Your Top 5

baldwin471

Noticed we haven't got one of these, give us your top five songs. Can be any genre/era etc. I'll get it started

1 - Rod Stewart - The Killing Of Georgie (Parts 1 &2)
2 - Michael Jackson - Rock With You
3 - Billy Ocean - The Long And Winding Road (I know it's a Beatles cover but i love it)
4 - Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
5 - Rod Stewart - Handbags And Gladrags

Honorary mention - The Four Tops - Do What You Gotta' Do

Lets hear them

daviesee

According to iTunes, most played -

1. The Hurting - Tears For Fears
2. Saturday Night - The Blue Nile
3. Paradise Circus - Massive Attack
4. From A Late Night Train - The Blue Nile
5. I' Crying (Mothers Tears) - Grace Jones

From a selection of 13,516 songs.

Not necessarily the 5 that I would have picked but then I would have to think hard for too long.

baldwin471

daviesee wrote:

According to iTunes, most played -

1. The Hurting - Tears For Fears
2. Saturday Night - The Blue Nile
3. Paradise Circus - Massive Attack
4. From A Late Night Train - The Blue Nile
5. I' Crying (Mothers Tears) - Grace Jones

From a selection of 13,516 songs.

Not necessarily the 5 that I would have picked but then I would have to think hard for too long.

Good taste Only 326 songs in my iTunes so far, then again i can't be arsed ripping all my old cd's onto the darn laptop.

raymondo60

1. Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello
2. Succumb to Me - Terence Trent D'Arby
3. Thick as Thieves - Jam
4. Natural Mystic - Bob Marley & the Wailers
5. I Don't Know Why I Love You - a very young Michael Jackson

Ask tomorrow and it'll probably be five different toons!

t.m.h.n.e.t

Lacuna Coil - Enjoy the silence(Depeche Mode cover)
Rebellion - Van Canto
Duality - Slipknot
Black Stone Cherry - Like I Roll
Skillet - Awake and alive

jim453

Brilliant, it's a while since we've had one of these.

Max Bonkers

1 Led Zep - Stairway to Heaven
2 Motorhead - Overkill
3 Rush - Tom Sawyer
4 Guns n Roses - Paradise City
5 Van Halen - Jump

declan1

Right now:

1. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
2. Visions in Blue - Ultravox
3. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
4. In a Big Country - Big Country
5. White China - Ultravox

daviesee

baldwin471 wrote:

Good taste Only 326 songs in my iTunes so far, then again i can't be arsed ripping all my old cd's onto the darn laptop.

It's worth the effort assuming you have a decent hi-fi.
Rip as lossless, digitally connect the laptop to a DAC and into the hi-fi.
I sold my high end CD player 1 1/2 years ago and have no regrets.

Dog Breath

I know music tastes are very personal, but 2 by Rod Stewart !! Bl**dy hell :shock:

My top 5 (if I had one) would change almost weekly. What I may have thought was brilliant 20 years ago would not be so now.

OK Here's my Top 1 at the moment

Driving Towards the Daylight by Joe Bonamassa

baldwin471

daviesee wrote:

baldwin471 wrote:

Good taste Only 326 songs in my iTunes so far, then again i can't be arsed ripping all my old cd's onto the darn laptop.

It's worth the effort assuming you have a decent hi-fi.
Rip as lossless, digitally connect the laptop to a DAC and into the hi-fi.
I sold my high end CD player 1 1/2 years ago and have no regrets.

I normally listen using my headphones anyway, otherwise i get moaned at by you know who, so just plug them into the macbook and bob's your uncle. I will get around to importing the CD's eventually, but there are just so many :L

baldwin471

Dog Breath wrote:

I know music tastes are very personal, but 2 by Rod Stewart !! Bl**dy hell :shock:

My top 5 (if I had one) would change almost weekly. What I may have thought was brilliant 20 years ago would not be so now.

OK Here's my Top 1 at the moment

Driving Towards the Daylight by Joe Bonamassa

Haha, can't beat a bit of Rodster. I think all of my songs are from the 80's so you can tell which era i'm stuck in

declan1

baldwin471 wrote:

Dog Breath wrote:

I know music tastes are very personal, but 2 by Rod Stewart !! Bl**dy hell :shock:

My top 5 (if I had one) would change almost weekly. What I may have thought was brilliant 20 years ago would not be so now.

OK Here's my Top 1 at the moment

Driving Towards the Daylight by Joe Bonamassa

Haha, can't beat a bit of Rodster. I think all of my songs are from the 80's so you can tell which era i'm stuck in

I'm stuck in the 80's and I'm 16!

baldwin471

declan1 wrote:

baldwin471 wrote:

Dog Breath wrote:

I know music tastes are very personal, but 2 by Rod Stewart !! Bl**dy hell :shock:

My top 5 (if I had one) would change almost weekly. What I may have thought was brilliant 20 years ago would not be so now.

OK Here's my Top 1 at the moment

Driving Towards the Daylight by Joe Bonamassa

Haha, can't beat a bit of Rodster. I think all of my songs are from the 80's so you can tell which era i'm stuck in

I'm stuck in the 80's and I'm 16!

I'm only 18 fella!

random man

Off the top of my head -

Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
The Beatles - Revolution
Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler

Yellow Peril

love this sort of stuff

1. My world - Secret Affair
2. Stepping Out-Joe Jackson
3. How soon is now-The Smiths
4. God shuffled his feet-The Crash Test Dummies
5. Wishful thinking- China Crisis

N.B all subject to change

daviesee

baldwin471 wrote:

I normally listen using my headphones anyway, otherwise i get moaned at by you know who, so just plug them into the macbook and bob's your uncle. I will get around to importing the CD's eventually, but there are just so many :L

Assuming you have decent earphones, look out on ebay or similar for a Beresford Caiman 7520 DAC, that what I use, both as a DAC into my hi-fi, and as a headphone Class A pre-amp. A headphone amp sounds much better than a laptop earphone connection.
The new versions don't seem to have a USB connection. I have tried the headphone digital out of the Macbook Pro but the USB sounds better.

cruiser33

daviesee wrote:

baldwin471 wrote:

I normally listen using my headphones anyway, otherwise i get moaned at by you know who, so just plug them into the macbook and bob's your uncle. I will get around to importing the CD's eventually, but there are just so many :L

Assuming you have decent earphones, look out on ebay or similar for a Beresford Caiman 7520 DAC, that what I use, both as a DAC into my hi-fi, and as a headphone Class A pre-amp. A headphone amp sounds much better than a laptop earphone connection.
The new versions don't seem to have a USB connection. I have tried the headphone digital out of the Macbook Pro but the USB sounds better.

I have just bought a `Pro-ject` Headbox, headphone amp to use in conjunction with my headphones on the computer.........what an improvement.
Anway: 1. Fleetwood Mac - Go your own way
2. Morrissey - Everyday is like Sunday
3. OMD - Enola Gay
4. Bellamy Brothers - Let your love flow
5. Young the Giant - My Body

mongoosed

1 At the river-Groove Armada
2 Ever fallen in love -Buzzcocks
3 Atlas -Battles
4 Smokin in the boys room-Motley Crue
5 Darling-Sons and daughters

Yellow Peril

mongoosed wrote:

1 At the river-Groove Armada
2 Ever fallen in love -Buzzcocks
3 Atlas -Battles
4 Smokin in the boys room-Motley Crue
5 Darling-Sons and daughters

Groove Armada, top choice. They did a set at Glastonbury in 2008 and did "mutya on acid" which was absolutely brilliant.

there are a couple of versions of Kraftwerk's Tour de France that I really like. One is an extended electro/robotic/dance version that I discovered a couple of years ago on Youtube but I can't seem to find it now. If I ever save up enough money to buy an i-pod shuffle I'm putting them bad boys on it for turbo-ing

pinno

I've got the top 4 posts, does that count?

davis

Hmmm.

. The Sunshine Underground - The Chemical Brothers
. I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen
. Cowgirl - Underworld
. Is This Love - Bob Marley
. I Can See It In Your Face - Pretty Lights

jim453

jim453 wrote:

Brilliant, it's a while since we've had one of these.

Just in case post olympics forum members are too euphoric or too dumb to appreciate sarcasm, what I meant to say was...

These kind of threads always produce unbeleivably tragic results. This occasion being no exception.

@. Almost as bad as the 'what clothes are cool' thread which comes around less frequently but is millions of times more tragic.

baldwin471

jim453 wrote:

jim453 wrote:

Brilliant, it's a while since we've had one of these.

Just in case post olympics forum members are too euphoric or too dumb to appreciate sarcasm, what I meant to say was...

These kind of threads always produce unbeleivably tragic results. This occasion being no exception.

@. Almost as bad as the 'what clothes are cool' thread which comes around less frequently but is millions of times more tragic.

Why tragic results? Who cares? Some miserable fuckers on this site.

snoopsmydogg

jim453 wrote:

jim453 wrote:

Brilliant, it's a while since we've had one of these.

Just in case post olympics forum members are too euphoric or too dumb to appreciate sarcasm, what I meant to say was...

These kind of threads always produce unbeleivably tragic results. This occasion being no exception.

@. Almost as bad as the 'what clothes are cool' thread which comes around less frequently but is millions of times more tragic.

A thread that bad you felt the need to return and post again as a second attempt to troll?

tragically it's only you looking like a chump so far. If folk want to have a bit of off topic banter then they should post in the Bottom Bracket............


Oh wait, they have.

tim_wand

snoopsmydogg wrote:

jim453 wrote:

jim453 wrote:

Brilliant, it's a while since we've had one of these.

Just in case post olympics forum members are too euphoric or too dumb to appreciate sarcasm, what I meant to say was...

These kind of threads always produce unbeleivably tragic results. This occasion being no exception.

@. Almost as bad as the 'what clothes are cool' thread which comes around less frequently but is millions of times more tragic.

A thread that bad you felt the need to return and post again as a second attempt to troll?

tragically it's only you looking like a chump so far. If folk want to have a bit of off topic banter then they should post in the Bottom Bracket............


Oh wait, they have.

But please no, I missed that one, I am 42 and very confused, "What clothes are cool?????"
Due to a Ryan air baggage handlers strike I could only take hand luggage on a recent Holiday, Which meant only one pair of Shoes, I brought some Birkenstocks, and I love them, I never wear them with socks, but now every one is taking the piss out of my sandals.

I also do yut service work and have a number of Hoodies, but I get really dissed when I wear them, I am really confused, could someone please please start a Cool Clothes thread.

I had a lovely pair of Farah slacks in my hands today, would have gone well with my Bradley/Fred Perry Polo, surely thats cool?

t.m.h.n.e.t

jim453 wrote:

jim453 wrote:

Brilliant, it's a while since we've had one of these.

Just in case post olympics forum members are too euphoric or too dumb to appreciate sarcasm, what I meant to say was...

These kind of threads always produce unbeleivably tragic results. This occasion being no exception.

@. Almost as bad as the 'what clothes are cool' thread which comes around less frequently but is millions of times more tragic.

You really are the resident miserable cvnt aren't you?

Yellow Peril

jim453 wrote:

jim453 wrote:

Brilliant, it's a while since we've had one of these.

Just in case post olympics forum members are too euphoric or too dumb to appreciate sarcasm, what I meant to say was...

These kind of threads always produce unbeleivably tragic results. This occasion being no exception.

@. Almost as bad as the 'what clothes are cool' thread which comes around less frequently but is millions of times more tragic.

Oh dear, coming back to highlight an overlooked sarcastic post. I think in modern parlance that's a "fail"

jim453

Yellow Peril wrote:

jim453 wrote:

jim453 wrote:

Brilliant, it's a while since we've had one of these.

Just in case post olympics forum members are too euphoric or too dumb to appreciate sarcasm, what I meant to say was...

These kind of threads always produce unbeleivably tragic results. This occasion being no exception.

@. Almost as bad as the 'what clothes are cool' thread which comes around less frequently but is millions of times more tragic.

Oh dear, coming back to highlight an overlooked sarcastic post. I think in modern parlance that's a "fail"

Agreed, however, after reading my original post back I was very concerned that some would actually mistake it for genuine enthusiasm for the thread. Obviously, I didn't want to risk that.

Anyway, we've not had any of the big guns wading in with the truly pretentious answers yet. I'm sure they'll be along shortly.

Now, where did I put my 'Boards of Canada' CD's etc etc etc

garryc

Got all my CDs ripped onto a Nas and I now stream it all to a Linn DS - a million times better that farting around with thousands of CDs (and it sounds better)

Top 5 will change daily

Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
I See a Darkness - Bonnie Prince Billy
Heros - David Bowie
Final Day - Young Marble Giants
Lean Woman Blues - T Rex

Yellow Peril

jim453 wrote:

Yellow Peril wrote:

jim453 wrote:

jim453 wrote:

Brilliant, it's a while since we've had one of these.

Just in case post olympics forum members are too euphoric or too dumb to appreciate sarcasm, what I meant to say was...

These kind of threads always produce unbeleivably tragic results. This occasion being no exception.

@. Almost as bad as the 'what clothes are cool' thread which comes around less frequently but is millions of times more tragic.

Oh dear, coming back to highlight an overlooked sarcastic post. I think in modern parlance that's a "fail"

Agreed, however, after reading my original post back I was very concerned that some would actually mistake it for genuine enthusiasm for the thread. Obviously, I didn't want to risk that.

Anyway, we've not had any of the big guns wading in with the truly pretentious answers yet. I'm sure they'll be along shortly.

Now, where did I put my 'Boards of Canada' CD's etc etc etc

Give us your 5 Jim, go on you know you want to...