(shameless vanity) Top 3 Songs ever recorded?

http://freerepublic.com | 04/01/2018 | heterosupremacist

[thoughtomator]

That's not even the greatest Rolling Stones song ever recorded. This is.

[PLMerite]

“I want a hippopotamus for christmas...only a hippopotamus will do.”

Several years ago I put that on a Christmas CD for a friend of mine. Her daughter loved it and made her play it over and over. Friend didn’t know which was worse - that one, or the song from “Frozen,” “Let It Go.”

[rigelkentaurus]

Pachelbel - Canon in D
Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade

Not sure about the 3rd one.

[bigbob]

I was going to say “Satisfaction”, “Inna Gadda Davida” and “Louie Louie”.

[jazusamo]

One from a while back.

The Andrews Sisters, 1946

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Ask a thousand people; get a thousand different replies.

[heterosupremacist]

Yogafist wrote:

Well, I am not going to try to get three, but any list that does not include Glenn Miller’s In The Mood, is simply not serious.
GM Rocked, excellent video...

[Fresh Wind]

You need to listen again, that’s the greatest version of the greatest Stones song!

[Joe 6-pack]

Songs are composed, performed and recorded for a multitude of reasons: worship, entertainment, reflection, a call to action, a promotion of patriotism, memorial of people or events, etc. Asking which three are the greatest ever is like asking what are the three most important tools ever invented. A hammer, saw and screwdriver are all pretty great...

...unless you need a box wrench, a pair of pliers or a drill.

[Migraine]

Doobie Brothers — “Listen to the Music”

Marty Robbins — “El Paso”

The Carpenters — “Top of the World”

[Migraine]

I’m with you on Moonlight by Glenn Miller

Sheer genius

[Enterprise]

Damn but those women from the 30’s and 40’s were gorgeous. In the next video, it seemed that Fred Astaire brought out the best in Rita Hayworth.

[Cicero]

Greatest song ever:

Johnny Cash, “Hurt.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc

[newfreep]

“Telegraph Road” is my all time favorite Dire Straits song - especially their “Live Alchemy” album.

MK’s “Chet Atkins like” picking guitar solo beginning at 8:50 is spellbinding!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Wp2ASqyxI

ps: “Good Vibrations”, like all BB songs, were helped immensely by the “Wrecking Crew” studio musicians that included Hal Blaine on drums and the GREAT Carol Kaye on bass.

Fun Fact: Glen Campbell (another Wrecking Crew alumnus) borrowed Carol Kaye’s 6-string bass for the solo on his masterpiece, “Wichita Lineman”.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

“Stardust” is one of my favorite tunes, and that is a great recording, but I am partial to Artie Shaw’s version:

https://youtu.be/CUCe-b1IQeU

[varon]

Unchained Melody.

Ditto

[RitchieAprile]

1. 4 Tops “Baby I Need Your Lovin’”
2. Yes “Owner of a Lonely Heart”
3. Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star”

[sparklite2]

Best ever? Ok...

1. Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin
2. Kashmir, Led Zeppelin
3. Orange Blossom Special, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[heterosupremacist]

Migraine wrote:

Doobie Brothers — “Listen to the Music”

Marty Robbins — “El Paso”

The Carpenters — “Top of the World”
No problem with ‘El Paso’.

My personal choices would be “ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm34aGogGd0"; For the Doobies, & “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFx-5PGLgb4"; for the Carpenters”

[sparklite2]

I went to high school with Terry Stafford. He ended up with a recording studio in LA, died from some bodily ailment.