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Thread started 02/26/08 3:48pm

2Jay

Your 10 Favorite Songs?

I know this'll be tough, but what are your top 10 favorite songs of all time.

Mine weren't easy but here they are:

1. Prince- 1999

2. Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It

3. Billy Joel- Miami 2017 (I've seen the lights go out on Broadway)

4. The Proclaimers- I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles

5. KISS- Hotter Than Hell

6. Billy Joel- New York State of Mind

7. Prince- Little Red Corvette

8. Billy Joel- Say Goodbye to Hollywood

9. Parliament- Star Child (Mothership Connection)

10. Billy Joel- Scenes from an Italian Restauraunt

10 (tie). Prince- Raspberry Beret

10 (tie). V.2.0.-Freak Fire
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Reply #1 posted 02/26/08 3:55pm

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2Jay said:

1. Prince- 1999

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1. 1999 - Prince
2. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
3. Fury Eyes (remix) - The Creatures
4. The Hues Of Longing - Mors Syphilitica
5. She Likes Big Words - Deadsy
6. Under Your Spell - Amber Benson
7. You’re The One That I Want - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John
8. We Don’t Give A Damn About Our Friends - Girls On Top
9. Help Me - Joni Mitchell
10. Denn Die Todten Reiten Schnell - Faith And The Muse
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Reply #2 posted 02/26/08 3:56pm

2Jay

sextonseven said:

2Jay said:

1. Prince- 1999

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1. 1999 - Prince
2. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
3. Fury Eyes (remix) - The Creatures
4. The Hues Of Longing - Mors Syphilitica
5. She Likes Big Words - Deadsy
6. Under Your Spell - Amber Benson
7. You’re The One That I Want - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John
8. We Don’t Give A Damn About Our Friends - Girls On Top
9. Help Me - Joni Mitchell
10. Denn Die Todten Reiten Schnell - Faith And The Muse


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Reply #3 posted 02/26/08 4:35pm

Anxiety

In no particular order:


1. Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mama Cass
2. Groove Is in the Heart - Deee-Lite
3. Quicksand - David Bowie
4. Bela Lagosi's Dead - Bauhaus
5. Magic - Olivia Newton John
6. Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra
7. In My Life - The Beatles
8. Kool Thing - Sonic Youth
9. Computer Blue - Prince
10. Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place) - Talking Heads
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Reply #4 posted 02/26/08 5:00pm

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sextonseven said:

2Jay said:

1. Prince- 1999

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1. 1999 - Prince
2. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
3. Fury Eyes (remix) - The Creatures
4. The Hues Of Longing - Mors Syphilitica
5. She Likes Big Words - Deadsy
6. Under Your Spell - Amber Benson
7. You’re The One That I Want - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John
8. We Don’t Give A Damn About Our Friends - Girls On Top
9. Help Me - Joni Mitchell
10. Denn Die Todten Reiten Schnell - Faith And The Muse


You spelled no 10 wrong wink . Sorry, Sean I couldn't resist boxed kiss2.
With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A....
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Reply #5 posted 02/26/08 5:11pm

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Serious said:

sextonseven said:


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1. 1999 - Prince
2. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
3. Fury Eyes (remix) - The Creatures
4. The Hues Of Longing - Mors Syphilitica
5. She Likes Big Words - Deadsy
6. Under Your Spell - Amber Benson
7. You’re The One That I Want - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John
8. We Don’t Give A Damn About Our Friends - Girls On Top
9. Help Me - Joni Mitchell
10. Denn Die Todten Reiten Schnell - Faith And The Muse


You spelled no 10 wrong wink . Sorry, Sean I couldn't resist boxed kiss2.


That's the way it's spelled on the album. Did the band spell it wrong? confuse
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Reply #6 posted 02/26/08 5:29pm

Serious

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sextonseven said:

Serious said:



You spelled no 10 wrong wink . Sorry, Sean I couldn't resist boxed kiss2.


That's the way it's spelled on the album. Did the band spell it wrong? confuse


I checked some lyrics sites just to make sure they didn't spell it wrong on purpose, but I just tried the correct spelling boxed. So my bad, I found out that in the 19h century or so it used to be spelled that way and the band used that spelling. Sorry about that, but it's late here lol hug.
With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A....
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Reply #7 posted 02/26/08 5:29pm

damosuzuki

1 undertones - teenage kicks
2 The Fall - Slates, Slags, Etc
3 Robert Wyatt - Sea Song
4 Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
5 Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
6 Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
7 Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
8 Dylan - Visions of Johanna
9 The Fall - Cruiser's Creek
10 Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
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Reply #8 posted 02/26/08 11:35pm

Cheek

One track by artist:

1. Prince - When Doves Cry
2. David Bowie - Life On Mars?
3. Annie Lennox - Love Song For A Vampire
4. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
5. Björk - Play Dead
6. Peter Gabriel - Come Talk To Me
7. Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
8. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
9. Tom Waits - Ol' '55
10. Patti Smith - Frederick

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Reply #9 posted 02/26/08 11:43pm

TheMightyCeles
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1.When Doves Cry - Prince
2. Let It Be - Sir Paul McCartney
3. Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
4. Sister Christia okay, y'know? I can't do this. I'm still reeling from that whole Neverland thing.

Give a moment to collect myself.....
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Reply #10 posted 02/26/08 11:49pm

heybaby

Hunter gets captured by the game-the marvelettes

Munchies for your love-bootsy

Anything-Janet Jackson

Lonely-Janet Jackson

New years day-U2

Sweet Sticky thing-Ohio Players

What Love has Joined together-Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Kissing You-Total

Lay your head on my pillow-Tony Toni Tone

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Reply #11 posted 02/27/08 2:07am

AlexdeParis

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1. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
2. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
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Reply #12 posted 02/27/08 2:22am

Serious

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Terence Trent D'Arby: Holding On ToYou
Beck: Nicotine and Gravy
Adam Green : Can You See Me
Xavier Naidoo: Ich kenne nichts


I will have to think about the other, currently I love The Raconteurs: Call It A Day hmmm.
With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A....
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Reply #13 posted 02/27/08 2:31am

Cheek

Serious said:

Beck: Nicotine and Gravy


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Reply #14 posted 02/27/08 2:43am

Serious

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Cheek said:

Serious said:

Beck: Nicotine and Gravy


cool

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With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A....
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Reply #15 posted 02/27/08 3:02am

DaveT

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Shhessshh!! This is almost impossible! biggrin This top ten will change every day of the week probably. But here goes (in no particular order and only one song from my fave artists otherwise it would be all Prince, Madonna and Floyd!):-

Prince - Purple Rain
Madonna - Like A Prayer-Into the Groove (couldn't choose!)
Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Guns n Roses - Paradise City
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Smashing Pumpkins - Behold The Nightmare
Delerium - Silence
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Wet Sand
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
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Reply #16 posted 02/27/08 3:35am

DarlingDiana

My top 10 changes all the time. But this is it for now...

1. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
2. Prince - Purple Rain
3. Marilyn Manson - Coma White
4. Silverchair - Those Thieving Birds
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
6. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
8. The Cure - Pictures of You
9. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
10. Stevie Wonder - Knock Me Off My Feet
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Reply #17 posted 02/27/08 4:10am

PricelessHo

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i never get tired of these

stevie ray vaughan - texas flood/ain't gonna give up on love
bad english - time stood still
beatles - hey jude
suede - animal nitrate
stevie wonder - jesus children
billy joel - vienna/moving out
talking heads - take me to the river
lewis taylor - stoned
wham - everything she wants
elton john - sacrifice
stone roses - elephant stone
tori amos - liquid diamonds
mj - stranger in moscow
mariah - vision of love/petals
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Reply #18 posted 02/27/08 7:02am

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Serious said:

sextonseven said:



That's the way it's spelled on the album. Did the band spell it wrong? confuse


I checked some lyrics sites just to make sure they didn't spell it wrong on purpose, but I just tried the correct spelling boxed. So my bad, I found out that in the 19h century or so it used to be spelled that way and the band used that spelling. Sorry about that, but it's late here lol hug.


Yeah, the title is taken from the old German poem Lenore (quoted in Bram Stoker's Dracula). smile
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