Tell us Your Favorite Song of the Decade

[brianhos]

Originally Posted by Angie

Arrggh, this was hard.

1950's - "In the Still of the Night" by the Five Satins
1960's - "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles (I love Revolver)
1970's - "Behind Blue Eyes" by the Who
1980's - "Blister In the Sun" by the Violent Femmes
1990's - "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube (maybe - this one was hardest for me)
2000's - "Science vs. Romance" by Rilo Kiley (maybe??)

Wow, we have similar tastes in music. I cannot believe you chose a beatles song, a who song, and Cube!

[Angie]

Originally Posted by brianhos

Wow, we have similar tastes in music. I cannot believe you chose a beatles song, a who song, and Cube!

I can only say that great minds must think alike!!! I am a HUGE Who and Beatles fan, and the '90's was SO hard to choose!!!

[jperickson23]

1950s Johnny B. Goode- Chuck Berry. (this is the birth of Rock and Roll)
1960s Can't Explain- The Who (the birth of the greatest rock band ever)
1970s Thunder Road- Bruce Springsteen (without a doubt the single best song ever written.)
1980s Welcome to the Jungle- G & R ( Too bad Axel completley ruined one of the best rock bands ever)
1990s You Oughta Know- Alanis Morrisette (This song is just brilliant)
2000s Hurt-Johnny Cash (pure raw and powerful emotion from one of the all-time greats)

[isuno1fan]

90's = Mr. Vain "Hold me back, the simple fact is that I'm all that" & "Who's gonna be the one to save you from yourself when you wanna take a bite?"...Great lines..LOL

YouTube - Culture Beat - Mr. Vain (Remastered...

80s = Way too many to pick from. Perhaps "I love Rock n Roll" or "Crimson and Clover" by Joan Jett. "Centerfold" and "Freezeframe" were great as well. I could probably put a 100 songs here.

70's = However much it pains me, I have to say YMCA. It was awesome at the time.

[Cutlass]

1950's Rocket 88 - Jackie Brentson
1960's Paint it Black- Rolling Stones
1970's Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
1980's Kiss Off - Violent Femmes
1990's Bad Luck - Social D
2000's Laura - Flogging Molly

[Angie]

Originally Posted by Cutlass

1950's Rocket 88 - Jackie Brentson
1960's Paint it Black- Rolling Stones
1970's Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
1980's Kiss Off - Violent Femmes
1990's Bad Luck - Social D
2000's Laura - Flogging Molly

Dylan and the Stones were hard ones for me to leave off. Nice taste!!

[CyGuy33]

Everytime someone postes there favorite I think that I should have metioned that song, Paint It Black, Hurt, these are great songs. It's so hard to pick one song from a decade.

[Cy Heavy]

God I feel old reading those lists. I haven't heard of some of those from the 2000's...

I have way too many to list from the 80's and 90's, but I'll try subcategories...if allowable:
90's rap: Let Me Ride
90's country: Standing Outside the Fire
90's rock: anything from GnR's use your illusion
90's pop: Crash
90's alternative: 1979

80's rock: Panama
80's pop: Power of Love
80's country: Ocean Front Property

[flynnhicks03]

50s - Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy
60s - The Weight - The Band
70s - Baba O'Riley - The Who
80s - Alex Chilton - The Replacements
90s - Hey Jealousy - The Gin Blossoms
00s - Lost Cause - Beck

Baba O'Riley barely beats out The Weight for best song ever.

[Angie]

Originally Posted by flynnhicks03

50s - Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy
60s - The Weight - The Band
70s - Baba O'Riley - The Who
80s - Alex Chilton - The Replacements
90s - Hey Jealousy - The Gin Blossoms
00s - Lost Cause - Beck

Baba O'Riley barely beats out The Weight for best song ever.

Ooh. Beck's "Lost Cause" - that actually be my favorite song of the '00's. "Debra" was on my list for the '90's.

Fantastic taste!

[frontrangeclone]

I'll give a runner up for a decade since there are so darn many good songs...

1960s- 1. Paint it Black (the quintessential, offiical song of the Vietnam War) 2. We gotta get out of this place- the animals
1970s 1. Badlands- Bruce Springsteen 2. Someday Never Comes- CCR
1980s 1. Red Hill Mining Town- U2 (or should I just say the entire album Joshua Tree?) 2. The Chauffer- Duran Duran
1990s 1. Ghost of a Chance- Rush 2. Is it like today- World Party
2000s 1. Run to the Water- Live 2. Over Tokyo- Collective Soul

[drmwevr08]

1950s - Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
1960s - I Can't Get Next to You - Temptations
1970s - Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
1980s - Jacobs Ladder - Huey Lewis
1990s - The World I Know - Collective Soul
2000s - The Remedy - Jason Mraz


Really tough to pick just one most of the time.

[Angie]

Originally Posted by drmwevr08

1950s - Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton

I really hope Jeremy reads this - he played this one and "Sink the Bismarck" over and OVER when he was a kid.

[isukendall]

By filling this out, I feel like taking a Library 160 exam drunk....you know there's no way to possibly screw up, but yet there's no possible way you should be right either....

1960s: "I Want You Back" by Jackson 5
1970s: "Ohio" by CSNY
1980s: "Sweet Child O Mine" by GnR
1990s: "Cherub Rock" by Smashing Pumpkins (honorable mention for "Race for the Prize" by The Flaming Lips (live, with confetti everywhere), barely sneaking into the 1990s....I had to look it up to be sure
2000s: "Clocks" by Coldplay

Thanks for destroying my afternoon....picking one song is so hard...

[zumbro clones]

1950s - Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets
1960s - Yesterday - The Beatles
1970s - Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
1980s - Industrial Disease - Dire Straits
1990s - Black - Pearl Jam
2000s - Still Frame - Trapt

These songs weren't easy to pick! There are way too many classics.