Best 3 songs of your life

[Mashika]

What are the best 3 songs of your life? Possibly compacting it as in early childhood, teenage years, adulthood?

Please share yours, i do would like to know, and then we can also see how many people share the same ones, at the same stages of life :)

Here are mine, so far

Childhood:
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Teenage:
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Adult:
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And my second set for the same:

Childhood
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Teenage:
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Adult:
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Hard choices, life and hard choices! lmao I could probably add at least 3 other sets of the same, but each one unique according to how i felt at that time, but that's part of the magic i guess :heart2::heart2::happythumbsup::handshake::bearhug::flower:

What are your choices by age? And sets as far as you remember growing up? (we never stop 'growing up') :bigsmile::waving:

[Mashika]

Third set for me xi xi:

Childhood:
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Teenage: :heart: x 1000
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Adult:
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[Matthew]

Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home
Without a doubt my favourite song. I've loved other songs to death but not this one yet.

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Dire Straights - Sultans of Swing
Their songs are about twee subjects, this one about a small time band at ease with their own lives, they don't care about 'missing out somewhere else'

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Simple Minds - Hunter and the hunted
There are lots of Simple Minds songs I love but this is the one I'd miss if I were stranded on a deserted island.

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Edit update: I've loved newer music but nothing comes as close as these early loves

[Open Minded Dude]

Difficult if you are 'old'. There are just too many songs, bands, albums accumulated over the years and dominant in certain phases, so it is literally impossible to choose the 'best' (and what is that anyway?), so it's just a selection out of a pool of many respectively:

Childhood:
(I was a Beatles and then a McCartney solo / Wings fan, around 1977-78 when I was 10, I loved this tune as it was also differnt from the other pop or rock tunes I was accustomed to, back then had not so much folk music experience yet, listening to it over and over on a ... cassette tape, yeah, those were the 'real' tape recording days :bigsmile:)
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Teenage:
(officially my teens (strictly counted from 13-19) were from early 1981 til early 1988, so I choose from that period my favourite German band of the early eighties, started playing drums in 1983 inspired by their singer/drummer then, oh those memories ... ):

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Adult:
(post-20 years is now a looong phase for me turning 20 in 1988!, so I just take the current fav band for the sake of choosing 'something', you are Russian as I know, Mashika, so here is just for you from their gig in Moscow :Angel: )

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[Tintin]

Childhood: 1 to 10 years

All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
I Get Around - The Beach Boys
Walking on the Moon - The Police

Teenage: 11-19 years

Eagle - Abba
That Was Yesterday - Foreigner
Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac

Adulthood: 20 to 1000 years (and counting :) )

(Just about everything by the Smiths (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOx8TyvUmI&ab_channel=TheSmiths) :) ) esp. How Soon Is Now

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I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home and you cry
And you want to die
When you say it's gonna happen "now"
Well when exactly do you mean?
See I've already waited too long
And all my hope is gone
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

Just Like Heaven - The Cure

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"Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream", she said
"The one that makes me laugh", she said
And threw her arms around my neck
Show me how you do it
And I promise you, I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you
Spinning on that dizzy edge
Kissed her face and kissed her head
Dreamed of all the different ways
I had to make her glow
"Why are you so far away?", she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you?"
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream
You're just like a dream
Daylight licked me into shape
I must've been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone, alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me
You
Soft and lonely
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven

Aneurysm - Nirvana

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Come on over, do the twist, aha
Overdo it and have a fit, aha
Love you so much, it makes me sick, aha
Come on over and do the twist, aha
Beat me out of me (beat it, beat it)

Come on over and do the twist, aha
Overdo it and have a fit, aha
Love you so much, it makes me sick, aha
Come on over and shoot the ****, aha
Beat me out of me (beat it, beat it)
She keeps it pumpin' straight to my heart

[Dick]

When i was a child: 10-15 years, my favourites where: Mud, The Rubettes, Smokey. (1975/1980)
16-20 years, Foreigner, Earth wind and fire. Michael Jackson.
20-………. Supertramp, Pink Floyd, and old Disco and Soul.

And ofcourse a lot more, but that wouldn’t fit in here :ROFL:

[ExomatrixTV]

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Lyrics:

One, two
One, two, three, ow
Wake up, kids
We got the dreamers disease
Age fourteen, they got you down on your knees
So polite, we're busy still saying please
Frienemies, who when you're down ain't your friend
Every night we smash a Mercedes-Benz
First we run, and then we laugh 'til we cry
But when the night is falling
You cannot find the light (light)
You feel your dreams are dying
Hold tight
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
I'm comin' home, baby
You're tops
Give it to me now
4 AM, we ran a miracle mile
We're flat broke
But hey, we do it in style
The bad rich
God's flying in for your trial
But when the night is falling
You cannot find a friend (friend)
You feel your tree is breaking
Just bend
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
This whole damn world could fall apart
You'll be okay, follow your heart
You're in harm's way, I'm right behind
Now say you're mine
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
Don't let go
I feel the music in you
Don't let go
Fly high, high
What's real can't die
You only get what you give
You're gonna get what you give
Don't give up
Just don't be afraid to leave
Health insurance, rip off lying
FDA, big bankers buying
Fake computer crashes dining
Cloning while they're multiplying
Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson
Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson
You're all fakes
Run to your mansions
Come around, we'll kick your asses
Don't let go
One dance left
Don't give up
Can't forget
Don't let go


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[Mari]

There have been 100's of songs which have hit the spot for me, and I adore most genres, except the bland rubbish churned out by the 'pop' industry but the ones which 'saved' me during certain life crises (maybe apart from the Beatles one) are below.

I was 10 and went to the cinema by myself to watch A Hard Day's Night, by the Beatles ( not a particular fan of them then - that came later) and I fell in love with 'If I fell'. It opened me up in a way that I still can't understand. I was a bitter, disillusioned kid with a chip on my shoulder re my parents...but this showed me another way to feel.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq78BDwCujs


23 years old..
Bellamy Brothers - Let your love flow... has always been my 'lesson-in-life to learn' song, in times when I've felt murderous towards one or two individuals and sometimes, life itself, and especially these days. It lifts me up in ways that nothing else can and takes me to Centre.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ5aF7kbwCE


And when I was recovering from a severe life-changing bout of PTSD in my 40's - this song by Johnny Nash lifted me out of the mire, gave me hope and still does today, especially in these dark days. If I hear it played in my supermarket, I sing along to it, and don't give a fig for the looks I get. Amazingly, this song often crops up exactly when I need a boost in life. :p


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0cAWgTPiwM

[Matthew]

...
One, two
One, two, three, ow
Wake up, kids
We got the dreamers disease
Age fourteen, they got you down on your knees
So polite, we're busy still saying please
Frienemies, who when you're down ain't your friend
...

So your post moved me to tears. I'm so grateful you're with us John. I had never looked twice at that song, didn't vibe with me, but I listened through it for the first time.

The youtube comments for the video have several other people saying this song saved them from the same as it saved you, in the same way. It's still not my cup of tea as music goes, but I have a new profound respect for the song.

[Mari]

Matthew, I adored John And Vangelis, especially this one!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdzNc_2QsVk

[Matthew]

Mari that's a stunning song!!

[Ravenlocke]

Love is blue, L’Amour est bleu…I can listen to it forever, used to be late walking to school when this song would come on the radio.

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Love this one growing up,

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Cat Stevens, Morning has broken


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[Mari]

Mari that's a stunning song!!

Yes, I first heard it through my first set of 'cans'... (late starter, haha) blew me away.

[Ravenlocke]

He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother

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Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit

(Always reminds me of the movie, Go ask Alice)

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Marmalade. Reflections of my Life

Verse 1
The changing of sunlight to moonlight
Reflections of my life
Oh how they fill my eyes
Verse 2 (Repeat)
The greetings of people in trouble
Reflections of my life
Oh how they fill my eyes

Chorus
Oh my sorrows
Sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home

Chorus (Repeat)
Oh my crying (Oh my crying)
Feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back
To my own home

Verse 3 (Repeat Verse 1)
I'm changing, arranging,
I'm changing,
I'm changing everything
Everything around me

Verse 4 (Repeat Verse 1)
The world is
A bad place
A bad place
A terrible place to live
Oh but I don't wanna die ...


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Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun

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Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we've climbed hills and trees Learned of love and ABC's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the bird's are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there.
We had joy, we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed
Were just seasons out of time.
Goodbye Papa, please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along.
Goodbye Papa, it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little children everywhere
When you see them I'll be there.
We had joy, we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song
Like the seasons have all gone.
We had joy, we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song
Like the seasons have all gone.
Goodbye Michelle, my little one
You gave me love and helped me find the sun
And every time when I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground.
Goodbye Michelle, it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there.
We had joy, we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach.
We had joy, we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed
Were just seasons out of time

[Isserley]

I always come back to Maynard :heart:

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[Michi]

Wow! Music is for me a very important part of art.
It's one of earth's population finest traits.

In my teenage years I lived thru disco, so yeah:

Supermax - Lovemachine:
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Pilot - Magic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzlK0OGpIRs

Mr. Blue Sky - E.L.O. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuJIqmha2Hk

John Travolta - Sandy
Bee Gees - Secret Love

Player - Baby come back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qNVMaYWuwY

then followed by:
Styx - Babe
Back for good - Take That
Waiting for a girl like you - Foreigner

and later:
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi3GzpHNkdQ

Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUi_S6YWjZw
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal :
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112 & Allure - All cried out
Woodkid - Run Boy Run
Gary Moore - Still got the blues (incredible e-guitar)
Ten Sharp - You (awesome piano)

Coldplay - Clocks (incredible piano)
Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time:
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Lost stars - Adam Levine
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Weezer - Island in the sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erG5rgNYSdk (for it's solo e-guitar part)

Rainbow - I Surrender:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ONwi2ri68

Foreigner - Juke box hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_TOsFvnmeQ
Metallica: Nothing Else Matters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI

[Bluegreen]

Caveman
Teenage Lobotomy
Beyond The Sea

[NX.P]

Mashika,

Music has been such an influential part of my life. Ive always considered it something special for the human experience--an artistic expression that attracted me to the sphere. I sometimes wonder whether extraterrestrial cultures have anything similar and what their music might sound like.

You have used the word song, for which a friend of mine said recently "hmm... song... this severely limits the harmonic intricacies and possibilities that I enjoy so much."

He teaches classical music in Germany and up to this point ive pretty much given up trying to impress him with anything that i come across, else I might as well send him commercial jingles. I wont try to impress you either--I've really tried to think back about the music that most stirred emotion in me, personally.





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Radiohead - Paranoid Android

I remember standing in the checkout line at amoeba records in San Fransciso. The clerk remarked how great of an album this was. I felt honored that (surely) such a great music enthusiast was also excited about what I was excited about. This was sometime around 2002, me and a few friends of mine had driven in out of state to visit a friend of ours. After a significant amount of 'reality testing', I remember this song being quite the soundtrack to the entire experience--which incorporated some very psy & very formative moments of life.


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Animal Colletive - My Girls

From 2012-2013 I had the privilege of associating with one of my favorite persons of my entire life. We both worked customer service at the airport and as a result developed a hopelessly sardonic yet wonderfully happy-go-lucky sense of existentialism. We drank and smoked (tobacco) too much with both people we hated and people we loved. This was the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, WA. Without fail, he would have music blasting within about 15 seconds or so after getting home. This song is one I remember being played often & would invoke a sense of 'enjoy-life-in-the-4am-moment' type of euphoria.

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Death Cab for Cutie - A Movie Script Ending

I think this was around 2004-2005 (sorry/not sorry for not keeping a linear timeline). A friend of mine said "hey we've got something for you". He and his girlfriend played me a song on a little boombox at their place on 601 East Holly Street, Bellingham, WA 98225. I couldn't find a job and I had quit school at the University nearby. I lived several hours south but would still drive up every weekend for the better part of a year to spend time with people I considered incredible and worthwhile. There was (and I hope there still is) a hippie counter-culture that didn't sellout and move to wallstreet and was content to just be, no need to convince anyone else, just be...




There were/are many more of course. Even a couple tonight I had started stories for but abandoned, since copyright policy prohibits embedded content. (I really dont like this). Maybe Ill share more if we are allowed more than 3?

[aoibhghaire]

When I was a young child I loved this song.

Walking Back To Happiness, sung by Helen Shapiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQlpFnlIBE

My young teenage years I was into a wide range of music.

Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR8k8jpT3tw

Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlSVkzbJDA

As a young adult I was into a variety of music from classical, jazz and progressive rock

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6aKnRnBxM

Going for the One in HD by Yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8AJNzq2B0s

Genesis - The Musical Box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W35wtfcByIY

Enya - Orinoco Flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw

[onawah]

I don't know if I could say what my 3 absolute favorites are, but these are certainly favorites:

The Wind Cries Mary
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

"After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red
And the wind whispers, "Mary"
A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life
Somewhere, a queen is weeping
Somewhere, a king has no wife
And the wind, it cries, "Mary"
The traffic lights, they turn blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags downstream
'Cause the life that lived is dead
And the wind screams, "Mary"
Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past?
And with this crutch, its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last"
And the wind cries, "Mary"
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(I saw Hendrix performing live closeup on a fairly small stage decades ago, and it was quite a transcendant experience. )

Oddly, another favorite also has the wind as a theme
Rhiannon--Fleetwood Mac

"Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
And wouldn't you love to love her?
Takes through the sky like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover?

All your life you've never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you Heaven?
Will you ever win?

She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless

All your life you've never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you Heaven?
Will you ever win? Will you ever win?
[| From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/f/fleetwo... |]

Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon

She rings like a bell through the night
And wouldn't you love to love her?
She was alive like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover?

All your life you've never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you Heaven?
Will you ever win? Will you ever win?

Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon

Taken by, taken by the sky
Taken by, taken by the sky
Taken by, taken by the sky

Dreams unwind
Love's a state of mind
Dreams unwind
Love's a state of mind"

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Approaching Lavender -Gordon Lightfoot

"If you'd like to spend the afternoon approaching Lavender
You'll feel just fine but one thing's sure
You'll never be the same
If you'd like to try your hand at understanding Lavender
Then you must be very sure
That life is not a game
You might even learn a thing or two approaching Lavender
You'll soon be on a one night tour
Forgetting your own name
You won't need a reason just to be alone with Lavender
For the light so warm and pure
Will draw you like a flame
The colors that surround you there will be the shade of Lavender
Shadows dancing everywhere
Like flowers in the rain
You will find your tongue's on fire while lying next to Lavender
With words you never spoke before
And will not speak again
Oh sweet Lavender I understand you perfectly
There is no way that I can see
You living by yourself
Oh sweet Lavendar I must be with you constantly
Your presence means so much to me
Much more that life itself
Oh sweet Lavender as fragrant as the name you bear
Please cast away the clothes you wear
And give your love to me
Oh sweet Lavender your smile is like the golden sun
I'd love to see you laugh and run
As naked as the sea
If you'd like to spend the afternoon approaching Lavender
Don't try and get the best of her
She will not share the blame
If you'd like to try your hand at understanding Lavender
Then you must be very sure
That life is not a game
There is no shame"

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Neck in neck with the latter is the old classic by Leonard Cohen

Suzanne

"Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind

Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On Our Lady of the Harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind"

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My instrumental classic favorite is Clair de Lune by Debussy
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UPDATE:doh: Don't know how I missed this, and it's possibly my #1 favorite--Astrud's rendering is so poignant, evocative and dreamy:
The Girl from Ipanema--Stan Getz · João Gilberto · Astrud Gilberto
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[Jamie]

This is so hard to answer.
I was watching this thread yesterday... trying to go through all the music I've loved in life... and I realised there is too much music in all of our lives!
Thankfully you did say "3 songs" ...although the awkwardness comes from asking us to say it in different life stages.

Even you...Mashika, have realised this. Given you've stated three lots of music so far! :ROFL:

OK...in my childhood the music I heard came from my parents (Ry Cooder, The Flying Pickets, Simon & Garfunkel, Ravi Shanka, Bob Marley, The travelling Wilburys).
Thankfully though I had my brother around, so i heard... The Police, Adam Ant, Kate Bush, The Cure, The Eurythmics, etc!

The first song I loved as a child was The Eurythmics - Missionary man.
Can't really explain why... but the lyrics were easy to learn, and apparently my family tell me I loved to dance to it.

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In my teens I had lot of cringe-worthy music, which I choose to forget! My favourite though from that time period... which I still love as one of my favourite songs.
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up:

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That song above... I'll continue to listen to it until the last day of my life.
I love it.

The first song I ever bought on CD was Radiohead - High & Dry.

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I also followed Japanese music for a bit (because my girlfriend at the time was Japanese). Not my favourite music, but was definitely a phase of life.

Hikaru Utada - Wait & See / Boom Boom Satellites - Shut Up & Explode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEf-xJ8VE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm47bjvXiVo

[rgray222]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkN2CKcmoSc

[Mari]

The late great Harry Nilssen. 1969, I was hanging out with school pals and this came on the radio - subsequently went to see Midnight Cowboy (Theme song in video) mainly to see Dustin Hoffman who I became very enamoured with after seeing him in The Graduate.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55xQu9eIPIA


Became a late fan of The Beatles, esp George, and mourned their breakup, so I was delighted in later years to see him form The Travelling Wilburys. 'Handle With Care' is one of their best ones.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4s1KVJaVA

Last but not least - Good Vibrations.. first heard this at a friend's party,1968. I was too young to fully partake in the late 60's Flower-Power thing. It was many years later that I came to fully appreciate what The Beach Boys achieved and this was their best ever, I think.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apBWI6xrbLY

[Orph]

I'm too old to pick just 3 songs, so I'll pick one song from the 1960's, one from the 1970's, and one from the 1980's.

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[Bluegreen]

Layla
O Holy Night
Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)

[rgray222]

A magnificent performance, full screen for best effect.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ_EFAmj08

[Casey Claar]

Crystal Blue Persuasion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDl8ZPm3GrU)
The Time of the Season ( for Loving ) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ecsAI3FhY)
Born to be Wild (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41cFf9N5F-A)


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[Antagenet]

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This is my favorite song now.

[DNA]

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[Bill Ryan]

A magnificent performance, full screen for best effect.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ_EFAmj08:bump:

Yes, out of this world, something truly special. I posted this (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?113062-Touching-The-Divine&p=1392869&viewfull=1#post1392869) a while back on the Touching The Divine (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?113062-Touching-The-Divine) thread.

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[drneglector]

The top three songs are really hard to pick. There are so many great songs out there. But these three song has always made it into my constantly changing playlists…

"Landslide" is a song written by Stevie Nicks and performed by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. The song was first featured on the band's self-titled album Fleetwood Mac (1975).

Nicks wrote the song while visiting Aspen, Colorado, sitting in someone's living room "looking out at the Rocky Mountains pondering the avalanche of everything that had come crashing down on us ... at that moment, my life truly felt like a landslide in many ways".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM7-PYtXtJM



"Diamonds & Rust" is a song written, composed, and performed by Joan Baez.

It served as the title song on her gold-selling album Diamonds & Rust, which was released in 1975.

In this song, Joan Baez is singing to her former lover Bob Dylan, fondly reminiscing about their 1960s affair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ST9TZBb9v8



"The Greatest Love of All" was originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson, who made the song a substantial hit.

Eight years later the song became even more well known for a version by Whitney Houston, whose 1985 cover eventually topped the charts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYzlVDlE72w

[Merkaba360]

that Baez song is cool, never heard it before.

Being that I also have a Minny history, this Dylan song is epic. this version of "One more cup of coffee" is awesome, wish it it was a better recording. "Abandoned Love" is also so good and I don't believe he has ever played it live or put it on an album.
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This Billy Ocean song is just perfect happy music while driving. lol The Commodores "Nightshift" is also incredible as a bit more chill feeling, that I recently heard and haven't heard in so long.

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Many won't know this band but I saw them live and it was wonderful. Beats Antique has many good songs, but this is one of my favorites. You are welcome. lol Make sure you got some good sound and bass for the full effect. Blending so many kinds of music, just 2 musicians, quite talented


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[onawah]

Girl from Ipanema



UPDATE:doh: Don't know how I missed this, and it's possibly my #1 favorite--Astrud's rendering is so poignant, evocative and dreamy:
The Girl from Ipanema--Stan Getz · João Gilberto · Astrud Gilberto
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[Icare]

Here's one of them. For a very private reason this is making me tear up right now:

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[Michel Leclerc]

To make this posting a little interesting for myself I have interpreted "three songs" as being the three parts of Lulu, of Jack the Ripper, and of the Countess Geschwitz in the final twelve minutes of Alban Berg’s second opera Lulu. If you feel challenged enough to expose yourself to what is considered to be the greatest opera of the XXth century – then look up Alban Berg, look up Lulu.

I share this judgment, and the final scene of Lulu brings me to tears every time. You may wonder how that is possible, with atonal, ore more correctly: pantonal music. Still, try to understand. But that is also a challenge to all posters who have posted, well, "songs"... I’ll be honest, I used to love Dylan and Baez in my adolescence. I still appreciate Dylan’s lyrics, but his music, like that of most songs posted, at best bores me. (Yet – I certainly make an exception for the extraordinary Jeff Buckley.) But mostly, and sadly, such music fails to reach my soul, whereas the both abstract and deeply connected tone complexes of Berg’s masterwork are cathartic, tear open the never-healing wounds of what it is to be alive in this protracted twentieth century we are living in, and infuse it with the soothing energy of beauty.

The scene starts with the Countess Geschwitz being about to kill herself; she is in love with Lulu, a once successful Viennese socialite who by the end of the opera, abandoned by her former lovers, has become a street hustler. Geschwitz’ attention is then drawn to the appearance of Lulu herself, trying to sell her body that night, and an ominous potential client, “Jack the Ripper”. He approaches Lulu, who is somehow drawn to him, and asks Lulu who Geschwitz is – she answers "my sister", and the man answers derisively "she is in love with you!"; a strange negotiation between the two ensues, in which the client seeks to obtain maximum favours for the lowest price; Lulu finally gives in for nothing at all, the Ripper stabs Lulu to death, leaves ("those people don’t even have a towel", he complains, wishing to clean his knife); Geschwitz, succumbing, sings a few lines to confirm her love for Lulu: "Lulu, mein Engel!”

The music is one gigantic swirl of chords in an extremely differentiated orchestral score, leading to Geschwitz’ lyrical lines, followed by a few open-ended thuds.

No sugar. The soul speaks.
Sings.

The following is a much praised recording/production of the Salzburg Festival, which shows the (inter)action of the three protagonists clearly:

Lulu at the Salzburg Festival in 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuBo9-9GQOw)

The following is the Brussels production from 2012, which I attended. With respect to the previous production, it “modernises" the entire scenery, in my eyes for once convincingly, bringing to just under the surface the subconscious elements of the story: the childish nature of Lulu (maternity ward hospital beds, the little girl, Lulu’s costume), the Joker, cartoon-like masculinity of the Ripper, the dignity of Geschwitz. It is understandable when you have seen the above production first. The singing, and especially the orchestral performance are however better and make the music’s glory, the song’s glory (!) shine:

Brussels production (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLS5_Kg77A)

Enjoy (?) — or: contemplate. pray. accept.

[Frankie Pancakes]

This is a little like trying to thank everyone at the Oscars for your success.

Early

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[Jamie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkN2CKcmoSc


Such a beautiful 'haunting' piece of music. :inlove:
I guess others already may know, but I was so amazed 2 years back... when I found out that Ryuichi Sakamoto-san was not only the composer of the music for the film 'Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence', but was also none other than the actor who played the Japanese Captain Yonoi in the film. What talent!

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[rgray222]

A daunting and meaningful piece of music, Handel's iconic 'Hallelujah'. The lighthearted and comical silent monks (high school students) allow the music and the lyrics to take on real meaning. A fun wonderful piece of music.


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[Mike Gorman]

To distill 3 songs from childhood, teenage years and adult is just an impossible task for me, I have loved so much music in my life, and being a player and striving to be a good musician in my teenage years and beyond has led me to appreciate an incredible number of artists. In the spirit of this post I will present 3 typical pieces which have given me enormous pleasure, a sense of not being alone, and also a sense of human spirit. The very first big rock concert I attended was Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1972, so I give a special mention to John Fogerty as being a massive early influence on my guitar playing, which led to my loving The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton and electric Blues artists of all kinds.

Childhood: I listened a lot to the radio, and my parents record collection, but it was my older brother who turned me onto 'Cream' & Jethro Tull when he brought records home from Keele University in the late 1960's
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Teenage Years: Crosby Stills Nash & Young were massive to us in our teenage years, we played a lot of their songs in lounge rooms and small concerts:
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Adult: Steely Dan has been a constant musical love, I saw them twice live, just superb musicians and wonderful songwriters, here is a recent performance of Aja,
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I must emphasize that I love so many artists and these selections are by no means comprehensive, merely typical. I am sure it is the same for many people yes?

[Tintin]

I must emphasize that I love so many artists and these selections are by no means comprehensive, merely typical. I am sure it is the same for many people yes?

Very much the same here, yes :sun:

Behind all the songs on my submission is a personal story, and I should really append those, or, reflect them somewhere here.

My musical tastes are very diverse, and as a musician as well one tends to absorb a lot of influences before giving voice to your own.

What was missing from my selection was the band I co-formed with a friend back in 1989 which went through many iterations before finally and amicably ending in early 2015. My friend has 70 full CDs of different mixes, outtakes, versions of all sorts of things that we wrote ourselves, and about 60 songs were released out of all that work - a mere fraction.

We soundtracked our lives from about 19 years old, to the extent that nearly all the honest choices I made on the thread become somewhat obsolete: almost mere background noise whilst we explored through writing and composing the vast oceans of musical possibilities there exist to become the very best we could.

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[Ewan]

Sorry Mash, I couldn't stick to the plan - as the three best songs of my life all come from the same small period in time, when I was 12 - 14 yrs old.

But I will give honorable mentions to the first song that moved me and really got my attention, or maybe that was just the day my first hormone kicked in and the first female I saw shortly after was Sandie Shaw dancing barefoot as she sang "Puppet on a String". I was captivated either way.

As an adult, probably the Pink Floyd song Mother, and in particular this version featuring Sinead O' Connor - though it was so difficult to choose just one!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsKeoUF0iLQ

Now, the best three. From then until now. I was 12 years old and regularly thinking about suicide as the world was such a horrible place.
(I'm really glad I didn't, with hindsight I would not miss out on all this suffering - I think you will all understand that comment).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtouot15cA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whhAg6bA3_o


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd0APVnDIbE

"How you suffered for your sanity..."

[Parsi-X]

Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes / Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting / Elton John - The One

[Matthew]

I posted my best three songs already. But then I remembered a whole different chapter in my life, and the music... Here are three songs from 199somthing to the middle of the next decade

Club dance music is more like classical music than pop. It has longer buildups, with compatible songs from the same sub-genres mixed together for a concert. House DJs in dance clubs sometimes have to lower the energy in the room to get people out for a variety of reasons... lessen the crowd, or other times raise the energy to hook people to staying, building up the number of people in your room. They can get instruction from the event staff one way or the other. So it's a concert that adapts in a way classical concerts don't because they are a one way street. I obviously like some classical music being half of music, but I don't really like stiff music. I like my violin players to hold it wrong or jump around or both.

This one is an absolute classic dance tune. We used to call such songs a "chooooon", or "choon" for short, with a pointing hand gesture followed by a righteous bouncing vogue.

This is Binary Finary and it was remixed year after year after year when it came out it had such an impact. The original was from 1998, but here's an obscure remix based on the 1999 version. I also like 1998 Paul van Dyk Remix. Gotta love that old trance scene.

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Here's some house music. Too easy to get down to this one. Screen II, HEY MR DJ.

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If I had a third one I forgot because those other two are too awesome.

[Ravenlocke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtouot15cA




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd0APVnDIbE

"How you suffered for your sanity..."


Thank you I’ve been hoping someone would bring these two songs up for the last few days, especially Vincent, Thank You.

Vincent hit me deeply when it came out even more than Sounds of Silence. I felt such sorrow, deep sadness..deep loss..I still remember that clearly..and Don Maclean nailed that song.

“This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you”

[onawah]

Another beautiful song by Don McLean, "Empty Chairs", which always struck a deep chord within me...
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[onawah]

I keep breaking the rules set forth in this thread limiting us to 3 songs, but it keeps reminding me of unforgettable songs that deeply affected me, and today I thought of another.

White Bird
It's a Beautiful Day

"White bird
In a golden cage
On a winter's day
In the rain
White bird
In a golden cage
Alone
The leaves blow
'Cross the long black road
To the darkened sky
In its rage
But the white bird
Just sits in her cage
Unknown
White bird must fly
She will die
The white bird
Dreams of the aspen tree
With the dying leaves
Turning gold
But the white bird
Just sits in her cage
Growing old
White bird must fly
Or she will die
White bird must fly
Or she will die
The sunsets come, the sunsets go
The clouds float by, and the earth turns slow
And a young bird's eyes do always glow
And she must fly
She must fly
She must fly
White bird
In a golden cage
On a winter's day
In the rain
White bird
In a golden cage
Alone
White bird must fly
She will die
White bird must fly
Or she will die
White bird must fly
She will die
White bird must fly"

Songwriters: Linda Laflamme, David La Flamme.
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...and that one make me think of...

Lady Eleanor
Lindisfarne

"Bashee playing magician sitting lotus on the floor
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw
Had my share of nightmares, didn't think there could be much more
Then in walked Rodrick Usher with the Lady Eleanor
She tied my eyes with ribbon of a silken ghostly thread
I gazed with troubled vision on an old four poster bed
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head
And bid me come along with her to the land of the dancing dead
But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am
She gazed with the loving beauty like a mother to a son
Like living, dying, seeing, being all rolled into one
Then all at once I heard some music in my bones
The same old song I'd heard for years, reminding me of home
But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am
Then creeping on towards me, licking lips with tongues of fire
A host of golden demons screaming lust and base desire
And when it seemed for certain that the screams could get no higher
I heard a voice above the rest screaming, 'You're a liar'
But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right here in your arms "
Songwriters: Alan Hull.

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And finally

Lady of the Island
Crosby, Stills & Nash

"Holding you close, undisturbed before a fire,
The pressure in my chest when you breathe in my ear;
We both knew this would happen when you first appeared,
My lady of the island.
The browness of your body in the fireglow
Except the places where the sun refused to go.
Our bodies were a perfect fit,
In afterglow we lay,
My lady of the island.
Letting myself wander through the world inside your eyes
You know I'd like to stay here until every tear runs dry.
Da da da ...
My lady of the island.
Wrapped around each other in the peeping sun,
Beams of sunshine light the stage,
The red light's on.
I never want to finish what I've just begun with you,
My lady of the island.
Da da da ..."

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