15 Indispensable Songs

BenjaminWells · Post by **BenjaminWells** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:24 am

I received a gift card for $15 at iTunes. Woo hoo! I'm rich!

Please offer 3 (brutally hard I know) must have songs and give your reason. I'm open to all genres, all eras, but what I'm looking for are iconic songs that represent a genre or era to you. You know, stuff no self respecting music person should miss.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:17 am

Though I'd probably change my three songs in five minutes, as of this very moment, I'd say:

God Only Knows - Beach Boys...reinforces, for me, the beauty of a simple lyric, beautifully sung.
I See a Darkness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy...because it's the best study in dynamics that I know of.
Take Me to the River - Al Green...it's smooth, it rocks, it's got incredible musicians all over it, and it always sounds like it's going to explode from the speakers at any moment.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:27 am

Top of my head:

Stay a Little Longer - Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys. Get the version from "Encore" if possible.

I Want You Back - The Jackson 5. Fantastic arrangement, great vocals.

Doris Smiling - Donny Who Loved Bowling. Because I need the money.

Gebo · Post by **Gebo** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:25 pm

My War - Black Flag
Search And Destroy - Stooges
The Kids Are Alright - The Who

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:21 pm

Gebo wrote:The Kids Are Alright - The Who

I'm playing that tune on a show in DC Friday night. Gotta love it.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

Gebo · Post by **Gebo** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:23 pm

cgarges wrote:
Gebo wrote:The Kids Are Alright - The Who
I'm playing that tune on a show in DC Friday night. Gotta love it.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

One of my all time favorite songs. Such a classic!

NeglectedFred · Post by **NeglectedFred** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:18 pm

Gebo wrote:
cgarges wrote:
Gebo wrote:The Kids Are Alright - The Who
I'm playing that tune on a show in DC Friday night. Gotta love it.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC
One of my all time favorite songs. Such a classic!

Forgive me musicians and recordists, for I am about to sin... I don't friggen' get it.. That abnoxious number drives me nuts on so many levels. In fact it frustrates me hysterically that that horrible excuse for a song is so well liked. I'm sorry.

Oh..

no, no wait a minute..

Yeah that one's OK.. I was thinking of Cheap Trick surrender.. God that song sucks.. Whatever you do, don't waste any of your gift card on that.. My bad.. As you were..

BenjaminWells · Post by **BenjaminWells** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:22 pm

that is SO weird...

when I first read the song title, "Surrender" by Cheap Trick was the song I started singing in my head.. then I realized it too, just as you did in your post.

Great minds think alike... and so do we.

Thanks for the songs friends.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:58 pm

NeglectedFred wrote: I was thinking of Cheap Trick surrender.. God that song sucks.. Whatever you do, don't waste any of your gift card on that.. My bad.. As you were..

I pray for you, my child. Clearly you're a lost soul. That song is fantastic.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:29 pm

dwlb wrote:
NeglectedFred wrote: I was thinking of Cheap Trick surrender.. God that song sucks.. Whatever you do, don't waste any of your gift card on that.. My bad.. As you were..

I pray for you, my child. Clearly you're a lost soul. That song is fantastic.

i prefer "She's Tight".

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:37 pm

RefD wrote:
dwlb wrote:
NeglectedFred wrote: I was thinking of Cheap Trick surrender.. God that song sucks.. Whatever you do, don't waste any of your gift card on that.. My bad.. As you were..

I pray for you, my child. Clearly you're a lost soul. That song is fantastic.
i prefer "She's Tight".

From Cheap Trick's seminal Songs About Your Mom album?

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:47 pm

dwlb wrote:
RefD wrote:
dwlb wrote:
NeglectedFred wrote: I was thinking of Cheap Trick surrender.. God that song sucks.. Whatever you do, don't waste any of your gift card on that.. My bad.. As you were..

I pray for you, my child. Clearly you're a lost soul. That song is fantastic.
i prefer "She's Tight".
From Cheap Trick's seminal Songs About Your Mom album?

EDIT: *finally gets the "seminal" part*

BenjaminWells · Post by **BenjaminWells** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:46 am

3 Songs... 3 Songs... Please sir may I ave some more?

Jay Reynolds · Post by **Jay Reynolds** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:54 am

I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
Sailing Away - Jethro Tull
Ain't No Thang - Outkast

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:11 am

Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet - Mekons

Salvatoris - Garmarna/Hildegard Von Bingen

Compositions For The Young And Old - Bob Mould

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