Twenty Songs That Define Your Life

[Moonlit Dreamer]

I hope there aren’t any similar threads in existence… if so I apologize in advance!

 

Each of us have certain songs that we associate with different chapters of our lives, and specific moments that we regard as significant. Which songs matter the most to you? You are welcome to elaborate on them, or just post a list; it’s entirely your choice. I think it would be wonderful for everyone to share their top twenty songs, and share experiences.

 

 

I will provide an example for you:

 

01) Seven Stones - Genesis

02) More Fool Me - Genesis

03) Time Table - Genesis

04) Visions Of Angels - Genesis

05) Wallflower - Peter Gabriel

06) Change We Must - Jon Anderson

07) Yesterday And Today - Yes

08) Let’s Pretend - Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe

09) Guinevere - Rick Wakeman

10) Be Here Now - Ray LaMontagne

11) Tears - Rush

12) The Garden - Rush

13) Middletown Dreams - Rush

14) Slipping - Geddy Lee

15) The Raven That Refused To Sing - Steven Wilson

16) Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

17) Coming Back To Life - Pink Floyd

18) Thank You - Led Zeppelin

19) The Mind’s Eye - Haken

20) It’s In The Rain - Enya

 

 

Have fun! :D

IR

[Blue J]

That's a wonderful list of songs- some great things in there.

 

Good idea for a thread, too. I know some that I'd put on my list right off the bat, but...yeah, I'll have to roll it around for awhile.

[Lost In Xanadu]

I have 2 that come to mind immediately...

 

The Pass - Rush

Murder of One - Counting Crows

 

Both deal with the same topic and not that I have ever considered it, but I have people close to me that have. Luckily none of them ever succeeded, but it is a good "reset button" on priorities.

[Narps]

Need to think on this one. In The End live will be first that much I know.... :) Edited August 27, 2014 by Narpski

[Segue Myles]

Lacuna Coil- Our Truth

Lacuna Coil- I Forgive

City And Colour- Casey's Song

The Beatles- I Get By With A little Help From My Friends

The Beatles - Help!

The Juliana Theory- August In Bethany

Jimmy Eat World- Shame

Funeral For A Friend- Drive

Thrice- Red Sky

Bruce Springsteen- Jungleland

The Doors- Light My Fire

Daniel Powter- Bad Day

All Saints- Black Coffee

Alter Bridge- I Know It Hurts

No Doubt- Don't Speak

 

I am not satisfied with any of this... I love all these songs but am spoilt for choice with Lacuna, Rush and Fleetwood Mac.

 

[Maverick]

I'll do this when I have the time.

[greyfriar]

Rush - Bastile Day (first song I heard from Rush's ATWAS :haz: )

Rush - The Spirit Of Radio (first song I heard live from Rush)

Rush - 2112 (live in San Antonio 1996 unbelievable)

I could go on and find 100 more Rush songs that mean a lot to me...

 

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows

The Beatles - A Day In The Life

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Genesis - Dancing With The Moonlit Knight

Genesis - The Carpet Crawlers

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd - Grantchester Meadows

Pink Floyd - Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict

The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

The Who - Baba O' Riley

Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks

Van der Graaf Generator - Pilgrims

Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life

Kingston Wall - For All Mankind

Porcupine Tree - Evenless

Porcupine Tree - Shesmovedon

Budgie - almost all of their stuff from the 70's

 

20 isn't enough...otherwise good thread. :cheers:

[BigBob]

1) Angry young man - Styx

2) Time - Pink Floyd

3) Freewill - RUSH

4) I can see for Miles - The Who

5) Halo Effect - RUSH

6) The Song Is Over - The Who

[Moonlit Dreamer]

Thank you to everyone who posted! :)

[Moonlit Dreamer]

I'll do this when I have the time.

 

No worries; it took me quite a while to create mine.

[Moonlit Dreamer]

20 isn't enough...otherwise good thread. :cheers:

 

Thank you! You are more than welcome to post more than twenty, if you would like.

[greyfriar]

20 isn't enough...otherwise good thread. :cheers:

 

Thank you! You are more than welcome to post more than twenty, if you would like.

oh fine here I go...with some that I deeply love

 

 

Black Sabbath: Who Are You - Hole In The Sky - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - War Pigs

AC/DC: Ride On - It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll) - Go Down

Led Zeppelin: Going To California - Over The Hills And Far Away - Carouselambra

Rainbow: Stargazer - Tarot Woman - Still I'm Sad

Scorpions : Born To Touch Your Feelings - The Sails Of Charon - Fly To The Rainbow

UFO: Born To Lose - Love To Love - Rock Bottom

Cockney Rebel: Sebastian

Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay

this is more exhausting than I thought it will and I haven't even mentioned bands like

Jethro Tull

Triumph

Boston

Kansas

Nazareth

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Thin Lizzy

Uriah Heep

Wishbone Ash

Deep Purple

Grand Funk

YES

Journey

Foreigner

Judas Priest

Motörhead

Iron Maiden

Saxon

Van Halen

Metallica

uh, it's getting tougher now...http://www.forum.orchideen-forum.de/images/smilies/Boy17.gif

Marillion

Mike Oldfield

4 Non Blondes

Ultravox

ABBA

or some funny guys like :D-13:

Ozzy

Sinatra

Peter Hammill

Alan Parsons

it's getting late and time for me to fly...

http://youtu.be/dcoRRkG7cvA

[greyfriar]

:smoke:

[bluefox4000]

I can only think of one right off.

 

It was 2001 i was 16.......and i was going through a terrible depression. this came out and the lyrics spoke directly to me.

 

This train Don't Stop There-Elton John

 

Still makes me tear up.

 

Bernie hit it for me.

 

Mick

Edited August 28, 2014 by bluefox4000

[cygnify]

I think I did a thread like this on the Facebook at one time. Anyway, this list would probably change for me each time I did it, but here's a crack at it now. Not necessarily my current favorites, but songs that were icons of an era in my life. It's tough because I could easily select 20 songs that represent High School, or College, Getting Married, Having kids, etc. Thus, I miss alot, but here's the general idea. In chronological order (relative to my life and when the song first owned me):

 

1.) Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd (could easily list 19 other Pink Floyd songs...The Wall was the first LP I bought; went on to see Floyd twice.)

2.) Tom Sawyer - Rush (could easily list anything from Moving Pictures or ESL - used to stay up to midnight at age 12 to catch Rush ESL on MTV. for real! I'm a lifelong Rush freak)

3.) 2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden (Metal phase that I always kept)

4.) Master of Puppets - Metallica (New American Metal phase that I always kept)

5.) Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin (could easily list every LZ song - in fact, my high school band played every LZ song... personal favorites today: Ten Years Gone & Achilles Last Stand)

6.) Close to the Edge - YES (huge love affair with classic Yes among other Prog shaped my overall music taste. Still in my top 6 bands even if I don't care for their recent work...)

7.) Force Ten - Rush (I stuck with Rush into the new era, even after filling in their entire back catalog, and would continue to buy every release the day it came out up to the present day!)

8.) Welcome to the Jungle - Guns and Roses (not exactly proud of this, but I cannot deny it defined an era. My girlfriend liked them and we saw them live...)

9.) Childhood's End - Marillion (Misplaced Childhood was in heavy rotation for a year and a half; later followed by all the Fish era discs. However, I never could make the leap to post-Fish works)

10.) We are Finding Who We Are - King's X (one of my favorites for some time, it was an era)

11.) Terrapin Station - The Grateful Dead (several high school and college friends fostered my interest in the Dead, along with hour long jams with my band. Saw the Dead more than a Dozen times...)

12.) Digging in the Dirt - Peter Gabriel (I had been a fan for years - including early Genesis)

13.) Pull Me Under - Dream Theater (Marrying serious chops, metal, and prog this dominated one winter. Followed by other DT releases. Saw & met them many times...)

14.) Landslide - Fleetwood Mac (doesn't seem to fit, right? Well, it did represent a rather dark era after college & loss...)

15.) Animate - Rush (moving to Florida, a new era of my life, another Rush era.

16.) StinkFist - Tool (could easily select something off Undertow, which I got when it was released or Lateralus which dominated me for a solid year)

17.) Blackest Eyes - Porcupine Tree (fell in love with PT with In Absentia, and it never died.)

18.) Arriving Somewhere, but Not Here - Porcupine Tree (Deadwing cemented PT as one of my all time favs)

19.) Insurgentes - Steven Wilson (from his first solo work, very moving & set me up with his solo career)

20.) Thin Air - Anathema (different for me and I just love them)

21.) Ghost of Perdition - Opeth (Ghost Reveries has to be among my favorites; sick brutal death metal mixed with gorgeous prog elements. Love dynamic stuff.)

22.) Clockwork Angels - Rush (yes, they are still there! 44th concert on this tour - I travel with friends and see multiple shows every tour.)

23.) Untouchable - Anathema (dominated over the past couple years. Saw them and met them earlier this year!)

24.) Devil's Orchard - Opeth (I adjusted to their Post-death metal career and love the retro prog metal approach.)

25.) The Lost Song - Anathema (one of two that represent this year!)

26.) Eternal Rains Will Come - Opeth (the other of two that represent this year!)

 

Oh shoot - I went over! :D and still somehow managed to miss HUGE influences and iconic songs (like King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu, Billy Cobham, all sorts of jazz fusion, even some pop, The Dixie Dregs, The Aristocrats, Primus, The Beatles, The Allman Brothers, Living Color, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, and all the cover songs that I've had to learn for bands for the past 31 years.....)

[cygnify]

Oh crap, I forgot Van Halen - they were HUGE in high school. 1984....

 

Journey, Boston, Kansas, and Triumph were also huge for me at that time

 

and David Lee Roth. Queen. Steve Vai.

 

damn, I can't stop

[RushBoingo]

I'm sorry, am I supposed to post songs that I associate with my life due to significance of lyric and emotional similarity, or songs that simply were a big part of my life (like for one year I would put on so and so song every day after school).

[Moonlit Dreamer]

I'm sorry, am I supposed to post songs that I associate with my life due to significance of lyric and emotional similarity, or songs that simply were a big part of my life (like for one year I would put on so and so song every day after school).

 

Whichever you prefer; either one is wonderful. :)

Edited August 28, 2014 by Intermolecular Reality

[x1yyz]

This is a great thread, but it's also tough to choose all the songs! Choosing 20 bands would be much easier :D Hopefully I can come up with some.

[Moonlit Dreamer]

This is a great thread, but it's also tough to choose all the songs! Choosing 20 bands would be much easier :D Hopefully I can come up with some.

 

Thank you! Good luck; it is difficult to decide.

[Narps]

Lets see if I can get to 20...

In The End (live)

Lakeside Park (live)

Cinderella Man

Xanadu

Lessons

And You And I (live) Yes

Awaken Yes

Close To The Edge Yes

Madrigal Yes

Lady Styx

Dust In The Wind Kansas

Cats In The Cradle Harry Chapin

Close To You The Carpenters

Epitaph Judas Priest

Overdose AC/DC

Its A Long Way To The Top (if you wanna rock and roll) AC/DC

Mother Mary (live) UFO

Natural Thing (live) UFO

Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac

There is lots more but I will go with these for now...

[Lost In Xanadu]

Have to add...

 

Beat It - Michael Jackson.

 

 

Took the title too literally, but it sure did help me thru High School.

[Union 5-3992]

Have to add...

 

Beat It - Michael Jackson.

 

 

Took the title too literally, but it sure did help me thru High School.

 

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[Narps]

Lets see if I can get to 20...

In The End (live)

Lakeside Park (live)

Cinderella Man

Xanadu

Lessons

And You And I (live) Yes

Awaken Yes

Close To The Edge Yes

Madrigal Yes

Lady Styx

Dust In The Wind Kansas

Cats In The Cradle Harry Chapin

Close To You The Carpenters

Epitaph Judas Priest

Overdose AC/DC

Its A Long Way To The Top (if you wanna rock and roll) AC/DC

Mother Mary (live) UFO

Natural Thing (live) UFO

Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac

There is lots more but I will go with these for now...

I forgot Night Moves Bob Seger and Colour My World Chicago..

 

[Moonlit Dreamer]

Lets see if I can get to 20...

In The End (live)

Lakeside Park (live)

Cinderella Man

Xanadu

Lessons

And You And I (live) Yes

Awaken Yes

Close To The Edge Yes

Madrigal Yes

Lady Styx

Dust In The Wind Kansas

Cats In The Cradle Harry Chapin

Close To You The Carpenters

Epitaph Judas Priest

Overdose AC/DC

Its A Long Way To The Top (if you wanna rock and roll) AC/DC

Mother Mary (live) UFO

Natural Thing (live) UFO

Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac

There is lots more but I will go with these for now...

 

Great list, Narpski! I couldn’t help but notice you posted at 12:34… that’s one of my favorite times, just because of the sequence of the numbers. :P