Your top 5 greatest songs of all time?

[rkolegendkilla]

Really simple, in your opinion, what are the 5 greatest songs of all time?

1. 'Never Tear Us Apart' by INXS
2. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen
3. 'Like A Rolling Stone' by Bob Dylan
4. 'Crash Into Me' by Dave Matthews Band
5. 'With Or Without You' by U2

Honorable mentions to 'Stairway To Heaven' by Led Zeppelin and 'Imagine' by John Lennon.

Obviously opinions will be very different, which is why this thread is so interesting.

[PID]

1. "Gimme Shelter," The Rolling Stones
2. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," The Allman Brothers Band
3. "All Along The Watchtower," The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. "Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)," Neil Young and Crazy Horse
5. "Jungle Strut," Santana

[James Hardy]

I haven't listened to enough non hip hop songs to make a 5 greatest songs ever list, but these are my personal 5 favorite of all time.

1. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
2. Jay-Z - D'Evils
3. Masta Ace - Take A Walk
4. Sticky Fingaz - Why
5. Nas - What Goes Around

[bjd]

I really go through moods with songs.... one minute I'll consider one song my "favorite" and another I'll consider something else...

Here's a list of the top 5 songs of mine at the moment:

1. "Nightrain" by Guns N' Roses
2. "Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam
3. "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John
4. "Always" by Bon Jovi
5. "Back In The Saddle" by Aerosmith

Ask me next week, and at least 3/5 will probably change.

[Rant Casey]

I change my favorite tunes one a weekly basis, sometimes daily. Right now I'll say

1. "Jaws Theme Swimming" by Brand New
2. "Swing Life Away" by Rise Against
3. "Reckless Abandon" by Blink-182
4. "Stop this Train" by John Mayer
5. "Self Esteem" by The Offspring

[Deleted]

1. "Terminus" by Dark Tranquility
2. "Pleasure in Pain" by Chimaira
3. "Idols and Anchors" by Parkway Drive
4. "Frostbite" by Parkway Drive
5. "Numb" by Linkin Park

[Trypod]

My personal favourites, in no real order..

"1979" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones
"Anyway You Want It" - Journey
"Let There Be Rock" - AC/DC
"The Stone" - Dave Matthews Band

[Deep Figure Value]

"Johnny Appleseed" by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
"Redemption Song" by Bob Marley (alternately, covered by Strummer and Johnny Cash)
"The Downeaster Alexa" by Billy Joel
"The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot
"Allentown" by Billy Joel

As of this quarter

[Jean-Ralphio]

Johnny Appleseed is fantastic, thank you for HBO and John from Cincinnati for introducing me to that song.

[Deep Figure Value]

ralpho316 said:

Johnny Appleseed is fantastic, thank you for HBO and John from Cincinnati for introducing me to that song.

It's a live standard for me, for sure. I'm pretty sure Joe wrote it while the Clash was still together.

But yeah, I rip it off any chance I get.

[mephisto]

The Rolling Stones - "Paint it Black"

David Bowie & Freddie Mercury - "Under Pressure"

Exodus - "Deathamphetamine"

Machine Head - "Slanderous"

Sublime - "What I Got"

[spamisgood]

5. Looking for Freedom-David Hasselhoff
4.Together Forever-Rick Astley
3.Americas Most Hated-Kevin Federline
2.Hooked on a Feeling-David Hasselhoff
1.Jump in my Car-David Hasselhoff

[magicrising1]

1.) Jimmy Cliff - Trapped
2.) Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender (acoustic)
3.) Bob Dylan - Shooting Star
4.) Johnny Cash - Get Rhythm
5.) Bob Dylan - Every Grain of Sand

[ashtraymonument]

1. Leonard Cohen - "The Stranger Song"
2. The Stooges - "1970"
3. Bob Dylan - "Desolation Row"
4. The Velvet Underground - "European Son"
5. Nico - "It Was a Pleasure Then"
6. John Coltrane - "Countdown"
7. Jawbreaker - "Kiss the Bottle"
8. Brand New - "Limousine"
9. GZA/Genius - "Gold"
10. Sleater-Kinney - "Burn, Don't Freeze"

[James St. James]

"Can I Get A........" by Jay Z
"Semicharmed Life" by Third Eye Blind
"Soul Meets Body" by Deathcab For Cutie
"Bend and Not Break" by Dashboard Confessional
"Hit Em Up" by 2Pac

All of those are classic IMO (and they're karaoke staples), although right now I'm listening to a lot of Ying Yang Twins and I can't get that "Umbrella" song out of my head.

[ET had AIDS]

burnt by the sun - shooter mcgavin
slapshot - crossover sucks
eminem - fack
charles bronson - eazy e's f*cking dead and i think it's f*cking rad
eazy e - merry muthaf*ckin' xmas

[Doomrider]

"Fever" by Peggy Lee
"Closer" by Nine Inch Nails
"Bang Bang" Nancy Sinatra
"Albatross" Converge
"From A Rope" Rocket From the Crypt

Those are 5 from a list of about 250. Music's been around too long to pick just 5.

[KRAYZIE BONE]

In no particular order:

A Man's World - James Brown

Notorious Thugs - Notorious BIG ft. Bone Thugs N Harmony

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins

Aint No Sunshine - Bill Withers

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

[Deleted]

The Mars Volta - Cicatriz ESP
Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
Tool - Parabol + Parabola
Pink Floyd - Time
Jimi Hendrix/Stevie Ray Vaughn - Voodoo Chile (slight return)

[twinn]

1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2. The Eagles - Hotel California
3. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
5. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here