in no particular order...

1. Prince - When Doves Cry
2. Michael Jackson - Beat It
3. MC Hammer - You Can't Touch This
4. Prince - Gett Off
5. Prince - Musicology
6. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
7. Aerosmith & Run DMC - Walk This Way
8. Prince - Purple Rain
9. Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss A Thing
10. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

some of those songs have actually made me cry... and that aint easy.

[Edited 10/1/05 5:03am] Just outside of that list are the following songs.

Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle

I may add some of these songs tonight
[Edited 10/1/05 11:44am]

GoldenGlove said:

Tears of Clown - Smokey Robinson
Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder
Who Is It - Michael Jackson
Workin Day and Night - Michael Jackson
Erotic City - Prince
The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Let It Be - The Beatles
Layla - Eric Clapton
Jolene - Dolly Parton
The Payback - James Brown

I hate theses kind of threads...too damn hard to choose.

but I will say that "Tender Love" by Force M.D.'s tops any list for me.
[Edited 9/30/05 12:22pm]

theVelvetRoper said:

he's only 15. that explains enough.

i'm gonna try. but i'll just write a top 10 of the first songs
to come into my mind when i think "most beautiful songs ever".


joni mitchell - the last time I saw Richard
beth gibbons & rustin man - show
bjork - all is full of love (video version)
ryan adams - sylvia plath
beck - lost cause
radiohead - true love waits
prince - if i was ur girlfriend
tori amos - Alamo
chad van gaalen - somewhere I know there's nothing
nick cave - little ghost song


I just kept it at fairly recent songs (1990s onward) and just
slow tunes. I had to make a section because otherwise I would
not be able to make a list at all. well, there are a few cuts
among those that are older but those are the ones that would,
in any possible configuration, feature on my top 10 list.

Ah... You chose Smooth Criminal too... cool!

My top 10 (today):

1. Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys
2. Extra Loveable - Prince
3. Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
4. 777-9311 - The Time (but Prince wrote, and played all the instruments)
5. 4 the tears - Prince
6. Rent - Pet Shop Boys
7. When Doves Cry - Prince
8. Human Nature - Michael Jackson (but he didn't write it! )
9. Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
10. Dance Magic - David Bowie (so sue me! I like 80s synthpop)
[Edited 9/30/05 13:09pm]
[Edited 9/30/05 13:11pm]

...


Man, I could never do just 10 of all time! but as far as recent listening, these are currently in heavy rotation....


Please Pardon Me - Rufus w/Chaka Khan
Awakening - Narada Michael Walden
Cooling Me Out - Isley Brothers
Hawking - Todd Rundgren
Cherry Blossom - Lewis Taylor
Toxic U Love - Jean Paul Bourelly
Love Ballad - LTD
Love's Holiday - Earth Wind and Fire
In The Thick Of It - Brenda Russell
Morning Sunrise - Twennynine w/ Lenny White


...
[Edited 9/30/05 13:53pm]

Prince - Love... Thy Will Be Done
Prince - Electric Intercourse
Radiohead - True Love Waits
Beatles - Something
Beatles - Michelle
Jimi - Angel
Jimi - Little Wing
Carole King - Natural Woman
Carole King - You''ve Got A Friend
Tim Hardin - How Can We Hang On To A Dream

paligap said:

Some mystery Orger just sent this one to me. It takes some getting used to (it's got a slow, spare style), but once I really listened to it I started to love it!

AsianConnection said:

"Tears" is a cool song by the Force too.

Well here's ten songs that come to mind immediately

Love Having You Around-Stevie Wonder
Can You Get To That-Funkadelic
You Never Give Me Your Money-The Beatles
She's Always in My hair-Prince
Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who
If You Want Me To Stay-Sly & The Family Stone
Take The A-train-Duke Ellington
Sympathy for the devil-The rolling Stones
Blue Trane-John coltrane
Better Get It In yo Soul-Charles Mingus

Man, this is hard.
in no particular order, but only one song per artist:

Prince: When Doves Cry
Otis Redding: These Arms of Mine
Etta James: At Last
Aretha Franklin: Ain't No Way
Neil Young: The Needle and the Damage Done
Beach Boys: God Only Knows
Richard and Linda Thompson: Dark End of the Street
Elvis Costello: My Funny Valentine
The Beatles: In My Life
Laurie Anderson: Ramon
[Edited 9/30/05 14:55pm]

How can you kids even attempt this? Out of the millions and millions of songs you want me to pick ten? No way...

Rinluv said:

Word.

The Bee Gees should get at least one song - some to consider

Stayin' Alive, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, To Love Somebody, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Words, You Win Again, Nights on Broadway, Spirits Having Flown, Blue Island, Toys

Other Prince songs to consider that haven't been mentioned. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, 7, Adore

paligap said:

my top 10... or at least the first 10 that come to mind. also in no particular order

Nothing Fails -- Madonna
Open Book -- Prince
You Can't Always Get What You Want -- the Stones
God Only Knows -- Beach Boys
Both Sides Now (2000) -- Joni Mitchell
Unison -- Bjork
Holes -- Mercury Rev
Across The Universe -- the Beatles
Station To Station -- Bowie
Hurt -- Johnny Cash
[Edited 9/30/05 21:03pm]

and another 10....


Total Eclipse Of The Heart -- Bonnie Tyler
City Of Blinding Lights -- U2
The One -- Elton John
Suspicious Minds -- Elvis
River Deep, Mountain High -- Tina Turner
Save Up All Your Tears -- Cher
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All -- Air Supply
I'll Stand By You -- Pretenders
Praying For Time -- George Michael
One More Chance -- Janet Jackson
[Edited 9/30/05 21:06pm]

and 10 more...


Con Te Partiro -- Donna Summer
Nessun Dorma -- Aretha Franklin
The Sweetest Thing -- Lauryn Hill
Blowing Kisses In The Wind -- Paula Abdul
Human Nature -- Michael Jackson
My Love Is Your Love -- Whitney Houston
I Don't Know What It Is -- Rufus Wainwright
Fool Of Me -- Me'shell Ndegeocello
Shape Of My Heart -- Backstreet Boys
Underneath The Stars -- Mariah Carey

Dewrede said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Iy's a good song IMO!! can't you accept we have diferent tastes??

IstenSzek said:

Mooi nummer hè !
[Edited 10/1/05 5:23am]

Some fave tracks from my fave artists in no order...

Prince/When Doves Cry
David Bowie/My Death (live)
Eurythmics/This City Never Sleeps
Annie Lennox/Love Song For A Vampire
Björk/Pagan Poetry
Kate Bush/Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Tori Amos/Jackie's Strenght
Fleetwood Mac/Silver Springs
U2/Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Beck/Get Real Paid
Tom Waits/Ol' '55
Patti Smith/Frederick
ABBA/The Day Before You Came
Madonna/Crazy For You
Blondie/Union City Blue
Franz Ferdinand/All For You, Sophia
Sheryl Crow/Crash And Burn
Iggy Pop/China Girl
The B-52's/Deadbeat Club
Jimi Hendrix/1983...A Merman I Should Turn To Be
Peter Gabriel/Family Snapshot



PG edit
[Edited 10/1/05 5:23am]

I edited the thread a little.

Hmmm... any advice on which of the following sons to add? :hmmm2:

Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle

Prince- Adore
Stylistics- You Are Everything
Prince- If I Was Ur Girlfriend
Bootsy Collins- I'd Rather B With U
Atlantic Star- Touch A 4 leaf Clover
Prince- Hate U
Shai- If I Ever Fall In Love
Micheal Jackson- Librarain Girl
Prince- When 2 R In Love
Prince- Crazy U

GoldenGlove said:

yeah, i have some advice... don't

Tessa said:

Thanks

In no particular order:

Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
Tori Amos - Siren
Tori Amos - Professional Widow
Michael Jackson - Who Is It
Michael Jackson - Morphine
The Jacksons - Walk Right Now
Prince - All My Dreams
Prince - Face Down
Kate Bush - Get Out Of My House
Mariah Carey - Can't Take That Away