Favourite songs by bands

[Jake T]

US
1. Aerosmith - Uncle Salty
2. The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
3. Blue Oyster Cult - I Love The Night
4. The Doors - Crystal Ship
5. Eagles - Those Shoes
6. Grateful Dead- Fire on The Mountain
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Manic Depression
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
9. REM - The One I Love

UK & Ireland
10. The Beatles - Love Me Do
11. Deep Purple - Pictures Of Home
12. The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
13. Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
14. Queen - I Want To Break Free
15. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
16. The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
17. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
18. The Who - Pure And Easy

19. Wishbone Ash - You See Red

 

[PapaJacques]

US:

The Monkees: Porpoise Song (maybe- I like a lot of Monkees tunes)
The Grateful Dead: China Cat Sunflower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: All Along The Watchtower
The Byrd's: Eight Miles High
The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
Jefferson Airplane: White Rabbit
The Lovin' Spoonful: Summer In The City
The Velvet Underground: Femme Fatale
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Up Around The Bend
The Mamas and the Papas: Monday, Monday

UK:

The Beatles: (tough one..) Strawberry Fields Forever or A Day In The Life
The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
The Kinks: Sunny Afternoon
The Who: Substitute
Pink Floyd: Time
Cream: Tales Of Brave Ulysses or Sunshine Of Your Love
The Zombies: Time Of The Season
Led Zeppelin: What It Is And What Should Never Be
Mott The Hoople: All The Young Dudes
The Yardbirds: Shapes Of Things

Honorable mention to Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger, 'This Wheel's On Fire' from 1968, and 'Itchycoo Park' by the Small Faces, 1967. Great tunes.

 

[Jonny Come Lately]

Some interesting responses so far, think I'll post my own list now:

US
1. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
2. The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
3. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Repear
4. The Doors - Light My Fire (I must admit I'm only really familiar with their best known songs).
5. Eagles - Tough one, I think for sheer enjoyment Take It Easy comes top (I find it a real wrench choosing between this and The Last Resort though).
6. Grateful Dead - Can't pick one, I'm no deadhead.
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird. Yes, probably the most obvious choice, but I don't think the guitars of Gary Rossington and Allen Collins on this can be beaten.
9. R.E.M. - Man On The Moon. Great song, never fails to cheer me up either.

UK & Ireland
10. The Beatles - George is the member I have the most respect for so When My Guitar Gently Weeps.
11. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
12. The Kinks - Lola
13. Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks. For me it's the finest example of their blending of the blues with hard rock.
14. Queen - Not really a fan of any of the songs I've heard by them.
15. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond is my favourite as you may know. Plenty of great ones to choose from though!
16. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
17. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
18. The Who - Not totally sure, think I'll probably go for My Generation though.

19. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain. My favourite track from one of my absolute favourite albums, and I thought I might as well use this slot for a band which had both UK and US members.

Looking back I wish I'd chosen a different US band to the Grateful Dead, I wasn't alone in not naming a favourite by them. Wasn't sure who else to include, though if I did this again I might have gone with CCR instead.

PapaJacques, you gave a decent list of bands there (mainly from the 1960s I notice) but unfortunately they were not the bands I listed in my original post. Just wanted to clear this up to prevent any confusion.

 

[PapaJacques]

Ah.. Sorry about that, misunderstood the intention of this thread. Apologies.

 

[Jonny Come Lately]

No problem, there was nothing wrong with your list in itself (and Time is one of my two favourites from Pink Floyd's shorter songs along with Comfortably Numb so you've got good taste ).

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

US
1. Aerosmith- Amazing (I love Aerosmith ballads so much)
2. The Allman Brothers Band- Jessica
3. Blue Oyster Cult- Joan Crawford
4. The Doors- Touch Me
5. Eagles- Hotel California (The only song I really like by them)
6. Grateful Dead- No thank you.
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Hey Joe
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd- Free Bird
9. R.E.M.- Blue (Such a beautiful conclusion to their career)

UK & Ireland
10. The Beatles- Something (Such a wonderful love song)
11. Deep Purple- Child In Time
12. The Kinks- Lola
13. Led Zeppelin- In My Time of Dying
14. Queen- The Show Must Go On
15. Pink Floyd- Nobody Home (A dark horse pick)
16. The Rolling Stones- Sympathy For The Devil
17. U2- One (I could just as easily go with "Bad" as well)
18. The Who- Lover Reign O'er Me
19. Pulp- Like A Friend

 

[The Wanderer]

US
1. Aerosmith - Angel
2. The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
3. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
4. The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
5. Eagles - Desperado
6. Grateful Dead - The Race is On
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesdays Gone
9. R.E.M. - Do not have one yet.

UK & Ireland
10. The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon
11. Deep Purple - Highway Star
12. The Kinks - Lola
13. Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
14. Queen - Somebody To Love
15. Pink Floyd - I am not a Floyd fan, sorry :/
16. The Rolling Stones - Come On
17. U2 - Do not have one yet.
18. The Who - Baba O'Riley
19. New York Dolls - Seven Day Weekend

 

[luderei]

US
1. Aerosmith - Walk this way (the original version)
2. The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' man
3. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't fear) the reaper
4. The Doors - Love me two times
5. Eagles - One of these nights (except for the Bee Gees-style fade out)
6. Grateful Dead - Friend of the devil
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown traffic
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (I like most of their 1971-1976 output but I 'm not going to try and be original here)
9. R.E.M. - It's the end of the world as we know it

UK & Ireland
10. The Beatles - Here comes the sun
11. Deep Purple - Speed king
12. The Kinks - Waterloo sunset (tied with I'm not like everybody else)
13. Led Zeppelin - Black dog
14. Queen - Now I'm here
15. Pink Floyd - One of these days
16. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
17. U2 - New Year's day
18. The Who - I can see for miles

19. Alice Cooper - You drive me nervous

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

Aerosmith - One Way Street
Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
The Eagles - Wasted Time
Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Red House
Lynyrd Skynyrd - I Know A Little
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

The Beatles - Think For Yourself
Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
The Kinks - Shangri-La
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
Queen - Coming Soon
Pink Floyd - Nobody Home
The Rolling Stones - Rocks Off
U2 - One
The Who - Magic Bus (Full Length Mono Version)

The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday

 

[Rocking Jodi]

Us
1. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
2.The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
3. Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' for You
4. The Doors - Love Her Madly
5. Eagles - Take It Easy
6. Grateful Dead - Ripple
7. The Jimmy Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
9. R.E.M. - The One I Love

UK & Ireland
10. The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
11. Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
12. The Kinks - Do It Again
13. Led Zeppelin - All My Love
14. Queen - You're My Best Friend
15. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
16. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
17. U2 - New Years Day
18. The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

19. April Wine - I Like to Rock