not songs you can listen to for a month.. But Songs You Can Listen To For Years

[flobot222]

I don't know if we're allowed to create threads like this in this forum anymore, so I apologize beforehand to the mods if these types of threads aren't allowed here; close it and I'll know not to make these again, thanks!

 

I feel my music library is lacking in the types of songs that are basically the best you've heard (a.k.a, you can listen to them anytime of the year for many years and they will not get old for you).

 

So can I get some suggestions on some evergreen, all-time permanently favourite songs?

 

(Post the 5 Best, Most long-lasting songs from your music library).

 

I'll start?

 

1. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge

2. Tupac - Hail Mary

3. Kylie Minogue - Can't get you out of my head

4. Daft Punk - Harder better faster stronger (live 2007 version)

5. Edward Maya - Stereo Love

 

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EDIT:

I want to explain that I request you to post particularly only the most best, most evergreen 5 songs because usually people tend to get carried away when mentioning favourite songs (because they like so many of them). So just to keep the calibre of the songs the best of the best, I requested the top 5. However, feel free to tack on a few extra songs if you think they really deserve it and are the best, longest lasting, evergreen songs.

[imperfection]

Nice idea

 

For me...

 

1. Savage Garden - Affirmation

2. Savage Garden - Crash and Burn

3. Richard Marx and Donna Lewis - At the Beginning

4. Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want

5. Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing

[infomeddude]

In the End - Linkin Park

 

-never gets old

[igeorgex]

soul meets body - death cab for cutie

peach, plum, pear - joanna newsom

toxic - britney spears

my mother was a chinese trapeze artist - the decemberists

just dance - lady gaga

 

and I really enjoy the cover version of whatever you like by anya marina too

 

good thread! I realized that the most played songs on my iTunes aren't necessarily the ones I can listen to forever, but just the ones I listened to a lot for a few weeks

[Rosie]

The Beatles - Let it Be

The Goo Goo Dolls - Black Balloon

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Chris Cornell - Sunshower

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

 

 

[thatonekid]

In no particular order:

 

Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen

California Dreamin'- The Mamas & The Papas

House of the Rising Sun- The Animals

Free Fallin'- Tom Petty

White Rabbit- Jefferson Airplane

 

Bonus: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (orchestra)- Paul Abraham Dukas

[hking03]

-anything by van morrison- the dude is a legend- but if i had to pick one song i'd go with "and it stoned me"

-bob marley- "three little birds"

-jont- "sweetheart"

-dashboard confessionals- "hands down- acoustic version"

-nickelback- "hero" spiderman soundtrack

 

-harry potter score/lord of the rings score/dark knight score... all very epic.

[mm88]

I agree about "Stereo Love" - it is addictive!

 

I have a lot of songs that I listen to that are "old", it was hard to narrow it down to 5 - my iTunes play count doesn't do them justice, so in no particular order:

 

Ecstasy - ATB

Everlong - Foo Fighters

Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers

It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

Somewhere Out There - Our Lady Peace

 

I also recommend anything Nat King Cole if you listen to jazz/big band at all.

[igotacookie]

Don't Stop Believing - Journey (greatest sing along ever?)

Hurt -Johnny Cash

Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.

Lose yourself - Eminem (never fails to pump me up)

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep

[larva]

Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

Strangers - The Kinks

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel

Happen Now - Joel Plaskett

[NewfieMike]

-Sigur Ros - Ny Batteri

-Yes - Roundabout

-Rush - La Villa Strangiato

-Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand

-Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

-Andrew Bird - Anonanimal

-Notorious BIG - Juicy

-The Arcade Fire - Intervention

-Broken Social Scene - 7/4 Shoreline

-The Decemberists - The Engine Driver

-Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why

-Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet

-Neutral Milk Hotel - Two Headed Boy

-Patrick Park - Life is a Song

-Pinback - Penelope

-Radiohead - Reckoner

-Wintersleep - Nerves Normal Breath Normal

 

It turns my stomach that people would put top 40 songs in the past 2-3 years in the category of music that you will listen to for the rest of time.

[TheBoss]

The Beatles - Let it Be

I consider this song to be an absolute classic, which will never get old.

 

Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of Silence

Rise Against - Swing Life Away

Alphaville - Forever Young

[Cautious]

Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On

(my alllll time fav!)

[EastCoast89]

Good question. I'll go with:

 

Led Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Tool - Lateralus

Hey Rosetta! - Swing the Cellar Door (or anything else by them)

Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945 (NewfieMike reminded me of this one)

[DOC_Ma]

california love - tupac

Life goes on - tupa

still dre - dre

many men - 50 cent

hail marry - tupac

 

Wat 2 gangsta fo yo?

[FMX]

Not going to go all out like some of you.. I'll list out my top 5 only!

Just listing some that weren't mentioned yet (because some of my 'real' top five were already listed' like the one by Aerosmith.

 

Tupac - Dear Mama

Tupac -

(acoustic version)

Tupac - Changes

Tupac -

Eminem ft Rihanna -

 

The last song (Eminem) is kind of iffy because it's too soon to tell if I'll still like it at the end of next year... it's either that or this song:

 

Nelly -

[DOC_Ma]

Not going to go all out like some of you.. I'll list out my top 5 only!

Just listing some that weren't mentioned yet (because some of my 'real' top five were already listed' like the one by Aerosmith.

 

Tupac - Dear Mama

Tupac -

(acoustic version)

Tupac - Changes

Tupac -

Eminem ft Rihanna -

 

The last song (Eminem) is kind of iffy because it's too soon to tell if I'll still like it at the end of next year... it's either that or this song:

 

Nelly -

 

finally someone with good taste .

 

j/k some of you also listed some great song!

[toulalan]

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[seann]

ACDC -you shook me all night long

Eagles - Hotel California

Jimi Hendrix - Vodoo child

Guns & Roses - November rain

[markov79]

Not going to go all out like some of you.. I'll list out my top 5 only!

Just listing some that weren't mentioned yet (because some of my 'real' top five were already listed' like the one by Aerosmith.

 

Tupac - Dear Mama

Tupac -

(acoustic version)

Tupac - Changes

Tupac -

Eminem ft Rihanna -

 

The last song (Eminem) is kind of iffy because it's too soon to tell if I'll still like it at the end of next year... it's either that or this song:

 

Nelly -

 

Thirded x10.

[let.it.be]

no order

 

1. fog (live) - radiohead

2. buildings - regina spektor

3. sparks - coldplay

4. neighbourhood #1 (tunnels) - arcade fire

5. hoppipolla - sigur ros

[Gunner10]

Just to add to the list:

 

1. Talk - Coldplay

2. Come Together - The Beatles

3. Otherside - RHCP

4. Let's Get Lifted - John Legend

5. Bliss - Muse

6. You Make Me Wanna - Usher

7. Layla - Eric Clapton

[flobot222]

In no particular order:

 

Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen

California Dreamin'- The Mamas & The Papas

House of the Rising Sun- The Animals

Free Fallin'- Tom Petty

White Rabbit- Jefferson Airplane

 

Bonus: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (orchestra)- Paul Abraham Dukas

 

Fantastic list, your post is my favourite post on this thread so far. I can listen to every one of these songs for years to come (I'm been listening to half of them for years already). There's some other really nice lists here too.

[smalltowngirl33]

Michael Jackson - Smile (best song of all time...)

Michael Jackson - Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Man in the Mirror, etc.

 

I listen to MJ all the time. I have like 3 of his CDs in my car right now.

[flobot222]

I Lovedddd some of the songs on here so much, I'm bumping to see if anybody else may add anything?