The 100 Best Songs EVER!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:27 pm

This might be a foolish enterprise, but screw it. Here's the deal: I want to create a list of what we as a whole think are the best 100 songs ever recorded, from say, 1920 till present. This doesn't have to be one of those lists that are exhaustive and cover every decade - this is simply a bunch of songs that are fantastic, well-written, and nearly perfect. The best of the best, people.

So. Post some songs that you think fill the above criteria, and after we reach 100 (or maybe more), we can vote on which songs should be removed (if any). Or whatever. We'll see how it goes.

MurPHy · Post by **MurPHy** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:33 pm

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Master!

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:55 pm

Knockin' on Heavens Door
November Rain
Sweet Child of Mine

all by guns and roses. unless of course you want the original Knockin' on Heavens Door. none of that lightweight fairy rock remake shit.

Brother None · Post by **Brother None** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:04 pm

MurPHy wrote:Metallica - Master of Puppets

Whilst on the subject of Metallica, add One, ...AJF and And Nothing Else Matters...

And Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody.

I'm a fan of many songs that don't go in people's top 100's, so I'll be quiet.

Also, this enterprise is foolish

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:07 pm

Kharn wrote:I'm a fan of many songs that don't go in people's top 100's, so I'll be quiet.

Also, this enterprise is foolish

if you didnt listen to music that involved 400 pound indian women singing about mother earth the songs you like might get put on a list.

this enterprise may be foolish but thats only because if your taste in movies corresponds with your taste in music, you have absolutely no taste in music.

Brother None · Post by **Brother None** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:19 pm

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:if you didnt listen to music that involved 400 pound indian women singing about mother earth the songs you like might get put on a list.

Alright, some;

The Who - any part of Tommy...let's use "Christmas"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Love to burn
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Through my sails
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rockin' in the free world
U2 - "40"
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Rolling Stones - Under my Thumb
Rush - Red Barchetta
Yes - Roundabout
Derek & the Dominos - Layla (yes, the original one)

Meh, that's enough.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:31 pm

Bjork - Bachelorette
Bjork - I Miss You
Garbage - Push It
Garbage - Stupid Girl
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Lit - Over My Head
Stevie Nicks - Landslide
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)

I'll think of more, for sure.

Negadas · Post by **Negadas** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 6:23 pm

Nirvana-Negative creep
The Who-Baba O'Reily
Pink Floyd-Fearless
The Doors-The end
Green River-Swallow my pride
The Rolling Stones-Paint it black

Thats a few off the top of my head.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 6:30 pm

well here's a small list... some are a lot better than the others because I decided to select one good track from some of the rekkids I have plus some misc. stuff, as the ultimate top100 would be pretty hard to make. you can still draw conclusions from this list, so in no particular order:

scratch perverts - every intro
placebo - every me, every you
crass - the greatest working class ripoff
anti-nowhere league - woman
tricky - ponderosa
tricky - love cats
the nextmen - high score
the streets - has it come to this
the hives - main offender
snoop dogg - snoop bounce
fugees - ready or not
scientist - the corpse rises
rancid - maxwell murder
rancid - poison
camp lo - coolie high
cardigans - starter
dizzee rascal - brand new day
fu manchu - module overload
fu manchu - evil eye
jamiroquai - virtual insanity
jamiroquai - canned heat
mad professor vs massive attack - bumper ball dub
nofx - linoleum
nofx - go to work wasted
pennywise - open door
portishead - roads
raised fist - envy is dangerous
raised fist - dedication
dead prez - mind sex
the prodigy - mindfields
the prodigy - no good
who cares - about silly lists
rhcp - can't stop
rhcp - californication
justin timberlake - cry me a river
armand van helden - full moon
dr octagon - blue flowers
freq nasty - fresh
beastie boys - sabotage
beastie boys - intergalactic
and anything by insane clown posse

here's my top10 d&b recommendations, too
keaton - influence
john b - pressure (2003 remix)
hive - neo
pendulum - back to you
paul b & yana kay - u & me
raiden - abyss
resonant evil - troubleshoot
raiden - mind bombing
bad company - grunge 3 (dieselboy & kaos karl k remix)
calyx - killa

RawonaM · Post by **RawonaM** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 6:59 pm

Judas Priest - Heavy Duty/Defenders Of The Faith
MotÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¶rhead - Ace Of Spades
Iron Maiden - Afraid To Shoot Strangers
Saxon - Sea Of Life
Rainbow - Kill The King
Manowar - Master Of The Wind
Dio - The Last In Line
Deep Purple - Child In Time

Jimmyjay86 · Post by **Jimmyjay86** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:18 pm

Anything by the late great GG Allen.

iohkus · Post by **iohkus** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 8:02 pm

Jimmyjay86 wrote:Anything by the late great GG Allen.

well i've heard of him, need to listen to his stuff

that looks to be me in a couple years

Temaperacl · Post by **Temaperacl** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 8:57 pm

This is more likely favorites that I can't find anything against than 'best's, but..

Bing Crosby - Moonlight Becomes You
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Beach Boys - Surfer Girl
Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
Lovin' Spoonful - Rain On The Roof
Jonny Cash - Ring Of Fire
Simon And Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence
Simon And Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:06 pm

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 "The New World"
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos
Grieg - Holberg Suite
Ravel - Pavane
Debussy - Claire de Lune
Stravinsky - Rites of Spring
Shostakovich - Firebird Suite
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Mozart - Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"
Handel - Water Music Suite
Copland - Hoe Down
Chopin - Piano Sonata No. 2 "Funeral March"

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:21 pm

Kharn wrote:Yes - Roundabout

Effing a.

I'd add:
Iron Maiden - Alexander the Great

---

But... GG Allen?

He was a giant vaccuum of non-talent. Not only did he suck, he re-wrote the laws of suck.

I mean, opinions are opinions, but man, GG Allen sucked.

iohkus · Post by **iohkus** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:23 pm

ones off the top of my head

king crimson - 21st century schizoid man
jefferson airplane - white rabbit
silver apples - oscillations
can - father cannot yell
pink floyd - astronomy domine
big brother & the holding company - combination of the two
blue cheer - out of focus
jimi hendrix - purple haze
cream - white room
13th floor elevators - stand for the fire demon (live)
blues magoos - psychotic reaction
iron butterfly - in-a-gadda-da-vida (in the garden of eden)
the guess who - american woman (fuck you lenny krapitz)
the kinks - all day, and all of the night
black sabbath - fairies wear boots
the doors - break on through
mc 5 - kick out the jams
the stooges - i wanna be your dog
rolling stones - paint it black
beatles - helter skelter
led zeppelin - achilles last stand
suicide - frankie teardrop
cabarate voltaire - sensoria
the exploited - fuck the usa
queens of the stoneage - quick and to the pointless
oblivians - then i fucked her
white stripes - little acorns
the hellacopters - 24 hour hell
kmfdm - sex on the flag
nin - down in it
skinny puppy - testure
front line assembly - sex offender
lords of acid - james brown is dead
aphex twin - come to daddy
kidney thieves - zerospaces
velvet acid christ - never worship

i only listed 1 song / artist, because it would take way too long to list everything i love and probably dillute everything

johnnygothisgun wrote:
Kharn wrote:Yes - Roundabout
But... GG Allen?

He was a giant vaccuum of non-talent. Not only did he suck, he re-wrote the laws of suck.

I mean, opinions are opinions, but man, GG Allen sucked.

lol i read he doused himself with his own excrement on stage, but i figure he can't be all that shitty. OMG KERPUNZOWND.

Subhuman wrote:I want to create a list of what we as a whole think are the best 100 songs ever recorded, from say, 1920 till present.

and why not all the great music created before the 1920s? like classical

If you want to ever make a serious compilation of the 100 most notable songs ever created by mankind you're going to have to vary it, from all genres, from all times in history, and from all countries, sort of like the baraka of music, or like the thing on the voyager satellite that has a sample of every culture etc...

otherwise you're just going to get personal prefrence... like always

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:04 pm

I would like to add varukers - soldier boi

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:12 pm

Einherjer - Crimson Rain

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:13 pm

Only a hundred? You bastard. Here's my picks in the order I come across them in my MP3 collection. One per artist to avoid clutter and stuff.

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues <-- This, Riders on the Storm or LA Woman is quite possibly the single greatest song ever. So much goodness from Morisson & Co.
AC/DC - Back in Black
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Queen - Tie Your Mother Down <-- I'd go for Bohemian, but Kharn covered that one and I love Tie Your Mother Down.
54-40 - Ocean Pearl
America - A Horse With No Name
Babe Ruth - The Mexican <-- A dismaying amount of people have never heard of this one, but it's got masterful guitar playing in it.
The Beatles - Day in the Life
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
CCR - Bad Moon Rising <-- Utter fucking goodness
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Don McLean - The Day the Music Died
Doobie Brothers - Deep Black Water
The Eagles - Hotel California
Edgar Winters Group - Frankenstein
ELP - Karnevil 9 <-- Fanfare for the Common Man is also genius
Eric Clapton - Cocaine
Foreigner - Jukebox Hero
Golden Earring - Radar Love <-- THE ultimate driving song
Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain
Guns & Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Headstones - Tweeter and the Monkey Man
Iron Maiden - Run for the Hills
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Krokus (Maybe Sweet?) - Barroom Blitz
Led Zepplin (of course) - Immigrant Song <-- Most would say Stairway, but I like Immigrant Song better
Manford Mann - Blinded by the Light
Moody Blues - I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock n' Roll Band)
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots are Made for Walking
Neil Young - Ohio
The Police - Synchronicity II
The Pretenders - Middle of the Road
Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run
Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
The Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
The Band - Chest Fever <-- My favourite argument as to why organs should be used in rock after ELP
Uriah Heep - Easy Livin'
Yes - Roundabout
ZZ Top - La Grange

I think that'll do

Temaperacl · Post by **Temaperacl** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 1:27 am

Spazmo wrote: Don McLean - The Day the Music Died

You mean American Pie?