I know it may be tough to pick one song from your faves, but act as if you're recommending a song for someone to check out the artists. Kinda like this:

Marilyn Manson----- The Reflecting God
Mindless Self Indulgence----- Panty Shot
Nirvana----- About A Girl
Tori Amos----- Spark
Slipknot----- People = Shit
Prince----- Computer Blue
P.J. Harvey----- The Dancer
Gary Numan----- Down In The Park
Cypress Hill----- We Ain't Goin Out Like That
System Of A Down----- Psycho
Smashing Pumpkins----- Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Kittie----- Brackish
Korn----- Right Now
Guns N Roses----- Civil War
No Doubt----- Artificial Sweetener
Black Sabbath----- War Pigs
ONYX----- Bichasniguz
Funkdoobiest----- Bow Wow Wow
Eminem----- Superman
Bif Naked----- Tango Shoes
Stone Temple Pilots----- Sour Girl
Red Hot Chilli Peppers----- My Friend
Rasputina----- The New Zero
U2----- New Years Day
A Perfect Circle----- The Outsider

Janet - Got 'Til It's Gone (feat. Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell)
Joan Armatrading - Talking To The Wall
Tori Fixx - Sweet Playa/Not Hiring
Alana Davis - Easy To Love
Ella Fitzgerald - Misty
Nelly Furtado - Picture Perfect
Zapp & Roger - I Can Make You Dance
Chic - I Want Your Love
Grand Puba - Change Gonna Come
Anastacia - Don't Stop (Doin' It)
Meshell Ndegeocello - May This Be Love
Cree Summer - Deliciously Down
Les Nubians - J'veux d'la musique (tout le temps...)
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Lost Boyz - Da Game
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Queen Latifah - Just Another Day
Fefe Dobson - Give It Up
Kelis - Perfect Day
Billy Lawrence - Boyfriend
Pet Shop Boys - A New Life
Dionne Farris - Passion
Sarah Vaughan - Embraceable You
Soce, The Elemental Wizard - Fast Forward
Backroom Matches - Stupid Rights


I just had to.
[Edited 1/10/05 22:34pm]

Stevie Wonder---"Golden Lady"(1973)
Prince---"When Doves Cry"(1984)
Madonna---"Live To Tell"(1986)
Earth Wind and Fire---"Fantasy"(1977)
Jamiroquai---"Love Foolosophy"(2001)
Boz Scaggs---"Lowdown"(1976)
The Bee Gees---"More Than A Woman"(1977)
Donna Summer---"Bad Girls"(1979)
Fleetwood Mac---"Say That You Love Me"(1975)
Marvin Gaye---"Come Get To This"(1973)
The Eagles---"I Can't Tell You Why" (1979)
The Commodores---"Easy"(1977)
Santana---"Life Is Anew"(1974)
Roy Ayers---"Everybody Loves The Sunshine"(1976)
The O'Jays---"Cry Together"(1978)
Luther Vandross---"Make Me A Believer"(1983)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan---"Do You Love What You Feel"(1979)
Remy Shand---"Rock Steady"(2002)
Bill Withers---"Lovely Day"(1977)
Hall and Oates---"Sara Smile"(1975)
Natalie Cole---"I've Got Love On My Mind" (1977)
Quincy Jones---"Stuff Like That"(1978)
Pat Benatar---"Love Is A Battlefield"(1983)
War---"Summer"(1976)
Average White Band---"Soul Searching"(1976)

those are not necessarily my fave tracks, but as you said a song I would pick for someone else to check out the artist (in some cases the songs that made ME get into the artist in the first place) btw, this list is of course open to frequent changes. and it's not quite 25 artists, but it's as short as I could get it... and... who's counting anyway so in no particular order:

Prince - Kiss
Earth Wind & Fire- Fantasy
Stevie Wonder- Sir Duke
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
James Brown - Sex Machine
George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection
Count Basie - Corner Pocket
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Bobby Womack - Love Has Finally Come At Last
Maze & Frankie Beverly - I wanna thank you
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Anita Baker - Same ole Love
Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida
Zapp - Do Wah Ditty (Blow that thing)
Chic - Good Times
Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff
Luther Vandross - If only for one night
Jamiroquai - Blow Your Mind
Ice Cube - Steady Mobbin'
Cameo - She's Strange
Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
George Michael/Wham - Wake me up before you gogo
Run DMC - Walk this way
Aretha Franklin - Natural Woman
Janet Jackson - Nasty
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Commodores/Lionel Richie - Still
Eric B & Rakim - Paid in full
Steely Dan/ Donald Fagan - IGY
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Hall & Oates - Kiss on my list
Duke Ellington - Take the A-train
Diana Ross - Ain't no mountain high enough
Al Green - Let's stay together
Sly Stone - If you want me to stay

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[Edited 1/11/05 9:41am]

Fleetwood Mac - Sara
Stevie NIcks - How Still My Love
Duran Duran - Friends of Mine
The Police - So Lonely
Madonna - Crazy For You
Sting - Why SHould I Cry For you?
Led Zeppelin - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave you
Sheryl Crow - I Shall Believe/Diffucult Kind (tie)
Prince - THe Beautiful Ones
Hall & Oates - One on One
U2 - Surrender
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Journey - Only the Young
Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble
No Doubt - Simple Kinda Life
Pat Benatar - We Live for Love
Eagles - WItchy Woman
Bryan Adams - THought I Died and Gone to Heaven
Def Leppard - Photograph
Heart - Alone
Chicago - SAturday in the Park/Hard Habit to Break (a tie!)
Mamas and the Papas - Got a Feelin'
Third Eye Blind - I Want You
Culture Club - Victims
Steve Miller Band- Winter Time
John Mellancamp - Lonely 'Ol Night
[Edited 1/11/05 8:56am]

Duke Ellington-Take The A Train
Stevie Wonder-Love Having You Around
Prince-She's Always In My hair
Sly And the Family Stone-If You Want Me To Stay
Jimi Hendrix-Little Wing
Miles Davis-So what
John Coltrane-Blue Train
Charles Mingus-Better Git It in Yo Soul
Ray Charles-I got a woman
Curtis Mayfield-Freddie's Dead
Funkadelic-Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On
James Brown-Get up (I feel like being a ) sex machine
The Beatles-You Never Give Me Your Money
Terence Trent D'arby-O Divina
Michael Jackson-Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
Parliament-Aqua Boogie
Earth Wind And Fire-September
Little Richard-Long Tall Sally
B.B. King-Let The Good Times Roll
Louis Armstrong-Jeepers Creepers
Frank Zappa-Willie The Pimp
Outkast-The Rooster
Public Enemy-911 is A Joke
Todd Rundgren-Black Maria
The Clash-Train In Vain

Pet Shop Boys-Miracles
Seal- Prayer For the Dying
Shania Twain-I'm Gonna Get Cha
David Bowie-Afraid
Cher-Real Love
The Cure-Love Cats
Neil Young-Alabama
Elvis Costello-Veronica
Madonna-American Life
Janet-Pleasure Principle
Spinners-Rubberband Man
Al Green-I Can't Stop
Anita Baker-Same Ole' Love
Donna Summer-Now I Need You
Prince-Bambi
The Pixies-Here Comes Your Man
Frank Black-Headache
Smashing Pumpkins-Ava Adore
Led Zeppelin-Over The Hils and Far Away
Elvis Presley-Burning Love
Nirvana-Pennyroyal Tea
Heart-Alone
Aerosmith-Rag Doll
Ozzy- Running Out Of Time
Jay-Z- Can I Get A...

This is a lot of pressure and I'm sure I missed some really great ones. I
didn't pick all time favorite tracks. I better stop thinking about it.
[Edited 1/11/05 9:00am]

Led Zeppelin: Going to California
AC/DC: Let there be Rock
Deep Purple: Strange kind of woman
Allman Brothers Band: Stormy Monday
Cream: Crossroads
Neil Young: Like a Hurricane
Prince: Controversy
Bruce Springsteen: Thunder Road
The Doors: LA Woman
Jimi Hendrix: Red House
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
A Tribe Called Quest: Jazz
Massive Attack: Unfinished Sympathy
Guns 'n Roses: Sweet child o mine
Johnny Cash: Hurt
Nick Cave: The Mercy Seat
Beck: Nobody's fault but my own
Santana: Stone Flower
Marvin Gaye: mercy mercy me
Iron Maiden: The evil that men do
Motörhead: Ace of Spades
Judas Priest: Exciter
The Who: Behind Blue Eyes
Michael Jackson: Billie Jean

Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
John Frusciante - Omission
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sir Psycho Sexy
Soundgarden - Tighter And Tighter
Heart - Mistral Wind
Sade - Is It a Crime
Janet Jackson - Again
Hall and Oats - One On One
Pearl Jam - Garden
Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike
Guns N Roses - November Rain
No Doubt - Sunday Morning
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger
Christopher Cross - Alibi
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Wings - Band On The Run
Nancy Wilson - Ground Zero
Audioslave - Gasoline
Ataxia - The Sides
Josh Klinghoffer - Communique
Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
Jodeci - Get On Up
TLC - Diggin' On You
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
[Edited 1/11/05 10:57am]

EvilWhiteMale said:

My fave from U2 as well.

1. Prince: Adore

and the others, in no particular order

2. John Coltrane: Song of the Underground Railroad

3. Miles Davis: Milestones

4. Horace Silver: Knowledge Box

5. Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else

6. The Police: Omegaman

7. Digable Planets: Dog It

8. Sade: Like A Tattoo

9. Public Enemy: Fight The Power

10. Jamiroquai: Do You Know Where You're Coming From . . .

11. Al Green: What A Wonderful Thing Love Is

12. Stevie Wonder: You've Got It Bad Girl

13. Bill Evans: Valse

14. Earth, Wind & Fire: September

15. Sly & The Family Stone: Stand!

16. Ice Cube: A Bird In The Hand

17. Dave Brubeck: Pickup Sticks

18. Steely Dan: Deacon Blues

19. Thelonious Monk: Eronel

20. Me'Shell Ndegeocello: Sincerity

21. Peter Gabriel: A Different Drum

22. Mos Def: Umi Says

23. Common: Heaven Somewhere

24. Nirvana: Breed

25. Fleetwood Mac: Dreams

I didn't put that much thought into this:

Prince - 1999
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Swimming Horses
Tori Amos - Crucify (remix)
Janet Jackson - Special
Jesse Johnson - Baby Let's Kiss (remix)
Lush - Superblast!
Book Of Love - You Make Me Feel So Good
Rosetta Stone - If Only And Sometimes
Cranes - Shining Road
Curve - Ice That Melts The Tips
Wendy And Lisa - Everything But You
Fuzzbox - Fast Forward Futurama
Deadsy - She Likes Big words
Mors Syphilitica - The Hues Of Longing
Aterciopelados - Luz Azul
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
Bif Naked - Lucky
Geri Halliwell - Lift Me Up
Kelis - Flash Back
Rasputina - Thimble Island
Jack Off Jill - Cinnamon Spider
Faith And The Muse - Denn Die Todten Reiten Schnell
Icaro Azul - Para Morir Contigo
The Donnas - Take It Off
PJ Harvey - Good Fortune

JANFAN4L said:

My fave Ayers track as well!

Prince: Automatic
Stevie Wonder: Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
David Bowie: Fame
Sade: Cherish the Day
Terence Trent D'Arby: Do You Love Me Like You Say
Michael Jackson: Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Joni Mitchell: Nothing Can Be Done
Phyllis Hyman: You Know How to Love Me
Angela Bofill: Under the Moon and Over the Sky
Hall & Oates: Sarah Smile
Kenny Loggins: This Is It
Doobie Brother: What A Fool Believes
Roberta Flack: The Closer I Get To You
Brand New Heavies: Stay This Way
The Roots: The Next Movement
Bob James: Nautilus
George Benson: Breezin'
Lisa Stansfield: Set Your Loving Free
Police: Spirits in the Material World
EWF: Sing A Song
Chic: My Forbidden Lover
The Jacksons: Shake Your Body Down
Teena Marie: Portuguese Love
Patrice Rushen: Remind Me

Prince: Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
Sly Stone: Sing A Simple Song
Jimi Hendrix: Who Knows
Jean Paul Bourelly: Toxic U Love
Stevie Wonder: Golden Lady
Joni Mitchell: Heijira
Todd Rundgren: Hawking
Steely Dan: Black Cow
Rotary Connection: I Am the Black Gold Of The Sun
Rickie Lee Jones: Living It Up
Prefab Sprout: Wild Horses
Slave: Stone Jam
Earth Wind And Fire: Fantasy
Funkadelic: Vital Juices
Parliament: Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention -- B3M)
Jaco Pastorius: Three Views Of A Secret
XTC: I Remember The Sun
Rufus w/ Chaka Khan: Please Pardon Me
Brenda Russell: In The Thick Of It
Pat Metheny Group: First Circle
Weather Report: Nubian Sundance
Laura Nyro: Mother's Spiritual
Marvin Gaye: All The Way Around
Wendy And Lisa: Stones and Birth
Narada Michael Walden: Awakening






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[Edited 1/12/05 13:30pm]

namepeace said:

From the good ol days.

sextonseven said:

Well well well, quite a few fave artists in common here, though I'm still working on Faith And The Muse. Nice.

Cinnamon Spider is definitely a great track.

Prince- 17 Days
Rick James- Ghetto Life
Primal Scream- Burning Wheel
The Smiths- There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Guns 'n' Roses- Mr Brownstone
Mogwai- Mogwai Fear Satan
Public Enemy- Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
The Cure- In Between Days
Kate Bush- Delius (Song of Summer)
Joni Mitchell- This Flight Tonight
Suede- New Generation
The Stone Roses- I am the Resurrection
Ultramagnetic MCs- Ego Trippin' (MCs Ultra Remix)
Bob Dylan- Tangled Up in Blue
James Brown- Think (Live @ the Apollo '63 )
TTD- Do You Love Me Like You Say
The Charlatans- Forever
De La Soul- A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturday
Stevie Wonder- Uptight
The Clash- The Magnificent 7
Newcleus- Jam On It (Fuckin love this track, don't have much else by 'em)
StereoTotal- Comme Un Garcon
Whodini- Rap Attack
Funkadelic- One Nation Under a Groove
Ian Brown- FEAR

EvilWhiteMale said:

Yeah, I was such a Prince/Police/hip-hop fan backinaday that I didn't get into U2 much. But I caught on a few years ago. Great band.

- Prince - 1999
- David Bowie - this is not america
- Rick James - Ghetto Life
- Elvis - Kentucky Rain
- Bob Dylan - Tombstone blues
- Lou Reed - Satelite of love
- Alice Cooper - halo of flies
- The Doors - the end
- Johnny Cash - Don't take your guns to town
- Madonna - Justify my love
- Willie nelson - City of New Orleans
- Nine Inch nails - hurt
- Marilyn Manson - Beautiful people
- Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the dark
- Waylon jennings - luchenbach Texas
- Alan Jackson - where were you (when the world stopped turning)
- Kenny Chesney - she thinks my tractor's sexy
- Michael jackson - stranger in moscow
- Toby keith - beer for my horses
- George Strait - cowboys like us
- Henri salvador - muraille de chine
- Umberto Tozzi - Gente di mare
- Bjork - all is full of love
- Tom Petty - refugee
- Nick cave - mercy seat

sermwanderer said:

YesLawd!! That's My track!!

EvilWhiteMale said:

I almost chose Jack Off Jill's cover of "Love Song", but didn't want to demean the band by saying my favorite song by them isn't really theirs.

Have you heard Deadsy? If you like both Manson and Gary Numan then you should give them a listen since they sound to me like a cross between those two.

paligap said:

Its classic

off the top of my head:

Basement Jaxx - Breakaway
Belle and Sebastian - Your Cover's Blown
Bjork - Unravel
Blur - I'm Just A Killer For Your Love
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Camper Van Beethoven - She Devines Water
The Charlatans - Impossible
The Cure - Pictures of You
Dee Lite - Two Clouds Above Nine
Everything But The Girl - Hatfield, 1980
Interpol - Evil
Jane's Addiction - Then She Did
Janet Jackson - Go Deep
Madonna - Deeper and Deeper
Sinead O'Connor - Dancing Lessons
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again
Primal Scream - Stuka
Prince - Joy In Repetition
Radiohead - Let Down
REM - Hope
Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway
Smiths - Paint A Vulgar Picture
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Suede - My Dark Star
They Might Be Giants - My Man
The Wonderstuff - Here Comes Everyone


...wooopskies....
[Edited 1/11/05 16:05pm]

The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
Curve - Split Into Fractions
Patti Smith - Pissing In A River
David Bowie - Heroes
The Sisters Of Mercy - Ribbons
Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend
David Garza - God's Hands
Marilyn Manson - Disposable Teens
Tori Amos - Precious Things
Suede - Metal Mickey
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
David Devant and his Spirit Wife - One Thing After Another
The Psychedelic Furs - Book Of Days
Radiohead - Just
R.E.M. - These Days
U2 - Zoo Station
Ash - Lose Control
McAlmont & Butler - Yes
Public Enemy - Nighttrain
Manic Street Preachers - 4st 7lb
Saint Etienne - Pale Movie
Nirvana - About A Girl
Julian Cope - Safesurfer
Sparklehorse - Pig

this is gonna be hard ,.....

1.the clash- stay free / train in vain (i know thats two)
2.the jam- mr clean
3.prince- how come u dont call me anymore ?
4.joni mitchell- free man in paris
5.the who- baba o'reilly
6.U2- stuck in a moment you cant get out of
7.the police- roxanne
8.sting- they dance alone
9.the specials- doesnt make it alright
10.curtis mayfield- superfly
11.junior murvin- police n' thieves
12.the tubes- white punks on dope
13.echo and the bunnymen- do it clean
14.the kinks- all day n' all of the night
15.the small faces- all or nothing
16.the cure- 10.15 saturday night
17.the damned- smash it up parts 1 and 2
18.lou reed- perfect day
19.the ramones- swallow my pride
20.the stranglers- nice n' sleazy
21.ice cube- ghetto bird
22.body count- body counts in the house / cop killer (two again)
23.999- feelin alright with the crew
24.johnny cash/joe strummer- redemption songs
25.david bowie- 5 years
26.bob marley- buffalo soldier
27.the undertones- teenage kicks
28.the rolling stones- honky tonk women
29.lenny kravitz- rosemary
30.the sex pistols- pretty vacant
31.sid vicious- my way
32.george clinton- the banana boat song
33.terence trent d'arby- wishing well
34.ingrid chavez- hippy blood
35.japan- ghosts
36.siouxsie and the banshees- israel
37.the white stripes- seven nation army
38.babyshambles-killamangiro
39.anyone i may have forgotten !!!!!

Ohh I like a challenge, let me at it.

Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
WAR - Slipping into Darkness ( album version ), City Country City
FatBack - BackStrokin'
Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost, Soulfinger, Freaky Behavior
CAMEO - Rigormortis ( old ) , Single Life ( new )

MUSE - Stockholm Syndrome, Thoughts of a dying Aethiest, Time is running out
The Mars Volta - Interiactic ESP, Televators, This Apparatus must be unearthed, The Widow
Radiohead - Creep, High & Dry, Street Song ( Fade Out ), Climbing up the Walls
The Killers - Smile like You mean it, On Top
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out, Michael, Auf Aushe(sic), This Fire

Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
RUN-DMC - Peter Piper, Pause
Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain, How I could just kill a man
De La Soul - Just by their second album
OutKast - Atliens

Herbie Hancock - I thought it was you
Grover Washington Jr. - Mr. Magic
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Donny Hathaway - For All we know
James Taylor - You've got a friend

Prince - All My dreams, Adore, Automatic, WDYWM2Do
Depeche Mode - World in My eyes, Personal Jesus, Strangelove
The Smiths - Last night I dreamt somebody loved me, Panic, How soon is now, This Charming man
New Order - Blue Monday, Bizarre Love Triangle
The Cure - Hot Hot Hot, Friday I'm in Love, Lullaby, Let's Go to bed

DAMN, I actually did 25 and that's not even close in percentage to what I like.

Stop cheating.

BorisFishpaw said:

About time the fantastic Holy Bible album got a mention on the Org!!

Neil Young: After The Goldrush & Old Man
Terence Trent D'Arby: You Will Pay Tomorrow & Holding On To You
David Bowie: Kooks & 5 Years
Prince: Bambi & Sometimes It Snows In April
Queen: Don't Stop Me Now & Spread Your Wings
Radiohead: Street Spirit & Karma Police
Heather Nova: Maybe An Angel & Paper Cup
Joni Mitchell: Woodstock & Cactus Tree
Jaques Brel: Amsterdam & Ne Me Quitte Pas
Sade: Is It A Crime & No Ordinary Love
D´Angelo: Sh*t, Damn, Motherf*cker & Untitled
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Almost Cut My Hair & Helpless
America: You & Old Man Took
Jimi Hendrix: Angel & Crosstown Traffic
Kate Bush: The Man With The Child In His Eyes & Running Up That Hill
Suzanne Vega: Marlene On The Wall & Luka
Pink Floyd: Shine On You Crazy Diamond & Wish You Were Here
Joe Jackson: Breaking Us In 2 & Is She Really Going Out With Him? (Acoustic version)
Bruce Springsteen: The River & Streets Of Philadelphia
[Edited 1/12/05 6:10am]