Greatest Song ever

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  1. Anto McC said:

    Greatest Song ever

    What in your opinion is the greatest song ever,not your favorite song ever just what you think may be the greatest song ever.You don't evenv have to like the song.I'm sure this thread has been done before but not while i've been around so i'm bringing it back up.

    No if,ands or buts,Or honourable mentions or 3/4 song titles Just 1 song and the name of the artist/s who sang it.

    It's harder than people think to single out 1 song.
     
  2. TheOwl's Avatar

    TheOwl said:
    Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

    May as well get something meaty for your dollar
     
  3. Tony Montana said:
    The Eagles - Hotel California
    "All I have in this world is my balls and my word,and I don't break em for noone"
     
  4. ali2005's Avatar

    ali2005 said:
    Nirvana-Smells like teen spirit
     
  5. Gerrit's Avatar

    Gerrit said:
    My favourite song is Burger Queen Francais by Placebo.


    Best song ?? More difficult to say, it's a matter of personal opinion really so it doesn't feel nice to mention just one. Let's say I nominate these songs per genre:

    POP: No milk today-Herman's Hermits
    ROCK: Paint it black-Rolling Stones
    ALTERNATIVE ROCK/INDIE: Pure morning-Placebo
    HARDROCK: Ace of spades-Motorhead
    METAL: Sabbath bloody sabbath-Black Sabbath
    HIPHOP: Rapper's delight-Sugarhill gang
    GOTHIC: Bela Lugosi's dead-Bauhaus
    NEW-WAVE/DARK-WAVE: Crocodiles-Echo & The Bunnymen
    PUNK: New rose-The Damned
    INDUSTRIAL: Closer-Nine Inch Nails
    SINGER-SONGWRITER: Walk this world-Heather Nova // Song of Joy-Nick Cave
    AVANT-GARDE: Theme for thought-Virgin Prunes
    GRUNGE: Lithium-Nirvana


    Those are the ones for which I have an ideal example in my head. I let out styles that I dislike or have no interest in.

    If I'd pick just one song it would be like putting one genre above the others in importance, which doesn't feel right to me. Even though we all know that gothic is the best style
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  6. Anto McC said:
    Gerrit,i clearly stated in the first post that you could only pick 1,with none of the other boll*cks to go with it.How did i know it would be you to break the mould
     
  7. ThatGuy said:
    A Day In The Life
     
  8. CollegeTillIDie said:
    Having heard it again on Live 8
    I would have to plump for Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb from The Wall.
    I really like it even if it is not my favourite song of all time, but it is an excellently constructed song.
     
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    jorge said:
    Puff Daddy-I'll Be Missing You.
     
  10. sarah said:
    beautiful day - U2
     
  11. Closed Account 2 said:
    Well its tough one to decide, so many choices - I'll go for Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
     
  12. Anto McC said:
    Quote Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
    Well its tough one to decide, so many choices - I'll go for Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
    great song.
     
  13. TonyD's Avatar

    TonyD said:
    Not my personal favourite, but for universal appeal, and pure singability, Hey Jude, by the Beatles. Tomorrow I'll probably pick something different. That's the great thing about Music. My personal favourite, if forced to choose, is probably "Town Cryer" by Elvis Costello. It's got a great tune, superb lyrics, a great emotional vocal delivery and an absolutely belting string section at the end. A beautiful and sadly neglected classic, anybody else heard it ?
     
  14. Anto McC said:
    Never heard it Tony D but i am going to set about downloading it and will have a listen.
     
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    Iorfa said:
    Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
    Allez les Bleus
     
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    superfrank said:
    Has to be the live version of Maggot Brain on the One Nation Under A Groove special edition by Funkadelic. It's just an eight minute long guitar solo.
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    Metrostars said:
    Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
    also Freebird by Lynard Skynard
    "Jacques Santini...will be greeted in every dugout of the country by "one-nil, one-nil" - Clive Tyldsley, 89th minute of France-England June 13, 2004.
    "Ooooohhhh Nooooooo" Bobby Robson 91st minute.
     
  18. Dublin12 said:
    Life on Mars - Mr.David Bowie
    MOT
     
  19. Gerrit's Avatar

    Gerrit said:
    Quote Originally Posted by Dublin12
    Life on Mars - Mr.David Bowie
    Excellent choice ! Brilliant song...



    "Hey Jude" ?? Overrated, just like The Beatles themselves.
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  20. ThatGuy said:
    Quote Originally Posted by Gerrit
    Overrated, just like The Beatles themselves.