What Do You Think The Best Song Ever Written Is?

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10-31-2003, 01:09 PM
Cloud.

Lets see what you all think the best song to ever have been written, theres been lots of brilliant song writers over the years Billy Joel has always been one of my favourite song writers out there and the song "Piano Man" basiclly telling his life story to date when he wrote it. Jim Morrison too "When The Music Is Over" has always been another one of the songs everytime I hear the lyrics it moves me the line "The Scream Of The Butterfly"

Songs that lyrics are just incredible and move you and show lots of emotion

name a few :)
10-31-2003, 08:51 PM
silent VI

id have to say f*ck faces or wake up
10-31-2003, 09:24 PM
Smooch

John Lennon - Imagine
10-31-2003, 11:01 PM
tool2heal

Hmmm.... I would have to say

TOOL:: pushit
10-31-2003, 11:04 PM
Celerystalksme

I reckon Bob Dylan is definately the best songwriter ever...and my favourites by him are...

"All Along The Watchtower"
"House Of The Rising Sun"
"Hurricane"
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
"Like a Rolling Stone"
11-01-2003, 12:30 AM
BigBank_Hank

Quote:

Originally posted by Celerystalksme@31 October 2003 - 23:04
I reckon Bob Dylan is definately the best songwriter ever...and my favourites by him are...

"All Along The Watchtower"
"House Of The Rising Sun"
"Hurricane"
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
"Like a Rolling Stone"

Agreed.

While Dylan was one of the greatest my personal favorite is one of his students in the school of rock: Bruce Springsteen. It seems like he (Dylan) and Springsteen were cut from the same mold when it comes to song writing. Both are absolutely the best at their craft. So here's my list:

Thunder Road
Born To Run
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Adam Raised A Cain
Born In The U.S.A

This list could go on forever but those are just a few.
11-01-2003, 01:15 AM
Lilmiss

Quote:

Originally posted by BigBank_Hank@1 November 2003 - 00:30
Thunder Road
Born To Run
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Adam Raised A Cain
Born In The U.S.A

excellent!

american pie - don mcclean
may you never - john martyn
11-01-2003, 01:32 AM
Adster

yeh bob Dylon just couldn't sing for shit

bu he coult sure write songs
11-01-2003, 01:38 AM
Lilmiss

i love Dylans voice, so rough and deep.
guess its a matter of opinion. :blink:
11-01-2003, 02:32 AM
pusher

I can't remember the name of the guy who composed it but...

The Theme Song from Indiana Jones.
:D
11-01-2003, 02:54 AM
sparsely

I was gonna say Dylan too, though he didn't write House Of The Rising Sun.
It may have been Woodie Guthrie, but I think it's actually
older than that....I don't think anyone really knows who wrote it. Just one of those old folk songs.

I fail to see how Bruce Springsteen can be classed with him, though.

I guess his voice is a bit of an aquired taste. I like it too.
11-01-2003, 03:09 AM
Adster

Quote:

can't remember the name of the guy who composed it but...

The Theme Song from Indiana Jones.

yeah problem is there was no lyrics in it which isnt what the thread is asking :P

John Wiliams it was
11-01-2003, 03:56 AM
Celerystalksme

Quote:

Originally posted by Sparsely@1 November 2003 - 11:54
I was gonna say Dylan too, though he didn't write House Of The Rising Sun.

Yeah i just realised that it wasn't written by Dylan...and it wasn't written by Guthrie either although most of Dylan's work is inspired by Gurthrie...Libby Reynolds Holmes originally wrote the lyrics (for the Bob Dylan version) and Joshua White wrote the lyrics for The Animals version...and the music was taken from taditonal folk sources...
11-01-2003, 09:01 PM
Neo 721

I deffinatly agree with house of the rising sun, the video is a bit slow though.
11-02-2003, 03:44 AM
dingoBaby

There are two songs that I have narrowed it down to:

Bob Dylan - Tangled Up and Blue
The Beatles - Dear Prudence

I cannot make a choice between those two. Although I like the Jerry Garcia Band's live covers of both songs.
11-02-2003, 05:24 AM
Adster

stairway to heaven
11-02-2003, 08:35 AM
silent VI

i really liek this song its got the guitars of stairway to heavan btu the lyrics are by lynch its tight its called my suicude note
11-02-2003, 06:21 PM
Gutter

My fav NOFX song The Decline

Very well written musically and lyrically
11-15-2003, 09:03 AM
le_snap

At the moment it's Mother by Pink Floydhttp://www.bymp3.com/listen/images/pink.jpg
11-16-2003, 09:24 PM
Nightwolf

Quote:

Originally posted by le_snap@15 November 2003 - 04:03
At the moment it's Mother by Pink Floydhttp://www.bymp3.com/listen/images/pink.jpg

Heck, that entire ablum has incredible lyrics. All of Floyd's albums with Roger Waters were incredibly deep and thought provoking (Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals, etc.). But now I just don't think they're nearly as good anymore.