I often make compilations for when I'm out driving and this morning thought
I wonder what a compilation of the best selling UK singles would look like. Unsurprisingly its utter gash except for Bohemian Rhapsody of course. Even the fucking Teletubbies got in the top 60.

1 - Candle In The Wind 97 - Elton John
2 - Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
3 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
4 - Mull Of Kintyre - Wings
5 - Rivers of Bablyon / Brown Girl In the Ring - Boney M
6 - You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Neutron-Bomb
7 - Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
8 - She Loves You - The Beatles
9 - Unchained Melody - Robson & Jerome
10 - Mary's Boychild / Oh My Lord - Boney M
11 - Evergreen / Anything Is Possible - Will Young
12 - Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
13 - I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
14 - I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
15 - Barbie Girl - Aqua
16 - Believe - Cher
17 - Perfect Day - Various Artists
18 - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
19 - Tears - Ken Dodd
20 - Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles

So if you were making a compilation of the greatest songs ever in your own opinion what would be on it and why?

You don't have to tell me 20 ;) one or two will do
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:31, 150 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

You can't have any "best ever" compilation
Without a good dollop of Bowie.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:37, Reply)

Indeed
the "Best ever collection of overrated shitebags" wouldn't be complete without a bit of Bowie, The Beatles, Nirvana, Oasis, erm...

I actually really like Nirvana but they're still overrated
( djtrialprice, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:42, Reply)

Agreed
and when I see 14 year olds with Nirvana hoodies on who weren't even born when he died I round them up in my scary van and drive them to an old abandoned slaughterhouse and kill them.
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:47, Reply)

Why?
I wear a Led Zeppelin t-shirt and I wasn't born when John Bonham died.

I like a bit of classical stuff, but I certainly wasn't alive when Mozart was.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:48, Reply)

Pretty much all the music I listen to
Was made by artists who'd split up or died by the time I was a toddler.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:50, Reply)

^this
well, except that I probably wasn't even a glint in the milkman's eye. Oh, the many hours spent studying my father's LP collection because I thought the music my friends listened to was* shite.

*_{Not sure why I used the past tense, thinking about it...}
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:55, Reply)

Indeedily
Also only heard of / got into the band Love when Arthur Lee died..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:52, Reply)

because they were overrated pish
Led Zeppelin however were not.
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:53, Reply)

Although I do think Bowie is excellent
The post was mainly to ruffle some feathers
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:52, Reply)

I AM WATCHING YOU

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:00, Reply)

'dollop', and 'Bowie'
How apt
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:59, Reply)

What the fuck is wrong with Boney M?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:38, Reply)

The male singer from Bony M
is the same guy who sang on Milli Vanilli.

TRUFAX! From the INTERNET!
( djtrialprice, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:43, Reply)

I've seen them live
there is a lot wrong. All the songs sound the same, not just as each other, but all the way through every song it is exactly the same.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:47, Reply)

My mum is Marcia Barret
and Boney M ruined her life.
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:48, Reply)

Hahaha!

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:51, Reply)

Miles Davis - the fourth part of Kind Of Blue
Everybody knows it - nobody knows what it is.

Same with Midnight In A Perfect World by DJ Shadow
Most of Ma Fleur by The Cinematic Orchestra
and a good chunk of Amon Tobins' back catalogue.

You know all that slow, jazzy, groovy, electro stuff you hear on documentary montages on the BBC and such or on sports highlights shows or in bars where no-one knows what they're listening to and you just wish you were cool/geeky enough to know?

Most of it is by the above.

rafter
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:49, Reply)

had to just listen to
Midnight in a Perfect World to remind me what it is. Think it might have been used on Blue Jam.
( djtrialprice, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:52, Reply)

Story about Miles Davis
My housemate's Dad was a roadie, back in the day. He met Meat Loaf, Genesis, Pink Floyd, etc etc.

But his favourite was the night he was sat in his cabin after everything was packed up, and he hears somoene calling him. So he leans out his window, and there was the headline act of the current tour, Miles Davis. "Are you Steve?" asks the legend, to which Steve responds as one would normally.

Miles then smiles (Ha!) and says that he's heard Steve plays a bit of trumpet? Steve confirms this, and is gobstruck when Miles invites him for a jam, if he'd like? They spent a few hours just jamming, with others coming in, picking up guitars, basses, etc, joining in for a while, before wobbling off.

For this experience alone, I hate him.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:54, Reply)

Roadie Mythology
I think Roadies have their own Urban Mythology.

Every roadie has a story that turns you green.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:56, Reply)

The one that gets others...
But I'm not fussed on, is that he was at Pompeii for the filming of the Pink Floyd DVD.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:01, Reply)

It's a brilliant DVD, Live At Pompeii.
I have it on video cassette cos I'm old.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:14, Reply)

they were still good at that point
but not for much longer....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:25, Reply)

Hmm
Pantera - I'm Broken
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Machiavellian - Ranger
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
Cave In - Anchor
Incubus - Megalomaniac
Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go (What? I like it)
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Rammstein - Ich Will
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

These are the ones that jump to mind, except for Busted, I'm not sure what made me think of that. All of these songs are ones that seem to have been created for listening to while driving fast, and having the CD on LOUD
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:49, Reply)

Woo
Busted are the best band eva! Their fans are all sluts! and everyone of them were shaved!
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:51, Reply)

Freebird is one of my most hated songs
Probably because in this small town 95% of amateur bands have covered it. Usually in pubs when I want to hear something I actually like. So not only am I getting an earful of a song I don't like, it's never even PLAYED WELL FFS!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:54, Reply)

Freebird should never be covered.
Ever.

It should be wondered at, and admired, but never covered.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:55, Reply)

Serious Answer
Jesus Christ Pose by Soundgarden, just because it makes me wet my pants
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:50, Reply)

because you are old and incontinent?
or because your pelvic floor is weak?
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:52, Reply)

Good choice sir
The guitar bit at the beginning that sounds all random reminds me of Captain Beefheart. Then the main song kicks in and is full of Chris Cornell/Kim Thayil awesomeness.
( djtrialprice, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:54, Reply)

My Gran used to feed Syd Barretts cat when he was on tour
My Gran is cooler than your Gran!
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:56, Reply)

I bet he fed her pussy right up as well
GUFFAW!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:58, Reply)

Yup
and they fucked. They had a baby Marcia Barret who is my mum
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:00, Reply)

that is fucking cool
My gran was taught by Tolkein at Oxford and my grandfather represented the Sex Pistols in court, mind you.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:58, Reply)

Now I see your Grandfather as a gangsta.
Representin!
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:59, Reply)

I lived next door to Tolkein's nephew
he and his family were awful people
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:11, Reply)

How funny
when my brother was a squatter in Manchester he knew his granddaughter. Now dead from smack, but a total tosser when alive, I'm told.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:12, Reply)

Cherry Hinton?

( djtrialprice, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:59, Reply)

She didn't live in Cherry Hinton but she knew his mum or something
She moved to Bar Hill on the other side of cambridge later on and then buggered off to Norfolk
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:02, Reply)

When Syd died
loads of people forwarded on an email from the Estate Agent selling his 3-bed semi in Cherry Hinton.
( djtrialprice, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:04, Reply)

Yeh but my Gran never lived there.
She lived nearby.
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:16, Reply)

Mississippi Queen by Mountain
is to my mind one of the finest rock 45s of all time.

City Kids by the Pink Fairies
The Golden Void by Hawkwind
Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent
Action Woman by The Litter
Tin Soldier by the Small Faces
Burning of the Midnight Lamp by Jimi Hendrix
Get Stoned Ezy by High Speed & The Afflicted Man
Hallogallo by Neu!
Can't Explain by The Who
Save My Soul by The Wimple Winch
Defecting Grey by The Pretty Things

Christ I could go on all day so I'd better stop
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:57, Reply)

Hallogallo
Surely the greatest first track on a debut album, EVER.

Fire it on repeat and just go with flow, i had it bubbling away for a good 4 hours one night before anyone noticed.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:47, Reply)

It could go on forever
and I'd be very happy indeed.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:01, Reply)

I think you'd have to chuck a few Simon and Garfunkel songs in there too.
Sound of Silence, Mrs Robinson and Cecelia are three of the best songs I've ever heard.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 9:59, Reply)

Have you only ever heard three songs
and those are they, by any chance?

They were fucking BENDERS.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:02, Reply)

Actually I have several albums, (by S&G - and my cd collection is getting quite large)
And I like them. So bite me. I have my opinion - you have yours. The question said "in your OWN opinion." This is mine. Deal with it.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:03, Reply)

Fuck me, she's so going to ignore you now Monty

(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:05, Reply)

I presume she still has you on ignore?
After that long and unwarranted hate campaign she had against you?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:07, Reply)

Yep
Sadly I didn't have a Blaireu69 on my side to gaz the mods in indignation on my behalf.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:17, Reply)

That's a shame al
A damn shame. I wish I had someone to do my bidding for me, warranted or not. Things would just happen faster.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:21, Reply)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The Internet - SERIOUS BUSINESSES.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:08, Reply)

Wow, that's an original response.
/yawn.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:09, Reply)

As original as you getting defensive about opinions on the internet?
/yawn
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:11, Reply)

Gee you're grouchy this morning.
Wake up on the wrong side of bed, petal?
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:12, Reply)

I got out of the wrong side of the *womb*, sugar.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:13, Reply)

Naww that must suck terribly.
I'm sorry to admit that my sympathy levels are at Zero.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:14, Reply)

It did, they had to use clamps to get me out.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:27, Reply)

excellent phrase
*high fives*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:16, Reply)

It does suggest
He was crapped out, though.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:00, Reply)

You're a one man internet-police squad, you are.
Do you have a shiny badge? I'd like a shiny badge.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:13, Reply)

*twirls baton*
No badges, I'm afraid.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:14, Reply)

Aww
Badges make everything better and more right. Apparently I'm just rubbish and quite wrong then.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:17, Reply)

Then I shall make you one.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:25, Reply)

And that's why you're my favourite thespian

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:27, Reply)

I'm not going to bite you
You probably taste of CONVICT.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:14, Reply)

Yup, cos the Dutch brought out loads of convicts to australia in the 1950's.
:)
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:15, Reply)

I have to admit
My knowledge of the colonies is somewhat limited.

In the case of Australia it's limited to convicts, Steve Irwin, Mick Dundee, Midnight Oil and the slow genocide of the indigenous population.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:22, Reply)

well - Steve Irwin freaked me out with his exuberant-ness,
Mick Dundee was just annoying, Midnight oil aren't that great and I'd say come out and veiw the way the indigenous people live before you say that sort of thing. It is not that there is a lack of help for them - there is more help for them, then there is for any other minority in Australia. They have every opportunity they could want - they just don't take it.

In turn - my knowledge of England is not that broad either. And I don't like black sausage. blech.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:27, Reply)

RACIST!
Or do you mean Black Pudding?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:30, Reply)

Black pudding.
Sorry - the chef I work with calls it black sausage. I hate the stuff.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:32, Reply)

I'm not a big fan of it
But white pudding is nomalicious.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:33, Reply)

Ever had red pudding?
It's a meatier type of thing. But both black and white puddings are fantastic in their own way. Black for breakfast, and white with chips in a white pudding supper (available from all good chippies in the east of Scotland).
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:35, Reply)

Never.
But having looked it up, I'm tempted...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:36, Reply)

Not sure I've heard of that...
what is it? Made of fat or something?
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:35, Reply)

Here we are
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_pudding
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:36, Reply)

White pudding
is oatmeal, onions and lard, basically. Delicious stuff.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:36, Reply)

.....sounds like an odd combination,
But I'll try it if you say it's that good.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:39, Reply)

I love white pudding

(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:39, Reply)

white pudding cock
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:45, Reply)

nice, simple, straightforward
top marks
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:46, Reply)

In Cornwallland we have Hogs Pudding and its delish!

( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:57, Reply)

what's in hogs pudding?
I've seen it but not tried it.

fucking love black and white pudding (two separate things)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:37, Reply)

Hogs pudding is......
described well here www.ownonline.co.uk/details.php?id=3611
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:40, Reply)

that's not what I heard
;o)
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:30, Reply)

Black sausage?
You know what they say, once you've had black...
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:31, Reply)

What about Kylie?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:27, Reply)

You can have her.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:29, Reply)

I don't think he could
She's way out of his league
(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:33, Reply)

I meant as a nation.
And that's not very nice. I'm sure Chompy could get whomever he liked.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:34, Reply)

I'm sure he could
but only because he's a rapist.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:39, Reply)

That's a very nice thing to say
but it's really not true.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:40, Reply)

well no, not with that attitude.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:42, Reply)

attitude face
(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:46, Reply)

Can someone tell Poppet that I like Simon and Garfunkel
so SCREW YOU MONTY!
(Bazongaloid, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:18, Reply)

I can see everything you say, you realise.
I just rarely bother to acknowledge you.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:19, Reply)

oooo
burn

simon and garfunkel are awesome. Kodachrome is an excellent song.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:26, Reply)

ehhhh, no so keen on that one.
I just find them a very peaceful and relaxing band to listen to - and, benders or not - they had brilliant voices.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:29, Reply)

they do have some peaceful and relaxing stuff this is true
but the upbeat stuff is also great
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:30, Reply)

Yup.
Hence Mrs Robinson being up there on my list. Fairly boppy without being totally in your face. :)
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:32, Reply)

Simon and Garfunkel are my Uncles
and Mrs Robinson is my gran
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:39, Reply)

I'm sure there's a current topical joke there,
but I've totally missed it. Sorry. Y'hear that whistling sound? Yeah, that was your comment going over the top of my head :P
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Damned by faint praise there
I can honestly say that in a collection of several thousand records I don't have a single one that I would class as 'fairly boppy'...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Really?
Monty, that sucks. Do something about it.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Perhaps you could draw me up a list
of the best fairly boppy tracks out there?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:45, Reply)

I'm sensing sarcasm,
on a massive scale here...
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:46, Reply)

Your senses do not deceive you

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:02, Reply)

haha
I was thinking something similar
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:45, Reply)

NO! SCREW YOU!!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:21, Reply)

I like...
how much rock and metal music you guys are suggesting. This is obviously a chav free forum, which pleases me :)

Killswitch Engage's cover of the classic Dio song, "Holy Diver" is a must on any car journey. Come to think of it, all Killswitch Engage is good music to listen to when driving!
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:00, Reply)

First album only
Howard Jones ruined that band, Jesse was miles better.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:03, Reply)

I prefer Howard Jones
Though Jesse was most excellent as well I prefer Jones' powerful clean vocals
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:27, Reply)

Aye
He's got a fantastic voice, but the songs have just gone downhill.

My Curse? Fuck off.
Holy Diver? Best track since 'Rose Of Sharyn'
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:32, Reply)

Howard Jones
ruined a fair part of the 1980s with his gaylord hairdo and shitty synth pop.

I'm guessing you don't mean the same chap?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:29, Reply)

No
A different one.

Why, did you punch him in the face?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:31, Reply)

Would that I had, would that I had....

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:42, Reply)

I was disheartened by how predictable the amount of rock and metal was.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:15, Reply)

Right, time I spunked my own opinion over all of you
In no particular order...

Alabama Train by Louisiana Red, because it has the most amazing drive and the harmonica solo is entirely full of win;
Wang Dang Doodle by Howling Wolf for similar reasons and because it's perfect to wig out to;
Sometimes I'm Happy by the Oscar Peterson Trio because the amount of energy in that tune at the climax of the solo is probably greater than most rock bands could generate;
My Favourite Things by Grant Green for similar reasons - by the time it the drum solo begins I could come;
Solid Sender by John Lee Hooker because it's by John Lee Hooker;
'Til I Die by The Beach Boys for when I'm feeling sad;
Eden by Hooverphonic for when I'm feeling lonely;
Time by Tom Waits for when I'm weary;
Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd as I'd need some representation of David Gilmour's sublime guitar playing;
My Eyes Have Seen You by The Doors because it sounds so amazingly predatory;
Master of The Universe by Hawkwind because it makes you feel like the master of the fucking universe if taken with the right amount of beer;
The Fountains of Rome by Ottorino Respighi because with that piece he inadvertently invented the first ever hard rock riff, many years before such a concept existed;
L'Hymne A L'Amour by Edith Piaf because she sings it so beautifully and I wish my French was good enough to work out what the lyrics are;

And finally something by The Who...difficult to pick just one track but I'll probably default to Bargain because it is possibly the best song in the world, ever.

Right, there we go. (And I'm sure I could go on all day given the chance) Come and mock my opinion.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:29, Reply)

Oscar Peterson ftw
If I had to pick one track of his, it would be his cover of Benny Goodman's "You Look Good to Me", specifically the Montreux 1977 concert version.

Sorry, am I being a bit esoteric here?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:33, Reply)

Esoteric? No,
I'm familiar with real jazz buffs citing specific performances of certain songs - and rightly so. They don't always nail it, but when you get a recording where they have...my god, the experience is something else

(Incidentally is that 1977 Montreux gig easy to get hold of? I may have to investigate)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:41, Reply)

I think
it's out on CD now. I have a recording of an LP.

He uses two double bass players on it. It's also on DVD - samples on YouTube too.

Here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKKpoCy0a5Y
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Oh, you beauty!
This has made my morning. He makes it sound so effortless, he really does absolute control over that piano. And the interplay between those two basses (speaking as a bass guitarist who'd love to have the time and money to learn double bass) is awesome. I think I got a semi during the first bass solo.

Update: definitely felt something stirring during the second bass solo. Fucking hell...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:49, Reply)

Wait until you get to
Niels Pederson's last solo. I like the ending too. Brilliantly melodic.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:53, Reply)

MOVE ALONG PLEASE
nothing to mock here (apart from lame-era Floyd but I'll let you have that one because I like you and your flappy hair. How magnanimous of me, eh?)...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:34, Reply)

Very magnaminous of you
It's just as well I didn't pick a Floyd track from The Wall, otherwise I imagine I'd have been punched in the face before I knew what was going on.

(Not that I would have picked a track off The Wall. Even I thought it had gone down the pan by then.)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:38, Reply)

I love Floyd. All Floyd.
I must have listened to the Wall a gazillion times.

But I still prefer the older stuff.

Gilmour is a leg-end on the ol' six string though
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I agree here
Echoes would be in my top few songs probably
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:42, Reply)

Shine on you crazy diamond has such nice guitar in it though

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:41, Reply)

I do concede that.
It's Waters who's on the list. The Wall is so self-indulgent and pompous it makes me want to punch MYSELF in the face.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Waters is a dick
That said, I do like The Wall. Saw it performed by the Australian Pink Floyd earlier this year and it was incredible.

Mind you, I like Momentary Lapse of Reason and the Division Bell too.

*covers eyes*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:48, Reply)

My ma and Step dad saw Aussie Floyd back when they were still small
and became good mates. They get postcards from them from time to time and are vip listed to any of the shows they like which is pretty cool. They followed them on their Ireland tour once which must have been pretty awesome. They are the closest to the real thing you can get these days.
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:59, Reply)

I've seen them maybe 5 times now
they are seriously good.

not like some floyd tribute bands that some people on /talk may or may not be in
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:10, Reply)

*nods*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:13, Reply)

*goads*

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:31, Reply)

Impressive, well thought and good reasons. No mocking from me.

( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:38, Reply)

I'd never heard
Grant Green's My Favorite Things, but I'm listening to it now on Spotify.

Fantastic. And McCoy Tyner's playing on it too.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:42, Reply)

Speaking of songs with Favourite Thing in the title...
Get The Replacements - Favourite Thing, on spotify. Go on!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:50, Reply)

I just have
And it's pretty good, but not quite my cup of Irn Bru.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:55, Reply)

Damn you
Damn you all to hell!



I accept your internet opinion and will move on to my next innocent victim to force my tastes down their throat..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:58, Reply)

Time is a beautiful song.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:16, Reply)

It is.
Although I admit it's all down to the way he sings it. I don't think anybody else could sing that song and capture the same world-weariness that he conjures up with such a simple, three-chord ballad.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:24, Reply)

My serious answer is
I don't like compilations. Not trying to be snobby, but generally you can pick out actual albums to suit moods. Therefore there is a bit of consistency and the songs actually go in a suitable order that can flow into each other.

In other words, THE CLASH THE CLASH THE CLASH
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:49, Reply)

'tis true
Tool's Lateralus and 10,000 days both suit any mood.

So does Led Zep 3
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 10:50, Reply)

I only listen to them whilst driving.
At home I only listen to Spacehog
( Peej, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:00, Reply)

*has aneurism at the very mention of them*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:04, Reply)

No one compilation can contain 'the greatest songs'
only the ones that are tickling your balls at the time...

Totally Wired - The Fall
Gubert Einer Nation - Laibach
We Are Oceans - Venetian Snares
Electricity - Captain Beefheart
Ghost Rider - Suicide
Blackberry Blossom - The Crooked Jades
Girl/Boy - Aphex Twin
Virta 1 - Pan Sonic
Cunts - Butthole Surfers
Dayvan Cowboy - Boards of Canada
From the Morning - Nick Drake
Pancake Lizard - Aphex Twin
An Ending - Brian Eno
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Nicely varied.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:23, Reply)

The fellow 'knows his shit'
as we say in the world of experts
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:39, Reply)

I'm shocked and appalled
At the outrageous lack of Zodiac Mindwarp. I pick Backseat Education.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:21, Reply)

High Priest of Love, surely?
I fucking LOVE Mindwarp.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 11:34, Reply)