Your ONE favorite song

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OK musicians and plain ol' music lovers, post up the ONE song that you would pick if it were the only one you could ever listen to again. No "this or maybe that" in this thread. Pick one song. I'll start.

I first discovered Rush in about 1983 and started slowly collecting their catalog. (I was young with no job and records were expensive.) When I finally got my hands on a copy of their album Hemispheres in 1987, it blew me away. The first track on the album, Cygnus X-1: Book Two (Hemispheres) immediately became my favorite song and it remains so today, 30+ years later.
This song has it all: Hard rock, amazing musicianship, over the top lyrics about gods fighting for control of man's destiny, odd time signatures, key changes... the modulation back to the original key that begins at 15:44 and concludes at 15:50 still gives me chills. Oh yeah, and it's 18 minutes long!

Here's a great link to the song with an excellent fan-made comic book. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/EZlGxg-V2JA
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Can't You Hear Me Knocking by the Stones. Ry Cooder on slide, Bobby Keys on sax and the Stones at their Peak.
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Changes regularly but currently it’s this one.

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I have different one almost every day but the one I always come back to is the live version of Echoes by Floyd.

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I suck at the internet sorry but, check out MC5's "Kick Out The Jams".

Recorded in 1969, this song revs me up for anything when I hear it.
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KennyT 7/25/2019 7:41am
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So many out there but the one that puts me n a very peaceful mindset is Stephen Stills “Johnny’s garden”
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borg wrote:
I have different one almost every day but the one I always come back to is the live version of Echoes by Floyd.

That style of playing that Gilmour was doing was kinda en vogue in the late 60s early 70s , lots of band were doing it.
Just a long jam with psychedelic lead guitar. We called it 'acid rock' back then because people would say it was best listened to on a hit of blotter or microdot. While its not exactly the same, Echoes reminds of In A Gadda Da Vida (excepting the drum solo thing)
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KennyT wrote:
So many out there but the one that puts me n a very peaceful mindset is Stephen Stills “Johnny’s garden”
That whole First Manassas album was terrific.
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borg wrote:
I have different one almost every day but the one I always come back to is the live version of Echoes by Floyd.

Meddle/echoes mark the band's Segway from the Syd Barrett influenced freak-outs of previous recordings and the prelude for what was to come. Very underrated album IMO.
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BMSOBx2 wrote:
Can't You Hear Me Knocking by the Stones. Ry Cooder on slide, Bobby Keys on sax and the Stones at their Peak.
Hands down, my favorite Stones song.
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This whole album is good. Every song.
But really, Gotta be Alvins biggest hit, the one
some may know, the one that hooked me.

"Everywhere there's, freaks and hairys, dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?"

https://youtu.be/eOCtHjQKySw


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Motogrady, I got that album from my sister in about '75 and still have it.

One of the first songs I learned to play on acoustic guitar.
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borg wrote:
I have different one almost every day but the one I always come back to is the live version of Echoes by Floyd.

BMSOBx2 wrote:
Meddle/echoes mark the band's Segway from the Syd Barrett influenced freak-outs of previous recordings and the prelude for what was to come. Very underrated album IMO.
All Pink Floyd albums are underrated, IMO......

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APLMAN99 wrote:
All Pink Floyd albums are underrated, IMO......

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Falcon wrote:
OK musicians and plain ol' music lovers, post up the ONE song that you would pick if it were the only one you could ever listen...
OK musicians and plain ol' music lovers, post up the ONE song that you would pick if it were the only one you could ever listen to again. No "this or maybe that" in this thread. Pick one song. I'll start.

I first discovered Rush in about 1983 and started slowly collecting their catalog. (I was young with no job and records were expensive.) When I finally got my hands on a copy of their album Hemispheres in 1987, it blew me away. The first track on the album, Cygnus X-1: Book Two (Hemispheres) immediately became my favorite song and it remains so today, 30+ years later.
This song has it all: Hard rock, amazing musicianship, over the top lyrics about gods fighting for control of man's destiny, odd time signatures, key changes... the modulation back to the original key that begins at 15:44 and concludes at 15:50 still gives me chills. Oh yeah, and it's 18 minutes long!

Here's a great link to the song with an excellent fan-made comic book. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/EZlGxg-V2JA
I checked into this thread to say i never get tired of Hemispheres side one! Awesome, Falcon!
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Scar Tissue (RHCP)
Can listen to it when I’m happy or sad and it fits the mood Lol
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Easy answer for me, AIC Down in a Hole.
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motogrady wrote:
This whole album is good. Every song. But really, Gotta be Alvins biggest hit, the one some may know, the one that hooked me. "Everywhere there's...
This whole album is good. Every song.
But really, Gotta be Alvins biggest hit, the one
some may know, the one that hooked me.

"Everywhere there's, freaks and hairys, dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?"

https://youtu.be/eOCtHjQKySw


A band I was in until recently was going to cover that song.

I may have to choose "Supersonic" by Oasis.
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motogrady wrote:
This whole album is good. Every song. But really, Gotta be Alvins biggest hit, the one some may know, the one that hooked me. "Everywhere there's...
This whole album is good. Every song.
But really, Gotta be Alvins biggest hit, the one
some may know, the one that hooked me.

"Everywhere there's, freaks and hairys, dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?"

https://youtu.be/eOCtHjQKySw


I'm another one that sucks at the internet but if you're in Alvin Lee fan you should check out The Bluest Blues. Added bonus George Harrison on a slide guitar. Probably the finest track Alvin laid down. Borg can you help me with this?
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^^^ four years ago I said Hotel California by the Eagles. Though that has changed as I am in a different place in my life now.

Hotel California

https://youtu.be/uqSKl7sdUa8
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BMSOBx2 wrote:
I'm another one that sucks at the internet but if you're in Alvin Lee fan you should check out The Bluest Blues. Added bonus George Harrison...
I'm another one that sucks at the internet but if you're in Alvin Lee fan you should check out The Bluest Blues. Added bonus George Harrison on a slide guitar. Probably the finest track Alvin laid down. Borg can you help me with this?
Is this it?

https://youtu.be/3lz3px4dTU8
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