Your favourite song of all time

[eyesore]

Anything from Burt Bachrach.... Alfie. or fifth Dimension. Love their vocals.

[fretfile100]

Noel stookey, Facets of a Jewel. Kind of hard to find but I think that it is on YouTube. Relieved that no one has said, “Alligator lizards in the air.”

[Mr. Paul]

Originally Posted by M19

Maybe it’s really a half-dozen songs, but if I could only listen to one “song” for ever after it would be “Close to the Edge.”

A fine choice indeed. Were you in Minneapolis in '74? I road tripped there to see Yes on the Topographic Oceans tour and they played a stunning Close To The Edge. I also recall a rather electrified John Martyn opening.

[Mr. Paul]

Originally Posted by eyesore

Anything from Burt Bachrach.... Alfie. or fifth Dimension. Love their vocals.

When Burt Bacharach passed, I ran across this for the first time. Stunning.

[M19]

Originally Posted by Mr. Paul

A fine choice indeed. Were you in Minneapolis in '74? I road tripped there to see Yes on the Topographic Oceans tour and they played a stunning Close To The Edge. I also recall a rather electrified John Martyn opening.

Unfortunately no. My 1st Yes show was 2 years later (Solo albums tour with Moraz). Didn’t see CTTE until GFtO tour (with Wakeman) in Chicago, and it was sublime. As was their opener, Donovan!

[1neeto]

I can give a top 10 but a favorite of all time? I’d have to say Comfortably Numb, and Child In Time will often trade places.

[robj144]

Radiohead's Let Down.

[DanR]

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[Charmed Life Picks]

Originally Posted by Silurian

I can't pick one song from all the various genres.

However, as an individual performance of a song, this one by Jesse Winchester I find utterly spellbinding.

It's unashamedly sentimental, and sung by someone else could probably be described as saccharine, but the simplicity of Jesse's voice and guitar arrangement elevate it above that.




You can see the effect on the audience.

Great choice, Silurian. I was lucky to see Jesse several times before he passed. As the video shows, he had the ability to mesmerize the audience with his depth and emotion. I always said seeing Jesse was "like going to a poetry reading, with music."

[Charmed Life Picks]

So many choices, but the first one that came to mind was "The Dutchman," written by Michael Peter Smith. Here's my favorite version, by the irrepressible and irreplaceable Steve Goodman (very old vid, poor quality, lifted from video tape):

[MinorMajor12th]

"'Round Midnight." It helps there are oodles of versions. Here's Monk playing a solo version of it.



And Grant Green's version.

[sayheyjeff]

I am so glad to see Round Midnight here. One of my all time favorites and I can still see him playing it when he came to play at Syracuse U. When I was there. Even have the album Thelonious Himself. Made the evening.

Jeff

[MinorMajor12th]

Originally Posted by sayheyjeff

I am so glad to see Round Midnight here. One of my all time favorites and I can still see him playing it when he came to play at Syracuse U. When I was there. Even have the album Thelonious Himself. Made the evening.

Jeff

Groovy! And you saw Monk live? I'm envious. I've seen a number of jazz legends, but Monk? Wow.

[boombox]

Originally Posted by Mr. Paul

Here is my Spotify Playlist, titled "AGFer Favorites"

If multiple songs were mentioned, I picked the one I like best j. For Jack Straw I chose one from Nassau Coliseum 1980.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5i...3ca4d93973403b

Not generally a Spotify user, but that certainly makes for an interesting list. You will need to change the Aries track - that lot are nothing to do with Peter, Eddie, and Co: Aries was actually a track by Fairfield Parlour, the name they used when they sort of reinvented themselves in 1970.

[Neil K Walk]

I don't know about all-time but I always seem to come back to Don MacLean's
Vincent" in its many versions:

The lyrics of the original were haunting but a recent trip to see a multimedia Van Gogh presentation showed me that some things in this world are meant to endure:


I always like Chet Atkin's version though but I found that he once did a duet with Don Maclean:


Even Chet's version is timeless from my perspective at least; this tribute by Tommy Emmanuel and Muriel Anderson was pure magic:


The Chet version is also a mainstay in my repertoire, though I don't like to inflict it on others.