Your Favorite Songs

[Amaro]

Your ABSOLUTE favorite songs.

No huge list with any particular order necessary... Just throw out a favorite or favorites as you think of them.

Songs you simply cannot take lightly. For whatever reason.

Destination - The Church
Destination - The Church (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nidAGwtYGuA)

[BlueCalx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ss7hAm9Hc

Teenage Wristband, by the Twilight Singers. Press play and hear my favourite song of all time. I kid I knew from another message board said "It's alright. Not my music" when I played it for him. I never spoke to that kid again.

[xmd 5a]

"Destination" was the track that got me into The Church, so definitely up there with my favourites too.

A few key favourites of mine:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWuAc4pnYFc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8-LFLr_-no


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3TG7d9N7J4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oespMmWnDo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkJlSadxgT4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOJb1QldOw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbKzqV59BMg

[ambergris]

Ike and Tina Turner - River deep, mountain high
Björk - Unravel
David Bowie - Subterraneans
U2 - With or Without you

[frankie teardrop]

not to be taken lightly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4jVZ1hCrDA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCuvTKM04Jk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Zvl0CoMmI

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcEK6uTAezs

(^had the pleasure of playing this song several times as part of the band. resonates even more)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=712GnEJHn_Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_9VQPVc3o&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTWjiMOLA4I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Sg1gnOl9o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbWN5FX6hGo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jktotKWyeo


was also going to post my favorite church song (it's no reason, from seance), but the video has disappeared from youtube... still gives me chills, though. this is a close second, from the same record:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9YyMAPMBcE


otherwise, i'm sure i'll be back.

[antiskum]

the correct answer is obviously depeche mode - enjoy the silence

also, slowdive - when the sun hits

[onthewall2983]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM7LR46zrQU

I couldn't tell you the first time I heard Al Stewart's "Year Of The Cat", but the first time I really listened I was just transfixed and intoxicated with the sound. Mind you, this was only a few years ago. Years after soaking up everything I could by the likes of Floyd, The Who, Miles, Beatles, Queen, NIN, Radiohead, Allman Brothers Band, Santana, etc, etc. And each of those artists would have at least 3 or 4 songs that would be an easy number one on my list. But this song, in terms of my tastes, is just perfect.

[Highly Psychological]

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD3y8RoTjSY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCtPz-guwO8

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

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

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5GjVvlmg3o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjEx7hqfNU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZO8eCE3cyM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZS5hhD3mdA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omfiVkkJ1OU lol

[Ryan]

Gary Numan - The Seed of a Lie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i7YmOnjMck


Danzig - Cold Eternal

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

[Amaro]

^ Oops...didn't mean to Like that post. :P (Gary Numan checked out though...)

New Year's Day - U2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLtshMhbZPo

[peter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV-hSgL1R74


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFOPOzI67ns


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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b64AtjYr6is


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW3Y_YvP_jw

[Ryan]

^ Oops...didn't mean to Like that post. :P (Gary Numan checked out though...)

Did you even listen to the other song? I don't listen to crap, that's my number one rule of thumb.

[Ryan]

"Destination" was the track that got me into The Church, so definitely up there with my favourites too.

A few key favourites of mine:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8-LFLr_-no

On nomnomnom.

[Amaro]

Did you even listen to the other song? I don't listen to crap, that's my number one rule of thumb.

Lol I actually had not yet listened to it at the time. But my comment stays. I've never connected with Danzig.

Good Morning - The Dandy Warhols
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEk7DPEpkj4

[richardp]

Favorite song of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzZWSrr5wFI&ob=av3n

[october_midnight]

Like everyone here I'm in to so many different genres, but instead of posting my favorite Converge song, or something else heavy, I'll touch upon the songs that mean the most to me in a lighter vein. I still consider these in my..I'd say, top 25 songs ever.

First, 'Northern Lights' by Lux. Not just because of the memories associated with it, but because it's flat out one of the best songs I've ever heard to this day.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTydwQjSeW0

Chicane - 'No Ordinary Morning'


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltKSf0t30OI

Hammock - 'The House Where We Grew Up'


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixOdgv8FdbQ

The Isley Brothers - 'This Old Heart of Mine'


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5NZDG1ze8

Leonard Cohen - 'In My Secret Life'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHwqYd_G43Y

[Amaro]

Streamside - The Album Leaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr18T5O8rZQ

So Would've I - John Frusciante
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opf636t96fg

[GibbonBlack]

Leaving Hope by NIN and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-opBTQI4GE


it's such a well written song

[Hidingintrees]

Tough question. My favorite is probably Ruiner. It's so intense, well written, and really quite sad.

[jessamineny]

These songs make me happy.

"Alison" by Elvis Costello
"Cars" by Gary Numan
"We're Desperate" by X
"Kiss Me on the Bus" by the Replacements
"Kiss Off" by the Violent Femmes
"Nemesis" by Shriekback

[Fixer808]

These two songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYTl1YA_uHQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPeIwT77v5A
Every time, BAM... right in the feels, especially New Order. It's special because reasons.

[Vertigo]

Aside from NIN... (apologies for the length, I couldn't just pick one. Or seven...)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Way Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HLauVEMK2o

Psapp - Marshrat (criminally overlooked band, especially considering they're essentially pop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HPYNJjbwaI

Silversun Pickups - Seasick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC4JEQxdpn4

Garbage - Medication (this is an acoustic variant, but the album version is tremendous also)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXzD1ww6I9A

Ciccone Youth (/Sonic Youth) - Into The Groove(y)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZJTcQWuZ3Q

Jane's Addiction - Had A Dad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p537WHCL18w

Marilyn Manson - King Kill 33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiO1xMRg340

Was Not Was - I Feel Better Than James Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TxHInkyNpg

[exilajei]

So many... but here's a few to start


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO9ok-hhV_s

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL63xYjppkc

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOFO1XOZXRM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btOyj3qM_Dk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uskp_rw4lhU

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyMVc42oR1g

[frankie teardrop]

nice front 242 choice. they have so many killers.

a few other favorites. i'll list so i don't bonk the thread with too many youtube clips:

xmal deutschland- polaricht
simple minds- hunter and the hunted
the lucy show- ephemeral (this is no heaven)
kas product- tina town
the autumns- the garden end
resistance- washed out colours
sad lovers and giants- 50/50
babel 17- angels of tv
turquoise days- grey skies
red house painters- medicine bottle
blind mr. jones- eyes wide
the wild flowers- melt like ice
veldt- ghost child
for against- autocrat
the walker brothers (scott,etc)- nite flights
lee hazlewood/nancy sinatra- some velvet morning
u2- new year's day/love comes tumbling/11 o'clock tick tock

recapping original list:
ronettes- be my baby
cocteau twins- the spangle maker
the chameleons- monkeyland
the sound- winning
slowdive- ballad of sister sue
david bowie- the secret life of arabia
breathless- bad blood
lowlife- hail ye
obscure by degrees- i'm dying
the wake- here comes everybody
the church- fly


i know this list and my first post are pretty big, but these are the songs i always put on repeat, dj all the time, throw on mixes for others, etc.

[xmd 5a]

This song has rapidly become on of my all-time favourites - http://halfstring.bandcamp.com/album/oval-7-single

I'll throw another few favourites out there too (limited to 1 per band to avoid Swans/Slowdive overload)
Swans - Helpless Child
Aphex Twin - XMD 5a
The Church - As You Will
Cranes - Bewildered
Unwound - Dragnalus
The Chameleons - Perfume Garden
New Order - Crystal
Primal Scream - Long Life
My Bloody Valentine - (When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream
Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea
For Against - Amen Yves
The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
Joy Division - Disorder
The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
The Cure - A Forest
Kitchens of Distinction - Prize
Orbital - Otono
Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls
Low - Lazy
Disco Inferno - A Rock to Cling To
U2 - A Sort of Homecoming

I think that''ll do for the moment.

[frankie teardrop]

disco inferno are great! glad to see them on someone else's list. and of course, 'amen yves' and 'autocrat' are interchangeable for me, as is 'fly' and 'as you will' and any chameleons song, really.

this might interest you, xmd:

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

yours truly on bass!

[xmd 5a]

^ Relevant to my interests indeed. Phenomenal live version - probably the best I've seen on YT. That damn song has me on the verge tears everytime. I can only imagine what I'd be like to perform it.

[thevoid99]

My favorite songs are...

Joy Division-Love Will Tears Us Apart
New Order-Bizarre Love Triangle
Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody
The Stone Roses-I Wanna Be Adored
David Bowie-Rebel Rebel
The Rolling Stones-Waiting on a Friend
My Bloody Valentine-Sometimes
The Cure-Just Like Heaven
The Smiths-How Soon is Now?
Radiohead-Fake Plastic Trees
Van Halen-Everybody Wants Some
The Velvet Underground-Femme Fatale
Big Star-Kangaroo
This Mortal Coil-Song to the Siren
Dean & Britta-Moonshot
Suede-The Wild Ones
The Moody Blues-Dawn is a Feeling
Depeche Mode-Enjoy the Silence

That's all for now.

[Space Suicide]

In no order


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6GYfSea5Y


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rphCzwwVl5w


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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4VWKbZkIcM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHO40HywOlM

Noteworthy but I have so many.

[Leviathant]

What a great thread!

Without a doubt, one of my favorite pieces of music, arriving during my formative years: Aphex Twin Girl/Boy song. If I'm in the right place, this song makes me cry, it even did that back when I was stoic to a fault.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCSrMEsaNAM

Squarepusher's Iambic 5 poetry, likewise, is right at the top for me. The rest of the EP sucked, but it was worth it for this track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHy_XONbU3o

The CD I listened to on repeat before I got into Nine Inch Nails was The Best of the Art Of Noise, and I still love the song Opus 4. Many years later, I would stumble across the poem "No!" by Thomas Hood in one of my college textbooks, and reading it to myself, my mind came alive with the sound of this song. Most of the versions on YouTube have terrible audio, but there's one with terrible video and quality audio, so here's that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oME_2AWPa0E

Last but not least, is a little King Missile. I saw John S. Hall do a spoken word show at the one decent coffee shop in my shitty central Pennsylvania town. I love this song, and have lost count of how many people I've wanted to play it for. Or maybe people who, when they are talking, I wish I could play this in the background.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-kHB2fWUS8

[Fixer808]

What a great thread!

Without a doubt, one of my favorite pieces of music, arriving during my formative years: Aphex Twin Girl/Boy song. If I'm in the right place, this song makes me cry, it even did that back when I was stoic to a fault.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCSrMEsaNAM
I remember suddenly discovering Aphex Twin when I was 19, this was the first EP I bought:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrKQTi4SoMI
It has a special place in my heart, along with IZ-US. It was the first song I listened to when I moved into my own place when I was 19, lying on my back on the floor in my empty living room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLHtV_S2HZw

[Amaro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA3XANas-wk

[Kid Charlemagne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mBSOtdOjoc

[elevenism]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mBSOtdOjoc

I always figured your favorite song was...uhhh... Kid Charlemagne?

(i loves me some steely dan)

[elevenism]

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMB3M43AEpc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjjtw1DLR5U

i just had to add this..you cats are all refering to the same songs by the same bands? think for yourself.