One all-time favourite song

I was just listening to the radio at work and Manfred Mann's version of Blinded by the Light came on. As I was grooving and singing along, I was also thinking about how much I have always loved this song. Everytime I hear it is a treat to my ears and I don't think that I could ever get sick of it.

I'm not going to ask for your "favourite song" because, if you're like me, you'll have more than one. And how you answer may depend on many factors. So just name one. Name one of your all-time favourites. A song that treats your ears and makes the world feel right every time you hear it.

Impossible, there's no answer to this question.

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Originally Posted by poppachubby

Impossible, there's no answer to this question.

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Read my post. I acknowledged that. Just name one off your long list of favourites. Surely, there's at least one song that when you hear it you just lean back and say, "oh yeah, that's a great song".

The Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee"
The Only Ones - "Another Girl, Another Planet"

These two consistently come to mind when I consider what my favorite songs are.

First song that popped into my head:

"Godzilla" - Blue Oyster Cult

TVC15- David Bowie. Always makes me smile.

"Shot in the Arm" by Wilco
"Words Falling Down" by EIEIO
"Nowhere Again" by The Secret Machines
"HarborCoat" by REM
"Shesmovedon" by Porky Tree
"Backstreets" by Springsteen
"Peace Love & Understanding" by Elvis C.
"Bad" by U2
"Firth of Fifth" or "Squonk" by Genesis
"Let Down" by Radiohead

That's the first 10 to pop into my mind.

'I'd Love to Change the World' by Ten Years After
'Ripples' by Genesis
'Europa' by Santana

Following Hyfi's lead.....Santana's "Black Magic Woman"

Massive Attack's 'Unfinished Sympathy'

ok I'll bite, Sir Duke-Stevie Wonder........always makes me happy...

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Originally Posted by Hyfi

'I'd Love to Change the World' by Ten Years After

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That's one that I could pick...

Here's three off the top of my head;

"Hush" - Deep Purple
"Get Off of My Cloud" The Stones
"Dear Mr. Fantasy" Traffic

Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
LedZeppelin - Fool In The Rain
Rush - Available Light
ELO - Do Ya
Yes - Awaken
Transatlantic - All Of The Above
DCFC - Soul Meets body
Wilco - Jesus, etc
Porky Tree - Trains
Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
Camel - Lady Fantasy
Marillion - Don't Hurt Yourself

OK - if I gots to pick one for now...its Trains by Porcupine Tree. One of their most sublime songs, its lyrics talk of longing for youth passed by, while Wilson & co mixes acoustic guitar, drum pattern and keyboard ambience to conjure up the sound of a passing frieght train (not as corny as I just described it).

Jesus . . . Rhiannon? Really?

Wake Up- XTC

Hide Your Love Away- The BeAtles

Sandwiches of You- Godley and Creme

Comfortably Numb
Love the ending. Talk about pouring your feelings into your work!

My second vote goes to Cinderella Man.

Seamus: Pink Floyd (Meddle)

All is right with the world when I hear this one. Happy. Sad. Taking life too seriously, or not seriously enough. 2 minutes, 17 seconds of escape.

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Originally Posted by GMichael

My second vote goes to Cinderella Man.

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Tom Sawyer does it for me.

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Originally Posted by Troy

Jesus . . . Rhiannon? Really?

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please, call me Todd...

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Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn

Tom Sawyer does it for me.

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Sorry if this sounds a little corny, but our wedding song just finished playing on the radio, so I thought I'd throw that out there. Anyhow, this discussion is getting way to rock-heavy:

India Arie - Can I Walk With You

Classic: Born on the Bayou - CCR
Modern: Native Numb - Enon

Yeah, that works. :)

Hey FA, no likey the original version of Blinded? :confused:

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Originally Posted by nightflier

Sorry if this sounds a little corny, but our wedding song just finished playing on the radio, so I thought I'd throw that out there. Anyhow, this discussion is getting way to rock-heavy:

India Arie - Can I Walk With You

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Funny, they played, Another One Bites The Dust at mine.

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Originally Posted by Slosh

Hey FA, no likey the original version of Blinded? :confused:

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I've only heard it a couple of times and I didn't think much of it. But I've never been a fan of Springsteen's vocals. I think that he's a great song writer though.

Don Mclean's Castle In The Air.

One Nation Under a Groove-Parliament

Jamaica Funk-Tom Brown

Say you love me-DJ Rogers

Voodoo child-Jimi Hendrix

Ive seen all good people Yes
Moonlit prayer Micheal McDermott
Master blaster jamin Stevie Wonder

I never cared for Springsteen's version of 'Blinded'

but add Kitty's Back to my fave list

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Ive seen all good people Yes

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That's on my list too. :yesnod:

Add "Save It for Later" by the English Beat to my list. It shuffled up for me on the drive in this morning.

I was talking about this briefly with the girl friend last night. Her first reaction was....

Bob Dylan's - Workingman's Blues #2 (Modern Times, 2006)

That version of blinded reminds me of one of those songs where I don't really care much about the artist in general, don't have the album, but always smile when it some on. I'm tossing out 2 in that vein...

Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay & the Americans

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Brandy - Looking Glass

Couple story songs that I always love hearing randomly...and always say I'm gonna pick up copies of but never do, although I do know a few jukeboxes with both for when I absolutely need a fix.

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Brandy - Looking Glass

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I don't own this one either, but every time I hear the word Brandy the song comes to mind, which just happened a couple days ago. I (unfortunately for my family) sang out loud how she's a fine girl.

Brandy? now that's cheesed...but I admit to liking that song more than I should - reminds me of another '70s cheese classic, Dancing In The Moonlight.

"everybody here is outta sight, they don't bark and they don't bite"

Siberian Khatru / And You And I -- YES
Eight Days a Week -- BEATLES
Strawberry Fields Forever -- BEATLES
Sofa -- ZAPPA
Breathe -- FLOYD
Blackest Eyes -- PORKY
Highway Star -- PURPLE
Dancing Madly Backwards -- BEYOND
Sacrificed Sons -- DT

Hallowed Be Thy Name-Iron Maiden
Wish You Were Here-Floyd
Angry Again-Megadeth

No 'Hotel California' yet? Or did I miss it?

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Originally Posted by rob7

No 'Hotel California' yet? Or did I miss it?

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Now now....I like me some Eagles. I understand why everyone be so tired of them, but I still whip out Desperado (the album) every now and then. Great album...a concept album at that. I made me a comp of non-hit Eagle tunes and I listen to that every now and then. They made some great albums - never a bad one. But popularity to their degree gets tiresome - they could fart into a microphone and critics would fawn all over them for it. And they still get massive ink everytime two of them are seen at the same Dairy Queen or 7-11...enough already.

Fave Eagles tune - Is It True? Bernie Leadon on vox and Don Felder's prodigious slide guitar.