Quick! Pick yout FIVE favorite songs of all time without consulting your record collection

Toots and the Maytals - Pressure Drop
The Kinks - Lola
Bob Dylan - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry
Rolling Stones - Let it Loose
Van Morrison - Bulbs

I'm already regretting this list. The only things on it I'm absolutely certain about are Pressure Drop and Let it Loose.

Can’t bring myself to make such lists because i know I will have similar regrets but enjoy seeing what others will write.

Pretty Things - October 26
Laughing Clowns - Eternally Yours
Chic - Good Times
HTRK - Fascinator
David Bowie - Fantastic Voyage

In no particular order, the first five that came to mind:

The Kinks: You Really Got Me
Bob Dylan: It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
The Beatles: Hello, Goodbye
The Velvet Underground: Sister Ray
Iggy & The Stooges: Search and Destroy

OMD - Souvenir
Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing
The Fall - Cruiser's Creek
Jeanette - El Muchacho de los Ojos Tristes
Rolling Stones - Dandelion

Had to scroll through the thread to see if I'd done this before. I had, under a long-abandoned username.

Stop That Train - Keith and Tex
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - The Spinners
Woman's Gotta Have It - Bobby Womack
Oi Manges Den Iparhoun Pia - Nikos Papazoglou
What'd I Say - Ray Charles

Scott Walker: "Jackie"
The Magnetic Fields: "Dancing in Your Eyes"
Throwing Muses: "Call Me"
Pharoah Sanders: "The Creator Has a Master Plan"
Liquid Liquid: "Optimo"

Michel Camilo Trio - "Tombo in 7/4"
Raymond Scott - "The Penguin"
The Sundays - "Can't Be Sure"
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - "Kaval Zviri"
Genesis - 'The Cinema Show"

the five best songs I can think of of the top of my head

Barbara Lewis - "Baby I'm Yours"
Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Haroumi Hasono - Sports Men
The Go-Betweens - Bachelor Kisses
Brandy - Sittin' Up in My Room

Neko Case - I Missed the Point
Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss
Ariana Grande feat. Zedd - Break Free
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Red Crayola w/Art & Language - Plekhanov

just gonna list my 5 fav songs of the moment

deborah cox - nobody supposed to be here
bloc party - this modern love
billie eilish - when the party's over
sade - by your side
paul buchanan - cars in the garden

David Bowie, "Sound and Vision"
Janet Jackson, "When I Think of You"
The Rolling Stones, "Beast of Burden"
Steely Dan, "Babylon Sisters"
Talking Heads, "Once in a Lifetime"

the band - 'the weight'
simon & garfunkel - 'kathy's song'
the beach boys - 'god only knows'
tommy james & the shondelles - 'crimson & clover'
elliott smith - 'happiness'

ah, no, no. crimson and clover was just stuck in my head when i wrote that. 'don't worry baby' is much more worthy.

I'll regret everything the moment I send this, but...

Eric B & Rakim - "Follow the Leader"
Kleenex (Liliput) - "Split"
The Sugarcubes - "Birthday"
The Fall - "Prole Art Threat"
Dionne Warwick - "You're Gonna Need Me"

capt beefheart - kandy korn
herbie hancock - metal beat
weather report - nubian sundance
talking heads - road to nowhere
amok amor - als sozialist geboren
all probably wrong

DMX “What These Bitches Want”
Billy Idol “Shock to the System”
Nazareth “Hair of the Dog”
Georgie Fame “Yeh Yeh”
Indigo Girls “Southland in the Springtime”

Spectre General - Hunger
John Farnham - Break the Ice
Dolby's Cube - Hunger City
Dokken - Dream Warriors
Devo - Baby Doll

The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Why I Love Country Music
Prefab Sprout - Desire As
The Apartments - The Failure of Love is a Brick Wall

Spinanes - 'Hawaiian Baby'
Todd Rundgren - 'Sometimes I Don't Know How To Feel'
Ornette Coleman - 'What Reason Could I Give'
Cocteau Twins - 'Love's Easy Tears'
Nite-Liters - 'Brand X'

chet baker - "my buddy"
dj quik - "intro for roger"
fall out boy - "from now on we are enemies"
shinee - "view"
tori amos - "doughnut song"

The Monkees - Mr. Webster
Phil Phillips - Sea of Love
Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl
The B-52s - Rock Lobster
Cottage for Sale - anyone's version, but lately I love Charles Brown's

Miracle Legion - All for the Best
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
ATCQ - Scenario
The Blue Hearts - Owaranai Uta
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express

Spectre General - Hunger
John Farnham - Break the Ice
Dolby's Cube - Hunger City
Dokken - Dream Warriors
Devo - Baby Doll

whoa nice

I'm going with a different five from the list I posted five years ago.

Annie - Heartbeat
Broadcast - Come On Let's Go
The B-52's - Topaz
Minnie Riperton - Reasons
Scritti Politti - Absolute

Smashing Pumpkins - Tristessa
Womack & Womack - Teardrops
Royal Headache - Wouldn't You Know
Spoon - Finer Feelings
Kanye West - Paranoid

Thought of an alternate five for myself:

Slapp Happy - The Drum (v1)
Slapp Happy - The Drum (v2)
Bongwater - The Drum
The Impossibles - The Drum
Love And Hates ft. The Pegasuss - The Drum

did i misunderstand this thread or something or these actually y'all favourite songs? not a lot of 'classic' choices here.

Sorry I will try harter

The Beeters - 'A Day of My Life'
Steve E. Wonder - 'Superstation'
Simen and Garfinkle - 'Bridge In The Water'
Bob Dyban - 'Everybody Let's Get Stoned'
Kenny Rodger - '(Can't Stop) Fucking'

LOL'ed IRL for a solid 30 secs.

Putting this here as a worthless time capsule for myself

• LFO - Psychodelik
• Girl Band - Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
• The Orb - Close Encounters
• DJ Dick - The Iron Raver
• YMO - Rydeen

Here is my alternate edition where I care about lyrics and melody, like a stooge

• Stevie Wonder - Living For The City
• The Police - Walking On The Moon
• Boredoms
• Yelle
• A Tribe Called Quest

Pretend I picked one song by the last three. I’m tired.

David Bowie - Sound & Vision
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
Fannypack - Nu Nu (Yeah Yeah)
Clash - Train In Vain
Prince - Kiss

Echo & the Bunnymen - Over the Wall
David Sylvian - Taking The Veil
Joseph Arthur - Travel As Equals
Paul Simon - The Coast
King Crimson - Islands

Will probably be flagellating myself in a bit for not including anything by Roxy Music, David Bowie or Gene Clark.

flying burrito bros - sin city
beach boys - don't worry baby
rem - nightswimming
bob dylan - girl from the north country
elvis presley, scotty, and bill - mystery train

King Crimson - Islands

This is a beautiful melody, which used to float through my head often.

Yes - Awaken
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Patience & Prudence - Tonight You Belong To me
Rain Parade - Talking In My Sleep
XTC - Ladybird

First two of those would be fairly high up mine and I also love the 5th, will have to check the other two out!

New Order - Ceremony
Phantom/Ghost - Perfect Lovers (Unperfect Love Mix by Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher)
Sakanaction - Music
Owen Pallett - The Great Elsewhere
Bjork - Unravel

Phantom/Ghost - Perfect Lovers (Unperfect Love Mix by Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher)
Perfect. <3.

I still listen to it all the time

b-52s / 52 girls
english beat / save it for later
orb / huge ever growing pulsating brain
cardiacs / dirty boy
heart / barracuda

King Crimson - Islands

This is a beautiful melody, which used to float through my head often.

Thanks! I thought this was the most unusual pick in my selection, given that somehow most KC fans don't think much of the entire Islands album. A couple of years ago, the song made their way onto their setlists (I think thanks to current singer Jakko Jakszyk). I still can't believe that I heard it live last year.

Islands is great and among my favourite KC albums.

Anyway, the question raised by this thread is frankly crippling and I'm afraid I can't indulge.

They're not engraving the 5 on your tombstone, it's just an internet message board! I just picked 5 off the top of my head, from different eras of my listening life, that I thought had a great combination of melody and lyric. I could pick another 50, the list is not definitive.

Thin Lizzy - Do Anything You Want To
Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Yo-Yo - You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo
Guns and Roses - You Could Be Mine
Jerry Jeff Walker - Pissing in the Wind

Anyway, the question raised by this thread is frankly crippling and I'm afraid I can't indulge.

Ahmed fakroun - nisyan
denim - the great pub rock revival
Dj PlayStation - press start

only got 3 right now

Not tonight, alas. I suppose I'll sidestep it then:

Alexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
Claude Vivier - Lonely Child
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Sofia Gubaidulina - The Canticle of the Sun
Ștefan Niculescu - Ison II

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