Random topic, but whats your favorite song? Im intrested to see peoples music tastes. Mines 98 Degrees - I Do (Cherish You)
Lunchtime boredom... more like my faves... [youtube]janp9mJTNLU[/youtube] (Metallica spoof wannabes) and [youtube]G4OkMJXo56Y[/youtube] and [youtube]qI54QzbhGqQ[/youtube] and [youtube]OJeX6PMJK6A[/youtube] (can't find anything from Black Dream though but they got some shredding tunes!)
What to pick--the classics or the new stuff--or those undiscovered gems in the rough... I fess--pick anything from Toad the Wet Sprocket, the Goo Goo Dolls, Nickelback, or Chris Daughtery. So as long as it isn't Justin Timberflame it's good!
Glory, Glory San Jose [altered Tottenham Hotspur] Great Escape Vindaloo Tubthumping [WC 2006 drunken England fans version]
I have a million favorite songs! But one of em that tops that list is.... In My Life by the Beatles. [youtube]FNM4hgjxLSU&rel=1[/youtube]
I know the two songs "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" don't really count in the Beatles catalogue but really if it did, I'd pick this one. [youtube]kZjCGF57v4Q[/youtube] For good measure I'll throw in the other--the song is more slower but it's visually appealing... [youtube]0D196-oXw2k[/youtube] ----- [youtube]BCn-8MB-v5U[/youtube] OK I'll add this but only because of the Liverpool connection--it's just too bad John, Paul, George, and Ringo never did this song in their heyday. Also, Sir Paul is a big fan of Everton from what I heard.
I only get to pick one?! That's ridiculous! Well, I have to pick this one. It's even appropriate to being a Quakes fan these days. Listen carefully to the very first line. Fun footnote, I was at this concert. Yeah, those were the days. (When Goodsport was only two, I think!) [youtube]WUclxp7FxHI[/youtube] And maybe a couple of dozen other ELP tunes. Greatest live band ever. I mean just wow. And the Flower Kings! "There is More to This World" or "Silent Sorrow" or "Stardust We Are." And French band Halloween. Very obscure, but really great, in a very quirky French sort of way. And Le Orme, "Lungo Il Fiume." A brilliant Italian, band. The one time I saw them I had never heard any of their music before and was a total convert within the first ten minutes. Also true of Halloween. Oh, and Renaissance's "Ashes Are Burning," the live version of course. And I haven't even started on King Crimson. And I'm leaving off Shostakovitch's Symphony No 10, Copland's Symphony No 3, and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition! Favorite song is just too little. Sorry. GO QUAKES! - Mark
Oh and Mike Oldfield. I've seen him in concert twice. The first time he and his band played most of the "Five Miles Out" album, and extended version of the first side of "Ommadawn" that completely stunned the audience, and "Tubular Bells." Mind numbingly hot show. Just amazing. And UK at the Oakland Coliseum in November of 1979. They opened for Jethro Tull and stole the show. Eddie Jobson, John Wetton (sober), and Terry Bozio. Awesome stuff. And the Jan Garbarek Group at the Kuumbwa jazz center in Santa Cruz in fall of '86. (Garbarek, Eberhard Weber, Nana Vasconcelos, and Lars? Johnsson) They were so hot, we stayed for the second set. And I've seen Pat Metheny turn in some excellent shows. And the Moody Blues. And Joe Walsh, before he joined the Eagles. I could go on, but favorite song?! That's like expecting someone to take just one sip of a beer and not have any more. It's like expecting me to kiss my wife only once. Not going to happen. GOOOOO QUAAAAAKES!!!!! - Mark
I've seen Pink Floyd too. The show they did at the Oakland Coliseum on the "Division Bell" tour where they opened with "Astonomy Domine." Great show, but not as great as most ELP shows. Go Quakes! - Mark
"Thieves in the Night" by Blackstar I saw someone post this as their favorite California song in a facebook group and thought you guys might be interested in it. I've never heard it, but the title screams San Jose. The song is "Earthquakes and Sharks" by Brandston.
I've listened to so much music that it is difficult to pick a genre that is my favorite, let alone an actual song. However this from a band I'm currently "feeling". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMEE9AW94Hs
I agree with Mark, but there are a couple of songs that have stood the test of time and musical trends for me. Here they are in no particular order. I suppose you can look at it like a mix cd. Ours - "Medication" Deadsy - "Winners" Glassjaw - "Siberian Kiss" Deftones - "Digital Bath" 30 Seconds to Mars - "Capricorn" Far-Less - "Too Pretty To Be A Zombie" In Reverent Fear - "Heavy On It" Far - "Water And Solutions" Weezer - "Say It Ain't So" Zeromancer - "Cupola" Seigmen - "Hjernen Er Alene" Rammstein - "Klavier" Johnny Truant - "The Bloodening" Pantera - "I'm Broken" As I Lay Dying - "Distance Is Darkness" The Black Dahlia Murder - "Closed Casket Requiem" Unholy - "Variola" Norma Jean - "Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste" Yep, that's most of it...oh, and these two: [youtube]zqKuDp6WpiE&rel=1[/youtube] [youtube]-hIrD_yXZlw&rel=1[/youtube]
Screech lol..The ending of that video was pretty funny. Here are my five favorites. Lifehouse-Everything Avenged Sevenfold-Scream Good Charlotte-Dance Floor Anthem Hoobastank-More than a Memory lostprophets-Start Something
I couldn't help it... [youtube]ttaqVd0rOjA&rel=1[/youtube] it's comedy gold. Especially when the band goes into the breakdown at about 1:59 and during one of Lars' fills at about 2:24. Here's one of Eric Clapton for good measure... [youtube]nCzUMjCykn8[/youtube]
Favorite - "Witch Hunt" by Rush. Well, I'm a huge fan of Rush. If I have to pick my 20 favorite songs more then half would be from Rush songs. My absolute favorite song is not well known, but I think one that defines what is wrong with this world (especially with people from the Middle East). It is called "Witch Hunt" I like it for the lyrics which I'll post below. The last two paragraph in particular have great meaning to me. "That those who know what's best for us" "Must rise and save us from ourselves" "Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand..." "Ignorance and prejudice And fear walk hand in hand..." -------------- "Witch Hunt" The night is black Without a moon The air is thick and still The vigilantes gather on The lonely torch lit hill Features distorted in the flickering light The faces are twisted and grotesque Silent and stern in the sweltering night The mob moves like demons possessed Quiet in conscience, calm in their right Confident their ways are best The righteous rise With burning eyes Of hatred and ill-will Madmen fed on fear and lies To beat and burn and kill They say there are strangers who threaten us In our immigrants and infidels They say there is strangeness too dangerous In our theaters and bookstore shelves That those who know what's best for us Must rise and save us from ourselves Quick to judge Quick to anger Slow to understand Ignorance and prejudice And fear walk hand in hand... [youtube]6gHKNwpny9o[/youtube]
Here is Rush in concert. Spirit of Radio - Never gets played on the radio of course. - "Right after this commercial we will be playing Spirit of Radio" [youtube]_7sT8ep0ct8[/youtube] Tom Sawyer [youtube]c2jBLGuVx_o[/youtube] 2112 - watch the drumming in this. [youtube]jPMT-2p8NBU[/youtube]
Im also very fond of Drowning Pool - Step Up Motorhead - Line In The Sand (Evolution Theme Song) Dr.Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre Ricky Martin - Cup of Life & Livin' La Vida Loca Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Keep that jokes away LOL) Dr.Dre feat. Snoop Dogg & Nate Dog - The Next Episode
Well, I´ll have to carry the torch for some German music I guess... Rammstein, always hits you like a hammer I must admit... [youtube]9_F9bQPt4yU[/youtube]
I have WAY too many (232 5 star songs in iTunes). Pretty much everything I like has great guitars so I love a lot of the previously mentioned stuff. Here are but a few off the beaten path: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Couldn't Stand The Weather [youtube]kwhUjFoHwS4[/youtube] Extreme Strutter (Kiss Cover) [youtube]VCAMv5whKzg[/youtube] George Lynch (Dokken) Mr Scary [youtube]_MRJZGMbFj0[/youtube] Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Mr. Pinstripe Suite [youtube]Gmpmjsq8Z70[/youtube] The Police On Any Other Day [youtube]1EgbFdOg8z8[/youtube] Steve Vai Wipe Out 2000 [youtube]-_NR6s7o8c4[/youtube]
if you haven't already, do a search in you tube for "Neil Peart: Anatomy of a Drum Solo"... it looks like You Tube is getting better at removing illegal stuff but they used to be all over. This is all I could find right now: [youtube]xv1BMoJuqG0[/youtube]