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20 Dec 99 - 02:00 PM (#152006) Subject: eva johansson From: lajka Hello! I have read about the sadest song and been told about the funniest can anybody tell me about the best song EVER. Political?Romantic?You tell me! |
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20 Dec 99 - 02:05 PM (#152009) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Bert I think that Bruce O is the right person to answer this one. He has a song that's survived a few thousand years. Something about plowing as I recall. |
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20 Dec 99 - 02:16 PM (#152014) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: lajka Bert! If you read this. Thank you! |
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20 Dec 99 - 02:50 PM (#152035) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Marymac90 Off the top-maybe Phil Ochs "When I'm gone", but if you're acquainted with my weird brain waves at all, you know I'm very indecisive. I reserve the right to change my mind! Mary McCaffrey |
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20 Dec 99 - 04:09 PM (#152072) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Dan Evergreen Why don't you ask a hard question? But I'll take the plunge without a bunch of disclaimers and prefacing: it's a tie--"Oh Holy Night", and "Danny Boy." |
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20 Dec 99 - 04:21 PM (#152076) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: MMario Hymn to Aten |
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20 Dec 99 - 04:55 PM (#152088) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Mbo AAARRGHH! It's so hard to choose! "Come Sail Away" by Styx is REALLY good, "Hole In My Heart" by Blackhawk...so hard to decide..."Roddy McCorley"... --Mbo |
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20 Dec 99 - 05:32 PM (#152104) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Sandman559@aol.com Definately Roddy McCorley, but it hasta be the 9 verse version -Pat B. |
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20 Dec 99 - 06:22 PM (#152120) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: kendall The Band Played Waltzing Matilda |
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20 Dec 99 - 06:44 PM (#152130) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Clinton Hammond2 There isn't one... No one song can ever be The Best Ever, because musice is so varied.. so many different songs for so many moods... Nice Cop-Out Eh!! ;-) |
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20 Dec 99 - 07:36 PM (#152153) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Captain Swing Write the titles of Jez Lowe's songs on small pieces of paper. Fold each piece of paper up. Put them all in a bag. Pick one out. |
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20 Dec 99 - 11:41 PM (#152281) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: kendall although I'm not Catholic, I would be hard pressed to come up with a better one than AVA MARIA |
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21 Dec 99 - 01:22 AM (#152316) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Rick Fielding Now don't shoot me! "Un Bel Dia" from "Butterfly" or "Mon Pays" by Gilles Vigneault. |
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21 Dec 99 - 08:25 AM (#152362) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Liz the Squeak Has to be the Queen of the Night Aria from Magic Flute, good bloke, that Mozart.... LTS |
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21 Dec 99 - 09:23 AM (#152379) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Ringer The last one I listened to |
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21 Dec 99 - 09:43 AM (#152386) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Reta "O Holy Night" and any of the Gregorian Chants. Season's blessings to all. |
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21 Dec 99 - 10:37 AM (#152411) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Steve Latimer Definately Inna Gadda Da Vida, the seventeen minute version. |
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21 Dec 99 - 12:49 PM (#152472) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Mbo Whoa, Rick, thanks for mentioning the Puccini! Good stuff! How about "Nessun Dorma" from my favorite opera "Turandot"? I got another one--"Bui-Doi" from "Miss Saigon." Take a listen and perhaps you'll agree...then there's "Javert's Suicide" from "Les Miserables"... --Mbo |
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21 Dec 99 - 10:46 PM (#152727) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: gillymor Maybe Puccini's "Vissi D'arte" or "O Mio Babbino Caro" or Red River Valley or She Moved Through the Fair or... Frankie |
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21 Dec 99 - 11:14 PM (#152743) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Mbo Ooh "Il Sogno di Doretta" from Puccini's "La Rondini"...the finale from Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand...Satie's Gymnopedie No.1...Man! Forgot about a longtime alltime great I used to have--The Rakoczy March from Berlioz's "La Damnation Du Faust"...or "Photographs & Memories" by Jim Croce... --Mbo |
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22 Dec 99 - 01:15 AM (#152772) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Edmund Flynn (inactive) Sorry ... I'll get around to writing it one of these days. |
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22 Dec 99 - 01:24 AM (#152776) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Cow-Cow Patty "Waltzing with Bears" |
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22 Dec 99 - 01:47 AM (#152781) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Jon Freeman OK, tonight, the best tune (it has no words) ever is called Jon Freeman... When you have the honour of having a tune (and I think this is a good one) written for you, it makes you a little bit biased. Thanks again, Jeri |
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22 Dec 99 - 09:42 AM (#152863) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Jeri Jon, it makes me very happy that you like it. I was a little worried about using your name for a tune you might not like, or one that wasn't very good. I hesitate to name anything "best," so this one is just a favorite. This one seems to stand out in my mind in the "political" category - Peggy Seeger's "Song of Choice." The lyrics are on Dick Gaughan's web page here. |
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22 Dec 99 - 09:25 PM (#153155) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: MarkS Ode to Joy from the fourth movement of Beethovens 9th. |
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22 Dec 99 - 09:50 PM (#153168) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Callie Make that 2 votes for Waltzing With Bears! But also, She Moved Through the Fair and My Lagan Love. Callie |
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22 Dec 99 - 10:19 PM (#153181) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Pete Curry "Ten Commandments of Love" by Harvey and the Moonglows. (If not best song, best performance.) |
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22 Dec 99 - 11:11 PM (#153201) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Mbo Man...I just remembered Dick Gaughan's "Sail On." What a great song. And "Time" by Hootie & The Blowfish. And the list continues... --Mbo |
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22 Dec 99 - 11:21 PM (#153209) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Bill D *playing them as fast as I can...trying to choose...* hmmm...tricky, call me again to 30-40 years...I've got it down to 27 categories... |
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23 Dec 99 - 02:45 AM (#153285) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Sandy Paton I've never been comfortable with juried art exhibits. I refuse to recognize art as a competitive endeavor. That turns it into a damned commodity, and that, my friends, is why I'm into folk music rather than the brazenly hyped and marketed commercial stuff. I know, there is a long tradition of fiddle contests in the world of folk music, but, truth to tell, I'm not comfortable with them, either. Sandy (grumpy folk fogey) |
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23 Dec 99 - 09:31 AM (#153360) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: kendall This is much too subjective to nail down a real conclusion. One of my favorite pieces of wisdom..Everything is relative..to a germ, good health is a type of disease. |
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23 Dec 99 - 11:06 AM (#153388) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: gillymor I'm also kind of uncomfortable with "best of" threads but I think we all realize we're just sharing opinions here. These types of threads have gotten me onto some great tunes that I heretofore wasn't aware of or which were in my own collection and somehow overlooked. List on intrepid voyagers! ...oh and how about Our Love is Here to Stay by George and Ira Gershwin. Seasons Greetings, Frankie (I'm gonna write that one down, kendall) |
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23 Dec 99 - 11:41 AM (#153400) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Sandy Paton Okay, then. Let's change the title of the thread to: "Some of my favorite songs" or "Songs that are important to me." Right now it says "best song ever." That suggests the kind of value judgement I'm not willing to make. Sandy |
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23 Dec 99 - 01:04 PM (#153425) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Hasek Today It's " Girl from the North Country " Bob Dylan....................Blowin in the Wind........................Angus Fraser.....................Goodnight Irene..........................Phil Och - Changes |
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23 Dec 99 - 02:39 PM (#153454) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Peter T. The final Trio from Der Rosenkavalier by Elizabeth Schwarzkopf et al; "Morgen" by Richard Strauss, sung by Janet Baker, Gerald Moore piano. "I Can't Get Started With You" sung and trumpet solo by Bunny Berrigan "I'm Confessing That I Love You," sung by Louis Armstrong. "Death Letter Blues", Son House "In My Life," The Beatles (recent version by R. Fielding pretty good too) yours, Peter T. |
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24 Dec 99 - 12:12 AM (#153717) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: gillymor One of those alternate titles would be more realistic Sandy. Regards, Frankie |
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24 Dec 99 - 12:31 AM (#153722) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Jim How about, "How Can I Keep From Singing" performed by Pete Seeger? |
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24 Dec 99 - 12:48 PM (#153847) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Bill D what we learn from threads like this is that the best/most important homily/saying/quotation ever produced is: "De gustibus non disputandum est" |
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01 Jan 00 - 01:56 PM (#156621) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Murray MacLeod (ex Scotland, now Florida) Surely Hard Times Come Again No More, by Stephen Foster has to be the most memorable song ever written ? |
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01 Jan 00 - 02:04 PM (#156629) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: emily rain *bowing to Sandy* my current favorite is morningtime by metamora, closely followed by the witch of the westmerlands by archie fischer (wish i could do it justice) |
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01 Jan 00 - 03:11 PM (#156663) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: InOBU Yvetts Song, by that brilliant song writer and Piper Larry Otway. Anonimously Larry Otway PS When Im gone by P Oches is up there, but Tam Lin has a certain charm. |
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01 Jan 00 - 03:16 PM (#156665) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Richard Bridge Perhaps "Rigs of the times". It certainly has a perpetual relevance. |
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01 Jan 00 - 11:17 PM (#156849) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: InOBU Ah Brother Richard, one we agree on, I have been found of Rigs of the Times, ever since I heard it in high school - but then again Ive always been a more than partial to Martin Carthy, Peter Belamy, the whole crowd ... not to mention, on certain monday mornings, I would say, On A Monday Morning, is one of the best songs of all time, Oh that I could give you my liver, a phrase I oft entoned on many a monday morning. All the best Larry Otway |
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01 Jan 00 - 11:37 PM (#156860) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: DonMeixner Honey ( See the tree....) Don |
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03 Jan 00 - 11:14 PM (#157694) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Sean Belt Oh, dear.... Tonight it would have to be either "Handsome Molly" or perhaps Richard Thompson's "Wall of Death" or maybe "West Fork Girls" or "Sally in the Garden". But ask me again tomorrow and it'll certainly be something else I've been playing lately. |
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04 Jan 00 - 11:04 AM (#157823) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird) If I had to pick a single song as the best overall song of the past thousand years, I'd pick The Golden Sequence/"Veni Sancte Spiritus." T. |
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04 Jan 00 - 11:20 AM (#157829) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Danlbear uhhh....Proud Mary?? |
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05 Jan 00 - 04:33 AM (#158266) Subject: RE: Help: The best song ever,then? From: Sealhater@aol.com May I suggest the Ramba Boogie by Hank Snow. |