TitanTiger 20,511 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Ok, here are the requirements for participation on this thread. You HAVE to pick only one song, anyone who lists more than one gets their post deleted. And no listing one song for every style or every era. Just go out on a limb. Also, you cannot pick based on how big a hit something was...in other words, leave the profit motive out of it. That doesn't mean you can't pick a huge hit, but you have to make your pick based on what you really feel is probably the best pop song ever written, or the pop song that you would pick as the one you wish you could say your wrote because you're just that proud of what a great work of art it is or whatever. Ok, here goes. It was hard, and personal taste definitely plays into this. But if I pick any song to say "I wrote that" because I think it's just that good, I'd say: One by U2 I like everything about that song. Bono's vocal is amazing. The lyrics ache with pain and emotion. It's poetic. And musically, the song just has this slow build that perfectly captures the emotion of the lyric and the characters in the song. There you go. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,511 Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 Oh yeah, be sure to include the lyrics for the song you pick: One Is it getting better Or do you feel the same Will it make it easier on you now You got someone to blame You say... One love One life When it's one need In the night One love We get to share it Leaves you baby if you Don't care for it Did I disappoint you Or leave a bad taste in your mouth You act like you never had love And you want me to go without Well it's... Too late Tonight To drag the past out into the light We're one, but we're not the same We get to Carry each other Carry each other One... Have you come here for forgiveness Have you come to raise the dead Have you come here to play Jesus To the lepers in your head Did I ask too much More than a lot You gave me nothing Now it's all I got We're one But we're not the same Well we Hurt each other Then we do it again You say Love is a temple Love a higher law Love is a temple Love the higher law You ask me to enter But then you make me crawl And I can't be holding on To what you got When all you got is hurt One love One blood One life You got to do what you should One life With each other Sisters Brothers One life But we're not the same We get to Carry each other Carry each other One...life One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaGrad03 0 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 All along the watchtower - Hendrix Song is awesome. Lyrics kick ass. Its just wonderful. DMB covered it very very well. Both versions are awesome. But they share the value of excellent original writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny AU-92 0 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose - GREATEST STATEMENT EVER. "Me And Bobby McGee" (As recorded by Janis Joplin) KRIS KRISTOFFERSON FRED FOSTER Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' fer a train When I's feeling nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained And rode us all the way to New Orleans I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana I's playing soft while Bobby sung the blues, n-yeah Windshield wipers slapping time I's, holding Bobby's hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose Nothing, I mean nothing honey if it ain't free, no no Yeah feeling good was easy Lord when he sang the blues You know feeling good was good enough for me Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee. From Kentucky coal mine to the California sun Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of my soul Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the cold world One day a near Selina Lord, I let him slip away He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it But I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose Nothing, and that's all that Bobby left me, yeah But feeling good was easy Lord when he sang the blues Hey feeling good was good enough for me, hmm-mm Good enough for me and Bobby McGee. La da la la la, la da la la la da la La da da la la la Bobby McGee yeah La da la la la, la da la la la da la La da da la la la Bobby McGee yeah La da la la la, la da la la la da la La da da la la la Bobby McGee yeah Lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo Lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo Lo lo lo lo lo lo Bobby McGee Lo lo lo lo lo lo Bobby McGee Lord I called him my lover, I called him my man I said called him my lover just the best I can and c'mon And and a Bobby oh, and a Bobby McGee yeah Lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo Hey hey hey Bobby McGee, lord. La da la la la, la da la la la la la Hey hey hey Bobby McGee yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,055 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 I like the live version best. WHIPPING POST The Allman Brothers I been run down, I been lied to, I don’t know why I let that mean woman make me a fool. She took all my money, wrecked my new car. Now she’s with one of my goodtime buddies, They’re drinkin’ in some crosstown bar. Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel, Like I been tied to the whipping post, Tied to the whipping post, Tied to the whipping post, Good lord, I feel like I’m dyin’. My friends tell me, that I’ve been such a fool, And I have to stand by and take it baby, all for lovin’ you. Drown myself in sorrow, and I look at what you’ve down. But nothin’ seems to change, the bad times stay the same, And I can’t run. Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel, Like I been tied to the whipping post Tied to the whipping post, Tied to the whipping post, Good lord, I feel like I’m dyin’. Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel, Like I been tied to the whipping post Tied to the whipping post, Tied to the whipping post, Good lord, I feel like I’m dyin’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bammanmr 0 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 While I'd be hard-pressed to beat Whipping Post and All Along the Watchtower (written by Dylan and released in 1967, just to clarify), my pick is the late-night bar favorite... American Pie - Don McLean A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile and I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while but February made me shiver with every paper I delivered, bad news on the door step, I couldn't take one more step, I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride but something touched me deep inside, the day, the music, died. So... CHORUS Bye, bye Miss American Pie drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye singin this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die. Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above, if the bible tells you so, and do you believe in rock n' roll, can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow? Well I know that you're in love with him cuz I saw you dancin in the gym you both kicked off your shoes and I dig those rhythm and blues. I was a lonely teenage bronkin buck with a pink carnation and a pick up truck but I knew I was out of luck, the day, the music, died. I started singin... Chorus Now for ten years we've been on our own and moss grows fat on a rollin stone but that's not how it used to be, when the jester sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean and a voice that came from you and me, oh and while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown the courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned, and while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park and we sang dirges in the dark, the day, the music, died. We were singin... Chorus Helter Skelter in a summer swelter the birds flew off with a fallout shelter, eight miles high and fallin fast, its the land that falled on the grass the players tried for a forward pass with the jester on the sidelines in a cast, now the half-time air was sweet perfume while the sergeants played a marching tune we all got up to dance oh but we never got the chance oh as the players tried to take the field the marching band refused to yield do you recall what was revealed, the day, the music, died. We started singin... Chorus Oh and there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space with no time left to start again, so come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candle stick because fire is the devils only friend, oh and as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clinched in fists of rage, no angel born in hell could break that satan's spell and as the planes climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial right I saw satan laughing with delight, the day, the music, died. He was singin... Chorus I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news but she just smiled and turned away, I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before but the man there said the music wouldn't play and in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried, and the poets dreamed but not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken and the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, they caught the last train for the coast, the day, the music, died, and they were singin... Chorus They were singin... Bye, bye Miss American Pie drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye singin this will be the day that I die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Al 0 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Telegraph Road by Dire Straits-Live or studio is great. It's a long song, 13 min. +/-, but displays the best music Mark Knopfler has written, that I know of, anyway. A long time ago came a man on a track walking thirty miles with a pack on his back and he put down his load where he thought it was the best made a home in the wilderness he built a cabin and a winter store and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore and the other travellers came riding down the track and they never went further, no, they never went back then came the churches then came the schools then came the lawyers then came the rules then came the trains and the trucks with their loads and the dirty old track was the telegraph road Then came the mines - then came the ore then there was the hard times then there was a war telegraph sang a song about the world outside telegraph road got so deep and so wide like a rolling river. . . And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze people driving home from the factories there's six lanes of traffic three lanes moving slow. . . I used to like to go to work but they shut it down I got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed we're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles they can always fly away from this rain and this cold you can hear them singing out their telegraph code all the way down the telegraph road You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights when life was just a bet on a race between the lights you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care but believe in me baby and I'll take you away from out of this darkness and into the day from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain from the anger that lives on the streets with these names 'cos I've run every red light on memory lane I've seen desperation explode into flames and I don't want to see it again. . . From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed all the way down the telegraph road TT, "One" is very good, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaGrad03 0 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 TigerAl..my vote from Dire Straits would either be "Fade To Black" or "Every Street" Man i love dire straits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger in Spain 0 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 AMEN MIKE!! Whipping Post is the best song ever recorded. You can feel the pain in Greg Allmans' voice, and the hard hitting music drives the blues into your soul. The 23 minute version on the "Live at the Fillmore East" album is the only one I listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubie16 1 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Well my favorite songs ever written are country....but you asked for Rock/Pop soo here is my all-time favorite rock song. Rolling Stones--Wild Horses Childhood living is easy to do The things you wanted I bought them for you Graceless lady you know who I am You know I can’t let you slide through my hands Wild horses couldn’t drag me away Wild, wild horses, couldn’t drag me away I watched you suffer a dull aching pain Now you decided to show me the same No sweeping exits or offstage lines Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind Wild horses couldn’t drag me away Wild, wild horses, couldn’t drag me away I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie I have my freedom but I don’t have much time Faith has been broken, tears must be cried Let’s do some living after we die Wild horses couldn’t drag me away Wild, wild horses, we’ll ride them some day Wild horses couldn’t drag me away Wild, wild horses, we’ll ride them some day I think this song probably has different meanings for everybody, but it definately hits me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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