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Post by kmc on Apr 15, 2006 15:10:28 GMT -5
This board is dedicated to those songs that, while they don't usually make anyone's canon of "Best Damn Song In The World Dammit) list, hold a special place in your heart. So please, not a hundred rehashes of "Born To Run", "Stairway", or "Freebird." You don't have to be obscure. But don't be predictable, either.
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Post by kmc on Apr 15, 2006 15:22:50 GMT -5
With that:
Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick
I can't not listen to this when it comes on, and I own it on about three different albums/cds. It's all about the sax, and the total sadness it conveys. Your Latest Trick is probably one of my favorite Dire Straits songs, and would be my favorite were it not for Brothers in Arms, which is one of my top ten rock songs ever (full disclosure).
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Post by Galactus on Apr 15, 2006 15:31:11 GMT -5
Men At Work- Overkill
I really love this song. Honestly, Colin Hay's a good writter if you can get past how 80's the production and arragments are. Overkill kicks ass anyway.
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Post by riley on Apr 15, 2006 15:42:47 GMT -5
The Lemonheads - "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You"
This was actually a single from Car Button Cloth, when they were sort of on the way down. Truth be told, I think the album was almost the equivalent to an Evan Dando solo effort under the Lemonheads brand. I own the disc, but I'm really pretty unfamiliar with it. None the less, this song always makes me smile. It makes me think of my wife (wife to be at the time) and I unpacking our stuff the first day we moved into our first apartment in downtown Hali. This song goes on and I automatically break into a standard McCartney head bob.
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Post by Galactus on Apr 15, 2006 15:57:33 GMT -5
Tenderfoot is the best song on Car Button Cloth. Try to find the acoustic version.
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Post by Ayinger on Apr 15, 2006 21:00:31 GMT -5
Men At Work- Overkill I really love this song. Honestly, Colin Hay's a good writter if you can get past how 80's the production and arragments are. Overkill kicks ass anyway. I was really amazed at how much I liked some of his later acoustic versions of MAW songs. Always meant to look more into his solo stuff.... ~~~~~~~~~~ My own off top of my head: "Baby Blue" - Badfinger -- perfect pop that also draws a sadness out of me |
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Post by limitdeditionlayla on Apr 15, 2006 21:12:43 GMT -5
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
The best darn break-up song I've ever heard & a slice of MOR-pop perfection.
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Post by riley on Apr 15, 2006 21:18:55 GMT -5
~~~~~~~~~~ My own off top of my head: "Baby Blue" - Badfinger -- perfect pop that also draws a sadness out of me Great song. Way more obvious, but their "No Matter What" is one of my favorites too. |
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Post by kmc on Apr 16, 2006 11:09:27 GMT -5
Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
I don't even know if it needs explaining.
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Post by poseidon on Apr 16, 2006 19:05:59 GMT -5
[/b]Off The Wall - Michael Jackson[/b] I don't even know if it needs explaining.[/quote] "Thriller" was better. |
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Post by Galactus on Apr 16, 2006 19:09:47 GMT -5
Off The Wall and Thriller are both great albums...would it were that Micheal Jackson were still around...
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Post by kool on Apr 16, 2006 19:32:50 GMT -5
Off The Wall is 10x better than Thriller.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Apr 17, 2006 7:34:09 GMT -5
With that: Dire Straits - Your Latest TrickI can't not listen to this when it comes on, and I own it on about three different albums/cds. It's all about the sax, and the total sadness it conveys. Your Latest Trick is probably one of my favorite Dire Straits songs, and would be my favorite were it not for Brothers in Arms, which is one of my top ten rock songs ever (full disclosure). You've managed to pick out the only two Dire Straits songs I really, really like in just one post. Well played. The Aeroplane Flies High - Smashing Pumpkins Never gonna make any 'best of' lists, not least because it's a B-side. But Corgan's best guitar work, imo. |
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Apr 17, 2006 9:29:51 GMT -5
I rocked out Mike Watt's "Piss Bottle Man" this weekend and I have to say, wow, what an incredible song.
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Post by tuneschick on Apr 19, 2006 11:08:54 GMT -5
Violent Femmes - American Music
Everytime I hear this song, I'm 18 again. Skipping class on those warm spring days to drive to the beach with my three best girlfriends, blaring the Femmes and eating french fries from the best joint in town. Sitting on the hood of the car and smoking cigarettes at the beach, then skinnydipping where the lifeguard couldn't see us and driving back to school sitting on towels.
Sigh.
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