Your favorite songs?

[Samantha Arrow]

Figured I might be some fun to discuss your favorite songs, I recommend just posting one at a time so getting feedback will be easier.

Anyway, this is my favorite song. Not necessarily because I like the music itself, as much as the lyrics are basically my theme song - just the way I feel:

Owl City - Fireflies

[Stargazer Bleu]

Wouldn't say this is my top fav. Someone pointed it to me cause of my name, I actually enjoy it.

[Wolfgang of Borg]

Mine's futurepop about the evils of television, this version's weird -- normally there's samples of news reports playing during the intro -- but it's all i could find


(Randomly, the Speak & Spell in that Fireflies video reminded of
It's a quine!)

[Daryn]

You know, this is a hard one, because I like a lot of music. However, when it comes to absolute favorite song, I end up going back to this one.

Feathers by Steve Vai


It's a song I find very easy to listen to, it starts off nice and mellow, and then builds to an amazing finish. I just love it.

Oh, and yes I had heard of Steve Vai before Halo.

[Samantha Arrow]

I can guess why you like a song called Feathers, Daryn :p

[SliceOfDog]

Wow, I've gotta say I'm fairly surprised at the kinds of music popping up in this thread. I mean, it's nice to see some variety, but at the same time it'd be nice to hear more of my kinda music XD

While I can't personally produce any kind of music (except for poorly playing the piano), music is a major part of my life. I don't go a single day without listening to at least one full album (or album's worth), but I tend to over-listen to my favourites, and then put them aside for a couple months until I've forgotten how awesome they are. As such my favourite song changes a lot. For the moment, my favourite song is actually one from our very own fandom, Matthew Ebel's Ballad of Jamey and Shawn, which is a little unlike my heavy metal normal stuff.

Before that it was even less metal, with the Inkspot's classic Whispering Grass

Before that it was the much more in-keeping with my tastes Edguy - Forever

[Adonisus]

I'm a pretty big metal head....but the truth is that many of my favorite songs are usually on the quiet, acoustic side. I like this one in particular because of its double meaning, using Superman as a metaphor for heroes in general.....plus, it evokes the whole 'death of superman' era quite well (even though it came out a couple of years before the 'death' actually happened).

But....just to point out I'm not a poseur......


My fave performer of all time, Alice Cooper.

[Slate]

Slice, I know exactly what you mean! As I do the same thing as well, I suppose I'll also go with a favorite that I just keep coming back to. I think there was about a two month interval that I didn't listen to it (not because it got annoying mind you).

Anyway, Kernkraft 400 (sport chant stadium remix) by Zombie Nation.



This song gets me pumped for almost any high octane occasion.

Edit: Hmm, I thought it used to auto embed youtube videos... Help?

[Nelle Kozera]

I'll go with my top ten fav's.

1# Millennium Sun by Angra



2# Shallow Bay by Breaking Benjamin



3# 40 Miles from the Sun by Bush



4# Sing by Dope



5# Addiction By Dope



6# Eternal By Evanescence



7# The Clansman by Iron Maiden



8# Club Foot by Kasabian



9# Sons of Odin by Manowar



10# Over the hills and far away by Nightwish



Other mentions that didn't make the top ten but are worth a listen

Spin back by Mayhem



The Spy Hunter by Project 86



Renegades of Funk By Rage against the machine.



Black Betty by Ram jam



The Jaunty Angle of Her Ears by Renard



Dragula by Rob Zombie



The Crow and the Butterfly by Shinedown



Angels by Within Temptations



Overburdened by Disturbed



Well, I think over Did myself, but I felt all of these needed to be mentioned. =D

[Samantha Arrow]

See you had a couple from some furry bands ^^

[Nelle Kozera]

Lol, with all the songs I have. (3000+ ) I couldn't pick just 1 or 3, or 10... =D

[Husk]

Well, i listen to several different types of music, mainly classical and metal, so I'll try to narrow down my list as much as possible.

Iced Earth - Dracula


Angel Dust - Bleed


Amon Amarth - Cry of the Blackbirds


Dragonland - Direction: Perfection


Avantasia - Death is Just A Feeling


There are a ton more, but I don't want my post to be a mile long.

[Wolfgang of Borg]

I'm probly going to be heading off soon to focus on working on a personal project, but i just couldn't leave without posting this one thing:

Totally my new favourite song/artist.

[Wolfgang of Borg]

Wait um no wait actually what the hell was i even thinking? Lovecraftian surf punk will clearly rule forever





Please ignore all previous messages.

[Husk]

Here are a few more that I thought I'd share with you guys...
Type O Negative - Love You To Death


Pantera - Immortally Insane


Pantera - Avoid the Light


Dream Theater - Stream of Consciousness (Live at Budokan)


In Flames - Man Made God


And somethings a little more extreme...
Bolt Thrower - For Victory


Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague

[themeatcomesfromorphans]

I'm a little shocked that this isn't up already. I guess Led Zeppelin is a little overplayed but still Stairway to Heaven is awesome.



Jimmy Page FTW!

[karakris]

@ Borg - Dog

Shoggoths - Lovecraft is my FAVOURITE Fantasy Writer

Then Moorcock, then Clark Ashton-Smith.

But Shoggoths - "At The Mountains of Madness"
The most awe-inspiring novellete of all time.

[Wolfgang of Borg]

OMG yes that was the first one i read and it's still my favourite.

Have you heard Guillermo del Toro is doing a movie version? Normally i hate adaptations but that's like a dream combination.

Oh and you might want to check out some Charles Stross.

[Husk]

Here's a couple out of left field that I thought you guys and gals might find interesting;

Corvus Corax - Bibit Aleum


Corvus Corax - Dulcissima

[Wolfgang of Borg]

One of these days

i'm gonna sit down and watch every vid in this thread.

Expect reviews.

[Daryn]

I think I should add a couple of my faves too. Most of you weren't born when these came out.

Boston - Don't Look Back


Styx - Suite Madame Blue


I do like me some classic rock...

[Wolfgang of Borg]

Lately i've been getting majorly back into programming (which i almost completely dropped when i dropped out, stupidly (aside from "understanding maths" it was, like, my one potential superpower),.. (p.s. Vala rules #1!)) so recently i've been mostly listening to the music i was into when i left off (to try to get back into the mood, ya know?),.. mostly Goldfrapp plus like





..oh and of course:


Here's a more recent fave (have ya'll seen Source Code yet?):


Plus one for the darling Tachikomas, nature's nobelist quadrupeds:

[Wolfgang of Borg]

Hey, anyone else here into mad Germans?

[WolfyWetFurr]

I see a few that I like up there. I also like this one:

http://youtu.be/Q5J-qc3zBo4

[Wolfgang of Borg]

(Where does that looking deadpan and throwing LPs on the floor thing even come from?)

[SliceOfDog]

Aah, I absolutely love that Scroobius Pip one. My brother showed it to me a while back. Can't say I like the style, but the lyrics are just amazing. It's ridiculous how much sense it makes.

[Wolfgang of Borg]

I mostly posted it in response to Wolfy's one's casual vinyl tossing, but yeah i like the lyrics too. He did another one i enjoyed:

(I've always liked the idea that, like in Paradise Lost, god didn't actually *make* the universe but just kinda found it one day, think it's called demiurgeism or something.)