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Post by rayth on Sept 1, 2013 9:07:07 GMT 10
I thought every week or so, I'd put up a category, and inmates could throw in their selections.
First up, songs that were played in the house while you were growing up. Whether you liked these songs or not, or it was your Mum, Dad, Grandparents, Brother, Sister or Dog playing them, what do you remember flowing through your home?
Livin' Next Door To Alice - Smokie
Lay Your Love On Me - Racey
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis
Old Dogs And Children And Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall
High On The Mountain Of Love - Charley Pride
Fox On The Run - The Sweet
Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
I Was Made For Lovin' You - Kiss
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
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Post by RECKY on Sept 1, 2013 12:11:38 GMT 10
geez...I built my recknroll blog around my uncles fkn awesome record collection...so 10 songs you want...10 songs you'll get
What a Mouth - Tommy Steele
Pub with no beer - Slim Dusty
you hit the wrong note billy goat - Johnny O'keefe
Stomp the tumbarumba - Johnny Devlin
Bombora - The Atlantics
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
Arkansas Grass - Axiom
Maudie - John Lee Hooker
Magic carpet ride - Steppenwolf
Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston
thats for starters
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Post by MrX on Sept 1, 2013 18:46:23 GMT 10
Australian Crawl - Beautiful People
Split Enz - Six Months In A Leaky Boat
INXS - Stay Young
Sherbet - Howzat
Skyhooks - Women In Uniform
Sports - Who Listens To The Radio?
Spectrum - I'll Be Gone
Saints - I'm Stranded
Little River Band - Help Is On Its Way
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
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Post by nath on Sept 1, 2013 20:04:07 GMT 10
This is a hard one. My parents had Beatles records, Led Zeppelin, Cat Stevens, etc. But can't recall ever really hearing them on vinyl.
Us kids were into music from a young age, so we dominated the TV and stereo. We were big into Video Hits and Rage, so it was blend of Top 40 and alt-90s.
So my list is going to be a little different. 1992-1996 stands out, before I started to form my own tastes in music.
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
RHCP - Under the Bridge
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper
Prince and The N.P.G. - Cream
Collective Soul - Shine
Inner Circle - Bad Boys
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Post by Stevil420 on Sept 1, 2013 20:19:53 GMT 10
We had a shit load of ethnic music because of my parents and grandparents, but living with a fair few aunties and uncles, I was raised with the classics.
KISS - Heaven's On Fire
Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
Elvis - American Trilogy
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
The whole Grease soundtrack
Charles and Eddie - Would I Lie To You
Boys II Men - End Of The Road
Deep Purple - Smoke on The Water
Los Lobos - La Bamba
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Post by rayth on Sept 3, 2013 7:14:27 GMT 10
Thanks guys for reminding of some songs I have not heard in maybe 30 years. Will be looking them up.
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Post by lonewolf on Sept 3, 2013 14:39:11 GMT 10
damn song good songs here that i was gonna mention. our household we had my parents listening to Kenny and Dolly and Charley Pride, my brother was into Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, and Chisel, i was a big Elvis fan but also grew up watching Countdown and got into Sherbet, TMG etc. My sisters were more into ABBA, John Paul Young and Bay City Rollers. plus we had a friend of my dads who tried to get us to listen to everything. no backyard BBQ was complete until he cranked up Neil Diamonds Hot August Night
ok so heres my 10
Hound Dog by Elvis
Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond. and when this played, everyone had to sing along.
The Things We Do For Love 10CC. again a singalong song
Some Days Are Diamonds John Denver. my dad liked this guy
Coward Of The County Kenny Rogers
Howzat Sherbet
48 Crash Suzi Quatro probably my first crush
I Hate The Music John Paul Young
Dancing Queen ABBA
KatMandu Bob Seger
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Post by rayth on Sept 6, 2013 6:48:32 GMT 10
10 Songs That Tell A Story, be it the old standard of boy meets girl, a song that reminds of you of something similar that you have had happen in your life or maybe the song is a look at a social issue? Throw your choices down.
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Post by rayth on Sept 6, 2013 7:11:31 GMT 10
Hide Your Heart - Kiss - love triangle/gang violence. I love the line 'Tito looked for Johnny with a vengeance and a gun' That line explains the whole song.
Something To Believe In - Poison - amazingly written song that looks at homelessness, untruths told by those in power, losing a friend to drug addiction, the Vietnam war. It sounds way too much to cover, but it works. This song always leaves me with things to think about.
Uncle Toms Cabin - Warrant - a boy and his Uncle are fishing and see the Sheriff and his Deputy thrown 2 bodies in the swamp.
Hey God - Bon Jovi - if there is a God, why do so many bad things happen?
Dry County - Bon Jovi - a story of oil and gold in the Old West.
2 Beds And A Coffee Machine - Savage Garden - a woman taking herself and her kids away from an abusive husband. Very moving song.
Tennesee Line - Daughtry - feeling that pang of regret that when you break up with someone, you have those memories dancing in your head, have you made the right move?
Night Moves - Bob Seger - fumbling your way through your teen years, discovering girls and sex.
Rain On The Scarecrow - John Cougar Mellencamp - a battle between a bank and a farmer.
Piano Man - Billy Joel - I love the simplicity of a guy sitting in a bar, playing piano, looking at people, some of who are strangers, some of who are friends.
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Post by Gog77 on Sept 6, 2013 11:11:07 GMT 10
I don't know if I've got time to write down 10 songs. I love a good song that sounds good and gets me in but to have longevity it's got to have some sort of meaning or something the listener can weave their own way. When a song makes me listen closely and think is a song I'll enjoy my entire life.
I'm a huge fan of Serj Tankian (Lead singer of System of a Down) a lot of his lyrics match my own beliefs and he's a terrific song writer. A few that grab me.
Feed Us
Honking Antelope
Borders Are... (Fitting song for our upcoming election)
Peace Be Revenged
Left of Centre
Harikari
I've only really discovered Tool's 10,000 Days album in recent months and love it. Wings For Marie/10,000 Days is an amazing track, grabbed me straight away. Doing more research into it the 2 songs are connected to two other tracks Jimmy and Judith (A Perfect Circle) It's all about Maynard's Mother who died when he was young. Mourning, Anger, blame, forgiveness it's amazing.
Who could go past Imagine by John Lennon. A song written over 40 years ago and it still can relate to the current world we live in.
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Post by nath on Sept 16, 2013 15:56:42 GMT 10
Pretty much every hit Pearl Jam had between 1991 and 1998.
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Post by rayth on Sept 16, 2013 18:00:17 GMT 10
Next category, 10 Songs That Remind You Of Your School Years.
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Post by nath on Sept 16, 2013 20:21:45 GMT 10
Most of these take me back to about the age of 12-15. Everything from 16 onwards was Punk and Nu Metal and Hip-Hop till about the age of 25.
And it's only from about 25 onwards, I begun to really appreciate bands like Oasis ( more so ) The Verve, Pearl Jam, STP, Soundgarden, Nirvana, grunge and Alt. Rock as a whole, etc.
Oasis - Wonderwall.
Alanis Morissette - Ironic.
No Doubt - Don't Speak.
Blackstreet - No Diggity.
Everything but the Girl - Missing.
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life.
Fastball - The Way.
Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy.
Everclear - Santa Monica.
Weezer - Buddy Holly ( Win95 promo CD-ROM! )
The list could go on and on..
Ben Fold's Five - Brick
Fuel - Shimmer / Sunburn... one of my all time favorites. 1998!
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