VN Top 50 Songs

She's Gone-Hall and Oates
Ohio-CSNY
Beast of Burden-Rolling Stones
Watching The Wheels Go Round And Round-John Lennon
Ruben James-Kenny Rogers
Four Walls Of Raiford-Lynard Skynard
Melissa-Allman Brothers
Money-The O'Jays
Train In Vain-The Clash
Mohammed's Radio-Warren Zevon


I figured I was the only one on this board who even knew this song. I give you credit you have very good taste in music.
 
a few of mine:

Amarillo By Morning- George Strait
Melissa- Allman Brothers Band
He Stopped Loving Her Today- George Jones
Yesterday- Beatles
Dixieland Delight- Alabama
Nothingman- Pearl Jam
Blowin' In the Wind- Bob Dylan
Carolina In My Mind- James Taylor (i could probably post 50 JT songs)
Me and Bobby McGee- Janis' version, written by Kris Kristofferson
Sunday Morning Coming Down- Kristofferson's version over Cash's
I Got a Name- Jim Croce
Name- Goo Goo Dolls
Thief- Third Day
All I Can Do Is Write About It- Lynyrd Skynyrd
I'll Think Of Something- Mark Chestnutt
Walking In Memphis- Mark Cohn
Rhythm of My Heart- Rod Stewart (yeah, so what?)
Always On My Mind- Willie Nelson
Back To You- Virgos
Cafe on the Corner- Sawyer Brown
I Fall To Pieces- Patsy Cline
Shoot The Moon- Norah Jones (I could also add numerous Norah songs)
 
a few of mine:

Amarillo By Morning- George Strait
Melissa- Allman Brothers Band
He Stopped Loving Her Today- George Jones
Yesterday- Beatles
Dixieland Delight- Alabama
Nothingman- Pearl Jam
Blowin' In the Wind- Bob Dylan
Carolina In My Mind- James Taylor (i could probably post 50 JT songs)
Me and Bobby McGee- Janis' version, written by Kris Kristofferson
Sunday Morning Coming Down- Kristofferson's version over Cash's
I Got a Name- Jim Croce
Name- Goo Goo Dolls
Thief- Third Day
All I Can Do Is Write About It- Lynyrd Skynyrd
I'll Think Of Something- Mark Chestnutt
Walking In Memphis- Mark Cohn
Rhythm of My Heart- Rod Stewart (yeah, so what?)
Always On My Mind- Willie Nelson
Back To You- Virgos
Cafe on the Corner- Sawyer Brown
I Fall To Pieces- Patsy Cline
Shoot The Moon- Norah Jones (I could also add numerous Norah songs)




A Sawyer Brown sighting. I like " Dirt Road"
 
1. Rocky Top
2. Anything by Keith Urban or R.A.T.M.
2. Fast Car--Tracy Chapman
3. Dixieland Delight--Alabama
4. At This Moment--Billy Vera & The Beaters
5. Letter to Me--Brad Paisley
6. Summertime--DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
7. Carry On My Wayward Son--Kansas
8. Where've You Been--Kathy Mattea
9. Baby Mine--Allison Krauss
10. 25 Minutes To Go--Johnny Cash
11. La Vie en Rose--Louis Armstrong
12. Mad World--Michael Andrews & Gary Jules
13. Answer--Sarah McLachlan
14. In A Little While--U2
15. Where Did You Sleep Last Night--Nirvana: Unplugged
 
These are in no order... too many genres.

Redemption Song - Bob Marley
Third Stone From The Sun - Jimi Hendrix
God's Bathroom Floor - Atmosphere
I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama - John Lennon
Rain - The Beatles
See My Friends - The Kinks
Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
The May 4th Movement - Digable Planets
What Is And What Should Never Be - Led Zeppelin
Cosmic Dancer - T. Rex

So I was reading some of the other posts, and I realized the top 10 rule is quite malleable... here be summore!

With Twilight As My Guide - Mars Volta
Without You, I'm Nothing - Placebo and David Bowie
Astronomy (8th Light) - Black Star
Dominant Species - Immortal Technique
None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock
Potion Approaching/Very Ape - Arctic Monkeys/Nirvana (respectively... they're both the same damn song)
Queen B***h - David Bowie
Proxima Centauri - At The Drive-In
Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
Look At Your Game, Girl - Charles Manson (Yes, THE Charles Manson. Listen before you judge!)
Old Man - Neil Young
Catch A Bad One - Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Maggot Brain - Parliament Funkadelic

If you haven't heard some of these, give 'em a listen!
 
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Backstabbers-The O'Jays
November Rain-Guns N' Roses
The Prophet's Song-Queen
When The Levee Breaks-Led Zeppelin
Guns Of Brixton-The Clash
Dogs-Pink Floyd
Machine Gun-Jimi Hendrix
If I Was Your Girlfriend-Prince
Peace Frog-The Doors
Blue Sky-The Allman Brothers Band
Desolation Row-Bob Dylan
I Need Love-LL Cool J
ATLiens-Outkast
Folsom Prison Blues-Johnny Cash
Sweet Home Chicago-Robert Johnson
Dream On-Aerosmith
Losing My Religion-REM
People Are People-Depeche Mode
Summertime-Big Brother & The Holding Company
White Room-Cream
Layla-Derek & The Dominos
Sympathy For The Devil-The Rolling Stones
Eruption-Eddie Van Halen
Saturday's Alright For Fighting-Elton John
Long Time-Boston
Bad Company-Bad Company
Have A Nice Day-Bon Jovi
Changes-David Bowie
The Four Horsemen-Metallica
Johnny B. Goode-Chuck Berry
Texas Flood-Stevie Ray Vaughan
Kickstart My Heart-Motley Crue
Slip Of The Lip-Ratt
Sending Out An SOS-The Police
Renegade-Styx
Parabola-Tool
Africa-Toto
Hold The Linep-Electric Light Orchestra
Refugee-Tom Petty
Poison-Alice Cooper
Sympathy-The Goo Goo Dolls
3 AM-Matchbox 20
Your Love-The Outfield
Jane-Jefferson Starship
Lies-Fleetwood Mac
Ring My Bell-Anita Ward
Papa Was A Rolling Stone-The Temptations
Chill Out-John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana
Don't Leave Me This Way-Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Brown-eyed Girl-Van Morrison
Werewolves of London-Warren Zevon
I've Got A Name-Jim Croce
Move On Up-Curtis Mayfield
No Sugar Tonight-The Guess Who
Ironic-Alannis Morrisette
Pardon Me-Incubus
Get Down On It-Kool & The Gang
Touch Of Grey-The Grateful Dead
Torn-Natalie Imbruglia
Champagne And Reefer-Muddy Waters
 
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I have alot more favorties but here is a list off the top of my head:

Voodoo Child - Hendrix
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin
Hail Mary - Tupac
Walk This Way - Aerosmith & Run DMC
Welcome to the Jungle - GNR
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones
Back in Black - AC/DC
Knockin On Heavens Door - Bob Dylan
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
My Girl - Temptations
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel
Under Pressure - Queen & Bowie
Hotel California - Eagles
Let it Be - Beatles
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Free Fallin - Tom Petty
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
With or Without You - U2
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
 
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller
Baker Street - Jerry Rafferty
Slow Ride - Foghat
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin or The Dixie Dregs
Big Shot - Billy Joel
Say Goodbye to Hollywood - Billy Joel
Movin' Out - Billy Joel
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
Everything Counts - Depeche Mode
Precious - Depeche Mode
Jessica - Allman Brothers Band
Pictures of You - The Cure
Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
If I Had a Million Dollars - Bare Naked Ladies
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Golden Years - David Bowie
Killer Queen - Queen
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
Landslide - Stevie Nicks
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
I Have the Touch - Peter Gabriel
Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
Biko - Peter Gabriel
Aerials - System of a Down
Home By the Sea - Genesis
I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
88 Lines About 44 Women - The Nails
Love is a Stranger - Eurythmics
Come Undone - Duran Duran
 
I thought this was a good lost thread.. could be something fun to get back going.

Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Imagine - John Lennon
Shine a Light - Rolling Stones
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Ray
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
The Weight - The Band
A Day In the Life - Beatles
Hey Jude - Beatles
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Redemption Song - Bob Marley
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Blue Eyes Cryin In the Rain - Willie Nelson
Cortez the Killer - Neil Young
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Dear Mama - 2Pac
 
1 Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues
2 Smokey Robinson - Tracks of my Tears
3 Juvenile - Back that Azz Up
4 Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay
5 Johnny Cash featuring June Carter - Jackson
6 Alice in Chains - Rooster
7 2pac - Life Goes On
8 Hank Williams Jr. - Family Tradition
9 Kid Rock - Only God Knows Why
10 Rich Boy - Just Bought A Caddilac
11 Sugarland - Something More
12 Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
13 2pac - Hit um' Up
14 Mary Chapin Carpenter - He Thinks he'll Keep Her
15 Bone Thugs and Harmony - Cross Roads

honorable mention, Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice
 
Back That Azz Up and Throw Some Ds(Just Bought A Cadillac), two classics that will most certainly stand the test of time and single-handedly straight-up validate a list. Well played sir.
 
Sunday Morning Comin' Down - Johnny Cash
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
Crazy - Patsy Cline/Willie Nelson
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams, Sr
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkle
I will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
Yesterday - Paul McCartney
Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Yeah I know)
In My Life - Beatles
King of The Road - Roger Miller
Georgia - Ray Charles
American Pie - Don McClean
You Were Always In My Mind - Willie Nelson
 
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