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What is your favorite song of all time?
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 21:44
I know...impossible question. But, what is that one song that stirs something inside you every time you hear it...even after thousands of listens...
Mine- "The Long and Winding Road" The Beatles
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I don't think I'll ever be able to name my "favorite song of all time", but I'll go with Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley. I know it's cliche, but no matter what version or what artist does it, that song always gets me.
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Last night, I dreamt the whole night long
I woke with a head full of songs
I spent the whole day, I wrote em down
but it's a shame
Tonight, I'll burn the lyrics
'cause every chorus was your name.
Joe c***er STOLE "Feelin' Alright" from Traffic
Joe c***er STOLE "She Came In ..." from The Beatles
Johnny Cash STOLE "Hurt" from NIN
That's not a Jeff Buckley song, although I will not argue he stole it.....
If I could only remember from whom.........
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Myself I long for love and light,
but must it come so cruel, and oh so bright? - L Cohen
There you go with that offensive language again...
Hallelujah was a Leonard Cohen song. The first time I played the Jeff Buckley version in the car (I was totally 16, and learning to parallel park... what a memory!) my mom sang every word, and blew my teenage mind
She's not cool often, but when she is, it's incredible 
Imagine - John Lennon
Change - Blind Melon
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"you're the words... in a song.. that Hoon sang to me...."
Yeah, I was trying to be funny, I guess. My sig is from the Leonard Cohen song "Joan of Arc"
Never has someone being burned at the stake been so beautifully romanticized. The imagery of fire as her lover.....the guy is a poet and a genius.
and HooN_LovE, Change is one of my favorite songs of all-time if only for the cynical resolution of this line...
but I know we all can't live forever
so I'll write my words on the face of today.
Then they'll paint it.
but I live this line
"Oh, as I fade away.
They'll all look at me and say
"Hey look at him. I'll never live that way."
and it's ok.
They're just afraid of change."
I have several live recordings of that song and true to it's name, almost every version has slightly different lyrics. It will always be one of my favorite BM songs....
along with Tones of Home, No
Rain, Vernie, and Toes Across The Floor.
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Myself I long for love and light,
but must it come so cruel, and oh so bright? - L Cohen
Mine is Whiskey Before Breakfast.
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I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.
Yellow Ledbetter. Even if I can't understand half of what he's saying.
"Yeah, I was trying to be funny, I guess."
I was talking about the filtered version of Joe C.'s name. I didn't know if you'd realized how it posted.
I have to admit I'm not a big Leonard Cohen fan, though I love "Hallelujah".
I could pick a different one every minute; here are a few that I consider Perfect Pop Singles. I can never play them once, I always sigh at the end & hit repeat. "Teenage Kicks" - The Undertones, "Its Cold Outside" - The Choir, "There She Goes" - The La's
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"Rock & Roll means well, it just can't help telling young boys lies." Mike Cooley
Yes this is an impossible question without a doubt.
At this juncture I will go with Dear Prudence.
This post got me thinking of the Beatles and how many great songs they have. It is incredibly hard to even pick my favorite Beatles song. Then I started thinking about a board members tag line that says something like "If the Beatles were from Appalachia"
I hate to steal this thread but could we dare say the Avett Brothers have what it takes to be this era's Beatles?
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Do the best you can and that wont go unseen
I do think that Scott and Seth have the creative songwriting and collaberative edge much like Lennon and McCartney. I don't think that anyone could take the world by storm like the Beatles did, however. They revolutionized music, but they came out initially with such a pop sound and got the world to stand up and take notice and then evolved and changed throughout the years. I think that many will make this comparison before it's all over and that alone is a pretty incredible distinction.
I agee 100%
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Do the best you can and that wont go unseen
I 100% agree about the Beatles comparison. I have thought that forever. That quote is in my siggy. As soon as I saw that in a review, I snagged it, because I think it is absolutely true. The Avett Brothers have the same innate gift of words and melody. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say I prefer them to the Beatles. I never thought I would say that a few years ago, but their lyrics are more meaningful to me. The Beatles lyrics were sometimes a little out there and unrelatable.
(edited, because degree and agree do not have the same meaning....)
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If the Beatles were from Appalachia instead of Liverpool, they might sound like the Avett Brothers – they were that good.
Things change and get strange with the movement of time.
It's happening right now to you.
"Oh, as I fade away.
They'll all look at me and say
"Hey look at him. I'll never live that way."
and it's ok.
They're just afraid of change."
I always thought it was something about a freight train. I do love that song. Now i know the lyrics.
My song is "The last time I saw Richard"
Amie, by Pure Prairie League.
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-Jeremy
#70
Can I get a high-five?
Sometimes it's unfair to designate a favorite song of all time but I must say that 'The Weight' by The Band and 'Every Time We Say Goodbye by John Coltrane' (with M. Tyner on piano) songs that are nearly perfect.
Currently iTunes claims my favorite song of all time would be 'Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again' - Bob Dylan and it is definitely best-song-of-all-time material.
The Boxer- Simon & Garfunkel, for sentimental reasons. I remember rolling down the road in the old blue Toyota Corolla my parents used to own and singing along to this song with my dad. When I hear it, I smile and think about what a great childhood I was blessed to have.
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Team Avett #36
this is damn near impossible for me, but a song that currently hits me every time i hear it is "blue ridge mountains" - fleet foxes. i def wouldn"t say its my favorite off all time but it evokes a plethora of emotions.
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"a woman's heart runs on gasoline"
Changes daily...today it's "Redemption Song" sung by Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer.
"The Boxer- Simon & Garfunkel"
I love that song. Definitely in my top 10 along with "America"
How about "slip slidin' away"?
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-Jeremy
#70
Can I get a high-five?
"Copperhead Road" never seems to get old to me.
I used to have Steve Earle as my signature on the old board, didn't I?
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"Ronnie and Neil, Ronnie and Neil
Rock stars today ain't half as real
Speaking there minds on how they feel
Let them guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil"
I have a million but the first that comes to mind is Angeles - Elliott Smith. That guy crushes me. He did no wrong in my opinion. If you never heard this song, please check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMSU4QDbdew&feature=fvw
Another that comes to mind is Debonair - Afghan Whigs, Greg Dulli is coller then you will ever be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9b8aICpyEg
"Oh My Sweet Carolina" -- Ryan Adams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvIRk8wvC_A
This song taps into some primitive emotions that other songs rarely penetrate. Carolina is more than a geographical location...it's a way of life...it's friends...it's family. No matter where I go or what I do, this place I call home will be an unshakeable constant that will always be there for me. The sweetest winds really do blow across the south.
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"The words you wish your head didn't say are the ones their heart will hold onto the longest." -- Bill Mallonee
Ruby - Excellent pick with Yellow Ledbetter. That's definitely in my top 3.
I would go with "Atmosphere" by Joy Division right now. If I would have seen this post two days ago, I would have picked Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights." It's always changing for me, just like everyone else.
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We are the true believers.
2 songs that I never tire of are "So What" by Miles Davis and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" by the Allman Brothers Band.
I've always had a thing for Paint It Black by the Stones
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We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.
~Willy Wonka
I have two...
Swallowed In the Sea - Coldplay
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
and really any Avett Bro song
"2 songs that I never tire of are "So What" by Miles Davis and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" by the Allman Brothers Band." - Scott C
I'm with ya on both of those
I also love Pint It Black. There was a movie recently that used that song for the throughout. Pretty intense flick if I recall, but I remember thinking what a perfect foreboding song.
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http://www.tablive.net
last time I posted some perfect pop songs. Here are a couple I have on a list titled "spiritual moments":
Charlie Rich - "Feel Like Going Home" ('73 demo, available on, Feel Like Going Home, The Essential Charlie Rich) his sigh at the end kills me every time.
Judee Sill - The Donor (live on the BBC, '73, available on, Live In London, The BBC Recordings 1972-1973)
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"Rock & Roll means well, it just can't help telling young boys lies." Mike Cooley
I also love Pint It Black.
Is that a drinking song TafKam?
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WWABD?
CHARLIE RICH!??!?!
The SILVER FOX!?!?!
Ah, man. Don't let me get a couple of beers in me and "Behind Closed Doors" come on the jukebox!!
"And she makes me glad
that I'm
a MAN!
Coz no one knows
what goes on
behind closed doors"
Ah, girl, come over here and let me sway a little bit wit cha.
That's my s***!
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http://www.tablive.net
Glad to know I'm not the only one with a soft spot for Charlie Rich, a truly underrated talent. A jazz cat who got locked in a country bag; it made for some sublime moments!
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"Rock & Roll means well, it just can't help telling young boys lies." Mike Cooley
Yeah, I'm little surprised to see his name pop up too. Good call.
He was the Bruce Hornsby of his time....or...er....something like that.
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http://www.tablive.net
mt. saint helens - hunger mountain boys
My idiotic husband just asked me to post on his behalf...
"Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" by Ted Nugent
(This may belong on the "let's intentionally get censored thread")
hahaha, Ann.......that cracked me up. I'm not sure if it is the song or the idiotic husband thing.
....probably both
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When at first I learned to speak.
I used all my words to fight.
With him and her and you and me.
Ahh, but it's just a waste of time.
Yeah it’s such a waste of time.
If the Beatles were from Appalachia instead of Liverpool, they might
"this song is dedicated to all that Nashville" ...
yeah...you might be right.
I was always more of a Stranglehold or Free For All man, myself, but I like a Terrible Ted. Up until Weekend Warriors when he started becoming a parody of himself.
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http://www.tablive.net
Eh, "Stranglehold" is a way better Terrible Ted song.
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"Rock & Roll means well, it just can't help telling young boys lies." Mike Cooley
Truly an impossible question....as of today, I would have to say my favorite is Catch the Wind by Donovan.
yes yes absolutely a tough question ummmmm
yah the beatles were great as everyone else has said.
If i was on a deserted island and could only listen to one band for the rest of my life although, it would be tough for me to choose between the beatles and tab I certainly would choose the avetts
ANYHOW
as for my favorite song well right now i really like
"put a penny in the slot" by fionn regan or anything by him for that matter
Fleet foxes songs are great
I've always loved "going up the country" by canned heat
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" bob dylan
oh and hows this for cliche "Nothing compares to you" Sinead O'Connor
hehe
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-KAY
Dead Flowers -Rolling Stones or TVZ depending on the mood.
Oh Wyson, you've now reminded me that I need "another girl to take my pain away. "
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"Rock & Roll means well, it just can't help telling young boys lies." Mike Cooley
to hard to pick just one, I have a huge spot in my heart for "if its the beaches" I used to listen to that song over and over and over and over (heard this like a week after hearing "at the beach"(totally love that song too) which was my first avett song thought the brothers had an obsession with the coast). "greensboro woman" is really good and so is "waiting around to die". "green grass and high tides" is also great cause it reminds me of the goood times i used to have with one of my friends sipping some beer and playing that on repeat a couple years ago. i give up i could keep going for a while haha