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Offline Serenity

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Great Songs
« on: January 04, 2007, 19:18 »
I was listening to the radio on my way home tonight and heard a great track I've not heard for ages called

Benny and the Jets by Elton John


Lets have some of your suggestions of great tracks folks  :banana:
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2007, 20:48 »
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Angel - Sarah Mclaughlan
American Idiot - Green Day
Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straits
Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Afterglow - Genesis
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Stargazer - Rainbow
Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2007, 23:12 »
A Day in the Life - Beatles
Sgt Pepper - Beatles
You can depend on me - Miracles
Dancing Queen - Abba
Quarter to three - Gary U.S Bonds


the list is endless really! 
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2007, 01:04 »
Sabre Dance by Love Sculpture.

In a Broken Dream by Python Lee Jackson (aka Rod Stewart)

Without You by Nilsson

And as Clive says 100s more  :)
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2007, 11:28 »
Ichycoo Park                                         Small Faces
Ticket to Ride                                       Beatles
Eleanor Rigby                                       Beatles
Son of a Preacher Man                          Dusty Springfield
Sky Pilot                                                Eric Burdon and the Animals
On Broadway                                        George Benson
Give me the Night                                 George Benson
Hitchcock Railway                                Joe Cocker
Unchain my Heart                                 Joe Cocker
Question                                                Moody Blues
These Boots are made for walking        Nancy Sinatra
Whiter Shade of Pale                             Procol Harem
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay              Otis Redding
Fever                                                      Peggy Lee
Magic Carpet Ride                                Steppenwolf
Mama Told Me Not to Come                Three Dog Night
Polk Salad Annie                                   Tony Joe White
These Dreams of You                           Van Morrison
Into The Mystic                                     Van Morrison
Moon Dance                                          Van Morrison 
Vincent                                                   Don McLean
Famous Blue Raincoat (whole album)  Jennifer Warnes/Leonard Cohen     
Evil Ways                                              Santana
Black Magic Woman                            Santana
Smooth                                                  Santana
Relax                                                     Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Little Green Bag                                    George Baker Selection
Sunshine of Your Love                          Cream
White Room                                            Cream
Desperado                                               Eagles
On The Beach                                         Chris Rea
Lets Dance                                              Chris Rea
Fool if you think it?s over                        Chris Rea
Smoke on the Water                                Deep Purple
Ain?t No Sunshine                                   Bill Withers
Seven Seconds                                       Youssou N?dour & Neneh Cherry
Sadness                                                Enigma
Principles of Lust                                     Enigma
From Paris to Berlin                                 Infernal
White Flag                                              Dido
Send in the Clowns                                  Barbra Striesend
California Dreaming                                 Mamas and the Papas
Fly Me to the Moon                                  Diana Krall
Cry Me a River                                         Diana Krall
Wicked Game                                          Chris Isaak
Only the lonely                                        Roy Orbison
Anything you want                                   Roy Orbison
Love Generation                                       Bob Sinclair
The Wizard                                              Black Sabbath
Layla                                                      Eric Clapton
Magic Man                                               Heart
Baracuda                                                 Heart
Bring Me Some Water                                Melissa Etheridge

Thats just for starters. ;D


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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2007, 12:42 »
Oh a magnificent choice MB.  I notice that you are an Orbison fan - have you seen the Black and White Night DVD? 

I must add Cathy's Clown by the Everley Brothers and "I just don't know what to do with myself" by Dusty.  Nancy's "Boots" was a particular favourite of mine as was her father's "Strangers in the night".
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2007, 13:13 »
Black and White Night, must keep an eye out for it. I suppose I could have added "Pretty Woman" and "Crying", he has an amazing voice.
Yes, Cathy's Clown is a favourite of mine as well, but I'm not so keen on Frank though, I did like his movies.
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2007, 13:35 »
Both those Orbison songs are on that DVD.  It's a live concert which features all his big hits accompanied by Bruce Springsteen, KD Lang, Jackson Brown, Elvis Costello and others.  The finale is an Orbison/Springsteen guitar duel leading into Pretty Woman. 

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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2007, 01:22 »
Poppa Joe - Sweet
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Hanging Around - The Stranglers
If I had Words - Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keeley
Deserter - Oysterband
Get Rhythm - Ry Cooder
Im Nin' Alu - Ofra Haza
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2007, 10:15 »
gosh I am really not sure... I think only Simon might have a clue about most of mine... I did come up with my ablums of the year list for my blog (I guess Simon might be interested....) ... [here]
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2007, 12:49 »
Blimey!  So you actually did go out and buy B&W Night then Clive.  Brill, innit!  My personal favourite is 'Comedians'.  As well as being one hell of a song, it really shows what an incredible vocal range Roy Orbison had.

I must say it's heartwarming to see choices such as The Animals - Sky Pilot, and Gary US Bonds here.  While anything by Van Morrison or Ry Cooder is guaranteed to get my attention too.  If I had enough time, I could easily fill several pages with tunes that make me go wet at the knees, but in the interests of brevity here's just a dozen of them.

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
Santana - Song of the Wind
Foo Fighters - All My Life
Fiona Apple - A Mistake
Joni Mitchell - Overture/Cotton Avenue
Doobie Bros/Michael MacDonald - Losin' End
Van Morrison - Madam George
The Tubes - Don't Want To Wait Anymore
Walker Brothers - Archangel
Jackson Browne - Sky Blue And Black
Rival Schools - Used For Glue
Waren Zevon - Carmelita



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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2007, 12:59 »
Yes, I have to say that if I could only have one music DVD then it would have to be Black & White night.  It's by far my favourite.  Didn't realise that anyone else had even heard of Gary US Bonds!  I was a big fan of his and have most of his early 45's on the Top Rank and Stateside labels. 
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2007, 14:19 »
I've got Gary US Bonds 'Dedication' on cassette which I still play from time to time, although I really ought to fork out for the CD soon.

As for the wax cylinder recordings that you recommended, they looked at me a bit strangely when I asked for them in the Virgin Megastore just now.  What a rubbish shop that is.  They haven't even heard of a One Pod either.   :-\



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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2007, 16:36 »
Quote from: sam on January 09, 2007, 10:15
gosh I am really not sure... I think only Simon might have a clue about most of mine... I did come up with my ablums of the year list for my blog (I guess Simon might be interested....) ... [here]

Even I haven't a clue about most of them!  There are some I recognise, and it will be interesting to check out some of the others, but I'm still well into The Black Parade at the moment, and nothing yet I have heard since has touched it, playability wise.
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Re: Great Songs
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2007, 17:09 »
I haven't heard Dedication - that was after Bruce Springsteen re-discovered him in the early '80's.  Bonds is an acquired taste for certain.  :D
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