Tuesday, February 24, 2009

List #24: 20 Favorite All-time Songs (Music week)

List #24: 20 All-time favorite songs/pieces
(I reserve the right to change this in case I made a mistake. I might also do an expanded re-issue later on) EDIT 1: I totally forgot Close to the Edge!

1. In a Silent Way/It's About That Time -- Miles Davis (Joe Zawinul)
2. All Along the Watchtower -- by anyone (Bob Dylan (Jimi Hendrix))*
3. Big Country -- Bela Fleck
4. Close to the Edge -- YES
5. Birdland -- Weather Report (Joe Zawinul)
6. Red Clay -- Freddie Hubbard
7. 3 Views of a Secret -- Jaco Pastorius
8. Edge of the World -- Faith No More
9. Saeglopur -- Sigur Ros
10. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes -- Paul Simon (though it's the Bakithi Khumalo bass that does it for me)

11. Soul to Squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. Third Planet -- Modest Mouse
13. Anthems for a 17 Year-Old Girl -- Broken Social Scene
14. The World Has Turned and Left Me Here -- Weezer
15 Missing Link -- Dinosaur Jr. and Del the Funkee Homosapien
16. Pour Some Sugar on Me -- Def Leppard
17. Who Knows -- Band of Gypsys (Jimi Hendrix)
18. Walk of Life -- Dire Straits
19. Madeline and Nine -- Mike Doughty
20. Sailing -- Christopher Cross

*Watchtower's gonna get it's own special list someday.

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