Number 1 song of all time

[colcake]

Ok I just saw the VH1 list of all time best songs
1.Satisfaction- rolling stones
I disagree although this a good song I believe stairway to heaven is the best ever. What does everyone else think is the number 1 song of all time.

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> You may be a newbie, but you're ok with me.

Yes, Stairway to Heaven = greatest. Its not my favorite, but its the best. At least I think so. If that makes sense. </font color>

[Efexeye]

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What does everyone else think is the number 1 song of all time.


[/ QUOTE ]

That's about as pointless a question as "what is the best movie of all time". Ask me on three different days, I'll give you three different answers. It definitely is not Stairway to Heaven, though, unless you're making out with your dreamy b/f or g/f on the dance floor at Junior prom.

[Zens_7s]

Ahh, the bad memories.

I went to school with a mentally "challenged" boy named Ricky. My mom raised me to never turn someone down if asked to dance, because it would be too embarassing for that person. That little shit asked me to dance EVERY dance to the same 2 songs (7th grade through high school). Patience and Stairway. The 2 [censored] longest songs in the dance catalog. I still get crap from my high school friends about that.

[DarthMaulRat]

You're lucky they didn't have Ina Gada Da Vida in your catalogue.

[Zens_7s]

If that was the case, I would not have had to touch him. [Shivers]

[Razorback]

There is no one song that is the best of all time. In fact, there are not even 300 songs that are the best of all time.

[bwdial]

Is there any question?
"Jungle Love"...Morris Day and the Time. That shit is the mad note. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif
Damn...I just couldn't resist.

[Matthew]

I think if you listen to "Copacabana" in detail you would realize how way better a song that is then Stairway To Heaven.

*runs and hides behind Smurfy, peering over the shoulder now and then*

[jjcourtright]

I would rather be at the "hottest spot North of Havana" then a place where the "stores are all closed."

[Matthew]

Good one!

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> I don't know I'd rather be "buying the Stairway to Heaven" than go to the "hottest spot North of Havana". I'm think about it, if you bought the stairway, you could have unlimited use of heaven. Considering you weren't smited. I'd totally go party with God/Eric Clapton. </font color>

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Dude, I couldn't agree more. Stairway to Heaven is a played out song.

As far as the number one song goes, I would have to say that Eric Clapton song he wrote for his child when he passed away. My brain is fried from the lack of sleep this week, I can't remember the dammed name.</font color>

[BAMSS04]

Tears in Heaven...Great song

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Thanks bam! I remembered the name when I was sitting at Denny's at 1 a.m.</font color>

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> Eric Clapton is god. One time I was really bored, so me and my best friends boyfriend wrote a "Gods of Rock" thingy. There were 6 main gods. Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana. All very good contenders for having something to do with the greatest song of all time. </font color>

[Matthew]

You forgot Richie Sambora, Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa, Ozzie,

OH, and btw, Jimmi Page is not that great of a guitarist, actually take a look at your zeppelin albums and check who wrote the majority of their songs.

BTW .. EVERY song on their first 2 albums are a remake except for Ramble One and Thank You.

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Uh, you forgot B.B. King on that list. By far he is better musician than Eric Clapton. In fact, he ranks higher than all those artists. Carlos Santana, second.</font color>

[Matthew]

Wait, what about Barry Manilow ? He is a great songwriter!

[BAMSS04]

I hold Clapton and King higher because they are multi-talented, they can play the fire out of a guitar and sing better than 99% of the people today.

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Manilow is third. /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif</font color>

[Matthew]

As far as song writing, he is one of the tops in my book. He wrote most of the monkeys songs, and as a musician and teacher and knowing what a musical genious he is, it is easy for me to appreciate his music.

I also like Bernstein!

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Manilow I don't think wrote anything for the Monkees. I know Neil Diamond did and it was a huge hit for the guys.

Manilow wrote and performed with Bette Midler (he was her pianoist and they performed in a gay night club's basement). She went off and did her thing, and after a couple years Manilow got his big break.

Manilow has a lot of hits to his belt, so who knows, but I am pretty sure that he didn't write anything for the Monkees. I even asked me mom who is a huge Manilow nut and she said no as well. I'll find out for ya!</font color>

[Matthew]

hmm, I need to check into this one...

[Matthew]

Although I only found proof of manilow writing 2 songs (I'm a believer and the Monkees Theme ) and I also found prood of Diamond writing some songs (Listen to the band ) it's hard to tell if this proof is 100% accurate. I'll let it go for now.

[Myler]

i dunno if there is an all time best song but i really do like the song by brand new called sic transit gloria....glory fades

[Matt1]

Knock Vaughn and Harrison off, substitute Elvis Presley and Iggy Pop. That would be an acceptable list.

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">You would bump harrison for Elvis!? Elvis was hardly a musician. Sure he could dance and had a decent voice, but half the songs he sang were originally sung by African American artists. He ripped off them and made money off of it. Sort of like how pop artists today are taking old 80s hits and making them their own.

If you consider Elvis a truly original artist, then you should tack Britney Spears on that list as well.</font color>

[BAMSS04]

Unfortunatly smurffy, there are millions upon millions upon millions of people who would disagree with that statement. (About him not deserving to be on that list not about him ripping songs off)

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> I agree that BB King is an amazing guitarist, and I considered that, but its a list of ROCK guitarists....BB King is more blues. And about Jimi Page not being 'that great of a guitarist', I'm kind of speechless, sure he's not the BEST, but he's still amazing. He is definately a god. SO ARE GEORGE HARRISON AND STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN. They are incredible. Overall though, Jimi Hendrix is the equivalent of Zues.

EDIT: The list is strickly guitarists, I don't put into consideration song writing, and originality of the songs, I put in to consideration the difficulty and execution of how they are played. Listen to some solos by these guitarists, its pure excellence.</font color>

[Matthew]

I hate to burst your bubble, and although Jimmi Page SOUNDS like he is good, listen carefully to his playing. Very sloppy, very raw, and not too innovative. He plays solos in 1 scale and 1 scale alone (Very seldom venturing out) and, well, is not that good.

GOOD guitarists besides those already mentioned...

Chet Atkins, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Sorry man, but I'm a Beliver was written by Neil Diamond, and The Theme to the Monkees was written by Boyce and Hart. Don't argue with me on my Monkees, son, you are gonna get burnt!
Manilow did however write the Mmm Mmm Good song for Campbell's soup, and that is damned catchy!

Oops, missed one, Listen to the Band was written by Mike Nesmith. Later recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

[Matthew]

Hmm, Thank you for the correction! I guess you can't always believe everything you read on the internet.

I was a little tipsy last night from the party I was throwing, and just wanted to be right.

Did Mannilow write ANYTHING for the monkeys ?

[BAMSS04]

Pat Metheny is one of the best guitarist ever.

[Matthew]

Heck YA! I forgot about Pat!

ALso Phil Keagy!

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">What, you had to wait for another person to tell you that Manilow didn't write anything for the Monkees. Geez..I know how I rate in your book. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

Manilow also wrote (I think) the Plop Plop Fizz Fizz song (lets see if any american idol hopefuls sing that jingle). He also wrote the American Bandstand theme and produced a couple hit records for Dionne Warwick..</font color>

[JK]

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) is THE all time number one rock song. It is a song about a god- "I stand up next to a mountain/chop it down with the edge of my hand/pick up all the pieces and make an island/might even raise a little sand" It is a song about eternity and the stone-faith that there is something beyond death- "if I don't see you no more on this world/I'll meet you on the next one/don't be late" And the guitar, my God the guitar... it's as if the finger of the Creator Himself was upon that fret. Every time I watch a Hendrix performance, I am utterly amazed, just watching his hands as he plays takes my breath away. When I hear Voodoo Child (Slight Return) I feel as if I AM the universe. I feel more alive for those few moments than at any other time in my existence. I feel like I can fly, f*ck, and lay waste to all the stars in Heaven and then reform space and time to fit my every whim. There are other good rock songs out there, but none so primal, so raw, so sexual as to make you ache for that one moment when you connect with another human being on the most basic spiritual, transcendental level. THAT is what makes rock and roll. A burning flame that burns so bright the sun sacrifices itself in super nova just to not be outdone. It's a flame that envelopes but does not consume, a flame that only serves to fuel the inner fire that DEMANDS you acknowledge that you are in fact Alive.

[Matthew]

I LOVE watching Hulk Hogan play air guitar to that one! Every time I see Hulk, I think the hand of God himself wrestles!

[JK]

jaskass.

[JK]

Allow me to expand on this... I express the passion I feel for an amazing song by a musical genius and I get nothing in reply but mockery.

[in_diana_jones]

no bob dylan on this list? as you know, jimi hendrix remade a few dylan songs. and ever since hendrix died, dylan insisted on playing the same riffs as him in concert. sort of a tribute to him.

[Matthew]

I think your a little backward. Dylan did the writing, All along the watchtower for example. They were good friends back in the day.

[in_diana_jones]

No, i'm aware of that. what i'm saying is that dylan is a great guitarist as well, it's just that not many consider him to be with all his early folk songs and what not. but when he is live in concert he whips out some pretty cool riffs.

[Matthew]

OH, ya I agree!

Dylan is good in concert!

For a while during the heavy drug use he was not so good, but I totally agree. Good songwriter/guitarist, but his singing does suck!

[bwdial]

Led Zeppelin...greatest cover band, ever!

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> *grumble grumble* </font color>

[Ryall]

Obviously you're forgetting Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight," a song so good it made the time-traveling Miles Davis comment that he wished he would've mastered hip-hop instead of free-form jazz.

[Razorback]

You got me there.

[AskewView00]

the best song was "Come as you are"- Nirvana.

[ThatOneDude]

If I had to pick just one I would say "Smells Like A Teen Spirt" by Nirvana.

[bwdial]

Don't get me wrong...I drive 20 mph faster when "Rock &amp; Roll" is on...but they ripped off a whole bunch of black blues musicians. I wouldn't have as much of a beef about it if they hadn't fought so hard to keep from paying the dudes that wrote the songs they made millions on.

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Sorry to say, but Nirvana's songs do not earn them the top spot at number one. Guns and Roses' 'November Rain' was a way better song than Smells like teen spirit.</font color>

[dean]

at my age all my favorite stuff is found on "classic " or "oldies" stations.

led zep by far ! /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Razorback]

"November Rain" doesn't even touch "Welcome to the Jungle."

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">It all depends on the type of music you listen to. I actually enjoy November Rain better than 'Jungle,' but Jungle is a great song no doubt about it.

In fact, Guns and Roses is a far more better band than Nirvana.</font color>

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> I'm kind of split between the two, I don't know if I like Nirvana or GNR better. Both good.

But I still pick Led Zeppelin over anything. And about them ripping off black blues artists. Which songs? Because any of the CDs I own mostly say written by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (or something of that sort) in the song credits. There are a few by other people, but not nearly as many as you're letting on. On BBC Sessions there are 3 songs that were not written by Zeppelin out of the out of the 19 (the songs that are repeated on the CDs were only counted once).</font color>

[Threadkiller]

It's pretty well documented that Led Zeppelin used a lot of different blues songs. In fact, blues legend Willie Dixon sued Zep over 'Whole 'Lotta Love' and it was settled out of court. The thing to remember is that they (Zep) never felt like they were doing anything wrong. It was a tradition among blues musicians to use the old songs and nobody really ever claimed that they wrote them first since most of them had their roots in old folk songs. (speaking of, Gallows Pole is an old folk song). So if you like Zep, you might want to check out some of their blues influences like Robert Johnson.


Oh yeah, and Best Song Ever?

'We Built This City' by Starship. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Hey! Don't knock that song. It kicks ass! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif I'm serious!</font color>

[Threadkiller]

I only saw a few of the songs on Blender's list of 100 awesomely bad songs of all time. We Built This City was number 1. Of the songs I saw though, there were a bunch that I still enjoy listening too.

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> On BBC, Whole Lotta Love is credited under the members of Zeppelin and Willie Dixon. Dixon also wrote, You Shook Me with another guy, and I Can't Quit You Baby.

Somethin' Else (thats the name of the song) was written by Sharon Sheeley and Bob Cochran.

So I won't deny that they used other artists stuff, but Zeppelins greatest songs are written by them. For example: Stairway to Heaven, Heartbreaker, Commincation Breakdown, Black Dog and Going to California. </font color>

[Matthew]

Well, you are almost correct.

Ouf of that list, the only songs that are theirs are Stairway and Going to California.

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> Not according to the writing credits on BBC Sessions. All of those songs I listed were written by Zeppelin according to this source. </font color>

[Kates]

have to say...

ELO - Mr. Blue Sky.... Loving that song.. hmmm gonna play it now now infact /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">They put my favorite romantic song on that list, 'Your Body is a Wonderland' by John Mayer. Really sad. I think that song is awesome.</font color>

[Threadkiller]

Well, don't take it too hard Smurfy. The only reason they make those lists is to get press and piss people off.

[bwdial]

That's where the disagreement arises. If I remember correctly, Rock-n-Roll was a blues song from the 1950's. They took the basic structure and built their song around it. The original is much slower, but you can clearly make the connection between the two.
Remember when Vanilla Ice tried to convince everyone that the hook to Ice Ice Baby was different from Queen/Bowie's Pressure?

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">Thank you thread for those kind words. You have made my 'cloudy' day a sunshine one. /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif</font color>

[jjcourtright]

Those songs don't sound the same at all! Ice Ice Baby went "tst tst tst doo doo doo". Pressure went "tst tst tst doo a doo doo". Completely different!

[bwdial]

That had to rank as one of the funniest interviews I have ever seen. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[jjcourtright]

Heh, heh...yeah. I was trying to find a transcript of the interview so that I could get the spelling of "tst" correct, but could not find it.

[KingBison]

Can we just let Van winkle rest in peace. REST IN PEACE

[jjcourtright]

Man, Ice Ice Baby was the anthem when I was in sixth grade. It will never die.

[Threadkiller]

Here's (http://porktornado.diaryland.com/albumcover.html) a much more entertaining top 10 list a friend just sent me. The captions are really funny but I guess some might find them offensive.

[in_diana_jones]

none of that matters because the best led zeppelin song is d'yer mak'er...

[Mighty_Wingman]

That was funny Threadkiller . Thanks for that .

"Country Church " and "Devastatin' Dave" Oh God, that's priceless.

[ratm1966]

I don't really think I can pick a #1 song of all time.

[Asteban]

<font color="green"> D'yer Mak'er is a great song, my favorite is Over the Hills and Far Away, but I don't think its the best. I like all of their Tolkien inspired songs. Battle of Evermore is beautiful, the mandolin has a great effect on that song. </font color>

[bwdial]

You're damn right I find that shit offensive! That sonofabitch has no right to make fun of my wifebeater sweater vest over a turtleneck! /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Antonio_Bay]

I think I've said it before: this is the best song of time. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h37KQu64RY4)

[phit_demon]

I think I've said it before: this is the best song of time. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h37KQu64RY4)

Spoken like a man who owns two CDs. ;)

[Antonio_Bay]

:D

..

[BOP TILL U DROP]

I think I've said it before: this is the best song of time. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h37KQu64RY4)
75.
Are they singing in English??:p

[dtcb]

I think I've said it before: this is the best song of time. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h37KQu64RY4)

Someone in a network said....."That's a go! Bank it!"

And then all those assholes dancing around that walking piece of shit for a paycheck that was probably smaller than their dignity.

I have that beat unfortunately.

Korean Childrens show......featuring FART (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tePQ1_XrHk) Go ahead watch and be thankful you don't understand the conversation. This is why I drink.....alot.

[Armpit Rocket]

It's a toss up between "wuts my name" and "drankin n smokin" by this guy...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=86833498

You will have to turn off the music playing in his comment area to hear his though.
You'll be ;eft looking like this when done... :eek: