#661791 - Mon Oct 17 2011 01:36 PM
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#661867 - Mon Oct 17 2011 09:15 PM
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Can musical tastes change that quickly? Not remembering what I put down as my top three earlier, I was going to say: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Blue Moon - by anybody ...as my top two. Come to find out, that's what I originally said back in Sept '09. I'm glad to know that I'm at least consistent on some things.  I'm not sure what I'd put down as #3 now.
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#661899 - Tue Oct 18 2011 04:54 AM
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This is going to be tough as I have to play music day in, day out....but my top three which I'm suprised I do not play at any of my gigs are....
1. Sitting at the dock of the bay - Otis Redding 2. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel 3. Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
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#677938 - Wed Jan 04 2012 01:08 AM
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Imagine - John Lennon Uptown Girl - Billy Joel Contepatiro - Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli
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#1063078 - Thu Sep 04 2014 06:31 AM
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Well, it says "The Number One Song of All Time" but I look in vain for anything prior to 1950. Has no one heard of Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin and so many more from the 1940s? These composers wrote some of the most enduring of songs. And they were performed by some of the most enduring of artists. And you could probably find some contenders from the 1930s, perhaps even earlier. "All Time" covers a lot of ground.
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#1063082 - Thu Sep 04 2014 06:44 AM
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I want to add "The First time ever I saw your face"Roberta Flack.
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#1063083 - Thu Sep 04 2014 07:08 AM
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I agree with you baldhair! Take for example, Robert Goulet singing "If Ever I Would Leave You" in Camelot, "Impossible Dream" in Man of La Mancha, and "Come To Me, Bend To Me" in Brigadoon - all beautiful! Every decade has its great music and popular groups.
1. Country music - George Strait's "I Cross My Heart'" and Tim McGraw's "Please Remember Me." 2. 60's folk music - The Brothers Four "Greenfields," The Penguins' "Earth Angel," The Platters' "Great Pretender." 3. Gospel - Josh Groban and Celine Dione's "The Prayer" (this might be my all-time favorite).
And on and on...
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#1063126 - Thu Sep 04 2014 10:38 AM
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I don't think I could come up with a "top three"...I like too many songs to narrow it down that few.
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#1063169 - Thu Sep 04 2014 02:40 PM
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I love all kinds of music, but I'll refrain (no pun intended) from posting classical selections here lol
CURRENTLY (I assure you that my favs change weeky), my top 5 are, in no particular order really:
"Five Minutes" (Lorrie Morgan). I only play this one when I'm reallllly annoyed with hubby, which I confess isn't often, because he's actually a treasure. But he knows when he hears it playing that he's done SOMEthing wrong (even if he doesn't quite know what it is lol).
'Under the Boardwalk' (Drifters). Because it's light, calming and takes you to another place (well at least certainly a different one from where I live lol)
"Live Like you were Dying" (Tim McGraw). You don't have to be dying for this one to affect you. Even if you've had folks in your life who died too soon, this song is definitely good for either a tear or a thought or two about your OWN life.
"Walk on the Wild Side" (Lou Reed). For his time, a man not afraid to sing about things that weren't generally "talked about" or publicly acknowleged. Live life as you need to, as long as you don't hurt anyone else.
"Spirit in the Sky" A religious song (in an era where that wasn't a norm) in the guise of pre-metal rock. A one-hit wonder for Greenbaum to be sure, but I consider it a good one.
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#1063246 - Fri Sep 05 2014 06:02 AM
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There's some interesting choices, but the only one I've heard of is Jim Reeves' "I Love You Because". I'm old-fashioned, I know, and with old-fashioned tastes. I'm afraid I've not even heard of many of the artists mentioned. I wouldn't want to choose a top three, let alone one. What I like in a song is a good melody together with coherent words that tell a story or convey an emotion. Such as: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. The Very Thought of You. Moonlight in Vermont. My Ideal. These Foolish Things. A Cottage for Sale. and oh so many more... As for the vocalists: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Margaret Whiting, Dinah Shore; Frank Sinatra, Bob Manning, Johnny Hartman, Perry Como, and of course dear old Bing Crosby. And the instrumental numbers: Sing, Sing, Sing. C Jam Blues. Roll 'Em. One O'Clock Jump. In the Mood. played by the bands of: Benny Goodman. Duke Ellington. Count Basie. Artie Shaw. Glenn Miller. etc. etc. All of which dates me, I reckon. Still, this sort of music has been a very large part of my life for a very long time. I have a large collection, most of it stored on minidisc, and not a day goes by, even now, in which I don't listen it.
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