| Author | Message | ||
     Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 528 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Triple J list has got me thinking. We might have done this before, but, if push came to shove, would be your all time favourite top 5 songs. Mine is as expected.... Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds 1000 Miles - Ride Rain - The Beatles Instant Karma! - John Lennon Across the Universe (Anthology 2 version) - The Beatles | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1688 Registered: 10-2004 |
Wow, that's a tough one. These are subject to change daily. Even hourly. Twin Layers of Lightning - Go-Betweens Ceremony - New Order Femme Fatale - VU Gardening at Night - REM That's Not Me - Beach Boys | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 571 Registered: 02-2008 |
Jonah - Wussy Summer Nights - Bob Dylan Waterloo Sunset - Kinks My Funny Valentine - Frank Sinatra Ain't Got No Home - Clarence "Frogman" Henry | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 572 Registered: 02-2008 |
Oops. The Zimmy song was meant to be "Summer Days". I must've been ruminating on that goddess of Antipodean song, Olivia Newton J. Oh, wella wella.... | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 89 Registered: 11-2007 |
Orange Juice - Felicity Teardrop Explodes - Reward Go-Betweens - Man O' Sand To Girl O' Sea (Single) Echo & The Bunnymen - Pictures On My Wall Aztec Camera - Pillar To Post ---- must be much more  | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3255 Registered: 05-2005 |
for today...;) Josef K - The Missionary Magazine - Parade The Clash - Bank Robber The Pale Fountains - There's Always Something on my Mind Scott Walker - Your on Your Own Again | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 749 Registered: 04-2006 |
byrds - why kinks - waterloo sunset beach boys - wouldn't it be nice joy division - love will tear us apart allman brothers - in memory of elizabeth reed seems that i am a BOF. and wahat about the other 95 or 955 favourite songs...? | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 750 Registered: 04-2006 |
stop. i must change the allman brothers band song against robert wyatt's version of at last i am free. that looks much more to be a kind of definitive list. maybe. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 317 Registered: 10-2008 |
In no particular order, Little America - REM Black A Kill Black - Gregory Isaacs Boys of The Old Brigade - The Wolfe Tones Body Of An American - The Pogues Thirteen - Big Star. Surely this should be a Top 20 or 30 even? | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 755 Registered: 04-2006 |
as kevin mentioned big star i would drop from my list joy division and insert big star's thirteen, too. this is one of the songs i sing and whistle many times a week. the same with at last i am free. strange, that both songs weren't on my mind immediately. if we play this game much longer, my list will be better and better. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 529 Registered: 05-2005 |
Devilishly difficult isn't it?! | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 298 Registered: 10-2006 |
Ocean – The Velvet Underground This is the shirt – Two People Steal my heart away – Van Morrison Country Feedback – REM Ae fond kiss – 5 Hand Reel | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 144 Registered: 08-2005 |
With the usual proviso that this can change daily. It would be a different top five tomorrow, or the next day… You've Never Lived - Go-Betweens Ne Me Quitte Pas - Jacques Brel (best English language version is EmilĂana Torrini's) Don't Be Memory - The Chills People Say - The Go-Betweens Lather - Jefferson Airplane | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 320 Registered: 10-2008 |
this could run and run i didnt include anything by The Clash(more often than not its Complete Control), nothing by Joy Division, or Wire or The Smiths or .......... | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 674 Registered: 07-2006 |
jeff, your songs 2-4 are three of my favourites too. though, if it's not too blasphemous, i'll take big star's femme fatale cover. anyway, speaking of which: ride - leave them all behind go-bs - bachelor kisses this mortal coil/big star (don't make me pick) - kangaroo george michael - a different corner laura branigan - self control | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2957 Registered: 05-2005 |
Good idea Geoff! Five songs (ask me tomorrow and it will be a different five; it could be 50) whose opening chords instantly send a shiver down my spine are: The Go-Betweens - Streets Of Your Town The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) Big Star - September Gurls The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations The Pursuit Of Happiness - She's So Young Just to check on the spine tingling, I've just played the intro to all these songs on iTunes! Spine was tingled! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 321 Registered: 10-2008 |
speaking of intros, i just love the way love will tear us apart has a really awkward, almost amateurish, clunky intro just before those drums crash in, and well then you know whats coming next - an almost perfect song lyrically,vocally and musically. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1538 Registered: 01-2005 |
Airscape - Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians Find the River - R.E.M. Dimming Of The Day - Richard and Linda Thompson Visions of Johanna - Uncle Bob Who Knows Where The Time Goes? - Fairport Convention | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2059 Registered: 03-2005 |
When Geoff put up this thread I just went "yeah, right!" It wasn't a meaningful idea for me. But this morning I've thought of an old practice of mine. When I move into a new place, one of the first things I do is set up the stereo. That comes before setting up the bed. The only thing that precedes it is putting things in the fridge. And my old-tech separate components system takes some real time to put back together and is installed in a heavy wooden cabinet built by my brother so it's a definite demonstration of my priorities. Then I play "comfort music" to psychically mark my territory and blow out whatever awful things took place before I arrived. Loud. So, for my five songs I'll choose typical things I would play for that occasion. Pay You Back with Interest--Hollies Rock 'n Roll Friend--GoBees Pressure Drop--Toots & the Maytals Bury Me Deep in Love--Triffids People in Love--Lulu And outside of the top 5 exercise I'd undoubtedly play something of my own, probably "Martha Ellis." | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1689 Registered: 10-2004 |
Okay, so to illustrate how this can change at whim, here's today's top 5: My Ever Changing Moods - Style Council Pink Skinned Man - Microdisney Orange Skies - Love Part Company - Go-Betweens Ivo - Cocteau Twins | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 325 Registered: 10-2008 |
wouldnt it be easier to do a top 5 albums? obviously that could also change depending on mood, but i dont think nearly as frequently. i could have posted 5 different songs every day since this thread started. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 534 Registered: 05-2005 |
Interesting how you said you mark out your territory Randy. I sort of did the same thing when I bought my house. Before any of the furniture was in, I walked into every room with my Rick playing Turn!Turn!Turn! and Tambourine Man. Now Jeff, I must chide you - it's alltime, only have 5 songs to play at your funeral, songs that sum you up or describe you well to anyone whose known you! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2061 Registered: 03-2005 |
Did you carry a little amp on your back when you did that, Geoff? I remember some dude playing Hendrix licks while on roller skates at Venice Beach back in the late 70s. He had a battery-powered amp on his back. I wonder if he's still doing that. I have to stick up for Jeff. The five songs DO change from day to day, even if they remain songs that have rattled around in your head forever. There are a lot of those. And you've changed the purpose. Five songs at a funeral are a completely different thing. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1691 Registered: 10-2004 |
Geoff - that is literally impossible! If I had to choose five songs *right now* that sum me up or describe me well to anyone, that list would look different if you were to have asked me two days ago. And it would look different again if you were to ask me tomorrow! The funeral thing would require its own thread, as I would probably have a different set of songs given the nature of the occasion. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1692 Registered: 10-2004 |
And see, right at this moment, my favorite song in the whole world is "Lemon Fire Brigade" by Haircut 100. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2965 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, I saw that guy on Venice Beach in 1989. It was a thrill for me because I'd seen him in Fletch! I've seen him in movies made since then too so I bet he's still there. His name is Harry Perry (I googled "Venice Beach roller skate guitar guy" to find that out!) | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 145 Registered: 05-2005 |
24 Hours Joy Division I'm Alright - GBs Big Mouth - The Smiths Chartered Trips -Husker Du Soon - My Bloody Valentine | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 537 Registered: 05-2005 |
Nah, no amp, just the soft jangle of a 360/12 ingraining itself into the woodwork like some fine insence! Maybe we should do funeral songs..... I have been with a black dog at times and thought VERY seriously about that. |