What's your favorite song of all time & why?

[T Boog]

I just asked my brother and my daughter their favorites. They both gave good ones.

My brother said American Pie by Don McLean and my daughter said The Rain Song by Led Zep. (glad my daughter has good taste 😉)

[Gswitz]

The next song i hear.

[hockeyjx]

Can never go wrong with Yesterday

[T Boog]

17 minutes ago, hockeyjx said:

Can never go wrong with Yesterday

Hard to argue with that one my friend

[craigb]

On 12/1/2024 at 3:00 PM, Sal Sorice said:

Such a hidden gem. At over 7 minutes it was probably considered "too long" or mainstream. Bleh.

As much as I love Elton's playing/singing, it's Bernie's lyrics that really shine. What a great story.

Heh, I (and, apparently, many others) would call up the local radio station often to request Elton's Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding which, at over 11 minutes, you could tell they really didn't want to play, but there were just too many requests for it so they did!

[paulo]

14 hours ago, T Boog said:

Here's a couple vids I think u might like. They give some peeks behind the curtain of the writing & recording of it...

Thanks. I've seen them before along with several other variations of the story, including one where PS had a big time sulk about extending it, which from the "it's my baby" perspective I can understand, we all have our visions of how it's supposed to go, but also sometimes that can get in the way of a bigger picture and I guess time proves that he was wrong on that occasion. It would still have been good his way, but not as good. Every time I watch PS speaking I always wish he was more likeable. His talent is there for all to see, but it almost feels like he doesn't really deserve it. Maybe that's just me though..

[Starship Krupa]

4 hours ago, paulo said:

Maybe that's just me though.

It's not. So many stories of his jerk behavior have come out and it's harder for me to separate that from the art when it's a lyricist who writes a lot about the interpersonal.

I can shrug off Eddie Van Halen's legendary jerkdom because his music doesn't require letting it in close to my heart. It's just kick-***** rock 'n' roll, and as such, who cares if the people making it made life miserable for those around them.

Part of Simon's genius is that his music invites you to get close, to empathize with the singer(s). With music like that, if I know that the people creating it are jerks, it interferes.

[Terry Kelley]

DOA. It’s so relevant.

[pwallie]

 

[T Boog]

6 hours ago, paulo said:

PS had a big time sulk about extending it, which from the "it's my baby" perspective I can understand, we all have our visions of how it's supposed to go,

I hear u. I think it'd still be great without the 3rd verse. My bigger problem, and I hate saying this cause it's my favorite song, is I feel the 3rd verse lyrics could be better. "Sail on silver girl"... that never really floated my boat 😉. 

Not to mention, he turned from a bridge into a sailboat. It never quite worked for me. "Im sailing right behind, like a bridge.." He shoulda just stuck with bridge similes.

But Paul admitted he liked to write slowly and they were obviouly already in studio, short on time. So I cut him some slack. But I really wish the 3rd verse was the strongest verse to really knock it out the park(like the climaxing music is begging for). Yeah, for me, those lyrics could be better.

[pwallie]

2 minutes ago, T Boog said:

So I cut him some slack.

you cut paul some slack? haha a hahaha 😁

[Sal Sorice]

18 minutes ago, T Boog said:

I hear u. I think it'd still be great without the 3rd verse. My bigger problem, and I hate saying this cause it's my favorite song, is I feel the 3rd verse lyrics could be better. "Sail on silver girl"... that never really floated my boat 😉. 

Not to mention, he turned from a bridge into a sailboat. It never quite worked for me. "Im sailing right behind, like a bridge.." He shoulda just stuck with bridge similes.

But Paul admitted he liked to write slowly and they were obviouly already in studio, short on time. So I cut him some slack. But I really wish the 3rd verse was the strongest verse to really knock it out the park(like the climaxing music is begging for). Yeah, for me, those lyrics could be better.

"Sail on silver girl" is a reference to his wife as far as I know.

[T Boog]

7 minutes ago, pwallie said:

you cut paul some slack?

Artistically speaking, yes. As far as him being difficult to work with... Hey, I didn't raise him! 😁

[T Boog]

3 minutes ago, Sal Sorice said:

Sail on silver girl" is a reference to his wife as far as I know.

I didn't know that.

...Still a weak line though 😄

[pwallie]

2 minutes ago, T Boog said:

Artistically speaking, yes.

anyone you wouldn't?

[T Boog]

Just now, pwallie said:

3 minutes ago, T Boog said:

Artistically speaking, yes.

anyone you wouldn't

YOU pwallie. I expect nothing less than perfection from you. But only because I know ur capable of it 👍

[Mr No Name]

Impossible to answer, but when I heard this a few months ago for the first time I listened to it around 25 times in a row, so I must like it.

slightly obscure Fleetwood Mac tune. 

(Sara is more of a favourite possibly)

 

 

[Mr No Name]

great video.

[Sal Sorice]

25 minutes ago, T Boog said:

I didn't know that.

...Still a weak line though 😄

Check this out - fascinating stuff on Bridge Over Troubled Water - and really cool if you're a keyboard player:

https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-today/summer-2013/anatomy-of-a-classic-song

[T Boog]

18 minutes ago, Sal Sorice said:

fascinating stuff on Bridge

Yeah, cool read. Still not a big fan of the silver girl line but Im glad to know it had personal meaning to Paul. That gives it some depth. 

And interesting that Art sang the third verse first. It actually makes sense. He had to see how big it would be to know how delicate to sing the other verses. Very cool, Thanks 😉