if you had to choose 11 non-prince songs to listen to forever or a very long time, what would they be (and perhaps why)? i am not going to think too deply about this, but here are some i enjoy. really just feeling unaware of what all is out there and hunting for good songs

EDIT: or post a new set every week or differentiated categories as has been suggested!

suzanne -- nina simone (she really brought this song to life -- that's what she does!)

real, real -- nina simone (makes me want to get married!)

way down deep -- sweet honey in the rock (the deepest childrens song ever)

sunshowers -- dr buzzards original savannah band (just a feel good song)

zarmina -- abdel hazim (i was searching for good bellydance music and this was so smooth)

garden of simple -- ani difranco (about everything, dreams, and nothing)

never givin' up -- taja sevelle (it's upbeat, she's got fire in her voice)

how do i love thee -- yasmeen amina olya (i never appreciated this poem until she put meaning in every note)

power flower -- stevie wonder (a song about pan on a record about plants, what's not to like?)

white winter hymnal -- fleet foxes (great imagery created from one little verse)

bittersweet -- meshell ndegeocello (lovely musc and words)

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Why 11 and not 10? I could probably name 50 and still not cover my favorite songs of all time. So I'll list the first 11 that come to mind.

A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

Third Eye - Roy Ayers

Hurricane Waters - Citizen Cope

8 Miles High - The Byrds

Cherish the Day - Sade

Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band

Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye

All Blues - Miles Davis

If 6 was 9 - Jimi Hendrix

Melissa - Allman Brothers Band

I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos

One In A Million --Larry Graham

The Glory of Love -- Peter Cetera

Smile -- Uncle Kraker

Underneath Your Clothes -- Shakira

Desperado -- The Eagles (and Linda Ronstandt's version too)

My Eyes Adored You -- Justin

If I Were A Bell -- Teena Marie

Eyes Like Yours -- Shakira

Over The Rainbow -- Iz

sorry, stumped...

Stranded on a deserted island without the tiny little purple dove, are we now.

That's a rather sad thought and calls for:

mozart , lacrimosa

chopin , notturno

bach , toccata fugue

haendel, messiah

strauss , roses from the south

tchaikovsky , waltz of the flowers

vivaldi , four seasons

verdi , aida

beethoven ,moonlight sonata

paganini, campanella

parker , moonlight in vermont

ACACIA said:

Stranded on a deserted island without the tiny little purple dove, are we now.

That's a rather sad thought and calls for:

mozart , lacrimosa

chopin , notturno

bach , toccata fugue

haendel, messiah

strauss , roses from the south

tchaikovsky , waltz of the flowers

vivaldi , four seasons

verdi , aida

beethoven ,moonlight sonata

paganini, campanella

parker , moonlight in vermont

100 percent agree.

This brings me back to my youth when Tower Records had that magazine (Pulse?) that used to list "Desert Island Discs" (the ten CD's you'd take with you before getting stranded on a deserted island).

So here are my 11 "Desert Island MP3's" (off the top of my head...subject to change at will);

[in no particular order]

- TUSK by Fleetwood Mac

- SYMPTOM UNKNOWN by Maxwell

- STRAWBERRY LETTER 23 by The Brothers Johnson

- EL BAJIO by Celia Cruz

- NO, NO, NO (You Don't Love Me) by Dawn Penn

- FIX YOU by Coldplay

- WINTER IN MY HEART by The Family Stand

- EL PRESO by Fruko Y Sus Tesos

- HASTA AYER by Marc Anthony

- CHILDREN'S STORY by Slick Rick

- POSSESSION by Sarah MacLachlan

That gives me a nice sampling of my various favorites, and NO PRINCE (I assume that Sheila E counts as "Prince"???).

Maybe we can sneak an 8 Gigabyte flash drive onto our deserted island so that we can come up with more than one "top 11" song playlists?

Like, maybe a "Top 11 Dance songs", "Top 11 Rock songs" and "Top 11 Love songs", for example?

baroque said:

ACACIA said:

Stranded on a deserted island without the tiny little purple dove, are we now.

That's a rather sad thought and calls for:

mozart , lacrimosa

chopin , notturno

bach , toccata fugue

haendel, messiah

strauss , roses from the south

tchaikovsky , waltz of the flowers

vivaldi , four seasons

verdi , aida

beethoven ,moonlight sonata

paganini, campanella

parker , moonlight in vermont

100 percent agree.

Those are nice.

Reminds me of my old tape with classic love songs played by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Wish I could find it on CD since no longer have a tape player.

wildgoldenhoney said:

baroque said:

100 percent agree.

Those are nice.

Reminds me of my old tape with classic love songs played by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Wish I could find it on CD since no longer have a tape player.

http://www.emusic.com/alb...26521.html

Here Love (as they say in londontown) don't know if it's the same ones, but great classics they are ! Tape players are a seldom rarerity these days, cd's are on their way to seldomtown too...mp3s are ruling for now, wonder what's next ? LOL

"Hollywood" - Rufus FT. Chaka Khan

"Jitterbug Waltz" - Fats Waller

"God Bless The Child" - Billie Holiday

"Africa Talks to You (The Asphalt Jungle)" - Sly & The Family Stone

"Superwoman" - Stevie Wonder

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - The Beatles

"Music Is My Sanctuary" - Gary Bartz & Syreeta

"Remind Me" - Patrice Rushen

"Music Is The Key" - Weldon Irvine

"If You Were Here Tonight" - Alexander O'Neal

"Thats How I Feel About Cha" - Bobby Womack

By next week, that list will change completely.

Too many lol I can't list just 11 lol

ACACIA said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

Those are nice.

Reminds me of my old tape with classic love songs played by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Wish I could find it on CD since no longer have a tape player.

http://www.emusic.com/alb...26521.html

Here Love (as they say in londontown) don't know if it's the same ones, but great classics they are ! Tape players are a seldom rarerity these days, cd's are on their way to seldomtown too...mp3s are ruling for now, wonder what's next ? LOL

Thank you, that's very sweet of you.

Timmy84 said:

Too many lol I can't list just 11 lol

That's why I think we should have "Top 11" in different categories.

Harlepolis said:

"Hollywood" - Rufus FT. Chaka Khan

"Jitterbug Waltz" - Fats Waller

"God Bless The Child" - Billie Holiday

"Africa Talks to You (The Asphalt Jungle)" - Sly & The Family Stone

"Superwoman" - Stevie Wonder

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - The Beatles

"Music Is My Sanctuary" - Gary Bartz & Syreeta

"Remind Me" - Patrice Rushen

"Music Is The Key" - Weldon Irvine

"If You Were Here Tonight" - Alexander O'Neal

"Thats How I Feel About Cha" - Bobby Womack

By next week, that list will change completely.

Good list. I notice that you listed something by Weldon Irvine. I just discovered him this year, although I'm sure he wrote or played on something I had already heard. I'm diggin' his stuff so far. A song called "Morning Sunrise" is my favorite right now. If you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

xpertluva said:

Harlepolis said:

"Hollywood" - Rufus FT. Chaka Khan

"Jitterbug Waltz" - Fats Waller

"God Bless The Child" - Billie Holiday

"Africa Talks to You (The Asphalt Jungle)" - Sly & The Family Stone

"Superwoman" - Stevie Wonder

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - The Beatles

"Music Is My Sanctuary" - Gary Bartz & Syreeta

"Remind Me" - Patrice Rushen

"Music Is The Key" - Weldon Irvine

"If You Were Here Tonight" - Alexander O'Neal

"Thats How I Feel About Cha" - Bobby Womack

By next week, that list will change completely.

Good list. I notice that you listed something by Weldon Irvine. I just discovered him this year, although I'm sure he wrote or played on something I had already heard. I'm diggin' his stuff so far. A song called "Morning Sunrise" is my favorite right now. If you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

"Morning Sunrise" was written by his protegee, Don Blackman and you could also hear him sing a better version(IMO) in Twennynine's "Best Of Friends" album.

He was the one who co-wrote the standard "To Be Young, Gifted & Black" for Nina Simone, great musician. I only have "Sinbad" & "Sisters" from him and will plan to get the rest of his albums, he's one of the artists I have to take my sweet time in listening to.

wildgoldenhoney said:

ACACIA said:

http://www.emusic.com/alb...26521.html

Here Love (as they say in londontown) don't know if it's the same ones, but great classics they are ! Tape players are a seldom rarerity these days, cd's are on their way to seldomtown too...mp3s are ruling for now, wonder what's next ? LOL

Thank you, that's very sweet of you.

most welcome

Knee Deep - Funkadelic

Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang

Hard Habit To Break - Chicago

Yearning For YOur Love - Gap Band

Let Me Love U - Michael Henderson

Atomic Dog - George Clinton

U Dont Know - Chuckii Booker

Feenin' - Jodeci

Human Nature - MJ

What Can I Do (Tadow remix) Ice Cube

Pistol Grip Pump - Vo;ume 10

Harlepolis said:

xpertluva said:

Good list. I notice that you listed something by Weldon Irvine. I just discovered him this year, although I'm sure he wrote or played on something I had already heard. I'm diggin' his stuff so far. A song called "Morning Sunrise" is my favorite right now. If you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

"Morning Sunrise" was written by his protegee, Don Blackman and you could also hear him sing a better version(IMO) in Twennynine's "Best Of Friends" album.

He was the one who co-wrote the standard "To Be Young, Gifted & Black" for Nina Simone, great musician. I only have "Sinbad" & "Sisters" from him and will plan to get the rest of his albums, he's one of the artists I have to take my sweet time in listening to.

Cool. Thanks for the info.

currently, off the top of my head in no particular order:

D'Artangans Theme-Citizen Cope

Time to Say Goodbye-Sarah Brightman ft Andrea Bocelli

That's Life-Frank Sinatra

Colorblind- Counting Crows

Butch Cassidy- Josh Hoge

Dear Mama-2Pac

Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't-Brand New

Aint That A Kick In The Head-Dean Martin

Read My Mind-The Killers

Something To Someone-Lit

Hotel California- The Eagles

Everything she wants - Wham

Hounds of Love - Kate Bush

It's different for girls - Joe Jackson

In the air tonight - Phil Collins

Vienna - Ultravox

Avalon - Roxy music

Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie

Private life - Grace Jones

Are friends electric? - Tubeway Army

Big love - Fleetwood Mac

Cars - Gary Numan

mostly 80s..

PurpleJedi said:

Timmy84 said:

Too many lol I can't list just 11 lol

That's why I think we should have "Top 11" in different categories.

Great idea! I'd like to see different categories, especially if theres a funky jazz catogory

I just thought 11 was a manageable challenging number of songs to choose, but if you need to post a new set every week or whatever, i'm not here to stop anyone! most of my rules are bendable.

Is Sheila E Prince? I think they might be some sort of astrological complimentary twins, but for this thread i would only rule out the songs of hers that he's written or playing/singing on

Thank you every1 so far for posting all these gorgeous songs -- i feel musically enriched and it paints a picture of you

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