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1.55am
18 March 2010
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A lot of you listed your favorite non-Beatles albums…good stuff! Now I’d like to get specific non-Beatles songs.
I’ll lead off…
Top 5:
1. “Like a Rolling Stone”…Bob Dylan
2. “Won’t Get Fooled Again”…the Who
3. “All Along the Watchtower”…Jimi Hendrix cover of the Bob Dylan song
4. “Maggie”…Rod Stewart
5. “Brown-Eyed Girl”…Van Morrison
And in no particular order after that:
“Light My Fire”…the Doors
“Satisfaction”, “Sympathy for the Devil”, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”… the Rolling Stones
“The Immigrant Song”, “Rock and Roll”…Led Zeppelin
“Great Balls of Fire”…Jerry Lee Lewis
“Take Another Piece of My Heart”…Janis Joplin
“Respect”…Aretha Franklin
“Tangled Up in Blue”, “Positively 4th Street”, “A Hard Rain ‘s Gonna Fall”…Bob Dylan
“Lola”…the Kinks
“The Weight”, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”…the Band
“Who’ll Stop the Rain “…Creedence Clearwater Revival
“London Calling”…the Clash
“Go Your Own Way”…Fleetwood Mac
“I Heard it Through the Grapevine”…Marvin Gaye
“My Girl”…the Temptations
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”…Simon and Garfunkel
“Good Vibrations”…the Beach Boys
“Baba O’Riley”…the Who
“Unchained Melody”…the Righteous Brothers
6.43pm
1 May 2010
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Really good list. This is a pretty tough question because it’s just like what mood you’re in, I guess, but I don’t know any particular order…except number one which is:
1. The Meters- Cissy Strut (give it a listen if you want)
2. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings- How Do I Let a Good Man Down?
3. Gladys Knight and the Pips- Midnight Train To Georgia
4. Steely Dan- Your Gold Teeth
5. Chuck Berry- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
6. Bob Marley and the Wailers- Waiting In Vain
7. Marvin Gaye- Pride and Joy
8. Bob Dylan- 4th Time Around
9. Sam the Sham and the Pharaoas- Wooly Bully
10. Ella Fitzgerald- In A Mellow Tone
11. Billie Holiday- Am I Blue?
12. The Archies- Sugar, Sugar
13. Aretha Franklin- Chain Of Fools
14. Chicago- Travel Suite: Happy ‘Cause I’m Coming Home
15. Dave Brubeck Quartet- Take Five
16. George Harrison – Apple Scruffs
17. Nat King Cole- Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
18. Sly and the Family Stone- Everyday People
19. The Temptations- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
20. The Jackson Five- I Want You Back
That was just a quick look at my iPod, I’m sure I’ve forgotten many.
I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
7.53pm
21 August 2009
Offline GnikNus said:
8. Bob Dylan- 4th Time Around
Wonderful choice! One of my favourite Dylan songs as well.
In no order:
4th Time Around, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Spanish Harlem Incident- Bob Dylan
April Come She Will, El Condor Pasa (If I Could)- Simon & Garfunkel
Gentle on My Mind- Glen Campbell
42- Coldplay
Nothing in My Way, Is it Any Wonder?- Keane
Probably more… but in all honesty, most of my favourite songs are Beatle’s songs. About 20 of them! 
Tongue, lose thy light. Moon, take thy flight… see ya, George!
4.06am
27 February 2010
Offline Queen of the Highway / Strange People / Touch me – The Doors
Where the Streets Have no Name / Van Diemen’s Land / Desire – U2
Glorified G / Rearviewmirror – Pearl Jam
Plush / Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
Sisters – Divididos
Blurry Eyes / Driver’s High – L’arc-en-Ciel
Rewrite – Asian Kung Fu Generation
Loser / Sexx Laws – Beck
Buffalo Soldier – Bob Marley
London Calling – The Clash
El Leon Santillan / Siguiendo la Luna – Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
I'd like to say "thank you" on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition.
John Lennon
7.31pm
7 August 2010
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Dear Prudence
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12.41am
1 May 2010
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Wow! Fantastic lists!! I'm on my way to expand my musical tastes so I'm adding this to my need-to-check list..
U2 – With or without you, Where the streets have no name, Bullet the blue sky, Stay (Far away so close), Miracle Drug, Beautiful Day.
Janis Joplin – Get it while you can, A woman left lonely, and Me and Bobby McGee.
Ok, this is from a folder named 70s-80s-90s romantic songs.
Procul Harum – A whiter shade of pale.
Earth Wind and Fire – Reasons.
Journey – Open Arms.
Roxette – Spending my time.
Madonna – Crazy for you. Take a bow.
Neil Diamond – Love on the Rocks, September Morn.
Jimmi Hendrix – Little Wing.
The Police – I love them. My favorites : Every breath you take, Roxanne and King of Pain.
Sting – Shape of my heart. Englishman in New York.
Kansas – Dust in the Wind.
Christ de Bourgh – Lady in Red.
Ten Sharp – You.
Sinead O'Connor – Nothing compares 2u.
Roberta Flack – Killing me softly with this song.
Duran Duran – Ordinary World.
October Project – Return to me ()
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irgolova – Falling Slowly (it's the most recent song. I love it)
Michel Fugain – A Belle histoire (I don't know why, but I LOVE THIS SONG)
Mandy Moore – Umbrella (I don't like Mandy Moore and I hated this song with Rihanna, but this combo worked for me)
Elton John – I want love
Boy George – The Crying Game. (Awesome singer + Awesome version = awesome song for an awesome movie)
No Doubt – Don't Speak (the only song I like from them)
Annie Lennox – Why
John Waite – Missing you (the ultimate 80s heart break song)
Spandau Ballet – True.
Bad English – When I see your smile.
And I have another folder named Elisa's favorite 70s-80s-90s but I guess with these is more than enough 
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
1.39am
4 April 2010
Offline It would have to be “Weed Problem”.
"The best band? The Beatles. The most overrated band? The Beatles."
2.25am
18 August 2010
Offline High Together – Shwayze
Guilty Pleasure – Cobra Starship
Living In The Sky With Diamonds – Cobra Starship
Dance Hall Drug – Boys Like Girls
Little Things – Good Charlotte
"Fighting for peace is like f—ing for virginity." John Lennon
2.45am
13 September 2010
Offline This is kind of tough. But here they are in no particular order.
Most U2 songs
Time of the Season/She's Not There/ Tell Her No-The Zombies
Haven't Met You Yet/ It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Sastera)-Michel Buble
London Calling- The Clash
Dancing With Myself/Rebel Yell/ White Wedding-Billy Idol
Incense and Peppermints-Strawberry Alarm Clock
A lot of Beach Boys songs
And that's all I can think of. I'll probably add more in the near future.
"I am definitely a mad man with a box."- Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor of Doctor Who (Episode 1 Season 5: The Eleventh Hour)
3.14am
18 August 2010
Offline MotherNaturesDaughter said:
Haven't Met You Yet
Is it just me or does this song sound like a modernized mix of Your Mother Should Know /All You Need Is Love /Peny Lane?
"Fighting for peace is like f—ing for virginity." John Lennon
5.35am
4 November 2010
Offline Oh, this is an older thread… well, here goes anyways!
*Looks in iTunes*
In no particular order:
Bohemian Rhapsody; All Dead, All Dead-Queen
No Surprises-Radiohead
Don't Panic-Coldplay
Vertigo-U2
Free Fallin'-Tom Petty
El Condor Pasa; I am a Rock; Bridge Over Troubled Water; Mrs. Robinson-Simon & Garfunkel
She's a Rainbow-The Rolling Stones
Money-Pink Floyd
Sinkin' Soon-Norah Jones
21 Guns-Greenday
Cold as Ice-Foreigner
Mr. Blue Sky; Telephone Line-ELO
Rocket Man; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John
Light my Fire; People are Strange-The Doors
London Bridge-Bread
Good Vibations; Heroes and Villians-The Beach Boys
Have You Ever Seen the Rain ?-CCR
Sunny Afternoon-The Kinks
And who could forget Mother by The Police? Beautiful lyrics, amazing vocals… the perfect song!
(Well, I'm kidding about that last one-but don't get me wrong, The Police are cool!)
12.29pm
19 September 2010
Offline My top 3 are
My,My,Hey,Hey by Neil Young
Refugee by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5 Days in May By Blue Rodeo
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
11.01pm
19 September 2010
Offline As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
5.24am
4 March 2011
Offline Vamos A La Playa!!! – I love that song, and just if any of your wondering, I don’t speak Spanish, but in Spanish class we geda listen to that son all the time and it’s a great dance song!!!!!!!!
Crying – I love Roy Orbison(:
American Pie – I listened to this song practically the whole time while me and my mom were driving to a Paul concert, so for me, it’s a happy song
Here Today – Pet Sounds is a great album!
Puff the Magic Dragon – This songs so cute, but it’s real sad at the end and it kinda reminds me of Toy Story 3, which is one Of my favorite movies ever!!!!
The Sound of Silence – I’m on a Simin and Garfunkel kick right now..
Money – Gotta love Dark Side of the Moon
ONE MINUTE YOU'RE DEFENDING THE WHOLE GALAXY, AND SUDDENLY, YOU FIND YOURSELF SUCKING DOWN DARJEELING WITH MARIE ANTOINETTE AND HER LITTLE SISTER.!
11.58am
19 September 2010
Offline I forgot some.
That’s Life, My Way, New York New York – Frank Sinatra
Old Man, My My Hey Hey, Rocking in The Free World, Harvest Moon – Neil Young
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
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