your top 10 all time favorite tunes

[psychoc&ndy]

post 10 songs that are timeless to you, that will never get old no matter how many times you hear them. in other words, think of the cliche "..songs i would take with me on a deserted island if i had to pick 10"

here's mine (in no particular order)

La Femme D'Argent (Air- Moon Safari)
Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast)
Da Grind (Masta Ace- A Long, Hot Summer)
Digital Love (Daft Punk - Discovery)
Playground Love (Air- The Virgin Suicides OST)
Fight Test (The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robot)
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac- Rumours)
Telephasic Workshop (Boards of Canada- Music has the Right to Children)
Because (The Beatles- Abbey Road)
Idioteque (Radiohead- Kid A)

[Bosco]

I only need two

Chemical Brothers - 'Star Guitar' [COME WITH US]
Chemical Brothers - 'Elektrobank' [DIG YOUR OWN HOLE]

[wmgaretjax]

non classical/art music as my mood dictates at this moment:

Scott Walker - On Your Own Again
Beatles - For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Radiohead - Pyramid Song
Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
Beach Boys - Feel Flows
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
Animal Collective - Banshee Beat
This Heat - Paper Hats
Television - Marquee Moon

[breakjaw]

1.A Blind Man's Penis - John Trubee
This is a 45 I have owned forever.It was some kind of "You Can Be A Songwriter" ad in a magazine,where you send in your lyrics,and they send you back a 45 of some third-rate country act performing it.So this weird punker lunatic named John Trubee wrote the most fucked-up lyrics he could think of,sent them in,and got back one of the greatest recordings known to man.A completely sincere,Hank Williams-tinged recording of lyrics like:
I got high last night on LSD
My mind was beautiful, and I was free
Warts loved my nipples because they are pink
Vomit on me, baby
Yeah Yeah Yeah.

A blind man's penis is erect because he's blind
It's erect because he's blind
A blind man's penis is erect because he's blind
It's erect because he is blind

Let's make love under the stars
And watch for UFOs
And if little baby Martians
Come out of the UFOs
You can fuck them
Yeah Yeah Yeah.

The zebra spilled its plastinia on bemis
And the gelatin fingers oozed electric marbles
Ramona's titties died in hell
And the Nazis want to kill
To kill everyone.

A blind man's penis is erect because he's blind
2.Life On Mars - David Bowie
3.On Some Faraway Beach - Brian Eno
4.Little Man,You've Had A Busy Day - Sarah Vaughn & Count Basie
It was the last song in a play I did,called "Master Harold...and the boys" after a lot of emotional shit every night.
5.Hearts - Marty Balin
Yeah,I know it sucks,but it instantly pulls me back to being an innocent 13 year old staring out the window of my room in Saratoga Springs,NY when the world was ahead of me and not on top of me.Other songs from that era do it too,but not as much,since they've gotten too familiar,like "In The Air Tonight" and "Hungry Heart".
6.X- I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
7.Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling
8.Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me
9.Sugar - JC Auto
10.The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping

[paulb]

I suck at lists like this...

1. Beastie Boys - Jimmy James
2. Bad Religion - Come Join Us
3. Matt Nathanson - Suspended
4. The Prodigy - Poison
5. Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)
6. Justice - Genesis
7. Daft Punk - Rollin' and Scratchin
8. Metallica - Orion
9. Radiohead - Karma Police
10. The Sounds - queen of apology

my list is wack... it would really be 10 beastie boys songs...but i figured i wouldnt repeat any artists... I enjoy these songs though.

[PassiveTheory]

Jeez... Let me think. Well, this is in no particular order:

- Jeff Buckley - "Morning Theft" (this song has personal significance for me... I am so glad it was salvaged)
- The Smiths - "I Know It's Over"
- Cake - "When You Sleep"
- Ben Folds Five - "Smoke" (absolutely underrated)
- Death Cab for Cutie - "Title and Registration"
- The Smashing Pumpkins - "Thirty-Three"
- Interpol - "C'mere"
- New Order - "The Perfect Kiss"
- Tool - "Forty Six & 2"
- Neutral Milk Hotel - "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea"

Honorable Mentions:
- High - The Cure
- Tour de France - Kraftwerk
- Falling Man - Blonde Redhead
- Pink Bullets - The Shins
- Darts of Pleasure - Franz Ferdinand
- In The Morning - Junior Boys
- Fake Empire - The National
- Falling Away With You - Muse
- All Mine - Portishead
- Nothing Better - The Postal Service
- Planet Telex - Radiohead
- I Could Die For You - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Where Is My Mind? - The Pixies
- A Man/Me/Then Jim - Rilo Kiley
- Dirty Business - The Dresden Dolls

[Memorial_07]

Can't put them in order...

Machine Head-Imperium
Type O Negative-Love You To Death
Jenny Lewis-You Are What You Love
The Cure-Lullaby
Red Hot Chili Peppers-Wet Sand
Cocteau Twins-Bluebeard
My Bloody Valentine-Blown A Wish
Explosions In The Sky-Your Hand In Mine
Fear Factory-Replica
Nine Inch Nails-Something I Can Never Have

[BROKENDOLL]

1. Stairway to Heaven~ Led Zeppelin 2. Shine On You crazy Diamond~ Pink Floyd 3. Sweet Emotion~ Aerosmith 4. Learning to Fly~ Pink Floyd 5. Robot Rock~ Daft Punk 6. Smack My Bitch Up~ Prodigy 7. Down with the Sickness~ Disturbed 8. The Bleeding~ F.F.D.P. 9. Harder,Better, Faster,Stronger~ Daft Punk 10. Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You~ Led Zeppelin (Subject to Change with Mood Swing...)

[MassiveChemicalPunk]

No particular order:

The Chemical Brothers - Rising Sun
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Pixies - Where is my mind?
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Lovin' You
The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer
Radiohead - Subterrenean Homesick Alien
Daft Punk - Alive
Soda Stereo - Profugos
Massive Attack - Man Next Door

[MassiveChemicalPunk]

Jeez... Let me think. Well, this is in no particular order:
- The Smashing Pumpkins - "Thirty-Three"
- Interpol - "C'mere"

really good choices Passive. I forgot interpol in my list!!!!!!!!! and c'mere is my favorite.

[Somewhat Damaged]

Not my favorite songs, but among my favorites among my favorite artists, in alphabetical order:

Fiona Apple, "Love Ridden"
The Beatles, "For No One"
Jeff Buckley, "Forget Her"
Daft Punk, "Something About Us"
Bob Dylan, "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands"
Nine Inch Nails, "Somewhat Damaged"
Nirvana, "Drain You"
Portishead, "Roads"
Radiohead, "Let Down"
Velvet Underground, "I'll Be Your Mirror"

[amyzzz]

In no order and off the top of my head:

Depeche Mode "Never Let Me Down Again"
NIN "Closer to God (remix)"
Radiohead "Pyramid Song"
The Smiths "Suffer Little Children"
Massive Attack "Butterfly Caught"
Portishead "Glorybox"
AIR "Run"
Elastica "S.O.F.T."
Lamb "Alien"
The Sundays "You're Not the Only One"

[roberto73]

This'll be a good way to spend my 1,000th post.

In no particular order, and with the full knowledge that I'm forgetting many, many songs:

Joy Division – "Atmosphere"
R.E.M. – "Nightswimming"
U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name"
The Clash – "London Calling"
The Wedding Present – "Dalliance"
The Beatles – "Dear Prudence"
The Mountain Goats – "This Year"
The Cure – "Just Like Heaven"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – "Straight to You"
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – "High Fidelity"
New Order – "Temptation"

As soon as I hit "Post" I'm going to think of a dozen more I could include, but I let myself have eleven songs in exchange for an agreement not to edit the list retroactively. I'm nice to myself like that.

[bmack86]

1.A Blind Man's Penis - John Trubee
This is a 45 I have owned forever.It was some kind of "You Can Be A Songwriter" ad in a magazine,where you send in your lyrics,and they send you back a 45 of some third-rate country act performing it.So this weird punker lunatic named John Trubee wrote the most fucked-up lyrics he could think of,sent them in,and got back one of the greatest recordings known to man.A completely sincere,Hank Williams-tinged recording of lyrics like:
I got high last night on LSD
My mind was beautiful, and I was free
Warts loved my nipples because they are pink
Vomit on me, baby
Yeah Yeah Yeah.

A blind man's penis is erect because he's blind
It's erect because he's blind
A blind man's penis is erect because he's blind
It's erect because he is blind

Let's make love under the stars
And watch for UFOs
And if little baby Martians
Come out of the UFOs
You can fuck them
Yeah Yeah Yeah.

The zebra spilled its plastinia on bemis
And the gelatin fingers oozed electric marbles
Ramona's titties died in hell
And the Nazis want to kill
To kill everyone.

A blind man's penis is erect because he's blind
2.Life On Mars - David Bowie
3.On Some Faraway Beach - Brian Eno
4.Little Man,You've Had A Busy Day - Sarah Vaughn & Count Basie
It was the last song in a play I did,called "Master Harold...and the boys" after a lot of emotional shit every night.
5.Hearts - Marty Balin
Yeah,I know it sucks,but it instantly pulls me back to being an innocent 13 year old staring out the window of my room in Saratoga Springs,NY when the world was ahead of me and not on top of me.Other songs from that era do it too,but not as much,since they've gotten too familiar,like "In The Air Tonight" and "Hungry Heart".
6.X- I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
7.Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling
8.Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me
9.Sugar - JC Auto
10.The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping

Were you Hally in Master Harold? That's an intense play.

[idrive1life]

It's time to spin some of those 12"/7" (etc.) vinyls again, baby!

Welcome to the old school club and congrats 1000x, Roberto!

[bmack86]

Can-Oh Yeah
Booker T & MGs-Green Onions
Pavement-Rattled By The Rush
Metallica-Creeping Death
Liars-Plaster Casts of Everything
Man Man-Zebra
The Beatles-Dear Prudence
Olivia Tremor Control-Sylvan Screen
Big Black-Kerosene
R.E.M.-Drive

[breakjaw]

Were you Hally in Master Harold? That's an intense play.

Yes.I did it at South Coast Rep a while ago.It was the best work I ever did.I love Fugard.I got to meet him at La Jolla Playhouse and he is the friendliest person imaginable.He's kind of like a shorter,thinner version of Burl Ives Snowman character in Rudolph,the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

[guest-5666]

devo-gates of steel
television-marquee moon
black flag-my war
my bloody valentine-sometimes
sonic youth-the diamond sea
the delfonics-lalala means i love you
WIRE-i am the fly
neil young-transformer man
big black-kerosene
public enemy-terminator x to the edge of panic

[breakjaw]

devo-gates of steel
sonic youth-the diamond sea

Great choices,I wish I'd thought of these....

[pdhow]

Louis Armstrong - What a beautiful World
Atmosphere - Lovelife
Elvis Costello - Watch Your Step
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
The Weakerthans - A New Name for Everything
At the Drive In - Initiation
Biggie - Machine Gun Funk/Juicy (tie)
Kool G. Rap - Ill Street Blues
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - They Reminisce over You (TROY)
James Brown - It's a Mans World

Those are what I could name off the top of my head. There are definitely more than ten though, i'm sure.

[cansei de ser sexme]

-Winter's Love - Animal Collective
-Hope There's Someone - Antony & The Johnsons
-Pot Kettle Black - Wilco
-Rabbit in Your Headlights - UNKLE
-Sea of Love - Tom Waits
-Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
-Go Ahead - Rilo Kiley
-Paranoid Android - Radiohead
-Sis Around the Sandmill - Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan [both ways]
-How Do You Think It Feels - Lou Reed

[wmgaretjax]

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – "Straight to You"

Nice. I'm going to listen to this right now. Such a good song.

[idrive1life]

The Beatles - A Day In The Life (Alternate Mix)
Muse - Assassin (Live Extended Version)
Radiohead - Life In A Glasshouse (Extended Version)
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Single Mix)
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger (Live Acoustic Session Version)
New Order - Thieves Like Us (12" Extended Mix)
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
The Cure - Close To Me (Closer Mix)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
R.E.M. - Nightswimming

Others:

Duran Duran - Rio (Original Vinyl LP Version)
When in Rome - The Promise (Extended Version)
Tears for Fears - Change (Extended Version)
Editors - All Sparks (Live Acoustic Session)
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Getz/Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema
O.M.D. - If You Leave (Extended Version)
Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You (12" Dance Remix)
Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia (LP Extended 12")
Camouflage - The Great Commandment (Radio Extended Version)
Red Flag - Russian Radio (Extended Version)

[crazzz2007]

I only need two

Chemical Brothers - 'Star Guitar' [COME WITH US]
Chemical Brothers - 'Elektrobank' [DIG YOUR OWN HOLE]

bosco, i love the brothers and catch them live every chance i get.....but i don't have any of their albums. what 3 or 4 albums/sets (studio or live) would you recommend as essential?

[menikmati]

Nirvana - Dumb
New Order - Your Silent Face
Orbital - Chime
Boards of Canada - Julie & Candy
Radiohead - Karma Police
Pixies - No. 13 Baby
The Byrds - Pretty Boy Floyd
Foo Fighters - Exhausted
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Dinosaur Jr. - In A Jar

[Boourns]

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

[inutil]

Pink Floyd: Summer '68
Pink Floyd: Mother
The Beatles : A Day In The Life
The Velvet Underground: Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
Neil Young: Harvest
Beck: Debra
Flaming Lips: Do You Realize??
Belle & Sebastian: The Boy With The Arab Strap
M. Ward: Vincent O'brien
Yo La Tengo: Beanbag Chair

[betao]

No particular order:

The Chemical Brothers - Rising Sun

perhaps you mean Setting Sun?

[Peabs42177]

Radiohead, "Let Down"

#1 on my list.

[betao]

mmm my choices.

Massive Attack - Butterfly Caught
Boards of Canada - Dawn Chorus
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
My Bloody Valentine - Come In Alone
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
The Cure - Plainsong
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar
Air - Run
Plaid - Ralome

honorable mentions include...

Aphex Twin - We Are The Music Makers
Meat Beat Manifesto - Supersoul
The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Paul Oakenfold - Motion
Ulrich Schnauss - A Letter From Home
Primal Scream - Stuka
Rage Against the Machine - Down Rodeo