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ColinBellsjockstrap

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Here's your chance to nominate your essential favourite twenty songs of all time, not necessarily in any order:-

I'll go for:-

Since I've been loving you...Led Zeppelin

She loves you...The Beatles

Shine on you crazy Diamond...Pink Floyd

Stars...Simply Red

In a broken dream...Python Lee Jackson (featuring Rod Stewart)

Yellow River...Christie

Highway Star...Deep Purple

The closest thing to crazy...Katie Melua

A day in the life...The Beatles

Reflections of my life...The Marmalade

Rainbow...The Marmalade

Moon River...Audrey Hepburn

For no one...Barclay James Harvest

When you are a king...White Plains

Burn...Deep Purple

Blowin'Free...Wishbone Ash

Year of the cat...Al Stewart

Do you like tennis?...Chris Rea

Blackbird...The Beatles

Living Proof...Wishbone Ash
 
Some might say Oasis

Cigarettes and Alcohol Oasis

Up In the Sky Oasis

Ticket To Ride The Beatles

Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles

Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones

Under My Thumb Rolling Stones

Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival

Touch Me The Doors

LA Woman The Doors

Bowie Life On Mars

Bowie Heroes

Don Henley Boys Of Summer

Duran Duran Ordinary World

Dean Martin Little Old Wine Drinker Me

Frank Sinatra Strangers In The Night

Shadowplay Joy Division

New Order Bizarre Love Triangle

Happy Mondays Wrote for Luck

Coldplay Clocks
 
Not sure I can narrow it down to 20 as I've almost 9,000 tracks in my music collection but here goes:

Like a rolling stone - Bob Dylan, electric version

All along the watchtower - Hendrix version

The thrill is gone - BB King

Million miles away - Rory Gallagher live version from Irish Tour 74

Since I've been loving you - Led Zep

Dazed and Confused - Led Zep

Voodoo Chile - Live version by Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood at Madison Square Garden

Schools out - Alice Cooper

Crossroads - Cream

Riders on the storm - The Doors

No woman no cry - Bob Marley live version

Echoes - Pink Floyd

Fireball - Deep Purple

The battle of Epping Forest - Genesis (RIP Phil)

Sex and drugs and rock and roll - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Call me the breeze - JJ Cale; though the live cover by Lynyrd Skynyrd is probably the best version

Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull

Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh

Like a hurricane - Neil Young

Bridge of sighs - Robin Trower
 
Elanore .The turtle
kashmir. Led Zeppelin
Motor head. Motorhead
crossroads. Robert Johnson
Lola. The kinks
summer wine. Lee Hazelwood and Nancy sinatra
whats s go in on. Marvin gaye
need your loving. The flirtations
up the ladder to the roof. The supreme
try a little tenderness. Otis redding
Goin back home.dr feelgood
sympathy for the devil. The stones
close to you. The carpenters
yesterday when I was young. Charles aznavour
give me time. Dusty
far from any road. The handsome family
have you ever seen the rain. Ccr
ripples. Genesis
wade in the water. Big mama Thornton
love potion no 9. John cooper Clarke and Hugh cornwell
 
 
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Fuck being stuck on a desert island with the Op, I'd fucking top myself listening to half of that shite. Stunned Robbie Williams and 'Angels' isn't on it.
 
This is hard. I'm an older guy so forgive the antideluvian entries.

Like a Rolling Stone....Dylan
Satisfaction...Stones
Need your Love so Bad.....Peter Green
God only Knows......Beach Boys
Teenage Kicks.....Undertones
Grapevine....Marvin Gaye
Peggy Sue got Married...Buddy Holly
Crossroads.......Robert Johnson
Knocking on Heavens Door......Clapton
She Belongs to Me......Dylan
Tide is High....Blondie
Brown Eyed Girl...Van Morrison
Waterloo Sunset...Kinks
Rubber Bullets....10cc
Hurt so Good......Susan Cadogan
When Love Comes to Town....BB King
Hound Dog.....Big Mama Thornton
Tired of Waiting....Kinks
Long Gray Mare....Peter Green
Black Magic Woman....Peter Green

Most hated song......Imagine..Lennon (ugh)

I'll probably change my mind tomorrow
 
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