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#4598049 - 04/26/22 01:26 PM Your top 25 songs of all time?  
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Yeah, I know this is an extremely difficult list to come up with especially if you are a fan of a TON of different artists and it's also a list subject to change as we get older but I'm curious to see what you guys post.


All of these songs on my list I've listened to at least 100 times or more and will never get tired of listening to them. Most of them are definitely mainstream classic songs but a few are a bit more obscure to the general public. Also, my top 25 is in no particular order of rank.


1. Hey Jude - Beatles
2. Africa - Toto
3. Vienna - Ultravox
4. Die Roboter - Kraftwerk
5. Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
6. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
7. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
8. The Musical Box - Genesis
9. Red Barchetta - Rush
10. More than a Feeling - Boston
11. Every Breath You Take - The Police
12. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
13. Baba O'Reily - The Who
14. Proud Mary - CCR
15. Give me all your loving - ZZ Top
16. Hells Bells - AC/DC
17. One - Metallica
18. One - Three Dog Night
19. In Dreams - Roy Orbison
20. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
21. Sister Golden Hair - America
22. Xanadu - Rush
23. Telephone Line - ELO
24. Supper's Ready - Genesis
25. A Day in the Life - Beatles


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#4598101 - 04/26/22 07:19 PM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Just the first 25 songs that presented themselves in my mind, and in the order in which they arrived there. I've tried to include only one song per artist.


Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
Feel Like Going Home – Charlie Rich
Harry Nilsson – The Moonbeam Song
Celluloid Heroes – The Kinks
Georgia – Ray Charles
I’m Mandy, Fly Me – 10CC
Sunset Boulevard – City Boy
Distant Shores – Roylance & Galvin
The Thrill is Gone - BB King
Deborah’s Theme – Ennio Morricone
Christchurch Bells – Hothouse Flowers
Christmascard from a Hooker – Tom Waits
My Blue Wave – Lambchop
The Colour of Spring – Mark Hollis
Heaven and Alchemy – Siouxsie Sioux
Vince Guaraldi – Linus and Lucy
Mandocello – Cheap Trick
Wichita Lineman – Glenn Campbell
Lost weekend - Godley & Creme
Missing – Everything But The Girl
Nobody’s Sweetheart – Lady Blackbird
Et Misericordia – Kim André Arnesen
Dark Sweet Lady - George Harrisison
Nobody Loves You when You’re Down and Out – John Lennon
Admiral Halsey – Paul Mccartney

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#4598169 - 04/27/22 02:42 PM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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That's quite an eclectic list there McGonigle and I must admit I only know 4 of the songs on your list!


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#4598375 - 04/29/22 05:56 PM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Based on PM's list. Limited to one entry per band otherwise it would be 90% early Genesis.

1. Burden - Opeth
2. Exogenesis - Muse
3. Us and Them - Pink Floyd
4. Supper's Ready - Genesis
5. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
6. The March of the Black Queen - Queen
7. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
8. Child in Time - Deep Purple
9. Since I've been lovin you - Led Zeppelin
10. Space Dye Vest - Dream Theater
11. There's no one quite like Grandma - St Winifrid's school choir
12. Heaven's Hung in Black - WASP
13. Fool's Overture - Supertramp
14. Heart of Lothian - Marillion
15. Rough Boy - ZZ Top
16. Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
17. Doctor Doctor - UFO
18. Take It On the Run - REO Speedwagon
19. Poor Man's Moody Blues - Barclay James Harvest
20. Deutschland - Rammstein
21. The Child in us - Enigma
22. Xanadu - Rush
23. Rockaria - ELO
24. Clavicula Nox - Therion
25. The Long and Winding Road - Beatles

#4598376 - 04/29/22 06:01 PM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: mikew]  
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Originally Posted by mikew

20. Deutschland - Rammstein



I think the video for this song is absolutely brilliant. A must watch for any student of German history. smile


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#4599067 - 05/07/22 11:00 PM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Not a song. I stumbled on this and was wowed by it. The blend of so many things made it very striking.


https://youtu.be/4VD-ss1HPIE



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#4599072 - 05/08/22 12:37 AM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Nice pick OG. I've been listening to a lot of Ennio Morricone lately, so much so I can't get the tunes out of my head.

I love 'The Wah Wah Lady' (Tuva Semmingsen).

Last edited by Chucky; 05/09/22 04:07 PM. Reason: Got my Sergio and Ennio mixed up

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#4599079 - 05/08/22 05:30 AM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Did you notice her colt six gun earrings ?

In the originals the wa wa wa was done with a harmonica. You can see a harmonica being used but her vocal was predominate.

I think this was richer than the original.

It does get in your head doesn’t it ?


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I did notice them. They went all out with that performance, including the guy hanging from the rafters smile

It's difficult to pick a favourite Ennio piece but this is up there.


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#4599133 - 05/09/22 10:36 AM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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The soundtrack for "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" is in my top 20 greatest movie soundtracks list of all time.


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#4599165 - 05/09/22 03:38 PM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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What did you think of the Danish Symphony compared to the original soundtrack ?


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#4599166 - 05/09/22 03:47 PM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Originally Posted by oldgrognard
What did you think of the Danish Symphony compared to the original soundtrack ?



I like their version just as much as the original. The orchestra does have the advantage though of having some quite stunning ladies to look at. smile

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I just listened to them both back to back and the Danish performance does indeed sound richer for want of a better word.

Now I don't know if this is true or not but I came across a comment during my many visits to YT that stated that Morricone did not have a massive budget for the music (unlike your typical Hollywood produced films) so instead he hired the best whistlers, percussion players etc to produce his unique music for the trilogy. That may help explain it... or not. All I know is that the music fits the films perfectly.


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#4599173 - 05/09/22 04:17 PM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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And besides the Westerns that Ennio brilliantly scored he also composed the music for John Carpenter's "The Thing" , "The Untouchables" and "Once Upon a Time in America".


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#4601551 - 06/12/22 04:08 AM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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That is an impossible list Panzer but I think I could safely and easily put Ennio Morricone's "The Mission" soundtrack on the list but since I can only pick one then definitely "Gabriel's Oboe". I would also add Mickey Newbury's "American Trilogy".

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#4602830 - 07/03/22 01:35 PM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I cannot break down my favorites to a top 25. I like so many bands. And with me, it is whatever hits me in the moment. From chill to rocking out. Top 25 bands I could probably do.

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Emerald Isle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onjt2L2lDEY&t=30s


Kickass movie and the music adds to the fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Really tough thread but amazing songs.

Wango is right as it really does depend on what you feel at the time?

The list is already amazing and thats why its tough lol.

ok so 1 or 2 more for fun.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNdOCQYO

Tbh the list needs to be extended to top 100 songs lol.

panzers baby so i say nothing but sweet christ this has me well stumped.

















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#4602953 - 07/05/22 11:38 AM Re: Your top 25 songs of all time? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Hard to pick and rank 25, and you guys already have listed plenty of candidates.

Some additions that you might have to squeeze into your rankings biggrin

Blue Monday - New Order

(2016 remix on the bands channel; For the full experience, you might go for the original 12" ~15mins version - alas, with a stupid commercial in the middle : banghead

In the air tonight - Phil Collins (here in a live version) band


Thriller - Micheal Jackson


Might add some more, as I remember them...

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I agree that music very much depends on your mood at the time but my personal top 25 is mostly based on the fact that I can listen to those songs at any time and any place regardless of my mood.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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How about a bit of saxophone...
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty


If I had to pick a greatest Depeche Mode song, it would have to be Personal Jesus, or maybe Enjoy the Silnece or Everthing Counts.
But a go to song and version I often come back to is the stripped down version of
Home (live Barcelona 2010) - Depeche Mode


Then I thought of ABBA - objectively there might be other bigger songs, but my preferred one would be
Eagle (long version, and it has to be the long version, with the solos!) - ABBA


Speaking of ABBA, there is another song of theirs, but where I prefer the cover version
Arrival - Mike Oldfield

And then there is this version, your choice:


Speaking of cover versions that I prefer over the original,
With a little help from my friends - Joe Cocker (but not the Woodstock version because I can't stand the abysmal background vocals...)
(sorry Beatles fans, but remember, I didn't say the Beatles version is bad, just that I prefer Joe's)

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