Greatest song ever?
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
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lintybits wrote:
I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead
hmm. for me, learning a song always sucks a bit of the magic out of it. friday night, i grabbed my guitar and started playing the Stones' "Start Me Up". turns out, it's probably the easiest song ever written, ever. but i'd never thought of trying to play it before. and now that i know how simple it is, i can't help but think "damn. these guys are barely even trying!" which isn't to say Fade To Black is simple, of course :) Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
Pink Floyd - Wish you where here Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
Yeah almost everything of Metallica before the Load/Reload (and after) period is great. I still listen to them regularly. Best song ever is "Baby, I'm gonna leave you" from Led Zeppelin. Don't know why, but it sends shivers down my spine :-). Coulda, woulda, shoulda doesn't matter if you don't. :beer:
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
Saint-Seans Organ Symphony. ;P Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
I like marc Antony's "You sang to me...".. but its one of the best. I had many more in my mind, I couldn't recollect it. :(
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
"Amazing Grace" played by a lone piper... shivers...
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"Amazing Grace" played by a lone piper... shivers...
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
"Hallelujah" sang by Jeff Buckley always sends shivers down my spine. However, my "greatest song ever" changes depending on my mood, or which band I am most into at the moment. :) If you listen to anything often enough, you'll probably get bored of it.
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only Tenacious D has ever heard the Greatest Song Ever... and they wrote a tribute to it[^].
lintybits wrote:
I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead
hmm. for me, learning a song always sucks a bit of the magic out of it. friday night, i grabbed my guitar and started playing the Stones' "Start Me Up". turns out, it's probably the easiest song ever written, ever. but i'd never thought of trying to play it before. and now that i know how simple it is, i can't help but think "damn. these guys are barely even trying!" which isn't to say Fade To Black is simple, of course :) Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
Chris Losinger wrote:
for me, learning a song always sucks a bit of the magic out of it.
I got that same feeling when I started learning jazz, but (esp with Coltrane) it quickly turned into how is he playing that over the chords I just learned. It's kind of like debugging somone else's code - even if it's simple, you get a glimpse into the mind of the creator (although that's not always a good thing)
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"Hallelujah" sang by Jeff Buckley always sends shivers down my spine. However, my "greatest song ever" changes depending on my mood, or which band I am most into at the moment. :) If you listen to anything often enough, you'll probably get bored of it.
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
My all time favorite, for quite some time, has been "Letdown", by Radiohead, off their 1997 "Ok Computer". Not quite sure what it is about that song, but it always give me goosebumps.
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
"Riders on the storm", still spooky after all these years :cool: The tigress is here :-D
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Rage you know , I love almost all songs of Francis Cabrel :) And also Danny Brilliant(toi et moi is excellent!!), Faudel :). But I have very few of them :(.
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
"Take Five" - Dave Brubeck Quartet. And I'm listening it now, again.:) Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. George Jean Nathan (1882 - 1958) Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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only Tenacious D has ever heard the Greatest Song Ever... and they wrote a tribute to it[^].
lintybits wrote:
I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead
hmm. for me, learning a song always sucks a bit of the magic out of it. friday night, i grabbed my guitar and started playing the Stones' "Start Me Up". turns out, it's probably the easiest song ever written, ever. but i'd never thought of trying to play it before. and now that i know how simple it is, i can't help but think "damn. these guys are barely even trying!" which isn't to say Fade To Black is simple, of course :) Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
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Pink Floyd - Wish you where here Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
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"Fade to Black" - Metallica Anyone else feel this way? I hadn't heard it in a couple years. Just finished ripping my cd collection, and it came up on my mp3 player this morning. Must have listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row. I had forgotten how much of an effect that song had on me as a kid - it was the one tune I always relied on when things got bad. I still remember sitting for hours with my guitar trying to learn that opening lead.
One of my favorites was Bob Segar's Turn The Page, until Metallica got their grubby mitts on it and sucked all the feeling out of it. I dig James and the boys, but they really should not cover tunes outside of the hard rock/metal genre. I don't have a greatest song ever, but these 3 always demand my attention and can take me somewhere else no matter what I'm doing: What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong Come Rain or Come Shine by Johnny Mercer, current favorite arrangement by BB King/Clapton Georgia on my Mind by Ray Charles BW
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