Good songs

Jack Lynch · 18-12-2005 8:29pm #1

Right, maybe this should go in a music Forum, but i cant guarantee that they'll have taste. There are some songs which are automatically seen as 'good' songs. Bohemian Rhapsody and Imagine come to mind. What other 'good' songs are there, and which is the best?

Also, which is the best song anyway?

My favourite 'good' song is American Pie. I think a few people might agree.

Woo! First new topic in like ages

PurpleFistMixer · 18-12-2005 8:34pm

Um.. It's a bit of a subjective question...
Are you asking us what are our favourite songs? I could go on a while.

Matthewthebig · 18-12-2005 8:36pm

Sunn O))) - anything by them

Mr.D.Leprachaun · 18-12-2005 9:23pm

Stairway to Heaven!
Bohemian Rhapsody's teh best.

Piste · 19-12-2005 3:51pm

There are no objectively "good" songs. The OP has said Imagine is a "good" song. I don't like imagine, I don't think it's a verey good song and I'm sure there are songs that I like that others would see as terrible.

odranCN · 19-12-2005 4:52pm

Deliverance - opeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Per Liefsonson · 19-12-2005 10:10pm

"Obeisance Before Giving Breath To The Inert One In The Presence Of The Cresent Shaped Horns" by Nile. Great song.

jono087 · 19-12-2005 10:11pm

Is it just me or is CTYI predominantly a rocker group??:rolleyes:
says something for rockers....

PurpleFistMixer · 19-12-2005 10:36pm

Dream Theatre - Infected Mushroom.
Psytrance ftw!

Yes, I did this to be contrary, but it's also a great song.

Also

Halcyon and On and On - Orbital.

jono087 · 19-12-2005 10:43pm

yay!!!

commander tom - attention, had to be said
stretch nd vern - beats & bones

Shellie13 · 19-12-2005 10:47pm

The Hunger by the Distillers- ok f*ck technicallities that ong is AMZING to listen to!

Piste · 19-12-2005 10:53pm

oooh Scorpion by Infected Mushroom!

Also anything from Moulin Rouge.

PurpleFistMixer · 19-12-2005 11:05pm

Scorpion is so great. It reminds me of spy films... and it has strings. That means it has to be good.

Chris IS Cool · 19-12-2005 11:16pm

Mr.D.Leprachaun wrote:

Stairway to Heaven!
Bohemian Rhapsody's teh best.

Wrong fool! Stairway to Heaven is the best... Ever. All Led Zeppelin songs are fantastically better than everyone else, even the not so good ones on the last two albums.

I have a lot of favourite songs though, i couldnt mention them all... well, i could, but i'd just go on and on ...

Machine Gun and All Along the Watchtower by Hendrix...

Napoleon Bona Parts One and Two by Budgie is brilliant too, anyone ever listen to them?

I could continue... but i wont...

Piste · 20-12-2005 5:07pm

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Scorpion is so great. It reminds me of spy films... and it has strings. That means it has to be good.

It was used as the theme tune for Are You Afraid of The Dark afaik.

Mr.D.Leprachaun · 20-12-2005 5:49pm

Chris IS Cool: Queen conquers all! Followed closely by Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Rolling Stones, T-Rex, Cream and the Kinks.

Am I the only one who genuinely dislikes Jimi Hendrix? I know he was a guitarist without comparison and all that but his songs seem mediocre to me and his distortion's just horrible to listen to. Gives me a headache every time.

halenger · 20-12-2005 6:34pm

I'm going to allow this...for now...

Keep it conversational/discussional/whateveral. No posting lists and non-sense like that. This thread isn't your own personal post count bumper. <insert usual violent ban related threat here>

Spraypaint · 20-12-2005 6:52pm

One by U2 - If you'd seen it live, you'd know.
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve.

I realise I'm probably on my own here as regards those two songs but I genuinely love them.

PurpleFistMixer · 20-12-2005 7:02pm

Bittersweet symphony starts off good, but it gets repetitive and boring fast.

RefulgentGnomon · 20-12-2005 7:09pm

No, I'd actually agree with those being great songs along with others such as Californication, Come On Eileen

, House of the Rising Sun, Sunshine of Your Love and My Lovely Horse. Can't actually think of any magnificent songs at the moment...

StupidLikeAFox · 20-12-2005 7:39pm

RefulgentGnomon wrote:

Come On Eileen

You should get Reel Big Fish's version of it.

Also Ive Been to a Marvellous Party by The Divine Comedy is a cool enough song, as is Songs of Love, also by the DC

Feral Mutant · 20-12-2005 7:41pm

Chop Suey, Sad Statue, pretty much anything from System of a Down's last 3 albums though this is just my opinion. I don't expect everyone to agree.

Piste wrote:

Also anything from Moulin Rouge.

I only saw a few minutes of this but am I crazy or did I hear Smells Like Teen Spirit in that?

Jack Lynch · 20-12-2005 7:50pm

Piste wrote:

There are no objectively "good" songs. The OP has said Imagine is a "good" song. I don't like imagine, I don't think it's a verey good song and I'm sure there are songs that I like that others would see as terrible.

Exactly. It's not necessarily a good song (and in Imagine's case, it's just a boring, hypocritical tribute song), but if you asked someone to name The Best Song of All Time, that would more then likely come up, as would Stairway to Heaven.

I actually like Bo Rhap, though.

Undergod · 20-12-2005 9:40pm

Feral Mutant wrote:

I only saw a few minutes of this but am I crazy or did I hear Smells Like Teen Spirit in that?

Yes, when the ladies come out it's to the strains of 'Lady Marmalade' and the guys come from the other side, asking to be entertained, as in singing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.

Learning this kinda thing is just one reason why staging that movie ruled.

There are very few works that I would consider perfect pieces of music, these are a few of them, and comprise but a small part of my list of favouites.

Leper Affinity - opeth
Oh holy night - the christmas song
Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor - Bach
Clarinet Concerto in F Major, 2nd Movement(Adagio) - Mozart
Space-Dye Vest - Dream THeater

This thread is kinda silly, I think.

jono087 · 20-12-2005 10:28pm

Undergod wrote:

This thread is kinda silly, I think.

course.... tis all a matter of opinion, we're not going to get a resolution. tis still good though

Chris IS Cool · 20-12-2005 10:33pm

Mr.D.Leprachaun wrote:

Am I the only one who genuinely dislikes Jimi Hendrix?

I hope so... Hendrix is/was a genius.

mentalimplosion · 20-12-2005 10:55pm

this is a silly thread.
for instance, i firmly believe that beyonce's 'crazy in love' (and susbsequently, amerie's '1 thing') is one of the greatest songs ever written. of course, nobody here will back me up on this because beyonce doesn't have the same alternative street cred as jimi hendrix. i'm not saying jimi hendrix isn't also very good. but crazy in love is better.

Piste · 20-12-2005 11:51pm

I liked B*witched...

There I said it.

PurpleFistMixer · 21-12-2005 1:09am

Liked?
What did you get kicked out of #ctyizens tonight for doing?

(I can't actually remember, but i think it was B*witched related)

Well, I liked Aqua. And I still do.

xtremetothemax · 21-12-2005 1:50am

I'm gonna take a shot at this bizarre question by posting some obscure songs that are great.

Yes-Close to the Edge
Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds- Thunder Child
King Crimson-21st Century Schitzoid Man
Dave Brubeck-Blue Ronda A La Turk
Brad Mehldau-Paranoid Android (yes , its a radiohead cover)

Piste · 21-12-2005 12:14pm

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Liked?
What did you get kicked out of #ctyizens tonight for doing?

(I can't actually remember, but i think it was B*witched related)

Well, I liked Aqua. And I still do.

...I got kicked from #ctyizens?

I did say /me bops to B*witched at some point. And I also blatantly disobeyed the topic by saying "But my college is better than your college!"

I do alot of things that could merit kicking

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