Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hi folks, I'm feeling the need for fun and smiles. So, how about this? What is your favorite song? Mine is Love is Strange. I first remember it from Dirty Dancing, my favorite movie. I hear it more frequently now as I listen to Serius 50s on 5 in the car. What is your favorite song and what memories do you have associated with it or where do you remember first hearing it? Regards, Allie Mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Missus Tyrel and I listened to this quite a bit when we were dating, she had it played at our wedding. Lots of great memories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=VPbvkFC0eeI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Unchained Melody by the Righteous Bros. AND..... BRANDY by Looking Glass. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 It's impossible for me to choose a favorite song! I have about a hundred of them at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Usually the last one that struck my fancy and can't get out of my head. Right now it's Solveig's Song by Grieg sung by Marita Solberg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AD75_sNJM Sorry to sound like a snob, classical music just does it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Janice Joplin - Bobby McGee, I just love the line "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to loose" Of course the tear jerker by Harry Chapin - Cats in the cradle. Don't forget Jim Croce You don't mess around with Jim. And Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. I can never get out of the car when one of the above is playing 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 PS I think part of the reason I like LIS is because it was in DD and I have dreams of learning to dance. Not like Dancing with the Stars; but just being able to follow someone without putting them on the floor or breaking one of their toes. I'd wink; but, that is a serious comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Nelson Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 It's impossible for me to choose a favorite song! I have about a hundred of them at least! Same here. My favorite song varies from day to day, but I'd have to say Bohemian Rhapsody is #1 more days than any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Nelson Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Don't forget Cat Stevens - You don't mess around with Jim. Wasn't that Jim Croce who sang that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 I like your choices. No snobbery should exist with beautiful or soulful or sweetly memorable music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Jack, SASS #77862 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 This month this one, https://youtu.be/XUH8VszQun8 Hard for me to pick out one song, easier by artist. Bluegrass: Gillian Welch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boulder Canyon Bob# 32052L Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Junior Brown My wife thinks you're dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 I should have added a link too. This one is the original song and a funny, sweet adorable video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFh-5HDN5_A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 For the past few months it has been a toss up between Слава Богу на небе and Шамиля (Ойся-Ты-Ойся) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Tull, SASS #66742 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MSwBM_CbyY Tull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. I. Tarpicker, SASS #998 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Usually, my favorite song is the one I happen to be singing at the moment. -- GIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 that would have to be He stopped loving her today , George Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Wow... Favorite song. Like others, that is a nearly impossible question for me to answer. Several immediately rise to the top of the list, though. I think I can limit it to five, though. I have two favorite rock bands, Led Zeppelin and Rush. My favorite song by Led Zeppelin is Since I've Been Loving You. The most powerful electric blues tune I can think of, I couldn't listen to it for years after parting from the "First Great Love" of my life. Not until I truly became serious with Mrs. Doc could I listen to it to enjoy it. The lyrics do a very, very good job of explaining why. The youtube link is for the studio version, a couple of the live versions out there are even more powerful. My favorite from Rush is actually harder, but I would end up choosing Red Barchetta. Mrs. Doc drove the red RX-7 that I've mentioned (her parents gave it to me as a graduation gift from college-with her approval). We drove it through a snow storm to San Antonio with as much as we could pack in it during Desert Storm, through a blizzard, I might add. Since owning the car, the song has always reminded me of it. When I was getting showered and cleaned up for my first actual date with Mrs. Doc, I was humming a song that I liked, just going through my head. As we were sitting in her dorm room before going out, what did she put on? That same song. It has been a favorite ever since, and served to cause me to miss Mrs. Doc and get me through times without her at the same time. Moondance, by Van Morrison Mrs. Doc and I did our first dance as a married couple to Someone to Watch Over Me. I've always been partial to Linda Ronstadt's version. Finally, the song Mrs. Doc and I would both sing to our daughters when they were babies. I don't listen to it much anymore, but it still evokes very powerful emotions. I can only say that if either of them chooses it as a father/daughter dance, I will be crying my eyes out. Kenny Loggins' House at Pooh Corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Wasn't that Jim Croce who sang that? I do believe you are right I'll edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 So many. This one reminds me of growing up on the Mississippi. Lots of memories there. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+henry+mancini+moon+river&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=B009E0C955149A03B39CB009E0C955149A03B39C Here is another. This was my Detroit time. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+roger+williams+autumn+leaves&FORM=VIRE15#view=detail&mid=23177B3B3C87337A661223177B3B3C87337A6612 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Wow! Some great tunes. Oh my BMC, Moon River is a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Country Road, John Denver. My senior prom date and I were in the backseat of my 1958 Chevy Biscayne and.............................................................. Nothing happened and I kinda blame John Denver for it because she wanted me to take her home and she lived down a country road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 It's impossible for me to choose a favorite song! I have about a hundred of them at least! Me too. Wow... Favorite song. Like others, that is a nearly impossible question for me to answer. Several immediately rise to the top of the list, though. I think I can limit it to five, though. I have two favorite rock bands, Led Zeppelin and Rush. My favorite song by Led Zeppelin is Since I've Been Loving You. The most powerful electric blues tune I can think of, I couldn't listen to it for years after parting from the "First Great Love" of my life. Not until I truly became serious with Mrs. Doc could I listen to it to enjoy it. The lyrics do a very, very good job of explaining why. The youtube link is for the studio version, a couple of the live versions out there are even more powerful. My favorite from Rush is actually harder, but I would end up choosing Red Barchetta. Mrs. Doc drove the red RX-7 that I've mentioned (her parents gave it to me as a graduation gift from college-with her approval). We drove it through a snow storm to San Antonio with as much as we could pack in it during Desert Storm, through a blizzard, I might add. Since owning the car, the song has always reminded me of it. When I was getting showered and cleaned up for my first actual date with Mrs. Doc, I was humming a song that I liked, just going through my head. As we were sitting in her dorm room before going out, what did she put on? That same song. It has been a favorite ever since, and served to cause me to miss Mrs. Doc and get me through times without her at the same time. Moondance, by Van Morrison Mrs. Doc and I did our first dance as a married couple to Someone to Watch Over Me. I've always been partial to Linda Ronstadt's version. Finally, the song Mrs. Doc and I would both sing to our daughters when they were babies. I don't listen to it much anymore, but it still evokes very powerful emotions. I can only say that if either of them chooses it as a father/daughter dance, I will be crying my eyes out. Kenny Loggins' House at Pooh Corner. Great choices, Doc. Our first dance song was a little more "old school" Jimmy Durante, "Make Someone Happy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Faded love by Bob Wills https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qASxTCIC3c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Slow, romantic; Longer by Dan Fogelberg: Upbeat; Gone Gone Gone by the Ventures: Classical; Overture to The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. I used this one in a SASS video recently: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 In my youth, I preformed in a 5 man group as backup singer and sound man. This was the opening song we preformed every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Unchained Melody by the Righteous Bros. AND..... BRANDY by Looking Glass. ..........Widder +1 for Brandy by Looking Glass. My memories are from my time in the Navy. It was our breakaway song on board the USS Raleigh. That is when two ships are refueling at sea and when they're done the lines are dropped and they split apart (breakaway). Over the load speakers each ship would play it's song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Everyone has done their version of it but Boz Scaggs take on "Rainy Night in Georgia" is one beautiful performance. The album is called "Memphis". Smoking Gator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rye Miles #13621 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 This definitely high up on my list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I have a lot. Off the top of my head in no particular order are. City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson When You Say Nothing at All - Alison Krauss My Favorite Things - Lorrie Morgan Country Roads - John Denver I'm Just a Country Boy - Don Williams Watermellon Wine - Tom T Hall Journey to the Spirit World - Buddy Red Bow Run Indian Run - Buddy Red Bow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 "Oh Well" by Fleetwood Mac "God Bless the Child" the Blood Sweat and Tears version "Magnolia" by J.J. Cale "Come And Go Blues" by the Allman Brothers "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles "Turn The Page" by Bob Seger "Back to the Island" by Leon Russell "Masquerade" also by Leon Russell "Please Call Home" by the Allman Brothers "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" by Grand Funk Railroad That's my top ten for now........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Chili Pepper Kid, small world. I was also in the Navy (69-73) during that time. A couple other favorites: A Pirate Looks At 40 Against The WInd Heard It In A Love Song Country Roads You've Got A Friend I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song AND.......... a favorite in the Radio Shack on board the USS Simon Lake: "Have You Seen Her" by the Chi-Lites. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Mine would have to be "Amazing Grace." The best rendition of "Amazing Grace" has to be for me the one performed by Il Divo in an old Roman coliseum. Right after the bagpipers verse, the Il Divo baritone really 'brings it home!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Clark Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Whiskey Lullaby ..... Allison Krause and Brad Paisley. Beautifully sad love song! Kawliga... Hank Williams JR Amarillo By Morning.... George Strait The Cowboy Rides Away... George Strait Pretty Woman.... Roy Orbison Friends in Low Places.... Garth Brooks Long Haired Country Boy... Charlie Daniels Band Wichita Lineman... Glen Campbell Seminole Wind.... John Anderson Country Boy Can Survive.... Hank Williams Jr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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