5 Songs You Wish You Had Written.

[hatvol96]

Are there songs you consider so well written you wish you had penned them? Here are my five:

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters- Elton John
Darkness On The Edge Of Town- Bruce Springsteen
Death Of An Unpopular Poet- Jimmy Buffett
Melissa- The Allman Brothers
Standing In The Shadows Of Love- The Four Tops

 

[ut 4 me]

Stairway...?

Just for the money it gets from radio play

Then maybe Under the Bridge -- Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

[TennesseePride]

Reverly - Kings of Leon
Leave me Alone - Michael Jackson
November Rain - Guns and Roses
Pardon Me - Incubus
Hotel California - Eagles

 

[BigPapaVol]

We didn't start the fire- Billy Joel
only the good die young - Billy Joel
Red Barchetta - Rush
southern cross - CSN
I need love - LL Cool J
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[tidwell]

Pick any five by James Taylor and I'm good.

 

[orangeblooded2]

Spirit in the sky Norman Greenbaum
Imagine John Lennon
All in the name of rock and roll Motley Crue
Cat scratch fever Ted Nugent
Billie Jean Michael Jackson







The great thing about music tomorrow it will be five different songs.

 

[JOEY'S ALL VOL !!!]

The Last Resort - The Eagles
More Than A Feeling - Boston
Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
The Dog And The Butterfly - Heart
Are The Good Times Really Over For Good - Merle Haggard

 

[TennesseePride]

The great thing about music tomorrow it will be five different songs.[/QUOTE]


Exactly!

 

[MG1968]

Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
Die With Your Boots On - Iron Maiden
Girlfriend In A Coma - The Smiths
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

 

[TennesseePride]

Girlfriend In A Coma - The Smiths

Nice...

 

[volfanbill]

Are there songs you consider so well written you wish you had penned them? Here are my five:

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters- Elton John
Darkness On The Edge Of Town- Bruce Springsteen
Death Of An Unpopular Poet- Jimmy Buffett
Melissa- The Allman Brothers
Standing In The Shadows Of Love- The Four Tops

I didn't realize anyone else knew of "death of an unpopular poet". Fabulous song. One of my favorites, along with "Melissa".

 

[dickens821]

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (G. Harrison)
Brick - Ben Folds Five
Hotel California - The Eagles
Angeles - Elliott Smith
Something - The Beatles (G. Harrison)

 

[The Dude]

Something - George Harrison
Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
Together - Raconteurs

 

[TennesseePride]

Had to add another one..

My all time favorite beatles song..

Happiness is a Warm Gun

 

[Tx_Vol3]

Deep Inside of You - Third Eye Blind
Four Winds- Bright Eyes
Wonderwall - Oasis
Crush- Dave Matthews Band
The Wolves- Bon Iver

If you ask me in ten minutes that list will change. Those are just the songs kinda with me at the moment.

 

[toxicdonut]

Had to add another one..

My all time favorite beatles song..

Happiness is a Warm Gun

this is the best post in volnation history

 

[mattvols]

delete

 

[mattvols]

Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Jesus Christ - Brand New
Play Crack The Sky - Brand New
I & I - Bayside
Hear You Me - Jimmy Eat World

 

[hatvol96]

I didn't realize anyone else knew of "death of an unpopular poet". Fabulous song. One of my favorites, along with "Melissa".

It is written in my will that at the ceremony when they toss my ashes in the Tug Fork River, Death Of An Unpopular Poet is to be played.

 

[wounded mullet]

Mexico -Incubus
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo -The Bloodhound Gang
Fireal -Deftones
Lover, You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley
Karma Police- Radiohead

honorable mention

Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead
Everlong -Foo Fighters

 

[DC Vol]

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Like a Rolling Stone - Dylan
More Than a Feeling- Boston
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Yesterday - Beatles

 

[SavageOrangeJug]

Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel
The Rose - Bette Midler
Mexican Blackbird - ZZ Top
Take It To The Limit - Eagles
I Can Only Imagine - Mercy Me

One 'seasonal' song that must be mentioned.

Silent Night - various artists

The original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht were written in German by the Austrian priest Father Josef Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber. In 1859, John Freeman Young published the English translation that is most frequently sung today.

 

[egotisticalmoron]

bold as love-hendrix
my fathers gun-elton john
nude-radiohead
how to grow a woman from the ground-chris thile
everlong-foo fighters

i cant take away from the beatles.

 

[rpvol]

light years--pearl jam
the warmth--incubus
guaranteed--eddie vedder
seasons--chris cornell

 

[rockytophigh]

Sugar Magnolia- Grateful Dead
Three Little Birds- Bob Marley
The Wind Cried Mary- Hendrix
Hoover Dam- Sugar
Black- Pearl Jam