Best UK and US songs
As you mentioned those contentious lists of Best American and/or British Songs recently, as voted by radio listeners or magazine readers, I wondered what you’d choose.
20 songs by UK acts and 20 from the USA, if you can, please. The more variety, the better, so do overlook the various members of Pink Floyd, if you so wish.
On this day in 1970, ‘Tears of a Clown’ by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles topped the US singles chart. It would also reach top spot in the UK.
And on this day in 1963, The Beatles had one of many UK Number Ones with ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’.
Would you include either of these fine tunes?
If you haven’t noticed, there are some new articles in the archives – like the one pictured. Click to have a read.
That’s all for this week, enjoy the weekend.
Hi everyone… just for fun, UK only at this time :
Norwegian Wood – Beatles
Tired Of Waiting -The Kinks
The Last Time – Rolling Stones
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry and the Pacemakers
Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
The Man With the Child In His Eyes – Kate Bush
Pride (In the Name of Love) U2
Sweet Child In Time – Deep Purple
Jealous Guy – John Lennon
Guns of Brixton – The Clash
Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin
Love of My Life – Queen
Dont Look Back in Anger – Oasis
Things Behind the Sun – Nick Drake
Heroes – David Bowie
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – The Animals
Black Magic Woman – Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac
Yesterday – The Beatles
Season’s Greetings to you all.
[The same to you, Martin. Love 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'. Good list, that. - FEd]
That is an extremely attractive photograph of David and I mean that in the most hetero way possible…
FEd,
Will you be compiling the lists into a master list providing us with a top 100 list? Or do you want to see how things go first?
Thanks.
Andrew
[If my OCD kicks in, sure. - FEd]
UK (excluding any Floyd related songs):
Turn It On Again – Genesis
Bad Company– Bad Company
Shadow Play – Rory Gallagher
Day Tripper – Beatles
Bird of Paradise – Snowy White
Teenage Kicks – The Undertones
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
Patience – Take That
I am the Resurrection – Stone Roses
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Something – George Harrison
Sultans Of Swing – Dire Straits
Higher Love – Steve Winwood
I’m Not in Love – 10cc
Solid Air – John Martyn
Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
All Right Now – Free
Need Your Love So Bad – Fleetwood Mac
Rocket Man – Elton John
How Long – Ace
American:
I Know a Little – Lynryd Skynryd
Georgia – John Mayer
Spooky – ARS
Sweet Baby James – James Taylor
Minute by Minute – Michael McDonald
Country Boy – Albert Lee
Josie – Steely Dan
All For Self- Fun Lovin’ Criminals
Open Arms – Journey
I Wish I Knew How – Derek Trucks Band
Right Next Door – Robert Cray
Love Sneaking Up On You – Bonnie Raitt
Wasted Time – The Eagles
Heart Of The Matter – Don Henley
Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh
Running Down a Dream – Tom Petty
Sloe Gin – Joe Bonamassa
See the Light – Jeff Healey
Takin’ It to the Streets – Doobie Bros
Daughters – John Mayer
Have a nice weekend.
Cheers
Paul
[Love 'Baker Street', too. - FEd]
This is not going to be easy!
Fed, some great new articles in the press section. I must admit I do not often visit that part of the web site, the blog being my first port of call, but today my lunch hour was spent catching up.
Thank you again.
[My pleasure, Graham. - FEd]
I have always thought that a real rock version of “Tears Of a Clown” would be awesome, same goes with “Mama Told Me Not To Come” by 3 Dog Night…
I could never accurately choose just 20 songs from UK and U.S. acts and deem them as “best”.
Hello Fed!
Thank you for this interesting article in the “Guitar Player“!
Have a nice weekend! Have a nice 3. Sunday in Advent!
With best wishes from Berlin
Ina
Without spending too long thinking about them, limiting myself to just one song per artist, probably forgetting at least a dozen equally-great tracks in the process and deliberately excluding everything by David and Pink Floyd, here’s my UK (and Ireland) list:
Animals – The House of the Rising Sun
Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Kate Bush – The Man with the Child in His Eyes
Cream – Sunshine of Your Love
Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing
Gerry & The Pacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone
Hollies – The Air that I Breathe
Elton John – Your Song
Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
John Lennon – Imagine
Manic Street Preachers – A Design for Life
Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
Small Faces – Itchycoo Park
Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
Van Morrison – Brown-Eyed Girl
The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
The Who – My Generation
Renaissance ~ Ashes Are Burning
Kate Bush ~ Running Up That Hill
The Strawbs ~ Autumn
Sex Pistols ~ God Save The Queen
Moody Blues ~ Story In Your Eyes
Rolling Stones ~ Sway
Beatles ~ Strawberry Fields Forever
Elton John ~ Ticking
Mott The Hoople ~ Hymn For The Dudes
Led Zeppelin ~ The Rain Song
The Who ~ I’m One
Black Sabbath ~ Snowblind
Genesis ~ Home by The Sea
David Bowie ~ Lady Stardust
ELP ~ Take A Pebble
Jethro Tull ~ Wind Up
Donovan ~ Atlantis
Yes ~ Close To The Edge
Queen ~ Doing Alright
Sting ~ They Dance Alone
Hey FED, I’m leaving for home (I’m at university if you’ll remember) for Christmas holiday for the next three weeks. This means I won’t have steady access to the internet and this cool blog you run (I’ll still manage to poke around sporadically though). So with that in mind I would like to wish you, the staff, David, Polly and the family, and everyone else here on the blog Merry Christmas and/or happy holidays or for others still a very nice solstice break.
Oh and by the way… I’m such an audiophile that a list such as this is impossible for me, man it would take several weeks, colored markers, and graphs for me to figure this one out…..that sounds familiar…anyway good luck to anyone who feels confidant enough to produce such a list.
Chat with ya in 2009.
Thank you very much indeed, good night to you.
[Cheers, Josh. Have a great Christmas. See you in the New Year. - FEd]
Here’s a list of great songs from the USA (again, limiting myself to just one song per artist, as difficult as that is in some cases):
Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
Booker T. and the MGs – Green Onions
James Brown – It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
Nat King Cole – Smile
Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
Doors – Riders on the Storm
Bob Dylan – Blowin’ in the Wind
Eagles – Hotel California
Marvin Gaye – Mercy, Mercy Me
Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightning
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
Roy Orbison – Crying
Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
Otis Redding – Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay
Frank Sinatra – My Way (it’s Frankie’s birthday today, as it happens)
Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
Jackie Wilson – (I Get the) Sweetest Feeling
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
UK only? USA only? Hmm…
Here’s my US top 20 in alphabetical order:
Aerosmith – Living on the Edge
America – Horse with No Name
Boston – Party, More Than a Feeling
CSN – Teach Your Children, Long Time Gone, Our House
Eagles – Hotel California, Take it Easy
38 Special – Hold on Loosely
Heart – Crazy On You
Joan Jett – I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll
Journey – Feelin’ that Way
Kansas – Carry On My Wayward Son
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Three Steps
Pat Benatar – Hell is for Children
Stevie Ray Vaughn – Tightrope
Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
Tom Petty – Running Down a Dream, Breakdown
Youngbloods – Get Together
OK, I can’t count or spell.
[I think that's 21. If you had to remove one, which would it be? - FEd]
And the Americans…
Alice Cooper ~ School’s Out
The Doors ~ When the Music’s Over
Joni Mitchell ~ Court and Spark
Billy Joel ~ Captain Jack
Aerosmith ~ Seasons of Wither
The Eagles ~ Take It to the Limit
Allman Brothers ~ Dreams
Bruce Springsteen ~ Thunder Road
Heart ~ Soul of The Sea
Bob Dylan ~ The Times They are A Changin’
Dan Fogelberg ~ Souvenirs
Patti Smith ~ Land
Tommy James ~ Crystal Blue Persuasion
Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ Green River
Grand Funk ~ I’m Your Captain
The Innocence Mission ~ And Hiding Away
Foghat ~ Terraplane Blues
Marilyn Manson ~ The Beautiful People
The Monkees ~ Pleasant Valley Sunday
Lou Reed ~ Heroin
Have a great weekend F*Ed..
[The same to you. Joni Mitchell's actually Canadian, but perhaps you were considering North America as a whole. (We really should do a separate list of songs by Canadian artists when you consider Leonard Cohen and Neil Young, to give two other prominent examples.) - FEd]
Excluding Pink Floyd – as well as The Beatles – would make it a little easier for me, as they would certainly dominate my top 20! How about a future top 20 list of Floyd & solo Floyd member songs?
I’ll start with the U.S., in no particular order…
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Beach Boys – God Only Knows
Creedence – Long as I Can See the Light
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
Johnny Cash – San Quentin
Booker T & the MGs – Hang ‘Em High
Steppenwolf – Monster
Spock’s Beard – At the End of the Day
Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
Otis Redding – Dock of the Bay
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Sly & the Family Stone – Everyday People
REM – It’s the End of the World As We Know It
Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower
Tommy James & the Shondells – Crimson and Clover
Kansas – Song For America
Chuck Berry – Nadine
The Band – Chest Fever
The Allman Brothers – In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Kevin Gilbert – The Tears of Audrey
Have a great weekend!
Bill C
[Many of those also feature in my list, Bill. You obviously have great taste. - FEd]
Here’s my non-Floyd/Gilmour top 20 UK. I do not apologize for being partial! I’m a Floydian, a Gilmourader, a BEATle and a Stone.
In no particular order:
Beatles: Let It Be; Hey Jude; Strawberry Fields; Come Together, With a Little Help from my Friends; Norwegian Wood
G. Harrison: All Those Years Ago; Got my Mind Set on You
R. Starr: It Don’t Come Easy; You’re Sixteen
P. McCartney: Ebony and Ivory; Band on the Run
J. Lennon: Imagine; Mind Games
Rolling Stones: You Can’t Always Get What You Want; Get Off My Cloud; Beast of Burden; Angie; Tumbling Dice; It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll
There are so many that should be in the top twenty that there doesn’t seem like enough room to put the top UK songs. I could easily put a top 100 together, FEd!
Thanks, FEd, for the voting!
[I'm sure I could compile a list of 100 songs, too. It would probably be easier, don't you think? - FEd]
[Joni Mitchell's actually Canadian. - FEd]
I was referencing “Laurel Canyon Joni” with that one.
I just adore that entire record but the title track holds a special place in my heart for a lost friend.
The Canadian artists idea is brilliant, let’s do it!
Leonard! Neil! Jann Arden! The Guess Who!
['American Woman' is a great track (continuing with our Austin Powers theme, there). And don't forget Bachman-Turner-Overdrive's 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet', which is another classic. I don't think I could come up with a list of 20 different Canadian acts, though. Sorry, Canada. (Weren't Steppenwolf from Canada? If so, 'Magic Carpet Ride' takes us back to Austin Powers...) - FEd]
This is a really tall order you’re asking Fed.
There is so much class material out there, where would one start!
When my brother and I went to see David and the lads at Manchester, and watching and listening to David and Rick play Echoes, I can honestly say when I think back to that peace of art being played I still choke up. What with the beauty of that track and skill I would have to put Echoes up in the hall of fame, and knowing we will never hear it played live again makes that track more monumental.
May sound a bit OTT to some people but I really don’t care.
Damian
[Weren't Steppenwolf Canadian? - FEd]
Initially, they came from Canada, but found their fame in L.A. (as did Joni Mitchell). John Kay, Steppenwolf’s lead vocalist, emigrated with his mother from East Germany, though. Would they still count as a USA artist?
Cheers;
Bill C
[Tricky. We had a similar discussion about CSN in the chatroom the other day: American or British? We decided American, although they'd have sounded very different without Graham Nash. - FEd]
['Magic Carpet Ride' takes us back to Austin Powers... - FEd]
Oh Behave!
Click my name.
[Oh, there you are. (You have to imagine the turn and pointing finger.) - FEd]
Could I suggest that those who think this cannot be done just write down the first 20 that come into their heads? The result will be just as interesting I’m sure.
I’m going for sing-a-long (ish) UK of course.
1. Led Zeppelin – Since I’ve Been Lovin’ You
2. Elton John – Rocket Man
3. Radiohead – Lucky
4. Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever (just one!)
5. Deep Purple – Child in Time
6. Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
7. U2 – Pride (In the Name of Love)
8. Stereophonics – The Bartender & the Thief
9. Muse – Plug in Baby
10. Oasis – Wonderwall
11. Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
12. Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
13. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
14. Elvis Costello – Shipbuilding
15. Genesis – Afterglow
16. The Who – Pinball Wizard
17. Dire Straits – Romeo & Juliet
18. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
19. Gerry & The Pacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone
20. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
The Beatles – Yesterday
Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
The Who – Who Are You?
Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Travis – Why Does It Always Rain On Me
Echo And The Bunny Men – Bring On The Dancing Horses
Kate Bush – The Man With The Child In His Eyes
Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
Renaissance – Northern Lights
Genesis – The Carpet Crawlers
Stereophonics – A Thousand Trees*
Stereophonics – It Means Nothing*
Stereophonics – Local Boy In The Photograph*
David Bowie – Heroes
Coldplay – Fix You**
George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
Led Zeppelin – Going To California
Stranglers – Golden Brown
Peter Gabriel – Mercy Street
* mid-life crisis, saw them last week, still haven’t recovered
** saw them last week too, good but not a patch on The Stereophonics
[Stereophonics over Coldplay for me, too. I'll add 'Traffic' and 'Is Yesterday Tomorrow Today' to your choices. I can't believe I left out 'My Sweet Lord'... and what a great shout 'Golden Brown' is (although now I think of Gordon Brown whenever I hear it, so it's not quite the same). - FEd]
Well, for Canadian artists don’t forget Alanis Morrisette and Shania Twain as well as Rush.
Thanks.
Andrew
UK and Ireland – No Pink Floyd/related:
- John Lennon – Imagine
- Beatles – Let It Be
- Deep Purple – Child In Time
- Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
- The Who – My Generation
- The Who – Behind Blue Eyes
- Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
- Dire Straits – Private Investigations
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Fleetwood Mac – Sara
- Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
- Supertramp – School
- Genesis – Mama
- Black Sabbath – Paranoid
- Simple Minds – Belfast Child
- David Bowie – Heroes
- King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King
- The Cure – Pictures Of You
- The Cure – Lullaby
- Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
USA list later (maybe).
Michèle
[Great list (well, except for Queen and The Cure). Love 'Wild Horses'. - FEd]
Albums are easy but songs are a pain to pick. Here is the UK list:
Dogs – Pink Floyd
A Day in the Life – The Beatles
Fool’s Overture – Supertramp
Eleventh Earl of Mar – Genesis
The Prophet’s Song – Queen
Rime of the Ancient Mariner – Iron Maiden
Beyond the Realms of Death – Judas Priest
Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
The Killing of Georgie – Rod Stewart
Love Reign O’er Me – The Who
Let it Bleed – Rolling Stones
Karn Evil 9 First Impression – ELP
Around the Dial – The Kinks
Tea For One – Led Zeppelin
Secret Journey – The Police
Close to the Edge – Yes
Stargazer – Rainbow
Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding – Elton John
Ashes to Ashes – David Bowie
Black Sunday – Jethro Tull
Telegraph Road – Dire Straits
I figure I’ll add Canada here:
Xanadu – Rush
Like a Hurricane – Neil Young
Fight the Good Fight – Triumph
Up On Cripple Creek – The Band
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – BTO
Now (in my G W Bush accent) my fellow Americans:
The Last Resort – The Eagles
Roads to Madness – Queensryche
Jungleland – Bruce Springsteen
The Famous Final Scene – Bob Seger
Castle Walls – Styx
A Man I’ll Never Be – Boston
Hopelessly Human – Kansas
Mean Streets – Van Halen
Fade to Black – Metallica
Goodnight Saigon – Billy Joel
Detroit Rock City – KISS
Raining Blood – Slayer
Unfinished Sweet – Alice Cooper
Wild Child – The Doors
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
Cop Killer – Body Count (rapper Ice T’s speed metal band)
Pastime Paradise – Stevie Wonder
F*ck the Police – NWA (best rap song ever made)
Jail House Rap – The Fat Boys (another classic old school rap)
Return to Sender – Elvis
I’ll do U.S. first:
Jimi Hendrix-Red House
Chicago-Only The Beginning
Roy Orbison-Just Running Scared
Booker T and the MGs-Time Is Tight
Fleetwood Mac- Rhianna (both genres here Fed)
The Eagles-Take It Easy
CCR-Proud Mary
Tom Petty-Running Down A Dream
Jerry Lee Lewis- Great Balls of Fire
Elvis-Return to Sender
To Be Continued!
Hello FEd,
my UK songs, excluding Pink Floyd:
Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
Genesis – Carpet Crawlers
Jethro Tull – Aqualung
Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times
The Who – Pinball Wizard
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Iron Maiden – Fear Of The Dark
Black Sabbath – Planet Caravan
Donovan – Three King Fishers
David Bowie – Space Oddity
Joy Division – New Dawn Fades
Massive Attack – Teardrop
Portishead – Mysterons
Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
King Crimson – The Court Of The Crimson King
Cranberries – Empty
Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven
I’ll be here later for the other list.
Good weekend to everyone,
Alessandra
['Tears In Heaven' is both one of the most beautiful, and saddest, songs ever written, isn't it? - FEd]
Less Than 20 From (if I’m not mistaken) the UK:
Yes – “Roundabout”
ELP – “Fanfare for the Common Man”
The Who – “Tommy” (in its entirety)
Elton John – “The Greatest Discovery”
Led Zeppelin – “Dazed and Confused” (a song about me)
The Beatles – “I’m Looking Through You”
King Crimson – “Frame by Frame”
Soft Machine – “Moon in June”
Less Than 20 From (if I’m not mistaken) the US of A:
R.E.M. – “Pretty Persuasion”
Eagles – “No More Walks in the Woods”
Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime”
B-52s – “Rock Lobster” (so bad, it’s wonderful)
Chicago – “25 or 6-to-4″
Ritchie Havens – “Freedom”
Buddy Holly – “Peggy Sue Got Married”
Crosby Stills Nash – “Judy Blue Eyes”
Cheryl Crow – “Santa Monica Blvd.”
Lou Reed – “Dirty Blvd.”
Creeedence Clearwater Revival – “Rollin’ on the River”
Bob Dylan – “The Times They Are A’Changin”
If you are interested in music industry matters then click my name to listen to ‘The EMI Story’ which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 earlier today.
Pink Floyd got a single mention and they obviously couldn’t quite get through the half hour without playing a bit of ‘Money’.
[Oh, that's original. - FEd]
Hi Fed, hope you and those closest to you have a fab Xmas and groovy New Year. Can’t be around here as much as I’d like. However I do like these list things you put together… (can’t believe there’s no Bowie on all of these lists).
Best of the UK (i.e therefore the world, LOL):
1 – Life On Mars? – David Bowie
2 – Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
3 – Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
4 – Echoes – Pink Floyd
5 – Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones
6 – Vienna – Ultravox
7 – Virginia Plain – Roxy Music
8 – God Save the Queen – Sex Pistols
9 – Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
10 – Imagine – Lennon
11 – Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
12 – Get it On – Marc Bolan
13 – I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
14 – Will you – Hazel O’ Connor
15 – Baggy Trousers – Madness
16 – Fade to Grey – Visage
17 – Still Life – Suede
18 – Station to Station – David Bowie
19 – My Generation – The Who
20 – Lola – The Kinks
21 – Teenage Kick – The Undertones (I’m cheating and being cheeky)
The US:
1 – Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland
2 – My Way – Frank Sinatra
3 – Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts – Bob Dylan
4 – Otis Redding – Dock of the Bay
5 – Walk on the Wild side – Lou Reed
6 – The Passenger – Iggy Pop
7 – Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
8 – Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
9 – The End – The Doors
10 – Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
11 – Mack the Knife – Frank Sinatra
12 – American Trilogy – Elvis
13 – Drive – Cars
14 – Hurt – Nine Inch Nails
15 – Roy Orbison – Crying
16 – I Walk the Line – Jonny Cash
17 – Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
18 – Hummingbird – B.B. King
19 – Superstition – Stevie Wonder
20 – Tutti Fruiti – Little Richard
[A very Merry Christmas to you and yours, Rob. Thanks for the lists. - FEd]
I have an extremely difficult time with these lists. I love reading them, but can’t seem to get my head cleared enough to compile a list of my own.
Does anyone have any Ritalin?
I’m trying.
Another seemingly “easy” question to answer, but when you get the pen and paper out, the question suddenly becomes so much more difficult! So far, I’ve only attempted a UK list, but had I allowed Pink Floyd to have 10 songs and Led Zeppelin to have the other 10, this would have been much easier!
Locomotive Breath (Jethro Tull)
Nights In White Satin (The Moody Blues)
Rock On (David Essex)
Bang A Gong (T. Rex)
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)
Sultans Of Swing (Dire Straits)
Dead Flowers (The Rolling Stones)
London Calling (The Clash)
Baba O’Riley (The Who)
Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne)
Run To The Hills (Iron Maiden)
Ace Of Spades (Motorhead)
A Day In The Life (The Beatles)
Lola (The Kinks)
Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum) — apologies to FEd
Space Oddity (David Bowie)
Roundabout (YES)
From The Beginning (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Pour Some Sugar On Me (Def Leppard)
Thanks FEd — this was fun!
Phew – Fed, this one was really hard for me to complete! Had to use internet, ex to find out who are from UK and from US, and I hope I got it more or less right. But here is the result from the Danish jury:
UK:
Rolling Stones – Start Me Up
Pink Floyd – High Hopes/Wish You Were Here
Beatles – She’s a Woman
Roxy Music – Jealous Guy
Madness – Our House
Ian Dury – Hit Me With Your Rythmstick (Because of the Baseline)
Eric Clapton – Layla
Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Clash – London Calling
Queen – Bohemian Rapsody
Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun
Dire Straits – Money for Nothing
Jethro Tull – Aqualung
Sting – All this Time
Joe Cocker – With a Little Help From My Friends (the version with the scream!)
Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen
Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
The Who – My Generation
[Thank you, Copenhagen. God nat. (Ah, 'Layla'... Good to see Joe Cocker mentioned.) - FEd]
…and the US-list:
Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Give it Away
Muddy Waters – Good Morning Little School Girl
Blues Brothers – Green Onions
Janis Joplin – Cry Baby
Johnny Cash – In My Life
Eagles – Hotel California
The Doors – Light My Fire
BB King/Clapton – No Worry Blues
Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone
Aretha Franklin – Respect
Talking Heads – And She Was
Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
Frank Zappa – Bobby Brown is Going Down
Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
Norah Jones – Cold Cold Heart
Billie Holiday – Lover Man
Jackson Browne – Cocaine
Macy Gray – Why Didn’t You Call Me
Fitzgerald/Armstrong – Oops
Crash Test Dummies – Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (Canada)
Neil Young – Hey Hey, My My (Canada)
And now for the US:
Light My Fire (The Doors)
Surfin’ Safari (The Beach Boys)
Dream On (Aerosmith)
Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Planet Caravan (Pantera… kudos to Black Sabbath, though!)
Enter Sandman (Metallica)
Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin)
White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
Do It Again (Steely Dan)
The Joker (Steve Miller)
More Than A Feeling (Boston)
Truckin’ (The Grateful Dead)
Louie Louie (The Kingsmen)
Takin’ Care of Business (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
Holy Diver (Dio)
California Dreamin’ (The Mamas & The Papas)
City of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie)
Summer Wind (Frank Sinatra… Happy Birthday, Frank!)
Take It Easy (The Eagles)
Life’s Been Good To Me (Joe Walsh)
['Louie Louie' is a top track, isn't it? Thanks for reminding me, Lynn. Did you ever hear Jackie Wilson's version of 'Light My Fire', by the way? For me, as much as I love Jim Morrison's unmistakeable voice, that's the ultimate version. Have a listen, I'm sure you can find it online. - FEd]
I’ve tried, but I can’t do it! I have to leave out so many good ones!
I enjoyed reading everyone else’s.
[Coward. - FEd]
My US list:
Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
The Doors – The End
Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot
Jefferson Airplane – Two Heads
CSNY – Teach Your Children
Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
Lou Reed – There Is No Time
Tracy Chapman – Crossroads
Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man
Grateful Dead – Mountains of the Moon
Frank Zappa – Hungry Freaks, Daddy
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Pearl Jam – Black
Metallica – One
Tori Amos – Past The Mission
Guns ‘n’ Roses – Civil War
Ben Harper – Ground on Down
Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box
R.E.M. – Nightswimming
Faith No More – King for a Day
Bye,
Alessandra
These lists are never easy to compile, even with the exclusion of David’s & Pink Floyd’s material.
It’s even an effort to add some variety, but here’s some of my personal best songs…
U.S.:
Beach Boys – Sloop John B
Carpenters – Goodbye To Love
Johnny Cash – Hurt
Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay
Eagles – Lyin’ Eyes
Marvin Gaye – Abraham, Martin & John
Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Everyday
Carole King – So Far Away
Mamas & Papas – Dedicated To The One I Love
Barry Manilow – Mandy
Scott McKenzie – San Francisco
Harry Nilsson – Without You
Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman
Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Reflections
Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound Of Silence
James Taylor – You’ve Got A Friend
Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High
Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour
[Love that list, Ken. - FEd]
And my U.K. list is…
Amen Corner – Bend Me, Shape Me
Beatles – Something
Coldplay – Fix You (A great gig on Friday night)
Deep Purple – Black Night
Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well
Genesis – I Know What I Like
Hollies – Bus Stop
Kinks – Days
Led Zeppelin – Since I’ve Been Loving You
Lulu – The Man Who Sold The World
Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo
Moody Blues – Go Now
Queen – Now I’m Here
Cliff Richard – Throw Down A Line
Roxy Music – All I Want Is You
T. Rex – Hot Love
Tremeloes – Silence Is Golden
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Yardbirds – For Your Love
10cc – I’m Mandy, Fly Me
Message to Lorraine: I took a bag to the show, but I wasn’t in the right area to be able to use it…
U.S. (Part 2):
CCR- Ramble Tamble
Steely Dan-Reeling In The Years
Mamas and the Papas-California Dreamin’
SRV-Texas Flood
BB King-The Thrill Is Gone
ZZ Top-Well Dressed Man
Alice Cooper-School’s Out
Vince Gill-Go Rest High
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Sweet Home Alabama
Here’s 10 to tickle your taste buds:
Eagles – Hotel California
Rolling Stones – Start Me Up
The Who – Baba O’Reilly
Beatles – Let It Be
Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This…
Dire Straits – Money for Nothing
Supertramp – Breakfast in America
Kiss – God Gave Rock and Roll To You
Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
And finally…
Various – Happy Days theme!
14 Décembre…
Bon (3ème) Anniversaire!
Michèle
[Merci beaucoup, poupée. - FEd]
Here is my UK list.
I stayed away from anything Floyd related and tried to make the list versatile but it wasn´t easy – sorry for some artists appearing more than one times.
It´s all in alphabetical order.
Alan Parsons Project: Some Other Time
Animals: House of the Rising Sun
The Beatles: Yesterday
Black Sabbath: Children of the Sea
Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights
Coldplay: Violet Hill
Deep Purple: Child in Time
Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms
Enya: Orinoco Flow
Genesis: Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea
Elton John: Crocodile Rock
Iron Maiden: Running Free
Led Zeppelin: Kashmir
Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven
Mark Knopfler: Sailing to Philadelphia
Marillion: Kayleigh
Muse: Knights of Cydonia
Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
Uriah Heep: Lady in Black
Yardbirds: For Your Love
[Very nice, Irene. It was hard for me to leave out 'Yesterday'. What a song that is. - FEd]
Thank you all very much for your lists – keep them coming.
They won’t appear here until Tuesday, as I’m taking the day off tomorrow, so don’t be worried.
Back Tuesday… with a chat from 12:00 (UK), if you can make it.
And here is my list for the USA:
Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode
Blondie: Heart of Glass
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising
Dream Theater: Peruvian Skies
The Doors: Riders on the Storm
Bob Dylan: All Slong the Watchtower
The Eagles: Hotel California
The Eagles: Long Road Out of Eden
The Eagles: Journey of the Sorcerer
Foreigner: Cold as Ice
Bill Haley: Rock Around the Clock
Journey: Wheel in the Sky
Iron Butterfly: In-a-gadda-da-vida
Kiss: Detroit Rock City
Meatlove: Paradise by the Dashboard Lights
The Monkees: Daydream Believer
Elvis Presley: Jailhouse Rock
Queensryche: Revolution Calling
Queensryche: Silent Lucidity
Ike and Tina Turner: River Deep, Mountain High
This list was much harder than the first one. I never noticed before that I hear so much more often music from the UK. And there are some songs I love dearly but which are from neither one of these countries…so maybe…could we…pleeeaaase!
[Seeing as you asked so nicely, let's see what you've got and from where we all got it. Is that the first time anyone's included Blondie? They put out some brilliant tunes. I liked that first-single-released-in-about-a-decade from the mid-Nineties, too ('Maria'). 'Peruvian Skies' is lovely, and if 'Long Road Out of Eden' doesn't win four Grammys... Good stuff again, Irene. Thanks. - FEd]
Lucy Jordan – Janis Joplin
Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
Anthem – Leonard Cohen*
God Only Knows – Beach Boys
Little Old Wine Drinker Me – Dean Martin
Hotel California – Eagles
Because The Night – Patti Smith
Ain’t No-body’s Business – Billie Holiday
We Have All The Time In The World – Louis Armstrong
American Girl – Tom Petty
Godless – Dandy Warhols
School’s Out – Alice Cooper
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell*
Danni California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Monday Monday – Mamas and Papas
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
All Of Me – Frank Sinatra
Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
Walk On The Wild side – Lou Reed
Master Of Puppets – Metallica
*Canadian
No Pink Floyd or related:
UK songs (I could have picked many songs by those listed):
Yes – Time and a Word
Moody Blues – Your Song
Beatles – A Day in the Life
Kinks – Lola
Small Faces – All or Nothing
Porcupine Tree – Small Fish
The Pineapple Thief – Snowdrops
Indian Summer – Another Tree Will Grow
King Crimson – I Talk to the Wind
Cat Stevens – Wild World
George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
John Lennon – Working Class Hero
Caravan – Winter Wine
Spooky Tooth – Societys Child
Sandy Denny – Who Knows Where the Time Goes
Fairport Convention – Meet on the Ledge
David Bowie – Cygnet Committee
Nick Drake – River Song
The Who – Behind Blue Eyes
Rolling Stones – You Cant Always Get What You Want
Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs – Seaside Shuffle (I know this is number 21 but I just love it)
US songs (I could have picked many songs by those listed also):
Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Dennis Wilson’s solo album is one of the best albums I have bought this year)
Bob Dylan – Hurricane
Simon and Garfunkel – The Boxer
Love – Talking in Your Sleep
Ben E King – Stand By Me
Screaming Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell on You
Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues
The Eagles – Hotel California
Scott Mackenzie – San Fransisco
Al Green – Lets Stay Together
The Four Tops – Reach Out
Bill Withers – Lean on Me
The Shirelles – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Crosby Stills and Nash – Our House
Lou Reed – Perfect Day
Ray Charles – What I Say
Canned Heat – On the Road Again
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down on the Corner
The Supremes – Reflections
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
['Stand By Me'... What a song. - FEd]
Hell FEd,
Sorry if this is the incorrect place to ask — but can we all look forward to seeing David on the Grammy Awards show in February performing his nominated song?
Last night I saw the first TV ad for the Grammys and it made me wonder if David would make an appearance.
Thanks, from ice-coated Maine. We’re just recovering from the worst ice storm in New England history; days without power.
Cheers,
Lola
[It's too early to say, Lola. - FEd]
USA + Canada:
- Leonard Cohen – The Partisan
- Leonard Cohen – Everybody Knows
- Metallica – One
- Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
- Bob Dylan – One More Cup Of Coffee
- Bob Dylan – Forever Young
- Aerosmith – Dream On
- Guns ‘N’ Roses – November Rain
- Nirvana – Lithium
- Janis Joplin – Summertime
- Patti Smith – Frederick
- The Doors – Riders On The Storm
- Kansas – Dust In The Wind
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
- Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
- Green Day – Give Me Novocaine
- Green Day – Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
- Jeff Buckley (or Leonard Cohen, I hesitate…) – Hallelujah
- Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
- The Eagles – The Last Resort (for the lyrics)
Ouch! It was a difficult, but very interesting topic. Good for brain health! Bravo.
Michèle
[You meant Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah', I'm sure. - FEd]
Hi Fed, this is interesting. SO this is my list excluding Pink Floyd’s songs of course.
List from the UK :
1. The Beatles : A Day In The Life
2. George Harrison : All Things Must Pass
3. Blind Faith : Can’t Find My Way Home / Well Alright
4. The Shadow : Move It
5. Cream : Sunshine Of Your Love / Crossroads / White Room
6. Spencer Davis Group : Keep On Running
7. The Yardbirds : The Train Kept A Rollin’
8. Derek And Dominos : Layla / Got To Get Better
9. Deep Purple : Lazy / Fireball
10. Led Zeppelin : Stairway To Heaven
11. Rolling Stones : Paint It Black / Honky Tonk Woman
12. Traffic : Freedom Rider / Dear Mr Fantasy / Gimme Some Of Lovin’
13. The Who : Won’t Get Fooled Again
14. David Bowie : Heroes
15. Black Sabbath : Paranoid
16. Queen : Bohemian Rhapsody
17. Dire Straits : Sultan Of Swing
18. The Police : Message In The Bottle / Roxanne
19. The Animals : House Of The Rising Sun
20. The Clash : London Calling
To be continued…
And now, here is my US list :
1. Eagles : Hotel California/New Kid In Town
2. CSNY : Woodstock / Deja Vu / Teach Your Children
3. Beach Boys : Good Vibrations / Surfin’ USA / I Get Around
4. The Doors : Riders On The Storm / Light My Fire
5. The Temptations : Papa Was a Rolling Stone
6. Jerry Lee Lewis : Great Balls Of Fire
7. Chicago : 25 or 6 to 4
8. Jimmi Hendrix : Purple Haze / Hey Joe
9. Stevie Ray Vaughan : Crossfire / Pride and Joy
10. Lynyrd Skynyrd : Freebird
11. Aerosmith : Dream On
12. Bob Dylan : Like A Rolling Stone
13. Sly & The Family Stone : Family Affair
14. Gene Kelly : Singing In The Rain
15. Tom Petty : Free Falling
16. Hank Williams : Long Gone Lonesome Blues
17. Elvis Presley : Hound Dog
18. Johnny B. Goode : Chuck Berry
19. Bobby Darin : Mack The Knife
20. John Mayer : Georgia / Vultures
But I guess there are others, such as The Band and Steppenwolf (which now only I know are a Canadian band). Not to forget, the USA always have the legendary Rat Pack!
Nice Day all!
['Papa Was a Rolling Stone' is superb. Love the dancing, too. - FEd]
Here are my top US 20 songs:
Eagles – One Of These Nights
Del Shannon – Runaway
Bob Seger – Turn The Page
The Doors – Riders On The Storm
Blue Oyster Cult – Astronomy
Marvin Gaye – Heard It Through The Grapevine
Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day
Eagles – Hotel California
Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks – Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper
Heart – Barracuda
Styx – Come Sail Away
Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Bob Seger – Like A Rock
Grand Funk – We’re An American Band
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
The Drifters – Under The Boardwalk
Johnny Cash – Ring Of Fire
Elvis Presley – American Trilogy
I will have to think about my UK picks. Will be a little bit harder.
Hope everyone is staying warm,
Hoss
[Terrific list, Hoss. Good to see Bob Seger on there, and what wonderful songs you've chosen by The Drifters and Buddy Holly. - FEd]
USA list:
B-52s – Rock Lobster
Frank Zappa – Black Napkins
Boston – Foreplay Long Time
Buckcherry – Lit Up
Cheap Trick – Surrender
Chicago Transit Authority – I’m A Man
Lou Reed – Sweet Jane (LIVE version)
Guns N Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Heart – Magic Man
James Gang – Funk No.49
Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
Jimi Hendrix – Red House
Pat Benatar – Hell is for Children
Primus – John the Fisherman
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
Staind – It’s Been Awhile
Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
Metallica – One
Billy Idol – Cradle of Love
Johnny Cash – In My Life
Now for my U.K. list…
Thanks.
Andrew
[Great choice, 'Black Hole Sun'. Haven't listened to Staind in ages, but I do like 'Outside'. - FEd]
Time for a delayed US List … and I confess that U2 should not have been in my UK list.
OK – right off the top of my head, y’all:
1. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
2. Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Chile
3. Eagles – Hotel California
4. Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
5. Guns ‘n’ Roses – Sweet Chile o’ Mine
6. Elvis Presley – I Can’t Help Falling in Love
7. The Monkees – I’m a Believer
8. Lynard Skynard – Freebird
9. Lou Reed – Perfect Day
10. Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
11. The Doors – Light My Fire
12. Stevie Wonder – Livin’ For the City
13. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
14. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin’
15. Roberta Flack – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
16. Rage Against the Machine – Bombtrack
17. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – By the Way
18. R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts
19. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around
20. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
U.K. List as long as you are OK with including Ireland and Scotland:
Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
David Bowie – Heroes
Peter Frampton – Do You Feel Like We Do
Black Sabbath – Into the Void
Cream – Badge
Rainbow – Stone Cold
The Clash – I Fought The Law
Bad Company – Feel Like Makin’ Love
Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
Thin Lizzy – Emerald
Traffic – The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey
The Who – The Real Me
The Hollies – Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
Donovan – Season of the Witch
Elton John – Empty Garden
Queen – Hammer to Fall
The Police – Roxanne
Judas Priest – Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)
Thanks.
Andrew
U.K. List:
Deep Purple-Highway Star
Elton John-Funeral For A Friend
Led Zeppelin-Kashmir
Beatles-Rock And Roll Music
Jethro Tull-Aqualung
The Police-Synchronicity
King Crimson-Court of the Crimson King
Genesis-Watchers Of The Sky
Beatles-Revolution
Kate Bush-Rolling The Ball
Deep Purple-Burn
The Animals-House Of The Rising Sun
Yes-Round About
Led Zeppelin-The Rain Song
Genesis-Selling England By The Pound
Fleetwood Mac-You Can Go Your Own Way
Gerry And The Pacemakers-Do You Love Me
The Who-Love Reign O`er Me
Eric Clapton-Bell Bottom Blues
Eric Clapton-River Of Tears
This is difficult Fed! Thanx.
[Love 'Bell Bottom Blues'. - FEd]
[Great choice, 'Black Hole Sun'. Haven't listened to Staind in ages, but I do like 'Outside'. - FEd]
Are Stain’d any good ?
I am going to see them with my daughter in January.
Never heard them I don’t think but she wanted company.
PS: Missed Otis Redding – Dock of the Bay off my U.S. list……..criminal.
[Not bad. A bit depressing, I always thought, but I don't know more than a handful of songs. - FEd]
Can’t believe I forgot to include Elvis Costello on my U.K. list. But hard to choose which song, Watching the Detectives, Alison, Radio Radio??
In fact, I don’t think I’ve seen this Elvis on anyone’s lists.
Thanks.
Andrew
FEd,
Thanks for the musical exercise on US bests.
Here goes:
Santana — Oye Come Va
CSNY — Carry On/Marrakesh Express
Bonnie Raitt — Angel from Montgomery
Pretenders — Chain Gang
Bruce Springsteen — Tunnel of Love
Patti Smith — Because the Night
Sly and the Family Stone — Thank You
Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On
Staple Singers — I’ll Take You There
Isley Brothers — Fight the Power
Earth, Wind and Fire — Shining Star
Stevie Ray Vaughan — Look at Little Sister
The Byrds — Eight Miles High
Talking Heads — Burning Down the House
Bonnie & Delaney (and all their friends) — Poor Elijah
Dr. John — Such a Night
Linda Ronstadt — The Waiting
Taj Mahal — Going Up to the Country
Janis Joplin — Me & Bobby McGee
Tina Turner — Proud Mary
Emmy Lou Harris — Poncho & Lefty
[Thanks for putting your (21?) songs forward, I've enjoyed reading everyone's choices. - FEd]
Roy Orbison ~ Running Scared
Otis Redding ~ I’ve Been Lovin’ You Too Long
Sam Cooke ~ A Change Is Gonna Come
Billie Holiday ~ Strange Fruit
Willie Nelson ~ You Were Always On My Mind
Emmylou Harris ~ Boulder To Birmingham
Simon and Garfunkel ~ The Dangling Conversation
Warren Zevon ~ Mutineer
The Eagles ~ Hotel California
Aretha Franklin ~ I Never Loved A Man (The Way That I Love You)
Crosby, Stills & Nash ~ Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Judy (Blue Eyes) Collins ~ Suzanne
Stevie Wonder ~ I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
Nina Simone ~ House of the Rising Sun
Jeff Buckley ~ Hallelujah
Jimi Hendrix ~ Voodoo Chile (slight return)
Bonnie Raitt ~ Angel From Montgomery
Jackson Browne ~ After The Deluge
Pearl Jam ~ Man Of The Hour
Dr. John ~ I Walk On Gilded Splinters
Tough one, FEd. It’s like trying to choose a favorite child. I think most of us could have come up with 20 songs/artists for each decade!
Good choices everyone!
Peace!
Gabrielle
[Maybe we could all list another 20 in the New Year and see what we come up with. - FEd]
[Maybe we could all list another 20 in the New Year and see what we come up with. - FEd]
I think for the New Year it would be cool to have a list of 20 for artists from all other parts of the world excluding the U.S. and U.K. Although some have cheated a bit already by including Canada and Ireland.
What do you think?
Thanks.
Andrew
[Definitely. - FEd]
[In fact, I don't think I've seen this Elvis on anyone's lists. - Andrew]
I got “shipbuilding” into mine, old boy.
Kicking myself over conspicuous absence of Green Day, Metallica, etc.
Good thing you don’t ask difficult questions, FEd.
U.K. (iffy because some of these are Irish and I had to leave out the Aussies and the Canadians):
She Loves You – The Beatles
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
My Ever Changing Moods – Style Council
Wild Nights – Van Morrison
In A Big Country – Big Country
The Whole of the Moon – The Waterboys
Hush – Deep Purple
Tumblin’ Dice – The Stones
Everyday I Write The Book – Elvis Costello
Break Out – Swing Out Sister
Time – Culture Club
Young Americans – Bowie
Join Together – The Who
Layla – Derek and the Dominoes (multinational)
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Wonderwall – Oasis
Freedom – George Michael
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Gimme Some Lovin’ – Spencer Davis Group
U.S.:
Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan (if this was a schoolyard throw-down that’d be my ‘in yo’ face’ record)
Don’t Worry Baby – The Beach Boys
Good Lovin’ – The Rascals
Bawitdaba – Kid Rock
Little Red Corvette – Prince
Epic – Faith No More
I Want You Back – the Jackson 5
You Only Get What You Give – New Radicals
Double Shot of My Baby’s Love – Swinging Medallions
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch – The Four Tops
Rockin’ Chair – Gwen McCrae
This Old Heart of Mine – The Isley Brothers
Up On the Roof – The Drifters
No Particular Place to Go – Chuck Berry
Get Ready – The Temptations
Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
The Last Dance – Donna Summer
Do You Wanna Dance – Bette Midler
What’s Goin’ On – Marvin Gaye
One on One – Hall and Oates
I’m practically bleeding internally over the ones I had to leave off the list. I love you, Smokey Robinson and I’m sorry.
[I love 'Sugar Pie Honey Bunch'. In fact, it saved my Monday, because I was about to lose my temper with the next idiot shopper to stop me dead in my tracks (by being a dawdling, dithering, directionless dim-wit with more bags than they could carry sensibly) when, lo and behold, what was that I heard faintly coming from Gilesport? Three minutes spent feigning interest in basketballs later, I could calmly make my way back to the (badly signposted) Park and Ride without the need for breathing exercises, a police escort or gin. - FEd]
[Kicking myself over conspicuous absence of Green Day, Metallica, etc. - Tim]
Don’t fret, we’ve all probably missed a few here and there. In this world of iPods where we have the ability to have over 10,000 songs at our fingertips we are quite spoiled. It certainly isn’t like the old days where you sat by the radio waiting for your favorite song to be played. And when you finally heard it, your day just got so much more special.
Now I find pleasure in finding songs from years ago that don’t get played on the radio anymore. For example, remember Lou Gramm of Foreigner and his solo hit – Midnight Blue? Back then it was played a lot, today you don’t hear. But it is kinda fun to put that track back on and think back.
And actually how generous of FEd to request 20 songs each from the US and UK instead of just saying list your top 5 songs.
Thanks.
Andrew
Further to my last post:
In fact growing up I can tell you that my record collection consisted of:
Pink Floyd – DSOTM
Eagles – Hotel California
Steve Miller – Book of Dreams
Led Zeppelin – IV
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
Black Sabbath – Master of Reality (by the way I never had the jacket for this one, just found it in a thrift store for 45 cents)
Kiss – Destroyer & Rock and Roll Over
That was pretty much it for a long time aside from a handful of 45s such as Chubby Checker’s The Twist and Boris Pickett’s Monster Mash and a bunch of other ones I can’t remember now.
Sure I wanted more but I really appreciated what I had plus it was fun listening to the radio under the covers when you were suppose to be sleeping. Or sneaking into your big brother’s room to listen to some of his stuff.
Now it is millions of songs at your fingertips and people still get upset when one song is not included on a new release.
Thanks.
Andrew
[So true, Andrew. That's one hell of a collection. I'd take that over several hundred others any day of the week. (No, I won't list them, but I'm thinking Abba. Maybe next year.) - FEd]
[Seeing as you asked so nicely, let's see what you've got and from where we all got it. - FEd]
Most of my choices (beside the UK and USA ones) would come from continental Europe but a little bit from the rest of the world, too. So I would love doing a “best of the rest of the world” list.
I´m hoping, too that the Eagles will win one or another Grammy (and hoping even more that David will win!). Is it only me or are the Grammy nominations this time really more interesting than usually?
I have finally heard the radio show where David played Syd´s “Here I go”. Beautiful song. Rather untypical for David but he was sounding absolutely great. Loving it!
Irene
[We'll save that for the New Year, and maybe do another 20 from the UK and US, if anyone wants to add to their lists. - FEd]
[I love 'Sugar Pie Honey Bunch'. In fact, it saved my Monday, because I was about to lose my temper with the next idiot shopper to stop me dead in my tracks (by being a dawdling, dithering, directionless dim-wit with more bags than they could carry sensibly) when, lo and behold, what was that I heard faintly coming from Gilesport? Three minutes spent feigning interest in basketballs later, I could calmly make my way back to the (badly signposted) Park and Ride without the need for breathing exercises, a police escort or gin. - FEd]
I will and do dance in shops if the overhead music is good unless the aisles are crowded. In this life you dance when you can.
I hate shopping.