[Reaganesque]

Throw in a little Sinatra for spice, maybe a little Miles Davis, John Williams, Howard Shore...

What do you guys and gals think out there in Freeperland?

[taxcontrol]

Jesu - Joy of Man's desiring from cantata #127, Bach

[Fiji Hill]

Greatest classical work: Laudate Dominum by Mozart (1780)

Greatest jazz work: Stackolee Blues by Waring's Pennsylvanians (1928)

Greatest hymn: Jesus Will Walk With Me by Haldor Lillenas (1922)

Greatest country/western song: Stalin Kicked the Bucket by Ray Anderson (1953)

Greatest rap song: Play It Cool by The Spaniels (1954)

[LibFreeOrDie]

Can't be just one. There's too much good music out there.

Ralph Vaughn Williams - A Lark Ascending, settings of British folk songs, Antarctica

John Rutter

Bach

Menotti: ballet Sebastian

Prokofiev

Medieval and Renaissance music

Folk music of the British Isles

Bagpipes (please, no more "Amazing Grace!)

Jazz- Bop, West Coast, Latin-influenced - '1940s to late '60s

Brazilian

Gospel - contemporary (Take Six, Donnie McClurken)

Authentic American folk music and religious songs

Broadway - Sondheim, Rodgers & Hart, Gershwins, Harold Arlen, Frank Loesser, Jule Styne, Lenny Bernstein/Comden/Green, Bock & Harnick, Cy Coleman

Soundtracks - MGM musicals, The Bad and the Beautiful (David Raksin), The Big Country (Jerome Moross), Raintree County (Johhny Green), other composers: Elmer Bernstein, Hugo Friedhofer, Alex North, Kenyon Hopkins

American songbook: Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, countless others...

[flushed with pride]

Man, I am in a real quandary here.

For my money, it's a total toss-up between Beethoven's Quartet for Strings Opus 18 No. 4.....or AC/DC's Hell's Bells.

[narby]

Iron Butterfly ... In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

[WeddingPlanner]

The great classics without stating the obvious, next is GERSHWIN, GERSHWIN, GERSHWIN and, oh yes, GERSHWIN.

[skimask]

These constants remain true through the ages. Good nusic stands the test of time and in music, the highest form of flattery is immitation.

Be it Mozart, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, David Sanborn, Paul Hardcastle, Boyz to Men, Meriah Carrey, I couldn't pick a favorite.

[Captainpaintball]

Throw in a little Sinatra for spice...

That sounds nice!

[Revolting cat!]

"I never stood a chance, we couldn’t dance
Cause there’s no room to rhumba in a sports car..."

[razorback-bert]

Beethoven's 9th, for me.

[clio morrel]

"I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark,
When he made Pearl Harbor.
I miss you more then that movie missed the point,
And that’s an awful lot girl...."

[HairOfTheDog]

Pink Floyd.... Dark Side of the Moon :~D

[John Lenin]

[Congressman Billybob]

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. He was nearly deaf when he wrote it, but he heard every note in his mind. Mozart is a close second.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "Which, Being Believed, Was, Whether It Was or Not"

[CurlyBill]

[APFel]

Simple. "Gerry the Germ" on the C64 by Rob Hubbard. A slice of heaven on a SID chip, that is.

Or almost anything on the "Star Control II" soundtrack, for those who don't know who Rob Hubbard is.

APf

[Liberty Valance]

Keep On The Sunny Side

There's a dark and a troubled side of life
There's a bright and a sunny side too
Though we meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side we also may view

Keep on the sunny side always on the sunny side
Keep on the sunny side of life
It will help us every day it will brighten all our way
If we keep on the sunny side of life

Oh the storm and its fury broke today
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear
The clouds and storm will in time pass away
The sun again will shine bright and clear

Let us greet with a song of hope each day
Though the moment be cloudy or fair
Let us trust in our Savior always
To keep us every one in His care


;o)

[Darkwolf377]

Consider that these are my favorites, but to ME they are the greatest; also, half of these might not be here tomorrow in place of others I thought of. Onward:

Variation on a Theme of Thomas Tallis or Serenade to Music-Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Ring Cycle-Richard Wagner

The Goldberg Variations-JS Bach

Avalon-Roxy Music

Heaven and Hell-Vangelis

Slavonic Dance #1-Antonin Dvorak

All My Tears-Emmylou Harris

Sign of the Rainbow-RObbie Robertson

Gimme Shelter-The Rolling Stones

New York Serenade-Bruce Springsteen

Lonesome Old Town-Frank Sinatra

The Bridge of Khaza-Dun-Howard Shore ;)

The Ecstacy of Gold and The Big Gundown-Ennio Morricone

Planet of the Apes-Jerry Goldsmith

Something by Penderecki, not sure which I'd pick

Murder in the Red Barn-Tom Waits

Lady of Chalot-Loreena McKennitt

Love Me-The Phantom

Mission:Impossible-Lalo Schifrin

Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd

It's Alright-Ray Charles

Once in a Blue Moon-Van Morrison

Cinammon Girl-Neil Young

Lonesome Dove-Basil Poledouris

Star Trek-The Motion Picture-Jerry Goldsmith

Acadie-Daniel Lanois

[freedumb2003]

Carmina Burana
Toccatta and Fugue in D minor ("Ahhh, Bach")
"Survivor" GFR
"Dark Side of the Moon" Pink Floyd
"Tommy" London Symphony version -- The Who

[zarf]

Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring.

Bach: St. Matthew Passion