Best song ever written? - Page 5

Ibby · 11-04-2006, 07:42 PM

Speaking of Guthrie...

Alice's Restaurant!

JayMcGee · 11-04-2006, 07:52 PM

that's where they serve the pills... you, know,where they make small or big or don't do nothing at all......

or am I thinking of 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane?

Tonchi · 11-08-2006, 02:16 AM

Disney Girls - Art Garfunkel

lumberjim · 03-23-2010, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

OK,First.
Willie Dixon is so fucking roots he's like a giant bag of mushrooms. LedZepp, while totally soul sacrifice is pretty much refined to the point of pharmecutical grade psilocybin.

Willie Dixon's version has like bits of bark and berries and strange random effluvia. Zepp's is like 20 coats of paint, sanded to 320 between each coat and then given three clear coats.
Willie dixon's is earthy and raw like leaping from a tree branch onto the back of a gazelle and slitting its throat with a bonehandled flint knife, while Led zepp's version is like zeroing in on the gazelle from 600 yards with a 10x Unertl telescopic sight mounted on your M40A3.

Willie Dixon's version is like being so horny you just pull over on the jersey turnpike in rush hour and do it right there by the side of the road Led Zepp's version has intertwining candles and is such a freaky scene.

Some one stop me.
All right and B) is this is a fucked up thread. How twisted to try to make me think of a best song ever written. I'm freaking out about that one.

And 3) i'm feeling a bit tardish but I don't really grok the whole field of 64 paradigm. I mean I get teh I ching and the 64 hexagrams and all that, but I'm kind of lost with the whole tennis analogy.

Help?

this is your brain on drugs, mkay?

how about we do this with your new field of 64 technology, Ute?

Undertoad · 03-23-2010, 09:15 AM

It could be, give me another 24 hrs

squirell nutkin · 03-23-2010, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

this is your brain on drugs, mkay?

Ahh, the good old days. I can be pretty funny when I drink.

Cloud · 03-23-2010, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

What a beautiful song.

can't STAND this song!

what's a "song"? and what is "written?" Are you talking, a written down song with words? (Greensleeves would not count, because the tune is "traditional"). Instrumental symphony?

"Yesterday" by Lennon/McCartney is what cropped up for me.

Shawnee123 · 03-24-2010, 09:03 AM

By 'song' I think he means "a hearty soup, best eaten with a fork" and by 'written' I think he means "to steer a large ship that is used for transporting cargo internationally."

Or he's just being clever, and 'song' means 'song' and 'written' means 'written'. *shrugs*

DanaC · 03-24-2010, 09:43 AM

Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen.

Or, Desolation Row by Bob Dylan.

Sheldonrs · 03-24-2010, 02:04 PM

"Happy Birthday to You" is the perfect song. It's easy to learn and remember. The message is clear. No hidden meanings and it's STILL making money for the decendants of the composer/lyricist.

Sundae · 03-24-2010, 02:33 PM

Faster Than Light, Neil Finn
Holy Smoke, Split Enz
Say It With Flowers, Carter USM

And although I would never class it as the best song ever written, I've been singing This Kiss by Faith Hill for a week now. I used to have it as my ringtone back when I thought I was in love. It's lost none of its appeal - my bro downloaded it to my MP3 player for my 11 hour coach trip, and I still kept rewinding to hear it!

FTR, my favourite U2 song (they have been nominated a couple of times in this thread) is Angel of Harlem. And although I love the Queen, Don't Stop Me Now can't be beat IMO. And that was even before Shaun of the Dead.

Spexxvet · 03-24-2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

... No hidden meanings...

You've never played it backwards

Urbane Guerrilla · 03-26-2010, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I really can't believe that we missed

(the glorious) Ninth Symphony - Beethoven
And, also the Fifth.

And the Third, while we're on the topic of musical, deaf, 18th-19th century Germans. Was wondering when somebody would mention the fourth of the Ninth. It is, after all, a song.

Among many favorites, perhaps my favoritest favorite hymn would be "I Am The Bread Of Life." It sounds like the fourth movement of the symphony I want to write the other three movements of. I hear cellos and tympanis in the verses, brass in the choruses. And I want it done at my funeral.

Crimson Ghost · 03-27-2010, 12:56 AM

I prefer Seven of Nine...

Sheldonrs · 03-29-2010, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Crimson Ghost

I prefer Seven of Nine...

How about pieces of eight? ;-)

11-04-2006, 07:42 PM	#61
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11-04-2006, 07:52 PM	#62
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	that's where they serve the pills... you, know,where they make small or big or don't do nothing at all...... or am I thinking of 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane? __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

11-08-2006, 02:16 AM	#63
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	Disney Girls - Art Garfunkel __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

03-24-2010, 09:03 AM	#68
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	By 'song' I think he means "a hearty soup, best eaten with a fork" and by 'written' I think he means "to steer a large ship that is used for transporting cargo internationally." Or he's just being clever, and 'song' means 'song' and 'written' means 'written'. shrugs __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 03-24-2010 at 09:08 AM.

03-24-2010, 02:04 PM	#70
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	"Happy Birthday to You" is the perfect song. It's easy to learn and remember. The message is clear. No hidden meanings and it's STILL making money for the decendants of the composer/lyricist. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-23-2010, 09:15 AM	#65
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It could be, give me another 24 hrs

03-24-2010, 02:33 PM	#71
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Faster Than Light, Neil Finn Holy Smoke, Split Enz Say It With Flowers, Carter USM And although I would never class it as the best song ever written, I've been singing This Kiss by Faith Hill for a week now. I used to have it as my ringtone back when I thought I was in love. It's lost none of its appeal - my bro downloaded it to my MP3 player for my 11 hour coach trip, and I still kept rewinding to hear it! FTR, my favourite U2 song (they have been nominated a couple of times in this thread) is Angel of Harlem. And although I love the Queen, Don't Stop Me Now can't be beat IMO. And that was even before Shaun of the Dead. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-27-2010, 12:56 AM	#74
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	I prefer Seven of Nine... __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

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