Comfort songs

[Brother Ragnarok]

Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery, I suppose.  We all know our comfort horror flicks, now what are the songs you listen to over and over again?  If you're driving a short distance and have to choose only a few songs to listen to, which are the ones you always skip to before you get to Wendy's?
Myself:
Dirty Old Town, A Pair of Brown Eyes - The Pogues
The Worst Day Since Yesterday, If I Ever Leave This World Alive - Flogging Molly
Music In The Wood, Vimy, Closer To The Ocean, Traleigh Bay - Tanglefoot
Tomorrow Turned Into Yesterday, The Heart Collector - Nevermore
The Insight and the Catharsis - Dimmu Borgir
Hm...this list is getting a little out of hand.  That's all for now.

Brother R

[Ash]

I like to whistle the Andy Griffith theme song...

Got it stuck in your head now didn't I?

Hehe!

[raj]

Anything by the Beatles.  Except Revolution #9 (which is really a Lennon-Ono tune anyhow)

[Vermin Boy]

"My Way" - Sid Vicious
"Fish Heads" - Barnes & Barnes
"Let's Make the Water Turn Black" - Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
"Fire" - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
"Powerhouse" - Raymond Scott
"Surfin' Bird" - The Trashmen
"Viva Las Vegas" - Dead Kennedys (with the Hunter S Thompson intro from the Fear & Loathing soundtrack)

[raj]

Forgot to mention that in high school after particuarly grueling exams I'd slap on the headphones and crank out Damaged by Black Flag (the Henry Rollins version).

Always cleared my head.

[Lee]

You can't go wrong with a little Alice Cooper. :)

[Ellie]

Refugee-Tom Petty
Smells like Team Spirit-Nirvana
A Horse with no Name-America
Riders on the Storm-The Doors-
Stairway to Heaven-Led Zepplin
Live Wire-Motley Crue
...just to name a few...there's plenty more...

[Neon Noodle]

"Reload" - Rob Zombie
"Busy Child" - Crystal Method
"New Jack City" - Ice T
"Block Rockin' Beats" - Chemical Brothers

[Lee]

Ellie wrote:

> Refugee-Tom Petty
> Smells like Team Spirit-Nirvana
> A Horse with no Name-America
> Riders on the Storm-The Doors-
> Stairway to Heaven-Led Zepplin
> Live Wire-Motley Crue
> ...just to name a few...there's plenty more...


Ellie you have good taste in music.

[Neville]

Depends. These days there are either Sting's "Why should I cry for you?" or Pink Floyd's "Wish you were here". I'm in a melancholic mood, you see.

[George]

I think many times people start these threads to show their advanced taste in music (I'm not saying that is the case here, just an observation).   I like good music as much as the next person but make no mistake.......obscure does not equal good.  You can like the Pogues, Black Flag, The Buzzcocks, Oval Opus or whatever.......that doesn't make your taste better than mine.

Hey, I love Springsteen, I love Nirvana, I even like 50 Cent and Eminem.  All of this doesn't mean that I don't have respect for people who like Wil Smith and N'Sync.  Just because the music isn't your style, doesn't mean it isn't good.

DISCUSS!!!!!

[Mr_Vindictive]

I agree with the last post.  Even though my name on here is Skaboi, (Ska and Oi) I actually listen to most anything.

Techno, rock, rap, punk, ska-I don't care.  Anything is good.


1. Anything from the Fight Club sndtrck.  The Dust Brothers own.

2. Porch Song-Widespread Panic

3. Water's Edge-7Mary3

4. Edgecrusher and Shock-Fear Factory

Numerous others...........not enough time.

[The Burgomaster]

In no particular order:

Flirtin' with Disaster - Molly Hatchet
Sleeping Bag - ZZ Top
I Wanna be Sedated - Ramones
Fantasy Girl - .38 Special
Papo de Jacare - O Bicho
Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
Tic, Tic, Tac - Banda Eva
Stages - ZZ Top
Caught up in You - .38 Special
The Great Pretender - The Platters
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio? - Ramones
Menina de Mozambique - Banda Eva
I Drink Alone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Half a Boy and Half a Man - Nick Lowe
Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
Alone Again, Naturally - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Plus numerous songs by Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan

[Brother Ragnarok]

I wasn't trying to make myself sound all superior or anything.  That's just the music I happen to like.  Obscure doesn't always equal good, you're right.  How many of you have ever heard of Lacrimosa?  No?  Well, that's fine, because they blow large amounts of ass.
My point was the "comfort movies" post made me think of other things that were comfortable to me.  When I feel crappy, I listen to songs that make me feel better, or at least enhance my crappy mood in a nicely melancholic way (that sounded really gay, but I don't know how else to put it).  I was just wondering not only what bands other people like, we've already done that post a few times, but what particular songs make people feel good.
But what's wrong with liking the Pogues and saying you do?  Just because they never hit the limelight like Eminem doesn't mean their fans are smug elitists.  I just happen to really like Irish music.  I like non-obscure things too, though.  I really dig Sarah McLaughlan, Michelle Branch is pretty good, all sorts of oldies (everyone knows who the Beach Boys are, and there are few better examples of throwaway pop songs than them).
Now, I'm going to read all the rest of the entries in this thread and laugh smugly since my taste and knowledge of music is so much better than everyone else's. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Brother R

[onionhead]

To ASHTHECAT regarding the theme to the Andy Griffith Show--Thanks, you bastard.  Well, at least it replaced the theme to SpongeBob Squarepants, which has been bounding through my cranium for over two weeks!



Post Edited (11-15-03 20:01)