Top 10 songs of all time

What are your top ten favorite songs of all time?

Sorry if there is already a thread for this, but I did look and found nothing.

Here is mine, in no particular order:

-Hotel California, Eagles

-Savior, Skillet

-Miss America, Styx

-Back in Black, AC/DC

-Don't you Worry Child, Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin

-Kountry Gentlemen, Family Force 5

-Livin' on a Prayer, Bon Jovi

-Magnum Opus, Kansas

-Peace of Mind, Boston

-Never Let Me Go, Family Force 5

^At this point, I'm not sure I could narrow it down. But let me be a total nerd and comment on some of yours!

-Hotel California, Eagles

This might make my list. I've never considered it to be even remotely overrated, nor overplayed. Regardless of any rumored meaning, I've always found it to be personally inspiring.

-Savior, Skillet

Not my top Skillet song, but it's from my favorite Skillet album. I was crazy for "Open Wounds" and "My Obsession."

-Livin' on a Prayer, Bon Jovi

I'm sure many call it cheesy, but this song just tears me up inside. Something about the deliciously dated 80s sound combined with the down-and-out lyrical content really gets to me.

-Hotel California, Eagles

-Livin' on a Prayer, Bon Jovi

Two awesome songs. Still, I haven't figured out my list just yet.

my goodness.. y'all are SO, SO young.

can't POSSIBLY do 10. . so I made it 15. I tried to keep it to just 1 song per band. . otherwise I could have a full list of Beatles, Elton John, the Who, the Stones, etc.

15) "Supersonic" -- Oasis

14) "Lucky Man" -- the Verve

13) "Nothing Compares 2U" -- Sinead O'Conner (Prince cover)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0

12) "Lucky Man" -- Emerson Lake and Palmer *(same name as the Verve song, but completely different song)

11) "Annie's Song" -- John Denver

10) "We Will Rock You" -- Queen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMLiqEqMQyQ

9) "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" -- Smashing Pumpkins

8) "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" -- Gordon Lightfoot

and I'm gonna "cheat" here and say this is a TIE, since the other GL song I would put in my top10 is "Sundown"

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8rR7E6NfY4

7) "Runnin With the Devil" -- Van Halen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcvtnEvclGs

6) "Rocket Man" -- Elton John

5) "Rock and Roll all Night" -- KISS

4) "Wild Horses" -- the Rolling Stones (tho I could have gone with "Sympathy for the Devil". . coin flip.

3) "Behind Blue Eyes" -- the Who

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfuWXRZe9yA

2) "Hey Jude" -- the Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDdI7GhZSQA

1) "Heroes" -- David Bowie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBuwC4VJi50

I'm pretty shocked at who I left off (Zeppelin, Cream, Nirvana). . but I did keep dance/industrial off the list (that would be a separate top 10)

but I will add one bonus song (It really does belong in my top 5. . .but just couldn't fit it in)

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" -- Swans (Joy Division cover)

[youtu_be]

just beautiful.

10. Say It Ain't So -- Weezer

9. Hotel California -- Eagles

8. Time -- Pink Floyd

7. Free Bird -- Lynyrd Skynyrd

6. Us and Them -- Pink Floyd

5. High Hopes -- Pink Floyd

4. Stairway to Heaven -- Ledd Zeppelin

3. Comfortably Numb -- Pink Floyd

2. Bohemian Rhapsody -- Queen

1. Wish You Were Here -- Pink Floyd

Obviously I've got a thing for Pink Floyd but High Hopes is easily one of the most underrated songs ever in my opinion.

This is very challenging. I'm really pulling this out on the fly, but here goes:

1. Train In Vain - The Clash

2. Respectable - The Rolling Stones

3. Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World - U2

4. Hash Pipe - Weezer

5. Grow Up - Paramore

6. It's Only Love - Bryan Adams (with Tina Turner)

7. Layla - Eric Clapton (as Derek & The Dominoes)

8. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits

9. Watch Over You - Alter Bridge

10. Just Like Tiger Woods - Steel Panther

This list will probably change after more thought.

Mer's list: (one per band)

1. Finally Free (Scene Nice) // Dream Theater

2. Lost It All // Avenged Sevenfold

3. Arrival Of Love // Circus Maximus

4. Unbreakable // Stratovarius

5. Rebel Of Babylon // Metallica

6. Here's To Us // Halestorm

7. Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist // Muse

8. Submerged // Spock's Beard

9. The Trees // Rush

10. Lazy Eye // Silversun Pickups

^^Train in Vain is awesome. Also liking all the classic rock songs posted. In fact, I can tell I'm going to agree with a lot of the songs named here (at least in terms of liking them generally), so I'll try not to comment on too many of them!

There's no possible way I can narrow it down to just 10 songs. I listen to so many bands, I don't even think I could narrow it down to 20 or even 30. I'll post 20 in no particular order, but it probably won't be my "top 20" songs and more like "20 songs I really enjoy."

"Blackbird" - Alter Bridge (I can say though that this is my favorite song of all time)

"Wonderful Tonight" - Eric Clapton

"Into The Mouth Of Hell We March" - Trivium

"Dazed And Confused" - Led Zeppelin

"Walk With Me In Hell" - Lamb Of God

"Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche

"Tired" - Stone Sour

"The Feel Good Drag" - Anberlin

"Demons" - Imagine Dragons

"Redemption" - Shadows Fall

"Still Counting" - Volbeat

"La Villa Strangiato" - Rush

"Pull Me Under" - Dream Theater

"The Bigger Picture" - Dream Theater

"Words Darker Than Their Wings" - Alter Bridge

"Shooting Star" - Bad Company

"Master Of Puppets" - Metallica

"Second Chance" - Shinedown

"Watch The Children Pray" - Metal Church

"Time Machine" - The Winery Dogs

I really am all over the place with this list. Like I said, this is not a list of my top songs, because I can't sort the songs I listen to into any kind of top 10 or top 20 or top anything.

^Liking the Alter Bridge love, a very underrated band.

A few other worthy entries I completely forgot:

Hey Jude - The Beatles

Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine

Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Death To My Home Town - Bruce Springsteen

Fat Lip - Sum 41

Feeling This - Blink 182

Parallel Universe - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin

My Own Prison - Creed

Alison - Elvis Costello

^ I just saw Alter Bridge back on Monday. Myles was sick so his voice was probably only 70%, but it was an amazing show. They are most definitely underrated, and are without a doubt my favorite modern rock band, especially after the concert I went to. Tremonti was also pissing my dad off majorly. My dad plays guitar a bit, and it was making him really mad how easy Tremonti made it look while playing these super complex parts. He was like "You could at least pretend to make it look difficult, jackass!" No, but it was really amazing to watch him play, and it was extra amazing because for their encore they brought out PAUL REED F**KING SMITH, founder of PRS guitars, of whom Mark is endorsed, to jam along with them on Rise Today.

Ive been DJing for almost 20 years so there's no way I could whittle it down to 10 songs. I get overwhelmed at the thought. Just my mp3 collection is pushing 35,000 files. Thats not counting a lifetime of purchasing vinyl and CD's (and some cassettes that I have held onto believe it or not!) You can check out what I'm listening to on my last.fm profile.

Wow, this is challenging. My favorite songs Spotify list contains over 160 songs

I tried to make my top 10, in random order though :

Schism - Tool : the best concert I have ever seen, shortly after the release of Lateralus

I remember - Deadmau5 : perfect build up EDM song

Plug in baby - Muse : amazing live band with so many great songs

Touching me - Finnebassen : my favorite EDM producer

Sheena is a punkrocker - The Ramones : my favorite band of all time. I could have filled my top 10 with Ramones songs

There is a light that never - the Smiths : best lyrics of all songs of all times

The four horsemen - Metallica : I could have filled my top 10 with Metallica songs too

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac : I love Stevie Nicks

Piece of my heart - Janis Joplin : best female rockvoice ever

Martha - Tom Waits : because Tom Waits belongs in my top 10

How deep is your love - Bee Gees : music from my favorite movie of all times

California Dreamin' - the Mama's and the Papa's : amazing double chant

Money don't matter 2 night - Prince : inspiring artist

In the ghetto - Nick Cave : because Nick Cave belongs in my top 10

Blue Monday - Fats Domino : my father's favorite singer and I inherited that love for his fantastic music

All tomorrow's parties - The Velvet Underground : Warholl is amazing

Comfortably numb - Pink Floyd : one of the biggest bands ever

A celebration - U2 : my favorite band upto War

Life on the line - Fad Gadget : a song from my favorite music era : New Wave

Roots bloody roots - Sepultura : best song ever ?

Children of the damned - Iron Maiden : best 80's hard rock band

Bobby Brown - Frank Zappa : love the humor in the lyrics

Psyche Rock - Pierre Henry : best avant garde song

Burundi Black - Burundi Black : my favorite African beat song which was a hype during the New Beat era in Belgium

Your love - Frankie Knuckles : gothfather of House music who sadly passed away beginning this month

All I need - Air : my favorite night drive song

Dance of the knights - Prokoviev : my favorite classic music tune

I tried to narrow it down to 10 but it was just impossible. And I skipped a lot of other favorites, but the above is my shortlist of favorite songs.

Here are some of my favorite songs that I can think of (in no particular order):

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Afterlife - Avenged Sevenfold

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

Rise - Public Image Limited

Paradise City - Guns N Roses

Shake It Off - Florence And The Machines

Man On The Moon - REM

Metalingus - Alter Bridge

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Some Might Say - Oasis

Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins

Baba O'Riley - The Who

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Raining Blood - Slayer

Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Thunderstruck - AC/DC

Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson

That's all I can think of for my favorite songs.

^ I just saw Alter Bridge back on Monday. Myles was sick so his voice was probably only 70%, but it was an amazing show. They are most definitely underrated, and are without a doubt my favorite modern rock band, especially after the concert I went to. Tremonti was also pissing my dad off majorly. My dad plays guitar a bit, and it was making him really mad how easy Tremonti made it look while playing these super complex parts. He was like "You could at least pretend to make it look difficult, jackass!" No, but it was really amazing to watch him play, and it was extra amazing because for their encore they brought out PAUL REED F**KING SMITH, founder of PRS guitars, of whom Mark is endorsed, to jam along with them on Rise Today.

It takes a hell of a lot of practice to make it look that easy and I love his PRS guitars. He plays in weird tunings too like open D, so he has transpose everything to a completely different note layout on the fret board. Tremonti says in interviews that he plays all the time when he's not on stage, on tour as well. Playing guitar is like being an athlete, you have to work extremely hard to get to his level, and then you've got to practice all the time to keeping playing at that level. I've read about guys who have to warm up for an hour before the show to be able to play their own songs.

Other ones I forgot:

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

Cryin' - Aerosmith

Department of Youth - Alice Cooper

I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor - Arctic Monkeys

Underground - Ben Folds Five

Where Is My Mind? - The Pixies

Tonight She Comes - The Cars

Fall At Your Feet - Crowded House

Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) - Custard

Get Lucky - Daft Punk

Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

Call Me When You're Sober - Evanescence

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

The Fallen - Franz Ferdinand

Special - Garbage

Mr Brownstone - Guns and Roses

Beer - Reel Big Fish

New Sensation - INXS

Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction

I'll stop there for the time being, I really like this thread.

Top 10...hmm...a bit tough considering my mood changes a lot

(In no order)

-Savior by Rise Against

-Comatose by Skillet

-Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

-Walking Disaster by Sum 41

-You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

-Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous - Good Charlotte

-I'd Do Anything by Simple Plan

-Feed the Machine by Red

-War of Change by Thousand Foot Krutch

-Speak of the Devil by Sum 41

Top ten? Seems challenging, I'll try

After several attempts, I couldn't find it possible. So here's my top fifteen, only allowing one song per band. I tried to put them in some type of order,

1) - Hotel California - Eagles

2) - Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

3) - Foreplay/Its Been Such a Long Time - Boston

4) - Come Sail Away - Styx

5) - Vienna - Billy Joel

6) - Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

7) - American Pie - Don McLean

8) - Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin

9) - Radar Love - Golden Earnings

10) - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

11) - Goodbye Stranger - Super Tramp

12) - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey

13) - Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

14) - Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

15) - Carry on my Wayward Son - Kansas

Wow, this is challenging. My favorite songs Spotify list contains over 160 songs

 

I tried to make my top 10, in random order though :

Schism - Tool : the best concert I have ever seen, shortly after the release of Lateralus

I remember - Deadmau5 : perfect build up EDM song

Plug in baby - Muse : amazing live band with so many great songs

Touching me - Finnebassen : my favorite EDM producer

Judy is a punkrocker - The Ramones : my favorite band of all time. I could have filled my top 10 with Ramones songs

There is a light that never - the Smiths : best lyrics of all songs of all times

The four horsemen - Metallica : I could have filled my top 10 with Metallica songs too

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac : I love Stevie Nicks

Piece of my heart - Janis Joplin : best female rockvoice ever

Martha - Tom Waits : because Tom Waits belongs in my top 10

How deep is your love - Bee Gees : music from my favorite movie of all times

California Dreamin' - the Mama's and the Papa's : amazing double chant

Money don't matter 2 night - Prince : inspiring artist

In the ghetto - Nick Cave : because Nick Cave belongs in my top 10

Blue Monday - Fats Domino : my father's favorite singer and I inherited that love for his fantastic music

All tomorrow's parties - The Velvet Underground : Warholl is amazing

Comfortably numb - Pink Floyd : one of the biggest bands ever

A celebration - U2 : my favorite band upto War

Life on the line - Fad Gadget : a song from my favorite music era : New Wave

Roots bloody roots - Sepultura : best song ever ?

Children of the damned - Iron Maiden : best 80's hard rock band

Bobby Brown - Frank Zappa : love the humor in the lyrics

Psyche Rock - Pierre Henry : best avant garde song

Burundi Black - Burundi Black : my favorite African beat song which was a hype during the New Beat era in Belgium

Your love - Frankie Knuckles : gothfather of House music who sadly passed away beginning this month

All I need - Air : my favorite night drive song

Dance of the knights - Prokoviev : my favorite classic music tune

 

I tried to narrow it down to 10 but it was just impossible. And I skipped a lot of other favorites, but the above is my shortlist of favorite songs.

one more song which has to make my shortlist : Kiss you all over - Exile : my absolutely favorite love song

One I forgot:

Helena - My Chemical Romance

I forgot about these songs:

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Foreplay/Long Time - Boston

Charmless Man - Blur

Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Buddy Holly - Weezer

Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Stellar - Incubus

Stop - Jane's Addiction

Where Is My Mind? - The Pixies

Re-Education - Rise Against

Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day

Hey Jude - The Beatles

Times Like These - Foo Fighters

Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Just like for pretty much everyone else, this was rather hard and I'm sure I've forgotten some.

No particular order (except for the first one)

American Pie - Don Mclean

Hotel California - Eagles

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Loosing My Religion - REM

Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

Unforgiven - Metallica

Boys Don't Cry - The Cure

Here Comes Your Man - Pixies

One - U2

Hey Jude - The Beatles

More I forgot:

Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

Transmission - Joy Division

Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day

Surf's Up Tonight - Midnight Oil

You Just Like Me Cause I'm Good In Bed - Skyhooks

Hand To Hold On To - John Cougar Mellencamp

Cheap Wine - Cold Chisel

I Wish I was Queer, So I Could Get Girls - Bloodhound Gang

No Sleep Til Brooklyn - Beastie Boys

Love Rears It's Ugly Head - Living Color

I Write Sins, Not Tragedies - Panic! At The Disco

I'm Like A Lawyer, Always Trying To Get You Off - Fall Out Boy

Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

I had typed a longer post, but I just wanted to reiterate that I'm glad to see that loving classic rock is still such a thing. I hadn't really been getting that impression lately, until recently. Lots of good stuff in here!

^It is definitely still a thing. My list didn't have a lot of it, but I still love classic rock and I have some friends that only listen to that era.

In no particular order, here are my top ten songs of all time:

"Midnight City " - M83

"Blitzkrieg Bop" - Ramones

"Abigail" - Motionless in White

"The Spirit of Radio" - Rush

"Here's To Us" - Halestorm

"When You Were Young" - The Killers

"Peace of Mind" - Boston

"I Will Not Bow" - Breaking Benjamin

"Second and Sebring" - Of Mice & Men

"Life Starts Now" - Three Days Grace

I have soooo many more but these are my Top Ten