Top 5 Songs

[GA_Eagle]

Here's a game I tried before but with slightly different parameters. Gonna narrow it down to just songs now.

Anyone who's seen or read High Fidelity will get the basic premise. So name a category and the person after you will have to name their top 5 in that category and then name a new category. Discussion is welcome, as well as videos. Also, don't hesitate to post a category that's already been done, since someone else can do it.

ex:
Top 5 breakup songs.

answer:

5. Tragically Hip - Boots or Hearts
4. Pearl Jam - Black
3. Lael Alderman - Cigarette
2. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
1. Beatles - Yesterday

So who's going to start?

Category: Top 5 Covers

[Jerry]

Category: Top 5 Covers

5. Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner - Not better than the CCR original version, but just as good.


4. Mad World - Gary Jules - Not a fan of the movie, Donnie Darko, but Jules' version of this song is better than the Tears for Fears release.


3. This Magic Moment - Jay and the Americans - This version is one of my all time favorite songs, period.


2. All Along the Watchtower - Jimmy Hendrix - I almost like the version that Bear McCreary did for Battlestar Galactica as much.




1. Hurt - Johnny Cash - Better than the original. Not up for debate.



Next category - Top Five songs by "all girl" band.

[GA_Eagle]

I took this to mean bands that are made up of only women and play their all of their own instruments, which I THINK all of these bands do, but it gets rid of a lot of great girl vocal groups from the 60's and 70's, and keeps lots of bands with a woman lead singer out of the running.

5. Indigo Girls - Galileo


4.The Go Gos - We Got the Beat


3. Cibo Matto - Spoon


2. Bangles - Eternal Flame


1. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb


Next Category: Top 5 songs written for a motion picture.

[Jerry]

Originally Posted by GA_Eagle

I took this to mean bands that are made up of only women and play their all of their own instruments, which I THINK all of these bands do, but it gets rid of a lot of great girl vocal groups from the 60's and 70's, and keeps lots of bands with a woman lead singer out of the running.

5. Indigo Girls - Galileo

4.The Go Gos - We Got the Beat

3. Cibo Matto - Spoon

2. Bangles - Eternal Flame

1. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb

The Donnas didn't make your list. *Cry*

[GA_Eagle]

Originally Posted by Jerry-theohiostateguy

The Donnas didn't make your list. *Cry*

I was not overly familiar with them, so I went Indigo Girls instead

[rondo]

[quote=Jerry-theohiostateguy;380728]Category: Top 5 Covers
3. This Magic Moment - Jay and the Americans - This version is one of my all time favorite songs, period.
quote]


Man, that's one of my all-time favorites, too. Part of the reason is that Jay Black is one of the all-time great singers. Last I heard, he was still performing this song and others at the age of 65+.

[SOS4Prez]

Originally Posted by GA_Eagle

Next Category: Top 5 songs written for a motion picture.

1. Down to Earth - WALL-E
2. When She Loved Me - Toy Story 2
3. You've Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story
4. Hakuna Matata - The Lion King
5. Hold On You - Crazy Heart


Top 5 songs of the 80s?

[pooh555]

Originally Posted by GeraldGreen5

Top 5 songs of the 80s?

Impossible, because all songs from the 80s are amazing