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Maleah

04-19-2011, 01:29 PM

Songs That Completely Transform Your Mood (AKA - Therapist in a song):

I'm assuming we mean that they transform our mood for the BETTER? lol

Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
The Long Run - Eagles
Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles
Take It Easy - Eagles
How Long - Eagles
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
Too Wonderful - Newsong
Sad Songs (Say So Much) - Elton John
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John (probably more of a breakup song but it's been a favorite of mine for a long time. I get excited every time I hear it! lol)
Something About The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John
Washed By The Water - NeedtoBreathe
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Change The World - Eric Clapton
Foreplay/Long Time - Boston

Break-Up Mix Tape Songs:

Walk Away - Jonny Lang
Heart of the Matter - Don Henley
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word - Elton John
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
Where Would You Be - Martina McBride
Undo It - Carrie Underwood
Rumour Has It - Adele
I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
Til Summer Comes Around - Keith Urban
Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer
Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins
Please Don't Leave Me - Pink
Picture - Kid Rock/Sheryl Crow
Like We Never Loved At All - Faith Hill/Tim McGraw
I'm Movin' On - Rascal Flatts

Well that's about all I can think of. lol Of course there are a lot more Eagles, Don, and Elton songs I could have put on there but I restrained myself ;)

EaglesFanatic

06-24-2011, 02:24 PM

How about Favorite Songs With A Person's Name In The Title

Proud Mary - CCR
Sara Smile - Hall & Oates
Layla - Eric Clapton
James Dean - Eagles
Jesus Is Just Alright - Doobie Brothers
Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead
Jane - Jefferson Airplane
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
Roxanne - The Police
Amie - Pure Prairie League
Maggie May - Rod Stewart

Brooke

06-24-2011, 02:39 PM

I usually struggle with these and don't do them, but Rhiannon was the first one to pop in to my head, so:

Rhiannon-Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks
Proud Mary-CCR
Maggie May-Rod Stewart
James Dean-Eagles
Layla-Eric Clapton
Mustang Sally-Wilson Pickett
Amie-Pure Prairie League

WalshFan88

06-24-2011, 02:57 PM

Favorite Songs With A Person's Name In The Title

James Dean - Eagles
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Layla - Derek & The Dominoes
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Amie - Pure Prairie League
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Angie - Rolling Stones
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
Michelle - Beatles
My Sharona - The Knack
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Hey Jude - Beatles
Levon - Elton John

TimothyBFan

06-24-2011, 03:11 PM

Just as I was pulling this up the song Aimee by Pure Prairie League started playing! :hilarious:

Aimee-Pure Prairie League
Little Willy-Sweet
Candy-O-The Cars
Boogie With Stu-Led Zeppelin
Sweet-Melissa-The Allman Brothers
Poppa Joe-Sweet
Poor Tom-Led Zeppelin
Whole Lot Of Rosie-AC/DC
Jessica-Allman Brothers
Jim Dandy-Black Oak Arkansas
Lorelei-Styx
Valerie-Steve Winwood
My Michelle- Guns N Roses
My Maria-BW Stevenson
Paul Revere-Beastie Boys
Lady Madonna-The Beatles
Hey Jude-The Beatles
Stack Shot Billy-The Black Keys
Ah Leah-Donny Iris
Billy Don't Be A Hero-Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
Maggie's Farm-Bob Dylan
Maggie May-Rod Stewart
Amanda-Boston
JoJo-Boz Scaggs
Josephine-Chris Rea
Come On Eileen-Dexy's Midnight Riders
Vincent-Don McLean
Lay Down Sally-Eric Clapton

luvthelighthouse

06-24-2011, 03:29 PM

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares

Fancy - Reba

Jolene - Dolly Parton

Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel

sodascouts

06-24-2011, 05:37 PM

In alphabetical order, my top 20...

Adia - Sarah McLachlan
Amanda - Boston
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Daniel - Elton John
Doolin-Dalton (and its reprise) - Eagles
Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
James Dean - Eagles
Jeremy - Pearl Jam
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
Lilah - Don Henley
Little Jeannie - Elton John
Mandy - Barry Manilow
Meet Virgina - Train
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Rosanna - Toto
Sara - Fleetwood Mac
Sara - Starship
Stephanie - Buckingham Nicks
Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow
867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy TuTone

whitcap

06-24-2011, 08:15 PM

Favorite Songs With A Person's Name In The Title

In no particular order:

Jackie Blue - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - Billy Joel
Amanda - Boston
Smackwater Jack - Carole King
Proud Mary - CCR
James Dean - Eagles
Doolin Dalton (and its reprise) - Eagles
Levon - Elton John
Daniel - Elton John
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
Alison - Elvis Costello or Linda Ronstadt
Pancho and Lefty - Emmylou Harris
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Layla - Derek and the Dominos
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Sara - Fleetwood Mac
Jack & Diane -John Mellencamp
Amie - Pure Prairie League
Doin' It for Delilah - Randy Meisner
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Angie - The Rolling Stones
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
Ella Jean - Timothy B Schmit
Rosanna - Toto
Jane - Jefferson Starship
Sara Smile - Hall and Oates
Rose of Cimarron - Poco

Freypower

06-24-2011, 10:18 PM

I thought of this recently & I had some of them written down!

In no particular order except the first one:

Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straits (repeat 1000 times)
Vic & Ray - Mark Knopfler
Done With Bonaparte - Mark Knopfler
Song For Sonny Liston - Mark Knopfler
James Dean - Eagles
He Took Advantage (Blues For Ronald Reagan) - Glenn Frey
Lilah - Don Henley
Anna - Beatles
Michelle - Beatles
Hey Jude - Beatles
Sara - Bob Dylan
Queen Jane Approximately - Bob Dylan
Lady Jane - Rolling Stones
Angie - Rolling Stones
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley
Peg - Steely Dan (although I'm not that fond of it)
Adam Raised A Cain - Bruce Springsteen
Juliet - Bee Gees
Alison - Elvis Costello
Alexandra Leaving - Leonard Cohen
Daniel - Elton John
All For Leyna - Billy Joel
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Tokyo Joe - Bryan Ferry

I could go through the whole of iTunes but those stand out!

Koala

06-25-2011, 02:04 AM

Favorite Songs With A Person's Name In The Title

James Dean - Eagles
Angie - The Rolling Stones
Lilah - Don Henley
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Jeremy - Perl Jam
Eleventh Earl of Mar - Genesis
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Roxanne - The Police
Layla-Eric Clapton
Daniel - Elton John
Me And Sahra Jane - Genesis
Janie got a gun - Aerosmith
Rosanna - Toto
Calling Elvis - Dire Straits
Help Me Rhonda-Beach Boys
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine- The Killers
Kathy's Song- Simon and Garfunkel
Lucille - Kenny Rogers
Mrs. Robinson- Simon and Garfunkel
Hey Elvis - Bryan Adams
Rhiannon- Fleetwood Mac
Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - George Harrison

EaglesKiwi

06-25-2011, 06:42 AM

Favorite Songs With A Person's Name In The Title

Many of those already given, so I'll just add in:

Cecelia - Simon & Garfunkle
Truly Sorry Suzanne - the Hollies
Walkaway Joe - Trisha Yearwood & Don Henley
Maria Maria - Santana

Troubadour

06-25-2011, 04:05 PM

Favourite Songs With A Person's Name In The Title

Jemima Surrender - The Band
Lilah - Don Henley
Visions Of Johanna - Bob Dylan
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
Louise - Linda Ronstadt
Amie - Damien Rice
Angie - Rolling Stones
Dear Prudence - The Beatles
Vincent - Don Mclean
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
Lola - The Kinks
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Layla - Eric Clapton
Hey Joe - Eric Clapton
William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSN

Troubadour

06-25-2011, 04:24 PM

A couple more...

Martha - Tom Waits
Alice - Tom Waits
Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
Rosalie - Thin Lizzy
Gloria - Van Morrison
Johnny's Garden

I'll also add "Louise" - the Maurice Chevalier song. I love Dean Martin's version. My Grandad used to sing this to me when I was little.

Freypower

06-25-2011, 06:37 PM

I will try & add some more (Koala, well done remembering Calling Elvis. The song isn't one of my favourites).

Sexy Sadie - Beatles
Dear Prudence - Beatles
The Ballad Of John & Yoko - Beatles
Amelia - Joni Mitchell
For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her - S&G
Darling Lorraine - Paul Simon
Beth - Kiss
My Friend Stan - Slade
Cotton Jenny - Gordon Lightfoot
Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Abraham, Martin & John - Dion
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Alan Watts Blues - Van Morrison
All The Girls Love Alice - Elton John
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSNY
Annie's Song - John Denver
Farewell Angelina - Bob Dylan
Christie Lee - Billy Joel
Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon etc, etc

Prettymaid

06-28-2011, 03:43 PM

Wow, you guys thought of a lot of them.

Me and Julio Down by the School Yard - Paul Simon

Jamaica Say You Will - Jackson Browne :inlove:

Martha My Dear - The Beatles

Does three make it a list? :hilarious:

Troubadour

07-12-2011, 01:47 PM

I have just skimmed over this thread again and realised I didn't join in till page fifteen. (Um, where was I?) I'm going to do a few lists that I didn't complete the first time round... and I figure, as it's been a while since anyone's done them, you guys might want another go too! :thumbsup:

List Who'd Play At Your Dream Music Festival

Eagles
James McMurtry
Leonard Cohen
James Taylor
Steve Lukather
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Gaslight Anthem
Paolo Nutini
Morrissey
Gregg Allman
Jackson Browne
Tom Waits
Carole King
The Killers
Joni Mitchell
Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt
Pink Floyd
Randy Newman

Troubadour

07-12-2011, 02:06 PM

List Which Performers You'd Tie The Knot With

I'm going past/present, etc... Hey. This is fantasy. ;)

Don Henley
Levon Helm
James Taylor
Danny Kortchmar
Stephen Stills
Rick Danko
Glenn Frey
JD Souther
Brandon Flowers
David Gilmour
Kurt Cobain
Brian Fallon
Kris Kristofferson
Robert Plant

Troubadour

07-12-2011, 02:12 PM

List Your Favourite Music Moments In Film

I can think of two main ones right now...

The "Tiny Dancer" part from Almost Famous. Always makes me smile.

The ending of Lost In Translation, where "Just Like Honey" by the Jesus and Mary Chain plays while Bill Murray is riding through Tokyo in a taxi. Always makes me cry!

Troubadour

07-12-2011, 02:31 PM

List Your Top Twenty Songs

I'm going "right now", because "all-time" is pretty tough... Although some of these probably would be in my all-time list, if I made one.

Toby - Chi-Lites
Acadian Driftwood - The Band
Way Over Yonder - Carole King
Soulshine - Allman Brothers Band
Belle - Al Green
Attics Of My Life - The Grateful Dead
Dolphins - Tim Buckley
Here's Lookin' At You Kid - The Gaslight Anthem
I've Got To Stop Thinkin' Bout That - James Taylor
All I Want - Joni Mitchell
20 Million Things - Lowell George
Whispering Pines - The Band
These Days - Jackson Browne
Downstream - Supertramp
Sun & Moon & Stars - Vince Bell
You're A Big Girl Now - Bob Dylan
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
Angie - The Rolling Stones
Hot Burrito #1 - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Some Candy Talking - Jesus & Mary Chain

whitcap

07-12-2011, 04:04 PM

I did this one the first time around but some of my answers have changed.

List Who'd Play At Your Dream Music Festival

Eagles
Linda Ronstadt
Emmylou Harris
Randy Meisner
Jackson Browne
Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen
Fleetwood Mac
JD Souther
Buffalo Springfield
Poco

whitcap

07-12-2011, 04:18 PM

List Your Top Twenty Songs

Take it to the Limit - Eagles
Willin' - Linda Ronstadt
Two More Bottles of Wine - Emmylou Harris
Take it Easy - Eagles
Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch
Lonesome Feeling - Herb Pedersen
Hearts on Fire - Randy Meisner
Darkness of the Heart - Randy Meisner
Love in the Twenty-First Century - Glenn Frey
Sexy Girl - Glenn Frey
Don't Keep it Inside - Randy Meisner
When Will I be Loved? - Linda Ronstadt
Silver Threads and Golden Needles - Linda Ronstadt
When the Dam Breaks - Randy Meisner
For a Dancer - Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
For a Dancer - Jackson Browne
The Homecoming - Herb Pedersen
Summer of '69 - Byran Adams
Jambalaya - Emmylou Harris
The Last Thing on My Mind - Herb Pedersen

Henley Honey

07-12-2011, 04:46 PM

My Dream Music Festival --

The Eagles
Stevie Nicks
Eric Clapton
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Jackson Browne
Trisha Yearwood
Rod Stewart
The Who
Aerosmith
Bryan Adams
Paul Carrack
John Fogerty

Freypower

07-12-2011, 06:45 PM

For a music festival I would be happy with the following:

Eagles
Dire Straits (reunion)
Mark Knopfler (solo set)
Eric Clapton
Yusuf
Randy Newman
Robert Plant (if Led Zeppelin could reform, I'd have them)
Elton John
Paul McCartney

And I honestly think that would be enough.

Koala

07-13-2011, 02:42 AM

List Who'd Play At Your Dream Music Festival

Eagles
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Fleetwood Mac
Peter Gabriel
Eric Clapton

EaglesKiwi

07-13-2011, 04:41 AM

List Who'd Play At Your Dream Music Festival

Eagles
The Police
Fleetwood Mac (would have to be MF, JM, CM, LB & SN line-up)
{Don & Stevie would also do Leather & Lace... since they'd both be there anyway}
Sarah McLachlan
Crowded House
k.d. Lang
Simon & Garfunkle
Dire Straits
Genesis
CeeLo Green
Beyonce

WalshFan88

07-13-2011, 05:51 AM

List Who'd Play At Your Dream Music Festival

Eagles
The Rolling Stones
Lynyrd Skynyrd
AC/DC
Fleetwood Mac
Aerosmith
Def Leppard
Journey
Led Zeppelin
38 Special
Eric Clapton
James Gang

WalshFan88

07-13-2011, 06:06 AM

List Which Performers You'd Tie The Knot With

Stevie Nicks (circa 70s)
Nancy Wilson (circa 70s)
Sheryl Crow

:rofl:

EaglesFanatic

07-13-2011, 12:37 PM

List Who'd Play At Your Dream Music Festival

Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Neil Young
Bad Company
CCR
Hadag Nachash
Eric Clapton
Eric Hutchinson
Poco

Brooke

07-13-2011, 01:46 PM

List Who'd Play At Your Dream Music Festival

1. Eagles (playing my dream setlist!)
2. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
3. Fleetwood Mac
4. Aerosmith
5. Bon Jovi
6. Keith Urban
7. Def Leppard
8. Bob Seger
9. Rolling Stones
10.Jackson Browne
11.Pink Floyd
12.Led Zeppelin

How many days? :lol:

tequila girl

07-13-2011, 01:57 PM

List Who'd Play At Your Dream Music Festival

Eagles
Jackson Browne
Fleetwood Mac
John Lennon
Willie Nelson
CSN & Y
The Byrds
Eric Clapton
The Highwaymen (as individuals too!)
James Taylor
CCR
Status Quo
Van the Man

Freypower

06-04-2013, 08:02 PM

I've been thinking about this all morning. I will try to restrict this to one song per artist or the list will never end. I will cheat in one way & list one entire album that is mood changing for me; Making Movies by Dire Straits (which also means I don't have to list Solid Rock & can choose another DS song)!

Hey Jude - Beatles
Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
Take It Easy - Eagles
Part Of Me, Part Of You - Glenn Frey
Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
Why Aye Man - Mark Knopfler
Rock'n'Roll - Led Zeppelin
Nights On Broadway - Bee Gees
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John
Cleaning Windows - Van Morrison
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Heroes - David Bowie
Turn To Stone - ELO*
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley **
I'm In Love With My Car - Queen
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy
Guantanamera - Pete Seeger
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Lookin' Out My Back Door - CCR

There, for me, you have some of the greatest songs ever written. But these ARE mood changers.

* This is a breakup song but it is so exhilarating I had to include it.
** Ditto.

Found it! These are 'songs which transform your mood'.

I would add these:

Here's To Life - Glenn Frey
Route 66 - Glenn Frey
Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins (I don't care how dark it is; it makes me feel good)
Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac
Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head (or should I do a list of favourite songs about places)....
Let Me Roll It - Wings
What Is Life - George Harrison
Here Comes The Sun -Beatles
A Hard Day's Night - Beatles
Bad News From Home - Randy Newman (though you wouldn't think so from the title)
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Champagne Supernova - Oasis

But if I had to boil this down to two songs, they are Hey Jude & Solid Rock.

TimothyBFan

06-05-2013, 09:17 AM

I'm actually very glad you brought this thread forward again. This is one of my favorite threads in the Off Topic area. I pulled out my listography book again and will go through this thread again also just to read some of the old list. I bet each and every one of them has changed a bit over the years for me.

(or should I do a list of favourite songs about places)....

I saw this and I thought I can't possibly have enough for a whole list. Was I wrong, was able to make a list of over 30 just off the top of my head. I've narrowed it down to 20.

So here we go again........

List of Favorite Songs About Places

(This can be anyplace, state, city, country, building, etc, real or fictional.... it's your list so use whatever your definition is of "place")

No particular order here.

1.)Solsbury Hill-Peter Gabriel
2.) King Of Hollywood-Eagles
3.) Baker's Street-Gerry Rafferty
4.) Heartbeat City-The Cars
5.)The Road To Hell-Chris Rea
6.) Hotel California-Eagles
7.) Black Water-Doobie Brothers
8.) Small Town-John Mellencamp
9.)Going To California-Led Zeppelin
10.) Mary Jane's Last Dance-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (had to get Indiana in here somehow)
11.) Hollywood Nights-Bob Seger
12.) White Boy From Sacramento-Timothy B Schmit
13.) Rocky Mountain Way-Joe Walsh
14.)New York Groove-Ace Frehley
15.) Kashmir-Led Zeppelin
16.) American Woman-The Guess Who
17.) New York Minute-Don Henley
18.) Harlem Shuffle-The Rolling Stones
19.) Paradise City-Guns N Roses
20.) Sunset Grill-Don Henley

Freypower

06-05-2013, 06:36 PM

I'm glad you responded to this because I wasn't sure if I should revive it or not.

I have so many favourite songs about real places that I could break them into country lists. It didn't occur to me that fictional places (like You Belong To The City) would work. I might do a fictional list but here is my real places list.

1. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
2. Silvertown Blues - Mark Knopfler
3. Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler
4. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
5. Hotel California - Eagles
6. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
7. Tunnel Of Love - Dire Straits
8. Galveston - Glen Campbell
9. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
10. Nights On Broadway - Bee Gees
11. Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
12. Mountains Of Burma - Midnight Oil
13. America - Simon & Garfunkel
14. Shattered (New York) - Rolling Stones
15. New York State Of Mind - Billy Joel
16. Route 66 - Glenn Frey
17. Sunset Grill - Don Henley
18. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
19. One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
20. Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey - Beatles
21. Baltimore - Randy Newman
22. Going To California - Led Zeppelin

That is scraping the surface because travelling is my favourite thing in the world.

Freypower

06-05-2013, 06:59 PM

OK. I had to open iTunes to get a song for The Never Ending Song Game so here is my fictional or semi-fictional places list:

1. You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey
2. Flip City - Glenn Frey
3. My City Was Gone - Pretenders (although it is about Ohio)
4. City To City - Gerry Rafferty
5. Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (New York)
6. Night In The City - ELO
7. In The City - Eagles
8. Summer Night City - Abba
9. Island - Gerry Rafferty
10. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
12. Dirty Old Town - Pogues
13. Town Called Malice - The Jam
14. A Town Called Paradise - Van Morrison
15. Little Village - Van Morrison
15. Living On An Island -Status Quo

If I keep going I'll list the whole lot.

VAisForEagleLovers

06-05-2013, 09:55 PM

This was an interesting thing to do! These are in the same order as my playlist, not in the order of preference. I'm sure Margaritaville would be at the top! To my surprise, two of them are Christmas songs.

Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles (It's a place, trust me, usually comes right after Margaritaville or Partytown)
Midnight in Montgomery – Alan Jackson
Home – Daughtry
Up On Cripple Creek – The Band
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant – Billy Joel
Hollywood Nights – Bob Seger
Main Street – Bob Seger
Katmandu – Bob Seger
Sunset Grill – Don Henley
Under the Boardwalk – Drifters
Hotel California – Eagles
Seven Bridges Road – Eagles
In the City – Eagles
In the Garden – Elvis
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Various
Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
You Belong to the City – Glenn Frey
Partytown – Glenn Frey
Paradise City – Guns and Roses
Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet
Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24 - Trans Siberian Orchestra
Where the Streets Have No Name – U2
Panama – Van Halen
God Bless the USA – Lee Greenwood
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

WalshFan88

06-05-2013, 11:28 PM

I'll have to think about this one!

TimothyBFan

06-06-2013, 08:18 AM

How'd I forget Katmandu??? Good one VA!

VAisForEagleLovers

06-06-2013, 08:34 AM

I figured I had to include O Little Town of Bethlehem since I have, no kidding, 14 different versions of it just on my computer.

Freypower

06-06-2013, 07:18 PM

I would have included Katmandu & Portobello Belle by Dire Straits, Seaside Rendezvous by Queen, Surfin' USA, Romance In Durango by Bob Dylan, I Love LA & LA Woman... it goes on & on.

The good thing about this topic is you can go back & forth & revisit previous lists if you wish. For the moment I have another one.

Songs To Play If You're Feeling Cynical Or In A Bad Mood

Before anyone says 'huh'? there are a lot of songs like this & it's just as valid as songs which make you happy. I'm not going to try & list preferences.

I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins
Digging In The Dirt - Peter Gabriel
That's All - Genesis
Workin' It - Don Henley
He Took Advantage (Blues For Ronald Reagan) - Glenn Frey
Get Over It - Eagles
Black Country Woman - Led Zeppelin
Money - Pink Floyd
Money, Money, Money - Abba (all songs like this really, which would include Felder's Money)
You Can't Do That - Beatles
I'm So Tired - Beatles
Ticket To Ride - Beatles
I've Had Enough - Wings
Where Do You Think You're Going - Dire Straits
Industrial Disease - Dire Straits
Boom, Like That - Mark Knopfler
Bad News From Home - Randy Newman (though this transforms my mood it is fundamentally about disllusionment)
The World Isn't Fair - Randy Newman
The Great Nations Of Europe - Randy Newman
Beast Of Burden - Rolling Stones
Sweet Neo Con - Rolling Stones
The Winner Takes It All - Abba
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Van Morrison's entire catalogue....
Democracy - Leonard Cohen
The Future - Leonard Cohen

You get the idea. :eyebrow:

zeldabjr

06-06-2013, 08:01 PM

lol FP..."Van Morrison's entire catalog"....cracks me up!!!

Freypower

06-06-2013, 08:08 PM

lol FP..."Van Morrison's entire catalog"....cracks me up!!!

Yes. Slightly unfair though. He does have some happy songs (Bright Side Of The Road, Moondance, Days Like This) but he can be very gloomy.

EaglesKiwi

06-07-2013, 05:51 AM

Songs about places - just a couple off the top of my head & with a little help from iTunes (and everything Eagles/solo goes on here automatically of course! :)). Some are very specific places, some more abstract...

Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
Georgia Rain - Trisha Yearwood
Down On Mainstreet - Bob Seger
Does The Wind Still Blow in Oklahoma - Reba McEntire & Ronnie Dunn
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Bathe In The River - Hollie Smith (a bit of a stretch, but a river is still a place so it counts for me!)
Ride Across The River - Dire Straits (see logic above)
So Far Away - Dire Straits (really pushing it now, but far away counts as a place because it's not "here")
The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins
Englishman In New York - Sting
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

TimothyBFan

06-07-2013, 10:01 AM

Yeah-- I had to chuckle about the "whole Van Morrison catalog". :hilarious: I get your point tho.

This one's a tough one but let me do a few, in no particular order.....

Songs To Play If You're Feeling Cynical Or In A Bad Mood

Break My Stride-Matthew Wilder
Sunspot Baby-Bob Seger
What It's Like-Everlast
Turn and Walk Away-The Babys
You're So Vain-Carly Simon
You Talk To Much-George Thorogood
Let It Ride-BTO
The Stroke-Billy Squier
Don't Bring Me Down-ELO
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood-Eric Burden and The Animals
Something To Talk About-Bonnie Raitt
That's Just The Way It Is-Bruce Hornsby
If Looks Could Kill-Heart
Fortunate Son-CCR
I Can't Stand It-Eric Clapton
Get Over It-The Eagles
Land Of Confusion-Genesis
Figured You Out-Nickelback
In The Air Tonight-Phil Collins
I Use To Love Her-Guns N Roses
I Can't Go For That-Hall & Oates
Love Stinks-J Geils Band
What's Going On-Marvin Gaye
Every Breath You Take-The Police
Please Don't Judas Me-Nazareth
Miss Misery-Nazareth
Someone Saved My Life Tonight-Elton John
Under Pressure-Queen
Big Empty-Stone Temple Pilots
Miss America-Styx
Blue Collar Man-Styx
Don't Do Me Like That-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Shattered-Rolling Stones
Dead Flowers-Rolling Stones
Fake Friends-Joan Jett
Roll With It-Steve Winwood
Stranglehold-Ted Nugent
Push Comes To Shove-Van Halen
Alone Again-Gilbert O'Sullivan

Oh my, I better stop now. :hilarious:

Freypower

06-07-2013, 07:21 PM

Those are good, especially Fortunate Son & Land Of Confusion.

EK, I suppose I should applaud your choices of Ride Across The River & So Far Away, neither of which occurred to me. :thumbsup: If I were to REALLY stretch it Sultans Of Swing is about South London.

TimothyBFan

06-10-2013, 08:49 AM

. If I were to REALLY stretch it Sultans Of Swing is about South London.

Really? I did not know that. For the record---thought of you Saturday night- we were on the patio playing cards and listening to vinyl and Larry put on Brothers In Arms. What a great album!

New category

List The Best Album Covers Ever Created

Sticky Fingers-Rolling Stones (the infamous real zipper on the crotch)

In Through The Out Door-Led Zeppelin (6 diff covers with 12 different pictures wrapped in brown paper bag so you never knew which cover you were getting-I of course have had to buy several of them to get all of them- still do NOT have just one in the brown paper bag--someday)

Their Satanic Majesties Request- The Rolling Stones (the hologram version with the 4 Beatles hidden in the picture)

Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin

Sgt Pepper-Beatles

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath- Black Sabbath

Houses Of The Holy-Led Zeppelin (are you seeing a pattern here?)

Abbey Road- Beatles

Animals- Pink Floyd

Blackout- The Scorpions

Two Sides Of The Moon- Keith Moon

1984- Van Halen

Breakfast in America ( Supertramp

I know there's a lot more I'm not mentioning.

VAisForEagleLovers

06-10-2013, 10:07 AM

Work is kind of insane right now, so I don't have time to think about this. However, I've always liked the cover of Loverboy's Working for the Weekend. No idea why... :lie:

Freypower

06-11-2013, 12:23 AM

Really? I did not know that. For the record---thought of you Saturday night- we were on the patio playing cards and listening to vinyl and Larry put on Brothers In Arms. What a great album!

Just quickly:

'South of the river (Thames) you stop & you hold everything' and 'way on down south London town'.

Glad you like BIA.

Very quickly these are my favourite album covers as opposed to the best:

Sgt Pepper
Abbey Road
Rubber Soul
Sticky Fingers
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player
Band On The Run
Venus & Mars
Breakfast In America (it's very cleverly done)
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin IV (it's so iconic)
After Hours (has the perfect ambience)
Dark Side Of The Moon

I am not a Chicago fan but I loved some of their logo covers, particularly VIII (I think) with the chocolate.

Jonny Come Lately

12-23-2014, 08:01 AM

This looks like my kind of thread, I like making musical lists!

Songs about places - just a couple off the top of my head & with a little help from iTunes (and everything Eagles/solo goes on here automatically of course! :)). Some are very specific places, some more abstract...

I'll have a go at this one, I can think of a fair few from my collection, starting with those songs which mention places by name in the title:

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits (a lengthy road in Michigan although funnily enough there is actually a considerably shorter Telegraph Road near where I live)
Hollywood Waltz - Eagles
Hotel California - Eagles
King Of Hollywood - Eagles
Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
Going To California - Led Zeppelin
Bron-Yr-Aur - Led Zeppelin (a cottage in Wales)
Black Country Woman - Led Zeppelin (For non-Brits, the Black Country is the area around Wolverhampton in the West Midlands)
Mississippi Kid - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (could have Neil Young's Alabama as well)
Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler & James Taylor
Speedway At Nazareth - Mark Knopfler
San Tropez - Pink Floyd (tenuous - the actual place is called 'St Tropez')
(Pink Floyd also have 'Grantchester Meadows' - near Cambridge - and 'Southampton Dock')

There are also some Eagles songs where they mention places by name in their lyrics. Off the top of my head I can think of:
Winslow, Arizona - Take It Easy
Train Leaves Here This Morning - 1320 North Columbus
Sante Fe and Oklahoma - Outlaw Man
Santa Fe and San Antone - Midnight Flyer (similar to San Tropez - the latter should be San Antonio I think)
Providence (the one in Rhode Island) , The Malibu (California) and Lahaina - The Last Resort
Houston - The Long Run

In addition, the 'lost verse' of Tequila Sunrise mentions Mexico, Tryin' and In The City both mention a city although do not specifically mention one by name. Although The Sad Café is a fictional name I believe it represents the real Troubadour in Hollywood so that songs also has geographic ties, while I think it is fairly safe to assume that the events described in Life In The Fast Lane and Those Shoes take place in and around L.A.

Additionally, most of the songs on the Dire Straits debut album are meant to be set in specific places - Wild West End and Lions are both about London, Southbound Again and Down To The Waterline are based around Newcastle and In The Gallery mentions both London and Leeds. I think I read somewhere that Sultans of Swing was about a band in a pub in Ipswich but thinking about it South London fits as well. Single Handed Sailor from Communique also has lyrics about the UK capital (it mentions the Cutty Sark and at one point has the line 'he could have said 'Pride of London') while the Spanish City in Tunnel Of Love is a funfair in Whitley Bay, near Newcastle.

Freypower

12-23-2014, 07:26 PM

This looks like my kind of thread, I like making musical lists!

I'll have a go at this one, I can think of a fair few from my collection, starting with those songs which mention places by name in the title:

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits (a lengthy road in Michigan although funnily enough there is actually a considerably shorter Telegraph Road near where I live)

Additionally, most of the songs on the Dire Straits debut album are meant to be set in specific places - Wild West End and Lions are both about London, Southbound Again and Down To The Waterline are based around Newcastle and In The Gallery mentions both London and Leeds. I think I read somewhere that Sultans of Swing was about a band in a pub in Ipswich but thinking about it South London fits as well. Single Handed Sailor from Communique also has lyrics about the UK capital (it mentions the Cutty Sark and at one point has the line 'he could have said 'Pride of London') while the Spanish City in Tunnel Of Love is a funfair in Whitley Bay, near Newcastle.

Sultans specifically says 'way on down south, London town'.
Portobello Belle is about the Portobello Markets.

Can you give me more information about Telegraph Road being in Michigan?

People on this board will roll their eyes & think 'NO! Freypower is going to do her rant about the Spanish City again'! It's become a place of pilgrimage for me; on my last two visits to the Newcastle area I've insisted on driving past it.

What It Is, from the Sailing To Philadelphia album, is about Edinburgh.
The magnificent Silvertown Blues from the same album is about a rundown area in south east London near the Millennium Dome.

Fare The Well, Northumberland & Why Aye Man from The Ragpicker's Dream are about Geordies leaving Newcastle. Why Aye Man was inspired by the TV show Auf Widersehn Pet about Geordies working in Germany.

So Far From The Clyde from Get Lucky is about a ship a long way from where it was built in Glasgow. Border Reiver from that album is about a train that runs along the Border region.

Radio City Serenade from Privateering is about Radio City Music Hall.

Jonny Come Lately

12-24-2014, 04:53 AM

You're right about Sultans of Swing - I tend to forget about that line. Not sure how given how many times I've heard the song over the years! Being in London makes more sense than Ipswich because Mark Knopfler's primary geographical points of reference tended to be the places he knew best - Newcastle, Leeds and London.

Thinking about it again, although Trafalgar Square seems to be a good fit for the lyrics of Lions I think it might actually be set in Leeds - I believe starlings were a problem species in Leeds in the 1970s, whereas pigeons are far more common in London.

The Wikipedia pages for Telegraph Road the song and U.S. Route 24 show that Telegraph Road is the name of Route 24 for about 80 miles in Michigan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph_Road_(song)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_24_in_Michigan

Good examples about his solo albums, I agree Silvertown Blues is a great song as well! Sailing To Philadelphia is the only solo Mark Knopfler I own currently although that alone has quite a few references to specific locations in its songs. Going back to Speedway at Nazareth for instance it mentions several racetracks by name (The Brickyard refers to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, most of the others take the name of the city or state).

Earlier this year I was in London with my family and had Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits songs playing in the car when we went past the Cutty Sark (Single Handed Sailor) and the O2 Arena, which is built around the former Millennium Dome (Silvertown Blues).

Freypower

12-24-2014, 05:47 PM

Jonny Come Lately

03-24-2015, 02:05 PM

This week sees the international football break where the top two divisions of the English league don't play next weekend while England play a pointless friendly match and an only slightly less pointless international qualifier. England have been put in a ridiculously easy group containing thoroughly mediocre teams like Estonia and Lithuania, and San Marino who are happy if they don't let in too many goals, and with two teams going through automatically England shouldn't have to break much of a sweat. In truth, with all respect to the other teams in the group, it would be a disgrace if we failed to qualify.

What do this have to do with playlists, you may ask? Well to amuse myself I had a look at the England squad and started to wonder how many of their names could be shoehorned into song titles. I had a look through my iTunes library to see whether I could make up a decent little team of players, fortunately I found this was just about possible and even better this could be fitted into English football's most historically popular formation, 4-4-2 (four defenders, four midfielders and two strikers plus the goalkeeper).

I'm guessing some of you won't necessarily recognise these names so here's the England squad in full if you want to check:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32006063

The Hart Of The Matter
(Joe Hart / The Heart Of The Matter - Don Henley)
-------------------------
Walker Of Life
(Kyle Walker / Walk Of Life - Dire Straits)
Lily, Rosemary And The Jagielka Of Hearts
(Phil Jagielka / Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts - Bob Dylan)
Over The Cahills And Far Away
(Gary Cahill / Over The Hills And Far Away - Led Zeppelin)
Jail Baines
(Leighton Baines / Jail Bait - Wishbone Ash)
----------------------------
Another Brick In The Walcott
(Theo Walcott / Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd)
Sweet Baby James Milner
(James Milner / Sweet Baby James - James Taylor)
From Hank To Henderson
(Jordan Henderson / From Hank To Hendrix - Neil Young)
New Kid In Townsend
(Andros Townsend / New Kid In Town - Eagles)
---
Welbeck To The Machine
(Welcome To The Machine - Pink Floyd)
Like A Harry Kane
(Harry Kane / Like A Hurricane - Neil Young)

The team is listed in order of Goalkeeper-Defenders-Midfielders-Forwards, following the usual convention.

My team originally had Sweet Home Adam Lallana (Adam Lallana / Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd) but then I remembered that he had to withdraw from the squad due to injury. I suppose I could have gone for 'Hartache Tonight' or 'What Do I Do With My Hart' as well but given that I already had two songs each by Neil Young and Pink Floyd I didn't want to include another duplicate artist unless absolutely necessary so I went for the Don Henley solo song instead for the goalkeeper.

It was just a fun exercise really, but I'm quite glad I managed to get a full team of eleven players out! :)

Freypower

03-24-2015, 05:31 PM

That is so clever JCL. I particularly like 'like a Harry Kane' & the Henderson & Lallana ones.

Jonny Come Lately

03-24-2015, 06:30 PM

Glad you liked them FP. :thumbsup: Something with 'hard' in the title or a similar word would definitely be best for Gerrard - Gerrard's Day Night is an obvious one if probably not the absolute best 'fit'. In some cases I did have to go for the players whose names fitted best rather than the ones most likely to be in the starting eleven (Wayne Rooney's name not being especially conducive to this was quite handy as it gave me a great excuse to leave him out!).

I can think of a few other song titles for some former Liverpool and England players over the last fifteen or so years too:
Fowler Me Home
(Robbie Fowler / Follow Me Home - Dire Straits)
Carragher No
(Jamie Carragher / Caroline No - The Beach Boys)
You Can Go Your Owen Way
(Michael Owen / Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac. He really can go his own way as far as I'm concerned, it's clear that United would never have won that title without him on their substitutes' bench or treatment table... :-x)
All Shelvey Wants To Do Is Dance
(Jonjo Shelvey / All She Wants To Do Is Dance - Don Henley)
Sloop Johnson B
(Glen Johnson / Sloop John B - The Beach Boys)
Ibiza Barmby
(Nick Barmby / Ibiza Bar - Pink Floyd)
Downing By The River
(Stewart Downing / Down By The River - Neil Young)
I Dreamed There Was No Warnock
(Stephen Warnock / I Dreamed There Was No War - Eagles)

Not complete but at least I managed to find ones for Fowler and Carragher, the two best homegrown players other than Gerrard in the modern era.

I did actually came up with another contemporary one which is Boogie With Sturridge, which is actually quite appropriate given his signature dancing goal celebration!

I've got a few more examples for recent Liverpool players who aren't English:
Simple Hamann
(Dietmar Hamann / Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Plenty of songs would work for him but this one seemed best)
All Alonso The Watchtower
(Xabi Alonso / All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix)
Whole Lotta Lovren
(Dejan Lovren / Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin)
Babel I'm Gonna Leave You
(Ryan Babel / Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin. Would also work for Markus Babbel)
Allen's Psychedelic Breakfast
(Joe Allen / Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast - Pink Floyd)
Portobello Bellamy
(Craig Bellamy / Portobello Belle - Dire Straits)

Freypower

03-24-2015, 06:42 PM

South Bound Suarez - Led Zeppelin.

What's more it came true now he's at Barcelona.

Also don't forget that Carragher No has also been sung by both Mr Frey & Mr Schmit.

The rest of those are excellent. I wish I could think of others. The only one that sprang to mind was Shearer Heart Attack (Queen) for one of my husband's heroes. Then there is Best Of My Love, I suppose. Don't go there.

Jonny Come Lately

03-26-2015, 06:18 PM

I can't believe I missed out on South Bound Suarez - whenever I see that song title I immediately think of Luis, and as you said, it turned out to be quite accurate.

Shearer Heart Attack is a good one! :thumbsup: That got me thinking about some more Newcastle players who have names that work in song titles as well, I think there's a fair few for them too. Another Queen song title that would work would be The Shola Ameobi Must Go On (there is also a Pink Floyd song with this name).

Shay Given's name can be incorporated into a number of song titles providing you're not that fussed about grammar (e.g. Given Me Shelter, You Never Given Me Your Money). One that works perhaps slightly better is Buffalo Springfield's Mr. Solano, while the late Gary Speed had a name which doesn't tend to need to be changed to fit - a song like say, Coldplay's High Speed includes his name already.

For some reason a lot of Newcastle's players from recent times have names that can be fitted into Led Zeppelin song titles. These would include Celebration Beye (Habib Beye), Dyer Mak'er (Kieron Dyer) and Hats Off To (Steve) Harper. Album after album of songs could be dedicated to Sebastian Bassong - again I'll go for a Led Zeppelin one, The Bassong Remains The Same, although they have several that work for his name! There's also Nobody's Fault Butt Mine although this at risk of falling into the same category as your example of The Best Of My Love, or worse yet, What Is And What Should Neville Be...

One Eagles song that does work for an ex-Newcastle player is VOL - Victim of Lovenkrands has quite a nice ring to it I think. Meanwhile Titus Bramble's name could easily be fitted into a certain Joe Walsh song. Suffice to say the song in question has an initialised title!

Craig Bellamy, James Milner and Michael Owen are all ex-Newcastle players so their songs can be used again (although Owen is even less popular up there in my experience). I sometimes forget that prior to joining Liverpool Dietmar Hamann spent a season with Newcastle - while Simple Hamann works fine for him as a Liverpool player, for his time in the north-east of England only one song is appropriate, this being Mark Knopfler's Why Aye Hamann!

Freypower

03-26-2015, 07:27 PM

Jonny Come Lately

04-14-2015, 02:47 PM

I meant to reply to this sooner but never got around to it, better late than never I suppose.

I had heard about the Neville Neville chant, that's actually quite good by their standards - certainly compared to the awful 'We're Man United, we'll do what we want' (to the tune of Sloop John B, which is overused by football fans to a ridiculous extent) and 'Champione, Champione, Ole ole ole'... I digress.

I must admit I'd never heard of any of those Liverpool manager songs, not even Frankly Mr Shankly. My number one Liverpool FC song that isn't a club anthem like You'll Never Walk Alone or the basis for a chant has to be Pink Floyd's Fearless, which features the Liverpool fans singing YNWA and chanting 'Liverpool' at the end of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgQuj8v2gg

I believe the fans were recorded at Wembley in the 1971 FA Cup final, where Liverpool were beaten 2-1 by Arsenal (the team Roger Waters supports).

In any case I've got a new theme...
Your Favourite Songs That Run To Under 2 and 1/2 Minutes in Length.

Here's my 12-song playlist taken from songs in my iTunes library, with the song timings in brackets to show that they really are pretty short.

1) In My Room - The Beach Boys (2:12)
2) Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan (2:19)
3) Don't Panic - Coldplay (2:17)*
4) Twenty-One - Eagles (2:10)
5) I Dreamed There Was No War - Eagles (1:38)**
6) Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac (2:13)***
7) Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (2:27)
8) Bron-Yr-Aur - Led Zeppelin (2:08)**
9) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young (2:29)
10) The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young (2:03)
11) The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd (1:37)****
12) Alone - Wishbone Ash (2:25)

Of these, I think Immigrant Song is the standout and I think you'd be hard pressed to find a song of its length that is as impressive as the immense Led Zeppelin III opener.

Two songs that just miss out are Bob Dylan's Knockin' On Heaven's Door and Led Zeppelin's Communication Breakdown, which run to 2:30 exactly and therefore don't run under the time limit. It should be noted that the Guns 'N' Roses version of Heaven's Door is much longer and therefore cannot be included, can't remember the length of Eric Clapton's cover (I only own Bob's original).

* I actually consider this be one of Coldplay's top three songs. I think some of their other songs are too long and start to drag, whereas Don't Panic is the exact length it needs to be.
** I like to think the repeat button was created with such short yet beautiful instrumentals as these two in mind...
*** For what it's worth, the only other three Fleetwood Mac songs I have which meet the runtime criteria are The Ledge, That's Enough For Me and Never Make Me Cry. I don't care for any of these tracks whereas I love Never Going Back Again.
*** There are many Pink Floyd songs that run for less than 2:30 but most of them don't really work as standalone songs without listening to the tracks immediately before and after - e.g. Speak To Me from Dark Side or The Happiest Days of Our Lives on The Wall - or are slight instrumentals such as More Blues on the More album, this one feels like a complete song though.

Freypower

04-14-2015, 08:15 PM

The Elton John song I was referring to was Roy Rogers. I was just making a joke about the manager's surname.

Songs which are shorter than 2:30?

Immigrant Song & then daylight.

Seriously:

Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon - Queen. (1:07) I didn't realise how short this is. Seaside Rendezvous is 2:15
Her Majesty - Beatles (0:23)
Political Science - Randy Newman (2:05)
Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley (2:13)
Play With Fire - Rolling Stones (2.:15)
Doctor Robert - Beatles (2:15)
Lady Madonna - Beatles (2:18 )
There's A Place - Beatles (1:53)
59th Street Bridge Song - Simon & Garfunkel (1:51)
I Wanna Be Around - Glenn Frey (2:19)

Of course a lot of Beatles songs are very short.

Jonny Come Lately

04-15-2015, 03:19 PM

I knew what were getting at, when you mentioned the Elton John song I did check the tracklisting for the album as I'm really not very familiar with any of his records. Now I think about it both halves of the song title can be related to Liverpool managers, although Roy has got to be Roy Evans, who was a great servant to the club, and not the other one (whose tenure I would rather forget).

Very true about The Beatles and the same holds true for The Beach Boys where from the one (single CD) compilation I own there are several tracks which are under 2 and 1/2 minutes in length so for my list I simply picked my favourite from these. In fact, of the 29 songs on the compilation only four of them are over 3 minutes long, hence why so many can be fitted onto one CD and even though a song like Good Vibrations is unusually long for The Beach Boys at 3:36, this is almost exactly the same length as Desperado and only slightly longer than Take It Easy, which aren't especially long for the Eagles. I think this is partly because the limitations of recording technology at the time meant it was difficult to record anything more than about 3 minutes or so in length so the songs had to be sufficiently short to be recorded.

The Disco Strangler

04-15-2015, 09:15 PM

This looks like fun. Must play.

Your Favourite Songs That Run To Under 2 and 1/2 Minutes in Length.

Megadeth - Dawn Patrol (1:52)
Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (2:23), Bird Dog (2:14)
Poppy Family - I Thought of You Again (2:27)
The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2:27)
Timothy B. Schmit - So In Love (2:17)
Eagles - The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks (2:21)
Cheap Trick - Oh Claire (1:11)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - Kicks (2:25)
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (2:27)
Maureen McGovern - The Morning After (2:22)

The Disco Strangler

04-15-2015, 09:56 PM

List of Favorite Songs About Places

(This can be anyplace, state, city, country, building, etc, real or fictional.... it's your list so use whatever your definition is of "place")

Bob Seger: Katmandu
Benjamin Orr: Skyline
Alice in Chains: Down in a Hole
Jerry Cantrell: Bargain Basement Howard Hughes
Collective Soul: Under Heaven's Skies
Collective Soul: Where the River Flows
Johnny Cash: Flosom Prison Blues (looove it)
Rainbow: Man on the Silver Mountain
Rainbow: Street of Dreams
Eagles: The Disco Strangler (obviously, heh)
Eagles: King of Hollywood
Eagles: Seven Bridges Road
Eagles: In the City
Glenn Frey: You Belong to the City
Phil Collins: Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
Megadeth: Go to Hell
Megadeth: Hangar 18
Megadeth: Train of Consquences
Paul Revere and the Raiders: Night Train
RHCP: Californication
RHCP: Under the Bridge
The Hollies: Bus Stop
Van Halen: Mean Street
Van Halen: Take Your Whiskey Home
Van Hagar: Top of the World

Jonny Come Lately

06-04-2015, 06:52 AM

This time I'll make a couple of lists of my favourite and least favourite album covers:

Favourite Album Covers
- Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur (The Gresley Pacifics are my favourite steam engines)
- Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (Great shot, it's the stare in his eyes, shows he really meant business!)
- Parachutes - Coldplay (The orange globe is beautiful and fits the warm, mellow music perfectly)
- In Rock - Deep Purple
- Dire Straits - Dire Straits
- Eagles - Eagles (Love the desert image)
- Eagles - On The Border (An underrated cover for an underrated album IMO, just think it looks cool)
- Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (Sums up the album's central theme as well as being a great shot of Lindsey and Stevie)
- Led Zeppelin I (Great choice of image for a hard rock band's first album)
- Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young (Really like the shot of him out in the country with his canine companion)
- After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
- Argus - Wishbone Ash

I will give a special mention to Pink Floyd who have several of my favourites:
- Atom Heart Mother - Can't help but laugh at that cow... (Apparently when this cover was shown to the record company they said 'Do you want us to go out of business?')
- The Dark Side Of The Moon - Only one word for it. Iconic.
- Wish You Were Here - Another classic image, is also clever with the man being literally 'burned' by the music business.
- Animals - Great idea, executed brilliantly. Also fits the album's music perfectly.
The Division Bell - Really like the two big Easter Island-style statues.

For what it's worth, I have posters of the Dark Side, WYWH and Animals covers.

Least Favourite Album Covers (I actually like some of these albums, in fact I love a couple of them, but the covers... no)
- Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (Awfully cringeworthy, I think this is album is a bit overrated anyway but the cover makes it difficult to take the music as seriously)
- Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (Ugly with too much wasted space)
- Led Zeppelin III (It's just too messy)
- Nevermind - Nirvana (In poor taste IMO)
- Meddle - Pink Floyd (I don't hate it, but by Floyd's standards it is a bit of a disappointment considering how good the album is)
- Songs Of Innocence - U2 (At risk of upsetting any U2 fans, when you've already spammed everyone's iTunes accounts with your album the last thing you need to do is put such a dodgy looking image next to it...)

NightMistBlue

06-04-2015, 01:57 PM

Agree about the U2 cover. And learning that the dude Adam is embracing is his 18-year son didn't help either - it's just awkward.

My favorite album covers are "Heyday" by The Church (can be summed up in two words: "screaming paisley," but it's beautiful) and The Doors "13" for sentimental reasons, and because you can't do much better aesthetically than Jim Morrison's face.

Jonny, have you heard "Frankly Mr Shankly" yet? I've always loved it, and it features one of Morrissey's funniest lyrics ever, "Sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled/making Christmas cards with the mentally ill." Anyone who's ever had a crap job can identify.

Freypower

06-04-2015, 10:33 PM

As far as least favourite album covers Pet Sounds is the worst. Amatuer hour; any album cover with the song titles listed looks like a compilation & the photo is cringeworthy. I also agree that the album is overrated. I also agree about Tusk, but I also don't like the Fleetwood Mac & Rumours covers.

Automatic For The People - REM

Some say this is their greatest album. It is nowhere near; Out Of Time is. Both albums have dreadful covers but Automatic is just horrendous.

Tattoo You - Rolling Stones

I love this album but I hate it when only one band member is shown on a cover (Keith is on the back; that doesn't excuse it). I don't like the Some Girls cover much either.

Making Movies - Dire Straits

I know it's supposed to be a frame from a reel of film & I should like it because it's mainly red. But it's my second favourite album & it should have a more interesting cover.

The End Of The Innocence & Strange Weather

The Innocence cover is awful, plus he has a cigarette dangling from his hand. The colours are drab (so is Building The Perfect Beast). Strange Weather just doesn't work & is a horrible disappointment for such a great album. Oh, and then there is Glenn Frey Live. It looks like it was designed in five minutes.

Invisible Touch - Genesis

Superb album. Very 80s cover. See also Bob Dylan's horrible Empire Burlesque.

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

If you can have an overrated album cover, this is it.

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young

Yeah. Grunge. I don't care. It's horrible.

I think I listed my favourites earlier in the thread.

Jonny Come Lately

06-05-2015, 02:25 PM

Good point about the Pet Sounds cover, I hadn't looked at in a while and forgot about the tracklisting. I agree it's odd for a regular studio album. Guess I was too busy thinking about the naff image of The Beach Boys at the petting zoo.

Come to think of it, the Pet Sounds cover is just begging for a parody by some hard rock or heavy metal band featuring the band members at a similar petting zoo feeding lions/tigers/crocodiles/other dangerous beasts in the same fashion!

I personally disagree about Automatic For The People and Out Of Time although this is partially down to my utter loathing of Shiny Happy People. I've always hated it and have never been able to sit through the whole thing - I've tried listening to a few times just to be sure and always bail out after hearing the chorus - and I can't think of a song I hate as much relative to my opinion on the artist (I usually quite like R.E.M.). I think Automatic is slightly overrated and stuff like Star Me Kitten isn't very good IMO, but I'd still rather listen to the worst tracks on that than SHP (I might have mentioned that I'm not a fan of that song :)). I tend to agree with you about R.E.M.'s album covers though, they've never been much good. Can't think of one I like from their collection. Then again what do you expect from a band which called an album 'Green' which had a yellow/brown cover? :shrug:

I think there is room for 'functional' album covers in music - ones that aren't great pieces of artwork in themselves, but fit the album well - and I feel that the Making Movies cover is an example of this. For example, Pink Floyd's The Wall album cover isn't that much to look at but is exactly perfect for that album and its music, and I think I'd put The Long Run with its predominantly black cover in the same category.

I'm surprised you dislike the Rust Never Sleeps cover so much, I saw a T-shirt of it on sale when I saw Neil Young last summer and was quite tempted to buy one, but didn't. If there's one Neil Young album cover that feels grungy to me then it's Ragged Glory (although again I think that's quite a good fit).

I'm not a great fan of The Smiths myself so hadn't heard of Frankly Mr Shankly until it was mentioned on here 2-3 months ago (part of the issue is that The Smiths come from the wrong city in northwest England. The rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester extends beyond football!). I'll probably give it a listen though.

Freypower

06-05-2015, 06:07 PM

Oh, I know the Making Movies cover is functional & fits the theme. I hated to mention it.

I have iTunes open so I can look at the artwork & I thought of another cover I don't like which is Presence. Very 'mysterious' & everything. It has nothing to do with what Led Zeppelin is about.

Another cover which has a good concept which isn't very well executed is News Of The World by Queen. It's 'of its time' as my husband says.

One more - Playin' It Cool by TBS. Perhaps if he'd left out the fake animal print stuff....

NightMistBlue

06-08-2015, 05:01 PM

Timothy is a gorgeous man, but he should never ever cut his hair short. Like Samson, it robs him of his power.

I don't quite get all the Pet Sounds cover hate. That cover is of its time - very innocent and pedestrian. The band looks uncomfortable but that's part of its charm. Plus, I dig goats.

Rush's Permanent Waves is a really cool cover.

Jonny Come Lately

06-16-2015, 04:58 AM

Songs that are better live

I am sure most if not all of us can think of cases where we have listened to both the studio and live versions of a song by a given artist and have preferred the live take. I myself can think of several and have posted a list of songs where I feel that there is at least one live version which is clearly superior to the original studio version.

I think there need to be two criteria:
1) The song must have been recorded in the studio originally by the artist (so for instance you cannot have Seven Bridges Road as the Eagles never released a studio version of it).
2) There has to be something about the live performance that raises it above the studio version (not simply 'it's better because it's live'). I just think this makes it a more interesting game. What I'm most interested to hear is cases where, if the live version was re-recorded in the studio with the same arrangement and performance, you would still prefer it to the original cut.

I've specified the version I like best for each, except for I'm So Afraid where virtually any live performance beats the mildly disappointing studio cut in my view (I heard the 1997 live version first which I think spoiled my enjoyment of the studio version, if I had to give a particular version then I'd choose the take from The Dance).

I'd be interested to hear reasons for your preference, but this isn't essential.

- A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay (Live 2003)
Coldplay's songs tend to be better in the studio than live from a performance point of view IMO, but this is an exception. The addition of a slide solo in the middle improves the song greatly as it occupies what felt like empty space in the original and made the song a bit more powerful.

- Six Blade Knife - Dire Straits (Live At The BBC)
I really like the original, but this highlights the excellent bass on this track more, and I like the guitar sound on Live At The BBC in any case.

- Once Upon A Time In The West - Dire Straits (Alchemy)
The original studio version is great but I really like this extended version with Mark Knopfler's guitar complementing the keyboard parts . It's different from the original so I can listen to both very happily.

- Why Aye Man - Mark Knopfler (Lyon 2005)
I love the original version as well but I think the extended outro just gives this live recording the edge, with Mark at his best on his guitar. I also like the prominence of the organ on the chorus.

- Tryin' - Eagles (Voorburg 1973)
I like the studio version but I think it works better live and the extended jam section means I prefer the live cut.

- Outlaw Man - Eagles (Seattle 1976)
Again I love the original version but the combination of Glenn's piano with Felder and Walsh's great guitar take it to a new level, the only slight shame being that Randy's bass solo was shortened (although fortunately still present).

- I'm So Afraid - Fleetwood Mac (any live version will do)
I have spoken elsewhere of my dislike of the high vocal on the studio version so I prefer the live versions in that regard, but I also think the guitars on the live recordings are much better.

- Big Love - Fleetwood Mac (The Dance)
The original is overproduced and I hate the, ahem, 'noises' in it (finding out Lindsey did all of them didn't help either...), I absolutely love Lindsey's fiery and passionate guitar and vocals in this 1997 live version. Stripping back this song was a great idea and allowed the song's potential to be fully realised.

- The Song Remains The Same - Led Zeppelin (Celebration Day)
I really like Page's guitar on this version and I prefer Robert Plant's normal voice to the sped up vocals on the original (I still really like the Houses of the Holy version but I am not crazy about the vocal, why make a singer as great as Robert sound like a cartoon character?).

- The Loner - Neil Young (Live Rust)
I consider the Live Rust version, which reinterprets the original as a grungy rocker with Crazy Horse in the vein of the songs from the latter half of Rust Never Sleeps, to be the definitive version of this song, rather than the more production heavy version on his first self-titled album.

- Careful With That Axe Eugene - Pink Floyd (Ummagumma)
The original studio version on Relics is okay, but is blown out of the water by this superior live cut from the live half of the Ummagumma album. The guitar rocks harder live and Roger's screams are much scarier!

- Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd (Wembley 1974)
The original version works better as part of the Dark Side Of The Moon album, but this more bluesy live take is the superior performance in my view. I love the combination of Rick Wright's keyboards and David Gilmour's guitar, as well as the way the song builds towards the end to a powerful climax.

- Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd (Pulse)
In some ways I actually prefer having the female backing singers on the second verse rather than the children's choir on the original. I think the extended guitar solo and organ solo also add a lot to the song. I also thought it was very cool how part of the guitar from ABITW Part 1 (which I love) was incorporated into the song's intro.

NightMistBlue

06-16-2015, 11:49 AM

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- Careful With That Axe Eugene - Pink Floyd (Ummagumma)
The original studio version on Relics is okay, but is blown out of the water by this superior live cut from the live half of the Ummagumma album. The guitar rocks harder live and Roger's screams are much scarier!

Thanks for the recommendation, that was trippy. I love Gilmour's guitar work, he is brilliant.

My "better live" list is very short: "How Long" by the Eagles from Voorburg, 1973. It's just a shame that the levels are much too low when Don and Randy are singing, but that seemed to happen a lot (especially with Don) back in the olden times.

Jonny Come Lately

03-29-2016, 02:21 PM

I've not done one of these for a very long time. I've always enjoyed this thread and thought I'd reboot it with an idea I came across from the earlier pages.

Moments In Music That You'll Never Forget

I'll start with a couple of important events that I cannot put an exact date to:
- First listen to Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, my parents say that they used to play it to me as a baby so I have no idea of when I first heard it. My parents also played James Taylor’s Greatest Hits when I was a small child, as well as Carly Simon’s Coming Around Again album.
- Some time when I was looking through my parents’ CD collection, I discover an album with a black cover featuring a cow skull. At the time, this is just another CD in the rack, so I don’t think about it again, until 2013 that is…

~2002-2003 – First regular exposure to non-child orientated music. This includes Rumours and James Taylor, but also I’m Alive by Jackson Browne and The End of the Innocence.

April 2007 – My Mum buys Don’s Actual Miles, and I hear Boys of Summer for the first time.

~2007 – After reading something about Dire Straits, my Dad introduces me to a song called ‘Sultans of Swing’, which I immediately love.

2008-2010 – It sounds funny now, but in this era I wasn’t all that interested in music. There were definitely albums I still enjoyed listening to but I really didn’t think about it much.

December 2010 – One of my Christmas presents is the 2 CD edition of the Very Best of Fleetwood Mac. I get absolutely hooked on it and I listen to it extremely frequently over the next six months. Looking back, it is clear that getting this album truly ignited my interest in music.

February 2011 – Introduced to the work of Bob Dylan with Blood On The Tracks.

August 2011 – I am given The Beach Boys Greatest Hits for my birthday. I enjoy this quite a lot.

December 2011 – I receive an iPod for Christmas. I have to admit I really wasn’t sure I wanted it at first (how wrong was I?), but after a few days I realised it was a good idea. I initially uploaded just a handful of albums (including, inevitably, the Very Best of Fleetwood Mac).

April-May 2012 – Start to begin to purchase my own music on iTunes. IIRC, Crystal by Fleetwood Mac was the first song I downloaded.

August 2012 – Thanks to a bar band in Portugal I am introduced to Comfortably Numb and Money, and then hear Wish You Were Here in the Olympic closing ceremony…

December 2012 – … I then receive the Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here albums for Christmas. The rest is history!

July 2013 – On the lookout for music to listen to for a holiday, I listen to a couple of very famous songs. One is Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven; the other is Hotel California. On returning, I then check out the full Hotel California album. I love it! (Slightly later, I do the same with Led Zeppelin IV, with the same result).

September 2013 – I return to the ‘cow skull’ album and listen to the One of These Nights album in full. I love it and then go on to explore the rest of the Eagles catalogue. I then hear Take It Easy, which cements my love for the band.

February 2014 – My first album purchase on CD (The Wall by Pink Floyd). Increasingly, I begin to prefer to buy CDs rather than downloading music.

May 2014 – Thanks to a very generous family friend I am properly introduced to the works of Neil Young and quickly become a huge fan.

July 2014 – I then attend my first proper rock concert, Neil Young & Crazy Horse in Liverpool. A fantastic night!

December 2014 – I receive the Eagles Studio Albums box set for Christmas. Of course, this is also the month I join The Border.

February 2015 – I complete my collection of Eagles studio albums by purchasing Long Road Out of Eden.

December 2015 – Having selected Cass County as my prize in the HOTE quote competition, I receive my copy of the album from Soda and Dreamer on the other side of the Atlantic. I can’t thank you enough, it really does mean a lot to me.

19th January 2016 – I hear of the passing of Glenn Frey. :sad:

These aren’t the only notable events (I could go into more detail about my early years – 2002-2010 – if I thought about them, for instance), but I had to keep it to a sensible level. Given that I haven’t got around to posting my full story on here, I wanted to try and give a reasonable overview to see where I come from. There were a few events I could have chosen from the last twelve months or so that didn’t make the list, but I feel that it is too recent to judge which ones were most important with the exception of the two I did mention.

Jonny Come Lately

09-22-2016, 12:50 PM

Quite fancied doing a new list now - I've decided to adapt an idea I saw earlier in this thread regarding those songs that drive you crazy... so here goes!

MUSIC YOU'D LIKE TO PUT IN ROOM 101

This is where you can put down all the music that you just can't stand! This may seem like a 'negative' idea but let's face it, most of us have songs or artists that we just can't stand, and I don't want to take this too seriously. All this of course is just my opinion, and I'm not offended if anyone else isn't offended by this stuff!

I'll start with a few that I couldn't wait to list, this is the stuff that I know I just can't stand:

- The entire Rap genre
- Any Pop/'RnB'/Hip Hop Song that features a Rap Section
- Anything by or featuring Rihanna
- Anything by or featuring Jay-Z or Kanye West (In case they are somehow not included in the Rap genre)
- Umbrella by Rihanna (Just to be sure, in case it somehow slips through the net!)

Umbrella is quite possibly my least favourite song ever. It's almost like it was deliberately designed to annoy me as much as possible! It ticks pretty much every one of my 'pet hate' boxes.

Some more songs I'd want to put in there:
- Any dance remixes of classic rock songs (e.g. I recently heard a horrific remix of Fleetwood Mac's Dreams. Just awful!)

- Shiny Happy People - R.E.M. (I honestly can't listen to this one to the end! An absolute sickly dessert of a song IMO)

- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift (All of her big pop hits really annoy me, and this is the dumbest and most annoying!)

- Princess Of China, A Sky Full Of Stars and Hymn For The Weekend, all by Coldplay. All collaborations with pop artists I don't like. What happened to the band that made Parachutes? When I hear any of these I can't quite believe I used to like them. I don't really like their recent albums at all, but these songs are the worst.

I found this more difficult than I originally thought because I wanted to get stuff that I actually hated in first - those songs that, I'd be scrambling to change the station if I heard them start on the radio. That's why there isn't really anything by any bands I'm sure there's loads more songs I could list but mercifully I've forgotten about most of them!

RudieCantFail

09-24-2016, 02:21 AM

In response to: MUSIC YOU'D LIKE TO PUT IN ROOM 101

JCL, do you absolutely dislike Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys? I'm not much of a fan of rap either, but I like those groups because they mixed rock instrumentation into their songs. I'll admit that some Beastie Boys songs aren't that good and can be deplorable for their immature lyrics. I haven't listened to a lot of Run-DMC's catalog, but I like the songs that I've heard of so far, like King of Rock and Rock Box. However, I totally understand why if you don't like rap and hip-hop as a whole because of the industry's disgraceful lyrics about women, drugs, money, and other criminal stuff that they rap about as well as the excess amount of swearing. I tried to listen to NWA once, and I couldn't really get through it due to how many times they swore. Some say that it's appropriate for what they're trying to say, but it's just not my thing. I'm not trying to convince you at all of changing your opinion on music, but it seemed draconian that you didn't like any rap at all. If you really don't, then ok, I was just checking.

Anyways, I'll try to bring up music that I can't stand:

Pop Punk - I absolutely can't stand the tenors of these groups. They all sound the same and whiny to me, so that's also why I can't stand that genre. Blink-182 is one of the few exceptions I have for this genre. I'm neutral to that band. Because The Clash are one of my favorite groups, I hold the punk genre to a standard and pop punk is below that for the most part. I'm also not too keen of all punk b/c I don't like screaming or shouting in singing and I don't like simple songs, like from the Ramones. I know that The Clash's 1st album had the simple punk songs, but I'm glad that they branched off into their music and just kept the sentiment in the lyrics.

Rap/Hip-hop - I don't mind the older stuff from the 70s and 80s, but after that, the genre falls off the cliff for me.

Ok, this next one is probably going to get me in trouble, but I just don't like Bob Dylan because he doesn't sing that well, IMO. The folk genre and his voice don't do that much for me. His lyrics are well written, but that's why I tend to like covers of his songs more.

I also tend to not like pop music of the last 5-7 years with all the Katy Perry, Bieber, 1D, Ariana Grande, and whatever is popular this week, the last, and the next. To me, they lack actual instruments and it's like all done by a computer. I know that the 80s experimented with synthesizers, drum machines, and other electronic enhancements, but I like that sound. I just don't like today's sound for the most part. It's like they're not trying to put real guitar, drums, and bass. It's too drum sound heavy and hardly any guitar. That being said, I don't mind Daft Punk b/c you know what you're getting into when you listen to that genre.

One final thing, would be metal that has screaming singers and also Norwegian Black Metal. The only reason why I even know of the latter b/c I stumbled upon it on the Internet. That genre is filled with crazy people. They have burned down churches, killed other band mates, and convinced a band mate to commit suicide, but this is just from one band, Mayhem. Aside from the crazy history, I don't like the singing and the instrumentation is too fast for me to enjoy.

Jonny Come Lately

09-24-2016, 06:37 AM

You've raised some very good points about rap music. I wasn't being overly serious when I said the 'entire Rap genre', I don't hate every single rap song ever on principle but I can't say I've ever heard one I actually enjoyed either. I've never actively listened to rap but due to its popularity I have heard a fair bit of it, usually on TV (in sporting montages or things like that), or when I was at school when people were playing or playing on radio or music channels on TV when I was in sixth form. It probably doesn't help that the rap songs that get the most attention are the ones I most strongly dislike, i.e. the egocentric 'you are watching the biggest rock star in the world' Kanye West type stuff (is there a proper description for the style they do? My limited knowledge is showing!). I also agree about NWA and music of that ilk, although I can acknowledge that they are trying to make a statement so I'm not quite as against it though it's not what I'd choose to listen to. With the rap-rock crossovers The Beastie Boys don't appeal to me, although I'll admit that's partly down to the lyrics and themes, and I only really know Run-DMC for their Aerosmith cover. I remember seeing Rage Against The Machine on TV and while I don't hate that sort of thing the way as much as the drum and bass, but again it's not something I personally enjoy listening to. I don't have a problem if other people do like it, it's just a style of music that has never appealed to me in any form.

I am a Dylan fan myself, but I understand why not everyone likes his vocals. I think it is great that so many different artists have covered his work and introduced his song and lyrics to new audiences, even if, with the exception of All Along The Watchtower, I personally prefer the originals. I guess it's like If you don't mind me asking, which period of his music are you most familiar with?

I agree about contemporary chart music, and I'm sure there's loads of really songs from these artists that I've mercifully forgotten about that I'd be all too happy to put on my list. However I'm conscious that most of them are 'bubblegum pop' acts and I'm not their target audience so it's probably not surprising that I don't like them. There have been groups or singers like this going back to at least the 1970s (Bay City Rollers etc.) and probably before that, and it's cyclic because their audiences tend to eventually outgrow them and the new generation finds a different set of favourites. The current crop is particularly bad as the use of computers and especially auto-tune has reduced the talent level required, so it's even more about having the prettiest faces and less about ability - it's kind of depressing how unimportant being able to sing well actually is now.

That Norwegian Black Metal stuff sounds downright scary. If I ever see the band name Mayhem come up, I'll make sure to steer clear.

RudieCantFail

09-24-2016, 09:00 PM

For the rap/hip-hop, I listened to Run-DMC more, and I prefer the songs that have electric guitar. Rock Box and King of Rock feature it more, but in general, the rest of the songs from their first 2 albums are more drum and DJ-scratch heavy. If it's too emphasized on the drums, then it doesn't do much for me. It needs guitar. I don't know, it depends on the song. I didn't really like the 1st album that much, but the 2nd one is better.

To address Bob Dylan, I haven't listened to enough of his catalog. I couldn't name the eras that I'm familiar with. I like a couple songs, like Knockin' on Heaven's Door and Subterranean Homesick Blues. I just don't get it. RS magazine, I think, said that Like a Rolling Stone was the #1 song out of their 500 Greatest Songs list. I don't care for that song because of his singing. I can't get past the voice, even though the music is fine in that song. To me, he's overrated. I think he's a great songwriter, but as a performer, I just don't like his voice. I've watched bits and pieces of I'm Not There b/c one of my favorite actors, Christian Bale, plays Jack Rollins. I liked Mason Jennings' versions of the Dylan songs that Bale lip-synced in the movie, i.e. "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" and "The Times They Are a Changin." I didn't watch the whole thing b/c it was a weird movie to me and I'm not a Bob Dylan fan.