Greatest Song Of All Time

my collection | 9-18-2003 | me

[error99]

And the winner of The Greatest Song Of ALl Time as determined by me is . . .

(drum roll, please) . . . . Tommy James and the Shondells ' MIRAGE '

( applause )

[error99]

What?
Boyce and Hart wrote the Monkey's Theme?
Damn.
Just damn.

[bellevuesbest]

51

Bellevue is across Puget Sound and east of Seattle from Bremerton.

Atlanta? Little Feat!

Outta here now

[sandpit]

This song always gets me rockin'.

TWILIGHT ZONE
Golden Earring

Somewhere in a lonely hotel room
there's a guy starting to realize that eternal
fate has turned its back on him. It's 2 a.m.

It's two a.m.
The fear has gone
I'm sitting her waitin'
The gun's still warm
Maybe my connection is tired of taking chances
Yeah there's a storm on the loose
Sirens in my head
Wrapped up in silence
All circuits are dead
Cannot decode my whole life spins into a frenzy

Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone
The place is a madhouse
Feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved
Under moon and star
Where am I to go
Now that I've gone too far
(repeat)
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone

I'm falling down a spiral
Destination unknown
Double crossed messenger, all alone
Can't get no connection
Can't get through where are you

Well the night weighs heavy
On his guilty mind
This far from the borderline
When the hitman comes
He knows damn well
He has been cheated And he says
(repeat Chorus)

[metalboy]

The greatest song of all time, hands down, is "Something" by George Harrison (even Frank Sinatra said it) which is amazing, because for years John Lennon and Paul McCartney overshadowed George Harrison in the song writing dept, and on the very last album they made (Abbey road), not only did George write the best song of that album, but also the best song they ever did, or anyone could ever do.

[DefCon]

SOMETHING - George Harrison

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me

I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me

I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around and it may show
I don't know, I don't know

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me

I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

[DefCon]

That's a new one on me.
Must be a 'Texas' thing ???

[sandpit]

My Texas thing would be "Amarillo by Morning" - George Strait




1982
The single Twilight Zone, originally to be released on George's next solo album, hits the number one spot in the Netherlands and reaches number 10 in the Billboard Hot 100. The accompanying video is directed by Dick Maas. The album Cut, produced by Shell Schellekens, tops the album charts.


By the same folks who did "Radar Love"

[Dan from Michigan]

That would go to Ted Nugent...."Fred Bear"

[Az Joe]

"Werewolf of London" Warren Zevon


I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein
Werewolves of London

If you hear him howling around your kitchen door
Better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again
Werewolves of London

He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
Better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
I'd like to meet his tailor
Werewolves of London

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
Doing the
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen
Doing the
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's
His hair was perfect
Werewolves of London
Draw blood

[gcruse]

Led Zeppelin's Kashmir, followed by Mozart's Fortieth.

[Khurkris]

Zevon had some great one...my fav. "Lawyers Guns and Money"

Lawyers, Guns And Money Written By Warren Zevon

Well, I went home with the waitress 
The way I always do 
How was I to know 
She was with the Russians, too

I was gambling in Havana 
I took a little risk 
Send lawyers, guns and money 
Dad, get me out of this

I'm the innocent bystander
Somehow I got stuck
Between the rock and the hard place 
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck 
And I'm down on my luck

Now I'm hiding in Honduras 
I'm a desperate man 
Send lawyers, guns and money 
The shit has hit the fan

Also a Fan of Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner.

[thesummerwind]

Sweet Pea?

[thesummerwind]

ANYTHING by Yoko Ono!

[thesummerwind]

Great song?

'The Summer Wind' by Frank Sinatra, of course! ;)

The summer wind, came blowin' in from across the sea

It lingered there to touch your hair and walk with me

All summer long we sang a song and then we strolled that golden sand

Two sweethearts and the summer wind

Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by

The world was new beneath a blue umbrella sky

Then softer than a piper man one day it called to you

I lost you, I lost you to the summer wind

The autumn wind and the winter winds, they have come and gone

And still the days, those lonely days, they go on and on

And guess who sighs his lullabies through nights that never end

My fickle friend, the summer wind

[thesummerwind]

Across The Universe - Beatles

Here Comes The Sun - George

.............

Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin

Somewhere beyond the sea

Somewhere waitin’ for me

My lover stands on golden sands

And watches the ships that go sailin’.

[thesummerwind]

'My Sweet Lord' is one fine song, too.