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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: juice on September 05, 2010, 04:27:53 PM
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I didn't see any sort of thread like this and I thought it would be interesting to see people's favorite songs. I'll have to get back to this thread later and post mine.
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1. Porcupine Tree - Heartattack in a Layby
2. Devin Townsend - Bend it Like Bender
3. Steven Wilson - Collecting Space
4. Circle Takes the Square - Same Shade as Concrete
5. Opeth - Godhead's Lament
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I don't think i could ever do this. lol
but some of the songs that come to mind are
Porcupine Tree - "A Smart Kid"
Yes - "And You And I"
Pink Floyd - "Sheep"
Rush - "Marathon", "Cygnus X-1"
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This is way too hard.
I'll post 5, but looking back at them in a week or two, things probably have changed. :P
1. Porcupine Tree - Dark Matter
2. Agalloch - Falling Snow
3. Anathema - Universal
4. Radiohead - Pyramid Song
5. Dredg - Sang Real
But i should also mention that Ulver would be on the list, however i'm not quite sure what song i love the most. (they have so many awesome songs) :heart
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Tough... well, here's five I could come up with, in no particular order...
Rush - "La Villa Strangiato"
The Flower Kings - "Stardust We Are"
Dream Theater - "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence"
Transatlantic - "Stranger In Your Soul", "The Whirlwind"
REALLY hard to narrow it down to five... maybe 5 from each of my top 5 or 10 bands, but never 5, period.
-Marc.
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Dream Theater - "Learning to Live"
Porcupine Tree - "Trains"
Riverside - "Second Life Syndrome"
Tool - "Lateralus"
Buckethead - "Soothsayer"
Honorable mention:
Coheed and Cambria - "The Light & The Glass"
Rush - "La Villa Strangiato"
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Only the first two are set in stone. After that, who the hell knows?
1. Bruce Springsteen-Thunder Road
2. Pink Floyd-Shine on you Crazy Diamond
3. Marillion-Neverland
4. Porcupine Tree-Too many songs to consider for first place
5. Rush-Limelight? Natural Science? Freewill?
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1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (How original. Well, I can't do anything about it. I'm glad the whole world realised the greatness of this.)
2. Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere but Not Here
3. Alter Bridge - Blackbird (AB are great, but this is their best song by far. Seeing them live in a few months!)
4. Jeff Buckley - Grace
5. Damien Rice - I Remember (the live version from his BBC gig).
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I could never choose my top 5 favorites, but my top 5 played according to last.fm:
1. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
2. CunninLynguists - Nothing To Give
3. Tom Waits - Alice
4. 65daysofstatic - Radio Protector
5. Bjork - Play Dead
Pain of Salvation's Used would be on my list, and Tom Wait's Alice as well. A Jeff Buckley song perhaps, but not Last Goodbye... maybe Lover, You Should've Come Over.
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I could never choose my top 5 favorites, but my top 5 played according to last.fm:
1. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
2. CunninLynguists - Nothing To Give
3. Tom Waits - Alice
4. 65daysofstatic - Radio Protector
5. Bjork - Play Dead
Pain of Salvation's Used would be on my list, and Tom Wait's Alice as well. A Jeff Buckley song perhaps, but not Last Goodbye... maybe Lover, You Should've Come Over.
Nice choice for Tom Waits. The only albums I know by heart are 'Alice' and 'Blood Money'. I really like the song 'Poor Edward' as well.
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Wow this is a tough one.....
1. ACOS - Hands down the best piece of music I have ever experienced
2. Catch the Rainbow - Off of the "Live on Stage" LP
3. Achilles Last Stand - all you have to do is listen to the multiple guitar tracks to understand the studio Master that is James Patrick Page... "And the mighty arms of Atlas.. hold the heavans from the earth!!"
4. Idioglossia - just an incredible arrangement and performance... I never get tired of it.
5. Far Beyond The Sun - You like blazing guitar?
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1. Learning to Live
2. Wish You Were here
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1. Neu - E-Musik (or Hero or Negativland or Lilac Angel)
2. Agalloch - In The Shadow of Our Pale Companion
3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
4. Chroma Key - Give Up (or Mothers Radio)
5. Ulver - Dressed In Black
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1. Dream Theater - "Octavarium"
2. Dream Theater - "A Change of Seasons"
3. Dream Theater - "The Glass Prison"
4. Meshuggah - "Straws Pulled at Random"
5. Rush - "Freewill"
Yes, I like Dream Theater. :)
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Rush - "2112"
The Flower Kings - "Garden of Dreams" (although this feels like cheating :p)
Radiohead - "How to Disappear Completely"
Pink Floyd - "Time"
Porcupine Tree - "Lightbulb Sun"
And if it were considered a single song, the medley from Side 2 of the Beatles' Abbey Road would definitely be up there. :coolio
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I'm using the one song per band rule to make this easy. No ranking either just 5 songs I like more than any others.
Avenged Sevenfold - Save Me
Between The Buried & Me - Swim To The Moon
Coheed & Cambria - The Crowing
Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons (I flipped a coin on this one against Lines In The Sand)
Guns N Roses - Coma
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1.Björk - Anchor Song
Because it sounds so isolated and lonely.
2. Modest Mouse - Bukowski
Because it is a song with a lot of thought going on, the sort of thoughts that one can only have while downtrodden and alone.
3. Porcupine Tree - Heartattack in a Layby
It truly can't be described. You have to take it as you will on your own.
4. My Morning Jacket - I Will Sing You Songs
Because it is beautiful and...well...sad.
5. Chroma Key - Sad, Sad Movie
Because the music is simple but amazing, accompanied by lyrics of regret and sadness.
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Really tough to choose.
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Dream Theater - Learning To Live
Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
Beatles - Penny Lane
Pink Floyd - Time
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1. Tool - Lateralus
2. John Mayer - Slow Dancing In A Burning Room
3. Stevie Nicks - Landslide
4. Metallica - Outlaw Torn (Live)
5. Dream Theater - Octavarium
Bonus:
6. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
7. Pearl Jam - Black
Also: 5. Ulver - Dressed In Black
Most wonderful ending ever.
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1. Iron Maiden - Sign of the cross
2. Metallica - One
3. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven
4. Dream Theater - Metropolis
5. The Beatles - I am the walrus
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1. Tool - Lateralus
2. Metallica - Master of Puppets
3. Incubus - Drive
4. Between the Buried and Me - White Walls
5. Alter Bridge - Blackbird
HM: Tiesto - Adagio For Strings
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth
Eminem - Till I Collapse
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Obviously not the best songs of all time, but definitely my favorites.
EDIT: However, I do think Lateralus is the greatest song of all time.
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Lateralusforthegreatestsongofalltimehighfive o/
I agree with you. Hell, only 3 of my 7 I listed are ones that I'd actually put forward for an objective list.
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Intercepted because it's in my top 5 as well. :D
Also, "Drive" was an excellent pick. Fantastic song.
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Lateralusforthegreatestsongofalltimehighfive o/
I agree with you. Hell, only 3 of my 7 I listed are ones that I'd actually put forward for an objective list.
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EDIT: aw fuck I got intercepted :sadpanda: Oh sweet! It's about time I find an Incubus fan on here. Yeah dude Drive is such an amazing song, definitely one of my favorites to cover live, always gets a great reaction.
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If I had an Incubus song in my top 20 it would probably be Aqueous Transmission. I'll have to give Drive another listen now based on your joint recommendation.
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Aqueous Transmission is another great one, very relaxing song. What you gotta do is watch a sunset on the beach with a bunch of friends with Aqueous Transmission playing in the background. :hat
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Make Yourself is probably one of my favorite albums.
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I need to listen to that, I've only really heard Morning View but I really enjoyed it.
Potential interception.
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Make Yourself is probably one of my favorite albums.
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HA that one didn't get intercepted. Suck it.
Oh wow dude you gotta give Make Yourself a listen. It's Incubus' perfect balance of the aggression of Science and the laid back atmosphere of Morning View.
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I sort of liked the laid back style more for Incubus, but I'll definitely give it at least a try.
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Is there anything wrong if they're all DT songs or DT related?
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My top 5 at the minute would all be DMB songs if I didn't limit myself.
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Is there anything wrong if they're all DT songs or DT related?
Depends on what songs they are! :angel:
-Marc.
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1. Octavarium
2. The Count of Tuscany
3. In The presence of Enemies
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a top 5 is to hard !:O It varies form like every day...but the top 3 is pretty Absolute for me...but lets say that today
4.Stranger in you soul
5.Duel with the devil
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1. Octavarium
2. The Count of Tuscany
3. In The presence of Enemies
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a top 5 is to hard !:O It varies form like every day...but the top 3 is pretty Absolute for me...but lets say that today
4.Stranger in you soul
5.Duel with the devil
Fair enough, although I would place SIYS and DWTD above ITPOE and TCOT, tied with 8VM for top spot... Glad to see someone loves those two songs as much as I do, though!
-Marc.
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Listened to those 2 songs today and realiezed how much I love them! :D
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My taste change WAY too much so I'll do at the moment.
1. Rush - Cygnus X-1
2. Universe In A Ball! - Devin Townsend
3. Xanadu - Rush
4. Downfall - Exodus
5. The Serpetine Offering - Dimmu Borgir
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1. Metropolis, Part 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper - Dream Theater
2. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here - Porcupine Tree
3. La Villa Strangiato - Rush
4. Close To The Edge - Yes
5. Rediscovery, Part 2: The New Mythology
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Dream Theater - Take the Time
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element
Opeth - Serenity Painted Death
Porcupine Tree - Dark Matter
Rediscovery, Part 2: The New Mythology
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4. Metallica - Outlaw Torn (Live)
That's a freakin' nice pick there! I assume you mean the S&M version?
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4. Metallica - Outlaw Torn (Live)
That's a freakin' nice pick there! I assume you mean the S&M version?
Yeah, fo' sho', I'm consistently amazed at how underappreciated that performance is, even if it was probably altered afterwards. It's just got everything.
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1. dredg - Triangle
2. Kaki King - Joi
3. Ludovico Einaudi - Nuvole bianchi'
4. Amoeba - Traces
5. dredg - The Canyon Behind Her
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Machinae Supremacy - Through the Looking Glass
Dream Theater - Take the Time
Fall Out Boy - The (Shipped) Gold Standard
Blink-182 - Man Overboard
Meshuggah - New Millennium Cyanide Christ
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1. Unexpect - A Clown's Mindtrap
2. Porcupine Tree - Buying New Soul
3. Thrice - Daedalus
4. Ulver - Porn Piece or the Scars of Cold Kisses
5. The Agonist - Martyr Art
HM. Opeth - Bleak
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Impossible..I'll just add favourite songs from bands that pop up on my mind now: ;D
Dream Theater - Lines in the Sand
Kamelot - Soul Society
Pink Floyd - Sheep
Led Zeppelin - Trampled underfoot
Sonata Arctica - It Won't Fade
Stratovarius - Hands of Time
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Marillion- Sugarmice
Yes- Rituals
Dream Theater- Six Degrees
The Who- I'm One
The Kinks- Celluloid Heroes
HM to Pete Townshend's Let My Love Open The Door
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Rush - Marathon
Dream Theater - Trial of Tears
Symphony X - The Edge of Forever
Yes - Heart of the Sunrise
Opeth - Serenity Painted Death
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RADIOHEAD - Fake Plastic Trees
OCEANSIZE - Ornament / The Last Wrongs
BIFFY CLYRO - Bodies In Flight
FRANK TURNER - I Knew Prufrock Before He Was Famous
NINE INCH NAILS - Right Where It Belongs
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I can't figure out my top 5, but it would probably include both
Symphony X Rediscovery Pt.2: The New Mythology
and
Opeth The Drapery Falls
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1. Opeth - Ghost of Perdition
2. Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth
3. Eisley - Lost at Sea
4. Dream Theater - Octavarium
5. Hmm...either Rush - Red Barchetta or Death - Symbolic
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List is unranked. This list will change every other hour, I'm sure.
London Calling - The Clash
Dream Theater - Take the Time
King Crimson - Lizard
Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain
Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary
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1. A Change Of Seasons - Dream Theater
2. Supper's Ready - Genesis
3. A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Van der Graaf Generator
4. Starless - King Crimson
5. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
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Comfortably Numb (Delicate Sound of Thunder) - Pink Floyd. I might have heard The Wall track first on the radio but I owned this album first, so it became the default version for me. As I was new to this genre, I wasn't used to songs lasting more than 4 minutes, or having such an extended guitar part. Someone asked Guy Pratt if playing this with David so many times over the years it ever became just another song. He said "nope, when the solo starts, I still get goosebumps."
2112 - Rush. I've said elsewhere (but cannot find to quote myself) a friend in high school told me to listen to this song. I'd never seen a song this long before. But he was usually spot on in recommending me stuff. After it was over, I had no idea what the hell I just listened to. But it was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. In some respects it still is. One of my gateway songs in to my love for 70s/classic rock.
Sloop John B - The Beach Boys. No real good story here, but I came to love it during what was indeed the worst trip I'd ever been on. Internet says "Brian Wilson hired 13 musicians to record this song during a 12a-3a session on July 12, 1965."
Don’t Follow - Alice in Chains. Was never a grunge guy, which made me a bit of an oddball in high school growing up in the heart of it. But this song moves me more than almost any other to this day.
Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970). This was the most mind-blowing vocal performance I had ever heard at the time. The whole album, between Gillan and Murray Head, was just an onslaught of vocal ass-kicking. I know many other have tried to hit those notes, some may have even done it better. But this recording is still tops in my book.
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1: Dream Theater-Octavarium
2: Metallica-Master of Puppets
3: Queensryche-Silent Lucidity
4: Guns N' Roses-November Rain
5: Avenged Sevenfold-Save Me
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Tough... well, here's five I could come up with, in no particular order...
Rush - "La Villa Strangiato"
The Flower Kings - "Stardust We Are"
Dream Theater - "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence"
Transatlantic - "Stranger In Your Soul", "The Whirlwind"
REALLY hard to narrow it down to five... maybe 5 from each of my top 5 or 10 bands, but never 5, period.
-Marc.
Oh wow, I didn't realize this was a DECADE-OLD THREAD, but seeing my first reply in this thread really brings me back. My top five bands now are a bit different than they were back then, especially after discovering Big Big Train and getting really deep into The Tangent and Haken and several other bands since then.
I think it might be even HARDER to decide just five songs, but I think a couple of those songs would still be in my Top Five, like "Stranger In Your Soul" or "The Whirlwind", and probably "La Villa Strangiato" as well. Big Big Train's "A Mead Hall In Winter" is one of my favorite BBT songs so that might make the list, and "Visions" by Haken is up there as well.
As much as I love DT and have loved their music over the years, I'm not sure I could pick any one single song that would make my Top Five, if I had to pick five now, but SDOIT would be close. I just haven't been into DT as much in the last few years, despite how good D/T was, I just don't give them the attention I used to, same with Rush. They were my first two favorite bands when I was getting into prog, but I think I kind of overplayed them and they've had their time in the sun for me.
-Marc.
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Yeah, it is kind of funny to look at my top 5 from 10 years ago as well.
Rush - "2112"
The Flower Kings - "Garden of Dreams" (although this feels like cheating :p)
Radiohead - "How to Disappear Completely"
Pink Floyd - "Time"
Porcupine Tree - "Lightbulb Sun"
And if it were considered a single song, the medley from Side 2 of the Beatles' Abbey Road would definitely be up there. :coolio
2112 is still my favorite song, but I am not sure any of the others would make it now.
I am past that "Garden of Dreams is one song" phase, so I cannot cheat now and include it.
How to Disappear Completely would still be up there pretty high, but not quite top 5.
Mother is once again my favorite Floyd song instead of Time, and no artist is getting two songs in the top 5, so Time is out (but would still be way up there).
Lightbulb Sun is probably not my favorite PT song at this juncture. That honor now goes to Don't Hate Me, which would contend for the top 5.
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My true Top 5 contains some stuff that I'd rather keep secret for the time being, so for now I'll list the three non-secret stuff and then list off some honorable mentions that I love and are at least deserving of any Top 5 list.
1. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
2. Dream Theater - Octavarium
3. [DATA EXPUNGED]
4. [DATA EXPUNGED]
5. Dream Theater - The Count of Tuscany
Honorable mentions:
Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
Porcupine Tree - The Start of Something Beautiful
Porcupine Tree - Glass Arm Shattering
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
Transatlantic - Duel with the Devil
Haken - Visions
Between the Buried and Me - Silent Flight Parliament
Xenoblade Chronicles OST - The God-Slaying Sword
If I were to do this with a "one song per artist" rule, I'd use the bands listed in the Honorable Mentions section, probably prioritizing Anesthetize for PT and The Whirlwind for TA. So removing the [DATA EXPUNGED] stuff, that kind of list would be something like this:
1. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
2. Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
3. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
4. Haken - Visions
5. Between the Buried and Me - Silent Flight Parliament
And yeah, Dream Theater's greatest stuff truly does make up a lot of my favorite songs ever made. If I made a Top 50, Dream Theater would probably have at least 15 songs on that list. Some honorable mentions I'd give for Dream Theater would include Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, Illumination Theory, and The Best of Times, among others.
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Oh wow, I didn't realize this was a DECADE-OLD THREAD...
I was randomly thinking of my top 5 songs, considered making a thread, then did a search and found this one.
Thinking about my favorite bands, DT doesn't have what I would consider an all-time top favorite song, same goes for The Who, and Floyd (aside from the one I mentioned), and Maiden. For those I guess I prefer the whole body of work, though it is a little strange none of them have a stand-out song for me. Conversely, based on my list, I am only a moderate Rush fan, appreciate but never listen to The Beach Boys or Alice in Chains.
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I’m fairly certain I couldn’t even do a top 5 songs ever if I wanted to. There’s way too much good stuff to choose from. If I had to make an all-time favourites list I have a bunch of songs I know would go on there, I think, but limiting myself to five would be impossible, if not a bit silly anyway.
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Yea, I mean this is a pretty impossible task but fuck it, this looks good enough:
1. The Decline - NOFX
2. Call of Ktulu - Metallica
3. Welcome Home - Coheed and Cambria
4. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - The Beatles
5. Let's Hang the Landlord - The King Blues
The Honourable Mentions list could go on forever, but these are some of the songs that sprang to mind:
A Night on the Town - The Dear Hunter
Visions - Haken
Liberi Fatali/Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII - Nobuo Uematsu (Distant Worlds versions)
Ghost of Perdition - Opeth
Shogun - Trivium
The Spirit Carries On - Dream Theater
Adventure on Earth - John Williams (E.T. Soundtrack)
Mercyful Fate - Metallica
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
Hey, Johnny Park! - Foo Fighters
Injection - Rise Against
Light and the Glass/In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth - Coheed and Cambria
Lars Fredriksen and the Bastards - To Have and to Have Not
Frank Turner - Photosynthesis
Rancid - Roots Radicals
Machine Head - Halo
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Probably can’t be done justice off the top of my head, so I’ll just say this is only one of many potential top 5s:
Big Big Train - Victorian Brickwork
Marillion - Gazpacho (maybe Afraid of Sunlight, Fantastic Place, or Easter)
The Blue Nile - Over the Hillside
Transatlantic - Duel with the Devil
Some candidates for number 5:
Rush - Bravado or Available Light
Genesis - Cinema Show or Supper’s Ready
Dream Theater - 6:00
Kip Winger - Resurrection
Talk Talk - Wealth
King Crimson - Starless
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes or Red Rain
Well, shoot, that’s not 5 is it...
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Rosanna and Africa by Toto
Paradise City and Estranged by Guns N' Roses
Father Time by Stratovarius
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Gotta love a 10 year bump!
As other are saying, this is really an impossible task. But here's just an attempt at it.
1. Dream Theater - Learning to Live
2. Coldplay - Midnight
3. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
4. Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
5. Iron Maiden - Paschendale
There are some songs I've gotten into more recently that could be possible competitors, but I kind of think to give a song this elite of a place, I want to have known and loved it for it a while.
I sort of surprised myself by choosing Learning to Live. I had Breaking All Illusions as my favorite DT song for many years, but I think LtL has reclaimed the crown in the past year or two.
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I probably couldn't ever hope to do a definitive list, but I'll give it a shot and just list a few, cause why not.
Robert Wyatt - Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road
Yes - Close to the Edge
Nick Drake - Things Behind the Sun
King Crimson - Starless
David Bowie - Station to Station
Honorable mentions:
Harmonium - Histoires sans paroles
Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sleep
The Mars Volta - Cassandra Gemini
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Slowdive - Alison
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I'll take a crack at this. Although, this is basically impossible for me.....
These will be in no particular order
Marillion - Neverland
Rush - Xanadu
Tool - Lateralus
Anathema - Untouchable
Agalloch - Falling Snow
maybe................................................................................
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I've tried to do this 3 times since seeing the thread and had to give up each time, it's just too tough - certainly when limiting it to 1 song per artist, otherwise it's mostly DT songs :lol
All I know for definite is my top 2 would be:
1. Dream Theater - Learning to Live
2. Muse - New Born
I'll probably have another think about it the next time I see the thread!
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Marillion- Sugarmice
Yes- Rituals
Dream Theater- Six Degrees
The Who- I'm One
The Kinks- Celluloid Heroes
HM to Pete Townshend's Let My Love Open The Door
Two good calls! :)
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This is way too hard, and I volley between "alltime objective" and "just my personal faves".
All time:
1. Good Vibrations
2. Me And Bobby McGee
3. A Day In The Life
4. The Rain Song
5. Gimme Shelter
Mine:
1. Tonight (Ozzy)
2. Ten Years Gone (Zeppelin)
3. Turn Of The Century (Yes)
4. Cinderella Search (Marillion)
5. La Villa Strangiato (Rush)
I'm leaving literally HUNDREDS of songs off this list; Seasons Of Wither, Aerosmith. Spiral Architect, Sabbath. Evidence Of Autum, Genesis. Supernatural, Neal Morse. Terrapin Station, Grateful Dead.
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It's funny because I could make an argument for Fire On The Mountain being in my top 5 of all time despite rarely listening to it, because of the circumstances surrounding why I love it and when I first heard it. So there's definitely dozens if not hundreds of songs that could be in mine for sure.
Honestly I think Africa and Rosanna and Estranged are the only 3 'locks' in my top 5
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Floyd- Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Floyd - Dogs
Zeppelin - No Quarter (Song Remains The Same version)
Yes - Awaken
5 sucks because I have to omit at least 50.
Genesis - Down And Out
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Impossible, but I think I'd have to think about it in terms of what has influenced me the most during all these years and not just post the top 5 songs right now.
Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time
Metallica - Seek and Destroy
Manowar - Hail and Kill
Megadeth - Holy Wars
Dream Theater - Metropolis
The first four represent my entrance into metal music and those bands were pretty much the only thing I listened to during the first year or so. Dream Theater came much later, only after I had checked out almost every other metal genre there was. But it was something in Metropolis and later Pull me Under that got me into buying their whole discography. A little bit later, I had the same experience with Muse and if this was top 6 songs of all time nr 6 would probably be a Muse song.
Funny thing is that I listen to A SHITLOAD of extreme metal and didn't really pay attention to these classic bands or progressive metal for that matter for a long time. Yet not one of those black/death metal bands were as influential for me as those listed above. Maybe Emperor from Norway would be close. Or something like Slayer, I don't know.
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I'm tempted to do a 'off the top of my head, this is what I come up with', but I already know I wouldn't agree with it tomorrow, simply because I don't really subscribe to the idea that you can think of 1 (or 5, or 10) songs as 'better' or 'more favourite' than the others. It's dependent on the day, my mood, what I'm doing, etc.
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I'm tempted to do a 'off the top of my head, this is what I come up with', but I already know I wouldn't agree with it tomorrow, simply because I don't really subscribe to the idea that you can think of 1 (or 5, or 10) songs as 'better' or 'more favourite' than the others. It's dependent on the day, my mood, what I'm doing, etc.
I'd imagine at least 80% of the people who have posted so far are in the same boat! Just winging it and going with 5 songs, that could well change come the following day.
I'd be very surprised if many people could commit to 5 songs, knowing they wouldn't change their mind.
Metallica - Seek and Destroy
As a big Metallica fan, I've gotta say, I don't get the love for this song. I find the chorus kind of annoying and everytime I've seen them live I just had my fingers crossed they wouldn't play it. If I was to pick a song off Kill Em All it'd be The Four Horsemen, hands down.
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This is really hard. But I will try.
5. "Wind at my Back" and "June" (tie) Spock's Beard
4. "Stranger In Your Soul" - Transatlantic
3. "2112: Overture / The Temples of Syrinx / Discovery / Presentation / Oracle: The Dream" - Rush
2. "Magnum Opus: Father Padilla Meets the Perfect Gnat / Howling at the Moon / Man Overboard / Industry on Parade / Release the Beavers / Gnat Attack" - Kansas
1. "The Spirit Carries On" - Dream Theater
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I'm tempted to do a 'off the top of my head, this is what I come up with', but I already know I wouldn't agree with it tomorrow, simply because I don't really subscribe to the idea that you can think of 1 (or 5, or 10) songs as 'better' or 'more favourite' than the others. It's dependent on the day, my mood, what I'm doing, etc.
I didn't even make it to the afternoon before regretting mine. I forgot Shine On You Crazy Diamond! :)
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5 songs is an impossibly small list for "favorite songs" when your current listening library contains around 6,500 songs :lol
I could probably post a list if 5 favorite songs every week for a year and still have a bunch left over.
I'm a sucker for 1-hit-wonders from the 70's too.
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You have only 5 songs you can listen to for the rest of your life. Pick them!
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1. Dream Theater-Learning To Live
2. UFO-Rock Bottom (Strangers version)
3. Iron Maiden-Hallowed Be Thy Name
4. Michael Kiske-Do I Remember A Life?
5. Alice Cooper-The Ballad Of Dwight Fry
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1. Marathon - Rush
2. Octavarium - Dream Theater
3. Crystallized - Haken
4. The Raven That Refused To Sing - Steven Wilson
5. Hotel California - The Eagles
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This is almost impossible, but I know three...
1. Subdivisions - Rush
2. Untouchable I and II - Anathema
3. I Will Awake - Vanishing Point
No doubt there are numerous options to round this out but those were the ones the immediately came to mind.
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Untouchable I and II have moved me to the point of tears more than once. Powerful, emotional songs that I connect with deeply.
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For now, but changes often
Breaking all Illusions - Dream Theater
Bleak - Opeth
Black Light Machine - Frost*
Pareidolia - Haken
Forced Entry - Leprous
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Untouchable I and II have moved me to the point of tears more than once. Powerful, emotional songs that I connect with deeply.
It's funny you mention this. The first 5 tracks of that album, when listened to all at once, never fail to move me to tears at some point. The pure raw emotion in the lyrics, and the way they are sung, and music is among the best I've ever heard in my life.
I've learned the hard way not to listen to this album in full while driving. I had to pull over once about halfway through Sunlight.
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You have only 5 songs you can listen to for the rest of your life. Pick them!
Rush - Hemispheres
Yes - Close to the Edge (or Gates of Delirium)
DT - ACOS
Fates Warning - The Ivory Gate of Dreams
Helloween - Halloween or Keeper of the Seven Keys
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Untouchable I and II have moved me to the point of tears more than once. Powerful, emotional songs that I connect with deeply.
It's funny you mention this. The first 5 tracks of that album, when listened to all at once, never fail to move me to tears at some point. The pure raw emotion in the lyrics, and the way they are sung, and music is among the best I've ever heard in my life.
I've learned the hard way not to listen to this album in full while driving. I had to pull over once about halfway through Sunlight.
I never heard Weather Systems till about a year ago, but it's pretty great. I agree that the first five songs pack a helluva punch, but The Lost Child has emerged for me as a beast of a song.
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The Storm Before The Calm for me.
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That's a great one, too. The climax at the end with both male and female vocals is one of the things that won me over right away when I first heard the record.
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I'm a sucker for 1-hit-wonders from the 70's too.
Maybe not LITERALLY one hit wonders, but I have a playlist of 70's AM radio hits:
1. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
2. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
3. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch (former Fleetwood Mac)
4. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
5. More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer
HM: Jenny (Tommy Tutone, though it was 1981); Please Don't Go (KC and the Sunshine Band); The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
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1. Avalanche (Leonard Cohen)
2. Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-Midi (Yann Tiersen)
3. Echoes (Pink Floyd)
4. The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
5. Subdvisions (Rush)
maybe...
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Leprous - Forced Entry
Tool - The Grudge
Thrice - For Miles
Cardiacs - Dirty Boy
Pain Of Salvation - Idioglossia
Just picked the songs at one moment in time I had considered my favorites, in no particular order.
For Pain Of Salvation I could choose a lot of other songs that I like as much as Idioglossia, for Cardiacs 3 or 4..
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I somehow mentioned two Peter Gabriel songs without including Wallflower, which I’ve often thought is my favorite PG song.
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Okay, here goes nothing then:
(reluctantly)
The Dear Hunter - The Bitter Suite I, II & III (yes, I know that's two songs)
David Bowie - Life on Mars
Ulver - The Future Sound of Music
Leprous - Forced Entry
Cardiacs - Dirty Boy
omitted:
Radiohead - Idioteque
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
King Crimson - Starless
Pain of Salvation - King of Loss
The Beatles - Oh! Darling
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I should take another stab at this, a couple of those songs in my top five are not in my top five anymore.
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3 people voting for Forced Entry.. Since we can choose from the entire musical universe, it is quite impressive.
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I'm a sucker for 1-hit-wonders from the 70's too.
Maybe not LITERALLY one hit wonders, but I have a playlist of 70's AM radio hits:
1. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
2. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
3. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch (former Fleetwood Mac)
4. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
5. More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer
HM: Jenny (Tommy Tutone, though it was 1981); Please Don't Go (KC and the Sunshine Band); The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
I've got a 'one-and-done' playlist as well. And any one-hit-wonder list without a mention of Black Betty is just wrong. Oh, and My Sharona.
Back on topic...
DT / Octavarium
Rush / Xanadu
Zeppelin / Battle of Evermore
Triumph / Magic Power
Floyd / Welcome to the Machine
(if we are to include multiple artists, Red Barchetta and ACOS would've bumped the latter two songs)
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Something like this, I guess
Pink Floyd - High Hopes (a few years ago I would've said Echoes)
Avantasia - The Scarecrow
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (a toss up between this and Telegraph Road)
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
Rainbow - Stargazer
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Metallica - Seek and Destroy
As a big Metallica fan, I've gotta say, I don't get the love for this song. I find the chorus kind of annoying and everytime I've seen them live I just had my fingers crossed they wouldn't play it. If I was to pick a song off Kill Em All it'd be The Four Horsemen, hands down.
Well I agree with you, The Four Horsemen is arguably the better song. It's just that I'm looking at it from an overly sentimental position where Seek and Destroy had a bigger impact on me in my youth and got me to explore the band further.
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Okay, here goes nothing then:
(reluctantly)
The Dear Hunter - The Bitter Suite I, II & III (yes, I know that's two songs)
David Bowie - Life on Mars
Ulver - The Future Sound of Music
Leprous - Forced Entry
Cardiacs - Dirty Boy
omitted:
Radiohead - Idioteque
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
King Crimson - Starless
Pain of Salvation - King of Loss
The Beatles - Oh! Darling
Dirty Boy would make my list too! :tup :hefdaddy
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Really tough to choose.
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Dream Theater - Learning To Live
Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
Beatles - Penny Lane
Pink Floyd - Time
It's been over 10 years ago, and I don't think my Top 5 would change that much. Perhaps replace 'Jungleland' with '1985' by Paul McCartney, or 'Firth Of Fifth' by Genesis.
I hadn't started listening to Rush then, so perhaps a song by them would be near the Top 5 as well.
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I'm a sucker for 1-hit-wonders from the 70's too.
Maybe not LITERALLY one hit wonders, but I have a playlist of 70's AM radio hits:
1. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
2. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
3. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch (former Fleetwood Mac)
4. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
5. More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer
HM: Jenny (Tommy Tutone, though it was 1981); Please Don't Go (KC and the Sunshine Band); The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
The wife and I listened to one of those 70's channels on satellite radio on our ride to and from Georgia last week - 1,100 miles each way (18 hours straight through). I think I heard every one-hit wonder in existence. :lol
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Oh wow, I didn't realize this was a DECADE-OLD THREAD, but seeing my first reply in this thread really brings me back. My top five bands now are a bit different than they were back then, especially after discovering Big Big Train and getting really deep into The Tangent and Haken and several other bands since then.
-Marc.
I've been cruising this thread and playing anything I didn't recognize or already know and I don't know how the fuck I've missed Big Big Train in my life. Shit is great! Thanks so much for mentioning it here and unknowingly introducing me to them.
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Oh wow, I didn't realize this was a DECADE-OLD THREAD, but seeing my first reply in this thread really brings me back. My top five bands now are a bit different than they were back then, especially after discovering Big Big Train and getting really deep into The Tangent and Haken and several other bands since then.
-Marc.
I've been cruising this thread and playing anything I didn't recognize or already know and I don't know how the fuck I've missed Big Big Train in my life. Shit is great! Thanks so much for mentioning it here and unknowingly introducing me to them.
Oh man, welcome aboard. You’re in for a treat.
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Okay, gonna take a swag at this. Maybe in 10 years I'll remember to look back at it. No order:
Stranger in Your Soul (Transatlantic) - Just a prog masterpiece.
The Count of Tuscany (DT) - Yes, the lyrics still make my cringe, but my god that intro is insanely good and the middle section through the end is transcendent. Petrucci is a god on this song.
Flight (Devin Townsend) - This might not be here in 10 years, but fuck, I love the way this song makes me feel. Somber. Reflective. Beautiful. Listened to it a lot in this shit year.
Ghost of Perdition (Opeth) - This is the best of Opeth when they were still quite metal but really matured their progressive tendencies. Martin Lopez's drumming is worth noting... he was great on the whole album.
Duel with the Devil (Transatlantic) - Not as good as SiYS but still a masterpiece. That's a top 5 album for me easily.
Took me way too long to write this. The only song I didn't struggle to put on was SiYS.
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3 people voting for Forced Entry.. Since we can choose from the entire musical universe, it is quite impressive.
Not my cup of tea...although I love Leprous. I prefer their recent sound.
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To me personally (the reason I had it in my list) is that I think it's one of the best progressive metal tracks ever made. I could swap it with King of Loss (Pain of Salvation) or a song by Dream Theater (probably Metropolis), but in recent years Leprous have become on of my favourite bands. Bilateral was listed as my #2 album ever the last time I did a top 50 list and Forced Entry is a good reason for that. It's got everything good about prog metal in a single track and it's the best representation of the genre I could think of for this 'Top 5 songs ever' thing.
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If one per band:
1. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
3. Elliott Smith (guy in my avatar) - Between The Bars
4. Genesis - Supper's Ready
5. Dream Theater - Octavarium
Otherwise, top 5:
1. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
3. Pink Floyd - Echoes
4. Pink Floyd - Dogs
5. Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
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(guy in my avatar)
Well, I always thought that was you.
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^^ Most people do, but no, it's the cover art from Elliott's album 'Either/Or'.
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Oh geez, this is hard to say definitively, but for the moment...
"High Hopes" - Pink Floyd
"Anybody Listening?" - Queensryche
"Late for the Sky" - Jackson Browne
"The Light & Shade of Things" - Fates Warning
"Symbolic" - Death
But man, I feel pretty shaky on some of these picks. :lol Could easily change in a few days.
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To me personally (the reason I had it in my list) is that I think it's one of the best progressive metal tracks ever made. I could swap it with King of Loss (Pain of Salvation) or a song by Dream Theater (probably Metropolis), but in recent years Leprous have become on of my favourite bands. Bilateral was listed as my #2 album ever the last time I did a top 50 list and Forced Entry is a good reason for that. It's got everything good about prog metal in a single track and it's the best representation of the genre I could think of for this 'Top 5 songs ever' thing.
I agree it's the definitive prog metal track, hard to find a best example for the genre. In the past I had the same feeling for Haken's Pareidolia, but I don't like that song much anymore.
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Its hard to pick just 5 but I will say that Nutshell by Alice in chains is definitely in the top 5 for me.
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Not gonna say all-time, but instead, I'll just post 5 of my favorite songs, from 5 of my favorite artists
1. Kevin Gilbert - Water Under the Bridge
2. Marillion - Grendel
3. Fates Warning - Still Remains
4. Rush - Cygnus X-1: Book 2 Hemispheres
5. Genesis - The Cinema Show
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Not gonna say all-time, but instead, I'll just post 5 of my favorite songs, from 5 of my favorite artists
1. Kevin Gilbert - Water Under the Bridge
2. Marillion - Grendel
3. Fates Warning - Still Remains
4. Rush - Cygnus X-1: Book 2 Hemispheres
5. Genesis - The Cinema Show
Grendel!
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Very very tough but I'll try for today:
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
David Bowie - Life on Mars
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Miles Davis - Blue in Green
Yes - Close to the Edge
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Very very tough but I'll try for today:
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
David Bowie - Life on Mars
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Miles Davis - Blue in Green
Yes - Close to the Edge
Unbelievable, we have one song in common!
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Not gonna say all-time, but instead, I'll just post 5 of my favorite songs, from 5 of my favorite artists
1. Kevin Gilbert - Water Under the Bridge
2. Marillion - Grendel
3. Fates Warning - Still Remains
4. Rush - Cygnus X-1: Book 2 Hemispheres
5. Genesis - The Cinema Show
The Cinema Show! Good call.
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This is impossible. So let's take a shot.
Transatlantic - Stranger in Your Soul
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
John Hiatt - Lipstick Sunset
Punch Brothers - My Oh My
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Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight
There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎
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Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight
There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎
Non-ROCK song by Rush is your favorite Rush song and one of your 5 favorite songs??? Very surprising.
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Time Stand Still is just such a well written song with a lot of depth. Rush definitely has some other contenders that could make this list. Spirit of Radio, Natural Science, Xanadu, Red Barchetta, Headlong Flight etc.
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Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight
There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎
That's an interesting list. I like the Boston and Yes entries.
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If I had to list top 5 songs that made your jaw hit the floor the quickest the first you heard it, Foreplay/Long Time would be on that list. I couldn't believe how awesome that song was the first time I heard it back in 1989.
And if I had to expand this list to top 20-25 songs of all time, it would also make that list.
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Thinking on my list, it is maybe unique in that my top 4 have probably stayed the same for the past 20 years. 2 of those are landmark songs in musical development, that sound as fresh as they did the first time I heard them all those years ago. The other two hold nostalgic value that has not diminished any in that time.
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Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight
There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎
There are times in my life that the Boston and Triumph song would be way up there. Great calls. I had to buy 2 vinyl albums of that Triumph album because I played it so much. There were screeching scratches throughout.
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Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight
There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎
That's an interesting list. I like the Boston and Yes entries.
I love the Triumph entry... though for me, it's a close #2 behind Magic Power.
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Yeah, Magic Power is a great song. Fight The good Fight is well crafted with exciting parts the whole way through. I just love the drumming in that song too. :metal
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Ordinary Man is my favorite Triumph song, but Magic Power and Fight the Good Fight are great as well, so I can't fault anyone for picking those either. :hat
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Ordinary Man is my favorite Triumph song
Good call as well! :tup
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Ordinary Man is incredible.
I'd take Hold On over Magic Power though.
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Hmm... top 5 of all time. Obviously hard to narrow down that far, but I'll give it a shot (5 songs is such a short list!). To make the top 5 of all time each song here is a song I considered my "favorite song ever!" for a period of years, and also really still love and consider a favorite today.
Damn Yankees "Silence is Broken"
Dream Theater "I Walk Beside You"
Neal Morse "So Many Roads"
Shadow Gallery "Rain"
Transatlantic "Duel With the Devil"
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Hmm... top 5 of all time. Obviously hard to narrow down that far, but I'll give it a shot (5 songs is such a short list!). To make the top 5 of all time each song here is a song I considered my "favorite song ever!" for a period of years, and also really still love and consider a favorite today.
Damn Yankees "Silence is Broken"
Dream Theater "I Walk Beside You"
Neal Morse "So Many Roads"
Shadow Gallery "Rain"
Transatlantic "Duel With the Devil"
Really nice to see I Walk Beside You get that level of praise! While I wouldn't say I love it that much, it's a very great song and one that I feel is looked down upon too much.
Also nice to see Duel With the Devil. The Whirlwind is my favorite Transatlantic song, but Duel With the Devil is easily my second-favorite.
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Hmm... top 5 of all time. Obviously hard to narrow down that far, but I'll give it a shot (5 songs is such a short list!). To make the top 5 of all time each song here is a song I considered my "favorite song ever!" for a period of years, and also really still love and consider a favorite today.
Damn Yankees "Silence is Broken"
Dream Theater "I Walk Beside You"
Neal Morse "So Many Roads"
Shadow Gallery "Rain"
Transatlantic "Duel With the Devil"
Oh wow, I love this pick! I love both Damn Yankees records, and Silence is Broken has long been one of my favorites of theirs. :tup :tup
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Hmm... top 5 of all time. Obviously hard to narrow down that far, but I'll give it a shot (5 songs is such a short list!). To make the top 5 of all time each song here is a song I considered my "favorite song ever!" for a period of years, and also really still love and consider a favorite today.
Damn Yankees "Silence is Broken"
Dream Theater "I Walk Beside You"
Neal Morse "So Many Roads"
Shadow Gallery "Rain"
Transatlantic "Duel With the Devil"
Oh wow, I love this pick! I love both Damn Yankees records, and Silence is Broken has long been one of my favorites of theirs. :tup :tup
Heck yeah, great call! Silence Is Broken is a top tier song from Damn Yankees. It was also featured during the end credits to the movie Chain Reaction. :coolio
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Heck yeah, great call! Silence Is Broken is a top tier song from Damn Yankees. It was also featured during the end credits to the movie Chain Reaction. :coolio
I've never seen that film, but that is cool to hear that it was used in one!
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Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.
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If I had to,it would be these.
No particular order
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Dream Theater - Metropolis part 1
Queensryche- Suite Sister Mary
Rush - 2112
ABBA - Eagle
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Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.
I was so ready for a 3rd album by them at some point, but it sadly never came. We did get the Shaw/Blades album in '95 and the Tommy Shaw solo album, 7 Deadly Zens, in the later 90's, though, and those felt like loose extensions of the Damn Yankees sound to a certain extent, so they were basically the next best thing, for me anyway.
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Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.
I was so ready for a 3rd album by them at some point, but it sadly never came. We did get the Shaw/Blades album in '95 and the Tommy Shaw solo album, 7 Deadly Zens, in the later 90's, though, and those felt like loose extensions of the Damn Yankees sound to a certain extent, so they were basically the next best thing, for me anyway.
Interesting, thanks for the heads up. I got the Shaw/Blades album when it came out and really liked it, but have never checked out 7 Deadly Zens. I'll have to check out.
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Interesting, thanks for the heads up. I got the Shaw/Blades album when it came out and really liked it, but have never checked out 7 Deadly Zens. I'll have to check out.
Cool, let me what you think! I know the CD is hard to find now, so let me know if you have trouble finding a copy, physical or digital, and I can help out in that regard as well. :)
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Found it on Amazon used for four dollars plus shipping so snagged a copy. I’ll let you know my thoughts after I’ve checked it out!
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Found it on Amazon used for four dollars plus shipping so snagged a copy. I’ll let you know my thoughts after I’ve checked it out!
:tup :tup
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1. Supper’s Ready - Genesis
2. Cygnus X-1: Books 1&2 - Rush
3. Lateralus - Tool
4. Beyond the Pale - Pain of Salvation
5. The Province - IQ
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Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.
I was so ready for a 3rd album by them at some point, but it sadly never came. We did get the Shaw/Blades album in '95 and the Tommy Shaw solo album, 7 Deadly Zens, in the later 90's, though, and those felt like loose extensions of the Damn Yankees sound to a certain extent, so they were basically the next best thing, for me anyway.
This is news to me. I'm a big fan of Damn Yankees (I have both records and even a single from a soundtrack), and I have both the Blades/Shaw records (Hallucination and Influence). I'm a sucker for those harmonies.
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I thought Damn Yankees was pretty disappointing.
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I thought Damn Yankees was pretty disappointing.
Not the first time you’ve been wrong Tim ;) :lol
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Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.
I was so ready for a 3rd album by them at some point, but it sadly never came. We did get the Shaw/Blades album in '95 and the Tommy Shaw solo album, 7 Deadly Zens, in the later 90's, though, and those felt like loose extensions of the Damn Yankees sound to a certain extent, so they were basically the next best thing, for me anyway.
This is news to me. I'm a big fan of Damn Yankees (I have both records and even a single from a soundtrack), and I have both the Blades/Shaw records (Hallucination and Influence). I'm a sucker for those harmonies.
The song "Shine On" from Jack Blades solo album features Tommy Shaw so is another less known gem with their harmonies.
https://youtu.be/BIguahpbqrY
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Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.
I was so ready for a 3rd album by them at some point, but it sadly never came. We did get the Shaw/Blades album in '95 and the Tommy Shaw solo album, 7 Deadly Zens, in the later 90's, though, and those felt like loose extensions of the Damn Yankees sound to a certain extent, so they were basically the next best thing, for me anyway.
This is news to me. I'm a big fan of Damn Yankees (I have both records and even a single from a soundtrack), and I have both the Blades/Shaw records (Hallucination and Influence). I'm a sucker for those harmonies.
I hear that. Some of those Shaw/Blades songs give me a strong Simon & Garfunkel vibe.
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I thought Damn Yankees was pretty disappointing.
Of course you did.
Never caught the Blades/Shaw releases. Thankfully, they’re both on Spotify.
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I thought Damn Yankees was pretty disappointing.
Not the first time you’ve been wrong Tim ;) :lol
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So I've compiled every song listed in this thread into a playlist and for my own enjoyment used live versions when I could.
This is going to be an epic playlist to listen through! Just over 40 hours of music!
If anyone here uses Plex+Tidal for their music library I can share the link to the playlist with you. Just let me know.
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Dude, that's awesome you took the time to do that. I would like to listen to that playlist. :coolio
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Awesome! Not on Spotify?
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Awesome! Not on Spotify?
I could probably import the playlist into Spotify, but I'm not sure how many of the songs are available on there.
Dude, that's awesome you took the time to do that. I would like to listen to that playlist. :coolio
It took a while to compile. I'm still missing one song, Endless Dream by Yes. I need to go dig out my old Yes CD's and see if I have that one and I can rip it into Plex. For some reason that album isn't available on Tidal.
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Here's the Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sZrd4v3ktLYK7KkiOfdS8?si=LzI-lYtQQ4asGt3bYFsMFQ), but it's missing 11 songs. All the Transatlantic, Neal Morse, and Spock's Beard stuff isn't on Spotify. As well as Kevin Gilbert and Michael Kiske.
In other news, I did find the Yes album Talk in my collection, so I just need to rip it into Plex.
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Blur - Tame
DT - Home
Ringo Deathstarr - Guilt
Duran Duran - Hold Back The Rain (7 minute remix)
Oasis - Stand By Me
That's leaving rap songs out.
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Duran Duran - Hold Back The Rain (7 minute remix)
Haven't listened to those remixes in a long time. I do not recall that one being one of my faves, but an interesting choice. I will try and listen to that album sometime soon.
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Here's the Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sZrd4v3ktLYK7KkiOfdS8?si=LzI-lYtQQ4asGt3bYFsMFQ), but it's missing 11 songs. All the Transatlantic, Neal Morse, and Spock's Beard stuff isn't on Spotify. As well as Kevin Gilbert and Michael Kiske.
Thank you very much!
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Here's the Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sZrd4v3ktLYK7KkiOfdS8?si=LzI-lYtQQ4asGt3bYFsMFQ), but it's missing 11 songs. All the Transatlantic, Neal Morse, and Spock's Beard stuff isn't on Spotify. As well as Kevin Gilbert and Michael Kiske.
Thank you very much!
I know what playlist I'm going to be listening to this afternoon.
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Here's the Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sZrd4v3ktLYK7KkiOfdS8?si=LzI-lYtQQ4asGt3bYFsMFQ), but it's missing 11 songs. All the Transatlantic, Neal Morse, and Spock's Beard stuff isn't on Spotify. As well as Kevin Gilbert and Michael Kiske.
Thank you very much!
I know what playlist I'm going to be listening to this afternoon.
And for the next several days, I imagine :metal
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Here's the Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sZrd4v3ktLYK7KkiOfdS8?si=LzI-lYtQQ4asGt3bYFsMFQ), but it's missing 11 songs. All the Transatlantic, Neal Morse, and Spock's Beard stuff isn't on Spotify. As well as Kevin Gilbert and Michael Kiske.
In other news, I did find the Yes album Talk in my collection, so I just need to rip it into Plex.
Thanks for doing this but please, please change The Decline (by NOFX) from the live version to the original EP version!
Be so interested to hear people's opinions on a punk rock 'epic' :omg:
Also, someone had Frank Turner in one of their top 5 songs! Nice
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Here's the Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sZrd4v3ktLYK7KkiOfdS8?si=LzI-lYtQQ4asGt3bYFsMFQ), but it's missing 11 songs. All the Transatlantic, Neal Morse, and Spock's Beard stuff isn't on Spotify. As well as Kevin Gilbert and Michael Kiske.
Not to be a pain in the butt, but if there is any way to remove the live versions of John Hiatt's "Lipstick Sunset" and Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" and replace them with the studio versions, that would make this perfect. If it's too much trouble, don't bother. :tup
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Starting to make my way through this playlist, so thanks Puppies!
I'm going to make a special effort to really listen to the songs I already know, and try to appreciate them as someone's favourite all time songs.
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I've been listening to nothing but this playlist the past couple of days.
I'm almost halfway through lol
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I've been listening to nothing but this playlist the past couple of days.
I'm almost halfway through lol
:metal
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Here's the Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sZrd4v3ktLYK7KkiOfdS8?si=LzI-lYtQQ4asGt3bYFsMFQ), but it's missing 11 songs. All the Transatlantic, Neal Morse, and Spock's Beard stuff isn't on Spotify. As well as Kevin Gilbert and Michael Kiske.
Not to be a pain in the butt, but if there is any way to remove the live versions of John Hiatt's "Lipstick Sunset" and Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" and replace them with the studio versions, that would make this perfect. If it's too much trouble, don't bother. :tup
Sure! I mostly did the live versions for my benefit, but since I don't listen to the playlist on Spotify, I have no problem with changing them.
I also added the songs from dparrott to the playlist.
Oh, and let me know if you guys would like any other version changes on the playlist.
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Oh, and let me know if you guys would like any other version changes on the playlist.
btw Puppies, while I love the studio version of Pink Floyd's High Hopes, in my mind the definitive version of that song is from Meltdown Concert in 2002 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDfKRDYE3w0) (I don't know if it's on Spotify though)
I'll be spinning this playlist soon, thank you for putting this together!
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Oh, and let me know if you guys would like any other version changes on the playlist.
btw Puppies, while I love the studio version of Pink Floyd's High Hopes, in my mind the definitive version of that song is from Meltdown Concert in 2002 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDfKRDYE3w0) (I don't know if it's on Spotify though)
I'll be spinning this playlist soon, thank you for putting this together!
I think I have the version from the Pulse concert on the playlist.
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btw Puppies, while I love the studio version of Pink Floyd's High Hopes, in my mind the definitive version of that song is from Meltdown Concert in 2002 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDfKRDYE3w0)
I've never seen that before, thank you for posting. I couldn't consider it the definitive version, but cool nonetheless. Strange watching him play with no one else I recognize as his usual playing partners. High Hopes might be my #2 favorite PF song, and I am not even sure which version I'd consider my personal favorite. I like the performance at Abbey Road studios (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMsYmTQ-9NQ). It's a crappy upload, but cool to see it performed without the usual Floydian light show.
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The Meltdown concert is one of my favorite PF related releases. If you haven't watched it Chris you should really take some to check it out.
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This?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilmour_in_Concert
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That's the one. The live version of Breakthrough with Rick Wright is brilliant. I believe that song was supposed to be on the Division Bell but wasn't ready in time.
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That's the one. The live version of Breakthrough with Rick Wright is brilliant. I believe that song was supposed to be on the Division Bell but wasn't ready in time.
That's right, Gilmour said at the time he dearly wished Rick had written that song in time for The Division Bell, but alas he hadn't.
Broken China (Rick Wright's 1996 solo album) has some of his most beautiful songs. Aside from 'Breakthough', 'Reaching For The Rail' (absolutely gorgeous, I'm surprised David didn't single this one out along with 'Breakthrough' - imagine Gilmour singing Sinead O'Connor's vocals here) and 'Along The Shoreline' are as good as anything Floyd did after The Wall to my ears.
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I need to listen to Broken China, I've only heard bits and pieces of it but I've heard a lot of positive things.
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You mostly got live versions of my songs instead of album versions (?)
Guilt is on album Pure Mood
Stand By Me is on album Be Here Now
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You mostly got live versions of my songs instead of album versions (?)
Guilt is on album Pure Mood
Stand By Me is on album Be Here Now
Yeah I did the live versions for me. I just have my Plex playlist auto synchronize with the Spotify playlist. I will manually change them.
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Plex?
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Plex?
Plex is an application you can install on your computer that will allow you to stream media like music or movies to other devices.
https://www.plex.tv/
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Plex?
Plex is an application you can install on your computer that will allow you to stream media like music or movies to other devices.
https://www.plex.tv/
Hmmm. So if I download this on my laptop that has all my music, I can stream it on my phone somehow (guessing via an app on my phone)?
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Plex?
Plex is an application you can install on your computer that will allow you to stream media like music or movies to other devices.
https://www.plex.tv/
Hmmm. So if I download this on my laptop that has all my music, I can stream it on my phone somehow (guessing via an app on my phone)?
I'm hoping so, because I've been ripping all my CDs and DVDs to hard drive, and I'm hoping Plex will let me listen to that in my car.
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But would that mean you have to have your laptop turned on with your hard drive attached while in your car?
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I keep seeing this thread title and dismiss it. There's no way I could pinpoint 5 songs I don't think. Even coming up with a top 50 of songs would be too hard. Albums is hard enough but songs, jeez, I dunno.
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Again, you are being transported to a dessert isle and you can only listen to 5 songs for the rest of your life. Your plane leaves in an hour. What are they??
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Surely this one has got to be on your list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY
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Again, you are being transported to a dessert isle and you can only listen to 5 songs for the rest of your life. Your plane leaves in an hour. What are they??
Cheesecake
Pecan pie
Chocolate chip ice cream
Chocolate mousse
Warm apple pie
(Sorry, I couldn't resist that; it was a lay-up.)
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Again, you are being transported to a dessert isle and you can only listen to 5 songs for the rest of your life. Your plane leaves in an hour. What are they??
Cheesecake
Pecan pie
Chocolate chip ice cream
Chocolate mousse
Warm apple pie
(Sorry, I couldn't resist that; it was a lay-up.)
Cheesecake and Ice Cream sure, but what about Tiramisu? Strawberry Shortcake? Pumpkin Pie?
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Yeah, and I know better than that!
Also, you know how I know I'm a Fogey? Because for some reason, I like a nice slice of hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream as much as I like chocolate cake.
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Apple pie is the best them though, can't fault you for that at all!
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Yeah, and I know better than that!
Also, you know how I know I'm a Fogey? Because for some reason, I like a nice slice of hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream as much as I like chocolate cake.
I love Apple Pie, but with a caveat. It has to be homemade with fresh apples. None of that store bought frozen junk. :tdwn
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Again, you are being transported to a dessert isle and you can only listen to 5 songs for the rest of your life. Your plane leaves in an hour. What are they??
I guess that analogy helps. I'll have a think.
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Yeah, and I know better than that!
Also, you know how I know I'm a Fogey? Because for some reason, I like a nice slice of hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream as much as I like chocolate cake.
I love Apple Pie, but with a caveat. It has to be homemade with fresh apples. None of that store bought frozen junk. :tdwn
I actually went to a "You pick 'em" farm a couple years ago and picked a bucket of I think they were "jonagold" and made what was a cross between a pie and a crumble and man was it delicious. I'd like to try that again, but the picking here has been slim the last couple years.
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Yeah, and I know better than that!
Also, you know how I know I'm a Fogey? Because for some reason, I like a nice slice of hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream as much as I like chocolate cake.
I love Apple Pie, but with a caveat. It has to be homemade with fresh apples. None of that store bought frozen junk. :tdwn
Definitely agree on this.
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Yeah, and I know better than that!
Also, you know how I know I'm a Fogey? Because for some reason, I like a nice slice of hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream as much as I like chocolate cake.
I love Apple Pie, but with a caveat. It has to be homemade with fresh apples. None of that store bought frozen junk. :tdwn
I actually went to a "You pick 'em" farm a couple years ago and picked a bucket of I think they were "jonagold" and made what was a cross between a pie and a crumble and man was it delicious. I'd like to try that again, but the picking here has been slim the last couple years.
So um....slim pickings? :neverusethis:
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What does liking apple pie with vanilla ice cream have to do with fogey-ism?
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What does liking apple pie with vanilla ice cream have to do with fogey-ism?
To me, it's crossing the cake to pie threshold.
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I literally have no idea what you are talking about. What threshold? Is liking pie associated with being old?
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/c17ae05fca1a64aee399f3e188fe5a37/tumblr_n5c5ydzKIk1rtja03o4_250.gifv)
Taker almost lost it there!
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Plex?
Plex is an application you can install on your computer that will allow you to stream media like music or movies to other devices.
https://www.plex.tv/
Hmmm. So if I download this on my laptop that has all my music, I can stream it on my phone somehow (guessing via an app on my phone)?
Yes, that's what I do.
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Here's the Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sZrd4v3ktLYK7KkiOfdS8?si=LzI-lYtQQ4asGt3bYFsMFQ), but it's missing 11 songs. All the Transatlantic, Neal Morse, and Spock's Beard stuff isn't on Spotify. As well as Kevin Gilbert and Michael Kiske.
Not to be a pain in the butt, but if there is any way to remove the live versions of John Hiatt's "Lipstick Sunset" and Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" and replace them with the studio versions, that would make this perfect. If it's too much trouble, don't bother. :tup
Sure! I mostly did the live versions for my benefit, but since I don't listen to the playlist on Spotify, I have no problem with changing them.
Thanks, pal!
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Surely this one has got to be on your list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY
:yarr :rollin :rollin
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Plex?
Plex is an application you can install on your computer that will allow you to stream media like music or movies to other devices.
https://www.plex.tv/
Hmmm. So if I download this on my laptop that has all my music, I can stream it on my phone somehow (guessing via an app on my phone)?
Yes, that's what I do.
So looking at this a little further, it looks like you do stream them from your own device (it basically makes your computer the server) as opposed to from a cloud based device. So I gather you have to have your computer turned on and connected to the internet in order to stream on another device?
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Plex?
Plex is an application you can install on your computer that will allow you to stream media like music or movies to other devices.
https://www.plex.tv/
Hmmm. So if I download this on my laptop that has all my music, I can stream it on my phone somehow (guessing via an app on my phone)?
Yes, that's what I do.
So looking at this a little further, it looks like you do stream them from your own device (it basically makes your computer the server) as opposed to from a cloud based device. So I gather you have to have your computer turned on and connected to the internet in order to stream on another device?
That's right, it's easy to setup. Also for the ability to stream from your personal device (like a laptop) to a phone is you'll have to pay for the app. I suggest just getting the lifetime membership deal and be done with it, plex really is great.
Additionally a lot of tv's have a plex app as well, for example my LG tv has a plex app so I can download it and listen to my music through my home theater set up.
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Plex?
Plex is an application you can install on your computer that will allow you to stream media like music or movies to other devices.
https://www.plex.tv/
Hmmm. So if I download this on my laptop that has all my music, I can stream it on my phone somehow (guessing via an app on my phone)?
Yes, that's what I do.
So looking at this a little further, it looks like you do stream them from your own device (it basically makes your computer the server) as opposed to from a cloud based device. So I gather you have to have your computer turned on and connected to the internet in order to stream on another device?
That's right, it's easy to setup. Also for the ability to stream from your personal device (like a laptop) to a phone is you'll have to pay for the app. I suggest just getting the lifetime membership deal and be done with it, plex really is great.
Additionally a lot of tv's have a plex app as well, for example my LG tv has a plex app so I can download it and listen to my music through my home theater set up.
I’ll have to think some more about this, as I’d love to be able to access the music collection on my laptop when I’m out and about from my phone. Does it take up significant memory/processing power on the host/server device while in use (or any when not streaming)? How is the sound quality on the streaming device?
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But would that mean you have to have your laptop turned on with your hard drive attached while streaming it off another device when you're not at home??
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But would that mean you have to have your laptop turned on with your hard drive attached while streaming it off another device when you're not at home??
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Oh, no one answered you.
Yes. You would have to have whatever device that is running the Plex Server on (whether that's a laptop with an external hard drive (not recommended), or a NAS drive (preferred method), or just a desktop computer) to be able to access the music remotely. On the remote device (cell phone, tablet, laptop, computer, TV, etc.) you will need either the Plex App or the Plexamp app (highly recommended). Once you have the server all set up and the devices set up with the app of your choice, it all just works.
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Plex?
Plex is an application you can install on your computer that will allow you to stream media like music or movies to other devices.
https://www.plex.tv/
Hmmm. So if I download this on my laptop that has all my music, I can stream it on my phone somehow (guessing via an app on my phone)?
Yes, that's what I do.
So looking at this a little further, it looks like you do stream them from your own device (it basically makes your computer the server) as opposed to from a cloud based device. So I gather you have to have your computer turned on and connected to the internet in order to stream on another device?
That's right, it's easy to setup. Also for the ability to stream from your personal device (like a laptop) to a phone is you'll have to pay for the app. I suggest just getting the lifetime membership deal and be done with it, plex really is great.
Additionally a lot of tv's have a plex app as well, for example my LG tv has a plex app so I can download it and listen to my music through my home theater set up.
I’ll have to think some more about this, as I’d love to be able to access the music collection on my laptop when I’m out and about from my phone. Does it take up significant memory/processing power on the host/server device while in use (or any when not streaming)? How is the sound quality on the streaming device?
No it doesn't take much processing power at all and you can control the sound quality coming through the stream if you're worried about bandwidth, or you can have it stream in the original quality stored on your laptop.
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So basically, Plex is like having personal Spotify service for ones own musical library?
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I just can't really understand the usefulness. Seems like a lot of work to play the odd album that isn't on Spotify. Plus, I have to leave my computer on when I go out.
Does Plex cost money?
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So basically, Plex is like having personal Spotify service for ones own musical library?
Pretty much. And you can store your music in much higher quality and stream it in much higher quality that what Spotify provides. So if you want CD quality instead of MP3 quality you can do that with Plex. Plex also integrates with Tidal's Hi-Fi streaming service.
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So basically, Plex is like having personal Spotify service for ones own musical library?
Pretty much. And you can store your music in much higher quality and stream it in much higher quality that what Spotify provides. So if you want CD quality instead of MP3 quality you can do that with Plex. Plex also integrates with Tidal's Hi-Fi streaming service.
Oh shit. What's Tidal?
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I just can't really understand the usefulness. Seems like a lot of work to play the odd album that isn't on Spotify. Plus, I have to leave my computer on when I go out.
Does Plex cost money?
For me, who is perhaps more unreasonably particular, I get to access all my mods and edits. I will go in and edit my live albums to take out fades, for example. I will sometimes reorder greatest hits into chronological order. I will consolidate b-sides and non-album tracks into an "Anthology" album. I'm almost chubbed up over the idea that I can plug my phone into my car cradle, and access every song I have on CD (that is now ripped to my network hard drive) and organized in my fashion, at will. I might even opt for setting up a dedicated computer (that is on at all times) if need be.
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I guess. I think of the 1/2 hour or 45 minutes I drive to and from work and wonder why I'd need some specialized edited version right then and there. I can get it home after dinner.
I don't know. I don't go to the gym or listen to music when I work.
I will need a plan when my two iPod classics croak though.
How much does this Plex cost?
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I just can't really understand the usefulness. Seems like a lot of work to play the odd album that isn't on Spotify. Plus, I have to leave my computer on when I go out.
Does Plex cost money?
For me, who is perhaps more unreasonably particular, I get to access all my mods and edits. I will go in and edit my live albums to take out fades, for example. I will sometimes reorder greatest hits into chronological order. I will consolidate b-sides and non-album tracks into an "Anthology" album. I'm almost chubbed up over the idea that I can plug my phone into my car cradle, and access every song I have on CD (that is now ripped to my network hard drive) and organized in my fashion, at will. I might even opt for setting up a dedicated computer (that is on at all times) if need be.
I’m interested because the music on my laptop is curated to include only the stuff I liked enough to buy/rip to my computer. My Amazon Music profile is a mess because I add all kinds of stuff on a whim that I might never really want to revisit (and the interface on that platform sucks anyway), and I don’t have any interest in sifting through Spotify to add the music I like (I have an account but never use it). I like to be able to hit shuffle on the collection on my laptop and know that anything that comes up will be something I like.
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Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.
I was so ready for a 3rd album by them at some point, but it sadly never came. We did get the Shaw/Blades album in '95 and the Tommy Shaw solo album, 7 Deadly Zens, in the later 90's, though, and those felt like loose extensions of the Damn Yankees sound to a certain extent, so they were basically the next best thing, for me anyway.
This is news to me. I'm a big fan of Damn Yankees (I have both records and even a single from a soundtrack), and I have both the Blades/Shaw records (Hallucination and Influence). I'm a sucker for those harmonies.
I hear that. Some of those Shaw/Blades songs give me a strong Simon & Garfunkel vibe.
Just looking back at the replies to this thread and here I thought I was like one of five people that really enjoyed the Damn Yankees albums when they came out. Even got Hallucination when it came out. That combo of Shaw-Blades is something else.
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Plex?
Plex is an application you can install on your computer that will allow you to stream media like music or movies to other devices.
https://www.plex.tv/
Hmmm. So if I download this on my laptop that has all my music, I can stream it on my phone somehow (guessing via an app on my phone)?
Yes, that's what I do.
So looking at this a little further, it looks like you do stream them from your own device (it basically makes your computer the server) as opposed to from a cloud based device. So I gather you have to have your computer turned on and connected to the internet in order to stream on another device?
That's right, it's easy to setup. Also for the ability to stream from your personal device (like a laptop) to a phone is you'll have to pay for the app. I suggest just getting the lifetime membership deal and be done with it, plex really is great.
Additionally a lot of tv's have a plex app as well, for example my LG tv has a plex app so I can download it and listen to my music through my home theater set up.
I really miss google play music. ic ould stream my music whenever I wanted without having to leave a computer on, and without having to pay to stream music I own.
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Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.
I was so ready for a 3rd album by them at some point, but it sadly never came. We did get the Shaw/Blades album in '95 and the Tommy Shaw solo album, 7 Deadly Zens, in the later 90's, though, and those felt like loose extensions of the Damn Yankees sound to a certain extent, so they were basically the next best thing, for me anyway.
This is news to me. I'm a big fan of Damn Yankees (I have both records and even a single from a soundtrack), and I have both the Blades/Shaw records (Hallucination and Influence). I'm a sucker for those harmonies.
I hear that. Some of those Shaw/Blades songs give me a strong Simon & Garfunkel vibe.
Just looking back at the replies to this thread and here I thought I was like one of five people that really enjoyed the Damn Yankees albums when they came out. Even got Hallucination when it came out. That combo of Shaw-Blades is something else.
I have always really liked the second album (one of the first CDs I owned even). Never got around to picking up the first one, although I really liked the hits from that one as well.
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How much does this Plex cost?
Their Premium access, which is called Plex Pass, will allow you to access all of their features (which you will need if you are going to listen to music through one of their apps). It costs either $5 a month, or you can do $40 per year, or just to the lifetime pass for $140 and never pay again.
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I downloaded the official Plex app to my phone, paid a $5 activation fee and it's done. I just need music from my PC, not the other features.
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I downloaded the official Plex app to my phone, paid a $5 activation fee and it's done. I just need music from my PC, not the other features.
Oh yeah, that works too. Forgot that was an option.
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Ok so back to the main topic uuhhh let me try this. I'll try to limit this to one song per band, and in no particular order
Burial Loner
The ultimate Burial track, it's dark, brooding, intense, with an addictive synth line, and a haunting atmosphere.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor The Dead Flag Blues
What got me into ambient music, and still blows me away each time. Deeply emotional and abstract journey through the world's end.
Liquid Tension Experiment Paradigm Shift
What got me into prog music, excellent musicianship and chemistry. One great idea after another.
Nils Frahm Toilet Brushes - More (Live in London)
I can't ever get enough from this magnificent, truly intense performance. It's just on another level :hefdaddy
Anathema The Storm Before the Calm
My favorite Anathema song, chaos and beauty paired together. I'm so glad I got to experience this live. Wished they got back together :'(
Honorable mentions
Koji Kondo Dire Dire Docks
Ludwig van Beethoven Moonlight Sonata
Pink Floyd High Hopes
David Bowie Lazarus
Nine Inch Nails The Wretched
Portisheads Roads
Massive Attack Risingson
Ulver EOS
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So basically, Plex is like having personal Spotify service for ones own musical library?
One other thing you can consider if you don't want to go the Plex route is you can have your personal music on Spotify and incorporate it into your Spotify playlist.
1. Create a local playlist on your pc, add your local music to list
2. Make sure your cell phone is on the same network as your pc
3. Sync the local playlist on your phone while your PC is on, your phone will download all the music from your pc
4. You can now play that playlist from your phone whenever without stream, you can even move those songs to other playlists
This isn't as clean of a solution but it's a great way to listen to music on Spotify for artists that may not their entire discog on Spotify.
The downside is that depending on how music you have you can eat up a ton of storage space on your phone.
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That all sounds really complicated. I have a cheapy smartphone with all my music in it, that I take and can listen to wherever and whenever I choose.