Starlight is obviously the right pick for Muse. As a bonus, it makes Keane superflous as well.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
ok, that description is pretty much how i chose the stuff i posted earlier. xp
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 23:52 (eleven years ago) link
Cream - Badge
― Rocking Disco Santa (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
I wondered whether Rick Springfield would qualify as having a "large catalog," and when I looked it up it said he has 17 studio albums, which is ridiculous, but also allows me to add "Jesse's Girl" to this list without any trepidation.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
:( sad to admit this but every time I put on Laura Nyro I actually just want to hear "Sweet Blindness". Her voice is too strident for me to enjoy her in anything other than short bursts and man "Sweet Blindness" has it all, I love all her songs yes but That's The Song
― capital in ruins, thousands dead (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 December 2012 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
Eagles - In The Long Run is probably the only song I *like* to hear from them, but I dunno if any of their catalog qualifies for 'wanting' to hear
Motley Crue - On With The ShowI actually like them up to Dr Feelgood but this is the only AWESOME song they ever did
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 December 2012 00:25 (eleven years ago) link
Led Zeppelin - Kashmirto be honest i only listen to zepp for bonham. i abhor plant's vocal mannerisms and page's riffing doesn't do much for me either. but man, kashmir is the fucking bomb.
The who - I Can See for Milesanother shitty vocalist bringing diminishing returns to a bunch of songs that could've been great otherwise. this one works for me anyway, best chorus they ever made.
― cock chirea, Thursday, 27 December 2012 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
For Beatles i would pick "Happiness is a Warm Gun".
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 27 December 2012 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
Psychedelic yet at times universal lyrics, 50s rock nostalgia, weird interlocking time signatures that somehow feel natural, cheeky humor, childlike singalongs, John Lennon trying out for the best rock n roll singer, immaculate Everly Brothers-style harmonies, R&B girl group backing vocals, all ending with a minimal Ringo drum solo (snare roll into a single kick drum hit).
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 27 December 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
Great thread idea. Anyways:
Pastels - Nothing to be Done
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Thursday, 27 December 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
if i had to pick it would probably be helter skelter. there is probably a thread for that. man i have listened to the beatles sooooo much in the last 3 years. its frightening. they're fun to obsess over though. i can feel the obsessives. plus having kids who like them...its a whole thing. and i really didn't do that. they just had it in them. they are very easy to love if you are a kid. and i totally stood by cyrus during his Kiss phase. i didn't really want to listen to that much Kiss but i was nice. there's a good one actually. i never listen to kiss. i don't really have a favorite kiss song. i guess an ace song if i thought about it.
― scott seward, Thursday, 27 December 2012 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
and oh yeah, still relevant lyrics! (xp)
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 27 December 2012 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
oops, you led with the lyrics, adam, apologies. it's just stunning here in america the pathology of the gun nuts in this country. and it won't change in our lifetimes.
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 27 December 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
"Jessie's Girl" is not only not Springfield's best song, it's probably not even the best song on his greatest hits albums. I know you're not a power pop fan, NYCNative, but he's got a pretty underrated catalog IMO.
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Thursday, 27 December 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
Patti Smith - Because the Night(i also dig Ask the Angels tho)
― cock chirea, Thursday, 27 December 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
re: Rick Springfield, "Working Class Dog" is a solid 10 songs IMO
― billstevejim, Thursday, 27 December 2012 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
Probably have to split her into two eras, but:PJ Harvey - "Dress"
― Only Built For Cuban Linux (Leee), Thursday, 27 December 2012 07:18 (eleven years ago) link
I'll go with Janis Joplin - "Piece Of My Heart". I mean, of course there's plenty of other good stuff in her catalogue, but that one song neatly encapsulates what she was about.
― Lee626, Thursday, 27 December 2012 09:14 (eleven years ago) link
Rod Stewart - Young TurksThe Chemical Brothers - Lost in The K-Hole Billy Idol - Eyes Without a FaceCabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag NagHot Chocolate - Put Your Love in meIan Brown - F.E.A.RLenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til it's OverCatatonia - BleedYoko Ono - Walking on Thin IceFeist - My Moon My ManCSS - MoveINXS - Never Tear Us ApartCrystal Castles - Not in Love (with Robert Smith)World Party - Is it Like Today?
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 27 December 2012 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
This is a good one.
Donovan - Sunshine SupermanEurythmics - Never Gonna Cry AgainChicago - 25 or 6 to 4
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 27 December 2012 10:00 (eleven years ago) link
> Patti Smith - Because the Night
For the purposes of the thread, I'd say "Gloria".
― john. a resident of chicago., Thursday, 27 December 2012 10:06 (eleven years ago) link
i really like 3 patti songs. people have the power, because the night, and pissing in the river. so, can't pick one. always happy to hear those three songs. that's it though. any more than that is too much for me.
― scott seward, Thursday, 27 December 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
Would say New Sensation is the essence of INXS
Doesn't really explain earlier stand out stuff like Don't Change but is the template for every post-Kick single
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 27 December 2012 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
Or rather every post-87 single that people liked and wasn't a ballad.
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 27 December 2012 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
More than any other act on this thread, Patti Smith is one I'd walk five miles to see her sing live, and I'm only a casual fan, she's such a great performer with such a broad legacy I can't even think about reducing her to a single song she recorded many years ago
Unlike say Jonathan Richman who I love seeing live and have high-fived several of his latter-day records but everybody knows it's Roadrunner forever
― capital in ruins, thousands dead (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 December 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Thought it was "Ice Cream Man."
― Albee Thousand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 December 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
YES. Good one!
― xanthanguar (cwkiii), Thursday, 27 December 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
I own nothing by him, and radio has kind of forgotten him, but I would dig pretty much any Donovan cut that came on the radio.
― Rocking Disco Santa (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 27 December 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
;_; I love so many Donovan songs but this is so true. Peggy Lipton's cover of "Wear your love like heaven" even begins with a "Sunshine Superman" quote
― capital in ruins, thousands dead (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 December 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
Unlike say Jonathan Richman who I love seeing live and have high-fived several of his latter-day records but everybody knows it's Roadrunner forever― capital in ruins, thousands dead (flamboyant goon tie included)
― capital in ruins, thousands dead (flamboyant goon tie included)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 27 December 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 27 December 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
I love Sleater-Kinney to the ends of the earth, but I don't think they ever touched the perfection of Start Together.
Janis Joplin I also dig, but that famous live version of Ball And Chain is gorgeous, passionate, and probably better than Big Mama Thornton's (the only time I'll ever say that about a white rock band's cover of a black blues song).
And ignoring what a cultural behemoth Johnny B. Goode is, Promised Land is far and away the best song Chuck Berry ever wrote.
― Everything You Like Sucks, Friday, 28 December 2012 06:38 (eleven years ago) link
Low - (other than a handful of their Christmas songs come the season) - Lazerbeam.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 28 December 2012 09:09 (eleven years ago) link
Desmond Dekker has a surprisingly rich catalogue of songs. I'm always impressed when I listen to his stuff. Songs like 'It Mek', 'Problems', 'Dracula', 'Fu Manchu' are all just as deserving as the classic 'Israelites'.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 28 December 2012 09:11 (eleven years ago) link
'Roadrunner' is no way my favourite Jonathan Richman song, but that will all depend on your threshold for his schtick. That song is a straight ahead blues/punk number that pulls no punches, but somehow I find something like 'Ice Cream Man', 'Abdul & Cleopatra' or 'The Morning Of Our Lives' far more indicative of his style (and ultimately more entertaining) than 'Roadrunner'.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 28 December 2012 09:15 (eleven years ago) link
Roadrunner is a bit like Teenage Kicks in that it's a song that sounds so full, such a perfect capturing of an aesthetic, that you don't feel the artist could do any better. You really can get everything you want from that artist from that one song. I've actually had the same thing with Hallogallo, rightly or wrongly.
― Matt DC, Friday, 28 December 2012 12:29 (eleven years ago) link
This is Will Oldham for me, I think. "I See a Darkness" is a great song, but I could take or leave the rest. I've got three or four of his albums (none of which feature the song I actually like) and I've never really been able to connect with his stuff.
― spastic heritage, Friday, 28 December 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
Os Mutantes - Panis et Circenses
― Frederik B, Friday, 28 December 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
"in the fade" by queens of the stone age is def this for me. i don't dislike them normally, but i'm not especially interested either. that song though... i know it forwards+backwards. hasn't gotten old yet.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Friday, 10 May 2024 20:37 (four months ago) link
(also maybe a good indicator that it's a very unrepresentative song for them!)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Friday, 10 May 2024 20:39 (four months ago) link
“You Shook Me All Night Long.” There’s a couple other AC/DC songs I don’t mind hearing from time to time, but despite not being much of a fan this one always hits the spot.
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Friday, 10 May 2024 21:45 (four months ago) link
^yeah, that's a good call... that song is on another level
― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Friday, 10 May 2024 21:50 (four months ago) link
"in the fade" by queens of the stone age is def this for me.
Austin, thanks for this... I had never heard that song. What a guitar sound!
― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Friday, 10 May 2024 21:54 (four months ago) link
Not sure they've reached "large catalog" status yet, but they're getting there, and I'm pretty sure "Highway Tune" is the only track I will ever need to hear from them.
― henry s, Friday, 10 May 2024 22:08 (four months ago) link
I feel like "X-French Tee Shirt" by Shudder To Think is one of these.
― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Friday, 10 May 2024 22:11 (four months ago) link
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Friday, May 10, 2024 4:45 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
by far one of the worst opinions i have ever read on this board
― budo jeru, Friday, 10 May 2024 22:12 (four months ago) link
my own xp - I was referring to Greta Van Fleet!
― henry s, Friday, 10 May 2024 22:12 (four months ago) link
I've listened to that QOTSA track like six times now... what an absolute jam
― OG Rizzler (morrisp), Friday, 10 May 2024 22:38 (four months ago) link
Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Of course, there's a ringer in that song, so maybe my answer is really NO Pet Shop Boys.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 10 May 2024 22:40 (four months ago) link
adam ant's "stand and deliver"
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:03 (four months ago) link