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just wondering what do you think the top 5 songs of all time are. curious to know what yours are.

Rock picks  
 
Summer of 69  
Innocence  
Night moves  
Mainstream  
Mama let him play  
 
 
Country picks  
 
Some gave all  
Gone country  
Forever and ever amen  
Fishing in the dark  
That was a cold one

how long ace  
hypnotized Fleetwood mac  
lovin' you ain't easy Pagliaro  
baby hold on eddie money  
out of the blue the band  
 
these are some of my picks

I'm sure responses will vary based on age, genre and other preferences.  
 
Hotel California - Eagles  
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen  
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin  
Imagine - John Lennon  
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

American Woman (The Guess Who)  
 
Africa (Toto)  
 
Simply Irresistible (Robert Palmer)  
 
Centerfield (Fogerty)  
 
Down on the Corner (CCR)

I always find it hard to narrow down my top 5 or 10...or 20! Lol! It depends on my mood! But here goes...  
 
Everything - Lifehouse (this song started playing on a playlist of my best friend in a desperate moment and saved her life)  
 
Redemption Song - Bob Marley (powerful song, almost haunting)  
 
A Day in the Life - The Beatles (it's The Beatles and it's awesome)  
 
Photograph - Ed Sheeran (saw him live and this song blew me away how he performed it)  
 
Our Last Night - Better Than Ezra (my favourite band and I can't have a top 5 list without something from them)

1. Hey Jude (Beatles)  
2. Imagine (John Lennon)  
3. My Way (Frank Sinatra)  
4. Memories (Elvis)  
5. Black or White (Micheal Jackson)

Autocorrect strikes again Mainstreet not mainstream

Ever since I first heard this song it's been my favorite and greatest song ever made period!  
 
1. The Grace - Neverending White Lights  
 
 
Others from 2-5 are in no order though.  
 
Ode To My Family - The Cranberries  
Enchanted - Taylor Swift  
Never Too Late - Three Days Grace  
North Country - The Rankin Family

For 2000s and earlier music:  
1. Not Meant To Be - Theory Of A Deadman  
2. Nice Guys Finish Last - Green Day  
3. Innocence - Halestorm  
4. You're So Sober - The Trews  
5. Masterpiece Theatre I - Marianas Trench  
 
 
2010s  
1. End Of An Era - Marianas Trench  
2. Hometown - Twenty One Pilots  
3. Those Wild Woods - Johnny Gallagher  
4. The Phoenix - Fall Out Boy  
5. Private Parts (ft. James Michael) - Halestorm

1. Hallelujah  
2. Amazing Grace  
3. We're Here for a Good Time  
4. Glory Days  
5. The Rose

Thunderstruck - AC/DC  
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (almost any Freddy Mercury song could go here. Gah, still miss him)  
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin  
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel  
Oh Very Young - Cat Stevens  
 
Edited by JennieD, 2016-10-09 19:47:42

These aren't in any order.  
 
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd  
Somebody to Love - Queen  
Ahead By A Century - The Tragically Hip  
Our Love is Here to Stay - Billie Holliday  
Across the Universe - The Beatles

A tough one...but here are five favs:  
 
Around and Around (Stones' version)  
 
Blackberry Way - The Move  
 
Love Is All Around - The Troggs  
 
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry  
 
Jumping at Shadows - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) - Howlin' Wolf  
Let Me Love You Baby - Buddy Guy  
St. James Infirmary - Little Mack Simmons  
The Thrill Is Gone - B.B.King  
Everybody Needs Somebody - Little Walter

V-BallRocks said "I always find it hard to narrow down my top 5 or 10...or 20! Lol! It depends on my mood! But here goes...     Everything - Lifehouse (this song started playing on a playlist of my best friend in a desperate moment and saved her life)     Redemption Song - Bob Marley (powerful song, almost haunting)     A Day in the Life - The Beatles (it's The Beatles and it's awesome)     Photograph - Ed Sheeran (saw him live and this song blew me away how he performed it)     Our Last Night - Better Than Ezra (my favourite band and I can't have a top 5 list without something from them) "

First time I heard this song was on Smallville  
 
 
 
and it blew me away, so had to google it. Very profound lyrics. Comforting. Deep. Spiritual. Thanks for the reminder of it.

JennieD said "Thunderstruck - AC/DC   Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (almost any Freddy Mercury song could go here. Gah, still miss him)   Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin   Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel   Oh Very Young - Cat Stevens     Edited by JennieD, 2016-10-09 19:47:42"

Yours and Randy Shand''s have similar picks. I concur on Queen and Zepplin and would like to add  
 
Many Boston hits, specifically: "More than a Feeling"  
Many Foreigner hits. My pick: "Urgent"  
Many Journey hits. My pick: "Open Arms"  
 
Edited by No Comment, 2016-10-10 02:47:53

Found this band last week, and think they need more exposure. This song is hauntingly beautiful as well.  
 
Letters From The Fire - At War  
 
Check it out!b

One Metallica  
Another Brick in the Wall-Pink Floyd  
Stairway To Heaven-Led Zeppelin  
Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen  
Rasputin-Boney M  
 
These are only a few from top of my head.  
We should do a top 100.LMAO

 
 
Edited by Doug, 2016-10-10 12:22:57

 
 
Edited by Doug, 2016-10-10 12:24:47

 
 
Edited by Doug, 2016-10-10 12:23:07

in no particular order  
 
Smoke on the water or highway star (tie) by Deep purple  
 
Radar love (Golden earring)  
 
Hotel California.  
 
Stairway to Heaven.  
 
Bohemian Rhapsody.  
 
This is the mood I am in. Ask this later and my list would change.

favorites are a large enough playlist where I'd gladly blast it and not skip past a song driving the biweekly 45 minute trip to Brandon, 6 gig of MP3's on a USB. Distilling 5 favorites out of that incomplete list is not possible. Over my time, 3 of which I'd blast, the 5 picked would be  
Happy Birthday, Marilyn Munroe does a pretty good version  
 
Auld Lang Syne, who doesn't like New Years  
 
Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor Bach, Organ not harpsichord  
 
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony  
 
and Metallica's cover of "Turn the page", which could change tomorrow to Deep Purple's "perfect stranger" and a thousand others.

Quite a few have already been mentioned here.  
 
* The Flame by Cheap Tricks  
* Against all Odds by Phil Collins  
* Don't Stop Believing by Journey  
* Father and Son by Cat Stevens  
* Evil Woman by ELO  
* Old Man by Neil Young  
 
So many more... I agree top 100 would be easier.

Superman Song by Crash Test Dummies  
Losing my Religion by R.E.M.  
Our House by Crosby, Stills, and Nash  
Logical Song by Supertramp  
You've Got a Friend by James Taylor

We will rock you/we are the champions-Queen  
Tie your mother down-Queen  
Bicycle race-Queen  
Fat bottom girls-Queen  
Flash's theme Flash Gordon-Queen  
 
 
You can never really pic a top 5

Cathedral by Crosby, Stills, and Nash  
How Can I Tell You by Cat Stevens  
Wind of Change by Scorpions  
Angie by Rolling Stones  
Imagine by John Lennon

Love Hurts-Nazareth  
Manic Depression-Jimi Hendrix  
Can't Live Without you-Scorpions  
19th nervous breakdown-The Rolling Stones  
No Woman no cry-Bob Marley

Ok  
 
Young Americans, David Bowie  
Blinded by the Light, Manfred Mann  
White Hot, Red Ryder  
Tiny Dancer, Elton John  
Under my thumb, Streetheart (the full version of course, not the cut down version 96BOB plays Grrr)