Take a song/Leave a song

[Jersey_Steve]

Every six months or so, I get bored of my playlist and I look to add some songs to the collection. So I figured I could get something started here. Just post a couple of your favorite songs that you want everyone here to try and give a listen to.

Since this is my thread, I suppose I'll kick things off:

A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras
Idlewild - You Held the World in Your Arms
Atreyu - Right Side of the Bed
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Finger Eleven - Stay in Shadow
Jimmy Eat World - Just Tonight
Moments in Grace - Broken Promises
Nightwish - Sleeping Sun
Sugarcult - Memory

[dacrunkest]

3 Libras is a good song!

Cinematic Orchestra - The Man with the Movie Camera
U2 - Acrobat
Wes Montgomery Trio Smokin' at the Half Note (1965) - Four on Six
Tom Waits - Potter's Field & Nighthawks at the Diner
The New Chick Corea Trio - Dignity
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight (strings arrangement is really good).
10,000 Maniacs - Jezebel
Bob Dylan - Joey
Matthew Ryan - Railroaded

[yankeeyosh]

Just a sample...

A Place in the Sun - Stevie Wonder
Blue Moon - Billie Holliday
Carolina on My Mind - James Taylor
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Crackerbox Palace - George Harrison
Follow the Drinking Gourd - The Weavers
Greenback Dollar - Kingston Trio
House Carpenter - Nickel Creek
John Henry - Woody Guthrie
Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Last Child - Aerosmith
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Moonshadow - Cat Stevens
No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits
Our Town - Iris DeMent
Quinn the Eskimo - Bob Dylan
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
Tax Man - The Beatles
Ventura Highway - America
Walk Don't Run - The Ventures

And the best, which everyone should listen to:

We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger

[SpaceMonkey]

Awesome. I love being a cultural evangelist.

1. Hubcap - "Motionsick" (link to mp3s (http://hubcap.ws/music.php))
2. Dream Theater - "Take The Time"
3. Poncho Sanchez - "Guaripumpe"
4. Faith No More - "Everything's Ruined"
5. Harvey Danger - "Happiness Writes White"

[meatwad]

Metallica - "The Outlaw Torn"
AC/DC - "Shot Down in Flames"
Anthrax w/ Roger Daltry - "Taking the Music Back"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Old L.A Tonight"
Led Zeppelin - "Travelling Riverside Blues"
Black Label Society - "Blessed Hellride"
Diamond Head or Metallica (Both versions are good) - "Am I Evil?"
Corrosion of Conformity - "Pearls Before Swine"
Alice in Chains - "Dirt"
Rage Against the Machine - "The Ghost of Tom Joad"

[Xander]

Golden Boy and Miss Kitten - Campari Soda
(you should have good bass)

[SeasonsOfWither]

Aerosmith - seasons of wither
shaimus - left to dry
bag of toys - share
all american rejects - one more sad song
third eye blind - motorcycle driveby
jimi hendrix - stepping stone
vega 4 - life is beautiful
augustana - boston

[fuzmiq]

just because the name is atreyu, Jersey, I will have to try it out. Has to be a reference to the Neverending Story. (I love that movie)

Here are mine:

Robin Thicke: 2 the Sky
Jamiroquai: Seven Days in Sunny June
D'angelo: The Root
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
First Taste
This is not love...etc..(I love Fiona)
Renee Fleming: Song to the Moon
Juanes: La Camisa Negra
Johnny Mayer: Bold as Love

[jwsthe3rd]

I listen to all sorts of music, so here's a cross-section of my playlist.

Boston - Peace of Mind
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Dolly Parton - Shine
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
India Arie - There's Hope
Jackie O - Pussy
Robin - The DJ Made Me Do It (Ralphi Rosario Club Mix)
Natalie Imbruglia - Satellite
Fannypack - Hey Mami
Paris Hilton - Nothing in this World (Dave Aude Mix)
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Kelis - Fuck Them Bitches

[cache]

Wow! I was going to post this exact same thread a few days ago, but got busy. I've been hooked on Napster lately, and am running out of songs I want to download.

My interests are pretty diverse, too, so here's a broad smapling:

Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season...Jimmy Buffett
Blind...Lifehouse
Cailin...Unwritten Law
I'm On My Way...Paint Your Wagon
Bocanuts...Jim Morris
I'm Gonna Miss Her...Brad Paisley
Layla...Derek & the Dominos
Don't Download This Song...Weird Al Yankovic
Highwayman...Highwaymen

[BadKitty]

Back Slider - The Toadies
One Time Too Many - P.J. Harvey
The Riches - Jane's Addiction
No Quarter - Led Zeppelin

[WorkInProgress]

Layla...Derek & the Dominos

I LOVE his unplugged version of this.

[Learjet434]

1) Lucky man - Montgomery Gentry
2) Amarillo sky - Jason Aldean
3) I've got it made - John Anderson
4) Lessons learned - Tracy Lawrence
5) Somewhere down in Texas - George Strait
6)Can't you hear me knocking - Rolling Stones

[Deni81]

These are just some of the most recent songs i've downloaded:

Here(In Your Arms)- Hellogoodbye
Strangers Again- Ari Heist
Find a new way- Young Love
Forever and Amen- 8mm
Not ready to make nice- The Dixie Chicks

[wordsmith]

Random sampling of faves from my library:

-"Misty Blue," Dorothy Moore
-"Falling Awake," Gary Jules
-"Come on, Come Over," Jaco Pastorius
-"One," U2
-"Almost Home," Mary Chapin Carpenter
-"It Don't Have to Change," John Legend
-"When Doves Cry," Prince
-"Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin
-"Smile," Telepopmusik
-"Jesus Walks," Kanye West
-"Just My Imagination," Temptations
-"Remember the Tinman," Tracy Chapman
-"Slip Slidin' Away," Paul Simon
-"Long Ride Home," Patty Griffin
-"Would You Go With Me," Josh Turner
-"Fields of Gold," Eva Cassidy
-"Son of a Preacher Man," Dusty Springfield
-"Turn Me On," Norah Jones
-"See the Sun," Dido
-"This Year's Love," David Gray
-"Have a Little Faith in Me," John Hiatt
-"The Luckiest," Ben Folds

[dacrunkest]

Another good Cinmatic Orchestra tune (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F1RVXfiWEE)

[Deni81]

Random sampling of faves from my library:

-"Misty Blue," Dorothy Moore
-"Falling Awake," Gary Jules
-"Come on, Come Over," Jaco Pastorius
-"One," U2
-"Almost Home," Mary Chapin Carpenter
-"It Don't Have to Change," John Legend
-"When Doves Cry," Prince
-"Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin
-"Smile," Telepopmusik
-"Jesus Walks," Kanye West
-"Just My Imagination," Temptations
-"Remember the Tinman," Tracy Chapman
-"Slip Slidin' Away," Paul Simon
-"Long Ride Home," Patty Griffin
-"Would You Go With Me," Josh Turner
-"Fields of Gold," Eva Cassidy
-"Son of a Preacher Man," Dusty Springfield
-"Turn Me On," Norah Jones
-"See the Sun," Dido
-"This Year's Love," David Gray
-"Have a Little Faith in Me," John Hiatt
-"The Luckiest," Ben Folds

I am completely in love in "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds. I would love to dance to it at my wedding, even though its not a traditional choice for a first dance.

[SeasonsOfWither]

avenged sevenfold - beast of harlot

[wordsmith]

I am completely in love in "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds. I would love to dance to it at my wedding, even though its not a traditional choice for a first dance.

I almost sold my brother and sister-in-law on dancing to it at their wedding last summer. I think it's a good song for that.

[sondra_finchley]

Xander- You rock for that suggestion. You simply must try some Richard X if you havent already.

Fun to see everyones music tastes on here! Im definitely more electronic music oriented, and there are some common artists and themes that run through what I listen to. None of this stuff is super overprocessed happy hardcore or commercial house crap- typically its either very political/historical (Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, the KLF, Orbital) or very mellow with heavier bass beats (Gopher and de Crecy, Royksopp) Some of what Ive got on my player these days:

Robbie Williams- Shes Madonna

Pet Shop Boys- Im With Stupid, The Resurrectionist and Fugitive (Richard X extended mix)

Depeche Mode- Precious, John the Revelator, and One Caress (amongst others- major DM kick right now)

Bent- Always, Im Coming Back, or Swollen (there are plenty of other gems from them, but those cds are still in the box and need to be ripped yet)

Etienne de Crecy- Tempovision

Alex Gopher- Super Disco

Junior Boys- In the Morning (feat Andi Toma)- HIGHLY recommend this track

Röyksopp- most of The Understanding- Alpha Male, Beautiful Day Without You etc

Kent- Kärleken Väntar (love waits)

Nelly Furtado- Say it Right

The Killers- Read My Mind (PSB Stars are Blazing Mix)

The KLF- Its Grim Up North

Leftfield- A Final Hit, Original, Storm 3000, Snakeblood

Underworld- Dark and Long (Dark Train)

Orbital- Halcyon + on + on (live version recorded in Boston)

Alpinestars- Crystal Night

[Kitty]

The Mountain Goats - Dance Music
Counting Crows - Mrs. Potter's Lullaby
The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song
The Beatles - I've Just Seen a Face
Morcheeba - Be Yourself
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Blondie - Dreaming
Feist - Mushaboom
Interpol - Say Hello To Angels
Smashing Pumpkins - 33
Love & Rockets - No Words No More
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise
Poe - Hey Pretty

[Xander]

Xander- You rock for that suggestion. You simply must try some Richard X if you havent already.
Wooo! I'm excited--do you have a specific album in mind? I searched on iTunes and it came up with a bunch of random songs.

The last 15 on my "most played" shuffle. If anyone wants any, let me know.

The Blow - "Hock It"
Louis Armstrong - "Skokiaan"
Boa - "Duvet"
Cab Calloway - "Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird"
Regina Spektor - "Fidelity"
The Prodigy - "The Way It Is"
The Pixies - "La La Love You"
Holly Brook - "What I Wouldn't Give"
Count Zero - "Sail Your Ship By"
My Bloody Valentine - "Sometimes"
Turandot - "Nessum Dorma!"
The Smashing Pumpkins - "You're All I've Got Tonight"
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - "After You've Gone"
Zwan - "Honestly"
Sarah Brightman - "Time To Say Goodbye"

[graymillais]

very mellow with heavier bass beats (Gopher and de Crecy, Royksopp)
Alex Gopher- Super Disco



holy CRUD! I never in my life thought I'd find someone else who'd even heard of, much less enjoyed, Alex Gopher. Awesome!

/minithreadjack


Current favorite albums:
The Eraser - Thom Yorke
Alright, Still - Lily Allen: "he's sayin', 'can I take your digits?' and you're like, 'no, not in a million years, you're nasty, please leave me alone'"

[hoodie]

wordsmith, we have a TON of favorites in common!

-"One," U2
-"When Doves Cry," Prince
-"Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin
-"Just My Imagination," Temptations
-"Son of a Preacher Man," Dusty Springfield
-"This Year's Love," David Gray
-"Have a Little Faith in Me," John Hiatt
-"The Luckiest," Ben Folds

Three of them are on my "Top 20 Most Played". Wow, nice to see people out there with as random of a taste in music as myself! (that's a compliment :) )

Okay let me leave a few:
my format will be song title, then group in ( )
-Two Points For Honesty (Guster)
-A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash)
-Life Less Ordinary (Carbon Leaf)
- River (Joni Mitchell, but I like the Sarah McLaughlin cover)
-Shelter (Ray LaMontaigne)
-Deliverance (Bubba Sparks)
- Grace is Gone (Dave Matthews Band)
- Bitches Ain't Shit (Ben Folds)
-A Living Thing (Electric Light Orchestra)
-Don't Worry 'Bout It (N.E.R.D.)
-Transatlanticism (Death Cab for Cutie)
-Pale New Dawn (Jets to Brazil)

[Krishna]

-Tim McGraw (by Taylor Swift)
-Come Home Soon (SheDaisy)
-Everytime I Here Your Name (Keith Anderson)
-Then I Did (Rascal Flatts)
-She Says (Howie Day)
-Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter Soundtrack) .....only half kidding here
-Demons (Guster)...heck, maybe just their entire Goldfly CD.
-I Am a Rock (Simon & Garfunkel)
-If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)
-Slide (Goo Goo Dolls) ...and Iris, Black Balloon, Broadway and Name
-Pride (U2)
-Anything by CCR or Cat Stevens
-Blackbird (The Beatles)
-Anything by Billy Joel or Elton John.

[meatwad]

-Anything by CCR

Sweeeeet hitch-hiker. Won't you ride on my fast machiiiiiiiiine!

[meatwad]

Lynrd Skynrd - Simple Man

[eastcoaster782]

Great song featured on last week's episode of Studio 60: "I Don't Want to Start Over" by Gina La Piana.

http://www.nbc.com/Studio_60_on_the_Sunset_Strip/music/

[sondra_finchley]

Xander- Anything from his Richard X Presents His X Factor: Vol. 1. Hes only done two albums- that and a Back to Mine comp in 04. Given the song you contributed, Ill assume you know Tiga then? Try "You Better Let Me Love You(X4) Tonight" on that album or the Pet Shop Boys remix I suggested ( its a very cool song about the 9/11 hijackers). I see you also have some My Bloody Valentine on your list- I keep meaning to listen to some but I cant access those files at the moment. (BTW can you recommend any clubs in Chicago that may play non-hokey house music?)

graymillais- fantastic!! I love all his stuff- some of the French house folks can really ruin a song by going too repetitive, but I think he mixes things up well. Id love to see him live. The French scene all has such style to their music- its fascinating how all the artists are separated by only one or two degrees. Gopher knows the Air boys who worked with Daft Punk who know Cassius who worked with I:Cube who knows Mirwais mother who babysat for Didier Sinclair who went to school with Gopher. (a massive exaggeration, but you get the idea!)

An oldie but goodie I forgot about until tonight again:

Cassius- The Sound of Violence (Narcotic Thrust Mix)

[emmyb]

Fun....


The Promise Ring - Say Goodbye Good
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Calexico - Alone Again Or
Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Alexi Murdoch - All of My Days
Hot Rod Circuit - The Pharmacist
Sufjan Stevens -To Be Alone With You
Alkaline Trio - Every Thug Needs a Lady
Pedro the Lion - Rapture
Billy Bragg - A New England
Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself
Rilo Kiley - The Good That Won't Come Out
Brand New - The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot
Sean Hayes - Pollinating Toes
Wilco - How to Fight Loneliness

[meatwad]

This is a song that I never thought got enough exposure. Try it, you'll like it. :) It's a really good QLC song too.

Anthrax - Safe Home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpZmWRxsWp8

[shinyleaf]

I love it when we do these threads. I will check out many of your recommendations!

My much-played of late:

run > snow patrol
ruby blue > roisin murphy
ring the alarm > beyonce (just gets me all riled up like i like to be)
deep red bells > neko case
just another day > serena ryder

[TheHappyChannel]

Beginning and ending with a question:

The Fixx - Are We Ourselves?
The Pretenders - My City Was Gone
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
The Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)
Sloan - Ill-Placed Trust
Radiohead - High and Dry
The Futureheads - Skip To the End
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Sheryl Crow - Lifetimes
Dangermouse & Jemini - The Only One
Tracy Chapman - Change
The Police - So Lonely
Kano - I'm Ready
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes
Res - They Say Vision
Beck - Nausea
Coldplay - Fix You
Lily Allen - Smile
Blur - Beetlebum
Oasis - D'you Know What I Mean?

[PenforPrez]

A few of my favorites, mixed all around.

Lyin' Eyes -- The Eagles

Hell Froze Over Today -- The Foremen (there's a few Foremen tunes on some of the download services)

Not a song per se, but the Redd Foxx album "You Gotta Wash Your Ass," which was recently re-released to CD. I never get tired of it.

I've Always Been Crazy -- Waylon Jennings

Cocaine Blues -- Hank Williams III

One from the really old file: The Wild Side of Life -- Hank Thompson (who did the earliest known version of Cocaine Blues in 1959)

Paul

[SpaceMonkey]

Boa - "Duvet"


Huh. I was surprised to see this on someone else's list. Great song. *thumbsup*

[Krishna]

Damien Rice -- 9 Crimes

[Xander]

...Richard X Presents His X Factor: Vol. 1.
Check. I'll pick it up during lunch at Virgin Records.

My Bloody Valentine on your list- I keep meaning to listen to some but I cant access those files at the moment.
PM me your email. I really like them because they tend to set a specific mood in me... where I don't notice I'm feeling that way until the music stops, then it's so... silent.

(BTW can you recommend any clubs in Chicago that may play non-hokey house music?)
I'm not sure about non-hokey house since it seems to depend on what day you go to certain clubs, but I find I like the almost-cliche club Neo. They played some Peaches and My Bloody Valentine one night and I fell in love. None of my friends will go with me to Neo though, and sadly I don't blame them.

Did you like the latest Prodigy album? That really grew on me...

Huh. I was surprised to see this on someone else's list. Great song. *thumbsup*
That song is fantastic... even though they sound exactly like Dido. I believe they were before Dido got hot though, right?

[SpaceMonkey]

That song is fantastic... even though they sound exactly like Dido. I believe they were before Dido got hot though, right?

Yeah, "Duvet" wasn't released on an album until 2001, but it was recorded at least as early as 1997/98, which is when "Serial Experiments: Lain" was produced (I'm assuming that's how you heard about Bôa as well?). Dido didn't get hot as a solo artist until a couple of years ago.

If anything, they were probably more directly influenced by The Cranberries, which would have been earlier '90s.

[Xander]

If anything, they were probably more directly influenced by The Cranberries, which would have been earlier '90s.
Absolutely! I have to dust off the Cranberries CD I have...

Sondra, I couldn't find Richard X at Virgin Records...

[dacrunkest]

Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack

[Deni81]

I tend to find a song and listen to it repeatedly until I find a new song to obsess over.

Currently its Breathe Me - Sia

[Rob_Loblaw]

^^^^^^^^^^^
Six feet under right? Man that ending killed me.

I'll give one of my more mainstream favorites. I saw her in Sasquatch and again at Bonarroo.

neko case- I Wish I was the moon
Star Witness
Alone and Foresaken

Devo- Gut Feeling

The Kinks- Sunny Afternoon

Regina Spektor- Samson
Us

Oh yes I cant forget my fellow Canadian(neko is an honorary canadian)

Leonard Cohen- Famous Blue Raincoat

[meatwad]

They had some thing about Ennio Morricone on the radio. I guess he just won the Acadamy Lifetime Achievment Award too. I always loved The Ecstacy of Gold from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdNh9f2Wwm0

I always have to crank the volume when this scene comes on. :D

[wordsmith]

Ennio Morricone gave the longest speech of the night at the Academy Awards. In Italian.

[meatwad]

Ennio Morricone gave the longest speech of the night at the Academy Awards. In Italian.

God I love that song. :D

[redav]

Boa - "Duvet"
I take it you've seen Serial Experiments Lain. :surprised I wanted to get this one as a ringtone from matrixm, but my phone wasn't compatible. When I did get a phone that would work their site, they shut down. :frustrate

I'm not really a fan of much music I've heard lately. Some exceptions:
Be Human : Yoko Kano
Postcards : Paul Durham (of Blacklab) - this is one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard (free download here (http://blacklabworld.com/blw/pages/01c_tmy.html))
Wash It Away : Blacklab - IMO one of the great rock songs of this generation (free download here (http://blacklabworld.com/blw/pages/01a_ybam.html))

And here are a few that are just plain fun:
Grounded : Stir
October : Collapsis
I.O.L. : Collapsis

[redsail]

A few from all over the map:

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
Eric Johnson - SRV
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride & Joy
Willie Nelson - It Always Will Be
Talib Kwali - Get By

A dab of metal..
Trivium - Like Light to Flies
Dark Tranquility - Final Resistane
Killswitch Engage - A Bid Farewell
As I Lay Dying - Through Struggle
Slayer - Raining Blood (also good for chasing out hippies)
Devildriver - End of the Line

[Xander]

I take it you've seen Serial Experiments Lain.
Boogiepop Phantom. :D

What phone do you have? If you have bluetooth on it, you can transfer mp3s/jpgs directly onto your phone... I can pull 10-15 seconds from the song into a compressed mp3 and send you it if you have bluetooth on your computer and phone (or however long it takes before voicemail picks up... unless you wanted the entire song on your phone).

Yoko Kano is cool. I listen to his Macross Plus albums every now and then. And I liked the Black Lab songs you linked. 95% of the songs I listen to (like) are female vocals (I don't know why) but that wasn't bad. Do you like Remy Zero?

You might like this following song (it was on Guitar Hero! Yeah!):

Sail Your Ship By... by Count Zero. Hear it on their MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/countzeroboston)