One favourite song

[daveydave7]

Pretty simple really:
If you were allowed to say add one song to a library or on a desert island with you which one, which recording and why.

Despite being a bit of a rocker at heart and loving some soul electro and lots of stuff, mine is
"Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell - simply superb and just succeeds so well on so many levels

[goldblum]

Bloodhound Gang. The Ballad of Chasey Lain.

http://youtu.be/S4l4QYOJEsE

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Difficult one but I think I'd go for Northern Skies by Nick Drake.

[daveydave7]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Difficult one but I think I'd go for Northern Skies by Nick Drake.

Harder than you think isn't it,and it's sometimes hard to be honest with yourself, amusingly though after I decided it was Wichita I had an I tunes update blah blah but I then noticed that in the times played Wichita was way ahead of anything else.

[Marvindodgers]

Just One Victory by Todd Rundgren.

I could listen to that song all day.

[Champhill]

I have never, even after all these years, thirty five I think, not enjoyed listening to Because The Night by The Patti Smith Group. Fantastic in every way imo.

[Frenchda]

Blowers Daughter - Damian Rice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YXVMCHG-Nk

Haunting - still gives me goosebumps. First saw him on one of Jools Hollands show's many moons ago. Never quite made it mainstream.

[anonymous-user]

'Small Hours' - John Martyn.

[Meteor Madness]

The Phantom - Love Me

[Tyre Smoke]

The Who - Won't get fooled again.

OP, I really, really, hate your choice. That is the song anyone wishing to drive me insane would play on a loop into my cell!!

[Lady Muck]

Easy Peasy (well for me). The 9 minute version of Jesus of Surburbia - Green Day.

It will be my on of my funeral songs. Would post a link but the language may not go down too well on the 11min you tube video.

[marcosgt]

Guns of Brixton, the Clash.

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[Justin Cyder]

Wichita Lineman.

[Hackney]

Talking Heads - (Naive Melody) This Must Be The Place

Could have been any one of a dozen Talking Heads or Kraftwerk tracks to be honest but I just love the simplicity of this song, and the lyrics. Could listen to it on repeat for hours.

[daveydave7]

Tyre Smoke said:

The Who - Won't get fooled again.

OP, I really, really, hate your choice. That is the song anyone wishing to drive me insane would play on a loop into my cell!!

Won't Get Fooled Again is a great song and one of my favourites too
I recently found some rare Who demo's on you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QynK5IDalmA

[singlecoil]

daveydave7 said:

Despite being a bit of a rocker at heart and loving some soul electro and lots of stuff, mine is
"Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell - simply superb and just succeeds so well on so many levels

Justin Cyder said:

Wichita Lineman.

Excellent choice.


Mine would be "You Only Live Twice" from the film of the same name.

[Justin Cyder]

Point of order. Wichita Lineman is a Jimmy Webb song. Glen Campbell made it famous, but it's not his song.

[singlecoil]

I took him to mean the Glen Campbell version, rather than that he wrote it.

[Justin Cyder]

Indeed.

Check this out for a storming performance. People forget the Glenn Campbell was a very successful session musician before becoming a star in his own right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B49YDR6OMIE

[daveydave7]

singlecoil said:

I took him to mean the Glen Campbell version, rather than that he wrote it.

Yes I said which recording and why Glen Campbell's version is easily IMHO the best and adds so much to the song