Best Song of your 10 Favorite Bands

[Gorille85]

Dream Theater - Disappear

Seriously?

It's also my favorite by DT.

Hmm...I'll post mine later.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

Dream Theater - Disappear

Seriously?

Yup.
It's easily their best song for me, because it's emotional and beautiful - something DT very very rarely displays.
It also has a very special meaning, so i guess that adds something. 

I agree. Very underrated song that can be emotionally stirring.

[Pirate]

Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 1
Rush - 2112
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay
Pain Of Salvation - Beyond The Pale
Between The Buried And Me - Selkies: White Walls
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Tool - Third Eye
Yes - Close To The Edge
Symphony X - Rediscovery Part 2: The New Mythology

[LTE3]

Al Di Meola: The Wizard
Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
Redemtion: Parker's Eyes
Symphony X: Odyssey
Pantera: Cemetary Gates
Van Halen: Outta Love Again
Rush: Hemispheres
Vast: Touched
The Jelly Jam: Nature's Girl
Dream Theater: Home

[Gorille85]

Dream Theater - Disappear

Seriously?

It's also my favorite by DT.

Hmm...I'll post mine later.

Well, OK.

1. Unexpect - A Clown's Mindtrap
2. Porcupine Tree - Buying New Soul
3. Ulver - Porn Piece or the Scars of Cold Kisses
4. Thrice - Daedalus
5. Opeth - Dirge for November
6. Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar
7. Mr. Bungle - The Girls of Porn
8. dredg - Bug Eyes --> (right now they are in my top 10 but I just got into them lately so...maybe it'll change later)
9. Sigur Rós - Flugufrelsarinn
10. Gojira - A Sight to Behold

[zxlkho]

Dream Theater - Learning to Live
Porcupine Tree - Trains
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
Tool - Lateralus
In Flames - The Chosen Pessimist/Zombie, Inc.
Rush - La Villa Stangiato
Coheed and Cambria - The Light and The Glass
Katatonia - In The White
Iron Maiden - Revelations

This is the third time I've posted in this thread.

[toro]

Porcupine Tree - The Rest Will Flow
Dream Theater -  Trial Of Tears
Opeth - The Grand Conjuration
Muse - Time is Running Out
Iron Maiden - Journeyman
The Alan Parsons Project - Old And Wise
Faith No More - King For a Day
Genesis- Tonight, Tonight, Tonight.
Rush- The Spirit Of Radio
Transatlantic- Duel With The Devil

[Zantera]

New updated list:

1. Porcupine Tree - Dark Matter
2. Radiohead - Pyramid Song
3. Oceansize - Music For a Nurse
4. Agalloch - Falling Snow
5. Ulver - Porn Piece or the Scar of Cold Kisses
6. Thrice - Digging My Own Grave (right now)
7. Opeth - Deliverance
8. Anathema - Universal
9. Dredg - Sang Real
10. Riverside - Hybrid Times

 

[Gorille85]

New updated list:

1. Porcupine Tree - Dark Matter
2. Radiohead - Pyramid Song
3. Oceansize - Music For a Nurse
4. Agalloch - Falling Snow
5. Ulver - Porn Piece or the Scar of Cold Kisses
6. Thrice - Digging My Own Grave (right now)
7. Opeth - Deliverance
8. Anathema - Universal
9. Dredg - Sang Real
10. Riverside - Hybrid Times

 

Great taste!

[Zantera]

Great taste!

[jsem]

Not in any particular order:

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
Dream Theater - Learning to Live
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Beatles - Rain
ELP - Karn Evil 9
Yes - Close to the Edge
Rush - Xanadu
Queensryche - Eyes of a Stranger
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Queen - Flick of the Wrist

this is too hard...

[skydivingninja]

Updating my previous list:

Rush-Natural Science
Dream Theater-Trial of Tears
Coheed & Cambria-The Light & The Glass
Pink Floyd-Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Porcupine Tree-Shesmovedon
Peter Gabriel-Secret World
Bruce Springsteen-Thunder Road
Iron Maiden-Powerslave
Marillion-Neverland
Muse-Hysteria

Wow, that was about a year ago, and the post I made between now and then just said to add "Deadhead" to that list.  Well, let's update it again!

Rush-Limelight
Bruce Springsteen-Thunder Road
Devin Townsend-Deadhead
Porcupine Tree-Buying New Soul.  Or Trains.  Or Arriving Somewhere.  Or Russia On Ice.  Or Shesmovedon.  Or Prodigal.  Damn, too many good songs its hard for me to even pick a top ten.  Don't think there's another band like this though.
Opeth-April Ethereal.  Or Blackwater Park.  Or Bleak.  Or When.  Or In My Time of Need.  Or Hessian Peel.  FUCK.  At least I can get a top ten.
Mew-Beach
Radiohead-Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Coheed & Cambria-The Light and the Glass
Peter Gabriel-Secret World
Dream Theater-Trial of Tears

Maybe its just because its getting towards that fall/winter time of year, but I feel that Opeth and Mew have effectively replaced Marillion and Muse.  I still love Muse, but The Resistance has disappointed me a lot, though I still adore the three albums in the middle.  Marillion is one of those bands that got me into modern music along with DT, but I don't really find myself listening to either era as much anymore.  "Neverland" is still the greatest love song ever and if you say otherwise Tri.ad and I will fight you. 

I don't even know who replaced Pink Floyd, but this is another case where I used to really adore them, and I still do, but there are at least ten other artists I find myself enjoying more and more.  That doesn't stop WYWH from being my favorite album ever.  Not really sure what Maiden is doing there on the original list, seeing as I listen to them semi-obsessively during the summer and then stop for every other season.  Funny how things change over a year.  Last year I probably wouldn't have had the Bjork song "I've Seen it All" stuck in my head like it is now.

[ZKX-2099]

Avenged Sevenfold - Save Me/Burn It Down/Strength Of The World
Dream Theater - The Glass Prison/Lines In The Sand/A Change Of Seasons
Between The Buried & Me - Swim To The Moon/Ad A Dglgmut
Metallica - Battery/Dyers Eve
Coheed & Cambria - The Willing Well II: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness/The Crowing

[Durg]

1.    Dream Theater – Metropolis I, Voices, Wither
2.    Yes – Roundabout, Leave It, Endless Dream
3.    Opeth – Face of Melinda, Windowpane, The Lotus Eater
4.   Kings X – Out of a Silent Planet, Dogman, Black Flag
5.   Queen – Who Wants to Live Forever, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Little Thing Called Love
6.   Queensryche – Eyes of a Stranger, Jet City Woman, I Don’t Believe in Love
7.   Kansas – Carry on Wayward Son,  Dust in the Wind, Point of No Return
8.   Toad the Wet Sprocket – Fly From Heaven, Brother, Walk on the Ocean
9.   Jars of Clay – Liquid, Flood, Worlds Apart
10.   Dire Straits – Brother’s in Arms, Sultans of Swing, Money for Nothing

[Marvellous G]

Hmm, how will 5 months have changed things?

Tool - Lateralus
John Mayer - Slow Dancing In A Burning Room
Dave Matthews Band - #41
Porcupine Tree - Heartattack In A Layby
Norah Jones - Don't Miss You At All
Metallica - Outlaw Torn (S&M Version)
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Pearl Jam - Black
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Opeth - Bleak

[DarkEternalNight]

1. Rammstein - Keine Lust/Mein Teil
2. Rush - Caravan
3. Dream Theater - Trial Of Tears
4. Devin Townsend - Triumph
5. Porcupine Tree - Trains
6. Opeth - Baying Of The Hounds
7. Tool - Vicarious
8. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
9. Meshuggah - Perpetual Black Second
10. Solution .45 - Gravitational Lensing

[TyRanT-22]

Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Grateful Dead - Fire On The Mountain (Any Live Version)
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Opeth - The Baying of The Hounds
Pink Floyd - Time
Tool - Lateralus

 

[zxlkho]

Tool - Lateralus

Welcome to DTF!

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

Updated:
Dream Theater: A Change Of Seasons
Porcupine Tree: Dark Matter
Van der Graaf Generator: A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
Magma: K.A I
Genesis: Supper's Ready
Gong: Master Builder
Can: Halleluhwah
Pink Floyd: Dogs
Gentle Giant: The Runaway
Amon Duul II: Yeti (Improvisation)

[TyRanT-22]

Tool - Lateralus

Welcome to DTF!

TY! 

[The King in Crimson]

Dream Theater - Take the Time
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time
Opeth - The Grand Conjuration
Rush - Red Barchetta
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
Alice in Chains - Heaven Beside You
Black Sabbath - Into the Void
King Crimson - Lizard

[Basekick]

Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up
Led Zeppelin - Bring It On Home
Dream Theater - Misunderstood
Opeth - Ghost Of Perdition
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Alter Bridge - Blackbird
The Beatles - Something
Devin Townsend - Suicide
Metallica - Fade To Black
Soundgarden - Like Suicide

Honorable Mentions:

Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Yes - Starship Trooper
Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
Thunder - Backstreet Symphony
Voodoo Six - Mistaken
Ac/Dc - Back in Black
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Audioslave - Cochise
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Deep Purple - Rat Bat Blue


My god that was hard.  Led Zeppelin took me 10 minutes to choose.  And now I'm revisting the entire discography again.  Ah, this makes me happy 

[Tomislav95]

Not in order:

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Tool - 10,000 Days (Wings, Pt. 2)
Death - Empty Words
Opeth - The Moor
Porcupine Tree - Lazarus
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Riverside - Out of Myself
Gojira - Global Warming
Kamelot - Karma

[zxlkho]

Porcupine Tree - Trains
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Coheed and Cambria - 2113
dredg - The Canyon Behind Her
The Dear Hunter - Smiling Swine
Tool - Lateralus
Oceansize - Ornament/The Last Wrongs
Karnivool - New Day
Agalloch - Fire Above, Ice Below
Mew - Comforting Sounds

Some of this was pretty hard because my favorites have changed so much in the last few months.

[mizzl]

Porcupine Tree Russia on Ice
Pain of Salvation Beyond the Pale
Coheed and Cambria The Light and The Glass
Anathema Hindsight
Oceansize Ornament/The Last Wrongs
Opeth Harlequin Forest
Devin Townsend Deadhead
Tool Wings For Marie pt. 2
Mew Comforting Sounds

[Ravenheart]

I guess this is a decent estimation.

Emilie Autumn - Marry Me
Nine Inch Nails - Reptile
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
Emilie Simon - Dame De Lotus
Anathema - One Last Goodbye
Opeth - Godhead's Lament
The Cure - Disintegration
The Cruxshadows - Winter Born
Sarah Fimm - Story of Us
Bjork - It's Not Up To You

[BanksD]

10. Anubis Gate - Yiri
9. Solution. 45 - Clandestinty Now
8. Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony
7. Iron Maiden - The Evil Men Do
6. Rise Against - Audience Of One
5. Sixx:AM - Life Is Beautiful
4. Opeth - Ghost Of Perdition
3. Megadeth - Sleep Walker
2. Strapping Young Lad - Love?/All Hail The New Flesh (can't decide between the 2)
1. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 1

[Global Laziness]

Given how long it's been around and how many times it's been bumped, I can't believe I've never posted in this thread!

1) Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
2) Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
3) Rush - YYZ
4) Pain of Salvation - Perfect Element
5) Arcane - Asylum: Acolyte Zero
6) Protest the Hero - Sequoia Throne
7) Symphony X - Through the Looking Glass
8) Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
9) Iron Maiden - Invaders
10) Megadeth - Hangar 18

Picking my favourite Maiden song was especially tough. I went with Invaders because it was one of the songs that first got me into metal.

[krands85]

Couldn't really pick 10, so I just took my top 25 artists on last.fm overall  Italicised the 2nd song of each band to try and make it a bit easier to read.

Some of the bands it's a bit tricky to pick a top 3, but here it goes:

1    Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 1, Learning to Live, Octavarium
2    Muse - New Born, Citizen Erased, Knights of Cydonia
3    Metallica - Master of Puppets, One, Creeping Death
4    Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror, Inside Job, Black
5    System of a Down - Holy Mountains, Toxicity, Chop Suey
6    Radiohead - Paranoid Android, Just, Street Spirit
7    Biffy Clyro - Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys; Convex, Concave; Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies
8    Reuben - Return of the Jedi, Alpha Signal Three, We're All Going Home in an Ambulance
9    Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Hallowed be Thy Name, Paschendale
10   Tool - Vicarious, Parabol/Parabola, Lateralus
11   Deftones - Hole in the Earth, Around the Fur, My Own Summer
12   Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy, Killing in the Name, Wake Up
13   Isis - Wrists of Kings, Garden of Light, Grinning Mouths
14   Megadeth - Holy Wars...The Punishment Due, Hangar 18, Washington is Next
15   65daysofstatic - The Conspiracy of Seeds, Aren't We All Running?, Radio Protector
16   Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize, Blackest Eyes, Fear of a Blank Planet
17   Audioslave - Cochise, Moth, Your Time Has Come
18   Oasis - Masterplan, Acquiesce, Let There Be Love
19   Symphony X - Set the World on Fire (The Lie of Lies), The Divine Wings of Tragedy, The Odyssey
20   Disturbed - Deify, Stricken, Ten Thousand Fists
21   Opeth - Deliverance, The Lotus Eater, Reverie/Harlequin Forest
22   Vanden Plas - Holes in the Sky, Frequency, Rainmaker
23   Iced Earth - Something Wicked Trilogy
24   Maybeshewill - To the Skies From a Hillside, Japanese Spy Transcript, Take This to Heart
25   Mono - Com(?), Jackie Says, Yearning

[kári]

Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine
Frightened Rabbit - Poke
Jeff Buckley - I Know It's Over
Mono - Moonlight
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sigur Rós - Untitled #3
65daysofstatic - Radio Protector

[zxlkho]

Sigur Rós - Untitled #3

[Jamesman42]

Yeah, my prior list has probably changed some. Let's see:

1. Dream Theater - "Metropolis Pt. 1"
2. Neal Morse - "The Creation"
3. Thrice - This is tough now. I want to say "Beggars" or "Moving Mountains"
4. Casting Crowns - "Prodigal"
5. Rush - "Far Cry"
6. Lecrae/116 Clique - "No More"
7. Cloudkicker - "Here, wait a minute! Damn it!" into "We're going in. We're going down."
8. David Crowder Band - "None Compares" (Marvellous G knows this song hehe)
9. Hillsong United - "With Everything"
10. Wildcard

[chaotic_ripper]

Dream Theater - Learning to Live
Rush - The Spirit of Radio
The Police - So Lonely
Tool - Lateralus
Pain of Salvation - Used

I'm just gonna do five for now.

[Global Laziness]

Dream Theater - Learning to Live
Rush - The Spirit of Radio
The Police - So Lonely
Tool - Lateralus
Pain of Salvation - Used

I love seeing people's lists where one band sticks out as dramatically different than the rest.

[The Degenerate]

Ulver - Dressed In Black
Pain of Salvation - Used
Devin Townsend - The Mighty Masturbator
Tori Amos - Winter
Porcupine Tree - Buying New Soul
Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
Dir en grey - Vinushka
65daysofstatic -Install a Beak in the Heart That Clucks Time in Arabic
Oceansize - The Frame
Thrice - Daedalus