What's the best song/band of all time?

Speaking of Dana Carvey, lets not forget the classic "Chopping Broccoli"

Some favorites:

"Man on the Run" by Wings

"Cats in the Cradle" Harry Chapin

Bob Dylan " Masters of War"

Almost all of Pink Floyd when Roger Waters was in the band (Akhip, whats up!)

"State of Love and Trust" by Pearl Jam

among others

 

Most classic I would have to say Queen

 

i saw APC live. awesome. I'll be seeing tool for the first time in january 07 (finally!). can't wait!

 

Nothing beats this song!!!

 

I think I'm going to put that on my workout mp3 player.

 

Awesome! This thread has gotten really big, do you think that I should add a poll for bands?

~Kiddo

 

Phil Collins will always be my all time favorite musician. Finally saw him live in LA 2 years ago. He kicks ass!

 

I sing "It's raining men" in the shower every morning...so that must be my favorite

 

I don't believe that for one second!

 

"It's Raining Men" is a song written by Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer performed by the Weather Girls in 1983

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Raining_Men

 

Yeah, Cats in the Cradle is a great song. So is sister christian, same ole lang syne (dan fogelberg) is great too. "If you could read my mind" is good too. Wildfire.

 

of course!! how could I have left that out





"Still of the night" - Whitesnake...you know you love it

 

I'm a very diversified music listener, so I'll cover a few genres:

Possession - Sarah Mclachlan
Modern Day Cowboy - Tesla
Amarillo By Morning - George Strait
Separate Ways - Journey
The Unforgiven - Metallica

 

Sarah McLachlan is in my top three artists of all time. Any Sarah song is #1 with me. Kudos to you for adding her to the thread - she is awesome.

My FAVORITE Journey song is "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin', hands down. We have similar tastes music. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, my taste is quite varied.

 

Sarah McLachlan, Jewel and The Sundays are probably my top 3 "coffeehouse" artists...I love poetry, and reading philopsohy (like Henry David Thoreau's Walden) so great melodies, accompanied by superb and heartfelt songwriting will swoon me anyday.

Give me a cappuccino, a cool night in the city and some Sarah McLachlan and I will be yours forever!

 

I have loads of The Sundays, as well; "Folk Song", "This is Where the Story Ends", and "Summertime" are my favorites. And, of course, "Wild Horses". Enchanting voice she has...

I don't have much of Jewel, but I do like her.

Will you marry me?

 

Spirit, Goodbye Alice in Wondereland (and snippets of Pieces of You) IMO are the only good albums from Jewel. Recently, she's been trying to appeal to the pop culture too much, but I'm glad she rebounded with her latest album. Which, IMO is one of her best, probably because it's autobiographical and tells the story (ups and downs) of her life.

As for the Sundays, I'm a huge fan of Harriet Wheeler.....I just love her voice. Most people wouldn't know who that is (or the Sundays for that matter), but I've always been a fan. The Sundays are one of those bands that I wish had a 100 albums I could listen to, as the same with Gin Blossoms.

Static and Silence & Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic are both in my CD changer in my car. I actually had to replace one of them because I wore the CD out a few years ago...

Tara, you'll enjoy this quote from Wikipedia:

"The band's music, whilst not ground-breaking, is characterised by Wheeler's 'dreamy' beautiful voice, 'jangly' guitars and suspension-rich harmonies."

 

I'll check this out.

You know, I also love Dolores O'riordan of The Cranberries...another great voice of our generation. Wonderful lyrics, with purpose and meaning.

I have found a kindred spirit in you. Nice to chat with a music lover.

 

Ditto.

Some of my faves from them are Linger, Ode to My Family, and of course Dreams. I'm a fan of music performed and written by the same person. It's an art, and I have so much respect for musicians who do both.

Since you enjoy the same types of music, you might like Jillian Speer. She never really made it mainstream (which isn't a bad thing IMO).....she used to open for Jewel in her early days in Southern California. A little on the Indie side, but still all written and performed by her. Angels Among Us is a great song.

 

I agree with SkiRat44 on -
George Strait - Amarillo by Morning
Metallica - The Unforgiven

Also heres a few of mine -
BT - Flaming June
DaRude - Sandstorm
Led Zeppelin - Dark Side of the Moon Album (Was mentioned on Page 1)
Simon And Garfunkel - Sound of Silence (Wierd I know)
Von Bondies - C'Mon, C'Mon (Theme song to Rescue Me)
AC/DC - Just about anything..