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Well Mike -
I must admit, I have 'commitment' issues which makes it really hard for me to narrow down and pick just one favorite!! wink

What makes a song my favorite..hmmm confused .. i think i am an emotional listener .. it is a combination of the words/message and the melody .. when I am touched by both, regardless of the tempo, i love it.
The song that immediately came to mind is Over the Rainbow, i saw John picked that too! .. Forever, this song has touched me. While I love many songs, this song has always remained a constant..
I did go listen to that Gordan Lightfoot tune .. the winter song.. and i really love that now too smile Just added it to my performance list .. thanks ...

So, this is my answer for today ... i'll let you know how i feel tomorrow smile


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Originally Posted by Mike Dunbar

Have any of you had any revelations from thinking about why songs are your favorites?


You know, I don't think even one of my favorites speaks to ME. And I often hear that people want songs that they can call their own, as if they were written for them, or even about them.

But the songs that really grab me...they just take me along for the ride, they affect my emotions from somewhere else. And then, some songs get better because they are associated with a certain time that I remember. Chicago's "Saturday in the Park" always brings me back to the summer of '72, riding in the car, an old batwing '59 Chevy, with my older brother who was taking me to the state fair. Nilsson's "Coconut" reminds me of reading MAD magazine, and old Don Martin comics. Van Morrison's "Cypress Avenue" reminds me of aching with rejected love, while Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" reminds me of the same thing, different girl. Bing Crosby's "Sweet Leilani" reminds me of my Dad, and "You Are My Sunshine" reminds me of harmonizing with my Mom.

The songs aren't written for me...but they sure do move me.

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As many have already said it is so hard to name a favourite song, particularly as there is so much to consider. e.g. emotions conveyed, melody, message, performance, rhythm, personal significance etc

However, if you did pin me down and force an answer
(ok Mike, you can remove the thumb screws now)
I would have to say I Wanna Be Like You from The Jungle Book. Louis Prima sung that version and it was written by the Sherman brothers. I never tire of hearing this or singing it (in the shower of course). Is there a more fun song? It's a work of genius! If I could go to the grave having written just one song, this would be it.

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I don't usually have a favorite song, but I do discover songs that I like a lot and listen to a lot. The latest is a couple of years old. It's a simple song and video (below). I heard the song before I saw the video and the video compliments the song with the old and new photos, the old wood frame house in the background, and the absence if glitz. It also helps that Lindsey Buckingham plays guitar on the recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEaOHrzztuc


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Al no need to leave and come back, besides you'll let in a draft...here it is... smile

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The all time favourite. Hmm For me that is as easy as it comes. In the air tonight - Phil Collins
followed closely by Closer to Fine - Indigo girls
and The Dance - Garth

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Ben, thanks for posting that link. I hadn't heard it before, but I just added it to my "favorites" list.

As for my favorite song, right now I'll go with the old Scottish folk song Black is the Color .

Of course, tomorrow it may be something completely different.


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Like the others said, picking ONE is soooooo hard! For many years, it would have been a Zeppelin song (although which one, again, would have taken me hours just to decide on) but there's one that's to me, the greatest love song ever written (besides the one I wrote, lol) and it creeps into my mind often. The fact that Ms. Raitt delivers such a soulful, exceptional performance on it, with guest Allison Krauss, just makes it all the more special. "You".

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You by Bonnie Raitt

Nobody else can make me happy
No one could hurt me like you do
You were the only one that mattered

Then you were gone
Love had moved on
Left me alone thinking of you

There was never any other
You and I were created to be true

Isn't it love that keeps us breathing?
Isn't it love we're sent here for?
Isn't it love that we were feeling?

Deep in our souls
Deeper than we know
Keeps me holding out for you

There was never any question
You'll be forever on my mind
You and I were meant to be together
Two hearts in a world that is dying

Might as well of been dyin' since we were apart
When you came back I felt the beating of my heart

You, there was never any question
You'll be forever on my mind
You and I were meant to be together
You.


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Originally Posted by Kevin Edward Rose
Ben, thanks for posting that link


Thanks Kevin. I like the line "If we ever needed a love song it's now"

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Interesting
I could have picked every song mention here. I can put a feeling or a memory to just about each song.

I think my Fav might be True Love Ways By Buddy Holly.
I love the simplicity of the song's lyrics. The wonderful melody is a little difficult for me but I'm not much of a singer.
But when the strings of the orchestra kick in it gives me goose bumps. Such a contrast.
The message in the song seems to be simply "love". That's the best I can explain it.
If I am not mistaken this song was not released until after Buddy died.

Other than that.
I'd have to say "Happy Birthday"
It feeds my selfish narcissism once a year when it gets sung only to me. smile


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Roy,

Poor people of Paris was the first Chet Atkins song I learned to play. I was 13 years old. It was, and still is, a great song. It's alternate name is "Jean's Song". I had a Gretsch Tennessean, Chet Atkins Model Guitar. Damn...I was hot stuff! A couple of people have told me I play like Chet...no wait, it was something that sounded a lot like that! Sorry, my mistake.

And, A Walk Through The Black Forest is also a great one. I lived in Germany for almost 12 years and have been to the Black Forest 5 or 6 times. Every time I went, I thought of that song!

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Originally Posted by Daniel Blake
The all time favourite. Hmm For me that is as easy as it comes. In the air tonight - Phil Collins
followed closely by Closer to Fine - Indigo girls
and The Dance - Garth


Daniel,

Welcome to JPF! We have a lot of interesting discussions like this around here. Not only are they entertaining, they are educational and gives us little bit of insight to how others think. BTW, I like your picks.

We also write, produce and perform a lot of danged good music, too!

Again, welcome. Good to have you with us.

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Originally Posted by Lynn Orloff
Al no need to leave and come back, besides you'll let in a draft...here it is... smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykpbKOnN93w


Lynn,

Thanks so much! Dang, it just makes me feel so relaxed and carefree when I hear that song. I've listened to it twice.

I may try to do something with it on the guitar one of these days.

Sorry about the draft. If you catch a cold, bill my insurance company!

Thanks again!

Alan

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Alan
A Summer Place is a great song. The song came from the movie A Summer Place (1959)starring Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee both deceased, It was a great movie too. All my friends loved it, Teenage love ya know. I remember seeing the movie at the Lido Theater in Maywood, IL.

It's interesting my song pick was True Love Ways (1958 but released in 1959) by Buddy Holly, also deceased.
It must have been a good era for music.

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Bill,

I guess that says a little something about the quality of the music at that time...pretty darned good!

And yeah, I saw the movie, too...several times...at the Strand Theatre in St. Charles, MO. The ticket was 50 cents, the soda, in the dropdown cup was 15 cents and the oversized candy bars were a quarter!

And True Love Ways is a great song from the era. I've never tried to sing it. Maybe I'll try that!

All the best to you and Sylvia. Hope she had a nice birthday. Today is our 17th anniversary.

All the best!

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Happy anniversary Alan
Sylvia and I are in our 33rd year together. Married for 30. It took her three years to convince me. Ha!

True love ways has a really beautiful but haunting melody. The song was done with a full Orchestra arrangement to compliment Buddy's vocal style.
I don't know why I like the song. It just always gives me chills. Not bad chills, just goose bumps I guess.
Traveling soldier by the Dixie Chicks does the same thing. Maybe it is just Natalie Maines voice. I love the way she sings.

But in the end I guess I have a lot of favorites. I wish I had 1% of the talent these artists possess.

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Thanks, Bill! I'll pass on your greeting to Helen. This is year #17 for us. She's napping right now. And Helen's birthday is the 19th of March and mine is the 22nd of March.

And yeah, I agree with you on Natalie Main's voice. And I fully agree about having even a small amount of the talent those folks have.

I still listen to your CD about once a month. You ain't too shabby, either!

All the best, my friend!

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Small world Alan
My Daughter's birthday in March 22.

I appreciate the comment on my CD. It was fun to do but I think it will be my one and only. smile


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Originally Posted by Samuel (joe) Harris
As Mark said, it is an impossible question but the closest thing I can come is to say what were my favorite songs at different times in my life.

"I believe", the first song I wanted to learn to sing. I was about 8. My sister and I did a duet of it. "I believe for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows...."

"Only you". By mother brought home a portable record player and one Platter platter. The other side was "Smoke gets in your eyes" a much more complicated song and later it was my favorite. It still kind of is I think!

"I'm Mr Blue" I was 12 or 13 and I listened to it over and over until I was sure I could sound exactly like Bobby Venten. Latter when I was older and wiser I decided it was stupid overly sentimental tripe. But at the time, nothing got any better- it's all wrapped up with first love, mystery and adolescence.

"Wipe out" and "Sloopy hang on". I was in a rock and roll band that covered Louie Louie, the Witch, the Ventures etc. I was the drummer. One party at the VFW hall I took the lead vocal. I sang Sloopy hang on. The girls were interested in me for the first time in my life. You've gotta love a song like that!

"Malagueńa" I was in El Paso headed for Viet Nam. I bought a cheap electric guitar with a battery powered head set so I could play in the army barracks. I didn't like it so I traded it in at a pawn shop for a 1946 acoustic Gibson with a narrow neck. My sister still has the guitar today. A guy in the barracks taught me Maleguana, a song I can still play on the guitar today.

"Fortunate Son" It said everything I was feeling about the last 18 months of my life. War is hell and I had been used. I came home with a purple heart and a blackened soul.

"For What it's Worth" Had friends at the University of Oregon who were big time war protesters. One went to jail for burning his draft card. Surely there is sanity somewhere in the middle because the extremes were out of control. I still do the song today.

"Shower the People". Went to work in a television station in Oregon and got pretty popular locally covering James Taylor and the Eagles. I sang on television doing commercials and telethons. This song was always identified with me. It didn't hurt that I looked like James Taylor. It was the first time in my life that I actually experienced something like fame. I went to a party and was asked to sing. When I sat down, people came around like I was their best friend. Suddenly I was suppose to be a counselor and sage and have all the answers just because I sang songs that made me seem wise and good.

"Take it to the limit" Only a few times was I confident enough to sing this song in the original key. It defines my vocal limits. When I can nail this song, I am in good form. It is also just a great song. It would be on my top 10 list of all times.

"Hotel California" One of those songs that just blew me away the first time I heard it. I didn't know it was possible for musicians to be that together and that tight on a song that sounds so spontaneous. It is a masterpiece of composition and arrangement and execution.

Having just tried to list "favorite" songs in order tells me I missed a bunch. Every Beatles album generated in me a new "Favorite". It might have been Rocky Racoon, or Let it be or A day in the Life. "He stopped loving her today' and a dozen other great country songs would be on my list. Martina Mc Bride's "Anyway" is a favorite until something else come along. It will. Maybe you will write it!



Heck, no need for me to reply. Just read SJH's response. Wow. Perfect. I think. I am a writer, I might write a book later, but for now, that is pretty dang good.

I was also taken by Dave's (Rice) response. I was at a casino gig one time, listening to the act. The lead singer said "If anyone can tell me the songwriter who wrote this song, you win a whatever." I don't remember the song or the prize. But I said Hoagy Carmichael. And won. Must not have been much of a prize, haha. Anyway, this guy was flabbergasted that I knew who wrote it.

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I've discovered some wonderful songs in this thread that are new to me. A great variety.

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Mine changes quite rapidly but right now its probably that One Republic tune All the Right Moves


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AppleJuice,
Welcome to JPF. Great tune, I like the "dirt" organ in the intro.

Here it is:
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Originally Posted by AppleJuice
One Republic tune All the Right Moves
I like this too but it owes a helluva lot to

All The Things She Said

by Tatu - produced by Trevor Horn which came out in 2003 - check it out

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I will take a look at that but today I think my fav tune is I Dont Need It by Jamie Foxx grin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6po5IvtvpPo


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For me?

Obvious choice here, Lynyrd Skynyrd's "FreeBird".

More for the instrumentation than anything else, you gotta give 'em credit, they were just a bunch of poor young boys tryin' to make a band....all in their 20's, and makin' music like that....3 guitars, piano, bass and a killer drummer!

Also, for the message in the lyrics, we could all use a little freedom, right?


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Well, I'm glad you asked, Scott. Harry PM'ed me and asked too.

My favorite song is Gordon Lightfoot's "Song for a Winter's Night." It's a simple song that paints a picture of longing.



I followed your lead and I found this song .. lovely .. I have learned it and have added "Song for a Winter's Night" to my set list ... can't wait to sing it at my next winter gig wink
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Lynnrd Skynnrd/Ballad Of Curtis Loew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03TgkCVDlrA

The music is warm, memorable and the lyrics are so smooth. I love the story, the detail, the twist(s) and compassion of the write. It humbles and challenges me (a beginner) to play along on my guitar. My second pick is Willie Nelson's Angel Fying Too Close To The Ground for all the same reasons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfBxfltYD0

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Many of my favs have been mentioned already, But Tangled Up In Blue
ranks at the top along with Aqualung, Seven Spanish Angels by Willie, and El Paso by Marty, and "Summer Place"by Percy
and "Orange County Lumber Truck" by Zappa
the first ones because of their stories, the last two instrumentals, because they are musical genius by how they make you feel, even if you dont know your arse from a hole in the ground about music, like me, they inspire you to want to know more
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For the last 2 years or so it's been "Levelland" by James McMurtry. Elliot Randall on the guitar solo. Killer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-D824LHti4&feature=related

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Originally Posted by billrocker
For the last 2 years or so it's been "Levelland" by James McMurtry. Elliot Randall on the guitar solo. Killer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-D824LHti4&feature=related


My mistake. David Grissom on solo.

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This is an impossible quest for me! I have favourites in every genre, and for many instruments.

It's almost like asking what the best guitar is?, and the best food? it just can't be done, as we need more than one :-)

But an impossible pick from me would be from Elvis' gospel records. I've loved those songs all my life, and still gets the same kick from hearing them.

Why? Somehow it just gives me piece of mind, a sense of perspective as a human being, and a larger than life sensation. Im not really a Christian person (far from it), but that don't prevent me from picking this as an absolute favourite.

It's a timeless classic, stripped down to voice and piano. I'll never get tired of it, for as long as I live!

Elvis "Stand by me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW-me2x98ec

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Mike,

I think the best song is always the song you need to hear at that moment to get you through the thing you are dealing with. I think great music connects with our emotions and helps us to deal with this crazy thing called life. That said when ever someone asks me what my favorite song is the first thing I think of is "This Old Porch" by Lyle Lovett. The lyric is one of the most amazing pieces of poetry I have ever felt. And yes I said felt. Someday before I die I hope to write a some that good!


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I'm with everyone else that says it changes with the days..But today my favorite song is Bread-Diary...Why? Because it's the epitome of beautiful simplicity and the lyrics tell a great story..Gotta love Bread.....The one song that stays in my top 3 no matter what the day is will always be Time in a bottle-Jim Croce..what a lyric


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Stoned,

Those are both great tunes. Diary was my favorite for a long time. I love the surprise ending and the melody just sails of into outer space. Another Croce tune I love is Operator. That said my favorite is still "This Old Porch".


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Ah, Mike, I TOO am a Sucker for Anything-From-Mancini..& I TOO had that Experiment In Terror 33-Vinyl (With Lee Remick on the Cover!).

"Days of Wine & Roses" & "Charade" remain Faves...as-well, Mancini-Wise. Instrumentals-Wise...howabout "The Happy Organ" (Dave Baby Cortez) and "Apache" (Jorgan Ingmann) for Memory Laners?

& That Great "One-Worder": "Tequila"...(The Champs?)...Now THERE's a Song I Can Remember The Words-To!!!

Fun Thread...Keep 'Em Coming, Amigo!
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Long Long lists....from JPFers to Hall of Famers (to a few who happen to be both) music has been my life without pause for the last 13 years.

Only recently have I had the blank time needed to let entire albums (or even box sets) wash over me without interuption or agenda (the awards) since starting JPF. Two that totally mesmerize me are Tori Amos's "A Piano: The Collection" and Bruce Hornsby's "Intersections: 1985-2005" These are two albums that equally demonstrate true artistry, utterly bare, utterly unique in their style and without apologies. If listening to those two collections back to back don't take you for an emotional ride, nothing will.

I've spent my life listening to everything from the random to the obscure to the commericial to the souless, all genres and all talent levels. In person across 1000's of live shows to lonely hours behind a computer keyboard to 100,000 miles getting to the next gig or event. But I always come back to Tori because I am in awe of her sheer force of passion and Bruce because he moves me like no other music maker has been able to.

So I didn't answer the question... the one song that always gets me since I was a young teen is someone else entirely... Paul Davis's "I Go Crazy" and the reason was it came out exactly when I first discovered the feeling of adolescent love and I can always remember that exact feeling when I hear it. = )

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Well when I was in my 20's (last week) I loved "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain...but on here my real favorite is the one Mike Caro produced that is cowritten by me, Derek Hines and Caroline is Man How These Walls Cry..because it is the first real song that I had anything to do with and the first i've had on a cd, and Mike did it so well,, how could it not be my favorite...again this song Mike Caro, what can I say...Man you were great on this and it will forever be my favorite...thanks glyn

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