Favourite non U2 song of all time

[Jack In The Box]

"Epitaph" by King Crimson

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

My all-time favorite song is Roy Orbinson's "Pretty Woman", just 'cause it's one of the very first songs I remember being played around the house when I was little, and it's such a simple, sweet, classic song. I've just always loved it.

Some other mentions, however, include:

"Layla"-Derek & the Dominoes
"Brown-Eyed Girl"-Van Morrison
"My Girl"-Temptations
"Imagine"-John Lennon
"Penny Lane"-Beatles
"Ruby Tuesday"-Rolling Stones
"Nights In White Satin"-Moody Blues
"In Your Eyes"-Peter Gabriel
"Stand By Me"-Ben E. King
"Unchained Melody"-Righteous Brothers

I'm thinking I was born in the wrong time period ...

Angela

 

[Yahweh]

All very good responses keep them coming!

 

[Lancemc]

Country Feedback - REM
This Must Be the Place - Talking Heads
You Never Give Me Your Money - Beatles
Death of a Train - Daniel Lanois (Oh my God, if you never hear this song, you will die incomplete)
The Maker - Daniel Lanois (ditto)
Let Down - Radiohead
Sound and Vision - David Bowie

 

[BonosSaint]

Like a Hurricane--Neil Young.

 

[RademR]

off my head...

"Waiting in Vain" -Bob Marley
"London Calling" -The Clash
"Dazed and Confused" - Zeppelin
"Red House" - Jimmi Hendrix
"Is this Love?" -Bob Marley
"WonderWall" - Oasis
"Every Breath You Take" - The Police
"I Could Have Lied" - Red Hot Chilli
Peppers

 

[Bono's shades]

This changes all the time...

Bruce Springsteen - She's the One
R.E.M. - Feeling Gravity's Pull
The Beatles - Helter Skelter
Elvis Costello - Radio, Radio
Neil Young - Rocking in the Free World
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

 

[-macphisto-]

Radiohead- Where I End and You Begin
Radiohead- Dollars & cents
Radiohead- In Limbo
Radiohead- Let Down
Sting- Wild Wild Sea
Sting- We Work The Black Seam
Sting- They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)
The Police- Spirits in the Material World
Jars of Clay-He
Jars Of Clay- Blind
Pearl Jam- Even Flow
Peter Gabriel- Don't Give Up
George Micheal- Mothers Pride , and They Won't Go When I Go
My list could go on forever theres so much good music out there

 

[U2girl]

Stand by me
My girl

Unchained Melody too.
And (Rolling stones covered it, I don't know who sung the original version) Out of time.

 

[carrieluvv]

HEY BELI------you said
Youssou N'Dour - So Many Men

does this person sing a song called "tough" and "HOw come" ?

when i first heard that how come song I thought it was a version of that song" feeling allright"

okay..nevermind..i just heard the guy you mentioned and its not the same person...; ( the search goes on

 

[BostonAnne]

Death of a Train - Daniel Lanois (Oh my God, if you never hear this song, you will die incomplete)
The Maker - Daniel Lanois (ditto)

I just got them on itunes as I can't die incomplete!

He sounds so Lennonish in "Death of a Train" to me - awesome! Thanks! I like both songs.

 

[BostonAnne]

Beatles - In My Life
Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er, Fool in the Rain
Peter Gabriel - In your eyes
Unchained Melody (very happy U2 covered it)

 

[Rono]

New Model army - Ballad.

BALLAD
(Sullivan) 1986

When they look back at us and they write down their history
What will they say about our generation?
We're the ones who knew everything and still we did nothing
Harvested everything, planted nothing.
Well we live pretty well in the wake of the goldrush
Floating in comfort on waves of our apathy
Quietly gnawing away at Her body
Until we mortgage the future, bury our children
Storehouses full with the fruits we've been given
We send off the scrag-ends to suckle the starving
But still we can't feed this strange hunger inside
Greedy, restless and unsatisfied.

I was never much one for the great "Big Bang" theory
Going out in a blaze of suicidal glory
Not foolish and brave, these leaders of ours
Just stupid and petty, unworthy of power;
Just a little leak here and a small error there
Another square mile poisoned forever
A series of sad and pathetic little fizzles
And out go the lights, never to return.
The affair it is over, the passion is dead
She stares at us now with ice in Her eyes
But we turn away from these bitter reproaches
And take up distractions to forget what we're doing

I stand on these hills and I watch Her at night
A thousands square miles, a million orange lights
Wounded and scarred, She lies silent in pain
Raped and betrayed in the cold acid rain
And I wish and I wish
We could start over again
Yes I wish and I wish
We could win back Her love once again

 

[celia]

REM - Losing my religion
The Police - Message In A Bottle
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Radiohead - Let Down
Tori Amos - Precious Things
Bon Jovi - Living on a prayer
Travis - Driftwood
Coldplay - In My Place
Keane - Somewhere only we know
The Smiths - How soon is now?
Alanis Morissette - You Learn

 

[Tania]

Hunters and Collectors - The Holy Grail
Diesel - Tip of My Tongue
The Blues Brothers - Shake Your Tail Feather
The Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love
UB40 - Red Red Wine
The Pixies - Debaser
The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
The Pixies - Here comes Your Man
The Beatles - Hey Jude
John Lennon - Imagine
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison - Gloria
Eddy Vedder, Neil and Tim Finn - I See Red
Neil Finn - The Climber
Neil Finn - Paradise (Whereever you are)

etc, etc, etc

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Tania, your list makes me think of another one: Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over".

Also, Squeeze's "Tempted" must be added.

Stand by me
My girl

...they're just such fantastic songs...people will probably still be loving those songs for the next god knows how many years.

I'll just second any Beatles mention in this thread, too-you could put pretty much any of their songs in here, they've got so many great ones.

Originally posted by BostonAnne
Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er

Wheeee, great choice...I love that song! Possibly my favorite Led Zeppelin song .

Angela

 

[MsMofoGone]

Rush- The Spirit Of Radio Led Zeppelin- Stairway To Heaven Puddle Of Mudd- Blurry The Smashing Pumpkins- Disarm Yes- Roundabout The Police- Roxanne The Cure- Pictures Of You UFO- Lights Out Pink Floyd- Hey You Blue Oyster Cult- Godzilla / Don't Fear The Reaper Black Sabbath- Neon Knights Aerosmith- Dream On Foghat- Slow Ride Foreigner- Feels Like The First Time / Cold As Ice Boston- More Than A Feeling / Long Time

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

The Police-Roxanne

This song divides my household-my dad and I love this song, and my mom and sister can't stand the song. It always gets some interesting debates going when it comes on .

Angela

 

[TheBrush]

foo fighters-everlong.

that guitar---i can't put its effect into words

 

[dandy]

foo fighters-everlong.

that guitar---i can't put its effect into words

that is an amazing song.

 

[D'oh!]

Oasis - Supersonic
Oasis - Sunday morning call
Oasis - Stop cryin your heart out
Train - Drops of Jupiter
Aerosmith - I don't wanna miss a thing
Foo Fighters - Learn to fly

if i had to pick one i would go with Supersonic......the guitars on that track

 

[jick]

Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You
Bon Jovi - Never Say Goodbye

These are among my all-time favorites --- good choices, but this topic is so damn hard to reply to! I can't think of one song...

Cheers,

J

 

[IWasBored]

sinners & saints - the sky is falling
ducky boys - do you wrong
against me! - cliche guevara
avoid one thing - chopstick bridge
bruce springsteen - thunder road
street dogs - savin hill


those are some random fuckin songs.

 

[jick]

Rush- The Spirit Of Radio Police- Roxanne

Two more great songs. Damn this is really getting hard to choose even just ten so how much more for 5 or 1!

Cheers,

J

 

[Pero]

Guns 'n' Roses-Sweet Child O' Mine
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Sweet Home Alabama
Bob Dylan-Like a Rolling Stone
Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven(live)
Dire Straits-Sultans Of Swing

 

[tennispunk]

wow, we here at interference are not good at making choices.

The Tossers - Lucky
The Tossers - Everything's Bad
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
Dropkick Murphys - Upstarts and Broken Hearts
The Notwist - Consequence
The Pogues - Sally Maclennane

dammit this question is too hard

 

[Zoomerang96]

airbag

 

[indra]

wow, we here at interference are not good at making choices.

dammit this question is too hard

No kidding! That's why I haven't posted anything yet...can't think of my top 10 favorites of all time, let alone just one. I have too many songs I love.

 

[beau2ifulday]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (this is the only one that ranks above U2)
Shakespear's Sister - Stay
REM - Losing My Religion
Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Ramones - Baby I Love You

 

[indra]

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (this is the only one that ranks above U2)

Above any U2 song or above every U2 song?