[jimdgoulding]

for all time or interpretations that continue to get a hold of you no matter how many times you hear them.   Ones that make you tear up, hoedown, interrupt coitus to turn up on the radio.  Personal classics I guess is another way of sayin (ones we might recognize).  Here's ten from me that never quit . .

Pretzel Logic- Steely Dan
Tramp- Lowell Fulsom
Out Of This World- John Coltrane
Would You Go- Jane Siberry
Smokestack Lightin- Howlin Wolf
I Only Have Eyes For You- The Moonglows
Nessun Dorma- Giuseppi Di Stefano
The Man I Love (messed that up the first time)- Miles Davis
Tensions- Charles Mingus (Moanin, too)
tie:  Monkey Man and Miss You- Rolling Stones

runner ups: Claire de Lune- Debussy; Pledging My Love- Johnny Ace; Sara Smile- Hall and Oates.

What gets you?

 

[JimJ]

Hendrix, SRV or DatD - Little Wing
Derek & the Dominos - Layla
Gov't Mule - Soulshine
Boston - Peace of Mind
Dylan - My Back Pages, Let Me Die In My Footsteps
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston

I'll think of the others later 

[jimdgoulding]

Who is DatD?  Gil Evans also does Little Wing beautifully.  Almost thru in his arrangement of Spoonful.

[JimJ]

Who is DatD?  Gil Evans also does Little Wing beautifully.  Almost thru in his arrangement of Spoonful.

Derek & the Dominos

I've never heard the Gil Evans version, I'll have to hear that.

[jimdgoulding]

Careful.  If might be a change of life for you.

[Demarche]

Lost In The Flood - Bruce Springsteen
5:15 - The Who
Heaven & Hell - Black Sabbath
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Dogs - Pink Floyd
20th Century Man - The KinKs
This Garden - The Levellers
New Orleans Is Sinking - The Tragically Hip
That Was The River - The Waterboys
Lawyers, Guns, & Money - Warren Zevon

[ZLS]

    Nobody Knows You When Your Down And Out: Bessie Smith
    Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You?: Billie Holiday
    Ishafan: Duke Ellington (Johnny Hodges Solo)
    'Till The Real Thing Comes Along: Judy Henske
    Over The Rainbow: Ben Webster
    After Hours Joint: Jimmy Coe
    Oh Death: Ralph Stanley (Solo Version)
    I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry: Hank Williams Senior
    Try A Little Tenderness: Otis Redding

[slinco]

Jeez, this is an impossible task, narrowing it down to ten. Oh well, here's a random list:

Child's Song - David Bromberg
Icy Blue Heart - John Hiatt
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Third Uncle - Brian Eno
No Kinda Dancer - Robert Earl Keen
Born - Over The Rhine
Jerusalem Tomorrow - David Olney
Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
I Am The Ride - Chris Smither
Choctaw Bingo - James McMurtry

Nope, sorry, can't narrow it down.     Here's some more:
The Charity Of Night - Bruce Cockburn
Los Endos - Genesis
Europa - Santana
Now She's Blonde - John Scofield
Marie - Townes van Zandt
Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
Time To Go Inward - Rodney Crowell
Invitation To The Blues - Tom Waits
Hope There's Someone - Antony and the Johnsons
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Fear Nothing - Kevin Montgomery

[amadeus916]

There are many others, but this list was easiest, and true! Haha...

Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely, Exit Music for a Film, Reckoner, Weird Fishes, Everything in it's Right Place, Pyramid Song, Last Flowers to the Hopital, Paranoid Android, No Surprises, Bodysnatchers...

Hell, I suppose I could have easily just stated "Pick any 10 Radiohead songs" and made this list even easier still...

[amadeus916]

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

+ 1

Mmmmm...Such a beautiful song. Ever heard Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions? Same vocalist from Mazzy Star...Some really nice tracks on that album as well.

[slinco]

Ever heard Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions? Same vocalist from Mazzy Star...Some really nice tracks on that album as well.

No I have not. Thanks for the tip!! 

[jimdgoulding]

Try A Little Tenderness (ZLS).  Gets me everytime.  Ditto Slinco.  If I didn't know Leonard Cohen's Suzanne, I knew a Suzanne just like he describes in a fine song, indeed.  She was a dancer from Denmark.

[mvwhiting_83]

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand (Presence) None more Epic.
Joe Hisaishi - The Legend of Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke: Symphonic Suite) From a beautiful score.
Enya - Anywhere Is (Paint the Sky With Stars) It's MY list!
Kate Bush - Waking the Witch (Hounds of Love) That voice.
Queensryche - Speak (Operation:Mindcrime) the most underated band from the 80's metal scene
Days of the New - Days in our life (The Red Album) Rock hard with acoustics.
Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street (So) My favorite song, from my favorite artist.
SRV - Tin Pan Alley (Couldn't stand the Weather) Haunting blues.
Tool - Lateralus (Lateralus) Greatest living rock band.
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth (Violator) Flawless.
Natalie Merchant - Wonder (Tigerlily)

[Mag]

I couldn't narrow it down to just 10. So 10 of my non-rock classics.

1. Cold Water Music- Aim (ambient)
2. Orochi- Kitaro, Kojicki (electronic New Age)
3. Far Above the Clouds- Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells 3 (New Age)
4. Diamonds are Forever- Best of Bond (Soundtrack)
5. Livin' Da Vida Loca- Ricky Marin (party)
6. Trilogy- Morricone, Way Out West (Classical soundtrack)
7. Classical Gas- Mason Williams (folk)
8. Journey Home- Mishi Donovan, Journey Home (folk)
9. Serontonality- Dr. Didg, Serontonality (electronic world music)
10 Theme Song- Rambo IV

[jimdgoulding]

Anybody have trouble keeping their butt still or body straight when "Hold On I'm Comin" airs?  If this were a topic about sad songs, at the top of my list would be jazz singer Carla White singing an adaptation of Langston Hughes' poem "Dream".  It's merciless.  Just sayin.

[SOM]

1. Heart of the Sunrise - Yes
2. You Never Give Me Your Money - The Beatles
3. Driving Song - Widespread Panic
4. Jessica - Allman Brothers Band
5. Satisfy My Soul - Bob Marley
6. A Really Good Time - Roxy Music
7. One Mile From Heaven - Bobb Trimble
8. Song for Sharon - Joni Mitchell
9. Sufficiently Breathless - Captain Beyond
10. You Get Me Lost - Freedy Johnston
11. Buick City Complex - Old 97's
12. Love Is How You Make It - Gong
13. Genesis - Jorma Kaukonen

I cheated!

Ask me a week from now and half of these would probably be different.....

[jimdgoulding]

In The Still of the Night
Your Cash Ain't Nothin But Trash
I Got A Woman
Gangster of Love
Boom Boom Out Goes the Lights
Money
Sittin and Thinking
Further On Up the Road

Of course, ya seldom if ever hear those around anymore.  I genuinely remember only three white tunes while in 6th grade.  Rock Around The Clock, Vesti la Giubba (Leoncavallo), and Gun Battle, etc. (Copland).  The last two at my next door neighbor's house.  A dyed in the wool bohemian lady with a big Motorola console who used to tolerate my one BB King album (re-released on Virgin, BTW).