tmash Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Simple topic: what is the greatest song of all time? Only pick one song, not multiple - let me rephrase the question as: what is the single greatest song of all time? It can be your favourite, or simply one that you feel is great for another reason. My pick: A Change of Seasons By Dream Theater. I'm going to skip over the two obvious choices (Stairway to Heaven and Bohemian Rhapsody.) A Change of Seasons is simply one of the most well done 20+ minute songs ever. They avoid the "long for the sake of being long" issue a lot of bands fall into with longer songs, and also avoid the "stick 5 songs together in one track" that too many bands do. A Change of Seasons changes enough to keep it interesting throughout, but has beautiful transitions so it never feels like one song ends and another beings (one of the major downfalls of Rush's 2112). The instrumentals are strong, the song is never boring, and it is one of the most underrated pieces of music ever composed in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hangar18 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 My All-Time favorite is Iron Maiden's "Hallowed Be Thy Name". It's an amazing song and even better live. Stryper's "Honestly" is an honorable mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franck5890 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofWurtz Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 For me it's probably Ghost Love Score by Nightwish. The most complete song done by the group so far (The Poet and the Pendulum not far behind) and the instrumental parts are crazy ! The voice of Tarja too, I consider it a masterpiece ! @Graeme A change of seasons is a great great song ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest habs_fan1160 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 For me, I think my all time favourite song is Bother by Stone Sour. Not a big Stone Sour fan, but I love that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Falk Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 ***** by Devin Townsend Because it's through Townsend's music that I really started to love music and developed my own tastes (I probably listened to only his stuff and Strapping Young Lad for about 2 years xD), and ***** is probably one of his best song, if not THE best (according to the fans' vote on the different polls on the message board). It's a kind of quiet, humble epic, if that makes sense. 10 minutes long, with a great atmosphere of looking around you, at the grey sky, grey people (as the lyrics say). Then the atmosphere in the second part of the song brings a little bit of hope, like a ray of sun finally coming through the clouds, but still lets you in a "neutral mood". Also, along with Funeral (8minutes) and The Death Of Music (12 minutes), it makes a holy trinity that closes such a good album as Ocean Machine, full of soundscape and pictures of ocean and rain and water, and a great feeling, I like to call this album some humble metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GoHabsGo_CanucksAreChoking Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I like that song Boom by P.O.D Just.. because. I've listened to it so many times, I'm still not bored of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest martinm87 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 NOFX - The Decline 17-18 minutes of punk rock what else can I say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anne-1 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 For me, this is Mozart's Requiem ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2cents1 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine Guns N' Roses - November Rain Radiohead - Street Spirit Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze Okay okay, just one? Guns N' Roses - November Rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracie12 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Only One? Ok: Bad Religion: American Jesus. Greatest punk rock song. Ever. And one of the best damned songs, period. But you have to let me give out my Honorable Mentions to Pink Floyd: Dogs The Who: Behind Blue Eyes The Clash: Janie Jones Bob Dylan: Desolation Row John Denver: Annies Song (YES, i mentioned Bad Religion & John Denver in the same post) John Lennon: God Xtc: Ballet For a Rainy Day The Police: So Lonely and of course: The Beatles...well anything from about 1966-1969 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindred Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 The Clash: Janie Jones I always hear London Calling as one of the great Clash songs but IMO Janie Jones blows it and "Should I stay or Should I go?" out of the water. Greatest Song of All Time? Machine Gun by Jimi Hendrix (Live at the Fillmore East Disc 1 Track 5) I've always liked this performance of Machine Gun. It's hailed as having the greatest guitar solo of all time and after you hear it you will know why. This is one of the most raw performances Hendrix ever did and yet it has so many layers. The whole song slowly builds and builds until the solo. Once he hits those first notes it's as if someone reached down and turned the volume up on the guitar from 2 to 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest newton Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Crazy to choose just one song but mine all-time fave would be probably Heaven by Talking Heads. It's got everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Luke_Dundee Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 paradise by the sea. Bruce Springsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OelfredBiernot Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Jessys girl. Bruce Springfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FlHabsFan Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Freebird by Lynyrd SkynyrdI can get behind that. Another is Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny CashJessys girl. Bruce SpringfieldThink you meant Rick Springfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muskeg Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Forgetting obvious things like the great Johann Sebastian Bach... I am going with "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath because the bell and the rain started the album that began heavy metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindred Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Forgetting obvious things like the great Johann Sebastian Bach... I am going with "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath because the bell and the rain started the album that began heavy metal. truly one of the greatest openings of all time. IMO an over looked song in the Sabbath song book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest otherdemon Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Motorpsycho - The Golden Core (13 minutes of the best progressive rock ever) Other honorable mentions: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter and Achilles Last Stand (a bit overlooked compared to the "hits") King Crimson - Starless (that coda... otherworldly) Pink Floyd - Dogs The Clash - Spanish Bombs and Up In Heaven (Not Only Here) Tool - Eulogy (Ænima the album is a classic) The Doors - When The Music's Over, The End and Riders On The Storm I could've mentioned so many more, but I'll leave it as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HabSuperStar Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 noooooo I CAN'T DO THIS... this is too hard... classic, i'd go with Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin, the PERFECT song, great solo, great riffs, great lyrics, everything is perfect in this song recent, id go with Stan - eminem this song is so well written, Eminem will always be one of the greatest writters ever BUUUUUT, honorable mentions to classics like : Master of Puppet -Metallica Sympathy for the devil - Rolling stones Folsom prison blues - Johnny cash Paranoid - Black sabbath Run to the hills - Iron maiden Is this love and No Woman No Cry - Bob marley Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze and honorable mentions to more recent songs : Silent night, Bodom Night - Children of bodom Hurt - Nine inch nails version AND johnny cash's version Killing in the name of - Rage against the machine Du Hast - Rammstein Standing in the rain - Billy talent numb - linkin park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ryanrdt Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Hockey night in Canada Theme song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2cents1 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Hurt - Nine inch nails version AND johnny cash's version Yeah. How Cash took this song and made his own is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dintrox12 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Some of my favourites: Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica Cannonball - The Breeders Redemption Song - Bob Marley Waterfall - The Stone Roses I am the Law - Anthrax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anne-1 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin Excellent choice !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dintrox12 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 forgot to mention one of my favourites: Fight the Power - Public Enemy ... fight the power long version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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