Marc Acres 3:16 418 Report post Posted August 8, 2007 quote: Originally posted by Drunk on Mystery:And for me the greatest song ever is Hunger Strike by Temple of the Dog. Honestly, I try to live my life by it. Great choice! Chris Cornell is an insanely amazing singer. The stuff he did on the Great Expectations soundtrack was great. I saw him when he was still with Soundgarden at Lollapalooza in 97 (I think it was 97) and while he seemed really run down he still sounded great. He has a version of Ava Maria on some Christmas Comp CD and you would think it was someone like Andrea Bochelli (spelling?) but it's a freakin rock singer! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Secretly Space Jesus 670 Report post Posted August 8, 2007 quote: Originally posted by Marc Acres 3:16: quote: Originally posted by Drunk on Mystery:And for me the greatest song ever is Hunger Strike by Temple of the Dog. Honestly, I try to live my life by it. Great choice! Chris Cornell is an insanely amazing singer. The stuff he did on the Great Expectations soundtrack was great. I saw him when he was still with Soundgarden at Lollapalooza in 97 (I think it was 97) and while he seemed really run down he still sounded great. He has a version of Ava Maria on some Christmas Comp CD and you would think it was someone like Andrea Bochelli (spelling?) but it's a freakin rock singer! For me, Cornell is an absolutely brilliant singer, but hit-or-miss as a lyricist. When he's on, he's hard to top(Black Hole Sun, Outshined, the giddy Spoonman, Cochise), but often times it seems like he loses himself in his own self-perceptions. However, all of that meshed perfectly for me on the song Sunshower(from the soundtrack Marc mentioned) it's gorgeous and hard-breaking and wonderful and song amazingly, and if I ever find a way to make myself have theme music wherever I go, that'll be blasting whenever I've been having a bad time of it, and it's finally starting to get better again. Someday we'll flower....oooooohhhhh. whooahooaaha In a sweet sunshower... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nbr 15 Report post Posted August 9, 2007 quote: Originally posted by Marc Acres 3:16:*Greatist drunken Kareoke songs-Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond, Toxic Britney Spears *Greatist I'm sitting on my deck thinking of reasons to not mow my lawn and drinking a margarita-Badfish-Sublime *Greatist song that would be fatal for a person with Asthma to try and sing-Jesus Built My Hotrod-Ministry *Greatist song to air-drum to and lose 30lbs of water-One-Metallica lmao^^^^ However, you can't break down music like this. But if I have to choose, Bitter Sweet Symphony by THE VERVE. Closely followed by, Garden, Leash from Pearl Jam. How dare I choose! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Ryerson 94 Report post Posted August 9, 2007 quote: Greatest "My girlfriend of 4 years just dumped me out of the blue and I'm staring at the bottom of a bottle of Heaven Hill" - Closer - Josh Radin Joshua Radin... Nice. I saw him at The Social several months back... Good show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Secretly Space Jesus 670 Report post Posted August 9, 2007 That's the yellow ledbetter youtube video I mentioned earlier. At this point we could probably start a "What do you think the actual lyrics/meaning of Yellow Ledbetter really is?" thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marc Acres 3:16 418 Report post Posted August 9, 2007 quote: Originally posted by Drunk on Mystery:However, all of that meshed perfectly for me on the song Sunshower(from the soundtrack Marc mentioned) it's gorgeous and hard-breaking and wonderful and song amazingly, and if I ever find a way to make myself have theme music wherever I go, that'll be blasting whenever I've been having a bad time of it, and it's finally starting to get better again. Someday we'll flower....oooooohhhhh. whooahooaaha In a sweet sunshower... Drunk, you just gave me an idea for another song catagory! Greatist Song you would select as your theme music-Overkill (acoustic version from Scrubs) -Colin Hay Yet another reason to love Scrubs! For some reason the acoustic version of this song fits perfect for me. O-dub, I know I haven't been uploading songs on here for everyone to hear but it's difficult to do while I am at work. If you go to mp3sparks.com you can play a low quality version of any of the songs that we are mentioning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhnole 153 Report post Posted August 9, 2007 *Greatist getting pumped up song-80's: "Jump" - Van Halen *Greatist getting pumped up song-non 80's: "Born to Run" - Bruce Springsteen *Greatist drunken sing along 80's: "Super Freak" - Rick James *Greatist drunken sing along non 80's: "Freebird" - Lyrnard Skynard *Greatest Nonsense song, 80s: "Whip It" - Devo New Category *Greatest Getting your lady in the mood music, 80's: "Hello" - Lionel Richie - most of his stuff worked VERY well ;-) *Greatest Getting your lady in the mood music, non-80's: Tie between Barry White's "Can't get enough of your love" and and Marvin Gaye's "Let's get it on" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Live or Die Magic 383 Report post Posted August 9, 2007 Greatest "song I'd like to sing kareoke but would never do it because I've got the wrong skin color and would be laughed off the stage even though I can absolutely NAIL the song": Tie, "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye "Shake You Down" - Gregory Abbott Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marc Acres 3:16 418 Report post Posted August 9, 2007 quote: Originally posted by Live or Die Magic:Greatest "song I'd like to sing kareoke but would never do it because I've got the wrong skin color and would be laughed off the stage even though I can absolutely NAIL the song": Tie, "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye "Shake You Down" - Gregory Abbott A friend of mine and I tried to kareoke Ebony and Ivory and I got completely lost mid-way through so I just sang all messed up and danced like Carlton. The crowd seemed to like this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Live or Die Magic 383 Report post Posted August 9, 2007 quote: Originally posted by Marc Acres 3:16: quote: Originally posted by Live or Die Magic:Greatest "song I'd like to sing kareoke but would never do it because I've got the wrong skin color and would be laughed off the stage even though I can absolutely NAIL the song": Tie, "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye "Shake You Down" - Gregory Abbott A friend of mine and I tried to kareoke Ebony and Ivory and I got completely lost mid-way through so I just sang all messed up and danced like Carlton. The crowd seemed to like this. Remember that whole "they're laughing at you, not with you" thing? That only works if you do something unintentional. In this case, you were purposely trying to get laughs and it worked. You made the song your own. That would make a great nickname too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
athena 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2007 quote: Originally posted by nbr34205: quote: Originally posted by Marc Acres 3:16:*Greatist drunken Kareoke songs-Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond, Toxic Britney Spears *Greatist I'm sitting on my deck thinking of reasons to not mow my lawn and drinking a margarita-Badfish-Sublime *Greatist song that would be fatal for a person with Asthma to try and sing-Jesus Built My Hotrod-Ministry *Greatist song to air-drum to and lose 30lbs of water-One-Metallica lmao^^^^ However, you can't break down music like this. But if I have to choose, Bitter Sweet Symphony by THE VERVE. Closely followed by, Garden, Leash from Pearl Jam. How dare I choose! good choices lol. i agree, you can't break music down like this. i'll try to put some favourites up per decade 70's : fleetwood mac - the chain : simon and garfunkel - scarborough fair 80's : simple minds - don't you (forget about me) : duran duran - a view to a kill : neneh cherry - buffalo stance <--- disco era lol : foreigner - i wanna know what love is <--- 'the' love song! 90's : pearl jam - release : nirvana - smells like teen spirit : cranberries - linger : alanis morissette - uninvited as for today, there are just so many... and as some of my preferences have changed, genre wise, here's one of my favourites chicane - offshore (original mix) you can hear it on this site. click on the player for the right track ;-) http://www.chicanemusic.com/content/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Secretly Space Jesus 670 Report post Posted August 11, 2007 quote: Originally posted by Marc Acres 3:16:Greatist Song you would select as your theme music-Overkill (acoustic version from Scrubs) -Colin Hay Yet another reason to love Scrubs! For some reason the acoustic version of this song fits perfect for me. The scene where Cox smashes his guitar was one of Scrubs' best. And I'm proud to say this(and I never thought I would), but I liked Scrubs when it first came out, back when it was some fledgling show on after Friends, before it was trendy to like Zack Braff(who is great on that show, but annoying everywhere else). And another category: Greatest song that everyone claims to hate right up to the point where they see some clueless, awful singing 22 year old Karaoke-ing the hell out of it, then all of a sudden the song is awesome and the 22 year old is a hero - Meatloaf's I would do anything for love. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
