Topic: Best Songs of all time. (Read 16183 times)

FireStarter · « **on:** 21 Nov 2006, 10:52 »

The period cannot be capitalized so I couldn't emphasize it. I'm not talking about songs that last forever. I'm looking for those odd songs that say something that makes your throat catch every time you hear it. I have several of those songs. I don't mean make your throat catch in an emotional type sense, but one of those catches that make you stop because of the depth and beauty of the music, and the lyrics which say something that could NEVER be expressed through mere words alone.

I love music, in almost all forms, there are some genres I stay away from, and some I seem to live in. Country is one type of music I stay away from, that's not to say there aren't some songs with merit of their own. If I listen to Country it tends to be in the Willy Nelson Jonny Cash type era. I don't listen to too much rap, but I do have alot of respect for some in that genre, mainly those that give merit to a pure capitalistic genre through skill talent and thought (Tu Pac, OutKast for being a damn fun listen, and Ludacris) The genres I live in are classic rock TooL (yes they are their own genre) Punk (old punk think the Clash, and the Ramones) and Linkin Park/System of a down. Now for my top songs.

Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Skating Away - Jethro Tull
Parabol, Parabola - Tool
The Patient - Tool
Lateralus - Tool (I've got good reasons why this should be the #1 song I'm just listing in order as I think of them)
Carl Orff - O Fortuna

Now for my reasons behind Lateralus is two fold, reason one is the lyrics describe human exsistance to such a leangth I am surpised it's play time isn't infinate. And two just as it likens the struggle through life as a spiral it is reflected by the arrangement. There are not too many artists out today that could compete with Bach for being so intelligent and able to express themselves through music as Maynard. The song Lateralus contains the fibinacci sequence in a tonal manner. I look forward you everyone's take on this subject, and listening to your picks.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 11:12 »

Because if there are three bands that will last forever they will be Tool, Linkin Park, and System of a Down.

At least in my personal hell.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #2 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 11:54 »

Jethro Tull were pretty good i think, but Kansas and Tool are just fucking terrible. I am not too keen on Nazi composers either.

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #3 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 12:12 »

Every song by Okkervil River but especially "The War Criminal Rises and Speaks" and also "The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion".

Also: Carry On Wayward Son is so better Dust in the Wind.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #4 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 12:39 »

Oh, and Locomotive Breath is clearly Jethro Tull's best song.

Well, or Thick as a Brick, but that shouldn't count because it's also an entire album.

Splunkle · « **Reply #5 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 12:48 »

Less Tool hate, more Jethrotull Love. I DEMANDZ IT.

Also, less vocal bias. The best song in the world is clearly Beethoven's 9th symphony (also known as Ode to Joy). While this has vocals, they are all in german, so I have no idea what they are saying. But I care not, because its ODE TO FUCKING JOY.

kthxbye.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #6 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 13:08 »

The best song in the world is probably 'time after time' by cyndi lauper

Storm Rider · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 13:31 »

I downloaded Time After Time just now to see if Emilio has a fucking clue what he's talking about since he talks about that song so damn much.

He doesn't.

Hat · « **Reply #8 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 14:43 »

I am willing to put down Lateralus in a list of the songs that touch me deep inside my soul, simply because I have done too much acid listening to the album to not have that climax of a song do something to my psyche.

But honestly, Lovely Rita. That is it. A dude tries to make it with a pretty lady.

</Story of human existance>

Scytale · « **Reply #9 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 15:41 »

For me:
At The Gates - Raped by the Light of Christ

"When the yellow dies under the velvet thoughts
Blood-bubbles nestled in thorns

I have travelled through suns,
And the darkness of the end
Now I surrender to the void
And join with the pulse of the universe

The world burns with worms of fire
The world burns

The beauty in twisted darkness
Raped by the light of Christ
We were not born to follow
We don't need your guiding light

I tear the skies with my bare hands
There is no death for me
The world burns with worms of fire

Sun or animal, star or beast
Alone all the way to the heart of Christ

I'm free to die when I wish
I'm born from scarlet songs
And when the time is right
I shall forever walk alone

The beauty in twisted darkness
Raped by the light of Christ
Worlds end, through a thousand suns"

I know it may seem like an odd choice and the tittle makes the song sound incredibly lame but this is 3 minutes of amazing music. When I heard this the first time I wasn't a metal fan at all, I thought all that Death Black whatever shit with the growled vocals was complete rubbish and utterly unlistenable. This song revised my entire musical taste instantly.

The beautiful acoustic build up, slowly increasing in speed and volume until it climaxs with the electric guitar comming over the top playing the bruttally heavy beginning riff. Then the incredibly pissed off voice just starts spewing out the lyrics with utter hatred (I wouldn't even call it singing, more like a controlled yell), then the fast tremello picked riffs hit and damn its heavy it fast and its melodic I don't knows whats hit me but I liked it. So yeah it may not be my favorite song but yeah it changed my tastes completely in one listen.

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #10 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 15:53 »

Kansas, Tull - not bad bands. Tool - i can understand liking them at a certain age and with certain drugs. The Clash, The Ramones... essential? Sure. But LINKIN PARK? SYSTEM OF A DOWN? WTF?

At this point my best songs are Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, something by the Hold Steady, and a Dylan song like Mr Tambourine Man or Desolation Row or Tombstone Blues.... Dylan's stayed constant with me. dunno if the others will

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #11 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 15:53 »

"I'll Make a Man Out of You", from the Mulan soundtrack.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #12 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 16:05 »

OK, Ryan just crushed this thread. Nothing can compare to that.

Fiddler · « **Reply #13 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 19:18 »

Agreed, It even comes equipped with an uplifting montage. Only eye of the tiger comes anywhere close.

Thrillho · « **Reply #14 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 19:20 »

Well I'm going to take my favourite track from each of my favourite groups:

...later.

AlexAttack · « **Reply #15 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 19:37 »

i think 'bonzo goes to bitsburg' by the ramones is one of the best songs ever.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #16 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 21:18 »

This is such a gay question. I hate it when people ask you to list ONE thing...I can't really say that I have a constant favorite song. At this point in time, I have roughly 5.
Lykathea Aflame - On The Way Home
uneXpect - fuck it, pick one off of In A Flesh Aquarium, chances are it's right
Spawn of Possession - In My Own Greed
Mr. Bungle - Ars Moriendi
Genghis Tron - Arms

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #17 on:** 21 Nov 2006, 21:50 »

I dunno man, but now that i think about it, I like a lot of Lou Reed songs. Sweet Jane especially right now. That's what he meant i think.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 00:17 »

Quote from: tommydski on 21 Nov 2006, 21:28

Quote from: Dimmukane
This is such a gay question.

??

I just hate topics that ask for those kinds of answers. It's all in opinion, I don't know why they bother. Over at the gamespot forums, that question gets asked at least once a day as it is.

Thrillho · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 00:17 »

Okay, I've decided that I have 18 favourite artists. I will have a 19th and 20th at some point, but dammit until I pick one it stays at 18. Here is my favourite song by each, in alphabetical order. (My 'the' artists are under 'the.' Because I can't be arsed to change it now it's like that already.)

Billy Talent - This Is How It Goes
blink-182 - Going Away To College
Blur - The Universal
Bob Dylan - Isis
Eminem - White America
Fony - Makeshift (Parts I-II)
Hope of the States - Black Dollar Bills
Hundred Reasons - Silver
Joy Division - Transmission
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Loverman
Oasis - Gas Panic!
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-IX)
Radiohead - Idioteque
The Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
The Mars Volta - Eriatarka
Weezer - El Scorcho
Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

FireStarter · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 00:29 »

I had forgotten about Carry On by Kansas...

Time to run off and piratebay some kansas tracks. And what's the hate on Tool and Kansas? Kansas is a very accomplished band, all of the muscians in it are EXCEPTIONAL quality.

Oh...and I also forgot to Add Allen Parson's Project - The Raven to my list. Studio Musicians in a band ftw.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 01:04 »

The ten best songs of all time are clearly

The Misfits - Halloween
Skyclad - Something to Cling To
Strawbs - The Hangman and the Papist
Edge of Sanity - Enigma
Sol Invictus - Kneel to the Cross
Bathory - One Rode to Asa Bay
Acid Bath - Scream of the Butterfly
Burzum - Ea, Lord of the Depths
Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches
Current 93 - A Song For Douglas After He's Dead

...or whatever ten random songs I love I think up on the spur of the moment next time I try this.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #22 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 01:08 »

Here's my current top 10 songs in no particular order. It will be outdated in about an hour.

Neil Young - Rocking In The Free World
Pearl Jam - In My Tree
E - A Most Unpleasant Man
John Lennon - Power To The People
Modest Mouse - The Good Times Are Killing Me
Alice In Chains - Love, Hate, Love
The Kinks - Death Of A Clown
Eels - In The Yard, Behind The Church
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Storm Rider · « **Reply #23 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 01:11 »

Khar's list wins so hard.

Thrillho · « **Reply #24 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 01:51 »

So many phrases can be made better by adding 'so hard.'

My car broke down so hard.
I didn't do the homework so hard.
I saw Wilco live last night, so hard.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #25 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 02:10 »

...something to cling to?!?!? That's not even close to Skyclad's best song. I assume you have some highly personal reason for putting it on here?

jcknbl · « **Reply #26 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 03:11 »

Earth,Wind and Fire- September
Cindy Lauper- Time after Time
Dee-lite- Groove is in the Heart
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart

Kai · « **Reply #27 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 03:17 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 22 Nov 2006, 02:10

...something to cling to?!?!? That's not even close to Skyclad's best song. I assume you have some highly personal reason for putting it on here?

If I remember right from previous mentions, something about it being an actual uplifting Skyclad song and depression and whatwhat.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #28 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 03:35 »

Quote from: jcknbl on 22 Nov 2006, 03:11

Earth,Wind and Fire- September
Cindy Lauper- Time after Time
Dee-lite- Groove is in the Heart
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart

That is a great list, except for the incontrovertible fact that Life On Mars? is the Bowie song for this.

Oli · « **Reply #29 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 03:44 »

Sex Bomb - Flipper.

valley_parade · « **Reply #30 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 04:31 »

Well, using a highly scientific formula, I've come up with *drumroll*....

Holiday In Cambodia

Ernest · « **Reply #31 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 04:59 »

Locomotive Breath is quite possibly Jethro Tull's best song, but My God is definitely worth mentioning as well.

Ernest · « **Reply #32 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 05:05 »

You know what, A Song For Jeffrey is simply sublime. Include it as well. That should do away with all the Tool.

Narr · « **Reply #33 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 07:14 »

So, this thread isn't best song of all time so much as it is a list of our favorite songs, individually?

Because I'm pretty sure those don't qualify for best songs of all time.

valley_parade · « **Reply #34 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 07:22 »

You'll work harder with a gun to your back, Narr.

Trust me.

thepugs · « **Reply #35 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 07:37 »

HURR HURR GUYS TENACIOUS D'S "TRIBUTE" DFNTLY.

valley_parade · « **Reply #36 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 08:19 »

DAMMIT HOW MANY TIMES DO THEY HAVE TO SAY IT? IT IS JUST A TRIBUTE.

IT IS NOT THE GREATEST SONG IN THE WUH-HURLD.

thepugs · « **Reply #37 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 08:35 »

APPARENTLY MORE THAN 4 TIMES.

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MANY TIMES THEY SAY IT.

FOUR.

Johnny C · « **Reply #38 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 08:58 »

I can describe this thread in two words:

COMEDY GOLD

p.s. emilio, if you don't want to shit in his mouth, tommy could always hold up a plate. in front of his mouth. for you to shit on.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #39 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 09:48 »

Quote from: Valley_Parade on 22 Nov 2006, 04:31

Holiday In Cambodia

You know, I could probably fucking go with that. Mean riffs, a gorgeous bassline and some fucking brilliant lyrics

"Yer a star-belly sneech,
You suck-a like a leech,
You want everyone to act like you.
Kiss ass and bitch
So you can get rich,
But yer boss gets richer off you!"

As for Something to Cling To, it's one of the two songs ever to make me cry*. Yes, I was drunk and depressed, but it still did that. It's now only my second most uplifting song (Disco Hospital by Coil is just the most irrepressibly joyous, life affirming fucking thing I have ever heard. But still, even objectively, Something to Cling to is a great song, definitely got to be in the top ten or maybe top twenty Skyclad songs** and it's either the best or second best track on Vintage Whine (On With Their Heads! is the other competitor).

*The other was Sol Invictus - Here Am I, which was also whilst I was drunk and depressed, but for completely the opposite emotional reasons.

**A Bellyful of Emptiness, Cancer of the Heart, Catherine at the Wheel, Cry of the Land, Desperanto (A Song For Europe?), The Disenchanted Forest, Fainting By Numbers, Great Blow For a Day Job, Helium, History Lessens, Inequality Street, Land of the Rising Slum, Moongleam and Meadowseet, On With Their Heads!, The One Piece Puzzle, Our Dying Island, Penny Dreadful, Polkageist!, R'Vannith, Schadenfreude, The Sinful Ensemble, Single Phial, Sins of Emission, Skyclad, Something to Cling To, Spinning Jenny, Still Spinning Shrapnel, Vintage Whine, The Wickedest Man in the World, Womb of the Worm, You Lost My Memory...Shit can't do it

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #40 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 14:28 »

Citrus, by the Hold Steady, is what i need now, since i feel like i need to pray but i'm not religious:
"lost in fog and love and faithless fear.
I've had kisses that make Judas seem sincere."

Jed · « **Reply #41 on:** 22 Nov 2006, 22:57 »

Best I can think of now:

Klamydia - Hellyytta
Zen Cafe - Talo
Cleaning Women - Teknigrad
Syd Barret - Love You
Juicy Panic - Musical Scratching Comedy
Everything by Tom Waits, Sigur Ros and Herbie Hancock

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #42 on:** 23 Nov 2006, 08:08 »

Tom Waits - Time
Ryan Adams - Summer of '69
Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

i'm serious for all of those

pat101 · « **Reply #43 on:** 23 Nov 2006, 17:08 »

Quote from: Valley_Parade on 22 Nov 2006, 04:31

Well, using a highly scientific formula, I've come up with *drumroll*....

Holiday In Cambodia

you know I wouldn't have thought of it, but I'm not going to disagree at all.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #44 on:** 24 Nov 2006, 12:43 »

Quote from: Valley_Parade on 22 Nov 2006, 04:31

Well, using a highly scientific formula, I've come up with *drumroll*....

Holiday In Cambodia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHMUX7Nmk00 ?

soak · « **Reply #45 on:** 24 Nov 2006, 17:50 »

Pixies - I've Been Tired
Malajube - P?te Filo
Sigur R?s - Hjarta? hamast
Boards of Canada - Amo Bishop Roden
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Brian Eno - St. Elmo's Fire
Broken Social Scene- Fire Eye'd Boy
The Cure - A Letter To Elise
Daft Punk - Crescendolls
Eels - Wooden Nickels
Mercury Rev - Goddess On A Hiway
The Mountain Goats - No Children
Gang Of Four - Anthrax

and I'll second Time After Time and Holiday In Cambodia

SpacemanSpiff · « **Reply #46 on:** 24 Nov 2006, 18:55 »

Personally, for a couple reasons, I would have to say Anisette by June of 44.

But also:
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
And the Benny Hill Theme. Believe me, people will still know that one a couple hundred years from now. And even then, everything will still be funny if you just listen to this piece of music.
Also, some piece of classical music, but I simply don't know enough there to actually say anything about it.

Kyros · « **Reply #47 on:** 24 Nov 2006, 20:48 »

It'd be impossible to get everyone to agree on a topic like this buut.

A Day in the Life - The Beatles
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Just - Radiohead
Give Me the Cure - Fugazi

Lukeypoo · « **Reply #48 on:** 24 Nov 2006, 23:41 »

Boston - More Then a Feeling
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Europe - Final Countdown

If your going to kick my ass, I'll be at bike racks afterschool. There's a big 'Kick me' sign on me, you can't miss me.

Ernest · « **Reply #49 on:** 26 Nov 2006, 00:42 »

Quote from: Kyros on 24 Nov 2006, 20:48

A Day in the Life - The Beatles

Yeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

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Author Topic: Best Songs of all time. (Read 16183 times)

FireStarter

Splunkle

Scytale

The Eyeball Kid

Fiddler

AlexAttack

FireStarter

TrueNeutral

jcknbl

Narr

thepugs

thepugs

The Eyeball Kid

The Eyeball Kid

soak

SpacemanSpiff

Lukeypoo