Just Words And A Tune

[alfvaen]

Ganked from cdk, naming my favourite song from a number of different artists/genres. (Who came up with this list, anyway? Can we add on to it?)

Favorite Beatles song: "Within You, Without You", or possible "Blackbird".

Favorite solo song by a former Beatle: Kind of tough, but I'd have to go with "Take It Away" by Paul McCartney.

Favorite Rolling Stones song: "Continental Drift"

Favorite Bob Dylan song: "Like A Rolling Stone"

Favorite Pixies song: I've barely listened to them, but I'll say "Mr. Grieves"

Favorite Prince song: "When Doves Cry", though I also like "7" and "Mountains"

Favorite Michael Jackson song: "Smooth Criminal"

Favorite Metallica song: "Enter Sandman"

Favorite Public Enemy song: Don't have one. Never particularly liked them.

Favorite Depeche Mode song: "Halo"

Favorite Cure song: "Lullaby"

Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: "You're Out of The Computer" by Bingo Gazingo & My Robot Friend

Favorite Beastie Boys song: "Sure Shot", I guess. Not a big fan of theirs either.

Favorite Police song: Hard to narrow it down--"Darkness", "Synchronicity", or "Invisible Sun"

Favorite Sex Pistols song: Don't have one.

Favorite song from a movie: Aw, c'mon, how'm I supposed to grep for that one? Probably "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette, from "City of Angels". Or the opening theme from "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover". Or do concert movies count? Because there's songs from "Rattle & Hum" and "Stop Making Sense" that I could count...

Favorite Blondie song: "Rapture"

Favorite Genesis song: "Throwing It All Away"

Favorite Led Zeppelin song: Don't really have one. "Kashmir", I guess.

Favorite INXS song: "Burn For You"

Favorite Weird Al song: "The Biggest Ball of Twine In Minnesota"

Favorite Pink Floyd song: "Remember A Day"

Favorite cover song: John Cale's version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". (Kicks ass on Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley's versions, and let's not even mention Bono's.)

Favorite dance song: "True Faith" by New Order. Because I definitely remember going to bars playing a bunch of cheesy dance music and suddenly a New Order song would come on and I'd suddenly be enjoying myself, and maybe even get up and dance.

Favorite U2 song: Oh, man, this is hard to narrow down. "The Unforgettable Fire", "Until The End of The World", "All I Want Is You", "Bad", "Hawkmoon 269"... One of those.

Favorite disco song: "Heart of Glass", Blondie. Or maybe "Voodoo Lady", Ween.

Favorite The Who song: Don't really have one. "I Can See For Miles", I guess, or "Behind Blue Eyes"(though I like the verison on "Scoop" better).

Favorite Elton John song: "Candle In The Wind", but not the stupid Lady Diana version.

Favorite Clash song: "Train In Vain"

Favorite David Bowie song: "Time Will Crawl"

Favorite Nirvana song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is still okay, I guess.

Favorite Snoop Dogg song: Shudder. Actually, I kind of enjoyed "Murder Was The Case" when I didn't know who it was.

Favorite Ice Cube song: Can I pick Ice T instead? Because I swear I don't know any of this Cube guy's.

Favorite Johnny Cash song: "Ring of Fire"

Favorite R.E.M. song: "King of Birds"

Favorite Elvis song: "It's Now Or Never" is the one that I hate the least.

Favorite cheesy-ass country song: "Fishing In The Dark" by the Nitty Gritty Dirty Band, perhaps? Or "Rhumba Girl" by Evangeline.

Okay, I'm going to add a few of my own:

Favourite song from a musical: "The Miller's Son", from "A Little Night Music"

Favourite They Might Be Giants song: "Narrow Your Eyes"

Favourite Eurythmics song: "I've Got An Angel"

Favourite Rush song: "Second Nature"

I'll refrain from adding Suzanne Vega, Bruce Cockburn, Go Four 3 or Godley & Creme. Because I'm a nice guy.

Comments

[kodi]

I was surprised that TMBG and Rush weren't on the list, myself. ("Lucky Ball and Chain" and "Red Barchetta," respectively.) I thought about adding some myself, but most of them were runners up for "Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard," so I passed on that opportunity.

[iamo.livejournal.com]

Favorite Beatles song: "Within You, Without You"

Can you explain the appeal? I swear this is the only Beatles song I can't stand to listen to.

[alfvaen]

I'm not sure I can verbalize it. I've heard people say that it's the only song on "Sgt. Pepper's" that they don't like; I'd have to say that it's practically the only song on that album that's still interesting to me after 25 years of listening to it. The Indian instruments give it a very different feel, of course. There's also something about the way the vocal line just sort of slides from note to note. But I'm not that good about dancing about architecture, so I don't think I can convey its appeal.

I've listened to the Beatles for so long that it's almost a case of "familiarity breeds contempt", and I've been trying recently to determine which of their songs I actually like. I never did like their pre-"Rubber Soul" stuff that much, with a few exceptions like "Help!" and "I Feel Fine". But as a kid I just listened to it, mostly without evaluating it.

[anadriel.livejournal.com]

Oh heeeey! I'm working on a diptich semi-scuptural piece from Blackbird - I'll be sure to take photos for you.