Coolest song ever..

Aggieboy
Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
edited January 2010 in The bottom bracket
..in my humble opinion. I've always loved this. Enjoy. 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMcfUjIguSs
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  • jellybellywmb
    jellybellywmb Posts: 1,379
    + 1 I love it

    Please do not listen to Robbie Williams version EVER!!!!

    But Neil Diamond version is pretty good
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    The coolest song ever is clearly TVC15 by Bowie.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • bexley5200
    bexley5200 Posts: 692
    summertime by will smith
    going downhill slowly
  • pedylan
    pedylan Posts: 768
    I have always found the Nina Simone version, done in her own distinctive and reflective style is sublime.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJs3ooeQDYY

    Or Bob Dylan on the "Dylan" album.

    But you're right, the song is pretty cool. Pity it will get attempted by celebrities who aren't either musicians, songwriters or vocalists. Leave that tripe to the kids. :twisted:
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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Aggieboy wrote:
    ..in my humble opinion. I've always loved this. Enjoy. 8)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMcfUjIguSs

    A consumate artist performing his signature tune. His story makes great reading. Try 'The Rat Pack' by Shawn Levy
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  • holmeboy
    holmeboy Posts: 674
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  • oxoneil
    oxoneil Posts: 147
    Levi Stubbs' Tears by Billy Bragg
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    'The Weight' by the Band or 'Born to Run' by Springsteen
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  • ridelikeapro
    ridelikeapro Posts: 139
    Indeedy, a truly great song Aggie, but I can't be doing with all that Sam Davis posturing and poncing around though.

    It's written by Mr Bob Dylan who IMHO has the original killer version with a great vocal coupled with a haunting backing girl chorus that sends tingles down ya spine:-
    Check out...
    http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/mr-bojangles
  • Vino
    Vino Posts: 184
    Everyones ees know the tune "Quran Mariam is makes me hump" ees best song in Kazakhstan.

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  • ridelikeapro
    ridelikeapro Posts: 139
    Indeedy, a truly great song Aggie, but I can't be doing with all that Sam Davis posturing and poncing around though.

    It's written by Mr Bob Dylan who IMHO has the original killer version with a great vocal coupled with a haunting backing girl chorus that sends tingles down ya spine:-
    Check out...
    http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/mr-bojangles
  • andy_f
    andy_f Posts: 474
    ridelikeapro wrote:
    Indeedy, a truly great song Aggie, but I can't be doing with all that Sam Davis posturing and poncing around though.

    It's written by Mr Bob Dylan who IMHO has the original killer version with a great vocal coupled with a haunting backing girl chorus that sends tingles down ya spine:-
    Check out...
    http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/mr-bojangles

    Jerry Jeff Walker who wrote and sang the original in 1968 would be suprised at Dylan's original version.
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  • Mothyman
    Mothyman Posts: 655
    ...'Just My Imagination'........ by......
  • cycologist
    cycologist Posts: 721
    Mothyman wrote:
    ...'Just My Imagination'........ by......

    The Temptations.
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  • pedylan
    pedylan Posts: 768
    ridelikeapro wrote:
    Indeedy, a truly great song Aggie, but I can't be doing with all that Sam Davis posturing and poncing around though.

    It's written by Mr Bob Dylan who IMHO has the original killer version with a great vocal coupled with a haunting backing girl chorus that sends tingles down ya spine:-
    Check out...
    http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/mr-bojangles

    As Andy F said, not a Dylan composition; written by Jerry Jeff Walker.

    Dylan's version is almost in 3/4 time, which gives it a waltz like rhythm. Compare it to the version of Like a Rolling Stone recorded in 1965 and which makes it onto the Bootleg Series Vol 1-3. Similarly set in a waltz time.

    Dylan sermon over. :wink:
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  • cycologist
    cycologist Posts: 721
    Epitome of cool........"Green Onions" by Booker T & The MGs.

    (Not a song ,strictly speaking, as it's an instrumental, but cooler than than a polar bears ar*se.)
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  • spanielsson
    spanielsson Posts: 776
    In my opinion anything by Iggy Pop & The Stooges could qualify as the coolest song ever.
  • ridelikeapro
    ridelikeapro Posts: 139
    ANDY F wrote:
    ridelikeapro wrote:
    Indeedy, a truly great song Aggie, but I can't be doing with all that Sam Davis posturing and poncing around though.

    It's written by Mr Bob Dylan who IMHO has the original killer version with a great vocal coupled with a haunting backing girl chorus that sends tingles down ya spine:-
    Check out...
    http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/mr-bojangles

    Jerry Jeff Walker who wrote and sang the original in 1968 would be suprised at Dylan's original version.

    Arghh! It's not often I'm right, but I'm wrong this time! But I still think Dylan has the killer version... and the Green Onions tune is also a super-cool selection.
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    edited January 2010
    Coolest song ever?

    It's gotta be a Massive Attack record, surely?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywsmkjsflqU << I'd put that pretty high for cool...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ1cACrPHdc

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epgo8ixX6Wo << protection - candidate for coolest video!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeLI9CMrErg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeLI9CMrErg

    etc...
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    edited January 2010
    ridelikeapro wrote:
    ANDY F wrote:
    ridelikeapro wrote:
    Indeedy, a truly great song Aggie, but I can't be doing with all that Sam Davis posturing and poncing around though.

    It's written by Mr Bob Dylan who IMHO has the original killer version with a great vocal coupled with a haunting backing girl chorus that sends tingles down ya spine:-
    Check out...
    http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/mr-bojangles

    Jerry Jeff Walker who wrote and sang the original in 1968 would be suprised at Dylan's original version.

    Arghh! It's not often I'm right, but I'm wrong this time! But I still think Dylan has the killer version... and the Green Onions tune is also a super-cool selection.

    Don't forget we're talking old style Las Vegas showmanship and he was certainly a showman who could dance and entertain. He is also, of course, adding touches of 'Mr Bojangles'. The life story of Bill Robinson, the 'Mr Bojangles', for those that don't know it, is very interesting - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Robinson

    Green Onions is nice with a great version here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcaIiyIJGso Shame the interview from the show isn't included because he is such a gent.
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXFMnfQVINM
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    "Harry's Theme" by Clannad, well spooky sounds, haunting. Age-less like a modern Gregorian chant.
    Also, "Here I am Baby, come and take me," by Al Brown, reggae version.
    Somehow it's better than Al Greens original version, which was fantastic too.
  • SteppenHerring
    SteppenHerring Posts: 720
    The coolest song ever is Downtown Train by Tom Waits. Don't listen to the Rod Stewart version - that will give you ear-cancer and piles.
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    SteppenHerring wrote:
    The coolest song ever is Downtown Train by Tom Waits. Don't listen to the Rod Stewart version - that will give you ear-cancer and piles.

    Spooky. I was listening to this last night and agree, it's cool.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHyvjdn4rFk 8)

    Now, that's 'posturing!!' :lol:
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  • cycologist
    cycologist Posts: 721
    Any votes for "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker ?
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  • tgardi
    tgardi Posts: 32
    La Grange by ZZ Top
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    tgardi wrote:
    La Grange by ZZ Top

    Another goodie! They're cool whatever they sing though.8) 8) 8). As for Billy Gibbons going to the gig on the rattler, well how cool is that!!? Took my son to see 'the Top' last month and thankfully they played it. Oh, how we sang!
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  • sheepworryingbhoy
    sheepworryingbhoy Posts: 167
    Happy Talk - Captain Sensible.
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    For me one of them is Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    spanielsson wrote:
    In my opinion anything by Iggy Pop & The Stooges could qualify as the coolest song ever.

    you off to Butlins for your holidays next year then ? If it was at Skeggy I could be tempted meself

    unbelievable footage of Booker T doing green onions on Sky Arts now, Stax documentary

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