I was wondering, what's your top 10 songs ever?

[Flippy_D]

Having the need to put more stuff on to my ever growing mp3 player's collection, I'm curious as to what the answers will be. Mine would probably be:

10. Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer.
9.   Steely Dan - Do it Again.
8.   Coldplay - God put a Smile Upon your Face.
7.   RHCP - Under the Bridge.
6.   Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me.
5.   Beatles - Day Tripper.
4.   Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
3.   Dire Straights - Sultans of Swing.
2.   Queen - Don't Stop Me Now.
1.   Eagles - Hotel California.

Incidentally, don't feel the need to be elitest and post JUST certainties that are Acceptable. Post your actual opinion.

[DGMacphee]

I always thought being an elitist would contradict posting acceptable certainties. Also, what if your opinion is either elitist music or even certainties?

In any case, I don't have a top ten. Just a few songs I like:

Let Down, Nice Dream - Radiohead
How Do You Sleep?, She Bangs A Drum, Going Down - Stone Roses
Finest Worksong - REM
A Town Called Malice - The Jam
Like A Rolling Stone, Mr Tamborine Man - Bob Dylan
Dream Machine - Mark Farina
Scattered Black and Whites - Elbow
What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
Here Comes The Flood - Peter Gabriel
Only God Can Judge Me - Tupac
Stereo - Watchmen

And a heap more than I can't remember. These are just off the top of my head.

[Privateer Puddin']

I'll post my top 10 songs, but not in any order:

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Animals - House of the rising sun
The Who - The Seeker
Huey Lewis and the News - Johnny B. Good
David Bowie - Ground control to major tom
Offspring - All I want
Video killed the radio star (by whoever, its all good )
John Lennon - Jealous guy
Flock of Seagulls - I ran (so far away)

[Dart]

Well, my list of the top 10 songs ever always changes from year to year, but here are some songs that I currently enjoy the most:

10. ICO - You Were There
A very cheerful, peaceful song. Play this music when you're feeling angry.

9. Legend of Zelda Remix - Ocarina Boogie
One of the best damn remixes I've heard in a long time. Download it from OCRemixes and you'll see why.

8. Chrono Cross Remix - Another Inspiration
Another great remix. It even surpasses the brilliance and harmony of the original version. Once again, download from OCRemixes.

7. Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug
This is one of the first songs I've heard from NIN, and I quite frankly loved it.

6. Nine Inch Nails - We're In This Together
Another NIN song - I love industrial metal.

5. Tool - Stinkfist
The first Tool song on this list. Nothing really to comment on it other than it's great.

4. Chrono Trigger - Frog's Theme
A catchy, upbeat song. Also extremely addictive.

3. Chrono Cross - Time's Scar
Another reason why Yasunori Mitsuda is one of the best video game music composers ever.

2. Tool - Aenima
Very long, very expressive, very powerful.

1. Tool - Forty-Six & 2
Teh ultimate in progressive metal!!!! It r0x0r5!!!one!

[Rincewind]

Cripes, that's hard... I usually change my list of favourite songs all the time, but the ones that I always return to sooner or later are:Ã,  (I won't rank them, they all have personal meanings to me, and I hate to say that one of them are better than the others...)

The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping
(I love the dreamy, sleepy feeling of it...)

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
(Perhaps the most depressive song I know. And I love that!)

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
(Psychedelic goodness... Yum.)

Black Sabbath - Megalomania
(The progressive side of Sabbath - Anguished and dark.)

Black Sabbath - Solitude
(Perhaps the most beautiful song ever... Has a place in my heart...)

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
(Classic. Still holds up.)

John Lennon - Working Class Hero
(Lennon. Acoustic guitar. Sad. Good.)

Queensrÿche - I Don't Belive In Love
(Or any of their songs from "Operation Mindcrime"! Brilliant album...)

The Clash - Train in Vain
(The crown-juwel of London Calling.)

Candlemass - A Sorcerer's Pledge
(Their whole debut album, actually. A heavy and bleak masterpiece... )


Yeah, on the whole, i like depressive music... Well, that's me... Heh.

[Darth Mandarb]

I have so many favorite songs this is gonna be impossible ...

Top 10 - No particular order
Live - Run to the Water
Johnny Mathis - A Certain Smile
Travis Tritt - I'm Gonna Be Somebody
Phil Collins - Against All Odds
Bad Company - This Could Be The One
Edwin McCain - Go Be Young
Bob Seger - Famous Final Scene
REO Speedwagon - Here With Me
Queensryche - Anybody Listening
Tonic - Soldier's Daughter

Honorable Mentions:
LifeHouse - Everything (most melancholy song I've ever heard)
Doby Gray - Drift Away
Jim Croce - Photographs & Memories
Breath - How Can I Fall
Cher - I Found Someone
Glass Tiger - Someday
Falco - Jeannie
Nightranger - Goodbye
Survivor - Search is Over
Nickelback - Where Do I Hide
USA For Africa - We are the World
Gorden Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

I can't do this ... I could just keep going!

Edit - Rincewind mentioned Queensryche!!Ã,  Rock on!!

[Moox]

The Reason: Hoobastank
I want to be sedated: Ramones
Should I stay or Should I Go: The Clash
Die for your government: Anti-Flag
The Quiet Things: Brand New
Safety of Routine: Name Taken
Underground Network: Antiflag
PostScript: Finch
Bullion: Mellincollin
Greg's Last line: Starting Line

[TheDude]

Ten good songs
Tool - Prison Sex
Mother Love Bone - Crown of Thorns
Mother Love Bone - Stardog Champion
Pearl Jam - Yellow Leadbetter
Pearl Jam - Even Flow
Pearl Jam - State of Love and Trust
Blind Melon - Change (acoustic/live version)
Alice in Chains - Bleed the Freak
Alice in Chains - Junkhead
Mudhoney - Sweet Young Thing (Ain't Sweet No More)

Song i've listened a lot to lately...
Silverchair - Tomorrow

[Barcik]

I know that trying to think of 10 will take me an hour while I battle myself, so I'll pick one:

Metallica - Call of the Ktulu

[A-Hed]

Barcik, it's actually not Metallica that has made the song, it's Megadeth's Dave Mustaine who was Metallicas first guitarist. Metallica took almost all songs Dave did after he was kicked out of the band for drinking to much.

I think Megadeth is one of the greatest band I have ever heard so that's why I had to point it out 

[Timosity]

This is an impossible task but heres 10 songs I still like after time goes by or in some cases just because it's semi recent, but only one song per band

Monster Skank - Infectious Grooves
Apache rose peacock - RHCP
Ego Brain - SOAD
Get off - Frenzal Rhomb
Falling down - Mad Caddies
Killing the Right - The Living End
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies - FNM
Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
Out of Space - The Prodigy
There would have to be a Beatles song in there but I can't think of the one in the back of my mind.

I'm sure I've forgotten heaps but that's a good list for me

[CoffeeBob]

Mine are (in no order):
Hotel California
Ziggy Stardust
Life on Mars (David Bowie)
What I'm Made of (Crush40)
Live And Learn (Sonic Adventure 2)
Far Far Away
Everyday
Killer Queen
Almost the whole ST from Final Fantasy VII
Super Carrots Overworld music

[Ben]

In no particular order:

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower: Bah.. Everybody's heard it.

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby: Like Rincewind said. Saddest song I've ever heard.

Radiohead - Paranoid Android: I've seen it described as every radiohead song crammed into six minutes.

Pixies - Velouria: Perfect pop song..

Beach Boys - Good Vibrations: Ditto

Modest Mouse - Third Planet: A song about futility.. But it inspires me to go out and do stuff 

Ween - Roses are Free: Got to mention something from Ween..

Sublime - Santeria: Combines pretty pop melodies with... shooting people.  Both rappers and whiny emo kids have something to learn from this song.

Weezer - Say it Ain't So: I'm getting sick of Weezer.. But this song is a classic.

Outkast - Bombs Over Baghdad: If you hate rap, it's probably Snoop Dog's fault. Listen to good rap instead..

[Eigen]

10) Bloodhound Gang - The Roof Is On Fire
9) Offspring - Get A Job
8) Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
7) The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
6) Oasis - Wonderwall
5) Something Corporate - I Woke Up In A Car
4) Offspring - Pretty Fly For A White Guy
3) Blink 182 - What's My Age Again
2) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
1) Blink 182 - First Date


-Eigen

[Oliver]

1) Blink 182 - Rollercoaster
2) Blink 182 - First date
3) Blink 182 - Down
4) Something Corporate - I woke up in a car
5) Simple Plan - addicted
6) Oasis - Wonderwall
7) Linkin Park - From The Inside
8) Linkin Park - Faint
9) Linkin Park - Somewhere I belong
10) Bloodhoud Gang - The Roof Is On Fire


I couldn't really decide wich ones I could put here, put these should be the ones I REALLY REALLY REALLY LIKE!

[Gregjazz]

My top ten: (in no particular order)

1. Dixie Dregs - Cosmopolitan Traveler
2. Brad Mehldau - I Didn't Know What Time It Was
3. Punjab MC - Mundian to Bach Ke
4. Yellowjackets - Greenhouse
5. Marcus Miller - Punk Jazz
6. F4 - Wo shi zhen de zhen de hen ai ni
7. Weather Report - Teen Town (though Victor Wooten from the Flecktones did a really awesome cover of this)
8. John McLaughlin - Can't Stand Your Funk
9. Derek and The Dominoes - Layla
10. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

[BerserkerTails]

There's no way that I'd EVER be able to name these, but I *AM* kinda dissapointed that no one has mentioned Genesis yet, the kings or progressive rock. With that said:

Genesis - The Musical Box

Probably their best example of pure, un-tainted Prog Rock.

[Adamski]

1. Orbital - The Girl With The Sun In Her Head (Simply one of the most beautiful pieces of electronic music written)

2. Aphex Twin - Nannou (Perfection is a song made with only a wind-up music box)

3. Elbow - Scattered Black And Whites (A song about nostalga, tugs at the heart strings and ends in such a sublime way you might feel like you're floating on pillars of light)

4. Boards Of Canada - You Could Feel The Sky (Unsettling to listen to, but remarkably awesome at the same time)

5. The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (40 years ahead of it's time)

6. The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drum (Madchester, innit)

7. Radiohead - Let Down (So much to say about Radiohead, Let Down is possibly my favourite track off their unquestionally best album)

8. Radiohead - Life In A Glass House (Of course I'd like to sit around and chat...)

9. RX Bandits - Taking Chase As The Serpent Slithers (A friend at Uni introduced me to the RX Bandits. They write complicated ska punk, and it's wonderful)

10. Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches (Speaks for itself, really)

[Darth Mandarb]

There's no way that I'd EVER be able to name these, but I *AM* kinda dissapointed that no one has mentioned Genesis yet, the kings or progressive rock. With that said:

Genesis - The Musical Box

Probably their best example of pure, un-tainted Prog Rock.

I mentioned Phil Collins ...

[Rincewind]

Darth:
Yeah, allright! Nice to see someone else likes Queensryche here!
I think many people who simply put aside metal as "stupid music" should really try and listen to them, and especially their "Operation Mindcrime", as I said.Ã,  Ã, 
A great concept album, both muscially and lyrically.Ã, Everytime i listen to it, I get just as pulled in to the story as the first time I heard it...
People often call them "Thinking Man's Metal", and I agree... :)Ã, 

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