1. Born to Run Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen set out to write the greatest rock song ever, and who's to say he didn't succeed? Bombastic, epic, romantic, dense, this song demands attention. A breakthrough for Springsteen also in terms of situating his heroes palpably in the "American Dream". A driving, powerful, sublime classic.
2. Love Minus Zero (No Limit) Bob Dylan
In the midst of his word-tripping in 1965, Dylan created this - a modest, serene love song. Still wordy, the opening line is "My love, she speaks like silence." It is a paean to a woman who doesn't exist, who perhaps can't exist. But the timeless, flitting melody wills her into our consciousnesses.
3. Frederick Patti Smith
Like Dylan's "Sara", a directly biographical love song, blurring the art/reality line. Smith can invest her music with anthemic power, and to do so with a love paean is bold. Almost impossible to listen to without breaking down. "My soul surrenders, astonished to death". Life and death, ultimately, are one.
4. SOS Abba
Abba redefined pop music as something that can be emotionally rich as well as entertainingly light. Deep in their best songs, there is no kitsch, only beauty and majesty. "SOS" is the sweetest and saddest lost-love song in existence. "Where are those happy days? They seem so hard to find."
5. I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles
This must have been a revolution in 1963 - the excited, staccato intro, the tantalising build-up, and then Lennon's double-tracked vocals, with handclaps, and the sublimest guitar fill at the end of each line. Even now, this is the sound of pure energy and joy - joy at creating music, joy at simply being alive.
2006-11-03 16:54:45
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answered by zxcvzxcv 3
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Epiphany- Staind Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad- Meatloaf I Can't Make You Love Me- Bonnie Raitt I Will Remember You- Sarah McLachlan Waking Up With A Broken Heart- John Mayer
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Butterfly Kisses
Everybody Hurts REM
Tears in Heaven Eric Clapton
Good-Bye Linda Ronstadt
2006-11-03 16:51:45
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1. The Dance by Garth Brooks
2. What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts
3. Unchained Melody
4. 18 and Life by Skid Row
5. Who You'd Be Today by Kenny Chesney
2006-11-03 16:48:01
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answered by Anonymous
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Yesterday - Beatles
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Fred Jones - Ben Folds
Schindler's List Theme with Violin
Eligy for AMy - Pat McGee
2006-11-03 16:44:28
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answered by leikevy 5
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Teen Angel...My Heart Will Go On...Love Hurts...Candle In the Wind...Tears in Heaven
2006-11-03 16:43:13
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answered by Anonymous
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1 Fields of Gold - Sting
2 I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
3 Lyin To The Moon - Matraca Berg (tears me up)
that's all I have for now...sorry. Try to avoid em
2006-11-03 16:40:58
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answered by Rich B 5
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1 Ballad of Curtis Leow (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
2 Goodbye Yellow brick road (Elton John)
3 2112, (Rush)
4 I saw red (Warrant)
5 Hallowed be thy name (Iron Maiden)
2006-11-03 16:44:46
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answered by kady13* 1
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Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee and
Old Rivers by Walter Brennan
2006-11-03 19:31:33
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answered by laredokid22 5
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1. American Pie
2. Let it Be - beatles
3. Polly - nirvana
4. Why did you kill my mom - Pantera
5. Shipping up to boston - Dropkick murphys.
2006-11-03 16:42:25
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answered by Anonymous
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