Your 20 Favorite Songs

[claws]

Post 20 favorite songs of yours. In order not to clutter up the thread too fast, post one song per day. I'll start mine with

#1) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash (1973)

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[claws]

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? 

#2) Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (1968)

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[RCMerchant]

 1.JANIS! Ball and Chain!

http://youtu.be/X1zFnyEe3nE

[RCMerchant]

2. Etta James- I'd Rather Be a Blind Girl

http://youtu.be/uZt1xKtPbUQ

[Rev. Powell]

1.JANIS! Ball and Chain!

http://youtu.be/X1zFnyEe3nE

I could have included that one in my list, but I won't. (Actually, it's the performance I worship there, not the song per se).

I won't do an actually 20 favorite songs because I don' think I could. Just 20 that are among my favorites.

1. St. James Infirmary - traditional, best known for Louis Armstrong's versions:

http://youtu.be/JGPvGkgbQ_E

[RCMerchant]

I dunno, Rev, I find it hard to separate the song from the performer. A song is only as good as the singer, IMHO.

Billie Holiday- STRANGE FRUIT

Number 3-

http://youtu.be/-DGY9HvChXk

[Allhallowsday]

^I think the OP said one a day.  

1. THE STOOGES "Dirt"  

http://youtu.be/ycjtuayZitA    

[RCMerchant]

^ Yeah, I'm sure he did. But being ain't a lot of folks posting- so what?

4. Bobbie Gentry- Ode to Billie Joe


http://youtu.be/nv33eaygVDQ

[Rev. Powell]

I dunno, Rev, I find it hard to separate the song from the performer. A song is only as good as the singer, IMHO.

I guess my point is I wouldn't be jazzed to hear anyone but Janis do "Ball and Chain," so to me, it's that particular performance I love, not the song itself. I'd be willing to listen to anyone give "St. James Infirmary" or "Strange Fruit" a spin because those are amazingly written songs.

[RCMerchant]

I dunno, Rev, I find it hard to separate the song from the performer. A song is only as good as the singer, IMHO.

I guess my point is I wouldn't be jazzed to hear anyone but Janis do "Ball and Chain," so to me, it's that particular performance I love, not the song itself. I'd be willing to listen to anyone give "St. James Infirmary" or "Strange Fruit" a spin because those are amazingly written songs.

I have to disagree. Not every one can sing a song and make it good. It can be the best song in the world-or the worst! A good singer can take a s**t song and make it classic.

http://youtu.be/zfaOf70M4xs

[Allhallowsday]

...Not every one can sing a song and make it good. It can be the best song in the world-or the worst! A good singer can take a s**t song and make it classic.
http://youtu.be/zfaOf70M4xs

Great example of a good singer making a sh!t song classic. 

[Rev. Powell]

I dunno, Rev, I find it hard to separate the song from the performer. A song is only as good as the singer, IMHO.

I guess my point is I wouldn't be jazzed to hear anyone but Janis do "Ball and Chain," so to me, it's that particular performance I love, not the song itself. I'd be willing to listen to anyone give "St. James Infirmary" or "Strange Fruit" a spin because those are amazingly written songs.

I have to disagree. Not every one can sing a song and make it good. It can be the best song in the world-or the worst! A good singer can take a s**t song and make it classic.

http://youtu.be/zfaOf70M4xs

I agree a good singer can take a s**t song and make it a classic, but that doesn't make it one of my favorite songs. It makes it one of my favorite performances (of a bad song). I'm being pedantic if you hadn't noticed. 

[Allhallowsday]

I think we all agree that we are probably thinking of performances and recordings. 
I can't automatically name a "favorite song" but I know my favorite bit of recorded music is "Dirt". 

[Rev. Powell]

I think we all agree that we are probably thinking of performances and recordings. 

I wasn't, and I will continue posting my favorite songs in the favorite song thread! So there! 

[RCMerchant]

I think we all agree that we are probably thinking of performances and recordings. 
I can't automatically name a "favorite song" but I know my favorite bit of recorded music is "Dirt". 

Dirt is good- but I like 1969 better!

http://youtu.be/XeQ2r1HLALE