The Greatest music ever written

[Panamark]

The greatest songs ever written.

You know the ones, there is some ethereal experience
when you hear them. They could have been composed 500 years ago,
yet resound purposely with power, emotion and relevance at any moment,
no matter when you may hear them in life.

They are the music that come from the purest source of inspiration.

There seems to be this source of inspiration that we cant comprehend
or acess on command, yet sometimes have fleeting moments of access to.

The great composers were/are fortunate to be given more frequent access than us mere mortals.

I have to admit dabbling in unconventional methods in attempting to obtaining access
on demand. The remnants of those experiments dragging unwanted shadows
into my life.

But to spring back to the incredulous joy of hearing the music that
just "breaks your heart and soul into bloodrushed attention"

What songs does it for you ?

Timeless, Im thinking (without thinking deeply)

-Bridge over troubled water (Simon and garfunkel)
-Yesterday (Beatles)
-Greensleaves (Not written by King Henry as popular belief)
-Silent Night (Crikies this is powerful stuff sung in the right crowd)
-Goodbye to Romance, Ozzy and Randy...

LOL on the Ozzy one in there, but to my ears its from "the source"
In fact most that album is.

Unchained Melody ?

Bringe em out, I want to rush and tingle.. :)

[Panamark]

This seems a good one to start it off

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[vandeleur]

Ok probs not in that league but a song every i time hear i go shit i wish i had written that is no regrets by the walker brothers ( yeah i know they didnt write it) it just comes over as an every man song that hits you in the gut .
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[Kristy]

I love the Walker Brothers - even if they were nothig more than a poor man's Righteous Brothers.

[Yount]

Animal Farm/YRGM - Kinks
Yesterday/Help! - by the Beatles
Vincent - Don McLean
Homeward bound or The boxer S & G.
I would say Heroes & villains, Cal girls, Good vibes and God only knows by the Beach Boys
Pretty woman - Roy Orb
The autumn stone - Small Faces
(just off the top)

And I'm only scraping 20th century surface. Great music, beautiful sound is in the ear of the beholder. So I don't know if my list is going to be universally accepted nor do these need validation.

[Jack68]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVN8VT53Ebs
This song kills every time.

[Mr. Vengeance]

The song that got me into rock n' roll.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmljYkdr-w&feature=related

[Panamark]

Wow had to search for the best version of Bidge over trouble waters. If you find better I will replace this
one. Art nails it everytime, I have to say

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[TJ71]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txj9Y-OIia4

[Matt White]

Even as it is the most overplayed tune in history...still...BRILLIANT

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[Kristy]

Even as it is the most overplayed tune in history...still...BRILLIANT

Brilliant...right.

[sadaist]

Fuck. I hate posting these cause it ain't very heavy...ya dig. But man, this song is fucking AMAZING! Especially this version. Moves me every time I see all the people singing along with just 1 man. Every person, every color, every race, knows every word.....impressive.

[Kristy]

Walking In The Rain - Flash & The Pan - Henry Vanda and George Young of the Easybeats - $100 goes to who can tell the names of George Young's two brothers who play in a popular Australian band

[sadaist]

$100 goes to who can tell the names of George Young's two brothers who play in a popular Australian band


I have a hunch just based on the last name, there are 2 of them, and you said Aussie band :)

But damn...the picture of that valley on your video. Beautiful! I wonder where that is. I really need to leave the city. So much ugliness here.

[Kristy]

I have a hunch just based on the last name, there are 2 of them, and you said Aussie band :)

Go on and guess.

[sadaist]

OK. Angus & Malcolm? Seems obvious. Maybe too obvious though.

[Kristy]

OK. Angus & Malcolm? Seems obvious. Maybe too obvious though.
YOU WIN!

Here's your $100!
http://www.thenader.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/100-Dollar-Bill1.jpg
Don't spend it all in one place.

[sadaist]

LOL! Shit, I can barely get out of 7-11 for under $20...and that's when I DON'T buy gas.

That's pretty cool though. I never knew they had a 3rd brother. Pretty neat he is also musically inclined. Those boys sure got it flowing in their blood.

[Matt White]

Brilliant...right.

Grow up................;)

IN honor of EASTER

"WHEN THE MAN COMES AROUND"

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And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see." And I saw. And behold, a white horse.
There's a man goin' 'round takin' names. An' he decides who to free and who to blame. Everybody won't be treated all the same. There'll be a golden ladder reaching down. When the man comes around.

The hairs on your arm will stand up. At the terror in each sip and in each sup. For you partake of that last offered cup, Or disappear into the potter's ground. When the man comes around.

Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers. One hundred million angels singin'. Multitudes are marching to the big kettle drum. Voices callin', voices cryin'. Some are born an' some are dyin'. It's Alpha's and Omega's Kingdom come.

And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree. The virgins are all trimming their wicks. The whirlwind is in the thorn tree. It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Till Armageddon, no Shalam, no Shalom. Then the father hen will call his chickens home. The wise men will bow down before the throne. And at his feet they'll cast their golden crown. When the man comes around.

Whoever is unjust, let him be unjust still. Whoever is righteous, let him be righteous still. Whoever is filthy, let him be filthy still. Listen to the words long written down, When the man comes around.

Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers. One hundred million angels singin'. Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettle drum. Voices callin', voices cryin'. Some are born an' some are dyin'. It's Alpha's and Omega's Kingdom come.

And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree. The virgins are all trimming their wicks. The whirlwind is in the thorn tree. It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

In measured hundredweight and penny pound. When the man comes around.

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, And I looked and behold: a pale horse. And his name, that sat on him, was Death. And Hell followed with him.

[Kristy]

Grow up................;)

Some day you'll see the light.

[78/84 guy]

Bullfrog Blues- Rory Gallagher
Stranglehold- Ted Nugent
Red House- Jimi Hendrix
Unchained- Van Halen
Sin City- AC/DC

[Matt White]

Some day you'll see the light.

IN THE LIGHT???

I have seen it..............

Straight from Albion.........................

[chefcraig]

I really don't give a crap if people think this stuff (or my liking of it) is wimpy, it's great shit and yeah, it's fucking beautiful, downright gorgeous music. I feel gifted as hell to have heard it.

Simon & Garfunkel from the September 19, 1981 Concert in Central Park. This was subsequently shown on HBO back in the days that I had enough disposable income to afford more than basic cable.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-9H75A0Tk&feature=related

A Paul Simon solo song, this version features the rarity of being sung solely by Art Garfunkel. From the same Central Park show, this track would hold special meaning to those witnessing or reflecting upon the events of September 11, 2001, some twenty years later.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTZkk66pd1I

Originally from 1966's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme album, I'm unsure of where and when this clip was recorded. Not that it matters.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7aUNZQVpQ&feature=related

The title track to my favorite album of all time. There isn't a live take in existence that equals the quality of the studio version.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOL7iY8kfo&feature=related

Another Elton and Bernie tune, originally from the Honky Chateau album, covered here in a wonderful fashion by the always lovely Wilson sisters.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzo8BQZp9tQ

[Coyote]

(Actually, it's a Duke Ellington tune... But Django just fuckin' owns it.)

[Mr. Vengeance]

Here's one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZdqweSxnt4

[Etienne]

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT0D1K8quV4

[TJ71]

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

[katina]

STILL LIFE Peter Hammill , composed in 1975, with Van der Graaf Generator, I copied the lyrics:

Citadel reverberates to a thousand voices, now dumb:
what have we become? What have we chosen to be?
Now, all history is reduced to the syllables of our name -
nothing can ever be the same now the Immortals are here.
At the time, it seemed a reasonable course
to harness all the force of life without the threat of death,
but soon we found
that boredom and inertia are not negative,
but all the law we know
and dead are Will and words like survival.

Arrival at immunity from all age, all fear and all end....
Why do I pretend? Our essence is distilled
and all familiar taste is now drained
and though purity is maintained it leaves us sterile,
living through the millions of years,
a laugh as close as any tear....
Living, if you claim that all that entails is
breathing, eating, defecating, screwing, drinking,
spewing, sleeping, sinking ever down and down
and ultimately passing away time
which no longer has any meaning.

Take away the threat of death
and all you're left with is a round of make-believe;
marshal every sullen breath
and though you're ultimately bored by endless ecstasy
that's still the ring by which you hope to be engaged
to marry the girl who will give you forever -
that's crazy, and plainly
it simply is not enough.

What is the dullest and bluntest of pains,
such that my eyes never close without feeling it there?
What abject despair demands an end to all things of infinity?
If we have gained, how do we now meet the cost?
What have we bargained, and what have we lost?
What have we relinquished, never even knowing it was there?

What chance now of holding fast the line,
defying death and time
when everything we had is gone?
Everything we laboured for and favoured more
than earthly things reveals the hollow ring
of false hope and of false deliverance.

But now the nuptial bed is made,
the dowry has been paid;
the toothless, haggard features of Eternity
now welcome me between the sheets
to couple with her withered body - my wife.

Hers forever,
hers forever,
hers forever
in still life.


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

[sadaist]

Probably over played to the bone, but still one of the best songs ever recorded. Definitely this bands best. I won't speak about much of their other output. Let's just enjoy the great they did create.

[Matt White]

QUEEN............so many BRILLIANT tunes!

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Stevie!!! Such a musical genius!

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The IMMORTAL SAM COOKE

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[Jesus Christ]

One of My favorites from the 60's.......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLZkJ5xcT7w

[sadaist]

Here is one of the greats...

[DLR Bridge]

I don't know about greatest songs ever written, but I've got a short list of songs that move me to the point of utter jealousy, as in, damn I wish I could write a song like that.

Cheap Trick- Mandocello
Jeff Buckley- Last Goodbye
Led Zeppelin- Ten Years Gone
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- The Open Invitation
Jimmy Gnecco (Ours)- Bleed

[vandeleur]

panamark cheers for attaching the video of the walker bros song ... i should maybe have done that to give people a clue want i was on about

[Panamark]

panamark cheers for attaching the video of the walker bros song ... i should maybe have done that to give people a clue want i was on about
No worries mate, I wanted to hear it after your post and stumbled across it. I had never heard that before, good stuff !

[Panamark]

This lady deserves to be here in this thread, sadly no longer with us. One of the rare cases where I truly think
the performace reached deeper than the original composer.

Eva Cassidy.


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[Panamark]

For some reason thinking of the chicks tonight, now these songs are not what I listen to all the time or carry around
with me, just appreciation that they seem to have tapped into that fountain of unique inspiration, this song I believe
was written by the artist (Kate Bush) at 14. Its such a good example of what I was trying to say in the first post,
other wordly, timeless, not just in our lives, timeless, and it blows your mind to hear such composition.
Hell, Im a freakin headbanger and dont google kate bush everyday, but a great example of that music from the gods.
I intend on posting my favourite tunes here also, but are wracking the grey matter for obvious examples of brilliance.


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[Etienne]

My all time favorite Billy Joel song - Allentown. I never get tired of this tune.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2jvngnvqg

[Etienne]

Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me. All time favorite ballad written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7XnlhIDz1U

[Panamark]

Some more greatness

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[Panamark]

This one has to be here :)

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Can you believe this was live ? unbelievable.

[Panamark]

Would have to be in the top 5 this one.

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[Etienne]

Sunny written by Bobby Hebb. One of the most covered popular songs with hundreds of versions released.

I like this version with Ella Fitzgerald singing the most. Because of the big band arrangement, instrumentation and especially the motown basslines.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x7K0wwVUyo&feature=related

[Panamark]

Heya Etienne, I thought "Sunny" was not a song I knew, nice surprise, totally know it, and yeah
this song has been covered by a lot of people. I havent heard Ella Fitzgerald in 20 years, I had forgetten
just how great her voice and soul really was.

[Etienne]

Ella Fitzgerald the queen of Jazz vocals. I'm a fan of her voice for quite a long time now.

I could imagine Dave singing Sunny.

[Mr Badguy]

[Etienne]

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right written by Bob Dylan.

I decided to present you a version by Joan Baez:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYeXvG2ptwk&feature=related

[BITEYOASS]

Well I don't know what the greatest song in the world was, so here's a tribute!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4cX5xGiQ&ob=av2n

[Panamark]

RIP DIO (Wish they had a good vid of this)

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[Panamark]

And a rare side of the great Ronnie James that many still dont know about.

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[adena dodds]

No wonder my mom loves him...Lord knows she ain't a noth'in but a hounddog, cry'in all the time. I guess at least she knew that Elvis knew. Shake, rattle and roll baby! WHEWWWW! Long live the king!
The song that got me into rock n' roll.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmljYkdr-w&feature=related

[Mr Badguy]

[Panamark]

Mr Badguy, wasnt there Thick as a Brick 2 in the works ?
Have you heard it, or is it still in the making...

[Panamark]

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[Panamark]

Another "had to be here"

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[vandeleur]

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:rockit2:

[Panamark]

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[Mr Badguy]

Mr Badguy, wasnt there Thick as a Brick 2 in the works ?
Have you heard it, or is it still in the making...

It came out last week.

It's really good, not like the original, but still really good.

I recommend it.

[Etienne]

The Eagles - Hotel California


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbTW928sMU

[FORD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8szRgIcYlY

[FORD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctg5FCS1wCM

[FORD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ku7QNRudg

[sadaist]

Ford, what's the ONE Rolling Stones song you would choose above all others? Would you go some weird deep cut or one of the biggies?

For The Who I would say Baba Oreilly is just about as perfect a song as there is.

[FORD]

How the Hell do you pick one song out of a 50 year career? That's impossible. I guess if I were in Hell for eternity and Satan told me I could only listen to ONE Rolling Stones song ever again, I'd have to go with the 1972-73 live version of "You Can't Always Get What You Want". And not the mutated Bob Clearmountain remix from the newly "official" Brussels Affair release either. I'm pretty sure Satan has the bootlegs.......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZOlL6pPq4E

[Mr Badguy]

[Panamark]

Queen are mindblowng to this day. Timeless

Im wondering which Beatle song will make it here first ? :)

[chefcraig]

Im wondering which Beatle song will make it here first ? :)

Pretty much a three-way tie between these, at least to me.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqW7xdozaCA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuXoDVPDpz0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asx4gPNFiAE&feature=related

[Panamark]

Cool Craig, I was going to post "In my life", love that one, personal meaning...

Then theres "A day in the life"

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[FORD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjq9LmSO1eI

[Jack68]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFRK4cA0Dlg

[Panamark]

Man, These guys had a permanent view of "the source"
Wonder if we will ever see that again, ever. Im sitting here smashing my head over
"if I had to chose one" just like fords dillema with the stones... I would have gone with
gimme shelter (for the record) Such large catalogs of excellence. Makes sense these
would pop up here.

[Panamark]

Love the guitars in this

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[vandeleur]

Man I always thought that was a great riff ... Only bettered by unbelievably good harmonies

[jhale667]

"Paperback Writer" has got to be one of the coolest songs ever written...that and "Elenor Rigby".

[Mr Badguy]

Don't forget these.

The greatest single ever released?

[Mr. Vengeance]

This one kicks ass!

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

[binnie]

I've never 'gotten' The Beatles. It must be me...........

Queen too, to be honest (although I can see the appeal.....)

[sadaist]

I've never 'gotten' The Beatles. It must be me...........

)


Nope, not just you. Me either. I like a handful of their songs, but nothing I would classify as spectacular (except Yesterday is pretty great). Just never figured why they are thought of as Gods. Mediocre musicians with a bit of talent in the lyric writing department. Oh well. As long as the people who are fans are enjoying it who cares.

[Mr Badguy]

[Kristy]

Here's another. That has to be the coolest drummer, ever!

[Etienne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3btVhwr48&feature=related

[Mr. Vengeance]

A song I've always loved and took on added meaning for me in the last few years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dly6I8pqXcI

[SilvioDante]

Love "God Only Knows", but I still think this might be the greatest love song written in rock history. So simplistic. 2 dumb kids that have now clue about life. Just in love. Classic.

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

If that isn't the greatest love song in rock, this on HAS to be:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pte3Jg-2Ax4

[SNIPER]

A work of art.

[SNIPER]

[SNIPER]

:biggrin:

[Etienne]

Which U2 song(s) should be here?

[chefcraig]

The perfect love song, at least in my case.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bnxxmmhIs

[Mr. Vengeance]

Which U2 song(s) should be here?

None....for the love of god.

[NIN1211]

which u2 song(s) should be here?
red hill mining town!!!!!

[SNIPER]

Which U2 song(s) should be here?

All the quiet parts that are between the songs. ;)

[So this is love]

Probably over played to the bone, but still one of the best songs ever recorded. Definitely this bands best. I won't speak about much of their other output. Let's just enjoy the great they did create.



YUK no thanks I like but not best ever Come on!!!! Aerosmith...????

[So this is love]

damn this is distracting

[So this is love]

The Eagles - Hotel California


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbTW928sMU

Oh fuck yeah!!

[SNIPER]

:lmao:

[NIN1211]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUAsbs4RmwM
KICKS ASS....Listen!!!!

[So this is love]

:lmao:



Love it thanks!!!!!!!! I dig that man......oh man thats good old stuff lol

[chefcraig]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzU9FgNTYrU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyCPhIjmk-s

[Matt White]

Which U2 song(s) should be here?

This one.............

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[sadaist]

Shinedown did a really good version of this tune, but nothing beats the original.

[adena dodds]

Hey, hey, my, my, rock and roll can never die...It's better to burn out....This is a story of a Johnny Rotten. Johnny Rotten, Johnny Rotten.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8szRgIcYlY

[Tob]

Bad.. U2, the song. Edge feels. King's X has their great tune, Goldilox. Hearing this song performed, with people singing, transcends. Heart-feeling. Joni Mitchell has River. Didn't know it was her. Six Pence None the Richer has a version. Beautiful. Kiss Me, their song, is pretty good. Edie & New Bohemians have O, My Soul. Great riff, heart-feeling singing.

[Mr. Vengeance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYFj67L0wIc

[JenniferM]

First metal song I can remember hearing. Love it to this day!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wndOOJ_Q88c&feature=fvst

[JenniferM]

;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0Oh, yeah. And this one 'cuz I have a big ass......

[Sweet Irony]

Glad I didnt skip past page 2! I was gonna pipe up with a bunch of Beatles...but you beat me to it!!
A Day In The Life
Abbey Road (side 2)
Girl
Norwegian Wood....and on & on & on & on & on &on....

[Panamark]

This one says it all..

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[Headly1984]

http://youtu.be/rfNHvs_xFUc
this is the beter version but wont embed via utube
... this 1 will but aint as great

[Headly1984]

[Headly1984]

[Headly1984]

[Headly1984]

[Panamark]

Crazy Train - Ozzy & Randy Rhoads by masamaf

[Headly1984]

what? well lemme roll up onto the side walk and take a look.. she's beautiful ....

BEST VIDEO EVER !!!



... and she looks wild wild wild

[Headly1984]

[Headly1984]

imo - maybe best ROCK song that can ever be recorded as a whole - it has everything - this is the kitchen sink of all rock songs ...



We can fly so high.. I never want to die .. Born to be wild ..

[Panamark]

Deep Cut, but a great one

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[ELVIS]

Panamark LIVES !!!


:killer:

[Headly1984]

I prefer this one ... great rock love song - kinda weird from ozzy & co. - goes to show - BS was more than just 'dark'


and this one is just fun =) and sounds menacing lol!!!

[Panamark]

This is fucking ace !

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[Panamark]

imo - maybe best ROCK song that can ever be recorded as a whole - it has everything - this is the kitchen sink of all rock songs ...



We can fly so high.. I never want to die .. Born to be wild ..

Tried to thankyou, I was gonna post this song too. Supposed First mention of "Heavy Metal" ???

[ELVIS]

How did I miss this thread...

I think I must add something...

[Panamark]

Panamark LIVES !!!


:killer:

This Has to be here !

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[ELVIS]

:elvis:

[Headly1984]

my fav E tune - sounds timeless - it has summer, sex, chauvinism & charm - way to go Elvis ..

a little less flame and a little more spark ..satisfy me.. c'mon baby I'm tired of talkin, grab yur coat and let's go walkin' ..

[Mr Badguy]

A Beatles number but I prefer this version of it.

[Mr Badguy]

[ashstralia]

oh, fiona...




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ5WPXxNzPU

[Panamark]

Nice call Badguy :)

How can we ever forget JD ?

The first musician to acually make me want to listen to country, and see that
it could be taken past the "Jesus" chords. (G C D)

RIP John Denver, a great bloke too...

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[Panamark]

And this, I dont know why is leading me to Billy Joel...

Not a live clip, but the studio soundtrack. This guy like John Denver and
so many others in this thread, "knew" where the river was, in fact I think he
wrote a song about it :)

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[ashstralia]

seriously dudes and dudettes, how fucking cool is that fiona apple vid?

astonishing. great song too.

[VHscraps]

'Have Love Will Travel' by the Sonics - 1959 dudes ... does this kick butt, or what?!



I see that Silvio Dante, man of taste, has picked a Big Star tune - maybe a lot of folks on Roth Army won't know them? From Tennessee, but a bit of a cult band in ... Scotland where I grew up surrounded by a lot of guys who started bands who tried to sound like this. So, here's the amazing 'September Gurls' from '74:



'Caravan', Van Morrison & The Band from the Scorsese movie, The Last Waltz, 1976. If you ain't seen it, watch it to the end - Van the fcking Man.

[FORD]

Ah yes, the Sonics.... the true godfathers of punk. Before the Sex Pistols... before the Ramones... the Stooges... the MC5. Hell, before the Stones even.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-_0V0IXEkc

[VHscraps]

Ah, I am not surprised that Ford digs it. What a friggin' scream that singer has ...

A kick ass version of 'Money' here - I think the guitar player is cool, the way he fills up the gaps.

[ashstralia]

unbelievably the sonics played here weeks ago supporting the hoodoo gurus.

[VHscraps]

unbelievably the sonics played here weeks ago supporting the hoodoo gurus.

If Van Halen are about to hit their 60s, what the hell age are the guys in the Sonics! If it's the original band ...

Haven't heard of the Hoodoo Gurus for ... decades!

[Dave's Bitch]

:shy:

[Mr. Vengeance]

I remember entering my teens and this album being released. I was with a young girl, very shy, and this tune came on the radio...."Brand new Led Zeppelin song" says the dj. Beautiful!

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