Music: top five lists

[octothorp]

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.

First subject: your top five songs about cars.

[ricosuave]

cars - gary numan
drive - the cars
radar love - golden earring
running down a dream - tom petty
behind the wheel - depeche mode

ok, top 5 songs about life

[Displaced Flames fan]

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.

[calf]

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


Top 5 Guilty Pleasures

[sadora]

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)

Songs by Canadian Rock Bands

[Resolute 14]

1. Breathe, Nickelback
2. Tom Saywer, Rush
3. Andromeda, Zuckerbaby
4. Midnight Rain, Wide Mouth Mason
5. Leader - Bif Naked

Songs about the ocean.

[Ford Prefect]

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

[Devils'Advocate]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

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.

[doozwimp]

airbag-radiohead
drive my car-beatles

erm, thats all I can think of

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by doozwimp

airbag-radiohead
drive my car-beatles

erm, thats all I can think of

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

There's five more, all drummers.

New category - 5 songs about hockey

[Bobblehead]

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....

[doozwimp]

I thought we were still doing cars

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by doozwimp

I thought we were still doing cars

Ummm ... that was the first category. It changes each time, with the person who completes each list picking the new topic.

[Dion]

New category - 5 songs about hockey

Tom Cochrane - Big League
Jane Siberry - Hockey
Stompin Tom Connors - Hockey song
Queen - We Will Rock You
Blur - Song 2

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5 songs about rodeos

[troutman]

Rhinestone Cowboy - Glenn Campbell
Rodeo - Garth Brooks
Down Rodeo - Rage Against The Machine
Rodeo Moon - Toby Keith
Rodeo Clowns - Jack Johnson

5 purple songs

[calf]

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)

[sadora]

Originally Posted by calf

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.

[Berger_4_]

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)

[sadora]

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.

My old category still stands.

[Dion]

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