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The Best Songs Ever
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AARPTheMagazine said:
on July 29, 2008 07:01 PM ET
edited on February 5, 2009 01:58 PM ET For our September & October 2008 feature "50 Reasons to Love Being 50+," music critic Richard Gehr picked five songs he thinks music lovers will still be listening to in 100 years: "God Only Knows" (The Beach Boys), "I Never Loved a Man" (Aretha Franklin), "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. & the MG's), "Mama Tried" (Merle Haggard), and "Strawberry Fields Forever" (The Beatles). Share your picks for the best songs ever. |
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How about Jay and the Americans... Come a little bit closer or Cara Mia. Gene Pitney was great, too. So many great songs not enough space.
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Because of You - Tony Bennett
In A special Way - Kool and the Gang
Because - Perry Como
Home - Micahel Buble
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Imagine - Beatles
Moonlight Cocktails
Doo **** songs and groups from that time
just came across this group. go to amazon.com and, under music, type in the name of the song, or just instrumentals. you will find many to choose from: 'instrumental gold: 14 hits of the 60's', 'instrumental gold: 14 hits of the 50's' and 'jammin' oldies instrumental hits' just to name a few.
i have the songs you listed, myself. great instrumental hits. also, 'telstar' and 'a walk in the black forest', not to forget 'the stripper'!
miss josh
Yes, I agree that CHICAGO is my favorite band. I'm from Chicago,and remember when they were the CTA or Chicago Transit Authority, our transportation system. One of my favorites is Only the Beginning. They still perform, doing a stint with Earth, Wind and Fire in Chicago this year. They were very talented, most were music majors.
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New here, so hope I'm doing this correctly.
Lots of great oldies have been mentioned. All bring back great memories.
How about some of the Instrumental songs? You know, like:
Tequila by the Champs
Sleepwalk, by Santo & Johnny
Honky Tonk (1&2) by Bill Doggett
Maybe one of our CD gurus here in AARP will burn some of of these 'oldies' and sell them to us? I'd sure buy one!!!
Nice to see someone mention The End by Earl Grant, a beautiful 50s song - I've got the original 45 rpm record!
One category of music that I like to discuss in forums I refer to as "transformational". Here are a few of those, in no particular order:
* Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
* Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
* All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan
* I Shall Be Released - The Band
* Chest Fever - The Band
* After the Goldrush - Neil Young
* The Old Laughing Lady - Neil Young
* The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
* The Boy In the Bubble - Paul Simon
* Question - The Moody Blues
* Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
* San Jacinto - Peter Gabriel
* Signal To Noise - Peter Gabriel
* Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
* Saeglopur - Sigur Ros
I think that most of these songs will still be known and played 100 years from now.
Coming from my generation and loving music here's my picks (all subject to change depending on my mood):
Begin The Begene(spelling) Artie Shaw, Sing Sing Sing Benny Goodman (The famous '30's concert),
One For My Baby, Frankie (Old Blue Eyes), On The Street Where You Live Vic Damone
Knights In White Satin (Long Version) Moody Blues
These for this day and this time are my picks.
I know that I like the list I could take from everyone's suggestions long before I would go with the list from the article. There are so many very good songs that have been connected to our lives that I can't really narrow them down. I do know that one of the things to take me back through the memories of my life are the songs that played as I have gone through life. One great thing about the internet is we can download those songs and listen to them again.
Top albums
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2.Led Zepplin - Led Zepplin
3. Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971
4.Doors - LA Woman
5.Animals - Best of the Animals
