That's if it's possible to do so of course :)

Only 10 :(

Audioslave - Gasoline
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
The Eagles - Hotel Calafornia
Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
Kiss - God gave rock'n'roll to you
Aerosmith - Cryin'
Bryan Adams - Everything I do :love:
ZZ Top - Gimme all your lovin'
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the name of
ACDC - Shook me all night long

:banana: :headbang:

Guns 'n' Roses - Paradise City
Patti Smith - Gloria
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
Razorlight - Stumble & Fall
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Motorhead - Ace of Spades (every party I ever went to in my youth played this)
Undertones - Teenage Kicks (same reason as Motorhead)
Slaughter & The Dogs - Ready Now ( reminds me of my youth)
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get
Lynrd Skynrd - Free Bird

love mainly anything by all of the above anyway!

Originally posted by Cutglass
Guns 'n' Roses - Paradise City
Patti Smith - Gloria
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
Razorlight - Stumble & Fall
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Motorhead - Ace of Spades (every party I ever went to in my youth played this)
Undertones - Teenage Kicks (same reason as Motorhead)
Slaughter & The Dogs - Ready Now ( reminds me of my youth)
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get
Lynrd Skynrd - Free Bird

love mainly anything by all of the above anyway!
You're a big fan of pop music then I see :P

U2-One
Lamb Gorecki
Aztec Camera-Somewhere in my Heart
Radiohead-Black Star
Call & Response-Rollerskate
Faith No More: Epic
Sugar-If I can't change your mind
Prodigy- Voodoo People
Secret Garden-Nocturne
Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah

U2 - Mysterious ways
The alarm - Love dont come easy
All about eve - Touched by jesus
AC/DC - Shoot to thrill
Aerosmith - Cryin
Queen - Dont stop me now
James - Sound
Madonna - Ray of light
Bryan Adams - Somebody
Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways

now, how could you tell I love pop music :headbang:

Very hard choice!

As at this Saturday evening....and in no particular order...

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
Pulp - Common People
Patti Smith - Because the Night
Bruce Springsteen - Point Blank
Aztec Camera - Good Morning Britain
The Clash - London Calling
Carole King - Will you still love me tomorrow?
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Guns and Roses - November Rain

But it's a very flexible list.... :)

Stairway to heaven- Led Zep
Delta Lady-Joe Cocker
Turn it on again- Genesis
CrossRoads- Cream
Allright Now- Free
Strange Little Girl- The Stranglers
One Fine Day [Madam Butterfly- Puccini]
The Flower Song - Delibe
Purple Haze- Jimi Hendrix
Born To Be Wild- Steppenwolf

And about 1000 more.

It's so hard!

Anything at all that is by The Eurythmics, god! I love Annie Lennox's voice!

"OOh, somtimes!", by erasure

Cosmic dancer by T-rex

Metal guru by T-rex, as well as pretty much everything bolan and t-rex ever did!!,,,Jeepster, Telegram Sam, Ride A White Swan, etc..see above... lol


Baby, I Love You (either version:- the ron-ettes or the ramones

Ghost Town by the (Special? specials? )

Enola Gay, by OMD

I'd be no good on that desert Island, would I, with only my faourite seven records, to choose from.. man! I couldn't choose just seven, out of all my favourites. It was all I could do to name those ten!

PT

Wow tough one Sparklesista,

not in any particular order.

Iron maiden: Hallowed be thy name
Alice Cooper: Feed my frankenstein
Stevie Wonder: Superstitious
Pogues: Dirty old town
Rammstein: Sonner
Madness: Baggy trousers
Thin Lizzy: Whiskey in the jar cover
Weird Al Yankovich: Pretty fly for a rabbi
David Bowie: Life on Mars?
Spandu Ballet: Gold

Well i'm sure that will change soon, I that quite difficult. So sparkle what's yours then?

Well, this is what I'm listening to most at the moment.

Polygon Window - Quoth
Squarepusher - The Exploding Psychology
Billy Bragg - Lovers Town Revisited
Joy Division - Novelty
Joy Division - Disorder
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Dynamo City - One Night In Hackney
The Cure - Disintegration
Peaches - AA XXX
Bob Dylan - Talkin' World War 3 Blues

1.Young Americans-David Bowie 2. Get it on-Trex 3.Start me up- Rolling Stones 4. Modern Love- David Bowie 5-God save the queen- The Sex pistols 6.The Beatles-Help! 7.Paradise city-Guns'N'Roses 8.Smells like teen spirt- Nivarna 9.Boys don't cry- The cure 10.Ashes to Ashes- David Bowie

1: I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that) - Meatloaf
2: Bat out of hell - Meatloaf
3: Star Trekkin' - The Firm
4: Embarrassment - Madness
5: Eve of the War - Jeff Wayne
6: Amazing Grace - Judy Collins
7: I'd lie for you (and that's the truth) - Meatloaf
8: Tom Hark - The Piranhas

Can't think of other 2.

Rich do you like Meatloaf by any chance ?

I would have had Paradise by the Dashboard light but that would have been 11 :sad:

In no particular order...

1. The La's - There she goes
2. Doves - Catch the sun
3. Bloc Party - Banquet
4. Turin Brakes - Underdog
5. Snow patrol - Chocolate
6. Terry Hall - Summer follows spring
7. Delay's - Long time coming
8. Tom Mcrae - Stronger than dirt
9. Doves - Here it comes
10. Oasis - Wonderwall

Top ten is practically impossible so I'll just list my two joint favourites...

Muse - Space Dementia, and
Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother

Apocalyptic piano versus haunting guitar - pretty hard to choose between the two ;)

I couldn't write a list because it would change each day.

10 favourite songs! 'Fraid Sue Lawley only allows eight records on Desert Island discs - and I'm still hard at work on that list (just in case she ever asks me to appear!).

1. Aaron Neville - Ave Maria
2. Daft Punk - Da Funk
3. Alice Cooper - We Are (All Clones)
4. The Who - I Can't Explain
5. Placebo - Taste In Men
6. Sex Pistols - Wanna Be Me
7. Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
8. Martin Grech - Open Heart Zoo
9. Enya - Sun In The Stream
10. Muse - Unintended
11. Terrorvision - Fists of Fury
12. James - Sound
13. Joe Roberts - Love Is Energy
14. Medicine Head - Goin Home
15. Nazareth - Silver Doller Forger
16. Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)

Can I have another? Rufus Wainwright - Oh What A World. I'll stop now.

..sorry, but 10 was asking too much. My list changes every day anyway, it depends on my mood. Norah Jones' Don't Know Why, Prodigy's Firestarter, Motorhead's Motorhead, they'd all be on a list if you asked me on any other day.

REM - everybody hurts.

cant count to 10, right.

ritchie valens - C'MON LETS GO

ROXETTE _ LISTEN TO YOUR HEART

THE CLASH _ SAFE EUROPEAN HOME

SEX PISTOLS _ FRIGGIN IN THE RIGGIN

DEAD KENNEDY'S _ I FOUGHT THE LAW

UGLY KID JOE _ EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU

THE CLASH _THIS IS ENGLAND

GUNS & ROSES _ NOVEMBER RAIN

THE BEATLES _ ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

THUNDER _ A BETTER MAN

Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Alice Cooper - Poison
Solex - Close To The Edge
Levellers - Angels
Martika - Toy Soldiers
Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat

4 more to add later :)

Originally posted by sparklesista
4 more to add later :)

Don't forget Midnight Oil ;) You did tell me that was one of your all time faves :P

In no order

1 The Jam - Going Underground
2 Green Day - Basket Case
3 Pluto Shervington - Dat
4 Specials - Ghost Town
5 Baby Baby - Vibrators
6 Iggy Pop - I'm Bored
7 The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
8 The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail
9 Sex Pistols - Satellite
10 The Damned - Smash it Up

Next time there will be 10 totally different ones!!

Pulp, Pink Glove.
Queen, Show must go on.
Stone Roses, Made of Stone.
Death in vegas, Aisha.
White Stripes, Ball and Biscuit.
Beach boys, when I grow up (to be a man)
Zutons, Zuton fever
Manic Street preachers, La Tristesse Durera.
Placebo, Every you and every me.
U2, The sweetest thing.

These are my favourites at the moment, it changes all the time though.

Zipz.

Hey Ho Lets Go

Pinhead

No Ramones tracks, pinhead? No room for Blitzkrieg Bop in there? Hang your head in shame. (Or change your name) ;)

Hard to narrow this down, but here are ten of my favs off the top of my head...

- November Rain- Guns n' Roses
- Lake of Fire- Nirvana's Version
- Take it to the Limit- The Eagles
- Stay Gold- Stevie Wonder
- Sky Blue and Black- Jackson Brown
- Lost Together- Blue Rodeo
- This Years Love- David Gray
- Colorblind- Counting Crows
- Baby Please Dont Go- Zeppelin
- Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead

Close runners up...Plateau- Nirvana, Secret Garden- Bruce Springstein, Nothing Compares- Sinead O' Conner, Unchained Melody- The Righteous Brothers, Wonderful Tonight- Eric Clapton, Don't Cry- Guns n' Roses, Pennyroyal Tea- Nirvana.

JUST TOO MANY!!!!

Goodnight Saigon – Billy Joel
Strange Fruit – Billy Holiday
Needlegun – Hawkwind
Is this the life? – The Cardiacs
Closing Time – Leonard Cohen
Ace of Spades – Motorhead
Fade to Black – Metallica
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Back in Black – ACDC
Shrinking Violet – Mostly Autumn

Mine is ......" Smells like Teen Spirit" No Idea why ...........

YOU'RE NOT SINGING ANY-MORE!!!!!!

Well not really, but some of you will understand it DOES occur at a happy time!

mine.... zoom. by fat larrys band. released way back in 1982.

I have so many favourites which change with my mood.
At the moment it's Van Morrison's Moondance; it's lively and has a lot of feeling in it.
Then there's Tom Harkes; another lively one.
A slow one would be Will You Still Love Me Tommorrow sung very very slowly by Roberta Flack.
But my all time favourite is a classical one by Handel, Ombra Mai Fu

Sandy B Vs Camisra - Make the World Go Round

is a brilliant version :clap: :thumbsup:

cherpy cherpy cheep cheep............................................. ......

Sometimes when we touch,
It might be you,
Somewhere out there (the best song to describe my feeling now)

... wow... so many but most of them are old songs

TRUE FAITH by new order........pure quality

Birmingham Crew by Mr Vegas

Hallelujah covered by Jeff Buckley or Lamb-Gorecki

woman- John Lennon.:)

Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom!

I love this song so much!

It changes but at the moment it's "The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth" by The Business

I can't stop singing 18 & Life - Skid Row :help:

Excluding the zeppelin ones

Yellow- Coldplay

Karma Police- Radiohead

Layla- Eric Clapton

am a old smoothie even though I am into hard rock music but my all time favourite as got to be.

when I fall in love by nat king cole for some reason why I dont know I have never been that lucky to fall in love fell on my face a few times. and been rejected more times than I care to know.

but my all time rock song is child in time by deep purple thats one song that sends me into heaven.

but then again I also like jailbreak by ac /dc that gives me goose bumps when I hear it.

Threads merged.

Originally posted by JoePritchard

Bruce Springsteen - Point Blank


I love this song - fantastic piano. I'll learn to play it one day!

Originally posted by robbie
Hallelujah covered by Jeff Buckley

Excellent choice! :thumbsup:

But my all-time favourite's got to be The Only Ones "Another Girl, Another Planet"

StarSparkle

Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows
Can – Future Days
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle
Peter Gabriel - Here Comes the Flood
Tim Buckley - Sweet surrender
Kevin Ayres - Shouting In A Bucket Blues (from June 1st 1974)
Kim Ritchey – Every River
Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free
James Brown - There Was A Time
Martin Stephenson - Hollow Days
Van Der Graff Generator - Still Life
The Jayhawks - Big star
Talk Talk - Ascension Day
Lee Perry - I Am A Madman
Afghan Whigs - My Curse
Neu! - Fur Immer
John Martyn – Make No Mistake
System of a Down- Toxicity
Richard Thompson - Why Must I Plead
Nina Nastasia - This Is What It Is
.
.
.
I'd carry on to 1000 but we'd all get fed up!

Greetings to those who mentioned: Fountains of Wayne, Jeff Buckley, Lamb, New Order, Led Zep, Sugar, Neil Young, Hendrix, Fairport Convention, Brian Eno, Stevie Wonder Etc.

may you never-john martyn
atomic -blondie
sir duke-stevie wonder
ebony eyes-stevie wonder
summer song-stevie wonder
knocks me off my feet-stevie wonder
king of rock n roll-prefab sprout
its my life-talk talk
this charming man-the smiths
ther she goes-the las
teenage kicks-the undertones
let love not weigh me down-ed harcourt
to name but a few

(going through a memory lane period-tomorrow it could be a list of heavy metal, the next day my fave folk tracks, the next my favourite shostakovich!)

erm 10:

Jeff Buckley-Halelujah
Lamb-Gorecki
Faith No More-Epic
Smashing Pumpkins-Mayonaise
The Dealys- Nearer than Heaven
The Waiffs-London Still
Al Green-Lets Stay Together
Black Crows: She Talks to Angels
Counting Crows: Anna Begins
Maga City Four: Iron Sky

Motorhead: Ace Of Spades
nirvana: Smells Like Teen Sprit
Status Quo: Rockin All Over The World
Free: All Right Now
Jimmi Hendrix: Crosstown Traffic
Boston: More Than A Feeling
The Udertones: Teeage Kicks
The Kinks: You Really Got Me
Fleetwood Mac: Albatross
T rex: 20 Centuary Boy

same as Joe23, It's like he read my mind

How do you pick just 10 from a billion???

1) acdc- for those about to rock
2) iron maiden - the trooper
3) ozzy ozbourne - mama im coming home
4) meat loaf - bat out of hell
5) Dio - when a woman crys
6) korn - got the life
7) guns n roses - paradise city
8) marillion - kayleigh
9) foo fighters - breakout
10) QUEEN - WE WILL ROCK YOU!!!
:headbang:

my 20 would be

1.deep purple, smoke on the water
2.metallica, the unforgiven
3.ac/dc, jailbreak
4.ac/dc, whole lotta rosie
5.metallica,enter sandman
6.Iron maden, run to the hills
7.Iron maiden, hallowed be thy name
8.Iron maiden, the number of the beast
9.deep purple, child in time
10.metallica, bad seed
11.motorhead, ace of spades
12.judas priest, breaking in the law
13.judas priest, painkiller
14.metallica, the call of ktulu
15.ozzy osbourne, No more tears
16.ozzy osbourne,zombie stomp
17.pink floyd,us and them
18,black sabbath, sabbath bloody sabbath
19.black sabbath,evil woman
20.black sabbath, war pigs

Right now it's.......

1. joy division - love will tear us apart
2. jimi hendrix - all along the watchtower
3. massive attack - unfinished symphony
4. talking heads - once in a lifetime
5. U2 - New years day
6. the clash - white man in hammersmith palais
7. killing joke - love like blood
8. the beatles - the long and winding road
9. doves - last broadcast
10. stevie wonder - living for the city

it changes daily

Lets Take One More Rocket To The Moon - Erasure (Their new Nightbird album)
In My Arms - Erasure (Cowboy Album)
Blue Savannah - Erasure (Wild! Album)
Cry so Easy - Erasure (Wonderland Album)
Angel - Erasure (Self Titled 'Erasure' album)
Here I Go Impossible Again - Erasure (Nightbird Album)
Phantom Bride - Erasure (The Innocents Album)
Weight Of The World - Erasure (The Innocents Album)
Save Me Darling - Erasure (Cowboy Album)
Solsbury Hill - Erasure (Other Peoples Songs Album)

In fact, anything by Erasure! :thumbsup:

my top ten tunes of all time
( I might change my mind-womans thing)

1. Chuck e's in love- ricky lee jones
2. Gett off - Prince
3. Don't you want me - sheffields finest....The human league!!!
4. Sometimes love just ain't enough - patti smith and don henley
5. Vincent - don mclean
6. you were meant for me - jewel
7. mr jones - counting crows
8. strong enough - sheryl crow
9. our house - madness
10. landslide -dixie chicks

whenever I hear any of these superb songs , it takes me back to a special memory or place in my head. love em all, great songwriting......i've got squillions of faves tho, i'll probably change my mind completely tomorrow.

Mmmmm,
there are a lot of heavy mental fans here aren't there!

what are your top 3 songs of all time. Mine are

imagine: John Lennon

Stairway To Heaven: Led zepplin

EveryBody Hurts: REM

Changes daily...

As we speak

Bad English - When I see you smile
Skid Row - 18 & Life
Metallica - One

Varies between about 8-10 songs that I especially love, but right now I'd say my Top 3 are:

1. Marion "Sparkle"
2. Only Ones "Another Girl Another Planet"
3. Clash "White Man in Hammersmith Palais"

StarSparkle :thumbsup:

1 Cow-Cow Boogie - Ella Fitzgerald Feat. The Ink Spots
2 The January Man - Bert Jansch
3 Deacon Blues - Steeley Dan

In no particular order:

1. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

2. Le voie, le soleil - Subliminal Cuts

3. Insomniac - Faithless

Threads merged.

In no particular order...

1. Be My Baby- The Ronettes
2. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
3. Jimmy Mac - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
4. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
5. Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
6. Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
7. Third Finger Left Hand - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
8. Wishin & Hopin- Dusty Springfield
9. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green
10. Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandy Shaw

And even though I added my 10 I am cross that I didn't include:

Blondie's Heart of Glass.


So I'm cheating and having 11.

IN no particular order


Look of love- ABC (god knows why, maybe because my dad used to play all the time)
Oasis- Wonderwall
Red hot chili Peppers- Under the Bridge
Bruce Springsteen- walking in memphis
Razorlight- Goldentouch
Bryan Adams- summer of 69
Mr Jones- Counting Crows
Bon Jovi- Livin ona prayer
Lifehouse- Hangin by a moment
Creed- One last breath
Michelle Branch- everytime
bit of a mix there, feel free to criticise my taste in tunes

2010 contribution to 2005 thread...(so as NOT to repeat a previously posted thread).

At the moment...my top ten songs/pieces of music...

Avalon..(B.Ferry)...Roxy Music
Ride a white swan..(Bolan)...T.Rex.
Music...John Miles.
Somebody to Love...Queen.
Rock Lobster..B-52s
Love Shack...B-52s
Morning Glory..John Foxx
Tin Soldiers...Stiff Little Fingers.
Another Girl, Another Planet...the only ones
The Lark Ascending..Ralph Vaughn Williams

(Like many other people...I find this favourite ever song/desert - island disc..challenge to be very difficult as there are so many amazing, memorable songs and pieces of music)..
We should maybe run a Top twenty or top thirty favourite ever songs/music thread.?

My top 10 favorite songs are
1. Everytime - Britney Spears
2. Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
3. Earth song - Micheal Jackson
4. My Heart will Go On - Celine Dion
5. Brave - Jennifer Lopez
6. Thriller - Micheal Jackson
7. Will You Be There?-Michael Jackson
8. Color of the Wind-Vanessa Williams
9. Tomorrow Never Dies-Sheryl Crow
10. Unbreak My Heart-Toni Braxton

In no order and likely to change before I've finished:

1 Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me by The Smiths
2 All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
3 The Winner Takes It All by Abba
4 Going Back by Dusty Springfield
5 Suedehead by Morrissey
6 It's Impossible by Perry Como
7 Every Man Must Have A Dream by Liverpool Express
8 Why Oh Why Oh Why Oh Why by Gilbert O'Sullivan
9 Don't Walk Away by Electric Light Orchestra
10 Number 9 Dream by John Lennon

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

Very difficult to narrow it down to a top 10 but here goes in no particular order.
1/ Opening track from the best live rock album of all time;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uXu067MTqI
2/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXHhgM_zW8&feature=related
3/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJzPaxP75gA
4/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VBDQaRCYBQ
5/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-4lX0QyZc
6/ A bit of 1980's cheese but probably one of the best 'feel good' songs of that decade;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAQSZhazYk8
7/ Dirty, sleazy blues from the best live rock album of all time;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfDlejjJXVs&feature=related
8/ Check out the fashion;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mav12Hm8fSs
9/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kD8sxIjVuc
10/ There's loads more I could have chosen but I really can't have a top 10 without this being in it, it just wouldn't be right;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oozJH6jSr2U&feature=channel

PS. Don't forget the couple in my signature.:thumbsup:

Ashford & Simpson - Solid (1984)
Beatles - And I Love Her (1964)
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight (1977)
Amy Grant - Baby, Baby (1991)
Heatwave - Always and Forever (1976)
Modern English - I Melt With You (1982)
Orleans - Still the One (1976)
Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe (1965)
Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

dreams by gabrielle is a great song my all time fav

oh another one

Joe Bonamassa sloe gin
blackstone cherry lonely train
the black keys just got to be
the scorpions someday is now
the dixie chicks travellin soldier
the white stripes 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues
the raconteurs carolina drama
gary moore memory pain
muse supermassive black hole
whitesnake crying in the rain
steve vai bad horsie