What's your favorite song(s)?

[kathsmom]

Imperia, I saw that you were interested in starting a thread about favorite songs. I was just thinking about this the other day! So, tell us the songs you LOVE!

Mine are:

The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Save the Best for Last - Vanessa Williams
Girl, You Really Got Me Now - Van Halen
Any song by Boston
The Purple Rain soundtrack by Prince


And, I am really into some of the Disney songs from the Disney Channel movies Pixel Perfect, Cheetah Girls, and the Disney show Kim Possible. Also, I like the songs from the soundtrack to Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.

I know that there are more, but my brain is not functioning! I'll post more later!

[MelissaTC]

Cool thread...

Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie (and almost anything else by either)
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Bed of Roses, and pretty much anything by Bon Jovi
Bus Stop - Hollies
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
almost anything by Billy Joel
Get Jiggy With It - Will Smith
Magnolia Soundtrack by Aimee Mann
November Rain, Paradise City - Guns N Roses
The Worst That Could Happen - Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge
many a Neil Diamond song...LOL
America, Sound of Silence, Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
almost anything by the Beatles, Rolling Stones
Love Song, Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
Vogue - Madonna
all Pink Floyd



I know there are plenty more I am missing but this is what came to my mind...

[jbowman]

I feel like Rob in "High Fidelity," IYKWIM?!

"When I Paint My Masterpiece" by Bob Dylan (and Nashville)
"I'll Be Your Mirror" by the Velvet Underground
"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" by Burt Bacharach
"You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" by Gladys Knight
the album "Songs in the Key of Life" by Stevie Wonder
"Garden Party" by Rick Nelson
"Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain and Tenille
"Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley

anything (and everything) by Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Tom Waits, the Pixies, Frank Black, Marianne Faithfull, Emmylou Harris, XTC, the Beach Boys, & the Dixie Chicks!

...and the greatest song of all time: "Proud Mary" sung by Ike and Tina Turner!

ETA: "Ripple" by the Grateful Dead...thanks for reminding me Jessica!

[momathome]

Ooh, there are so many! Here's my top 5 off the top of my head!
1. "Heaven" by Bryan Adams (HATE the remake)
2. "Anna Begins" by Counting Crows (most songs by Counting Crows)
3. "Innocent Man" by Billy Joel
4. "True Companion" by Marc Cohn (our wedding song)
5. "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS
-Lauren

[momathome]

I LOVE the Steely Dan song "My Old School" - fabulous song!
-Lauren

[JLiebCamm]

I love Boston too!! My favorites include:

Just Like Heaven-The Cure
Whenever I See Your Smiling Face-James Taylor
Southern Cross-CSN
Uncle John's Band-Grateful Dead
Summer Highland Falls-Billy Joel
#41, Say Goodbye, Warehouse-Dave Matthews Band
Come on Eileen-Dexy's Midnight Runners
Thunder Road, Born to Run-Bruce Springsteen
Galileo, Power of Two, Ghost-Indigo Girls
The Boxer, Bleeker Street-Simon and Garfunkel

Geez, it's hard to know where to stop with this list!

[JLiebCamm]

oops

[JLiebCamm]

What a great diverse list! I'll bet you'd make a good DJ at a party!

[jbowman]

Can't believe I forgot Uncle John's Band (and Ripple--my fav!)...also love the Indigo Girls and Whenever I see your Smiling Face--always puts me in a good mood!

[kathsmom]

OK, I thought of more!

-Don't Go by Yaz
-Rock 'N Me by Steve Miller
-Cult of Personality by Living Color
-Gonna Make You Sweat; Here We Go, Let's Rock & Roll; Things That Make You Go HMMMM.. by C&C Music Factory
-Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
-Roseanna by Toto
-I can't remember the title (I think it was "Oooo, I love you") by Climax Blues Band
-The Pina Colada song by Rupert somebody
-Working My Way Back to You, Babe by the Spinners(?)
-The soundtrack for the movie the Commitments
-Need You Tonight by INXS
-Smoking Gun by Robert Cray
-Anything by Elton John, the Eagles, James Taylor, Aerosmith, Chicago, Fleetwood Mac

[JMarie]

Great thread! Here's my list... A couple aren't really 'songs,' but I could listen to them all the time.

* La Fortuna - Carmina Burana
* Con Te Partiro - Andrea Bocelli
* Don't Tell Me You Do; Zombie Jamboree - Rockapella
* Here Comes The Sun; When I'm 64 - The Beatles
* Annie's Song - John Denver
* Dream On - Aerosmith
* My Kinda Girl - Brian McKnight featuring Justin Timberlake
* Runaround Sue - Dion
* Stagger Lee - Wilson Pickett
* Circle - Edie Brickell
* The Logical Song - Supertramp
* Who's Your Daddy? - Toby Keith
* Veronica - Elvis Costello
* Gloria - Laura Branigan
* Goodbye to You - Michelle Branch
* Danny's Song - Loggins & Messina
* Late In The Evening - Paul Simon
* Anything by Sarah McLachlin, Indigo Girls, Dixie Chicks, Janet Jackson, Prince, Billy Joel, Elton John, James Taylor, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, Harry Connick, Jr., - okay, I could keep going, but I'll just stop.

Jennifer
Mom to Aidan Christopher
01/28/03

[hobey]

Your Song - Elton John
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Drops of Jupiter - Train
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Mack the Knife

Anything by Barenaked Ladies, Tragically Hip, Matchbox 20, the Beatles, They Might Be Giants, the Eagles

I could go on forever.

Raquel
Nathan's Mom 12/19/03

[mamahill]

Pretty much anything by:

Sarah McLaughlan
No Doubt
Ben Folds Five
Chopin

Also, it depends on my mood. Sometimes it's Frank Sinatra, and sometimes it's punk.

[MelissaTC]

I forgot Never Tear Us Apart...I LOVE that song..."If I ever hurt you, I'd make wine from your tears..."

[Imperia]

YAY! Thanks for starting the thread...

My all time favourite song is one I am willing to bet few people if any have heard of:

"Locust" by Current 93
Side Note: Current 93 is my favourite band of all and is actually wher eI got my sceen name (they haev an album called "Imperium" and I changed it to Imperia!)

The rest in no particular order...

"Charlotte Sometimes", "Untitled", "Just like Heaven" by the Cure (actually pretty much any Cure song)

"Wax and Wane", "I Wear your Ring", "Blue Bell Knoll" by Cocteau Twins

"Bittersweet Symphony"--The Verve (someone else mentioned this one!)

Anything by Fred Astaire (I know, I am a total dork). DD loves it when I sing "Dancing Cheek to Cheek" to her!


I also like opera and ragtime music =D but I won't bore you there.

Imperia

[khakismom]

Jenn, I love, love, love Con Te Partiro (I like the one with Sarah Brightman) and Annie's Song (which *always* makes me cry) too!! :)

[khakismom]

My music tastes are ALL over the board. I love anything by:

*The Eagles
*James Taylor
*Yaz
*Depeche Mode
*Toad the Wet Sprocket
*Just about anything from the 80s
*Madonna
*Van Morrison
*B-52s (esp. their early stuff)
*REO Speedwagon
*Styx
*The Police
*Kool and the Gang

Some specific songs:

*Moon River (Andy Williams/Henry Mancini)
*Breathe (Michelle Branch)
*Hungry Heart (Bruce Springsteen)
*Stronger (Britney Spears)
*I hope you dance (Lee Ann Womack)
*More (Bobby Darin)
*The love you give (Jackson 5)
*Kyrie Elieson (Mr. Mister)
*On the turning away (Pink Floyd)
*Ship of fools (Robert Plant)

[sugarsnappea]

1. Whipping Post or is it Whippin Post by ABB
2. Peaches en Regalia by Frank Zappa
3. Terrapin Station by GD
4. Easy by The Commodores
5. Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix but- I do appreciate the Stevie Ray Vaughn cover
6. Into the Mystic by Van Morrison

[momathome]

Your Bruce Springsteen choice reminded me of my favorite song of his:
"Brilliant Disguise" - love that song!
Also, can't remember who sings it but there was a song in the '80's called "Midnight Blue" that I absolutely loved!
-Lauren

[tinkerbell1217]

I Cross My Heart by George Strait (my wedding song)
You Had Me From Hello and most anything by BonJovi
Blessed by Elton John
Imagine by John Lennon
Still of the Night by Whitesnake
Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
Love Bites by Def Leppard
With or Without You by U2
and to round out my list, Have You Ever Been In Love by Celine Dion

I really love all kinds of music, except hip hop or rap.


Kelly

[MelissaTC]

I totally forgot about U2! YIKES!

I LOVE ANYTHING by U2...they are one of my all time ultimate favorite bands!

[jbowman]

I love the album "Bouncing Off the Sattelites" by the B52s, especially the song "She Breaks for Rainbows!"

[ritacheetah]

OK, since I started the "most hated songs" thread I'd better post to this one too or you'll all think I'm just a music critic!

Anything by:
Styx
REO Speedwagon
Sheryl Crow
Steely Dan
Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks
Bruce Springsteen
The Kinks


Favorite Albums:
Paradise Theatre - Styx
C'mon C'mon - Sheryl Crow
Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish
Wild Heart - Stevie Nicks


Absolute favorite song:
Fooling Yourself - Styx

Too many other favorite songs to list!

Tracy
Mom to Victoria, 12/20/03

[papal]

This is a tough question. I like ALL kinds of music. But if I am feeling blue, these songs usually cheer me up (i think my brains goes back to a place and time when life was simpler!).

In no particular order:
Fresh - Kool and the Gang
FastLove - George Michael
Standing Still - Jewel
Truthfully - Lisa Loeb
Bizarre Love Triangle - Frente
..
..

<baby waking, gotta go>.

[amp]

Melt With You - Modern English
If you Leave - OMD
Dear God - XTC
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Tempted - Squeeze
To Where You Are - Josh Groban
The Day the Music Died

Absolutely anything by Matchbox Twenty or Rob Thomas (yum)

Also love...Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Counting Crows, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Barenaked Ladies and old favs by The Smiths, The Cure, Yaz, Depeche Mode.

[mandye]

my favorite bands/singers are already listed here:
sarah mclachlan
michelle branch
madonna (her early stuff, esp. the immaculate collection)
matchbox 20
the cure (esp. friday, I'm in love)
depeche mode
def leppard
u2

but also,
the cranberries
dianna krall
enya
pet shop boys

I also love
"Crazy" by patsy cline
"the reason is you" by hoobastank
"i will survive" by gloria gaynor
the new song by maroon 5
and my feel good song: "it's not unusual" by tom jones

no offense to tracy (ritacheetah) I HATE hootie

mandy
mom to hailey 8/21/03

[ritacheetah]

>no offense to tracy (ritacheetah) I HATE hootie

None taken!!

Live long and prosper,
Tracy
Mom to Victoria, 12/20/03