My favourite songs
Mood: Happy
Listening to: Peter Sarstedt
Hello to all.
Tink thought I should talk about my favourite song, so, seeing it's the only subject I can think of to talk about at the moment, I will.
Ok, it's really not easy, but I'll narrow it down to a few.
Jeff Buckley of course is right up there as my favourite musician. And the song of his that I would choose would have to be 'Last Goodbye'. It was the first I had heard of his, and it's such a beautifully written song. It has all the right elements. He sings it with emotion; lament, regret. The way the music is composed, the backup singers, the string section, it all comes together really nicely. He had so many great songs, and another favourite of mine is 'Satisfied Mind'.
I have always liked 'You'll Never Walk Alone' by Gerry and the Pacemakers. It's such a hopeful song, a 'light at the end of the tunnel' kind of song.
Bob Dylan has this song called 'Positively 4th Street', and from listening to it, you gather it's about an old 'friend' perhaps that was a bit of a user, but maintained that front of innocence, and tried to please everybody, but really was just stabbing them in the back. This song is a sort of a confrontation, saying "I know exactly what you're doing and who you really are, and I do not like you". I like it so much, because I think a lot of people know someone like that, but aren't game enough to actually say anything about it. With all these songs about love, it's nice to hear one that you can relate to, that deals with another side of life.
And I have only recently had the pleasure of discovering Led Zeppelin. What an amazing band! I can't beleive how many great songs they had! I love listening to 'Stairway To Heaven' and 'Whole Lotta Love', Robert Plant's vocals are incredible! They had all the right elements in that band! But a song of theirs I quite like is called 'Night Flight' it's just such a catchy song, and I really only discovered it through Jeff Buckley's cover on his Live at Si-ne' CD.
But there's so many great songs out there that really deserve a mention here, but there's just far too many to list! And there's always new artists popping up that are pleasantly surprising me. I really dislike this generation of music; rap and dance music is dominating the charts.
Well, that's my opinion, but I'd love to hear from anyone else, I'm always interested to know what other people enjoy listening to.
Goodnight!
