Your Five Favorite Anything

[Guest Jubuki]

If I have to take 5 songs and then never listen to anything else ever again, I take:

 

The Pixies - Crackity Jones

Sheryl Crow - Crash and Burn

Yoko Kanno & Seat Belts - Space Lion

Matthew Sweet - Your Sweet Voice

Rolling Stones - Let It Loose

 

Honorable Mentions:

 

Joy Division - A Means to an End

Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

Jeff Buckley - Everybody Here Wants You

Hüsker Dü - Ice Cold Ice (live version from The Living End)

Black Lab - Can't Keep the Rain

Black Flag - Rise Above

Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

Tom Waits - I Hope that I Don't Fall in Love with You (when sung by someone else) & The Black Rider (when sung by Frank Black)

Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere & A Boy Named Sue

Liz Phair - Flower

Smashing Pumpkins - Silverfuck

Radiohead - Let Down

Van Halen - I'm the One

 

There's really a billion things that deserve it, depending on my mood. But, I think I'd be happy with that five.

[Guest Insanityman]

Okay, current favorites. I know... I have crappy musical tastes. Operation Ivy edition (in other words I chose a band to make number one each time).

 

5). "About a Girl" Nirvana from Unplugged.

 

4). "I Will Be Heard" Hatebreed

 

3). "Lithium" Nirvana

 

3). (tied) "Man in the Box" Alice in Chains

 

2). "Man Who Sold the World" Nirvana (Cobain can't do justice to Bowie but I love the cover).

 

1). "Yellin' In My Ear" Operation Ivy

 

1). (tied) "Unity" Operation Ivy

[Guest Gamengiri2002]

Well crap, I'll just do the top five for each of my favorite bands cause I'm a pussy and I don't want to leave anything out. (The Bands Are In No Order)

 

Metallica:

1.)Fade To Black

2.)Master of Puppets

3.)One

4.)...And Justice For All

5.)Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

 

Pearl Jam:

1.)In Hiding

2.)Black

3.)Corduroy

4.)RVM

5.)Leash

 

Alice In Chains:

1.)Rooster

2.)Would?

3.)I Stay Away

4.)Love, Hate, Love

5.)Shame In You

 

Soundgarden:

1.)The Day I Tried To Live

2.)Blow Up The Outside World

3.)Outshined

4.)Loud Love

5.)Black Hole Sun

 

Nirvana:

1.)All Apologies

2.)In Bloom

3.)About a Girl

4.)Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle

5.)Heart Shaped Box

 

Bob Dylan:

1.)Tangled Up in Blue

2.)Like a Rolling Stone

3.)All Along The Watchtower

4.)Things Have Changed

5.)If you See her, Say Hello

 

Neil Young

1.)Like a Hurricane

2.)Cortez The Killer

3.)Hey Hey My My

4.)Cowgirl In The Sand

5.)The Needle and The Damage Done

 

Led Zeppelin

1.)When The Levee Breaks

2.)Dazed And Confused

3.)The Song Remains The Same

4.)What Is and What Should Never Be

5.)Going To California

 

The Velvet Undergound

1.)Pale Blue Eyes

2.)Heroin

3.)Venus In Furs

4.)Candy Says

5.)I Heard Her Call My Name

 

The Pixies

1.)Where Is My Mind?

2.)Gouge Away

3.)Bone Machine

4.)Debaser

5.)Velouria

 

Pink Floyd

1.)Wish You Were Here

2.)Shine On You crazy Diamond

3.)Time

4.)Welcome To The Machine

5.)Echoes

 

The Beatles

1.)Let It Be

2.)In My Life

3.)Blackbird

4.)While My Guitar Gently Weeps

5.)Across The Universe

 

John Lennon

1.)Jealous Guy

2.)Imagine

3.)Watching The Wheels

4.)Working Class Man

5.)Instant Karma

 

Radiohead

1.)Paranoid Android

2.)Karma Police

3.)Just

4.)Exit Music

5.)Kinetic

 

Mudhoney

1.)Touch Me I'm Sick

2.)You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)

3.)Suck You Dry

4.)In 'N Out of Grace

5.)You Stupid Asshole

 

RATM

1.)Settle for Nothing

2.)Revolver

3.)Wake Up

4.)Vietnow

5.)Killing In The Name Of

 

Iron Maiden

1.)Fear of the Dark (Live)

2.)Phantom of the Opera

3.)Children of the Damned

4.)Wickerman

5.)Rime of the Ancient Mariner

 

The Who:

1.)Won't Get Fooled Again

2.)Behind Blue Eyes

3.)Pinball Wizard

4.)The Kids Are All Right

5.)I Can See For Miles

 

And believe it or not, that was still incredibly hard

[Guest Mole]

5) Drug Ballad - Eminem

4) Hypnotize - Biggie

3) Drifting - Trey Anastasio

2) Best Friend - Queen

1) Down with Disease - Phish

[Guest gizmo]

Couldn't do all-time, currently though:

 

5) A Perfect Circle "The Hollow"

4) Nirvana- "Territorial Pissings"

3) Nirvana- "On a Plain"

2) A Perfect Circle- "Judith"

1) Tool- "The Patient"

[Guest caboose]

I'm listening to a lot of Metallica at the moement, so here is my Metallica Top 5 (no order):

 

1) The Unforgiven

2) The Unforgiven II

3) Fade To Black

4) Wherever I May Roam

5) Nothing Else Matters

[Guest What?]

Top 5 Skate Video Songs. Because I'm so damn cool, I can do that...what now?

 

5. Gray Matter Burn no Bridges (Ali Boulala, "Sorry")

4. David Bowie Rock n' Roll Suicide (Arto Saari, "Sorry")

3. The Rolling Stones Miss You (Marc Johnson, "Man Down!")

2. The Proclaimers I would walk 500 Miles (John Rattray, "Dying to Live")

1. Gray Matter I am the Walrus (Geoff Rowley, "Sorry")

[Guest Koppo Keith]

Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

Journey - Separate Ways

Nas - It Ain't Hard To Tell

Steve Earle - Justice In Ontario

Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

 

Currently though....

 

Jay-Z Feat. Kanye West - The Bounce

Freeway Feat. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel - What We Do

50 Cent - In Da Club

Nas - Get Down

[Guest Coffey]

There is no possible way that I can answer this question. To me, it all depends on what mood I'm in to decide what I want to listen too. I've never heard a song that I could listen to all the time. Sometimes I like to listen to Pink Floyd and mellow out. Sometimes I like to listen to Mudvayne or Slipknot and freak out. I think Led Zeppelin is the closest to being all around music.

 

I do prefer older stuff though. Late 70's and 80's stuff. A lot of that shit sends me on nostalgia trips for hours at a time. The Doors, Lynard Skynard, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, STYX, The Eagles.. stuff like that.

 

Recently, I became a big fan of Creed. Ever since I heard their first album, "My Own Prison" all the way through, I have been a fan. I get knocked for admitting that more than you know, but I don't give a fuck. To each their own right?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Lately:

 

A Bit of Finger/Warning/Sleeping Village-Black Sabbath.

 

He Who Sleeps-Morbid Angel

 

The Blue-Acid Bath

 

God Am-Alice in Chains

 

To the Victor the Spoils-Morbid Angel

[Guest What?]

AoO: Is Morbid Angel good for a n00b to the whole "Death Metal" genre? Because my friend won't stop talking about them and he says I should check them out.

[Guest Shaneomac]

5) Ramones- The Crusher

4) GNR- Patience

3) Motley Crue- Dr Feelgood

2) Ramones- Bad Brain

1) NOFX- The Decline

[Guest Eyeball Kid]

At the moment:

 

"Transmission"--Joy Division

"Girlfriend is Better" (Stop Making Sense version)--Talking Heads

"Man Out of Time"--Elvis Costello & the Attractions

"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"--XTC

"Little Red Corvette"--Prince

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

AoO: Is Morbid Angel good for a n00b to the whole "Death Metal" genre? Because my friend won't stop talking about them and he says I should check them out.

Morbid Angel is excellent. Must hear stuff as far as death bands go. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh and Gateways to Annihilation are both very good cds that I would recommend highly. They've got speed, great solos, brutal vocals, interesting lyrics that are really easy to pick out as far as death goes, and they can still slow down and chug out really groggy riffs.

 

Definitely give them a listen if you're interested in death bands. Also be sure to check out some Dying Fetus, Origin, Mastodon, Synnichrosis, Cryptopsy, and Lividity, as that will give you a fairly decent cross section of death. DF and Cryptopsy are pretty much sick all around, Origin's faster than a band has any right to be, Synnichrosis is groggy as hell, Lividity's just disgusting gore, and Mastodon's pretty interesting shit as well.

 

If you like any of that stuff, I'd check out some grind bands, like Nasum, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, and Suffocation.

[Guest PlatypusFool]

I'm gonna have a bash at this, but really, it's completely impossible to do this of all time, so realistically, some of this will be of all time, and some has to be influenced by current tastes. Anyway...

 

1. Fugazi - 'Long Distance Runner' (because it's close to perfect, and nostaligic for me, although I'm having a hard time not putting 'Arpeggiator' in here)

 

2. Tool - 'Stinkfist' (because it reminds me of my second home, Corporation)

 

3. Drive Like Jehu - 'Do You Compute' (because it's as long and complex as guitar music gets while still retaining tune)

 

4. Rocket From The Crypt - Track 5 from Live From Camp X-Ray (because these guys HAD to be included somewhere)

 

5. Charles Mingus - 'Pithecanthropus Erectus' (because I need some jazz in there now I've got into it, and this is the best I've heard so far)

 

If I had more space:

 

Something by the Pixies, something by The Smiths, something by Radiohead. Sponge; 'Kicking Pigeons', RFTC; 'On A Rope', Proclaimers; '500 Miles' and Queen; 'Bohemian Rhapsody', all to do with memories from Corporation. Justin Timberlake; 'Like I Love You', and some Micheal Jackson, for the pop tastes. Devin Townsend; 'The Death Of Music', for a truly epic song. And that's about it, I think, at a push.

[Guest Jack Tunney]

1.Radiohead-Airbag

2.Slowdive-Alison

3.Underworld-Jumbo

4.Radiohead-Cuttooth

5.Radiohead-Bulletproof..I Wish I Was

6.Spiritualized-Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

[Guest caboose]

Metallica - 'Fade To Black'

The Deftones - 'Be Quiet & Drive (Far Away)'

Incubus - 'Aqueous Transmission'

Thin Lizzy - 'Whiskey In The Jar'

Faith No More - 'Epic'

[Guest Plushy Al Logan]

"November Rain" Guns N Roses

"Master of Puppets" Metallica

"Right Now" Van Halen

Suspicious Minds" Elvis Presley

"Seperate Ways" Journey

[cawthon777 0]

Off the top of my head...

 

'Living on a Prayer' - Bon Jovi

'One' - U2

'Rebel Yell' - Billy Idol

'Soul to Squeeze' - RHCP

'Wild Horses' - The Sundays (cover of the 'Stones)

[PsychoDriver 0]

Hmm only 5 eh? Well I'll just do 10

 

1. Beatles: A Day in The Life

2. Jesus & Mary Chain: Blues from a Gun

3. Jellyfish: Hello Hello

4. Lush: Demystification

5. Manic Street Preachers: Little Baby Nothing

6. Jerry Cantrell: 31/32

7. Metallica: Astronomy

8. Guns N' Roses: Madagascar

9. Curve: Recovery

10. Posies: Flood of Sunshine

 

[Guest Austin3164life]

1. "When The Music's Over" (The Doors)

2. "Five To One" (The Doors)

3. "Hey Joe" (Jimi Hendrix)

4. "Black Dog" (Led Zepplin)

5. "The Wall" (Pink Floyd)

[Guest Anorak]

10. Posies: Flood of Sunshine

Great Song, 'Dear 23' is a really good album.

 

Ten songs I like a lot at the moment......

 

Zwan -- Honestly

East River Pipe -- Astrofarm

Mull Historical Society -- Barcode Bypass

The Jam -- Man In The Corner Shop

The Cash Brothers -- Nebraska

Beachwood Sparks -- Confusion Is Nothing New

Red Star Belgrade -- Xmas Day

Smog -- Teenage Spaceship

Mark Lanegan -- Pendulum

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci -- Merched Yn Neud Gwallt Ei Gilydd

[Guest notJames]

2. Jesus & Mary Chain: Blues from a Gun

3. Jellyfish: Hello Hello

4. Lush: Demystification

5. Manic Street Preachers: Little Baby Nothing

9. Curve: Recovery

Nice selection of bands. Looks like one of the playlists from my old college radio show back in the early '90s.

[PsychoDriver 0]

Nice selection of bands. Looks like one of the playlists from my old college radio show back in the early '90s.

LOL that sounds like it'd be a great show.... Glad somebody was familiar with my taste in music.

[Guest Silence]

Red House. Jimmy Hendrix

There's Your Trouble. Dixie Chix

White Minority. Black Flag

Return to Sender. Elvis

Whole Lotta Love. Led Zepplin

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

Lately, the top 5:

 

Prince, "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man"

--Prince doing what he does best: narrative songwriting about men & women, with a 3-minute jam-out to close it off. It makes me jump around in circles.

 

Velvet Underground, "Sweet Jane"

--Can you tell I'm in an exuberant mood lately? Lou Reed's best vocal performance.

 

R.E.M., "Losing My Religion"

--Well, it rules. And I maintain that "That was just a dream! That was just a dream!" at 2:57 is the best 6 second music moment of the decade.

 

Tom Waits, "Downtown Train"

--Possibly the prettiest sounding song he ever recorded, yet it slides right into the rest of Rain Dogs. Gets a tough guy like me all choked up with emotion and crap.

 

Tool, "Parabol/Parabola"

--And there's the explosive rocker. Lateralus has slowly become my favorite Tool album; this little suite is slowly becoming my favorite song.

[Urban Warfare 0]

In no order:

RATM-Killing In The Name

Nirvana-Heart Shaped Box

Soundgarden:Burden In My Head

S.O.A.D-Sugar

RATM-Bulls On Parade

[Guest DawnBTVS]

My Updated List....fuck it, it's Top 10 cuz all of these switch places with each other at random

 

#1) Iron Man - Black Sabbath

#2) All Apologies - Nirvana

#3) Dangerous Type - The Craft Soundtrack(Still don't know the band)

#4) I Am Going to the West - Connie Dover(Celtic singer, kicks major ass)

#5) After Dark - Tito & The Turantulas off From Dusk Till Dawn Soundtrack

#6) Perfect - Alanis Morrisette

#7) Sour Girl - Stone Temple Pilots

#8) Come Out and Play - The Offspring

#9) Mr. Writer - Stereophonics

#10) About A Girl - Nirvana

[PsychoDriver 0]

#3) Dangerous Type - The Craft Soundtrack(Still don't know the band)

That would be "Letters To Cleo", Good band... too bad they broke up a few years ago.

[Guest LooseCannon]

Bob Dylan "Ballad of a thin man"

Modest Mouse "Third Planet"

Pixies "Subbacultcha"

Pixies "wave of Mutilation"

Big Black "Deep 6"