Favorite 3 Songs of All Times

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

The title says it all, but maybe not emphatically enough. This, my friend, is a moment for supreme reflection. Think about. What are your 3 favorite songs of all times.

I swear, by all that is holy in this world (and possibly by all that is holy in the Great Beyond) that I will listen with due attention to all of the songs that are posted here with undivided attention. In a world of noise-some distraction, and meaningless white noise, this is a place to put forward only the best, namely the 3 best songs of all time.

In honor of the semi-sacred self-assigned charge, I humbly present to you, the three best songs of all times (ranked, because you should really rank these kind of things):

NUMBER 3: Okkervil River Song (by Okkervil River)

This song. oh this song. So good. SO UNBELIEVABLY GOOD.

NUMBER 2: So Long Marianne (by Leonard Cohen)

Possibly the prettiest lyrical ballad ever penned. Actually who am I kidding, this is the prettiest lyrical ballad ever penned. SO GOOD!

NUMBER 1: One Way Street (by Mark Lanegan)

This is it. The absolute best song EVER MADE. I kid you not. Listen to it at least 50X before you dare to say otherwise.

[Eluvianii he/him]

I really like this l idea, actually, let me join you on that oath. I just listened to yours and the first thing I can say is that we have really different tastes but that only means I have yet a lot of music to listen to. I really liked So Long Marianne. It's something that would fall outside of my comfort zone genre-wise but I might look for more things by the artist. 

As for my own 3 favorites, that's a painful task. I mentioned it somewhere else but I have an "All Time Favorite Songs" list and it has around 63 elements. Narrowing it down to 3 is like asking me to choose mi favorite child (quantum child, since I don't have kids yet). Still, I have to admit there are a few in that list that have stuck with me more than the rest. Time to put into words exactly why. 

3. Muñeca de Trapo - La Oreja de Van Gogh

This was my edgy teen song but it didn't lose its shine or appeal with time. Probably the opposite. This band is a master of lyrics, and I know, language barrier, sorry about that but you'll have to take my word for it (or google translate them), and this is one of the best examples. This song is special in several ways. The kind of rock style when it's a pop band. The controversy around the lyrics to the level some fans still refuse to listen to it because it's "satanic". All elements to help tell a simple tale about unrequited love with all the emotions and desperation it needs. 

2. Catch the Moment - LiSA

 

This song wouldn't have made the list when I first listened to it three years ago. And don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved it since the first time but it's as if each time I listen to it it gets better. It's the longest case of song addiction I've ever had, to the point I can listen to this every day, sometimes several times, and I won't get tired of it. As for its strong points? Easy. The chord progression is absolutely perfect. It just flows so well each chord seems to exist solely to fit into this song. The arrangement is just as perfect and LiSA's voice is addictive, I really can't get tired of this song. 

1. Hoshikuzu - FictionJunction

 

Ok, here's a fact. Yuki Kajiura is an absolute genius. And this is her Magnus Opus. I like to think the range of genres I listen to is pretty broad but if there is such a thing as the perfect style, for me it's hers. No matter what she does, it's amazing and unique and always different from her other works but still instantly recognizable as her work, it's brilliant. And this song. This storming song. Quoting something I heard once, it's as if this song was "ripped out from the world instead of created for it". I mean, seriously, it's like listening to nature itself singing. It's constructed only one note at a time. No chords. Each instrument only one note at a time. But by the end there is such an array of sounds playing in perfect harmony I can't imagine anything ever beating it. It is, plain and simple, the most beautiful song I've had the pleasure of listening to. 

And that's it. This list will likely, as much as I don't like to think about it, change with time. Lots of songs still to come, but for now, this is what I have. 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Eluvianii

[Kelsier'sGodComplex she/her]

I'm not gonna add videos to mine, but they are easy to find on YouTube, in case you wanna hear them.

 

My favorite songs are:

1.) Play with Fire - by Sam Tinnesz

 

2.) Paralyzed - by NF

 

3.) Finale - by AJR

[Channelknight Fadran]

My favorite songs are, in fact, from video game OSTs. They change over time, but I'll give you some of my favorites right now:

1. "Want You Gone" from Portal 2 always makes me wanna cry.
2. "The Edge of Dawn" from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I love it almost as much as I love the game as a whole (almost).
3. "Jump Up Super Star" from Super Mario Odyssey. I'm not much of a jazz person, but this song is an exception.

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

16 hours ago, Eluvianii said:

I really liked So Long Marianne. It's something that would fall outside of my comfort zone genre-wise but I might look for more things by the artist. 

Leonard Cohen is, in my opinion, one of the most talented songwriters of all time, some of what I think are his best songs are spoilered below if you want to check them out.

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Hey, that's No Way To Say Goodbye

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A Thousand Kisses Deep

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Take This Waltz

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The Partisan

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Let's Sing Another Song Boys

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And you've probably heard this one, or at least a cover of it, Everybody Knows

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I really liked Muneca de Trapo, I just read the English translated lyrics and they're really pretty!

I loved Hoshikuzu too, ethereal and beautiful. The singer's voice reminds me a lot of Maaya Sakamoto, she's sung a lot of anime opening theme songs, and her voice is hauntingly beautiful.

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Kiseki No Umi (the opening theme song for Record of Lodoss War)

And Hemisphere, the opening theme song for Rahxephon.

 

 

16 hours ago, Eluvianii said:

And that's it. This list will likely, as much as I don't like to think about it, change with time. Lots of songs still to come, but for now, this is what I have. 

Tomorrow's always a new day, if you're 3 favorite songs are different today make a new post. Good music is good music.

5 hours ago, Kelsier'sGodComplex said:

My favorite songs are:

1.) Play with Fire - by Sam Tinnesz

 

2.) Paralyzed - by NF

 

3.) Finale - by AJR

Those are great!

I really like paralyzed, what a pretty song!

I love AJR too! I'd never heard Finale, so thanks a bunch, that's an awesome song!

3 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

but I'll give you some of my favorites right now:

1. "Want You Gone" from Portal 2 always makes me wanna cry.
2. "The Edge of Dawn" from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I love it almost as much as I love the game as a whole (almost).
3. "Jump Up Super Star" from Super Mario Odyssey. I'm not much of a jazz person, but this song is an exception.

The only one of these that I've heard is Want You Gone, that is a classic for sure. It has one of the funniest put down lines of any song, "Goodbye my only friend---Oh, did you think I meant you? That would be funny if it weren't do sad".

I'm going to listen to the other 2 and I'll edit my post after I do.

Edited September 20, 2020 by hoiditthroughthegrapevine

[Iarwainiel I she/her]

I love threads like this - I learn so much from all of you! :-)

These are IMO 3 of the most beautiful melodies of all time - disclaimer: they are not pop music, & the photos in the videos are kinda awful so just focus on the audio which is mostly OK.

• "Abends Wil Ich Schlafen Geh'n" (you can stop at 2 minutes) https://youtu.be/e64mZN6EYY4?t=19
• "Ar Hyd Y Nos" (Welsh male choir - a classic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejxyhtx20sY
• Brahms - Waltz, Opus 39 # 15 (1 min. 39 sec. - so simple, so exquisite) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hux5fVzfJg

New songs I love but haven't been around long enough for me to call them 'all-time favorites:' "Baba Yetu" and "Sogno di Volare" by Christopher Tin - highly recommended. He also interacts with his fans a lot - reminds me of Brandon in that way.

Thanks everyone for posting here!

[go_go_gragdet]

1. Roberta Flack - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

2. Michel Legrand - "Les moulins de mon coeur"

3. Ennio Morricone - "Once Upon A Time In The West" (singer is Edda Dell'Orso)

[Use the Falchion]

I can't do that, simply because my tastes have changed over time and I can't remember every single band or song I've heard, or where I'd rank them. I'll do my current top three for my favorite bands past and present though. Those who can't fit this format will be listed at the top in the "Unlisted" category.

I'm 100% sure I'm forgetting bands and people though. TobyMac and Lacrae aren't on here because I frankly can't remember much of their stuff from when I listened to it. I lost my old iPod went missing years ago and most of my old music is tied up with a now-defunct iTunes account.

For you, @hoiditthroughthegrapevinelet's just say that my top three are: 

Lost In the Echo - Linkin Park

Reset - Mutemath

Running to You - Dabin

 

Shittosarerubeki Jinsei (by Utada Hikaru) and Gimme My Props (by Kool Moe Dee) can round out the experience if you want more things with lyrics, but the first three should cover it. 

 

The Unlisted:

Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown (formerly in my top three, but no longer)

All of the Lights - Kayne West et all.

Holy Grail - Jay-Z

Who Knows - Jimi Hendrex

Polyamory & Dance With the Devil - Breaking Benjamin

Colors & Never Coming Home - Crossfade (can you FEEL the angst?!) 

The One - Mary J Blige 

The Unforgiven 3 - Metallica

 

 

1. Linkin Park (I'm cheating again here and doing my top 5)

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Nothing's Carved In Stone (It's hard to find some of their songs on YouTube)

1. The Fool

2. Out of Control (fans of Psycho-Pass may recognize this song) & Crying Skull

3. PUPA 

4. Words That Bind Us

5. (As if it's) A Warning

 

Red 

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Coldrain (UNINVITED, AFTERMATH, and A DECADE IN THE RAIN are my three main songs for Warbreaker, with UNIVITED also working as the "trailer song" for the movie in my head...if that makes sense)

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Utada Hikaru

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Bring Me the Horizon:

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Now heading back into the Mid-2000's through 2010 for some nostalgia:

Relient K (This band pretty much defined my first few junior high school years, so I'm giving them more leeway than most.)

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Cartel

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Yellowcard 

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Sum 41 (So many Naruto AMVs in the early days of YouTube...)

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Paramore 

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Rise Against (Historia Calamitatum and The Good Left Undone tie for first place)

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The Fray

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Mutemath (Reset is the song I go to when I need to focus)

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VersaEmerge (On the album, Lost Tree comes right before Father Sky, so I suggest listening to it in that order...actually, I suggest listening to the whole album.)

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Back to (mostly) recent stuff!

 

Aimer

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Drake

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Michael Jackson

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Kool Moe Dee

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Dabin (Running to You is definitely in my current Top 10.)

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Elle Varner

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Chevelle

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Beyonce (I LIKE Flawless, but I always liked Bow Down better. I really wish that they were separate songs outside of her live album)

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DJ Khalid "mixes" (Not included, Murcielago - contrary to what people may think, I'm TRYING to keep this as clean as possible)

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Edited September 21, 2020 by Use the Falchion

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

19 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"The Edge of Dawn" from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I love it almost as much as I love the game as a whole (almost).

Beautiful song! Makes me want to play Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I really like the small musical change about 4 minutes in where it slows down a bit, so good. Obligatory plug for my favorite video game music of all time, it's short so even if you don't like it there's not much to dislike:

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This is, the best game, ever made. If an alien race were ever to try and weigh the positive and negative aspects of humanity on a cosmic justice scale, to determine if we as a species should live or die, I would have them play final fantasy 6, and we would avoid oblivion. Just that easy.

 

19 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Jump Up Super Star" from Super Mario Odyssey. I'm not much of a jazz person, but this song is an exception.

Super Jazzy, I like it! The video is great too!

13 hours ago, Iarwainiel said:

• "Abends Wil Ich Schlafen Geh'n" (you can stop at 2 minutes) https://youtu.be/e64mZN6EYY4?t=19
• "Ar Hyd Y Nos" (Welsh male choir - a classic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejxyhtx20sY
• Brahms - Waltz, Opus 39 # 15 (1 min. 39 sec. - so simple, so exquisite) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hux5fVzfJg

Great stuff! These are all songs that I wouldn't normally listen to, but I see a very clear through line with all of them. Seems like you like the tapestry of sound.

I liked Abends Wil Ich Schlafen Geh'n and The Horowitz rendition of Brahms Waltz, Opus 39 #15 the best. Horowitz has such an amazing touch on the piano, incredibly beautiful. Something you might like, it's totally different, but one of the most talented piano players of all times has a touch on the piano that is similar to Horowitz, but in a rowdy grab your can of Schlitz beer and lean into the music kind of way. James Booker's Sunnyside of the Street is one of my all time favorite songs, and I think you might like it too:

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9 hours ago, go_go_gragdet said:

1. Roberta Flack - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

2. Michel Legrand - "Les moulins de mon coeur"

3. Ennio Morricone - "Once Upon A Time In The West" (singer is Edda Dell'Orso)

Holy crap! These were SO GOOD!

Roberta Flack makes me think of Nina Simone, have you listened to any of her music, it's so GOOD!

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Sinnerman, possibly one of the finest songs ever made.

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One of my all time favorites, Brown Eyed Handsome Man:

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Michel Lagrand, that song is so pretty! You probably already know about some of the other Chanson singers, but if you don't holy crap, here are some of the best songs ever:

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Edith Piaf

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La Vie en Rose

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Milord

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This song is one of the absolute best picking up the tempo as it goes along song ever made. It has the feel of Casablanca meets a gypsy caravan, that's a great place to be!

Padam Padma

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So GOOD!

Serge Gainsbourg

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8-39, possibly the best song ever made. My dogs like listening to this while they attack the water from the hose in our backyard:

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La Chanson de Prevert, so pretty!

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Jane B. Such a prety song! Ahhh, the atmosphere!

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I love the music by Ennio Morricone, but I think that Nina Rota is even better. Here's another classic from Nina:

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Holy Crap, @Use the Falchion, I have some serious homework to do. Good thing I'll be working all day tomorrow and can queue those songs up. I will reply when I have gotten through the whole set (so in like 2 weeks).

Edited September 21, 2020 by hoiditthroughthegrapevine

[Use the Falchion]

3 hours ago, hoiditthroughthegrapevine said:

Beautiful song! Makes me want to play Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I really like the small musical change about 4 minutes in where it slows down a bit, so good. Obligatory plug for my favorite video game music of all time, it's short so even if you don't like it there's not much to dislike:

"Lost In Thoughts, All Alone" from Fire Emblem Fates is another great pick. (For more instrumental songs in the series, "God Shattering Star," and "Road Taken" (both Calm and Roar) are great picks.)

Three Houses is a super fun game and a great starting point if you've never played Fire Emblem before. (My user name is inspired by Fire Emblem and Star Wars after all!) We have a small yet fiercely dedicated group of Sharders who've played it, so if you decide to pick it up, don't be afraid to ask for help!

 

[thebubblesarealie he/him]

*Delete please*

Edited September 21, 2020 by thebubblesarealie

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

1: Kiss Me Slowly by Parachute

2: Young by Parachute

3: Forever and Always by Parachute

Honorable mentions: Disappear, Everything, Drive You Home, Ocean, and Lonely With Me. (All by Parachute.)

So, um... just listen to Parachute! Yeah!!

[FriarFritz]

1: "Baba Yetu" by Christopher Tin. Greatest piece of music ever written, right there.

After that, it's a matter of day-to-day preference for me. For example, right now the other two top spots are "Level of Concern" by tøp

and "Warrior" by TREN 

 

Other songs that occasionally fill 2&3 include the SSBB theme; "Lost in the Woods" from Frozen II; various songs by John Williams, John Powell, Michael Giacchino, and Hans Zimmer; Megalovania; and probably lots of others that I can't think of right now.

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

1 minute ago, FriarFritz said:

Other songs that occasionally fill 2&3 include the SSBB theme; "Lost in the Woods" from Frozen II; various songs by John Williams, John Powell, Michael Giacchino, and Hans Zimmer; Megalovania; and probably lots of others that I can't think of right now.

You gave me an idea for what to recommend on Musical Recommendations next!! Thanks!

[Iarwainiel I she/her]

@hoiditthroughthegrapevine - Thanks for the recommendation - I'll check it out! EDIT: Just did - Stride piano!! This style was one of my dad's favorites - we listened to Fats Waller & Art Tatum all the time! Thank you SO much for bringing this wonderful music into this thread. BTW, the little Brahms waltz on my list was used in the "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" movie! The scene where Katniss is dancing with President Snow. I was surprised & so happy to recognize it there!

@FriarFritz - Agreed re: "Baba Yetu"! An amazing song! Have you checked out TIn's latest? "Sogno di Volare" (below; this video chokes me up every time!). Also, can't believe you were the first one to post from "Kaladin" - bravo, sir!

 

 

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[Kasimir he/him]

I'm going to listen to everything else while I'm doing my work and will come back and comment! On my end: I swap preferences a lot depending on what I've been listening to, so these are my candidates for a stable set of my favourite 3.

#3: Estranged - Guns N Roses

I've listened to this since I was a teen facing my first break-up. Slash is a guitar god, and I just enjoy the sound of this song. But I also relate to the lostness of the song. There's a certain kind of isolation I suppose. Or of feeling bereft - stranded on the rocks. There's part of the song which goes:

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Well I jumped into the river
Too many times to make it home
I'm out here on my own, and drifting all alone

My teen self related a lot to that. And I still do. Drowning, being adrift.

#2: That Home/To Build A Home - (TEEZ Mashup) The Cinematic Orchestra

This might be cheating slightly - That Home and To Build A Home are two separate songs from The Cinematic Orchestra, but I like this particular mashup of them. I first heard To Build A Home via the trailer for NBC's Awake, and I love how peaceful the song is. It makes me think of lazy afternoons: some sun, blue sky. It makes me think of halcyon days that have come and gone, of nostalgia and my childhood home. It's peaceful, but also sad.

#1: Anthem - Leonard Cohen

I love how the song sounds. It's probably my favourite Leonard Cohen, partly because of what the song's about. I regard it as being about the fundamental brokenness of things, of the world. It's about imperfection, about hope and letting the light in, even though the world is the way it is. I don't know, it just speaks to me very deeply.

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

On 9/20/2020 at 11:23 PM, Use the Falchion said:

Lost In the Echo - Linkin Park

Reset - Mutemath

Running to You - Dabin

Use the Falchion, I'll get to the other songs later, but this is a manageable chunk to get through so I'll start here.

Linkin Park, not my favorite type of music, but that's a really good song.

Reset by Mutemath, that was amazing! Totally see it as the soundtrack for a William Gibson novel, where a team of hackers are preparing to infiltrate the main mainframe. Really nice, my favorite of your top 3

Running to You, again not really my type of music, but it was really good. The whole point of living is expanding your horizon's right? I liked it a lot and would listen to it again.

You seem like you have incredibly eclectic taste in music, here's a blast from the past that sounds like it's a vision of the Future, Jean Michael Jarre's Equinoxe Part IV, from one of the best soundscape albums of all times Equinoxe:

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16 hours ago, DramaQueen said:

1: Kiss Me Slowly by Parachute

2: Young by Parachute

3: Forever and Always by Parachute

Hmm, is your favorite band, by any chance, parachute??

I really like Forever and Always, and based on how parachute sounds, I have to recommend the Avett Brothers (@Truthless of Shinovar I'm spreading the good news).

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16 hours ago, FriarFritz said:

1: "Baba Yetu" by Christopher Tin. Greatest piece of music ever written, right there.

That song is really good, makes me want to play Civilization IV, but my wife says no way. I spent too much time playing No Man's Sky.

 

I don't know if you've listened to Fela Kuti much, but his music is amazing, reminds me a lot of Baba Yetu. This song is long, with some seriously nice instrumentation on the lead up to the vocals, but it's so good, spoilered below is Sorrow Tears and Blood.

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8 hours ago, Iarwainiel said:

Stride piano!! This style was one of my dad's favorites - we listened to Fats Waller & Art Tatum all the time!

I love Fats Waller! Have you heard much Milt Jackson, the master of the Vibrophone, it's super good stuff:

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3 hours ago, Kasimir said:

#3: Estranged - Guns N Roses

I've listened to this since I was a teen facing my first break-up. Slash is a guitar god, and I just enjoy the sound of this song. But I also relate to the lostness of the song. There's a certain kind of isolation I suppose. Or of feeling bereft - stranded on the rocks. There's part of the song which goes:

Hey Brother, I have the song for you, it's Growing Up With GNR by Aqueduct, and it's all about a first breakup and having your heart broken again when GNR comes on the radio. It's SO GOOD! In the top twenty for sure!

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4 hours ago, Kasimir said:

#2: That Home/To Build A Home - (TEEZ Mashup) The Cinematic Orchestra

This might be cheating slightly - That Home and To Build A Home are two separate songs from The Cinematic Orchestra, but I like this particular mashup of them. I first heard To Build A Home via the trailer for NBC's Awake, and I love how peaceful the song is. It makes me think of lazy afternoons: some sun, blue sky. It makes me think of halcyon days that have come and gone, of nostalgia and my childhood home. It's peaceful, but also sad.

This is so beautiful! This doesn't happen often, but the first time I listened to this it's in my top 100. The only thing I can do after hearing this is answer beauty with beauty, spoilered below are the 2 songs that I think are the prettiest songs ever recorded (sentiment and tone):

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8:05 by Moby Grape, oh, so beautiful.

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And the 2nd prettiest song ever made, Green is the Colour by Pink Floyd:

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4 hours ago, Kasimir said:

#1: Anthem - Leonard Cohen

I love how the song sounds. It's probably my favourite Leonard Cohen, partly because of what the song's about. I regard it as being about the fundamental brokenness of things, of the world. It's about imperfection, about hope and letting the light in, even though the world is the way it is. I don't know, it just speaks to me very deeply.

Such a good song! At least 20 of my top 100 songs are Leonard Cohen songs and this one is in that list. There's a definite through line in your top 3 and I think I have some pretty good recommendations for you spoilered below.

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Spoilered below are some of the best but slightly obscure Leonard Cohen songs.

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True Love Leaves No Traces (from the Album Death of a Ladies Man, that Phil Spector produced and employed his signature Wall of Sound technique on. Cohen Described the results as Grotesque, and he actually tried to get the master tapes back from Spector but Phil had a loaded crossbow on him at the time and convinced Leonard to leave). This is such a pretty song!

The Story of Isaac from Songs From a Room.

The Future, from the album The Future (seems very prescient in the times we are living in, but also this has some adult themes, you have been warned):

Dance me to the End of Love from the Album Various Positions, so pretty!

Take this Waltz from the Album I'm your man. The lyrics are based on Lorca's poem "Pequeño vals vienés" (Little Viennese Waltz). Such an amazing song!

Waiting for the Miracle, from the album The Future, this was featured in the Oliver Stone movie Natural Born Killers:

 

I think that Mark Lanegan is the working man's Leonard Cohen, the muse of the late night shift, the lets dampen the poetry down a touch to get past all of the BS, and let's just focus on the real stuff but find the beauty in that. Spoilered below, holy crap, are songs that you will have wished you had known about earlier, because life is ultimately too short, and these songs are ultimately too good.

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Mark Lanegan was the singer/lyricist for the band the Screaming Trees, and especially with Sweet Oblivion they really were pretty amazing.

This is one of my favorite songs of all times, Julie's Paradise from the Trees' album Sweet Oblivion.

Judas Touch, From Mark Lanegan's first Solo Album, Whiskey For the Holy Ghost, which I have to say is my favorite album of all times. This song is short, but Oh lord, it's so GOOD!

Also from Whiskey For the Holy Ghost, Carnival. Such a good song.

And one more from Whiskey for the Holy Ghost, Sunrise. One of the absolutely prettiest songs ever made. Period.

Deus Ibi Est, from the album Ballad of the Broken Seas. This album is amazing, it's Lanegan paired with Isobell Campbell (from Belle and Sebastian) and the extreme contrast of their voices is so amazingly good:

Also from Ballad of the Broken Seas, one of my all time favorite songs to listen to when I'm depressed. Hey, it happens, and it's nice to have a soundtrack to the misery you sometimes feel. Revolver. So hauntingly beautiful.

 

If you like Mark Lanegan, he just came out with a memoir, SIng Backwards and Weep, that is absolutely amazing. If you like audio books it gets even better, because he actually reads the book himself with his smoke cured, deep basso voice. His was a hard life for sure, but it's a truly amazing book.

 

 

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

5 hours ago, hoiditthroughthegrapevine said:

Hmm, is your favorite band, by any chance, parachute??

I really like Forever and Always, and based on how parachute sounds, I have to recommend the Avett Brothers.

As a matter of fact, yes!

I'll check them out! Thank you!!

[Use the Falchion]

8 hours ago, hoiditthroughthegrapevine said:

You seem like you have incredibly eclectic taste in music, here's a blast from the past that sounds like it's a vision of the Future, Jean Michael Jarre's Equinoxe Part IV, from one of the best soundscape albums of all times Equinoxe:

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Great rec! I liked the feel and it totally has that future-retro vibe! I reminds me of Blade Runner for some reason...

I feel like my tastes are about 45% rock (mostly punk, but some other stuff like Alt Rock and Japanese Rock), 30% popular music (pop, rap, and occasionally rock), 10% future bass, 10% movie and game soundtracks, and 5% everything else. 

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

5 minutes ago, Use the Falchion said:

Great rec! I liked the feel and it totally has that future-retro vibe! I reminds me of Blade Runner for some reason...

The composer for bladerunner, Vangelis, also uses synthesizers in that 70's/80's this is the sound of the future kind of way. 

Spoiler

Tears in the rain

Blade runner blues (this is the one that I think of when I think of Bladerunner)

 

I still haven't made it through your list, so I'll write a more detailed follow-up after I do.

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

4 hours ago, DramaQueen said:

As a matter of fact, yes!

I'll check them out! Thank you!!

Let us know when you’ve converted!

[go_go_gragdet]

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Thanks for the recommendations, they are all very good! My favorite Edith Piaf song is L'hymne a l'amour (which isn't too far from the top 3). I realize I have a type for my favorite songs.

[Tjeed]

1) Die for You/Gravity of You - Starset
2) Ricochet/Starlight - Starset
3) Satellite - Starset

[Orlion Blight he/him]

On 9/20/2020 at 1:05 AM, hoiditthroughthegrapevine said:

I swear, by all that is holy in this world (and possibly by all that is holy in the Great Beyond) that I will listen with due attention to all of the songs that are posted here with undivided attention.

Mwahaha! I could easily post three songs of length 20+ minutes!

I won't, though...or will I?

In no particular order: 

Paradise Lost by Symphony X: A song based on part of the John Milton poem. I'm a sucker when songs about literature are  "done right"

 

Plains of Forever by Keldian: A somewhat meditative song to calm the existential anxieties of the soul

 

La Cantata Del Diablo por Mägo de Oz: gotta include at least one 20+ minute song after my threats

This also seems to be very relevant to 2020 US, so it took the place of another Mägo de Oz song from the same album. 

 

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On 9/23/2020 at 11:17 PM, go_go_gragdet said:

Thanks for the recommendations, they are all very good! My favorite Edith Piaf song is L'hymne a l'amour (which isn't too far from the top 3). I realize I have a type for my favorite songs.

That is absolutely one of the best songs of all times, but its equal is actually the song I had playing in a boombox when I proposed to my wife. I know if you haven't heard this already it will be one of your all time favorite songs.

 

On 9/24/2020 at 1:15 AM, Tjeed said:

1) Die for You/Gravity of You - Starset
2) Ricochet/Starlight - Starset
3) Satellite - Starset

I'm sensing a theme here...

I LOVE Starset! Beautiful melodies and beautiful lyrics.

I don't have a specific general recommendation for you, so I'm just going to give you recommendations based on each song.

1) Die for you/Gravity, this is from a band I'm sure you know but there's a sci-fi theater through line here, Black Star by Radiohead:

2) Richochet, this is purely thematic, but this is one of my favorite songs of all times, Revolver by Mark Lanegan and Isobell Campbell (I know I recommended it earlier in this thread, but it's so good it's worth a second recommendation:

3) Satellite, this again is purely a thematic recommendation, but holy crap this is one of the best songs ever made by one of the most talented songwriters who has ever lived, Elliot Smith's Satellite:

 

@Orlion the Platypus, you cantankerous platypus you! I did it, I finally found the time to listen to your whole playlist. The songs were amazingly good, but this reminds me of the time when I went to a party at college and put on this song:

Even the crickets stopped chirping.

I'll always click on your posts, you are one of the true authentic voices on the shard. At heart I'm  a grouser just like you. Kindred spirit.

On 9/24/2020 at 7:22 AM, Orlion the Platypus said:

Paradise Lost by Symphony X: A song based on part of the John Milton poem. I'm a sucker when songs about literature are  "done right"

The lyrics for this song were super pretty, I liked it a lot but I liked your next pick even better.

On 9/24/2020 at 7:22 AM, Orlion the Platypus said:

Plains of Forever by Keldian: A somewhat meditative song to calm the existential anxieties of the soul

This is a truly beautiful song! Really good! This is my second favorite of your songs. There is a melodic through line between these songs that makes me think you also love Chris Cornell. If that is the case, I have a special treat for you, a somewhat obscure Alice In Chains song featuring some vocals by Chris Cornell, the song Right Turn from the EP Sap. Such an amazingly beautiful song.

If you are as suitably impressed with the beauty of that song as you should be, you should really listen to the best song off of that EP, and possibly the best song by Alice in Chains, Brother:

 

On 9/24/2020 at 7:22 AM, Orlion the Platypus said:

La Cantata Del Diablo por Mägo de Oz: gotta include at least one 20+ minute song after my threats

This also seems to be very relevant to 2020 US, so it took the place of another Mägo de Oz song from the same album. 

I expect nothing less from you, I have 2 years of high school spsnish, but the message is crystal clear, hell in a handbasket. This was by far my favorite of your songs. Post your other favorite 20 minute songs and I will gladly listen to them! One of my favorite songs of all times could be broken up into smaller chunks, but i like to listen to the whole thing like it's one song, kind of like a novelette in song. Rimsky Korsakov's Sheherezade.

 

 

Edited October 4, 2020 by hoiditthroughthegrapevine