Sadchild's top 333 fav songs of all ever

[sadchild]

#243 Arlo Gurthrie "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"

I'd tell you why I like this song so much, but I'd need to find my twenty-seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles, and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one is.

 

[Aaron]

Despite that song coming from one of my favorite musical eras, I've never actually listened to more than a few minutes of it. Lol

 

[scotchandcigar]

#243 Arlo Gurthrie "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"

I'd tell you why I like this song so much, but I'd need to find my twenty-seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles, and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one is.

That's a classic.

Despite that song coming from one of my favorite musical eras, I've never actually listened to more than a few minutes of it. Lol

Coming from someone who just forced himself to watch 100 movies he (mostly) declared to be unwatchable, this may be the most ironic post in the history of DRC.

 

[Aaron]

That's a classic.


Coming from someone who just forced himself to watch 100 movies he (mostly) declared to be unwatchable, this may be the most ironic post in the history of DRC.

A little hyperbole there, haha. Probably 92 of the 100 movies were very good.

I'll give this song another listen.

 

[sadchild]

#242 Digital Underground "The Humpty Dance"

Pronounced with a "umpty". Ridiculous, but loaded with so much funny. A-doo-reeeer, a -doo-rit!

 

[HecticArt]

#243 Arlo Gurthrie "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"

I'd tell you why I like this song so much, but I'd need to find my twenty-seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles, and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one is.

They used to play that song every Thanksgiving on the radio, so I'd hear it once a year.

#242 Digital Underground "The Humpty Dance"

Pronounced with a "umpty". Ridiculous, but loaded with so much funny. A-doo-reeeer, a -doo-rit!

That song makes me laugh every time.

 

[sadchild]

#241 Bone Thugs N Harmony "Tha Crossroads"

I don't generally get into rap ballads, but there's something special about this one. I can't quite place my finger on it. Oh wait, yes I can.... it has meaningful lyrics, creative vocals and pleasant melodies. So THAT'S what's missing from most rap ballads.... talent!

 

[sadchild]

#240 Pantera "Fucking Hostile"

True test of a metalhead. If they say this ain't a classic, they ain't a metalhead!

 

[sadchild]

#239 Eddie Money "I Wanna Go Back"

"The first slow dance, hoping that I get it right." I didn't. But I'd love a chance to do it again, do lots of things again. Hang with old friends now long gone. Relive some great moments. Old parties. Old concerts. Re-experience the sounds, the sights, the tastes, the joy, the laughter. But just temporarily. I wanna go back... then come back.

 

[HecticArt]

B-Thugs aren’t my bag. I’ve never been able to get into them. Respect for Dime though.

 

[sadchild]

@HecticArt Aside from their song "Home" (which heavily samples Phil Collins "Take Me Home"), and ""Tha Crossroads", I don't like Bone Thugs N Harmony either. Especially that one where they sing about how its the first of the month

 

[sadchild]

#238 Jump Little Children "Cathedrals"

I don't know anything about the group. I don't remember how I first heard this song. But I've loved it for 20+ years. Beautiful.

 

[HecticArt]

Very Radiohead melody and structure.

 

[sadchild]

True! I hadn't thought of that, but now that you say it, that's dead on.

 

[sadchild]

#237 Grinspoon "Postinebriatedanxiety"

Next in line with my other alt-metal favorites, like Tool "46 & 2", Quicksand "Fazer", Smile "Staring At The Sun" and Helmet "Unsung", here's a great one from Australia.

Related question: is there a term for this style of singing (all five songs I listed)? The best I can come up with is "college rock vocals over metal riffs" or "Michael Stipe doing karaoke of Ozzy songs". But there's gotta be a word....? Creed/Pearl Jam style is called "yarling". Judas Priest/Iron Maiden style is "falsetto metal". What's this called?

 

[HecticArt]

That sounds a LOT like Helmet.

But there's gotta be a word....?

Melodic monotone?

 

[sadchild]

That's a pretty good description. An oxymoron... and I like those (as evidenced by what I named my band!!)

 

[sadchild]

#236 Korn "Need To"

Third of seven songs from Korn's groundbreaking first album on the 333. Every song on it, aside from "Shoots And Ladders", is better than anything else from the rest of their discography.

 

[sadchild]

I dread posting #235. If anyone has been silently waiting for a good excuse to unload on my taste in music, this will be your opportunity!

But I've gotta be honest - no pretending certain songs aren't my favorites. No skipping any songs and renumbering the list. No replacing a song with a "classic that will make me look better" when that's not the truth.

Every time #235 comes out of my speakers, I crank it up, sing along .... and even prefer it over the original.

I'll post it later tonight or tomorrow morning.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

So not only is it bad ... but here are 2 versions of the badness.