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[glenn__davis]

It's a slow Friday at work and I'm a bit bored.

 

Let's go with the old "desert island" scenario.  You have a chance to have 5 songs to take with you for the rest of your life.  What would those songs be?  I'm guessing you'd probably want a little variety instead of just your top 5 songs.  Or maybe I'm just overthinking it.

 

My 5 (for now, this will likely change as I think about it more)

 

Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis

Walk of Life - Dire Straits

Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Twist and Shout - The Beatles

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (any version, easily my favorite hymn)

 

 

 

 

[Tucker Blair]

Modest Mouse - Heart Cooks Brain

Tom Waits - Warm Beer and Cold Women

Silver Jews - I'm Gonna Love The Hell Out Of You

The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Built to Spill - Else

 

 

This list is basically impossible for me. But those were the first 5 that popped off the top of my head.

[You Play to Win the Game]

I'll have to give more thought to this before I post my top 5, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt agrees with you about "Don't Look Back in Anger". I love me some JGL.

 

[Cisc-O's]

1. Mighty Mighty Bosstones Someday I suppose

2.Operation Ivy-The Crowd

3 Huey lewis and the News-This is it

4. Fugazi-Waiting Room

5.Blood for Blood-Living in Exile

[Pedro Cerrano]

I don't do songs as much as I do whole albums, but, 5 songs:

 

1.  Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

 

2.  The Beatles - Side 2 of Abbey Road (it counts)
 

3.  Radiohead - Paranoid Android

 

4.  Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

 

5.  The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

 

That said, I'd probably get very bored just listening to these same 5 songs over and over again, which is why whole albums is a bettr bet.

 

Interestingly enough, two of my favorite bands ever (REM and The Hold Steady) aren't on this list...probably because I've always liked them more for their albums as a whole than their individual singles.

[Mark Carver]

In no particular order and as of today. Ask me tomorrow and it may change.

 

D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin

Lazy (live version off of Made In Japan album) - Deep Purple

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles/Eric Clapton

Close To The Edge (let me take the whole album and I'd jump for joy) - Yes

The Afternoon - The Moody Blues

[BobPhelan]

The Beatles - I'm Looking Through You Silverchair - Emotion Sickness Oasis - Slide Away Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet Rush - Limelight Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

[glenn__davis]

Good stuff.  After seeing some of these I may need to reconsider some of my list.

 

Pedro, your dilemma is why I thought it would be interesting.  i'm more of an album guy as well.  And I have no doubt you'd get tired of the songs, which is why I said you probably want some variety in there.

 

One of my favorite artists in Johnny Cash, but I don't know that there's any one single song I'd put on my list.

[Cisc-O's]

Good stuff.  After seeing some of these I may need to reconsider some of my list.

 

Pedro, your dilemma is why I thought it would be interesting.  i'm more of an album guy as well.  And I have no doubt you'd get tired of the songs, which is why I said you probably want some variety in there.

 

One of my favorite artists in Johnny Cash, but I don't know that there's any one single song I'd put on my list.

Cash's rendition of Hurt was better then NiN's I could listen to that a lot and Folsom Prison blues could make my top 5 anytime.

[SammyBirdland]

 

 

 

 

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