Nothing posted on TheFirearmsForum.com constitutes legal, accounting, gunsmithing, or other professional advice. Readers are encouraged to consult with qualified professionals for real advice. Your life is lived at your own risk. Don't blame me for the dumb things you do.

01-11-2009, 12:09 AM	#23
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,328	Re: Favourite Song? 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. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

01-11-2009, 12:44 AM	#24
swanshot Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Perth western australia Posts: 1,436	Re: Favourite Song? John Couger Mellencamp's, Taxi dancer. Trisha Yearwoods, Georgia Rain. __________________ If you don't bleed you haven't bin trying

01-11-2009, 01:39 AM	#25
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: Favourite Song? 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.