Pick Your Favorite Song by a Group/Artist

[Scud49]

Another island song from me, this time by the Waikikis - "Sugar Moon":

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Gag, @Scud49, to each his own, but we just may have played out this mine!

Ooops, maybe not.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[bantamlaker]

I like Laura Nyro. A number of artists had big hits with her songs including Stoned Soul Picnic, Wedding Bell Blues, Eli’s Comin’, And When I Die and Stoney End.

 

[Scud49]

Probably my fav by Laura Nyro:

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Surely this is up above somewhere - it should be. Love her voice. Love the melody.

The Band Parry If I Die Young (do a VG Gentle On My Mind too):



"I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger"!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Love the qualities in her voice as she sings this one



And I know I talk too much, but we have a unique gift when it comes to this song: Stevie many years later telling us what was going on in her life that produced this song. Stevie Nicks Confesses the Real Meaning of "Landslide" | Oprah’s Master Class | OWN

 

[RockyMTblue2]

The origin lost in Scottish/Irish antiquity - maybe 1600ish. A beautiful folk ballad most often heard as an instrumental in a movie, but sung by many artists. I favor Sheryl Crow's rendition, but truer to its origins is probably that of Hayley Westenra. The River Is Wide



Tip of the hat to James Taylor too: James Taylor The Water Is Wide

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Okay, okay, this is two for me on this guy, but others of you have been apostate in this regard as well. It's a great illustration of what makes this old guy with an indifferent voice still a master. His sense of timing, articulation and what I call pace are so, so good. Really on display here in Always On My Mind

 

[Beemer]

First album I ever bought. Very autobiographical.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Guilty pleasure - pure commercial, but it works and really worked for her. A small performance of same with a big band . Any time the Boston Pops offers is a good time to say yes.

Martina McBride Spaghetti Os



Could have hit you below the belt with this one. Martina McBride - I'm Gonna Love You Through It

 

[Scud49]

Just realized I haven't added a James Taylor song to our thread:

 

[Scud49]

And my favorite by James's brother, Alex, is a song I dearly adore:

 

[Cedar]

32+ pages and no Cars yet?! Gotta fix that.

 

[Cedar]

Great guitar by Jimmy Page on this song…John Paul Jones arranged and played bass. George Harrison helped write the lyrics.

 

[Cedar]

No Steve Miller Band posted yet in this thread. Here’s a classic song…

 

[Scud49]

Oh yea, gotta fix that - my fav by him:

 

[Ozimoto]

John "Cougar" Mellencamp (as he called himself at the time). "Ain't Even Done with the Night." I like many of his songs, but this one is my favorite.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Can I get a hallelujah, can I get an amen.... Catchy and you can dance to it too.

 

[bantamlaker]

After adding Laura Nyro I looked up some info about her and saw that she was at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. I then checked the complete list of performers and I had forgotten what a truly unbelievable lineup it was: Mamas & Papas,Buffalo Springfield, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Byrds, Hendrix, Janis, Animals, Simon and Garfunkel, Grateful Dead, the Association, Otis Redding, Steve Miller Band, Canned Heat, Country Joe, Scott McKenzie, Blues Project and more. Most of these artists have been included in this comprehensive music thread. I don’t think we have anything from the Association who opened the show on June 16,1967. This was one of the songs in their opening act.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Back in the day a lot of folks took this one on (including The Ass'n), but I believe The Left Bank's version is the original and has a unique sound:
Just Walk Away Renee

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Kaizen]

Not sure this one has been posted but I love Shania Twain's voice.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

We sure are back there now!