What's your favorite song of all time?

[AmyStrange]

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I have an eclectic taste in music (classical to hip-hop), but my favorite song of all time is Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress) by the Hollies:

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ETA: Continued here (What's your favorite song, right now?):
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[Enterstageleft]

1. It isn't my favorite song of all time...

But I consider it our alternate national anthem.

Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett.

[AmyStrange]

4. Definitely worth a listen...

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[DFW]

44. These days, there is an alternate to the alternate:

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[AmyStrange]

66. Yup, and sometimes the alternate is as good as the original...

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[retread]

133. Can't name just one. Depends on mood, time of day, etc. When I was in the Army there

were 2.

[AmyStrange]

149. Both are GREAT...

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especially Paint it Black!

Thank you.
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[samplegirl]

2. Into the Mystic

Van Morrison

[AmyStrange]

6. My sister loves Van Morrison

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[denbot]

131. Alley and my wedding dance..

[pnwest]

3. "Secret World" Peter Gabriel

[AmyStrange]

7. Johnny Fever would love this too...

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You know he would:

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[pnwest]

13. Oh Lord, the video of this whole concert

is just sheer magik to me.

[AmyStrange]

15. Here you go...

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[pnwest]

18. Ah, sweet - I have the DVD.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. That Hollies song is one of my favs too.

I don't try to pick any all-time favorites anymore, music-wise, because they'll just change eventually for me. Lol.

[AmyStrange]

8. I try not to also, but that Hollies' song...

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just sticks with me.
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[Buckeye_Democrat]

10. My list would never change very much, though.

It would be pretty much be the same hundreds -- maybe thousands? -- of songs that I like the most, with some new songs added periodically. The new additions have definitely become more rare in recent decades, though.

[Doc_Technical]

81. Too much of a good thing?

[AmyStrange]

83. I NEVER get tired of that song...

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Cool beginning and thanks.
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[ZZenith]

9. Something by The Beatles.

Frank Sinatra called it the greatest song ever written but I love it in spite of that fact.

[AmyStrange]

16. ha ha ha

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I love it too, but my favorite Beatles is As My Guitar Gently Weeps:

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[ZZenith]

24. My second-favorite Beatles song!

A case could be made that I’m more of a George Harrison fan but his solo stuff never quite had the same mojo.

SO much good music from that era, not least The Hollies tracks - Bus Stop, He Ain’t Heavy, Air That I Breathe and of course, Long Cool Woman.

You have excellent taste, Amy Strange!

[AmyStrange]

27. Why, thank you...

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and I must say, so do you.
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[trueblue2007]

67. thank you...thank you...thank you... BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP !!! AND

From the 80's Channel 4 TV show 'The Unforgettables'
The Foundations made their debut in 1967 and were said to be some of the most authentic makers of soul music to have originated from England. They were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group had the first number one of a multi-racial group in the 1960.

In 1968 they released "Build Me Up Buttercup". The single was a big hit, reaching number 2 in the UK Charts. It has since been covered many times and used in films and by sports teams at their games.


The very first multiracial band in the United Kingdom... they were way ahead of their time!

[trueblue2007]

68. Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt ~ When Will I Be Loved 1976 (OGWT)

Linda Ronstadt ~ When Will I Be Loved
Old Grey Whistle Test 1976

[AmyStrange]

70. She's awesome live

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once again, thank you.
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[AmyStrange]

69. I have that version on my iPhone...

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As a matter of fact, I have just about every song listed in this OP.

I used to do DJ work for hire at parties, and you have to have all that stuff.

I'm listening to it right now and thank you.
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[pressbox69]

11. It was Layla

Until I heard this.

[AmyStrange]

17. I love that crazy sonovabitch

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thank you
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[Marie Marie]

12. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd.

[ZZenith]

14. At the top of my list, for sure!

Got me through late adolescence, that song did.

[AmyStrange]

20. It's the perfect description of me when I'm stoned...

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[musette_sf]

19. Sometimes more often than not

this one:

[AmyStrange]

22. Not a bad choice

[Heartstrings]

21. "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" was my deceased ex-husbands song for me...

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That and “Wonderful Tonight” by Eric Clapton.

So in his memory I’ll post one of our family favorites. When my daughter was a little he’d have her put her tiny feet on his, hold her hands, and dance with her. I can still hear her giggling. Sure wish we had had a video camera.

[AmyStrange]

25. Doobie Brothers!

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I love that song and thank you for sharing.

My fave by them is Jesus Is Just Alright:

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[Buckeye_Democrat]

23. So many over the years.

I'm mostly a fan of "classic rock", with impressive instrumentals, but even the songs below struck my fancy in the past. I had download them onto a flash drive and played them a lot while driving in my car, like an obsessed person! (Not now.)

[AmyStrange]

26. Now you've got me obsessed...

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Thanks a lot!
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[Buckeye_Democrat]

28. Heh heh!

[DFW]

29. One no one ever suspects

Although this one is almost a tie:

Both brilliant, painting both a short story, a mood, and a deep musical fanstasy

[AmyStrange]

34. I remember the first one, but

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not the second one.

Regardless, they're both good.

Thank you for bringing them up and out of the shadows.
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[DFW]

56. Then you'd probably like this one, too

[AmyStrange]

57. Oh, most definitely...

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thank you.
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[Jeebo]

30. It's not really a song exactly, but my favorite music ever ...

... is the Mahler second symphony, "Resurrection". It's 80 minutes of heavenly bliss, to me.

But if it has to be a song, I'll choose the Beatles' "I Am The Walrus". Somebody on the Beatles channel on Sirius satellite radio was introducing the song and explained the reason for the nonsense lyrics. He said people were trying to offer up all kinds of interpretations of the deep profound hidden meaning behind Beatles lyrics, and John Lennon wrote those crazy lyrics in an attempt to foil them. If that really was his purpose, he failed. I must have listened to this song hundreds of times in my life, and after a few hearings, those brilliant lyrics actually started making a weird kind of sense to me, to the point where they are just perfect to me now, and complement the music perfectly. If I had ever been a father to a daughter, and if I had been the one who got to name her, I would have named her (first name and middle name) Semolina Pilchard.

-- Ron

[AmyStrange]

37. You had that happen too!

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I had to stop listening to it, because it started making sense, especially after doing some shrooms, and I thought I was going crazy:

LYRICS:

I Am the Walrus
The Beatles

One, two, three

I am he as you are he, as you are me and we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly
I'm crying

Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long

I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo-goo g'joob

Mister City policeman sitting pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run
I'm crying, I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying

Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye

Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down

I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo-goo g'joob

Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come, you get a tan from standing in the english rain

I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo-goo g'joob, g'goo goo g'joob
Expert textpert choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snied

I'm crying
Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower

Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar-Allan-Poe

I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo-goo g'joob, g'goo goo g'joob
Goo goo g'joob, g'goo goo g'joob, g'goo...

Here they are
The Beatles!

Songwriters: P. Mccartney, J. Lennon
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[NBachers]

31. Kinda hard, after all these years and all the music, but I've been listening to Del Shannon lately

and Runaway will always be right up at the top. A true rock and roller.

[AmyStrange]

38. Definitely keeps me rockin' and...

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thanks for sharing.
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[Mister Ed]

32. "Like a Rolling Stone", Bob Dylan. n /t

[AmyStrange]

40. Thank you for doing the honors...

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[DFW]

33. And this one really needs to be mentioned

The Eagles' version is the one that got all the recognition, but the version that was by far the best was the one recorded by co-writer Jackson Browne:

[AmyStrange]

41. Yeah, I always liked that version too...

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and thank you for sharing.
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[ailsagirl]

145. Can't name one but...

anything by The Who
Beatles
The Kinks
Genesis
Dire Straits

It would seem I lean toward British groups...

[AmyStrange]

154. Here are my favorites from each one and thank you...

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[ailsagirl]

155. I like your choices!! 🤩

👏🏽🥳💖😃👍

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

50. I'm a huge JB fan, but if I ever knew it, I'd forgotten he wasn't the sole author

of the great Take It Easy. Interesting story here:

Jackson Browne wrote started writing this song his first album, but he didn't know how to finish it. At the time, he was living in an apartment in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, and his upstairs neighbor was Glenn Frey, who needed songs for his new band - the Eagles.

Frey heard Browne working on the song (he says that he learned a lot about songwriting by listening to his downstairs neighbor work), and told Jackson that he thought it was great. Browne said he was having trouble completing the track, and played what he had of it. When he got to the second verse, Frey came up with a key lyric: "It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowing down to take a look at me."

Browne turned the song over to Frey, who finished writing it and recorded it with the Eagles, who used it as the first song on their first album, and also their first single. Frey says that Browne did most of the work on the song and was very generous in sharing the writing credit. He described the unfinished version of the song as a "package without the ribbon."

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/eagles/take-it-easy.

[Bev54]

35. I have two, Unchained Melody and Procol Harum whiter shade of pale.

[AmyStrange]

43. I always cry when Unchained Melody starts up in Ghost...

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Thank you for sharing

Whiter Shade of Pale:

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[Bev54]

47. This is my favourite of whiter shade of pale

denmark 2006

[AmyStrange]

48. Here ya go...

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Procol Harum performing A Whiter Shade of Pale with the Danish National Concert Orchestra and choir at Ledreborg Castle, Denmark in August 2006:

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[Bev54]

54. Another fav Halleluja sung by Rufus Wainwright

&list=PLlGGEBl3a6lVC7uirIlHVQWWQulFD1UPk

[AmyStrange]

61. Wow! That was amazing!

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A special thanks for that one.
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[trueblue2007]

71. OMG.... THAT WAS WONDERFUL

[Stuart G]

148. Thank You, Thank You..Wonderful I loved it..K and R

[AmyStrange]

58. Check this one out...

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[Bev54]

64. It's too bad people cannot just stop and take time

to listen to the music. It is kind of like taking time to smell the flowers.

[AmyStrange]

65. +100000000000000000000000000000000 x 2

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That is so true.
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[Dark n Stormy Knight]

36. No way I could possibly choose just one.

It pains me to even think of trying!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

42. Same.

I've strongly enjoyed many of the songs shared in this thread over the years. I used to pick favorites when I was younger, but it seems impossible now.

[AmyStrange]

46. I don't blame you

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There's so much good stuff out there, including those mentioned here, that if it weren't for Long Cool Woman, I wouldn't know what to pick.
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[Karadeniz]

39. I am obviously a complete anachronism! I love Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, sung by Irene Dunne!

But Morning Has Risen by Cat Stevens is up there. And who can sit still to drive when Can't Help Myself comes on...not me!

[AmyStrange]

45. An oldie but still a goodie and thank you...

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[Karadeniz]

49. Aaaah.. That was so nice to hear! I don't keep up with modern music, but it just doesn't seem like

Anyone since the '30's has written lyrics as good as that decade's. Even the silly ones were cute!

[AmyStrange]

51. I'm more of a jazz and swing fan from that era, but...

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I like a good oldie like that every now and again also.

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[Buckeye_Democrat]

53. Also one of my faves!

[keithbvadu2]

52. (One of several favorites) - Memories, but it has to be Elaine Paige.

(One of several favorites) - Memories, but it has to be Elaine Paige.

Others do a good job with it but she 'owns' that song.

&list=RDMM&index=3

[AmyStrange]

55. I love that song...

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thank you, thank you, thank you.
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[Crazyleftie]

59. My fav song dedicated to the Trump years

[AmyStrange]

60. Yes! Very, very appropriate, and...

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thanks for sharing.
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[Mad_Dem_X]

62. Let It Be - The Beatles

Close second: Year of the Cat by Al Stewart.

[AmyStrange]

63. Both are great songs and thank you...

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[AmyStrange]

72. Come and Get Your Love by Redbone...

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Another of my favorites...

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[AmyStrange]

73. You can't BE a DJ unless you own this song...

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I'm sure it's a law somewhere:

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[electric_blue68]

74. "Pure and Easy" by The Who

Let's see if this works... It worked!

A less well known song - but you'll find a little bit of it at the end of another exquisite Who song "The Song Is Over"

[AmyStrange]

75. It worked fine and thanks

[electric_blue68]

76. 🎵🎶 👍

[lpbk2713]

77. Me and Bobby McGee

Almost anything by Kristofferson. Fantastic songwriter.

[AmyStrange]

78. I've been waiting for that one...

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it's one of my faves also and thank you.

Janis Joplin:

Kris Kristofferson:

While looking for those, I found this, and I couldn't resist it:

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[Mendocino]

79. Little Wing

Derek and the Dominos

[link:

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[AmyStrange]

84. Not bad and...

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thank you.
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[Warren_Pointe]

80. From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)

Written by Springsteen; Performed by Dave Edmunds

[AmyStrange]

85. That definitely rocks...

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and thank you for sharing.
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[Doc_Technical]

82. Beethoven symphony 9 2nd movement

[AmyStrange]

86. Old, but still a great musical experience and...

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thank you for THAT visual replication.
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[Jeebo]

141. The Huntley-Brinkley Report.

That's the music they used to play introducing and concluding that nightly news report on NBC.

And yes, I love Beethoven too. Especially the third, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth symphonies. And all of his piano concertos. And the triple concerto.

-- Ron

[Upthevibe]

87. It's always been this one for me....

[AmyStrange]

88. Is Paul dead?

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I used to play that whole vinyl album backwards, and you actually could hear it, although a little scratchy.

I miss vinyl sometimes, but I don't miss the skips.

Anyway, really good choice and thanks.
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[Upthevibe]

106. AmyStrange....

Me too! Such a great album. BTW - Paul's NOT dead!

[AmyStrange]

107. heh heh heh

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I was worried there for a minute!
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[Boomerproud]

128. Their masterpiece.

That is all. I love music threads in the lounge.

[mopinko]

89. i'll never get out of this world alive- hank williams.

sung by steve earle, but he takes some liberties w the lyrics and he doesnt do all the verses.

[AmyStrange]

90. Hank Williams and Steve Earle -- definitely two of the best...

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[mopinko]

91. dude saved my life.

during the darkest few years of my life, when i was working on a design degree, and commuting downtown a couple days a week, an hour trip each way, i had about a dozen of his records on my phone. i'd put them on a shuffle. every day a different song spoke to me.
have no idea how i would have gotten that done w/o steve singing in my ear.

[AmyStrange]

92. Music could unite the world...

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if only we'd just let go of ALL our hate (for just a minute) and FEEL ITS POWER. Not just the music you and I like, but ALL the music ever made... umm, well, except maybe opera.

My lawyer gets it, and she's just a freakin' animal in court:





Anyway, thanks for sharing.
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[Jeebo]

130. What's your problem with opera?

I just LOVE opera. I think it's one of the highest art forms yet devised by humans. One of my absolute favorite things to do in this world is to go to the opera. It's one of the things I miss most that Covid has denied us. If you don't understand it, that's your loss.

-- Ron

[denbot]

132. .

[AmyStrange]

135. +100000000000000000000000000000000 x 2

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[AmyStrange]

138. What's your favorite opera?

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[Jeebo]

140. Puccini: "Madame Butterfly" and "Turandot".

And "Tosca". Lots of people love "La Boheme" but it's just not one of my favorites, although I'll go see it when it's what they're performing. Also other composers: Bizet's "Carmen", Verdi's "La Traviata", Wagner's "Die Valkyrie". The start of the third act is the tune Elmer Fudd was singing in the Bugs Bunny cartoon when he wanted to "Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit". I have seen two obscure operas that are rarely performed that I just LOVED. Mozart wrote one called "Il Re Pastore", if I remember the title correctly. He wrote it when he was 19 and the Baroque era was a very recent memory and the music sounds a lot like Baroque music and I just LOVE Baroque music. The oldest opera I've ever seen is also rarely performed, but one of my favorites and I hope I'll get to see it again some day: "Orfeo" by Monteverdi. It was first performed in the early 1600s and I have heard claims that it is the earliest performed opera. It also is filled with truly beautiful Baroque music.

I would post some examples here for you, but I don't know how to do that. You can call me a technophobe if you want to. I won't be offended.

Somehow we have wandered far field of the original query of this thread, which is, What is your favorite song? Although, opera is full of wonderful songs.

-- Ron

[AmyStrange]

142. How about these...

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BONUS TRACK:

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[alphafemale]

93. I'm not sure I can pick a favorite but I do remember my First.

Kaw Liiiii GA!

I remember howling with my dad in the car to that song and he was laughing.

I could not have been much more than about 3.

[AmyStrange]

94. Ok, I don't quite get the name of that one, but...

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in the same spirit, here's my first fave:

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[alphafemale]

95. Perhaps the very first super star that got panties tossed at him

Hank Williams. (Not Junior)

Many others have done the song, though.

[AmyStrange]

96. Ok, I actually remember that song, and...

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I'd probably would've done the same thing, screaming my lungs out.

It's definitely THAT kind of song.

Anyway, thanks for clearing THAT up... heh heh heh.
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[alphafemale]

97. WWVA

My dad's dial was almost always on that.

I don't care for modern Country Music.

Bu the early stuff is very earth.

[AmyStrange]

98. I like this song by Keith Urban...

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[AmyStrange]

99. TWO MORE FOR TODAY (Inauguration Day)...

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[Tikki]

100. Pretty much always come back to this song.."Land of 1,000 Dances...Chris Kenner..

You know New Orleans and all.

Tikki

[AmyStrange]

101. I LOVE NEW ORLEANS!

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Thank you for sharing.
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[ironflange]

102. Faure Sicilienne

Second place: Christmas Time in Hell

[AmyStrange]

103. I didn't recognize the title, but...

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I did recognize the music and thanks for sharing such a beautiful piece.
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[ironflange]

104. It's one of those tunes everybody knows

But don't know the name of.

[AmyStrange]

105. Can't argue with that!

[ironflange]

121. Here's another particularly nice one

[AmyStrange]

122. That is relaxing music, and...

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thank you again
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[ironflange]

123. You're welcome!

[BainsBane]

108. that's a hard question

But right now I'm going to Cancoes e moments, Milton Nascimento and Maria Bethania.

[AmyStrange]

109. It's a little slow for me, but...

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that guy's voice (it's a guy, right?) is smooth as silk, and I liked that part.
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[BainsBane]

110. A woman and a man

The man has the higher voice.

[AmyStrange]

111. I should listen to the whole thing, but thanks...

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I did like whomever was singing in the beginning, but it was still slow for me.

I can appreciate beautiful music, but it's the stuff that has a kickin' beat that really speaks to me, deep, deep in my soul.

I'm a lousy dancer, but my feet don't know it.
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[AmyStrange]

112. For all the ladies out there...

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or anyone who loves good music:

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[AmyStrange]

113. 29

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[sarge43]

114. The Four Tops, Reach Out, I'll Be There

[AmyStrange]

115. Oh yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about...

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Some gold old fashion R&B to wake me right up.

Thank you.
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[sarge43]

117. Thank you. It's a love song, an anthem, a hymn.

When I'm feeling down, I play it and get back on track.

[Paladin]

116. "Teach Your Children" original CSNY version. (nt)

[AmyStrange]

118. Definitely a good choice and thank you...

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[Alsteen]

119. It would need to be a list

Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys. Maybe the most perfect song ever written
Hiawatha - Laurie Anderson
And So It Goes. The Gary Carter version
Nowhere Man - Beatles. Best guitar break ever
Rejoice - Jefferson Airplane. Graces voice and Jacks bass. Damn

And on and on .....

[AmyStrange]

120. Nice eclectic list and welcome to DU...

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[Danmel]

124. Pure and Easy by Pete Townshend

[AmyStrange]

125. That was surprising, and...

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especially good, because I forgot all about this song, and the fact that Pete had a solo career, but I do like the album title, "Who Came First" ... heh heh heh.

Anyway, thank you for sharing.
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[AmyStrange]

126. This is probably *****'s favorite song...

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(full disclosure) I like it too.



This version actually has a guy wearing a ***** mask:

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[AmyStrange]

127. Jethro Tull

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My favorite Jethro Tull song: The Third Hoorah
Some parts of this song actually sound like classical music...

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[First Speaker]

129. Sticking only to songs, and not music in general, I have three...

...Mack the Knife, In a Sentimental Mood, and Lush Life.

[AmyStrange]

134. Interesting choices

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Hope I got these right:

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[First Speaker]

139. Yes! Especially the Coltrane/Ellington album...

...strange combo, but it really works. That's the version of "...Sentimental Mood" that made me fall in love with the song...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

136. I like love songs, about devotion, solid, steady love ballads.

[AmyStrange]

137. I love LOVE SONGS with a little kick!

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Thank you for sharing.
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[kairos12]

143. Today its this one. Could change tomorrow.

[AmyStrange]

150. Oh yes!

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Pelosi probably plays that one before she goes in to face the repubs.

Thank you!
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[Beringia]

144. Jam on It, Newcleus

Cozmo D. and Chilly B

[AmyStrange]

151. That's kick ass!!!

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Thank you.
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[NNadir]

146. Probably John Abercrombie's Timeless.

[AmyStrange]

152. Nice guitar work.

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Thank you.
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[kentuck]

147. That's a tough one....

Although I have always loved Heart of Gold by Neil Young.

[AmyStrange]

153. That whole album is awesome, but...

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I do like that one best of all!

Thank you.
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[AmyStrange]

156. INXS - Tight

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[AmyStrange]

157. Guardians of the Galaxy

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[AmyStrange]

158. War - Low Rider

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[JimGinPA]

159. This Obscure Allman Brothers Cover Is At Least Tied For Favorite

[AmyStrange]

161. Haven't heard that song in a while!

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Thank you!!
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[Turin_C3PO]

160. Watermelon in Easter Hay by Frank Zappa.

Gorgeous song.

[AmyStrange]

162. Zappa Live!

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Can't beat it and thank you!!

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[AmyStrange]

163. CCR

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[bif]

164. "So Much Mine" by Jonatha Brooke

[AmyStrange]

165. WOW!

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That was fun and thanks for sharing.
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[bif]

167. All of her music is great. Well worth looking into.

And she's absolutely amazing live! The rapport with here audience is great.

[AmyStrange]

166. Soul Man: Sam & Dave (LIVE) + Blues Brothers (LIVE: SNL)

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Sam & Dave (LIVE):

Blues Brothers (LIVE: SNL):

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[AmyStrange]

168. These two should be played together...

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[marmar]

169. "As" by Stevie Wonder

[AmyStrange]

171. Stevie Wonder is simply an amazing artist!

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I miss Bet TV, but thank you for sharing.
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[AmyStrange]

170. The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me (Official Music Video)

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[Inbox55]

172. This is my new American Anthem - hope, change, equality, all that is good about America

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In 2018 Spike Lee said on National TV “Let’s Make America Love Again” instead of MAGA!

“I want to make America love again, make America love again
Make America – don’t know when – before it’s too late“

From my home in London I watched Spike Lee on TV, I was moved and I was shocked. America has suffered and is suffering these days. I realised that I wanted to do something, because what happens in America affects us in the UK, in Europe in Africa, Asia and the whole of the world. That night at 3am I awoke with a lyric and a tune in my head. I went to my piano in my night clothes, I waited, the tune, the white and the black notes came as if from outside myself. As I waited the words emerged, all at once, as if I already knew them. I didn’t have to think, I felt like a channel between the infinite and the tangible. Many songwriters and artists talk about this extraordinary moment when inspiration appears apparently out of nowhere, when creation seems effortless. This was my experience that night.

I wanted this to be the new anthem for the Democratic Party in time for the election. Wasn't to be but here it is.

“From slavery to Kennedy from Roosevelt to Vietnam
From Washington to Lexington from LBJ to Birmingham
Haight Ashbury to NBC, Bay of Pigs to WMD, this is not all that I see when looking at my history
From Spike Lee to World War II, the D-day we were there for you .. before it’s too late“

Our video of the song has won the Atman Festival best music video this month

[link:http://www.makeamericalove.com|

[AmyStrange]

173. Welcome to the DU!

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[Kahuna]

174. The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles. nt

[AmyStrange]

176. The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles

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[Kahuna]

178. Whew, you got me. Something about that song always brings me close to tears. nt

[yankee87]

175. Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

Just love the song because of The Stand miniseries of the 80s.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=blue+%c3%b6yster+cult+(don%27t+fear)+the+reaper&docid=608050026930439948&mid=D5CD591EF3D02B31ED0CD5CD591EF3D02B31ED0C&view=detail&FORM=VRAASM

[AmyStrange]

177. Blue yster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper

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[Throckmorton]

179. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner.

Warren Zevon

[AmyStrange]

180. Warren Zevon - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner(African Bush Wars Video).mpg

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[Stuart G]

182. Peter, Paul, & Mary. "Blowing In The Wind" perfomed in 1986

[AmyStrange]

183. That was awesome!

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