8 Songs You Can't Live Without

[Runwildboys]

I think even FM played the “son of a gun” where I grew up (West Texas). And Jet Airliner was “funky kicks” instead of “funky sh#t”.

But Foghat could take a “slow ride”, AC/DC got shook all night long, The Who could go “in and out, in and out, in and out” while playing with mamma’s squeezebox and never sleeping at, and Alice Cooper could tell us how “only women bleed”

I've only heard "funky kicks" in so long, I was starting to think I just imagined that it was originally the other way. (Which they played on the FM stations in NYC.)

 

[Runwildboys]

I think even FM played the “son of a gun” where I grew up (West Texas). And Jet Airliner was “funky kicks” instead of “funky sh#t”.

But Foghat could take a “slow ride”, AC/DC got shook all night long, The Who could go “in and out, in and out, in and out” while playing with mamma’s squeezebox and never sleeping at, and Alice Cooper could tell us how “only women bleed”

Don't forget about Aerosmith singing, "...but ya ain't seen nothin' til your down on a muffin...". In their autobiography Walk This Way, Steven jokes about some Boston Archbishop or Cardinal or something (don't remember exactly) who said he liked the song, not realizing what the lyrics meant.

 

[morasp]

Bach Brandenburg concertos 1-6 Probably more than one song and if you made me pick it would probably be concerto no. 3
Mozart Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - 1. Allegro Can only imagine what he would have done if he had lived a full life.
Sing Sing Sing Benny Goodman Fun Fun Fun they sure new how to swing
In The Mood Glen Miller If the list was longer I would also add Take the A Train by Duke Ellington
What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong Still gets me every time I listen to it.
In My Life The Beatles Probably not at the top of many best Beatles songs lists but I've always liked it.
Silent Night Christmas is my favorite time of the year.
Gonna Fly Now A great inspiration during my college years.

 

[CouchCoach]

No doubt that he was the total package......looks, talent, great voice.......you have to feel for him though....he was surrounded by people constantly yet he was a very lonely man even to his death.

One thing I had wrong about Elvis and just learned from a doc about him was how involved he was with the creation of his music and his sound. In the vein of Sinatra, they performed other songwriters' creations but they added their own to the finished product. Both performers were song stylists, and so is Tony Bennett, and have a flair for how their voice blends with the music.

Elvis' guitar player for the last 8 years of his life and the creator of the TCB Band, James Burton, came to our studios to do some session work in 77, right before he passed away. We gathered in the break room and he regaled us with some great E stories and obviously the ones that grabbed my attention the most were about just everyday normal women stopping him and asking him to sign their panties....while still on their body! Whatever the "IT" factor is, he was that personified. Someone mentioned that E was only a singer and Burton quickly refuted that and said he's much more than that but he didn't have time to elaborate. That doc explained it, song stylist.

I was 10 when he emerged and began emulating him and imitating him in talent shows, lip syncing with the whole hip gyration thing and my Mom's friends thought I was a little too risqué and she asked me to stop doing it. I think those Mom's were just turned on by a hot 10 year old pumping some groin and sneering. At least, that's what I am telling myself.

We used to laugh about that toward the end of her life because her favorite music, by far, was Elvis' gospel tunes and she had them all. Even people who didn't like Elvis had to admit those were something different. Much like Mahalia Jackson and Aretha's gospel, Elvis wasn't singing to us, he was singing to his Maker and his Mom. The emotion in his gospel music is among the most moving I have ever heard.

When I first heard about Dak's Mom and his relationship with her, Elvis was the first I thought of because of the similarities and devotion both had for their Moms.

 

[CouchCoach]

The bleeped out words were there when I was growing up and only served to draw more attention to them but nothing like "Louie Louie". I was a singer in a band at the time, and not a good one, just a brash one, and was known to sing what most of us thought were the real words to that song, you know, the good ones. One night, we're doing a Little Rock Country Club gig and one of the chaperones shut us down and told them to throw that "white trash" out, pointing at me. Didn't take that long to get back to my parents.

My singing career ended, much to the enjoyment of those gifted with their hearing, but I did learn a valuable lesson. Proper enunciation can get you into trouble.

 

[DallasEast]

Bach Brandenburg concertos 1-6 Probably more than one song and if you made me pick it would probably be concerto no. 3
Mozart Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - 1. Allegro Can only imagine what he would have done if he had lived a full life.

I have about a dozen classical instrumental songs on my iPhone. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major is one of selections.

Thanks for posting Mozart's Serenade. I think I will add it to my playlist soon. Haffner Symphony No. 35 in D major (3rd Movement) is the only Mozart selection I currently have.

Classical music is a real de-stressor for me. I will usually listen to my selections on my commute home after a crazy day at work.

 

[cowboy_ron]

Old dogs and children and watermelon wine..........Tom T. Hall

 

[Runwildboys]

Old dogs and children and watermelon wine..........Tom T. Hall

Been hearing that occasionally on XM. Great song.

 

[cowboyec]

8 I Gotta Have by Ol' Waylon...
☆Ride Me Down Easy
☆Ramblin' Man
☆Memories of You and I
☆Lonesome,Onry and Mean
☆Dreaming My Dreams With You
☆Lets All Help The Cowboys Sing The Blues
☆Honkytonk Heroes
☆The Hunger

 

[CouchCoach]

8 I Gotta Have by Ol' Waylon...
☆Ride Me Down Easy
☆Ramblin' Man
☆Memories of You and I
☆Lonesome,Onry and Mean
☆Dreaming My Dreams With You
☆Lets All Help The Cowboys Sing The Blues
☆Honkytonk Heroes
☆The Hunger

You can add his cover of "Gold Dust Woman" to my list. Hell of a job.

 

[cowboyec]

You can add his cover of "Gold Dust Woman" to my list. Hell of a job.

if the list could be expanded...I love his version of Can't You See,Midnight Rider and House of The Rising Sun.
I miss Ol'Waylon....hell of a gig goin' on up yonder...Elvis....Waylon....so many other good'ns.

 

[cowboy_ron]

I'm your captain.........Grand Funk Railroad

 

[cowboyec]

on this day in '69....the brilliant album From Elvis In Memphis was released....here are my 8...takin' w/me to mars...I can't do with out:
☆Wearin That Loved On Look
☆Only The Strong Survive
☆I'll Hold You In My Heart Til I Can Hold You In My Arms
☆Long Black Limosuine
☆Power Of My Love
☆True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
☆Any Day Now
☆In The Ghetto

 

[FloridaRob]

Hmm, tough call genre to genre

O Holy Night-David Phelps-the best performance in history of this song. The discussion begins with who did it 2nd best
Deperado-Eagles Soft Rock Epic ballad
Under the Boardwalk-Drifters-R and B
American Triology-Elvis-rock
Gentle on my Mind-Glen Cambell-Folk
Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen-Hard/progressive rock
Nessun Dorma-David Phelps- Opera (this guy could sing the phone book and it woud be a hit)
Forever and Ever, Amen, Randy Travis. The gal in the video looks exactly like my wife when I married her in 1990.

 

[Roadtrip635]

The bleeped out words were there when I was growing up and only served to draw more attention to them but nothing like "Louie Louie". I was a singer in a band at the time, and not a good one, just a brash one, and was known to sing what most of us thought were the real words to that song, you know, the good ones. One night, we're doing a Little Rock Country Club gig and one of the chaperones shut us down and told them to throw that "white trash" out, pointing at me. Didn't take that long to get back to my parents.

My singing career ended, much to the enjoyment of those gifted with their hearing, but I did learn a valuable lesson. Proper enunciation can get you into trouble.

Todd Snider has a great song called "Ballad Of The Kingsmen" that is about 'Louie Louie' and how music and lyrics freak people out.

 

[Runwildboys]

The only song I can think of that I might not have lived, had I never heard it is Happy Birthday to You.

But on a serious note, there are so many great songs, there aren't any I couldn't live without.
That said, there are some that evoke intense feelings:

Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans
Us and Them - Pink Floyd
American Pie - Don McLean
Drift Off to Dream - Travis Tritt
Crazy - Patsy Cline (Pretty sure I would've come up with this even if you hadn't)
Dreams - Allman Brothers Band
Blues at Sunrise - Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan

I've already swapped Drift Off to Dream for Lennon's Imagine.
I'm now swapping Kiss and Say Goodbye for Dobie Gray's Drift Away.

 

[nightrain]

another 8 of the many tunes I can't go without:
Statesboro Blues - Allman Bros
Whammer Jammer - J Geils Band
Little Wing - Hendrix
Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
Main Street - Seger
Army Ants - STP
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
The Wanderer - Dion

 

[DallasEast]

The Wanderer - Dion

Ageless.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

Stranded on a deserted island for two years; name 8 women you'd want to have with you.

 

[cowboy_ron]

Jessica..........Bloodrock