DavidWhite
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What is YOUR favorite song ever? Feel free to post several if you have multiple favorites. I'll do mine a few posts in.
YOUR favorite song?
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"I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner."
Brings tears to my eyes.
Brings tears to my eyes.
My early teen years coincided with the late 60s, so most of the songs I like a lot are from roughly that era (though there are lots of exceptions.) I agree with the sentiment that "favorite" is not possible to pin down since it depends on ones current mood.
For example, the following recently matched my mood, but while I like them all I'd be wary of calling them top favorites:
"Master Jack" by 4 Jacks and a Jill. 1968. Amazingly it wasn't until a few days ago that I actually saw the band for the first time (thanks to that time machine called Youtube.) The lead singer (Glenys Lynne) reminds me of Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) from Get Smart - love the smile she flashes at the end of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WvXpyufT8
Just about anything by Eric Burdon and the Animals, such as:
"Sky Pilot"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69zvFnVa03g
And their rendition of "The House of the Rising Sun"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAw9ThDQmk
Anda bazillion other songs by various artists.
(Did I mention "White Rabbit" performed by Jefferson Airplane and sung by Grace Slick? My wife really likes it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 )
For example, the following recently matched my mood, but while I like them all I'd be wary of calling them top favorites:
"Master Jack" by 4 Jacks and a Jill. 1968. Amazingly it wasn't until a few days ago that I actually saw the band for the first time (thanks to that time machine called Youtube.) The lead singer (Glenys Lynne) reminds me of Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) from Get Smart - love the smile she flashes at the end of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WvXpyufT8
Just about anything by Eric Burdon and the Animals, such as:
"Sky Pilot"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69zvFnVa03g
And their rendition of "The House of the Rising Sun"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAw9ThDQmk
Anda bazillion other songs by various artists.
(Did I mention "White Rabbit" performed by Jefferson Airplane and sung by Grace Slick? My wife really likes it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 )
That is a very well done tribute video - thanks for the link; appreciated.N801BH said:
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk: first delivered 1956.EdFred said:
Cessna 172 Skyhawk: first delivered 1956.
Me: delivered 1956.
Lots of old obsolete crap, some still flying!
Not really a favorite, but since it has an aviation connection I thought I'd mention Brain Eno's "Ambient 1: Music for Airports". (Looks like someone has put the entire album on Youtube) :
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RfKcu_ze-60
According to Wikipedia :
"The music was designed to be continuously looped as a sound installation, with the intent to diffuse the tense, anxious atmosphere of an airport terminal. Eno conceived this idea while being stuck at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany in the mid-1970s. He had to spend several hours there and was extremely annoyed by the uninspired sound atmosphere."
I ran across it while searching online for music people found useful or recommended to study or read by. Something pleasant but not distracting. Recently found "Atmospheres" by an artist named Deuter that I like even better for background reading/studying music. Though silence is what I prefer most of the time.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RfKcu_ze-60
According to Wikipedia :
"The music was designed to be continuously looped as a sound installation, with the intent to diffuse the tense, anxious atmosphere of an airport terminal. Eno conceived this idea while being stuck at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany in the mid-1970s. He had to spend several hours there and was extremely annoyed by the uninspired sound atmosphere."
I ran across it while searching online for music people found useful or recommended to study or read by. Something pleasant but not distracting. Recently found "Atmospheres" by an artist named Deuter that I like even better for background reading/studying music. Though silence is what I prefer most of the time.
