Top 10 Favourite Songs of All Time

[Dogwatcher]

Wouldn't have been that hard to replace the name Khe Sanh with something else, either. Hmmmm....Long Tan?

[Failed Creation]

Wouldn't have been that hard to replace the name Khe Sanh with something else, either. Hmmmm....Long Tan?

Exactly, and being historically accurate at the same time. I like your thinking.

[Baron Greenback]

Indeed. Love it. Just learned it on guitar too so it's even better now
Always enjoy Walla Walla on that album too.

One, an two, an' three, an four
An one, an two, an three, an four
An one, an two, an three, an four
An one, an two, an three, an four!

Great song!

Bloody oath.

Most of their stuff is pretty fun to play, although they lost me after Americana. In my opinion, Ixnay On The Hombre was their masterpiece.

Americana is my favourite album. Was a little disappointed that they didn't play Walla Walla at Soundwave, would of loved to hear to intro live.

Americana and Smash are my faves.
Ixnay was when I was a teenager, but after revisiting it as an adult, nowhere near as good as I remember.
Still some crackers on there, like Meaning of Life.

[The Dark Knight]

One, an two, an' three, an four
An one, an two, an three, an four
An one, an two, an three, an four
An one, an two, an three, an four!

Great song!

Bloody oath.

Most of their stuff is pretty fun to play, although they lost me after Americana. In my opinion, Ixnay On The Hombre was their masterpiece.

Americana is my favourite album. Was a little disappointed that they didn't play Walla Walla at Soundwave, would of loved to hear to intro live.

Americana and Smash are my faves.
Ixnay was when I was a teenager, but after revisiting it as an adult, nowhere near as good as I remember.
Still some crackers on there, like Meaning of Life.

Another great song, my favourite off Inxay is I Choose.

[Failed Creation]

All I Want, Cool To Hate, Gone Away, Way Down The Line and Leave It Behind are all brilliant too.

I remember hating Americana with a passion when it came out, because it was so unashamedly pop to my ears. But after giving it a few years, it became my second favourite album of theirs. Smash didn't grab me the way Ixnay did, but there are a few good songs on there, like Gotta Get Away, Bad Habit and What Happened To You?

[LMA]

Ixnay by far their best album IMO

[LMA]

Impossible to narrow down to 10

No. 1
Berlin Chair - You Am I

Then any of these could make up my top 10
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Under The Milky Way - The Church
My Pal - GOD
Brittle Then Broken - Pollyanna
I Coulda Been A Contender - The Gaslight Anthem
Losin It - Underground Lovers
Lounge Act - Nirvana
Message To My Girl - Split Enz
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom
Disappearer - Sonic Youth
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly
Straight To You - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Your Party - Ween
High & Dry - Radiohead
Acid Rain - Tumbleweed
Jaimme's Got A Gal - You Am I
Down In Splendour - Straitjacket Fits
LMA - Mark Of Cain

plus many more

[Failed Creation]

Impossible to narrow down to 10

No. 1
Berlin Chair - You Am I

Then any of these could make up my top 10
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Under The Milky Way - The Church
My Pal - GOD
Brittle Then Broken - Pollyanna
I Coulda Been A Contender - The Gaslight Anthem
Losin It - Underground Lovers
Lounge Act - Nirvana This is my favourite Nirvana song.
Message To My Girl - Split Enz
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom
Disappearer - Sonic Youth
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly
Straight To You - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Your Party - Ween
High & Dry - Radiohead My favourite Radiohead song.
Acid Rain - Tumbleweed
Jaimme's Got A Gal - You Am I
Down In Splendour - Straitjacket Fits
LMA - Mark Of Cain

plus many more

Killer choices mate!

[Jase]

Impossible to narrow down to 10

No. 1
Berlin Chair - You Am I

Then any of these could make up my top 10
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Under The Milky Way - The Church
My Pal - GOD
Brittle Then Broken - Pollyanna
I Coulda Been A Contender - The Gaslight Anthem
Losin It - Underground Lovers
Lounge Act - Nirvana This is my favourite Nirvana song.
Message To My Girl - Split Enz
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom
Disappearer - Sonic Youth
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly
Straight To You - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Your Party - Ween
High & Dry - Radiohead My favourite Radiohead song.
Acid Rain - Tumbleweed
Jaimme's Got A Gal - You Am I
Down In Splendour - Straitjacket Fits
LMA - Mark Of Cain

plus many more

Killer choices mate!

Totally agree, great list

[Leaping Lindner]

Impossible to narrow down to 10

No. 1
Berlin Chair - You Am I

Then any of these could make up my top 10
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Under The Milky Way - The Church
My Pal - GOD
Brittle Then Broken - Pollyanna
I Coulda Been A Contender - The Gaslight Anthem
Losin It - Underground Lovers
Lounge Act - Nirvana
Message To My Girl - Split Enz
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom
Disappearer - Sonic Youth
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly
Straight To You - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Your Party - Ween
High & Dry - Radiohead
Acid Rain - Tumbleweed
Jaimme's Got A Gal - You Am I
Down In Splendour - Straitjacket Fits
LMA - Mark Of Cain

plus many more

This should be our National Anthem.

[Leaping Lindner]

Narrowing down to just ten...

(1) Know Your Product - The Saints
(no particular order)
Complete Control - The Clash
Search and Destroy - The Stooges
Lust for life - Iggy Pop
Descent into the Maelstrom - Radio Birdman
My Pal - GOD
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - Ramones
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Exit Everything - Rowland S. Howard
Execution Day - Beasts of Bourbon/Spencer P. Jones

Hard to get it down to ten.

[LMA]

Impossible to narrow down to 10

No. 1
Berlin Chair - You Am I

Then any of these could make up my top 10
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Under The Milky Way - The Church
My Pal - GOD
Brittle Then Broken - Pollyanna
I Coulda Been A Contender - The Gaslight Anthem
Losin It - Underground Lovers
Lounge Act - Nirvana This is my favourite Nirvana song.
Message To My Girl - Split Enz
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom
Disappearer - Sonic Youth
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly
Straight To You - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Your Party - Ween
High & Dry - Radiohead My favourite Radiohead song.
Acid Rain - Tumbleweed
Jaimme's Got A Gal - You Am I
Down In Splendour - Straitjacket Fits
LMA - Mark Of Cain

plus many more

Killer choices mate!

Totally agree, great list

No coincidence that most of the songs are from the 90's, great era for music IMO

[Failed Creation]

No coincidence that most of the songs are from the 90's, great era for music IMO

Spot on, I was a 90's kid.

[LMA]

Impossible to narrow down to 10

No. 1
Berlin Chair - You Am I

Then any of these could make up my top 10
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Under The Milky Way - The Church
My Pal - GOD
Brittle Then Broken - Pollyanna
I Coulda Been A Contender - The Gaslight Anthem
Losin It - Underground Lovers
Lounge Act - Nirvana
Message To My Girl - Split Enz
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom
Disappearer - Sonic Youth
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly
Straight To You - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Your Party - Ween
High & Dry - Radiohead
Acid Rain - Tumbleweed
Jaimme's Got A Gal - You Am I
Down In Splendour - Straitjacket Fits
LMA - Mark Of Cain

plus many more

This should be our National Anthem.

I thank you for that one LL. I reckon you posted a You Tube clip of it in one of these threads or polls, I knew the song but didn't know the band. Now it's a regular in my playlists

[Pseudo]

This was done recently on a forum thread over on rateyourmusic.com, with the added rule of having to justify each choice with at least one sentence. I had a crack and came up with this list (minus the justifications). No particular order, and I note that if I repeated the exercise today I would come up with some different songs.

The The - This Is The Day
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Regina Spektor - Folding Chair
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Octopus Project - Music Is Happiness
The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
Hunters & Collectors - Talking To A Stranger (album version)
Pulp - Countdown (extended single version)
Marianne Faithfull - Why D'ya Do It?
Severed Heads - Hot With Fleas

[Hefty]

Will have a crack....

Tool - Forty Six & Two
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
British India - Mona Lisa Drive
Pearl Jam - Dissident
The Tea Party - Fire in the Head
A Perfect Circle - Judith
RATM - Bulls on Parade
Offspring - Smash
Green Day - Welcome to Paradise
Pearl Jam - Present Tense

[Dissident]

Great lists!

[Failed Creation]

Will have a crack....

Tool - Forty Six & Two
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
British India - Mona Lisa Drive
Pearl Jam - Dissident
The Tea Party - Fire in the Head
A Perfect Circle - Judith
RATM - Bulls on Parade
Offspring - Smash
Green Day - Welcome to Paradise
Pearl Jam - Present Tense

Nice work mate!

[The Dark Knight]

Will have a crack....

Tool - Forty Six & Two
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
British India - Mona Lisa Drive
Pearl Jam - Dissident
The Tea Party - Fire in the Head
A Perfect Circle - Judith
RATM - Bulls on Parade
Offspring - Smash
Green Day - Welcome to Paradise
Pearl Jam - Present Tense

Nice work mate!

Yeah, that's a nice list.

[Dissident]

Off the top of my head.

Pearl Jam - State of Love and Trust
The Allman Brothers - Whipping Post
The Doors - Riders on the Storm
Augie March - Asleep in Perfection
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
Foo Fighters - Hey! Johnny Park
Cordrazine - Crazy
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Miles Davis - So What
Metallica - Orion