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Your Absolute Favorite Song Of All Time

Posted by Dukepro25 • 9/20/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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What is your favorite song of all time and why?

Does it mean something special to you?

A song you heard during a very important time in your life?

A song that changed you on a very deep level?

A song you share with a very important person?

- If you can't name just one, name your Top 3.

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9/21/08

whimsicalpam

Desperado by the Eagles. Someone very close to me pointed out some things about that song, that made me take a good hard look at myself.
and at #2 She's no Lady, She's my Wife by Lyle Lovett was my wedding song...How's that for a sense of humour:)

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1. 9/21/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Good Song!
9/21/08

farangrakthai

Yesterday - Beatles

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9/21/08

acousticguitarist

The Elusive Butterfly of Love

Yes its lyrics are powerful and heard them when I was about 11 and it stuck, even tonight I played it on guitar

"You might wake up some morning
To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind
And if you're quick enough to rise
You'll catch the fleeting glimpse of someone's fading shadow
Out on the new horizon you may see the floating motion of a distant pair of wings
And if the sleep has left your ears
You might hear footsteps running through an open meadow
Don't be concerned it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing something I'm not sure of
Across my dreams with nets of wonder I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love

You might have heard my footsteps
Echo softly in the distance through the canyons of your mind
I might have even called your name as I ran searching after something to believe in You might have seen me runnin'
Through the long abandonned ruins of the dreams you left behind
If you remember something there
That glided past you followed close by heavy breathing
Don't be concerned it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing something I'm not sure of
Across my dreams with nets of wonder I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love"

It made me want to write beautiful somgs

No To next question

No

No

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1. 9/24/08
  
  mizhelena
  
  wow very powerful..
2. 9/26/08
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  it still moves me
3. 10/25/08
  
  Theresa111
  
  Very moving but i must confess to not seeing the lyrics and understanding their meaning until now. Simply beautiful.
9/21/08

aminhers

angie; the rolling stones

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9/21/08

farangrakthai

Second best. Because I was in my teens when it came out and well, sweet memories... With Rod Steward "I'm sailing"

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1. 9/21/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Gotta love Rod Stewart
9/24/08

Dukepro25

My fav is River of Dreams by Billy Joel.

IDK why.

It just always has, ever since I first heard it on the radio when I was young.

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1. 10/25/08
  
  svara
  
  Fav Billy Joel is Just the Way You Are
  
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ounJsqomcv8
  
  It's a Classic!
9/24/08

drjay1966

Strawberry Fields Forever...it's meant a lot of different things to me at different times of my life...but basically it's a song about having a place in your mind you can escape to where everything's cool, but knowing you can't stay, and that you'll always be alone there...so you have to go back to the world we all live in....

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1. 9/24/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  hmmm...
  
  Interesting
  
  I'll have to Google it.
9/24/08

gosmelltheflowers

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmCfvcfHwKA&feature=related

Cos you just have to give it 3 minutes before it all comes together.
Trying to get on the right side of the moon & help others find their rainbow.

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9/24/08

legbamel

It's Keb' Mo', Tell Everybody I Know. That album was never out of the CD player when hubby and I were first falling in love, and we used to sing this song to each other. Heck, sometimes we still do. www.last.fm/music/Keb\'+Mo\'/_/Tell+Everybody+I+Know

We also saw him live for the first time, that year, and he sang this song. [contented sigh]

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9/24/08

DaneMorgan

Fur Elise - Beethoven

This song was the first time I understood that one could communicate without words and that while some of the precision of language is lost, the power of the communication can more than make up for that.

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1. 10/25/08
  
  svara
  
  That one of my fav ring tones on my phone!
  
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQTTFUtMSvQ
2. 11/16/08
  
  Anthe
  
  I very much like what you say here, the power of communication without the precision of language.
  
  And I also like ‘Fur Elise’ a lot as well as Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight sonate’.
  
  But my absolute favourite, at least at this moment, is 'Stationary Traveller' from Camel. I just rediscovered the band and can not get enough of it right now.
  
  And also without words.
  
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKBwku-PsPY
9/24/08

Jeunelle

My absolute favorite song of all time.
I'm torn between one of these.

Carmen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG-0_p_yefg&feature=related

C is for cookie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BovQyphS8kA

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1. 9/24/08
  
  poisonapplesauce
  
  I love C is for cookie, that song was used by my mom to teach me that contrary to what my teacher thought, my first name started with a C and not a K
2. 10/31/08
  
  rachgd
  
  "C is for Cookie" is great, but my favourite "Sesame Street" song is Oscar's "Love in the Junkyard":
  
  "I can't tell how much I love you in a garden
  I can't tell how much I love you at the Zoo
  No, those places I just could not pu my heart in
  No, those places somehow just would never do
  But if you meet me in the moonlight in the junkyard
  You'll find out just exactly what I mean
  'Cause my love for you is bigger than the biggest pile of junk you've ever seen."
  
  Gets me right HERE, every time.
  
  Also, adore the "1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." pinball machine song. That song taught me how to count to 12!
9/24/08

ryam

Time Will Reveal

El DeBarge

Made me fall in love.

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9/24/08

poisonapplesauce

Walk- Pantera

It has actually helped me out and become pretty much like my theme song

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1. 9/24/08
  
  Sebastyne
  
  Oh I love that one too.
2. 10/26/08
  
  cnsolanor
  
  I sooo love this song!
9/24/08

whiteline

Comfortably Numb - but only at my funeral

Bridge Over Trouble Water would be one of my all time fav's - no absolute favs of all time though.

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1. 9/25/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Bridge Over Troubled Water is a good one.
9/24/08

cooper

Ravel's "Bolero", Verdi's "La Donna È Mobile", from the opera Rigoletto,

or Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".

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1. 9/25/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Bohemian Rhapsody is good too.
9/24/08

Jeunelle

Ok on a more serious note
My absolute favorite would be one of these from The Sisters of Mercy
Some kind of stranger, 1959 or Torch

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9/24/08

ranist22

Dust in the Wind by Kansas, for a particular moment and also for "all we are is dust in the wind" lovely metaphysical phrase.

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1. 9/25/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Dust In The Wind - Nice!
9/24/08

katarokkar

Tom Waits - Downtown Train

Jonah Matranga - Lukewarm

Jeremy Enigk - World Waits

Bjork - Joga

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1. 9/25/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  I love Downtown Train. But the Rod Stewart version.
9/24/08

mizhelena

stairway to heaven, coz i was fascinated by the deeper meaning when i first got stuck into it, regulator coz it had a strong message of dont f*ck with me and obsession coz what i was feeling at the time made it acceptable to feel that way.

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9/24/08

Sebastyne

Finlandia by Jean Sibelius.

Because it embodies everything that is great about my country in a beautiful and proud way.

The special meaning for me is that living way out of home, I can always keep home with me with the song.

That
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XojVmivqDrA is the symphony the song was written into, but this one tells the history so well, that I'll post this one (even gives the lyrics in English, when the hymn part comes, even though I strongly prefer the original Finnish ones, but you wouldn't. ):

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9/26/08

mikemetalord

"F r a g i l e" by Sting

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1. 9/26/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Sting rocks!
  
  He's one of my fav singers of all time.
9/26/08

Dukepro25

Here's my Top 3 fav songs of all time.

1. River of Dreams - Billy Joel

2. Fields of Gold - Sting

3. I Can See Clearly Now - Jimmy Cliff

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1. 9/26/08
  
  legbamel
  
  Ooh, I love "I Can See Clearly Now". It's such a beautiful song.
9/26/08

farangrakthai

"Angie", Rollings Stones. For the same reason as "I'm sailing", Rod Steward. Same party when I was 15...

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9/26/08

foodbeast

Journey - Don't Stop Believing

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1. 9/26/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Looove it!!!
9/26/08

craftymug

Celine Dion- My Heart Will Go On

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1. 9/26/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Good one - Even though I really don't care for Celine Dion
9/26/08

dosox

Yellow- Coldplay
The Scientist- Coldplay
Secret- Heart
Its your love - Tim Mc Graw

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1. 9/26/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Yellow - Good one.
  
  I have a bunch of Tim McGraws that I love.
  
  Don't Take The Girl, Indian Outlaw, I Like It I Love It, It's Your Love, Please Remember Me, Down On The Farm, Next Thirty Years, Live Like You Were Dying - Just to name a few! lol
  
  Can yah tell I love Tim McGraw!?!
9/26/08

romeoismine

MORE THAN WORDS by Frankie J.

wooots!
I can easily name this one for surreee.

Does it mean something special to you?
~ OH YES IT DOES! My veryyyy first boyfriend till now and I love this song so much. There was this time, before we actually DATED, we would call and wake each other up everytime it plays on the radio. hoho. GOLDEN DAYS!

okay. lols.

looovin it.
Now my bf uses this song as his caller ringtone and its for ME ONLY.
lol.
oh, and every time he calls, that will be his ringtone.

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1. 9/26/08
  
  dosox
  
  CLAP CLAP CLAP
9/26/08

Friday13

Ken Lee (www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQt-h753jHI)

It'll never stop being my mostest favoritest song of all time!

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9/26/08

blackzero85

Reason by Nami Tamaki

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9/26/08

citylover0688

#1 "The City" by Joe Purdy...it sums up life...it keeps on going. The man has talent. Whenever I hear it I can't help but smile and think of heading into the city

#2 "All I Can See" by Brendan James. It's how I want to live my life. carefree. exploring the world. His voice is refreshing. Check it out.

#3 "Moon River" by Patty Griffin. There's just something about the simplicity of the song.

I could go on and on...

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9/26/08

earthlingorgeous

Hmmmm... can't point one song but I think it's SPICE GIRLS!

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9/27/08

jackpayne

Perdido. Herbie Fields. 1947.

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9/29/08

tealcatfan

I've never Been to Me by Charlene

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9/29/08

TangledWeb

So hard for me to pick my absolute favorite of all time.. so many songs I enjoy or love..

These three are up there on my list

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGmrL2h8lrE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8uW6oeNnSw

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Z9Wje7uzA

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1. 9/29/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Ur top two - Awesome!
9/29/08

daniel23

"No Justice" by the Oppressed

dreaming of how life can be
no them and us, just you and me
no rich or poor, no hate or war
where everybody knows the score

no justice...theres no justice

dreaming of a brighter day
where evrybody gets a say
where no one lives out on the streets
and no one has to steal to eat

no justice...theres no justice

living with reality
no justice in society
a mother cries, a baby die
and politicians tell you lies

no justice...theres no justice

Not actually my favorite song, but I've been listening to it a lot recently and it's pretty effing good:

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t8xromcKVvw

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9/29/08

JanelleV

5 StairSteps -- "Oooh Child" : ] Love it!

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10/25/08

arnav

This is a really hard question and it keeps changing with time(short time)
Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

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10/25/08

MadMadMargo

In 1971 The Allman Brothers Band released their first live album, At Fillmore East. There are many classic selections from this album; but, my favorite cut is "One Way Out" - this is also my favorite song of all time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD3zW0W8h1g

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10/25/08

Hangingonahyphen

Never Let Her Slip Away by Andrew Gold. I think I'm the only one who likes this song, or who knows this song for that matter. It's obscure and seldom gets airplay nowadays. But I like the melody. The lyrics were rubbish.

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10/25/08

svara

Flying Without Wings - Westlife

When I was going through a rough patch a few years ago a Scottish friend sent me this song when I heard it for the first time. It's been my favorite all time song since. It's just a song about finding happiness in life.

Here's the karaoke sing-a-long link on youtube with lyrics:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsBffFnnhdE

PREFERRED VIEWING - it's a very sweet video
The song with Irish boy band Westlife:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1LEISP6e9c

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10/25/08

lordiwanttobewhole

Tiny Dancer by Elton John - I have no idea why, it just makes me feel good, and i'm not even a huge Elton John fan.....the song simply moves me

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10/25/08

mantiz

1. Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve) - Just love that one!

2. Wish you were here (Pink Floyd) - One of the greatest songs in my life

3. Drugs don't work (The Verve) - Puts me to sleep every night

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1. 10/25/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Loooove top one!!!
10/25/08

mulledvine

Golden Brown by the Stranglers. Check it out on bass guitar (!) here: mulledmadness.blogspot.com/

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10/25/08

dsriharsha

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen.
Bestest ever

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1. 10/25/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Good good song.
10/25/08

sinuousscribe

Bradley by Coal Chamber

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10/25/08

Rozie818

Unchained Melody by Elvis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9zyxOv49r8

Also My Way
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6UpLmiS1c&NR=1

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1. 10/25/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Unchained Melody is a classic, but I don't really care for Elvis' version.
10/25/08

flamingpoodle

Angel of Death by Slayer.

It's sentimental.

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1. 10/25/08
  
  mantiz
  
  so true.. i find death metal always soothes my soul!
10/25/08

boytrotters

Autumn by My Silent Wake, a progressive doom metal duo (one's from Britain and the other's from America). Autumn's my favourite song ever because it's a mellow acoustic number that's melancholy and hopeful all at the same time, and the words are the most beautiful poetry I've ever come across. Whenever I need some catharsis, I listen to this.

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10/25/08

SocialCitizen

There is absolutely no way I could narrow-it-down to one. Just no way....

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10/25/08

JNMiller

"Can We Talk" Tevin Campbell. lol

The First tape I ever bought! I think I was 7 or something lol

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1. 10/25/08
  
  SocialCitizen
  
  I don't know that I've ever even heard that song! I do, however, remember Tevin Campbell.
10/25/08

Silversard

This is my favorite, and I don't even speak the language . . . but I know it is saying something about how two lovers can not get to each other. The singer is Laura Flores (who seems to have exited the music scene) and the song is "Oiga" and you can hear it here --

ca.youtube.com/watch?v=o1C1MGO2G2M

We travel to souther Mexico a lot but I would travel anywhere in Mexico to see Laura Flores perform. I just like the smoothness of her music. I think she is even more popular in Mexican soap operas.

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10/25/08

cnsolanor

The Beatles' "Something". Lovely tune and blues guitar solo. *Sigh* Probably their most inspiring ballad. Just a thought.

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1. 10/25/08
  
  MarkPogue
  
  I'm with you 100%! I'm a BIG fan of George Harrison. I have every song/tune performed by him.
10/25/08

rileycentral

Wow, what a playlist! Here's my 3.
1)Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tough Enough
2)Fatal Hesitation - Chris Deburgh
3)Viva la Vida - Coldplay

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1. 10/25/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  #3 Good one
10/25/08

djxtreme

10cc "I'm not in love"

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10/26/08

Sonnenblumen

David Bowie-Heroes, we can all be one, even it's just for oneday!

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10/26/08

aningeniousname

Billy Bragg "New England"

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1. 10/31/08
  
  legbamel
  
  Do you like the Kirsty MacColl version?
10/26/08

luvanimals

I'm young. I like music in the 21st century. (except rap. gross).
My fav song would have to be 'I Miss You' by Miley Cyrus. That song is special to me because she dedicated to her grandfather and I don't have any.

Sha la la la la
Sha la la la la

You used to call me your angel
Said I was sent straight down from heaven
You'd hold me close in your arms
I loved the way you felt so strong
I never wanted you leave
I wanted you stay here holding me

{Chorus}

I miss you
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear every once a while
And even though it's different now
Your still here somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you
Sha la la la la
I miss you

You used to call me your dreamer
and now I'm livin' out my dream
Oh I wish you could see
Everything that's happening for me
I'm thinking back on the past
It's true the time is flying by to fast

I miss you
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear every once in a while
And even though it's different know
Your still here somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you
Sha la la la la
I miss you

I know your in a better place (yea)
But I wish that I coould see your face (oh)
I know where you need to be
Even though it's not here with

Chorus x2

I miss you

This is just my opinion.

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10/26/08

arnav

i can't just answer a question its like a parent choosing between two kids
music has shaped my life not one song
music is our drug
music-is-our-drug.blogspot.com/

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10/26/08

SailboaterRob

Well, there are a few.

The Eagles are by far my favorite band. But given where I am at this moment in time I would have to vote for Jerry Jeff Walker's version of Night Riders Lament.

One night while I was out a ridin'
The grave yard shift, midnight 'til dawn
The moon was bright as a readin' light
For a letter from an old friend back home

And he asked me
Why do you ride for your money
Tell me why do you rope for short pay
You ain't a'gettin' nowhere
And you're losin' your share
Boy, you must have gone crazy out there

He said last night I ran on to Jenny
She's married and has a good life
And boy you sure missed the track
When you never come back
She's the perfect professional's wife

And she asked me
Why does he ride for his money
And tell me why does he rope for short pay
He ain't a'gettin' nowhere
And he's losin' his share
Boy he must've gone crazy out there

Ah but they've never seen the Northern Lights
They've never seen a hawk on the wing
They've never spent spring on the Great Divide
And they've never heard ole' camp cookie sing

Well I read up the last of my letter
And I tore off the stamp for black Jim
And when Billy rode up to relieve me
He just looked at my letter and grinned

He said now
Why do they ride for their money
Tell me why do they ride for short pay
They ain't a'gettin' nowhere
And they're losin' their share
Boy, they must've gone crazy out there
Son, they all must be crazy out there

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10/26/08

janizarzagon

You're beautiful by jason blunt, shaggy's sexy lady and bob maarley no woman no cry.

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10/26/08

mikeny07

I could not name just one. I like the songs on the Sgt. Pepper Beatles' album. That is also my favorite album of all time.

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10/26/08

loverofjazz

although they are probably not my favorite band, i always think of new order when this question gets asked.

there's a song on their album "brotherhood" that has driven me crazy ever since i first heard it.

it's called "weirdo".
it's a fast song, and like a lot of new order songs where they play like a real rock band (in other words it's not one of their disco songs with sequencers and such), the things they're playing don't exactly fit together.
if you isolated any one of the instruments, you'd have no clue as to what the rest of the song sounded like. in that way, it's sort of a throw-back to what they used to do when they were "joy division."

and the song itself is this strange combination of melancholy and sheer exhiliration. it's just gorgeous.
the album came out over 20 years ago, but when i play that song it still gives me goosebumps. amazing.

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10/26/08

hippygourmet

The Beatles – Here Comes the Sun

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10/29/08

Guzzo

Any song by The Beatles. All of their music focused on love, relationships, or some other positive aspect about life. All four of them are (were) good human beings worthy of emulation.

My favorite? When I'm sixty-four.

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10/29/08

gamecherry

Stevie Ray Vaughn's version of Little Wing...it makes me want to cry every time I hear it.

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10/30/08

izangel

i love:

1. Iris by Goo Goo Dolls.. (it reminds me of my someone special to me.)
2. Half-Life by Duncansheik

3. 100 Years by Five for Fighting!!!..

whew.

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1. 10/30/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  1 & 3
  
  Excellent songs.
2. 10/30/08
  
  izangel
  
  thank you. dont u like 2? =)
3. 10/30/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  Ummm...
  
  Not sure I've heard it.
10/31/08

rachgd

So very many favourite songs, in so many genres, but I figure my favourite song must be the one most-listened-to on my iPod, which is:

"My Girlfriend's Dead" by The Vandals.

Close seconds:

"Enid" by Barenaked Ladies
"Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" by Billy Joel
"Scotty Doesn't Know" by Sum 41

@izangel: LOVE "Iris"! Even though it featured in the dumb, dumb, DUMB movie "City of Angels," I still consider it one of the bext songs of the nineties.

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10/31/08

Ryleigh

Music is the beat to which my life marches.. so my favorite songs are updated daily..
Lets see.
"Passive" by A Perfect Circle.. thats an all time favorite..
My theme song this week has been "Bad Girlfriend" by Theory of a Deadman.

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11/01/08

ElleB

U2, Where the Streets Have No Name

I listen to soundtracks from the movies I watch. This was in Fearless with Jeff Bridges. The characters in the film were dealing with survivor's guilt and grief. My dad died shortly after and I listened to it over and over.

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11/01/08

Greg69Sheryl

Gee, how can we narrow it down to just one song? Our number-one band is the Beatles, so here's is a list of a Fab Four favorite by each member:

John - Strawberry Fields Forever
Paul - Let It Be
George - Something
Ringo - Octopus's Garden

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11/01/08

hadrian1407

All Beatles Songs...

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11/16/08

ophase

Cat Stevens - Wild World

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1/18/09

Praz

Well, a lot of songs impacted me to a considerable degree.

One of the first to do so was :

Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

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7/04/09

Haver

This boy, by The Beatles.
It was one of the first songs i heard from them, when i was 14. It touched me very deeply, the three vocal harmonies, the instrumental arrangements, all so close, rhythmic and orderly, so beautiful, so evocative... and i almost didn't understand what they were saying... but the sound, heavenly sound, perfect balance, guitars, bass, drumms, voices, and an incredible vocal solo by John Lennon (who composed the song)...
I call it Angelrock, this kind of style, hahahahha

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2H_zx0csW8&feature=related

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7/04/09

Theresa111

How Can I Be Sure
Love To Love You Baby
A Woman In Love
Lady
Dancing Machine

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7/04/09

jimcassa

Mamm Mia by Abba

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7/04/09

rickyjr

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles

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