Top 5 Bands (and your 3 favorite songs by them)

[Rando Aces]

Modest Mouse
- Medication
- The Good Times Are Killing Me
- Little Motel

Kings Of Leon
- The Bucket
- Genius
- Trani

Weezer
- Say It Ain't So
- Don't Let Go
- We Are All On Drugs

Pixies
- Where Is My Mind
- Vamos
- Gouge Away

The Tragically Hip
- Wheat Kings
- 38 Years Old
- New Orleans Is Sinking

 

[VictusMortuus]

Nine Inch Nails-
And All That Could Have Been- quite possibly the saddest song i've ever listened too, and the most beautiful
Gave Up
The Day The World Went Away


Muse-
Showbiz- This and Glorious are just amazingly epic
Overdue
Glorious


Radiohead-
Paranoid Android Show me one person who doesn't like this song, and i'll show you a moron
My Iron Lung
Subterranean Homesick Alien
Morning Bell


Modest Mouse-
Missed The Boat
The Ocean Breathes Salty
Float On


Weezer-
Say It Aint So
Hash Pipe
Buddy Holly

 

[IDrawDeadPeople]

THE CLASH-

Safe European Home
Guns of Brixton
White Man in Hammersmith Palais
English Civil War
Career Opportunities

FUGAZI-

Break
Cashout
Waiting Room
Repeater
Last Chance for a Slow Dance

JIMMY CLIFF-

Hard Road to Travel
Sooner or Later
The Harder They Come
Look At The Mountains
Roots Radical

THE SPECIALS-

Dawning of a New Era
Concrete Jungle
Gangsters
Racist Friend
Rat Race

QUICKSAND-

Omission
Unfulfilled
Dine Alone
Supergenius
Freezing Process

 

[mongoose-mania]

1.) Oingo Boingo

• "Dead Man's Party"
• "Private Life"
• "Insanity"

2.) Dr. Dog

• "My Old Ways"
• "The Girl"
• "Oh No"

3.) The Magnetic Fields

• "California Girls"
• "I Thought You Were My Boyfriend"
• "The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side"

4.) Beirut

• "Scenic World"
• "Guyamas Sonora"
• "Brandenburg"

5.) The Les Claypool Frog Brigade

• "David Makalaster"
• "David Makalaster II"
• "D's Diner"

 

[taskmaster]

Cradle of Filth
Thank God for the Suffering
The Smoke of her Burning
Nymphetamine

Dimmu Borgir
Blessing Upon the Throne of Tyranny
Kings of the Carnival Creation
Relinquisment of Spirit and Flesh

Nine Inch Nails
Where is Everybody?
The Fragile
The Great Below

Opeth
Blackwater Park
April Ethereal
When

A Perfect Circle
Orestes
Sleeping Beauty
A Stranger

No particular order, of the five Opeth is definately my favorite for their ability to move seamlessly through genres and managing to make it sound mindblowingly awesome.

 

[thedeadite]

FUGAZI-

Break
Cashout
Waiting Room
Repeater
Last Chance for a Slow Dance


THE SPECIALS-

Dawning of a New Era
Concrete Jungle
Gangsters
Racist Friend
Rat Race

QUICKSAND-

Omission
Unfulfilled
Dine Alone
Supergenius
Freezing Process

Great choices!!! Especially with Quicksand.
mine are:

the Beach Boys

I Get Around
God Only Knows
Heroes and Villains

Negative Approach

Lead Song
Can't Tell No One
Nothing

Neil Diamond

I Am...I Said
Shilo
Solitary Man

Jawbreaker

****tering
Accident Prone
Busy

Bright Eyes

A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction
the Calendar Hung Itself
Let's Not S*** Ourselves (to love and to be loved)

Honourable Mentions:
Minor Threat
the Dwarves
Void
Billy Joel
the Ventures
Bad Brains (non-reggae stuff)
Black Flag
Misfits
Turbonegro

 

[bored]

CCR
-Bad Moon Rising
-Lookin' Out My Back Door
-Lodi

Led Zeppelin
-What Is and What Should Never Be
-Stairway to Heaven*
-Misty Mountain Hop

Widespread Panic
-Climb to Safety
-Little Lilly
-Ain't Life Grand?

U2
-New Year's Day
-Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
-Pride (In the Name of Love)

Iron Maiden
-Two Minutes to Midnight
-Thin Line Between Love and Hate
-Wasted Years




*sue me

 

[invincible78]

Tomahawk
-war song
-rape this day
-rotgut


melvins
-hooch
-honey bucket
-hag me

buckethead
-night of the slunk
-the corpse plower
-the spider's web


Poison
-nuthin but a good time
- every rose has its thorn
- unskinny bop


Flogging molly
-salty dog
-another bag of bricks
- devils dance floor


and for good measure
Butthole surfers
-who was in my room last nite
- dust devil
-ballad of the naked man


presidents of the united states
- peaches
-dune buggy
- boll weevil

 

[The Apocalypse]

Protest the Hero
- No Stars Over Bethlehem
- Goddess Gagged
- Turn Soonest to the Sea

Thursday
- Jet Black New Year
- Cross Out The Eye
- Sugar in the Sacrament

Brand New
- Degausser
- Limousine
- Millstone

Alexisonfire
- We Are The End
- Accidents
- White Devil

Slipknot
- Duality
- Purity
- The Nameless

 

[American_Idiot]

My tastes are a little more mellow that a lot of yours...

Lifehouse
Stanley Climbfall

Our Lady Peace
Thief

Love these songs.

 

[Sloth7d]

1.High and Mighty Color
-Ichirin no hana
-Pearl shadow
-Pride

2.Linkin Park
-Crawling
-Forgotten
-Given Up

3.D-12
-B****
-Keep Talking
-My Band

4.The Gorillaz
-Feel Good
-Clint Eastwood
-Tomorrow

5.My Chemical Romance
-Helena
-Promise
-Ghost of you

 

[Mr.Webs]

The Beatles

Happiness Is A Warm Gun - One of the darkest and strangest Beatles songs, the lyrics are intense, and the bass line and vocal harmonies are hard to beat.
Michelle - Once again, that insufferable bass line, plus some of the most pleasant vocals around.
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) - THE weirdest Beatles recording, period. 'Nuff said.

The Animals

See See Rider - Pure raw energy poured into a song.
Poem By The Sea - With self-deprecating lyrics as black as night, stark vocals from the great bluesman Eric Burdon, and some sick musicians thrown in for good measure.
Good Times - Retrospective lyrics keep this one in the top spot for me. They speak to anyone who ever went down the wrong path.

The Kinks

Waterloo Sunset - One of, if not, the most gorgeous songs ever recorded. Bar none.
Holiday Romance - Fun, whimsical, and fantastical.
Well Respected Man - A great, driving beat with great, intelligent lyrics from the brilliant mind of Ray Davies.

Wilco

I am trying to break your heart - Side by side with Waterloo Sunset for the top spot. A thing of pure beauty.
Heavy Metal Drummer - A perfect beat if I ever heard one, never mind the wonderfully catchy jingle-jangle.
Hate It Here - Sang to perfection by Jeff Tweedy, this song is raw and in your face. It brings the pain, for sure.

Small Faces

Lazy Sunday - A joyous romp through the British countryside!

 

[Mr.Webs]

The Beatles

Happiness Is A Warm Gun - One of the darkest and strangest Beatles songs, the lyrics are intense, and the bass line and vocal harmonies are hard to beat.
Michelle - Once again, that insufferable bass line, plus some of the most pleasant vocals around.
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) - THE weirdest Beatles recording, period. 'Nuff said.

The Animals

See See Rider - Pure raw energy poured into a song.
Poem By The Sea - With self-deprecating lyrics as black as night, stark vocals from the great bluesman Eric Burdon, and some sick musicians thrown in for good measure.
Good Times - Retrospective lyrics keep this one in the top spot for me. They speak to anyone who ever went down the wrong path.

The Kinks

Waterloo Sunset - One of, if not, the most gorgeous songs ever recorded. Bar none.
Holiday Romance - Fun, whimsical, and fantastical.
Well Respected Man - A great, driving beat with great, intelligent lyrics from the brilliant mind of Ray Davies.

Wilco

I am trying to break your heart - Side by side with Waterloo Sunset for the top spot. A thing of pure beauty.
Heavy Metal Drummer - A perfect beat if I ever heard one, never mind the wonderfully catchy jingle-jangle.
Hate It Here - Sang to perfection by Jeff Tweedy, this song is raw and in your face. It brings the pain, for sure.

Small Faces

Lazy Sunday - A joyous romp through the British countryside? Why not!
Itchycoo Park - Pure psychedelic perfection if I ever heard it.
Here Comes The Nice - See "Itchycoo Park".

And, also, like to add Johnny Cash, just because.

 

[gap5ewl]

Jefferson Airplane
-White Rabbit
-Somebody to Love
-Volunteers
Jimi Hendrix Experience
-Crosstown Traffic
-All Along the Watchtower
-Hey Joe
Incubus
-The Warmth
-Drive
-Anna Molly
A Perfect Circle
-Judith
-Three Libras
-Orestes
Led Zeppelin
-Battle of Evermore
-Dazed and Confused
-Kashmir

(honorable mention is Heart, kick ass. Barracuda, Crazy on you and Devil Delight are awesome.)

 

[IDrawDeadPeople]

Great choices!!! Especially with Quicksand.

Why thank you much...

Although, you broke my heart skipping Jimmy Cliff. I'm too old for scene titles anymore, but I suppose I'll always be somewhat of a Rude Boy.

Quicksand is the single most underrated band that ever existed. I was fortunate enough to see them play a lot in the early 90s because I was entrenched in the NY HC scene. Besides, Gorilla Biscuits... it's an easy transition.

Negative Approach were great. Good choice. Same with Bad Brains before the wierd Rastafarian conversion thing... and I actually like Reggae, but that was just strange.

 

[Anton Chigurgh]

The Beatles

Happiness Is A Warm Gun - One of the darkest and strangest Beatles songs, the lyrics are intense, and the bass line and vocal harmonies are hard to beat.


Wilco

I am trying to break your heart - Side by side with Waterloo Sunset for the top spot. A thing of pure beauty.
Heavy Metal Drummer - A perfect beat if I ever heard one, never mind the wonderfully catchy jingle-jangle.
Hate It Here - Sang to perfection by Jeff Tweedy, this song is raw and in your face. It brings the pain, for sure.

amen. wilco is amazing.

 

[American_Idiot]

This is a great opportunity for those of you seeking new music to hear songs/bands you may have never heard before. See someone with similar tastes to your own, stream (or download) the stuff they like that you haven't heard.

OK Go - Invincible = Great song! Thanks for sharing.

 

[chamber-music]

The Animals

See See Rider - Pure raw energy poured into a song.
Poem By The Sea - With self-deprecating lyrics as black as night, stark vocals from the great bluesman Eric Burdon, and some sick musicians thrown in for good measure.
Good Times - Retrospective lyrics keep this one in the top spot for me. They speak to anyone who ever went down the wrong path.

I used to work with the duaghter of one of the guys from The Animals. I can't remember which one was her dad though.

 

[thedeadite]

Why thank you much...

Although, you broke my heart skipping Jimmy Cliff. I'm too old for scene titles anymore, but I suppose I'll always be somewhat of a Rude Boy.

Quicksand is the single most underrated band that ever existed. I was fortunate enough to see them play a lot in the early 90s because I was entrenched in the NY HC scene. Besides, Gorilla Biscuits... it's an easy transition.

Negative Approach were great. Good choice. Same with Bad Brains before the wierd Rastafarian conversion thing... and I actually like Reggae, but that was just strange.

I was fortunate to see Quicksand a few times in Detroit, though unfortuantly I missed Gorilla Biscuits (reunion show). Walter Shreifels is underrated in general.

The Negative Approach reunion show in Detroit is easily the most excited I've been for or at a show in my entire life.

 

[doc ock rules!]

Radiohead
1. "Karma Police"
2. "Street Spirit"
3. "Rabbit In Your Headlights"

Nine Inch Nails
1. "Terrible Lie"
2. "The Warning"
3. "4 Ghosts I"

The White Stripes
1. "Fell In Love With A Girl"
2. "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground"
3. "There's No Home For You Here"

Tool
1. "Rosetta Stoned"
2. "10,000 Days"
3. "The Patient"

They Might Be Giants
1. "Ana Ng"
2. "Birdhouse In Your Soul"
3. "Boss Of Me"

 

[Arcturus]

My top 5 favorite bands (and my 3 favorite songs by them)


Skinny Puppy

1) Worlock
2) Smothered Hope
3) Gods Gift Maggot

Nine Inch Nails

1) Head Like a Hole
2) Gave Up
3) I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally

Talking Heads

1) Psycho Killer
2) Once in a Lifetime
3) Burning Down the House

Joy Division

1) Atrocity Exhibition
2) Decades
3) Dead Souls

The Cure

1) Love Song
2) Just Like Heaven
3) Bloodflowers

 

[Drakon]

The Ramones

• The Return of Jackie and Judy. There's also a Tom Waits cover of this on on "We're a happy family-A tribute to The Ramones" that I love, probably more than the original, because seriously, who woulda thunk it?
• Rockaway Beach. The lyrics are just way too ****ing catchy, and again there's another damn good cover by Sahara Hotnights, on the album "The Song Ramones the Same".
• Spider-Man. Cause, really. Duh.

The Dresden Dolls

• Missed Me. There's something really eerie and creepy, yet melodic about it. Kinda reminds me of a Joker/Harley relationship
• Sex Changes. The pacing and movement in the song is great, and I know this isn't exactly a musical point, but I always like the way she says "They always said that sex would change you...."
• Science Fiction Double Feature. Sure, it's a cover, but for what it's worth, if you like Dresden or Rocky Horror, this is one of the ones you'll probably like best. Check it out on Youtube, if you're feeling froggy.

Beastie Boys

• Intergalactic. Probably more sentiment than anything, but I remember one of the rock stations back home getting so many requests for this songplaying this, that it played it, every song, for an entire weekend, then vowed to never play it again. Ironically, they "changed formats" [read-were bought out and still played the same thing], and my friend called and made the first request "Intergalactic".
• Girls. It's got a ****ing xylophone. That's almost as hardcore as covering the Underdog theme with a ukulele and a kazoo. Oh, wait that's already been done.
• Paul Revere. I really can't explain this one.

Jack off Jill

• Devil with the black dress. The lyrics really kinda make smirk.
• Horrible. More good lyrics, and really, as far as I'm concerned, this is the official "Toven" theme song.
• *** Dumpster. The song that introduced me to the group.

She Wants Revenge

• Sister. One of their best, I think.
• These things. Another great one. Their unique sound really comes through here.
• Red Flags And Long Nights. I just love the lyrics. The song is great, too.

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This is just a list of my current faves, I tend to migrate through different groups/genres.

 

[Ahura Mazda]

Led Zeppelin

Houses of the Holy
What is and what should never be
Over the Hills and far Away

Cream

Crossroads
Sunshine of your Love
Tales of Ulysses

Beatles

Eleanor Rigby
Let it Be
When my guitar gently weeps

Rolling Stones

Sympathy for the Devil
Start me Up
Satisfaction

The Who

I'm Free
Pinball Wizard
Magic Bus

 

[marcofthebeast]

A lot of people here like Led Zeppelin. Thats a very good thing.

 

[Addendum]

Yeah, but the real ***** was picking 3 favorites by them