OT: One Last Time Around - Your Favorite Songs/Artists

[Bigboote]

While we're on Berklee, the original members of Dream Theater went there. Here's one of my favorites of theirs:

 

[Scud49]

Early Fleetwood Mac - Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch, Peter Greene, etc. That era was a magical tour de force. Many great songs were written and recorded by them during this period. This is one of Kirwan's - "Sands of Time", lots of beautiful and hypnotic guitar riffs throughout:

 

[Scud49]

The Dead, what else is there to say? Legendary goup with great songs.

This is the magical "Lost Sailor":

 

[JellyBean]

My all-time favorite artist is Prince and out of all of his songs, this is my favorite.

 

[Huskygamble19]

I just love this song. Gotta be one of the most underrated songs ever.

Sugar Bear

 

[Huskygamble19]

I Want To Know What Love Is..Foreigner
Seven and Seven is..Love
Signed D. C...Love
Don't Bogart That Joint( My Friend)..Fraternity of Man
You Keep Me Hanging On..Vanilla Fudge
In a Gada Da vida..Iron Butterfly
Sittin On Top of the World..Dead
Suzy Creamcheese..Frank Zappa

 

[EasyEd]

There are a lot of great songs and artists, but I have to say the Beatles were the very first group I really got hooked on. They did so many great songs, it's hard to pick one. But I'll have to go with the song that was so good my father claimed it was an old standard because he liked it

 

[Aluminny69]

Love the horns on this song.

Chicago Beginnings

So I first saw these guys at UConn in 1968, when they only had their one double released. Fantastic.

I don't know how you feel about cover bands, many people don't like them, but IMHO these Russians are incredible. Give them a listen.

 

[Aluminny69]

How can we possibly forget Van Morrison's Moondance? Who is that on keyboard?

 

[Aluminny69]

Feelin' nostalgic. I was blessed to watch all these stars play, also had all their baseball cards. Those were the days.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I was gonna sit this one out, but what the heck. I freeze up when I see the word "favorite." So these are just songs I've liked at various different times over the years, some longer than others, still like all of them.

Ah, the 80s mid tempo power ballad! Some of them were a bit cheesy, and yet so awesome.

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

In segments of the EDM/electronica genre, the producer/DJ gets most or all of the credit. Many of them don't sing, so they have to get a vocalist for their songs. Sometimes they bring in a big named, established vocalist, but many times they find these unheard of singers with great voices who for whatever reason never really get anywhere as a solo act. There are many examples of this, here's one of them. Not saying the vocalist (uses the stage name Runn) has the best voice, but there's something about it I find very captivating.

 

[nwhoopfan]

This guy has already popped up a couple times. I've never really taken to his other stuff, but this song still blows me away after all these years. To me it's one of the greatest songs ever, any genre.

 

[nwhoopfan]

This one is a cover song. I've seen her do it live several times. She tears it up. Gotta love a mid song instrument swap. And that's her pops jammin' on the slide guitar. Good thing I saw her when I did because I don't think she's toured outside her native Australia for 5 years or so.

 

[nwhoopfan]

How many do I get? I could post dozens. I'll just do one more for now. I got really into symphonic and goth metal for several years. Haven't been listening as much recently. There are other bands I like more, but this one particular song was one of the first that really hooked me and I still totally dig it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Okay I lied, one more.

 

[weyuo]

Die-hard Beach Boys fans might want to burn me at the stake but this version of "Don't Worry Baby" is as good if not better than the original.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

I Want To Know What Love Is..Foreigner

I was going to post this song but I got brain freeze. Just an awesome ballad. Probably the best non R&B ballad ever.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[Scud49]

Traffic with Steve Winwood - so many great songs:

 

[Jackcatscal]

The USC Marching Band (Fight On!) Dodger Stadium. And Stevie Nicks baton-twirling.

It doesn't get much better than that.

 

[Jackcatscal]

How can we possibly forget Van Morrison's Moondance? Who is that on keyboard?

Wikipedia says that Jef [sic] Labes played keyboards on the Moondance album. Jef Labes - Wikipedia

 

[Scud49]

King Crimson, circa 1969 or so - the beautiful "I Talk to the Wind":