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Your TOP ten songs ... yep, it's hard

Robinredbreast said:
Yes very popular in the UK, I was 13 when this came out in secondary school.

Have you seen her ? 1971
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Tell me! Have You a seen Her?

I See her Face everywhere I go.
On the streets and even at the picture show..​
 
I noticing a recurring theme about a lot of the lists. There is quite a few of the songs listed that are covers of early 60s songs done by the great northern soul artists!
The greatest reward is being copied by someone that is famous.
It's great to know that your songs are being recorded, it is an honour to be thought of that way.

Smokey Robinson!
 
My top ten (30) top stylistic songs. I couldn't get down to ten. Even now I'm juggling not to make it more!

The Stylistics

Betcha Golly Wow!
Children Of The Night
You Make Me Feel Brand New
Hurry Up This Way Again
One Night Affair
Stop, Look, Listen To Your Heart
Could This Be The End
Because I Love You Girl
Ebony Eyes
Break Up To Make Up
You'll Never Get To Heaven
It's Too Late
You Are Everything
Point Of No Return
I'm Stone In Love With You
First Impressions
Give A Little Love
Payback Is A Dog
There'll Never Be Another You
You're A Big Girl Now
Sixteen Bars
You're Right As Rain
Sing Baby Sing
Can't Give You Anything But My Love
It Started Out
Maybe It's Because You're Lonely
Na, Na, Na Is The Saddest Word
Only For The Children
Peek A Boo
Your Love's Too Good To Be Forgotten

And finally

Shame And Scandal In The Family

Enjoy!
Tomorrow The Chi-Lites
 
OK here's my 3rd list:-

Eagles - Hotel California
Eric Clapton - Layla
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Coldplay - Everything's Not Lost
Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Foreigner - Hot Blooded
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Billy Idol - Mony Mony
Cream - Badge
 
zand said:
OK here's my 3rd list:-

Eagles - Hotel California
Eric Clapton - Layla
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Coldplay - Everything's Not Lost
Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Foreigner - Hot Blooded
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Billy Idol - Mony Mony
Cream - Badge
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Couple of good ones there zand :)
 
zand said:
OK here's my 3rd list:-

Eagles - Hotel California
Eric Clapton - Layla
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Coldplay - Everything's Not Lost
Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Foreigner - Hot Blooded
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Billy Idol - Mony Mony
Cream - Badge
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I like Seals and I like Mony Mony, but I like the original version by Tommy James and The Shondells
It reminds me of the travelling fair and the speedway ride when I was about 12/13!
 
cold ethyl said:
Love robert plant and that is a good version of the song. Also Bread as it was one of the eight track tape things my dad had at home along with America and the carpenters.
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Eight track, there's a blast from the past! Mr Chris Dad had a player, but most of his cassettes were the likes of Bert Kapfert and James Last
 
Another 10 from me then

Radiohead - Weird Fishes
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
New Order - The Perfect Kiss (full length 12 inch version)
Joy Division - Dead souls
Prefab Sprout - When the cows come home
Tori Amos - Northern lad
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound
The Specials - Ghost Town
Talking Heads - Life during wartime
 
3rd list from me too:
1. Siouxsie & The Banshees- Hong Kong Garden.
2. Paolo Nutini- Rewind
3. Adam & The Ants- Kins of the Wild Frontier
4. Grandmaster Flash- White Lines
5. Biffy Clyro- Many of Horror
6. Billy Joel- She's Always a Woman.
7. Blur- The Universal.
8. Luther Vandross- Dance With My Father.
9. The Libertines- Can't Stand Me Now.
10. The Temper Trap- Sweet Disposition.
 
sanguine said:
Another 10 from me then

Radiohead - Weird Fishes
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
New Order - The Perfect Kiss (full length 12 inch version)
Joy Division - Dead souls
Prefab Sprout - When the cows come home
Tori Amos - Northern lad
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound
The Specials - Ghost Town
Talking Heads - Life during wartime
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I'm with you on Lloyd Cole, Siouxsie and the Talking Heads.
 
another 10 then.
Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen
Don't stop believin Journey
December The Waterboys
Station to station Bowie
Jennifer she said Lloyd Cole and the commotions
In the dark Billy Squier
Lavinia The Veils
Child in Time Deep Purple
E bow the letter REM
Ladytron Roxy Music
 
... and here was me thinking we (members) would have some things in common :)

Wait to my next one :)
 
1. Harry Nilsson - Without you
2. Right Said Fred - Deeply dippy
3. Love Affair - Everlasting love
4. Juice Newton - Angel of the morning
5. Yazoo - Only you
6. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
7. Soft Cell - Tainted love
8. Bangles - Eternal flame
9. Kate Bush - Lily
10. Florence and the Machine - Dog days are over.
 
Impossible task.

..... but here are a few amongst the hundreds of my favourites

Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (Part 2)
Miles Davis - So What
Richard Thompson - Al Bowlly's in Heaven
Kirsty MacColl - Innocence
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Billy Bragg - Between the Wars
The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
Louis Barabbas and the Bedlam Six - Three Down, Four to Go

"Louis Who and the What"? I hear you ask. They're very big in Manchester :).
 
sanguine said:
Another 10 from me then

Radiohead - Weird Fishes
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
New Order - The Perfect Kiss (full length 12 inch version)
Joy Division - Dead souls
Prefab Sprout - When the cows come home
Tori Amos - Northern lad
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound
The Specials - Ghost Town
Talking Heads - Life during wartime
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Unsurprisingly, I like most of those, though I'd go for "Rattlesnakes" rather than "Perfect Skin".....
 
Here's my top ten(30+) Chi-Lites singles

Oh Girl
The coldest Days Of My Life
Thin Line Between Love & Hate
My First Mistake
Toby
Love Comes In All Sizes
Just Two Teenage Kids
Have You Seen Her?
Kiss & Say Goodbye
Livin' In The Footsteps Of Another Man
Stoned Out Of My Mind
Too Good To Be Forgotten
You Smiled The Same Old Way
Homely Girl
Heavenly Body
All I Wanna Do, Is Make Love To You
A Lonely Man
Never Had It So Good & Felt So Bad
A Letter To Myself
Give Me A Dream
Twenty Four Hours Of Sadness
Yes! I'm Ready
Tell Me Where It Hurts
Games People Play
Um, Um, My Baby Loves Me
That's How Long
I Lied
Go Away Dream
Changing For You
Give It Away
Half A Love
I Keep Coming Back To You
I Turn Away
Happiness Is Your Middle Name

And finally


Bottoms Up!


Enjoy!
 
jay hay-char said:
Impossible task.

..... but here are a few amongst the hundreds of my favourites

King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (Part 2)
Miles Davis - So What
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Hmmmm ..... If we're going for tracks rather than simply songs ... ;)
 
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