I just heard King of Pain by the Police on the radio. Damn. What a great song. The lyrics are soooo wonderful.


What songs make you think: "Damn, wish I was that brilliant..."

"Come in out of the rain" by Parliament

Taureau said:

Man, I love that tune!

I didn't know anyone else knew it existed!

This probably applies to 75% of the music I own. So I have to answer based on what's been in rotation in my house:

Recent song I wish I had written: 'Sweet Erotica' by Jshua
Older song I wish I had written: 'You Are What I'm All About' by The New Birth Inc.

If i was your girlfriend - Prince
These three words - Stevie Wonder
Holding onto you - Trent D'arby
You could be mine - Guns N Roses
Time - Pink Floyd
Going to california - Led Zeppelin
One song that sounds like sexx laws from beck, that i forgot the name - Sly Stone
Angel - Jimi Hendrix
Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
Something i can never have - nine inch nails
Monkey business - Skid Row
Interstate Love song - Stone Temple Pilots

I Luv U n Me-Prince
I Can't-Jshua
Venus De Milo-Prince
The Life-Wendy & Lisa

Like A Tatoo-Sade
Pearls-Sade
Cooling-Tori Amos
Songbird-Fleetwood Mac
Mama-Beth Hart
This Woman's Work-Kate Bush
The Root-D'Angelo
So Ruff,So Tuff-Zapp and Roger
Scandalous-Prince
I Wish U Heaven-Prince
Don't Blow a Good Thing-Vesta
Submerge:Til We Become the Sun-Maxwell
Linus and Lucy-Vince Gauraldi
Chichester Psalms-Leonard Berstein
Adagio for Strings(Agnus Dei)-Samuel Barber
Apres un Reve- Gabriel Faure
Stabat Mater-Verdi
Two Songs of Reflection -David N. Childs
O Magnum Mysterium-John V. Mochnick's version
I included things I would have liked to compose as well.

Styles said:

The best Funkadelic...oops, sorry, Parliament song! Before they became a whole new proper Parliament thang.

Roads by Portishead


Complete perfection

7salles said:

Love these tracks.

My favorite NIN track is Closer.

NikkiH said:

Tori is the bomb. We'd be here all day if I went down the list of her songs I thought were brilliant.

Hey Jupiter
Cruel
Caught a Lite Sneeze
Lust
Riot Proof
Juarez
Professional Widow
Little Amsterdam..

Let me stop...

NikkiH said:

Yeah that's what I meant. I wasn't just talking about lyrics. So I guess I should include Vivaldi! LOVE him. Anything by him is just straight from the heavens.

phunkymunky said:

I'll have to check out my cd for that one, because I don't even know the titles of the songs. But I do know I LOVE Glory Box.

AS by Stevie Wonder.
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

"Nite N Day" by Al B Sure. That sounds just like something I woiuld come up with!

"Always Be There" by Basement Jaxx & "Breakaway". Got damn if that is not funky and got damn they beat me 2 it!

"Free Xone" by Janet those random samples and complexity it out of sight!

Last but not least, "Perfect Way" by Scritti Politti. My beats would be different but the melody and arrangement of lyrics can be all me!
[This message was edited Wed Feb 18 12:42:26 2004 by paisleypark4]

Beau said stairway to heaven, sometimes i think how jimmy page was feeling when he heard that guitar intro after he done it, i mean, that's so brilliant that it's even ridiculous, i know it's overplayed and everything but that is the most incredible piece of music ever written IMO, i don't like very much the riffs at the end, it's cool but nothing brilliant but that intro is pure joy and inspiration

7salles said:

Yup. Actually - both songs I listed are 3-parter songs - intro part, middle groove, and outro groove. Both songs - (don't kill me on this) like Freebird also - are epic songs in that they start out so simple and yet complex in the chord structure, and then in the end, it's just a house-busting groove.

I really wish I could do that - start out with one song, simple with complex chords, and end up with something entirely different, kickass with simple chord progression.

All I get is the second part. 2-3 chord progression. Thru the whole song. All day. All night.

Clair de lune-Debussey
/peace Manki

manki said:

Hey Tal and Psyko!

Thanx you! Big ups!

man, I don't know what to say about that, except is really appreciated!!!

As for tunes I wish I'd wrote
I'd have to say...

1. Round Midnight---Monk
2. Welcome 2 the Rat Race (large room with no light)---Mr P. himself
3. Electric Ladyland (have you ever been?)--Hendrix
4. Close to the Edge---Yes
5. Variations for the guitar and low budget orchestra--Zappa
6. Dear Prudence--Beatles
7. A chair in the sky--Joni Mitchell
8. Thank you (fallentinme be mice elf agin)--Sly and the Family Stone
9. Getaway--Earth, Wind and Fire

oh yeah, and Moonage Daydream--Bowie





Jshua
[This message was edited Wed Feb 18 17:55:56 2004 by Styles]

AS IF I LOVE YOU-BOOTSY
BOOTZILLA-BOOTSY
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-BOOTSY
MUNCHIES FOR YOUR LOVE-BOOTSY

What U Dyin' For by Angie Stone
Actually anything from her Mahogany Soul album.

talmuzic said:

That's got to be my favorite Bootsy track!

I forgot about one.. Love Ridden-Fiona Apple
Whoever said Jimi Hendrix-Angel,is right on the mark there!
Vina-I love Hey Jupiter!And Winter,Precious Things...ok I just love it all.My first semester at college I had this purple Tori Amos poster on my wall(along with Prince,OutKast,and Shemar Moore)and every time someone from my hall would come to my room they would ask who's that(pointing to Tori)?It was really irritating.

NikkiH said:

How about Limp by Fionna Apple. DAMN! Of course Sleep to Dream, that is my SONG!

psykosoul said:

it should say " AS IF I LOVE YOU"

Atomic Punk Halen
Sex Machine JB
Sexy MF
No Quarter Zepp
Theme from Sandford and Son Q Jones
Spanish Castle Magic Jimi
Rocket Man E. John


Could go on forever!!