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Thought I'd start a thread dedicated to the greatest songs ever.

I'm going to start by saying:

How immense is Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd?

Such an epic track!

Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy
Special Place - SubFocus

Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

but also, American Idiot - Greenday did make a difference me thinks

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

European son
Japan

Morning Glory - Oasis

Absolutely spectacular track to listen to when you go running early in the morning, before everyone else is even up...

strange but I like the album tracks of the greats more than the ones that did well as singles.

anything pink floyd

angie and wild horses by the rolling stones

Thank you by lead zep

champaine supernova by oasis

Plus I used to have an album by a band called van de graph generator. It got nicked at a party. Never could find another album. Used to play it all the time but now to scared to look it up on the internet incase I realise it was in fact carp

anyway at the moment I am ill so have shine on you crazy diamond on the cd and a drambuie in my hand.....bliss.........

Admittedly, not the best songs ever, but a few of my personal favourites are:

Every Rose Has its Thorn - Poison
Love Bites - Def Leppard
Wanted Dead or alive - Bon Jovi
Chainsaw Charlie - W.A.S.P.
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns 'n' Roses
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns 'n' Roses
Paradise City - Guns 'n' Roses

.... hmm .... I think that's enough for now .

Way too hard to narrow it down to one, but off the top of my head:

Obviously all the Beatles songs ever, notably Strawberry Fields Forever, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Carry That Weight, Old Brown Shoe, Please Mr. Postman and the greatest of the great: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number).

Predatory Wasp of the Palisades and The Mistress Witch of McClure by Sufjan Stevens

Tables & Chairs by Andrew Bird

A bunch of Damien Rice songs, Amie, Older Chests, I Remember, Lonely Soldier to name some.

Something from Elliott Smith, perhaps Speed Trials or St. Ides Heaven.

Almost everything by Iron & Wine. Same with The Mars Volta.

My Favourite Things by Coltrane, Blue in Green by Miles, Köln Concert Part I and II A by Keith Jarrett.

Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks.

No Grand Gestures, The Detail Between Us and Scratching Out The Absolute by Rob Sharples.

Hotel Chelsea Nights - Ryan Adams | It's Not True - William Fitzsimmons.


See, I try to keep it to a few names and this is what I get.

I will say this though: if the best song ever is a Pink Floyd song it's either Wish You Were Here or Shine On You Crazy Diamond, not Another Brick in the Wall.

Brick In The Wall is such a statement though.

I think everybodies forgetting this epic track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFpu0ROaPLQ

LOL!

Absolutely no contest.

It's obviously "Anarchy in the UK"

(Anyone else watching "Punk - Attitude" on More 4?)

Orbital - One Perfect Sunrise

Or

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven / Wonderful Tonight

I would have been embarrassed with posting that until I read Tomo's

It's raining men?



or as the case may be in England at the moment, just "it's raining"!

Mack the Knife - My favourite version is Frank Sinatra's.

California Love is great aswell.

Breakthru by Queen is great. Turn the volume up with headphones and it's amazing!

Bartok's third quartet played by the Takacs
Let Down- Radiohead
How Beautiful You Are- The Cure