Wanted: Your 6 favorite tracks of all time
Posted by: Rich Jerskey on 15 October 2003
I consider myself having a fairly broad musical experience but I'm always looking for good stuff I may have missed along the way. I think it'd be cool to see some of the contributors here post their 6 favorites from any genre that come to mind with minimal racking the memory banks (not supposed to put much thought into this). Here's mine.
Not in any particular order but all are unbelievable inspiring to me.
1. "Mediterranean Sundance" from DiMeola, DeLucia and McLaughlin "Friday Night in San Francisco"
2. "I think it's going to work out fine" from Ry Cooder "Bop till You Drop"
3. "New World Symphony" Dvorak
4. "Guitar Concerto" Rodrigo
5. "Shenandoah" Bill Frisell (and Ry Cooder) from "Good Dog, Happy Man"
6. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" from Allman Bros "Live at Filmore East"
You probably want to list 20 and it's hard to just put down 6 but we have to make it practical for the Forum. Thanks.
Rich J.
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Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Pete
Subject to alteration according to mood, if there's a 'p' in the month, and so on, and you may want to wrangle about whether some entries constitute "a track", but right now it's...
1. Mass in B Minor, JS Bach
2. My Girl, the Temptations
3. All Blues, Miles Davis
4. Trois Gymnopedies, Satie
5. Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
6. Electric Counterpoint, Steve Reich
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Ron Brinsdon
Tough Choice. Totally different exercise from 6 fave albums/ CD's. In keeping with the brief of minimal brain racking, here is my current six-pack in no real order - that will always depend on mood at selection time.
1. "Misguided Angel" - Cowboy Junkies
2. "Visions of Johanna" - Bob
3. "You Set The Scene" - Love
4. "Words Unspoken Sight Unseen" - Richard Thompson
5. "Solomans Ride" - Giant Sand
6. "Tempo House" - The Fall
But out of the above albums, there is only ONE that I will play from start to finish and enjoy every track and that is "Forever Changes"
Happy listening
Ron
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by domfjbrown
quote:
Originally posted by Ron Brinsdon:
3. "You Set The Scene" - Love
But out of the above albums, there is only ONE that I will play from start to finish and enjoy every track and that is "Forever Changes"
Man after my own heart - Arthur was ROCKING at Glastonbury - very very good indeed...
Which brings me on to:
"Alone again or" - Love
"Moving" - Kate Bush
"Kill/Gobbing on life" - Albertos Y Los Trios Paranoias
"Teenage kicks" - The Undertones
"Savoy Truffle" - The Beatles
"The jack that house built" - Jack'n'chill
There's a hell of a lot more but these'll do for now - I'd put Steve Harley's "Make me smile (come up and see me)" but then I'd have to ditch the Albertos one, and I've been playing that tonnes since I located a decent copy of it...
__________________________
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Rasher
I reserve the right to come back and change this later, but for now it's:
Duel - Swervedriver
21st Century Boy - T Rex
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans - Smashing Pumpkins
Happy Together - The Turtles
Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
Man of the World - Fleetwood Mac
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Chris Metcalfe
Savoy Truffle?!
Mine (and this is all so subjective as to be a fairly un-shared thread):
'Feel Flows': the Beach Boys (sorry Brian);
'Hey Jude': the Beatles (sorry everyone);
'That's it for the Other One': Grateful Dead;
'Easy to Slip': Little Feat (because the rest of 'Sailin' Shoes' is to follow!;
'Sweet Thing': Van Morrison;
'Both of Us(Bound to Lose): Manassas.
That's this week, anyway. All 1968-72!!
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by graeme w
Todays choices, in no particular order are:
Blue Angel - The Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Island - Dee Dee Bridgewater
Masters of War - Bob Dylan
The Sleepless Sailor - Kate Rusby
Tin Pan Alley - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet
Tomorrow, it may well be different, and I guess that's the point of having a lot to choose from. Decisions, decisions.
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Tim Jones
(Why six incidentally?)
Anyhow:
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
2BS - Charles Mingus
Cello Suite nr6 - Bach
Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
Another the Letter - Wire
Sonata for Violin and Piano Op134 - Shostakovich.
Tim J
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by steved
Eva Cassidy - Over the rainbow
Bonnie Raitt - I can't make you love me
Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montgomery
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Steely Dan - Reelin' in the years
Steve D
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by seagull
My six-pack
A Forest - The Cure
Blue Monday - New Order
Lufthansa - The Chameleons
A Louse is not a Home - Peter Hammill
For Richard - Caravan
What Difference Does it Make? - The Smiths
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by greeny
Almost an impossible task and certainly prone to changing my mind as soon as I've posted but my prog rock six-pack is:
Xanadu - Rush
Telegraph Road - Dire straits
Columbia - Oasis
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Rock Lobster - B52's
Old - Dexy's Midnight Runners
quote:
Originally posted by Ron Brinsdon:
3. "You Set The Scene" - Love
But out of the above albums, there is only ONE that I will play from start to finish and enjoy every track and that is "Forever Changes"
With Love's Forever Changes I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite track, it all being pretty fantastic.
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Richard Dane
quote:
Originally posted by Chris Metcalfe:
Savoy Truffle?!
Hey, why not? I played my older Sisters copy of the White Album to death when I was a young lad and my favourite track at the time was Savoy Truffle. Then again, I was only 5....
As for my own choices, well it's just too damn difficult to choose. My 6 favourite tracks of today will probably be different to my 6 favourite tracks of tomorrow. If I had to choose, I know that Victoria De los Angeles, Ann Peebles and Neil Young would certainly feature....
Richard
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by ErikL
1. "National Holiday", Timbuk3 and covered by Leonard Cohen, I believe. (
lyrics)
2-6. Changes daily
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Simon Perry
1. 3 days - Jane's Addiction
2. Ponderosa - Tricky
3. Wish - Nine Inch Nails
4. Atrocity Exhibition - Joy Division
5. Television - The Disposal Heroes of Hiphoprisy
6. On - Aphex Twin
I reserve the right to change this list!
Cheers
Simon
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Not For Me
As long it doesn't get quoted back at me when I change my mind...
1. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley 15' 46" remix)
2. Conrad Schintzler - Zug
3. Koenig Cylinders - 99.9
4. Kylie Minogue - I just can't get you out of my head
5. Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
6. Perry & Rhodan - The beat get goes straight on & on & on
DS
OTD - Kektex - 2 lines of K
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Not For Me
Is it time to rename this thread
'Dad Rock top 6' ?
DS
OTD - Kektex - Piston
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by garyi
Be Bop Deluxe: Live in the Air Rage
Bowie: Thursdays Child
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (so sue me)
Zappa: Big Swifty
Cinematic Orchestra: Man with the Movie Camera
Yes: The Revealing Science of God.
Its fair to say this list changes reguarly, but the Yes and PF one always.
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by the other nickc
doing it for me over the last few weeks...
Congos - Fisherman
Can - Sing Swan Song
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice
Sixteen Horsepower - Outlaw Song
The Fall - New Face In Hell
The Gladiators - Looks Is Deceiving
Nick
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by MichaelC
On the basis that these are regularly played
Black Sabbath - Spiral Architect
Gong - And you Tried so HARD
Gong - Tropical Fish/Selene
Hawkwind - Assault & Battery/Golden Void
Steely Dan - Deacon Blues
Yes - Yours is no Disgrace
and they are all from the seventies...
Mike (from within the time-warp)
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by redeye
some..
Kate Bush..Love and Anger
Cracker...Forever
Gillian Welch..Elvis Presley's Blues
Massive Attack...Dissolved Girl
Lucinda Williams..Bus to Baton Rouge
Neil Young..Expecting to Fly
+ about 60 others I've just thought of
redeye
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Haroon
quote:
Originally posted by David Slater:
Is it time to rename this thread
'Dad Rock top 6' ?
You read my mind there. It seems like some people never move on - there is still great music being made today
Kylie track I like too - you got the superchumbo/tom stefan rmx?
For me fav 6 that i played in the last week are:
Dj Falvours - Rhythm Flow
Age of Love - Age of Love
LTJ Bukem - Horizons
Texas - Inner Smile (Stonebridge Rmx)
DJ Marky - LK
Future Sound of London - Papau New Guinea
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Naimed-In-NY
With the caveat that this could change on a daily basis ...
(1) Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen; (2) True Companion - Marc Cohn; (3) Night Moves - Bob Seger; (4) Love Lies Bleeding/Funeral For a Friend - Elton John; (5) Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp; and (6) Deacon Blues - Steely Dan.
Posted on: 17 October 2003 by domfjbrown
quote:
Originally posted by steved:
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Arse - forgot about those - but c'mon guys - what's so wrong with me liking Savoy Truffle if someone can call Telegraph Road "prog rock" (or is it?).
I could have gone for the standard boring tracks off White, like Dear Prudence (which really does tie with Savoy for me - but it's Lennon so an obvious one) or Martha My Dear, Honey Pie, or Back in the USSR - or even - SHOCK HORROR - Don't pass me by, which I really really like and I don't know why - is that a Mellotron on there? Savoy just gets me though - it's that cheesy guitar break and the organ that I like - in fact, I like ALL the George tracks on there. I LOATHE and DESPISE Good night though - eeeeeuck!
Revolution Number Nine though - the jury's out - I like it when I'm blitzed, but then again, I've been freaked out by it too - in a darkened room in Uni
Back on topic - sorry for the woffling there.
__________________________
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.
Posted on: 17 October 2003 by Pete
quote:
Originally posted by garyi:
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (so sue me)
I won't sue you, but I will refer you to Van Morrison's "Almost Independence Day", which is
amazingly similar and predates the PF track by a few years (on St. Dominic's Preview IIRC, a Top album!).
This isn't a comment on relative quality, btw, I love them both.
Pete.
Posted on: 17 October 2003 by Rich Jerskey
Hey all,
I realise that your top 6 can change depending on mood, weather, if you just got lucky, etc.. What I want is your top 6 as of the MOMENT. Feel free to update later if you want. Thanks.
p.s. Call it what you want ...a DAD top 6? oookaaay. Can't help it if the best music was from the 60's 70's etc... Whatever. Thanks for all the responses now I can beef up my next Amazon order based on some interesting tracks listed. Hope others also get some chances to check out some different/new sounds of whatever genre they like best that's been represented herein. Why 6, you ask? Well 5 wasn't quite enough and I kind of wanted the list to be straightforward. I thought too high a number would discourage those who didn't feel like putting a whole lot of time into it. Not all of us have way too much time on our hands, right Joe? Cheers.
Rich
Posted on: 17 October 2003 by KT66
it changes on a daily basis - but for now I'd happily live on a desert island with
So. Central Rain - R.E.M.
'Til I die -Beach Boys
Time Capsule - Matthew Sweet
I live - Jason Falkner
Surely Justice - Daryll Ann
I'm a Boy -the Who
