Prince ( How can I choose just five? My top 5 changes all the time, but these are my current faves from P)

1)The Beautiful Ones

2)17 Days

3)Graffiti Bridge

4)If I Was Your Girlfriend

5)Solo

Teena Marie (Another artist I find it hard to pick just 5 songs from)

1)Cassanova Brown

2)Deja Vu (I've Been Here Before)

3)Portuguese Love

4)365

5)Stop The World

Michael Jackson (My fave artist, so again hard to pick 5)

1)Human Nature

2)Stranger In Moscow

3)Who Is It

4)Off The Wall

5)Fly Away

Janet Jackson

1)Come Back To Me

2)Together Again

3)Someday Is Tonight

4)One More Chance

5)70's Love Groove

Marvin Gaye

1)I Want You

2)Distant Lover

3)Just To Keep You Satisfied

4)Trouble Man

5)What's Goin On

David Bowie

1. "Helden"

2. Ashes To Ashes

3. Word On A Wing

4. The Bewlay Brothers

5. Sound And Vision

Prince

1. Raspberry Beret

2. Sign O' The Times

3. When Doves Cry

4. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

5. Joy In Repetition

The Kinks

1. Waterloo Sunset

2. Autumn Almanac

3. Village Green

4. Australia

5. David Watts

Prefab Sprout

1. Cars And Girls

2. Music Is A Princess

3. God Watch Over You

4. Bonny

5. Blueberry Pies

Stevie Wonder

1. They Won't Go When I Go

2. Joy Inside My Tears

3. Isn't She Lovely

4. Living For The City

5. Flower Power

Javi said:

David Bowie

1. "Helden"

2. Ashes To Ashes

3. Word On A Wing

4. The Bewlay Brothers

5. Sound And Vision

No "Let's dance," no "heroes" ?
Very interesting.

LiLi1992 said:

Javi said:

David Bowie

1. "Helden"

2. Ashes To Ashes

3. Word On A Wing

4. The Bewlay Brothers

5. Sound And Vision

No "Let's dance," no "heroes" ?
Very interesting.

"Helden", my number 1, is "Heroes" sung in German by Bowie. I choose it over the English version because the vocal performance seems even more impressive to me.

Let's Dance is a great tune, but I wouldn't put it among my faves.

Actually, Bowie has such a huge catalogue, it's difficult to choose only 5.

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Very hard. Janet and Michael choices will change a bunch.

Prince

1. Erotic City

2. Controversy

3. Do Me, Baby

4. I Wanna Be Your Lover

5. Adore

Michael Jackson

1. Human Nature

2. Who Is It

3. Stranger In Moscow

4. Break Of Dawn

5. Billie Jean

Janet Jackson

1. Go Deep

2. Spending Time With You

3. Island Life

4. Velvet Rope

5. Moist

Marvin Gaye

1. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

2. After The Dance

3. I Want You

4. Distant Lover

5. What's Going On?

Lady Gaga (Don't Judge)

1. Dance In The Dark

2. You And I

3. Speechless

4. Teeth

5. Government Hooker

[Edited 9/18/11 16:07pm]

aardvark15 said:

Lady Gaga (Don't Judge)

1. Dance In The Dark

2. You And I

3. Speechless

4. Teeth

5. Government Hooker

[Edited 9/18/11 16:07pm]

Nothing wrong with Lady Gaga, though my picks differ greatly from yours:

Lady Gaga

1. The Edge Of Glory (Don't know why some people hate it)
2. You and I
3. Heavy Metal Lover
4. Born This Way
5. Bloody Mary

As you can see, I love Born This Way

Oh, and @ "Teeth"

[Edited 9/18/11 18:02pm]

The1592 said:

aardvark15 said:

Lady Gaga (Don't Judge)

1. Dance In The Dark

2. You And I

3. Speechless

4. Teeth

5. Government Hooker

[Edited 9/18/11 16:07pm]

Nothing wrong with Lady Gaga, though my picks differ greatly from yours:

Lady Gaga

1. The Edge Of Glory (Don't know why some people hate it)
2. You and I
3. Heavy Metal Lover
4. Born This Way
5. Bloody Mary

As you can see, I love Born This Way

Oh, and @ "Teeth"

[Edited 9/18/11 18:02pm]

Born This Way is a great album no doub about it. I love The Edge Of Glory, but the vocals are too Madonna-ish for me to enjoy the song completely. Also how did I forget Bloody Mary! Heavy Metal Lover is up there for me too. The title track's instrumentation is too weak, but it is definetly makes my top 15

Javi said:

LiLi1992 said:

No "Let's dance," no "heroes" ?
Very interesting.

"Helden", my number 1, is "Heroes" sung in German by Bowie. I choose it over the English version because the vocal performance seems even more impressive to me.

Let's Dance is a great tune, but I wouldn't put it among my faves.

Actually, Bowie has such a hugue catalogue, it's difficult to choose only 5.

It's true!

Let's Dance - №1 for me!

Stevie Wonder

As

You and I

Ribbon In The Sky

Don't You Worry About A Thing

All I Do

Chaka Khan

I Know You, I Live You

Everlasting Love

Roll Me Through The Rushes

Clouds

Hollywood

Prince

Adore

Lets Go Crazy

Do Me, Baby

Sexy MF

Te Amo Corazon

Sade

Is It A Crime?

Stronger Than Pride

The Moon & The Sky

Cherish The Day

When Am I Gonna Make a Living?

Earth, Wind & Fire

After The Love Is Gone

Fantasy

Can't Hide Love

Getaway

Thats The Way Of The World

Recently returned again to my liking as a child. ((:
Top 5 songs of A-ha:
1) Summer moved one
2) Take on me
3) Hunting High And Low
4) Minorr earth major sky
5) Lifelines

aardvark15 said:

Lady Gaga (Don't Judge)

1. Dance In The Dark

2. You And I

3. Speechless

4. Teeth

5. Government Hooker

No way! When Gaga sang "Teeth" during her show last August I screamed super loud and my friend was like, "What is wrong with you?" and I said, "I love this song!" and she said, "No one else does." Hah!

Lady Gaga

1. Bad Romance

2. Poker Face

3. Teeth

4. Heavy Metal Lover

5. Government Hooker

I think we did this a few months back - but my list is always changing:

PRINCE: - this could change on a day to day basis

1. Forever in my life

2. when you were mine

3. head

4. private joy

5. sometimes it snows....

JANET JACKSON: - also changes daily

1. Rope burn

2. Love will never do

3. IF

4. Rock wid u

5. come back to me

THE CURE:

1. Pictures of you

2. Just like heaven

3. Twilight garden

4. inbetween days

5. letter to elise

THE ARCTIC MONKEYS:

1.Mardy bum

2. Florescent adolescent

3. My propeller

4. Dance little liar

5. Crying lightening or cornerstone

JONI MITCHELL

1. Both sides now

2 case of you

3.blue

4. this flight tonight (well blue is my favourite album of all time...)

5.help me

Prince:

1. Controversy

2. Little Red Corvette

3. Purple Rain

4. Raspberry Beret

5. Alphabet Street

Red Hot Chili Peppers:

1. Under The Bridge

2. By The Way

3. Give It Away

4. Universally Speaking

5. Suck My Kiss/I Could Have Lied

Foo Fighters:

1. Pretender

2. Times Like These

3. Bridges Are Burning

4. Learn To Fly

5. Stranger Things Have Happened

Kate Bush:

1. Wuthering Heights

2. Running Up That Hill

3. Under Ice

4. Suspended In Gaffa

5. Rubber Band Girl (from Director’s Cut)

The Police:

1. Message In A Bottle

2. Roxanne

3. Don’t Stand So Close To Me

4. Synchronicity II

5. Synchronicity I

I noticed, that many my favourites are actually bands, so I'll provide also my top 5 from these three artists: Neil Young, Otis Redding and Dionne Warwick:

Neil Young:

1. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)

2. The Needle And The Damage Done

3. Heart of Gold

4. Harvest Moon

5. Cinnamon Girl

Otis Redding:

1. My Girl

2. (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay

3. These Arms Of Mine

4. Cigarettes And Coffee

5. Pain In My Heart

Dionne Warwick:

1. Walk On By

2. (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

3. Anyone Who Had A Heart

4. Heartbreaker

5. Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

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Javi said:

Actually, Bowie has such a huge catalogue, it's difficult to choose only 5.

[Edited 9/19/11 8:11am]

I share your problem. I enjoy his music a lot and his career is incredibly long and versatile. My definite no. 1 is Life On Mars and John, I'm Only Dancing comes clearly second. After that I can't decide where I could place Rebel Rebel, Starman, Heroes, Young Americans etc. Also his early 80's production was great.

jillybean said:

Lady Gaga

1. Bad Romance

2. Poker Face

3. Teeth

4. Heavy Metal Lover

5. Government Hooker

Yesterday listened to the song many times, really great song!

Prince:

Erotic City

I would Die For you

Little Red Corvette

Beautiful Ones

I wanna be your lover

MJ:

Off the wall

Stranger in moscow

Billie jean

Human nature

Wanna be startin something

Mariah carey:

Vision of love

Can't let go

Make it Happen

We belong together

breakdown

Stevie wonder:

Isn't she lovely

Knocks me off my feet

always

I was made to love her

I just called to say I love you

Taeyang:

Prayer

baby I'm sorry

Only look at me

Where U at

My Girl

DaniCalifornia said:

Javi said:

Actually, Bowie has such a huge catalogue, it's difficult to choose only 5.

[Edited 9/19/11 8:11am]

I share your problem. I enjoy his music a lot and his career is incredibly long and versatile. My definite no. 1 is Life On Mars and John, I'm Only Dancing comes clearly second. After that I can't decide where I could place Rebel Rebel, Starman, Heroes, Young Americans etc. Also his early 80's production was great.

It's really difficult. But this problem is actually a blessing, isn't it?

Seeing the songs you choose, there are some which I didn't put in my top 5 but who could be there if I made the list on a different day... Life On Mars?, Starman and Young Americans.

Tough call:

Beatles

Come Together

Happiness is a Warm Gun

A Day In The Life

You Never Give Me Your Money

Something

Prince

The Beautiful Ones

Let's Work

1999

Kiss

DMSR

Tom Waits

A Soldiers Things

Innocent When You Dream

Step Right Up

Train Song

Hang Down Your Head

Stevie Wonder

Superwoman

Living for the City

Big Brother

Sir Duke

I Wish

P-Funk

Red Hot Momma

Mothership Connection

Do that Stuff

P-Funk Wants to get Funked Up

Good to Your Earhole

LiLi1992 said:

jillybean said:

Lady Gaga

1. Bad Romance

2. Poker Face

3. Teeth

4. Heavy Metal Lover

5. Government Hooker

Yesterday listened to the song many times, really great song!

Out of every song on Born This Way I was waiting for even before I heard them, this was one I cared the least about, I thought it would be a really bad track. It's a really awesome track!

1. Bone Thugs N Harmony:

1. East 1999

2. Eternal

3. Wasteland Warriors

4. Murda Mo (Krayzie Bone solo)

5. ??? Not sure yet, this would take all night to figure out ???

2. Spice 1

1. Strap On The Side

2. Trigga Gots No Heart

3. Born II Die

4. Diamonds

5. Dumpin' 'Em In Ditches

(This is not necessarily in order, but still the top 5)

3. Crucial Conflict

1. Back Against The Wall

2. Showdown

3. Tell It To The Judge

4. Ride The Rodeo

5. ??? Another undecided one

4. KiD CuDi

1. Day N Night

2. Mr. Rager

3. Trapped In My Mind

4. Solo Dolo

5. Alive

5. Brotha Lynch Hung (probably my 5th favorite artist)

1. Rest In Piss

2. Return Of Da Baby Killa

3. Siccmade

4. 24 Deep

5. Don't Worry Mama It's Just Bleeding

Prince

1. Beautiful Ones

2. Purple Rain

3. When Doves Cry

4. Alphabet St.

5. Gett Off

Michael Jackson

1. I Can't Help it

2. Heartbreak Hotel

3. Leave Me Alone

4. Give Into Me

5. Threatened

Janet Jackson

1. Rope Burn

2. Funky Big Band

3. The Velet Rope

4. Someone To Call my Lover

5. Go Deep

Stevie Wonder

1. Part Time Lover

2. Ordinary Pain

3. Summer Soft

4. Overjoyed

5. Do I Do

Billy Idol

1. Hot In The City

2. Dancing With Myself

3. Rebel Yell

4. Fleash For Fantasy

5. Eyes Without A Face

Marlena58 said:

Prince

1. Beautiful Ones

2. Purple Rain

3. When Doves Cry

4. Alphabet St.

5. Gett Off

Michael Jackson

1. I Can't Help it

2. Heartbreak Hotel

3. Leave Me Alone

4. Give Into Me

5. Threatened

Janet Jackson

1. Rope Burn

2. Funky Big Band

3. The Velet Rope

4. Someone To Call my Lover

5. Go Deep

Stevie Wonder

1. Part Time Lover

2. Ordinary Pain

3. Summer Soft

4. Overjoyed

5. Do I Do

Billy Idol

1. Hot In The City

2. Dancing With Myself

3. Rebel Yell

4. Fleash For Fantasy

5. Eyes Without A Face

Excellent choice, your Michael Jackson number 1.

Javi said:

Marlena58 said:

Prince

1. Beautiful Ones

2. Purple Rain

3. When Doves Cry

4. Alphabet St.

5. Gett Off

Michael Jackson

1. I Can't Help it

2. Heartbreak Hotel

3. Leave Me Alone

4. Give Into Me

5. Threatened

Janet Jackson

1. Rope Burn

2. Funky Big Band

3. The Velet Rope

4. Someone To Call my Lover

5. Go Deep

Stevie Wonder

1. Part Time Lover

2. Ordinary Pain

3. Summer Soft

4. Overjoyed

5. Do I Do

Billy Idol

1. Hot In The City

2. Dancing With Myself

3. Rebel Yell

4. Fleash For Fantasy

5. Eyes Without A Face

Excellent choice, your Michael Jackson number 1.

People forget about that song and the was his best to me. I know so many so called fans who have never even heard it. Crazy huh?

PRINCE

When Doves Cry

1999

Uptown

SOTT

Kiss

BOWIE

Heroes

Ashes to Ashes

Changes

Sound and Vision

Suffragette City

ROLLING STONES

Brown Sugar

Miss You

Sympathy for the Devil

Satisfaction

Shine a Light

MADONNA

Like a Prayer

Express Yourself

Into the Groove

Live to Tell

Vogue

ROXY MUSIC

Thrill of It All

Avalon

Street Life

Love is the Drug

More than This

Marlena58 said:

Javi said:

Excellent choice, your Michael Jackson number 1.

People forget about that song and the was his best to me. I know so many so called fans who have never even heard it. Crazy huh?

I gotta be honest, I've heard of the song and it's actually one of my very least favorites of his. Still, I think it's cool that you picked an uncommon song, but I never much cared for that one..

The1592 said:

Marlena58 said:

People forget about that song and the was his best to me. I know so many so called fans who have never even heard it. Crazy huh?

I gotta be honest, I've heard of the song and it's actually one of my very least favorites of his. Still, I think it's cool that you picked an uncommon song, but I never much cared for that one..

I think MJ was a genius at slow soul and R&B songs. Stranger In Moscow, I Can't Help It, Human Nature and others are amoung his best songs.

The1592 said:

Marlena58 said:

People forget about that song and the was his best to me. I know so many so called fans who have never even heard it. Crazy huh?

I gotta be honest, I've heard of the song and it's actually one of my very least favorites of his. Still, I think it's cool that you picked an uncommon song, but I never much cared for that one..

I think Michael sang better in Off The Wall than in any of his following records. Just an opinion, of course. He seemed comfortable and sweet singing the album, while in the next records he seems to express frequently a somewhat angry feeling, increasingly since Bad and especially in the 90's. On the contrary, I prefer his sweet, soulful performances in this record.

And I Can't Help It is a good example of this, in my opinion. By the way, it was the B Side of Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough. Maybe my two favourite songs by Michael in a 7"!

prince-1999,little red corvette,anna stesia,somewhere here on earth,colonized mind

the revolution-sometimes it snows in april,pop life ,kiss,purple rain,when doves cry

the new power generation-we can funk,joy in repetition,cream,7,the most beautiful girl in the world

steely dan-fm,deacon blues,time out of mind,peg,pixeleen

donald fagen-igy(what a beautiful world),snowbound,tomorrow's girl,h gang,the nite belongs 2 mona

non prince/steely dan:

james brown-papa's got a brand new bag,like a sex machine,super bad,i feel good,it's a man's world

stevie wonder-u r the sunshine of my life,that girl,boogie on a reggae woman,send 1 ur love,i wish

sly & the family stone-if u want me 2 stay,u got me smiling again,hot fun in the summertime,stand,thankufalletinmebemicelfagain

george clinton/parliament/funkadelic- not just knee deep,flashlight,1 nation under a groove,atomic dog,give up the funk

the eagles-lyin eyes,desperado,i cant tell u why,peaceful easy feeling,best of my love

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[Edited 9/30/11 20:50pm]

Prince:

1) 1999

2) Rockard in a Funky Place

3) When Doves Cry

4) Let's Work

5) When We're Dancing(Close & Slow)

Stevie:

1) Living for the City

2) Higher Ground

3) Superstition

4) Signed, Sealed, Delivered

5) All Day Sucker

Alice in Chains:

1) Grind

2) Them Bones

3) Would?

4) Man in the Box

5) Damn that River

Soundgarden:

1) Black Hole Sun

2) Rusty Cage

3) Outshined

4) Fell on Black Days

5) My Wave

Patrice Rushen:

1) All We Need

2) Forget Me Nots

3) Haven't You Heard?

4) High in Me

5) I Found Love(When I Found You)

The1592 said:

Marlena58 said:

People forget about that song and the was his best to me. I know so many so called fans who have never even heard it. Crazy huh?

I gotta be honest, I've heard of the song and it's actually one of my very least favorites of his. Still, I think it's cool that you picked an uncommon song, but I never much cared for that one..

+1 here

Don`t stop...

Rock with you

Get on the floor

Working d. a n.

These are the tracks that I love from "Off the wall". But in any case, this album is not among my favorites .

Out of every song on Born This Way I was waiting for even before I heard them, this was one I cared the least about, I thought it would be a really bad track. It's a really awesome

track!

I'm not a big fan of Gaga. But this album has its moments: Heavy Mental Lover, The Edge of Glory, Bloody Mary and the title track - very good songs !

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