Best songs ever (in different genres)

[ssjbardock]

Everyone has a "best song ever" they love to listen to...

the purpose of this thread will be for everyone to say their's,

hopefully a lot of people will learn about new bands and get a new favorite song.

Note: no dissing on peoples choices or saying things like "blank isn't even a real (genre) band."

This is all completely opinion.

If everyone wants to start finding the best go ahead but this is mainly a "here's my favorite,
what's yours?" thread.

My personal favorite is "Save Me" by Avenged Sevenfold.

I suppose it would count towards the Alternate Metal/Metal genre.

P.S. you can post as many songs as you want I'm just choosing to post one.

 

[Dethenger]

Off the top of my head, some of my favorite songs are:

Kashmir by Led Zeppelin.
Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann.
Hotel California by The Eagles.
Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealer's Wheel.

 

[Breaker deGodot]

Hurt by Johnny Cash
Lover, You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley
Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones
We Have All the Time in the World by John Barry and Louis Armstrong

 

[suxturdman]

The Times They Are Changing by Bob Dylan
Inner City Blues by Marvin Gaye
Fade To Black by Metallica

 

[ssjbardock]

so far tons of good songs...
listened to most of them and liking it

 

[NoMansLand 666]

Here's my list of what I seem to be constantly listening to at present.

Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Megadeth - Trust (I'll stick with one as I'd list the whole discography otherwise)
Metallica - Blackened
REM - Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive (played through Mirrors Edge again recently)
Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Jose Gonzales - Far Away (From Red Dead Redemption)
Ashtar Command - Deadman's Gun (From Red Dead Redemption)
Kevin Sherwood/Elena Siegman - Coming Home (Black Ops Zombie mode)
Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell

Right, I'll stop there or I'll keep banging on.

 

[Liam Barrett]

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Dream Theater - Space-Dye Vest
Ayreon - Liquid Eternity
Kansas - Dust in the Wind
Queen - In the Lap of the Gods (revisited)
Rainbow - Rainbow Eyes
The Black Mages - One-Winged Angel

There are loads more that I could recommend, but I've got to arbitrarily draw the line somewhere

 

[AquaAscension]

Spock's Beard - Jaws of Heaven (tie between this and "With Your Kiss")
Symphony X - When All Is Lost (part of the Iconoclast concept CD)
Darkwater - Walls of Deception
Dream Theater - Endless Sacrifice
Enchant - See No Evil
Frost* - (Either) Black Light Machine (or) Milliontown
Incubus - Sick Sad Little World
Joe Satriani - What Breaks a Heart
John Petrucci - Damage Control
Paul Thorn - That's Life (or) You Might Be Wrong
Shadow Gallery - (Too many good songs) Strong (or) Digital Ghost (or) Haunted (you know what, the entire CD Digital Ghosts)

Spoiler: Shadow Gallery Songs

 

[Soulpunch]

John Frusciante - Time Tonight
Metallica - Fade To Black
Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet
John Prine - Day Is Done
Johnny Cash - Hurt Cover
Reel Big Fish - Beer
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Silverflame

On the top of my head, a bit of different genres

 

[AlAaraaf74]

Chopin: Ballades 1-4
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Beethoven: Symphony 9
Mahler: Symphonies 5 and 8
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Busoni: Piano Concerto in C
Scriabin: Sonata 5
Prokofiev: Symphony 5
Shostakovich: Symphony 7

Very different list from the others, but whateve's.

 

[TitanAtlas]

The songs i always go back to are:

Rolling Stones - gimme shelter and sympathy for the devil;
The Who - Magic Bus and My Generation;
Jimmy Hendrix - Castles of Sand and All along the watchtower;
Glitch Mob/ deadmau5 and bloodybeetles;
Protomen (the indie rocck band) - Every single song from the 2 albums;
Gorillaz - (albums Gorillaz and Demon Days more especificly);
Tenacious D - Metal, tribute and the rest of the wonderfull album...

Theres more but i can't recall them. Anyway these are the ones stuck on my mind...

 

[Bambi On Toast]

Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Pixies - Where Is My Mind
Megadeth - Five Magics
The Ramones - My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
The Clash - Train In Vain
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
Pantera - Cemetary Gates

Some of my favourite songs, from different bands on my iPod Top25 most played list.

 

[kalt_13]

Hurt by Johnny Cash

Best cover ever

 

[Brandon Leavitt]

Zedd - Scary Monsters and Nice Spirits (Remix)

 

[CrashBang]

My short list of favourite songs is:
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
AFI - God Called In Sick Today
Gallows - Abandon Ship
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Every Time I Die - Wanderlust

I always get 'current favourites' but that list stays fairly consistent

 

[nothingspringstomind]

Spoiler: Simon and Garfunkel-The Sound of Silence

Spoiler: The Animals-House of the Rising Sun

Spoiler: Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit

Spoiler: Jimi Hendrix-All Along the Watchtower

Spoiler: Chris Isaak-Wicked Game

Spoiler: Stiltskin-Inside

Spoiler: Radiohead-Creep

Spoiler: Pearl Jam-Jeremy

Spoiler: A Perfect Circle-The Outsider

Spoiler: Johann Sebastian Bach-Jesus Blibet Mienee Freunde

Spoiler: Johann Sebastian Bach-Air; On a G-string

Spoiler: Ludwig Van Beethoven-Ode to Joy

Spoiler: Ludwig Van Beethoven-Moonlight Sonata

Spoiler: Wolfgang Amadeus mozart-Requiem in D minor

To say that's all my favourites would be a damn lie. But it's the first songs that jump into my head when someone asks what my favourites are.

 

[alwaysrockon]

"I shall be released" covered by The Band....Or really any song ever by The Band.

 

[Trololo Punk]

Dead Kennedy's-"Holiday In Cambodia"
Enslaved- "Havenless"
Mars Volta-"Ourborus"
Mastodon- "The last baron" or "Blood and thunder"
(the) Melvins-"History of Bad Men
Rammstein-"Sonne"
System of a Down-"Sugar"
Tool-"Sober" or "Third Eye"
Wolfmother-"Colossal"

Captcha: Sicile." omexsur...
Really?

 

[chaosyoshimage]

Social Distortion - Angel's Wings

That's my favorite Punk song, I don't think I have any other favorite songs for other genres.

 

[DarkishFriend]

Before you read any, just know there are gonna be a lot of songs put on here and description of each. I love music and these are some songs I feel everyone should hear. Metalhead, old rock, punk rocker etc.

Spoiler: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 Coheed and Cambria

Amazing energy, good sing along chorus and an amazing refrain into the final verse at the end. If I had wrote this song, I'd be my encore song at every concert and I'd blast the tempo up. It's basically Coheed and Cambria's Freebird.

Spoiler: Blood Red Summer - Coheed and Cambria

I absolutely love the lyrics. I love the refrain in the middle of the song with the clapping. I love it's minimalist nature in the middle of an album built on big.

Spoiler: Dream On - Aerosmith

This is the power ballad to end all power ballads. If it wasn't for Led Zeppelin, I'd say this is the first real power ballad. (Stairway sounds more like an epic piece than a straight crowd pleaser.) I love the energy Steven Tyler puts into this song and it's almost depressing but is saved by the joy Steven puts into screaming "Sing with me, sing for the year."

Spoiler: Washington is Next! - Megadeth

I love this song. The riff has to be taken straight from the God of Metal himself. The first song I heard from Megadeth was Hangar 18 from GH2 and I bought this album on a whim. This song blew me away because up until that point metal had been Black Album and Radio-friendly metal. The solos are insane and I really like the lyrics.

Spoiler: Killer Queen - Queen

No list would be complete without Queen and while most people would probably put Bohemian Rhapsody, I feel this song, as a whole, is more cohesive and more together than Bohemian. It starts off with a simple piano intro and then Freddie's legendary vocals takes over the songs while Brian's guitar gently adds to the whole symphony of sound that makes this song amazing. Competes with Under Pressure for best Queen song other than Bohemian Rhapsody.

Spoiler: Sympathy For the Devil

Rolling Stones - No matter how much I move away from traditional and old rock n roll this song will forever stay a favorite for me. All the instruments add together perfectly and the idea of making into a samba is probably what made this song so amazing. When he guitar solo at the end comes I don't feel like I was waiting for, but it is certainly welcomed. While not overly intricate, the notes aren't squandered, nor are they overused. It's a fantastic little hook that adds together fantastic and slightly insightful lyrics delivered from Mick are spot on for the song, definitively not sounding like Rubber Soul.

Spoiler: Everlong - Foo Fighters

While Foo Fighters doesn't boast extreme guitar chops, fantastic vocals or anything that would distinguish it as a band of extreme skill it does have one thing. Dave Grohl knows how to write a fantastic and catchy song. He took the right elements, the song is fast, but not too fast. The refrain in the middle separates the choruses so it keeps it seeming fresh every listen through. The lyrics are a beautiful love song that captures the ear upon listening and is the highlight of the album.