The other night I was watching High Fidelity, and got an idea for a music thread. For those who know the movie, you probably know where I'm going with this, but for those who haven't, the music store geeks are frequently playing this game where one of them names a theme and the others try to come up with the top five songs on that subject. So I'll start by naming a subject, and someone responds by coming up with their top five songs on that subject, and then lists a subject for the next person.
Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
100 years to live - Five For Fighting
Lightning Crashes - Live
A Day In The Life - Beatles
1941-Harry Nilsson
Life is such a broad topic...could go anywhere.
How about the top 5 songs written about a deceased public figure/musician as a tribute.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
Fifty Mission Cap - Tragically Hip
The Hurricane - Bob Dylan (woops...not really a tribute, and he's not deceased...ah well, I'll let it stand)
American Pie - Don McLean
Man on the Moon - REM
Pride - U2
My desert island, all-time top five favorite guilty pleasures, in chronological order are as follows:
5. Ben Harper's rendition of Sexual Healing
4. Hey Mama by the Black Eyed Peas
3. Cover of the Rolling Stones by Dr. Hook
2. George Thoroughgood's rendition of One Burbon, One Scotch & One Beer...(great guitar riffs for a quite red necked song)
1. Sexy Back by JT...(what can I say, this song just makes me want to get jiggy w/it)
One of many who is too boring; thinks that there should be rules regarding grammar in custom user titles, and also makes moderators wonder if there is a charachter limit here. I mean come on- you would think that would be a limitation in the software
1. Soul And The Sea - Joshua James
2. This Is The Sea - The Waterboys
3. The Jeannie C - Stan Rogers
4. Cape Cod Girls - Baby Gramps
5. Coast Of High Barbary - Joseph Arthur
5 Songs By 5 Different Alberta Artists - Any Genre
5 Songs By 5 Different Alberta Artists - Any Genre
Not being from Alberta, this one is tough....
Jann Arden - Insensitive
k.d. lang - Crying
Joni Mitchell - River
ahh... Loverboy - Workin' for the Weekend (reaching back for that one)
one more.... uh...
Fix You Up - Tegan and Sara
Songs sung by former drummers.
Edit: Unfair to give something that I can't do.
Songs sung by drummers or bassists.
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Photograph - Ringo Starr
The Weight - Levon Helm (drummer for The Band)
Sussudio - Phil Collins
Corporal Clegg - Nick Mason (drummer for Pink Floyd)
Anger Management - Tommy Lee
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Cold Day in the Sun - Foo Fighters (sang by Taylor Hawkins)
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
Songs about flying...
Edit - beaten while I was typing....
__________________
"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
RhinestoneCowboy - Glenn Campbell Rodeo - Garth Brooks Down Rodeo - Rage Against The Machine Rodeo Moon - Toby Keith Rodeo Clowns - Jack Johnson
5 purple songs
__________________ I wish the heck I could like fish, I just hate the taste of it . . . I wish I could eat one, they look so good . . . - Gil Fisher (The Fishin' Musician):
Purple Haze - Jimmy Hendrix
Purple Rain - Prince
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
Hush - Deep Purple...yeah, I used these guys twice....wanna fight about it?
5 songs by artists that don't get played on mainstream radio, but should (ie, would appeal to the masses)
Purple Haze - Jimmy Hendrix
Purple Rain - Prince
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
Hush - Deep Purple...yeah, I used these guys twice....wanna fight about it?
5 songs by artists that don't get played on mainstream radio, but should (ie, would appeal to the masses)
5. Stars & Sons by Broken Social Scene
4. The Sound of Settling by Death Cab for Cutie
3. Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie
2. Steady as she goes by The Raconteurs
1. One by One all Day by The Shins
New Category: Songs about heartbreak....this is going directly after the movie but let's see what people can come up with.
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Reason: forgot new category
Tears In Heaven- Eric Clapton
The Beaches of Cheyenne- Garth Brooks
He Stopped Loving Her Today- George Jones
Goodbye My Lover- James Blunt
Halleluljah- Jeff Buckley
These are from the category above sadora's
A Little Hesitation-Sunday Buckets...these guys are gonna be big, i'm telling ya...heard about them from a guy on another forum...check them out on myspace
Oh My God- Kaiser Chiefs
The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism- The New Pornographers
I Still Remember- Bloc Party
Soco Amaretto Lime- Brand New (I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't is another awesome one by them)
Now i need five songs that deal with drinking (i.e. good drinking songs)
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Reason: I'm no match for Sadora's typing
5. Honky Tonk Women
4. Red, Red Wine
3. Gin House Blues
2. Danny Boy
1. Yo Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum
I was going to go with One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer as number one but thought it perhaps a bit obvious...and I already used that song in a previous answer.
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
Exp:
I Drink Alone - George Thorogood
Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink - Frank Zappa
Beer For Breakfast - Pink Floyd
Hair Of The Dog - Nazareth
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Music: top five lists
