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BEST SONGS EVER

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  • 30-11-2008 10:18pm
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    sr. kila
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    What are your top 5 songs of all times


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    #2
    sr. kila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭sr. kila


    im trying to see if there are any songs that i missed on my ipod


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    #3
    RichTea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭RichTea


    I'll give this a lash.


    Right now: In no particular order


    Flux - Bloc Party
    Dakota - Stereophonics
    Born to Run - The Boss
    How it Ends - Devotchka
    Not Nineteen Forever - The Courteeners


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    sr. kila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭sr. kila


    RichTea wrote: »
    I'll give this a lash.


    Right now: In no particular order


    Flux - Bloc Party
    Dakota - Stereophonics
    Born to Run - The Boss
    How it Ends - Devotchka
    Not Nineteen Forever - The Courteeners
    cool ya i have the first 2


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    shakespeare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭shakespeare


    Born To Run
    Atlantic City - springsteen
    Ohio - Mark Kozelek
    Grapefruit Moon - Tom waits



    it wasnt me - shaggy


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    JeanH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭JeanH


    Oh but I have so many...

    here's a list tailored to include a mix (I could easily just do a Bowie top 5 otherwise ;-))

    1. Strangers When We Meet - David Bowie
    2. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
    3. Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie
    4. Something for the Weekend - Super Furry Animals
    5. Alsation Cousin - Morrissey


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    sr. kila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭sr. kila


    its cool because i havnt heard of most of these songs


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    sr. kila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭sr. kila


    heres 5 great songs in no particular order

    Fantasy- the blizzards
    just a day- Feeder
    chasing cars- snow patrol
    dont look back in anger- oasis
    i would say a U2 song but i cant pick one


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    irish_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,271 ✭✭✭irish_bob


    my fave songs are

    1. blue monday = new order
    2. heroes = david bowie
    3. boys of summer = don henley
    4. whole lotta love = led zeplin
    5. grand master flash = the message
    6. when doves cry = prince
    7. supersonic = oasis
    8. mathews southern comfort = woodstock
    9. wuthering heights = kate bush
    10. groove is in the heart = delite

    peculair list i know but its mine


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    delbertgrady
    Registered Users Posts: 4,737 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    a-ha: The Sun Always Shines on TV
    Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights
    Depeche Mode: Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted 2004)
    Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Souvenir
    Sparks: This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us

    2024 Gigs and Events: David Suchet, Depeche Mode, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The Smile, Pixies, Liam Gallagher John Squire/Jake Bugg, Kacey Musgraves (x2), Olivia Rodrigo, Mitski, Muireann Bradley, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Eric Clapton, Girls Aloud, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Rewind Festival, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Henry Winkler, P!nk, Pearl Jam/Richard Ashcroft, Taylor Swift/Paramore, Suede/Manic Street Preachers, Muireann Bradley, AC/DC, Deacon Blue/Altered Images, The The, blink-182, Coldplay, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Nick Lowe, David Gilmour, ABBA Voyage, St. Vincent, Public Service Broadcasting, Crash Test Dummies, Cassandra Jenkins.

    2025 Gigs and Events: Billie Eilish (x2)



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    Penn
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    Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
    The River - Bruce Springsteen
    Let there be rock - AC/DC
    Black - Pearl Jam
    Wish you were here - Velvet Revolver (Pink Floyd cover but I prefer Velvet Revolvers version)


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    gustavo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,206 ✭✭✭gustavo


    Off the top of my head

    Oasis - Supersonic
    The Strokes - Heart in a Cage
    Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
    The Killers - Mr Brightside
    Nick Cave - Into My Arms


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    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,935 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Eh, this is a tough one!

    In no particular order

    Midnight Express-The Saw Doctors
    The Rising-Bruce Springsteen
    Whole Of The Moon-Waterboys
    Paradise By The Dashboard Light-Meat Loaf
    It'll Be Easier In The Morning-Hot House Flowers


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    Gareth37
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭Gareth37


    There are plenty of good Irish songs. This time of year has some good Christmas songs :)


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    Kold
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    Radiohead - There, There (The boney King of Nowhere)
    Radiohead - The National Anthem
    Radiohead - I Might be Wrong
    Radiohead - Wolf at the Door (Rag Doll It Girl)
    Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn
    Radiohead - Lucky
    Radiohead - Nude
    Aphex Twin - Fingerbib
    Mogwai - Xmas Steps
    Radiohead - Big Boots


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    Redpunto
    Registered Users Posts: 2,024 ✭✭✭Redpunto


    foo fighters - learn to fly
    massive attack - unfinished symphony
    blink - cello
    flobots - handlebars
    man of constant sorrow - soggy bottom boys:)


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    Diabhal Beag
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    Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution
    Foo Fighters - Let It Die
    Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi
    The Wombats - Moving To New York
    Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors


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    jaffa20
    Registered Users Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭jaffa20


    Kold wrote: »
    Radiohead - There, There (The boney King of Nowhere)
    Radiohead - The National Anthem
    Radiohead - I Might be Wrong
    Radiohead - Wolf at the Door (Rag Doll It Girl)
    Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn
    Radiohead - Lucky
    Radiohead - Nude
    Aphex Twin - Fingerbib
    Mogwai - Xmas Steps
    Radiohead - Big Boots

    like radiohead much? :pac::pac:


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    Kold
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    jaffa20 wrote: »
    like radiohead much? :pac::pac:

    I think they're ok like...


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    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,247 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Cracked Actor - David Bowie
    Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic
    It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night - Prince
    Can't Forget About You - Nas

    Too many songs to really choose from, those just ones on my mind now.


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    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,935 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Born To Run-The Boss
    Thunder Road-The Boss
    Dancing In The dark-The Boss
    Whole Of The Moon-Waterboys
    Bat Out Of Hell-Meat Loaf
    Paradise by The Dashboard Light-Meat Loaf
    Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who
    Purple Rain-Prince
    Sacrifice-Elton John
    Tiny Dancer-Elton John
    Proud Mary-Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Cotton Fields-Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Have You Ever Seen The Rain?-CCR
    Heart Of Gold-Neil Young
    Forever Young-Bob Dylan
    Ring Of Fire-Johnny Cash
    Falsom Prison Blues-Johnny Cash
    Rosanna-Toto


    That enough? I could go on...


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    Headshot
    Registered Users Posts: 54,398 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    red hot chili peppers -aeroplane
    red hot chili peppers- under the bridge
    red hot chili peppers-scar tissue
    red hot chili peppers-dani california

    Oasis-wonderwall
    Oasis-dont look back in anger

    Guns N' Roses -Paradise city
    Guns N' Roses -November Rain

    hotel california

    Arctic monkeys -i bet that you look good on the dancefloor


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    poundhound
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭poundhound


    1. Under Pressure - David Bowie/Queen2. Are Friends Electric? - Gary Numan3. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd4. Like a Hurricane - Neil Young5. For Crying out Loud - MeatLoaf


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    #24
    slipss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    Changes all the time but right now I'd have to go for, in no particular order...

    1. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside

    2. Sublime - What I Got

    3. Summer Overture - Clint Mansell/The Kronos Quartet

    4. Guns 'n Roses - Ain't It Fun

    5. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire


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    cmcsoft
    Closed Accounts Posts: 233 ✭✭cmcsoft


    Just a Day - Feeder
    Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
    Breathe - Prodigy
    My Way - Limp Bizkit
    Fairytale of New York - Pogues


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    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,391 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    Five songs is very tough to choose from alright. These are in no order.

    In the Name of God-Dream Theater
    Better Living Through Chemistry-QOTSA
    The Tees-Rush
    Methamphetamine Blues-Mark Lanegan
    I Never Came-QOTSA


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    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    Best songs, ones that move me most

    The Wests Awake:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxOxjiEXEpo


    La Marseillaise

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g


    Non, je ne regrette rien - Piaf

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFRuLFR91e4


    Bruce - Born to run!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rGFfO5fUvE


    Mott the Hoople - Golden Age of Rock n Roll

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhVlQLSZKCo


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    #28
    Rigsby
    Registered Users Posts: 4,452 ✭✭✭Rigsby


    27 posts in a "best songs ever" forum and not one Beatles song listed yet. :rolleyes: :p

    My choices :

    Beatles : Elenor Rigby

    " " Something

    Billy Joel : Honosty

    " " Always a woman to me

    Al Stewart : Year of the Cat

    Cat Stevens : Matthew and Son


    Oldies I know, but the OP did say "best songs ever". ;)


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    #29
    demakinz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭demakinz


    5. gunz n roses
    you could be mine
    4.metallica
    nothing else matters
    3.counting crows
    mr jones live unplugged
    2.metallica
    blackened
    1.
    greatest song ever played+preformed live

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPuZNXVxxz0


    FADE TO BLACK=================METALLICA


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    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    In no particular order;

    A million miles away - Rory Gallagher
    Still in love with you - Thin Lizzy
    Back door man - The Doors
    Into my arms - Nick Cave
    Something - The Beatles
    Since I've been loving you - Led Zeppelin
    Comfortably numb - Pink Floyd
    Whitewash - Buckethead
    Fade to Black - Metallica
    Baba O'Reilly - The Who


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    gustavo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,206 ✭✭✭gustavo


    Little Shyte wrote: »
    Foo Fighters - Let It Die

    I love that tune :D


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