Three songs you could listen to forever.

[fasttrack]

List your top three songs that you could listen to for the rest of your life.

[fasttrack]

1. Rabbit in your headlights - UNKLE & Thom Yorke
2. Flicker - The One A.M. Radio
3. Second best - Pedro the Lion

[nothingman00]

1) The Doors- The End
2) Jimi Hendrix-Little Wing
3) Pearl Jam-Release

If I were to try to be imaginative and less obvious:
1) Since K Got Over Me- The Clientele
2) Echoes-Pink Floyd
3) Lately-British Sea Power

[Mr.Nipples]

Television-Marquee Moon
The Locusts-Safety second,body last
Sonic Youth-Diamond Sea

[John Peel is My Co-pilot]

Blondie - Heart of Glass
Elbow - Fugitive Motel
UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming



...and for JP. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks.

[UnicornsForBreakfast]

T-Rex: Bang a Gong
Guns and Roses: Shotgun Blues
Don Henley: Dirty Laundry

There's probably others, but I don't feel like engaging in any strenuous mental activities this late in the day.

[Proadict]

Pink Floyd-confortably numb
The Who-Pinball wizard
Led zepellin-Starway to heaven

and a lot more like:
R.E.M : its the end of the world
Blink 182: man overboard
the pixies: weres my mind
the locust: anything jesus do i ca do better
Green day: baske case
The beatles: help
Die straits walk of life
Queen bohemian rapsody
the who: you better you bet
The mars volta: Lvia Lviazquez
+44:no isnt it
the voice of the world: we hate MCR

and Damn a LOT more

[bmack86]

Can-Halleluwah
Jackie Wilson-Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher and Higher)
The Beatles-I am the Walrus

[bumper31]

Oasis - Masterplan
Radiohead - Creep
N-Trance - Set you free (recently usurped Madonna - Ray of Light as my number one tune)

[Boourns]

10) The Smiths - "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me"
9) Radiohead - "Let Down"
8) The Beatles - "Across the Universe"
7) Neutral Milk Hotel - "Oh Comely"
6) Radiohead - "How to Disappear Completely"
5) Pulp - "Like a Friend"
4) Elliott Smith - "Kings Crossing"
3) Radiohead - "Lucky"
2) Radiohead - "Street Spirit"
1) Sigur Rós - "Untitled 8"

[AEversW]

Radiohead - Videotape
Radiohead - Let Down
The Smiths - There is a light That never goes out
Sigur Ros - Untitled 4
Arcade Fire - Tunnels #1
Radiohead - Arpeggi
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

[bumper31]

Lot of radiohead.....

Maybe someone should to a top 25 list like in the movie thread and collate the results......


someone else

[thinnerair]

Air 'Playground Love'
Pink Floyd 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond'
REM 'Sweetness Follows'

[PotVsKtl]

Sparks - Achoo
Why? - Sanddollars
David Bowie - Breaking Glass

[amyzzz]

Catherine Wheel "Fripp"
Catherine Wheel "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck"
Radiohead "Pyramid Song"

[mountmccabe]

Maybe someone should to a top 25 list like in the movie thread and collate the results......


someone else

We'd need hundreds or thousands of lists for there to be any sense to them. The lists we have so far? I see only one song on multiple lists. That'd be a problem and it wouldn't be made significantly better by carrying it out to 25.

[Alchemy]

Pinback - Grey Machine
Do Make Say Think - Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
Four Tet - Hilarious Movie of the 90s

[jimmycrackcorn]

wow i love music but REALLY dont think i could listen to any song for forever...

[gaypalmsprings]

Debbie Boone - You Light Up My Life
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother
The Singing Nun - Dominique

[johnson316]

In no particular order, here's my top 10

1.Foo Fighters--Cold Day in the Sun
2.Nirvana--Heart Shaped Box
3.Faith No More--King for a Day
4.Massive Attack--Teardrop
5.Colin Hay--Overkill
6.Pearl Jam--I Got Id
7.Scorpions--Rock You Like a Hurricane
8.Guns N' Roses--Yesterdays
9.Guns N' Roses--Welcome to the Jungle
10.Faith No More--Falling to Pieces

[amyzzz]

Oh, I forgot Massive Attack--
"Small Time, Shot Away" because it's soooo soothing.

[johnson316]

Oh, I forgot Massive Attack--
"Small Time, Shot Away" because it's soooo soothing.

I heard that song in a montage on Prison Break and had to get more of their stuff. I love them now.

[gaypalmsprings]

oh I forgot - It's a small world after all - Azumanga Daioh

[idrive1life]

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
The Beatles - Across The Universe

[canexplain]

ballad of the green barets by barry someone lol

[ficklecycle]

Easy...

The New - Interpol
Rollin' & Scratchin' - Daft Punk
Politik - Coldplay

[hangthedj112]

Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground
These Days - Nico
Night Falls On Hoboken - Yo La Tengo

[fortydollarsworthofmeat]

off the top of my head:

kings of convenience - i'd rather dance with you
okkervil river - so come back, i am waiting
new order - regret
arcade fire - intervention (kcrw)
tilly and the wall - shake it out
the police - don't stand so close to me
erasure - sometimes
linus loves - stand back
queen - i want to break free
royksopp - remind me
edwyn collins - never met a girl like you

..and more. i'm a repeater. i repeat. a lot.

[dontfeedthebird]

Massive Attack - Everywhen
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
Radiohead - Creep

[SojuGorae]

Picking just three is too difficult.

Yasmin The Light - Greatest band in the universe
Memorial - Greatest band in the universe
First Breath After Coma - Greatest band in the universe
Your Hand In Mine - Greatest band in the universe
Nuthin' But a G Thang - Dr. Dre
Kids Will Be Skeletons - Mogwai
We're No Here - Mogwai
Glasgow Mega Snake - Mogwai
You Got Me - The Roots
Regret - New Order
Find the river - REM
Sweetness Follows - REM
What's The Frequency, Kenneth - REM
Lullaby 4 Nina - The Durutti Column
Otis - The Durutti Column
Don't Follow - Alice In Chains
Call and Answer - Barenaked Ladies
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Gettin' In Tune - The Who
Sail Away - David Gray
Mi Fido Di Te - Lorenzo "Jovanotti" Cherubini
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
The Day the Niggaz Took Over - Dr. Dre