Sometimes I think we focus too much on the RIAA and not enough on
promoting great music.

I thought I would start mine off with my top five.

1) Crazy World - by our very own TOM BARGER (Tomsong) new song/duet
2) Fool If You Think It's Over-Chris Rea
3) Philosopher's Stone - Van Morrison
4) Yesterday - McCartney/Beatles
5) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You- Van Morrison


OK, that's mine, what's yours?

What songs really touch your heart and soul?
~Code

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor On The Bedpost Overnnight-Lonnie Donegan What can I say? my dad used to sing this to me just about every night ... No wonder I turned out strange :0) ~pepe~

Hey, I like that one too!!!!
It's very upbeat...and, I've found the chewing gum DOES lose some of its flavor...

~CW

I think I can safely nominate Willie’s ‘My Heros Have Always Been Cowboys’.

Also, just about anything 60's ~pepe~

How about Chainsaw Charlie by WASP, or Kill the Music Industry by Cold? Or, if you must be serious---My Eyes Have Seen You by the Doors, Sweet Mistakes by Ellis Paul, I Alone by Live, Twilight Zone by Golden Earring, and about 500 more...depending on the mood I'm in.

The mood I'm in these days, I actually play Annihilated's "Checkmate RIAA" a lot--love the music and the message...

My favorite music has been tainted by the knowledge that even mentioning it promotes the RIAA.

You should never let them get you down. Have a little faith, if not for yourself, then for your children. The only way they can really win is if we all give up. (I know it sounds goofy, but I do believe it--I was at an impressionable age in the 60's, and never got over it.)

Stirs My Soul - JILL JACK

Local Detroit artist, not signed to a major label. This song is so touching, I can't begin to explain it.

www.jilljack.com

"Treat her like a Prostitute"

By Slick Rick

A SALTY DOG-PROCOL HARUM
LAYLA- CLAPTON
$29- TOM WAITS
HURT- JOHNY CASH
CAN'T HEAR YOU KNOCKING-STONES
ALISON GROSS- STEELEYE SPAN

code, #5 is good and willie can pull at the old heart strings as can the platters, but my fave, my woman my woman my wife, by" marty" cause I got a good one !!!

season of the witch by the vanilla fudge

Wild Horses - The Sundays
In My Life - The Beatles
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Sex Machine - James Brown
Question Of Time - Depeche Mode
No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones
Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding

Like everyone, I could probably keep listing. I'm omitting a lot of songs. So let's call this my list for today.

Secret World by Peter Gabriel
Evening Falls - Enya

The Wall - Kanas Leftoverture
Oh Darling - Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mack
Hitch A Ride- Boston
Feels Like The First time - Foreigner
Second Hand News Fleetwood Mac
Coming up Close - Til Tuesday
Easy Tonight - Five For Fighting

So Many, from so many different era's
VERY hard to choose.

These days, the songs that touch me are angry songs, like Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane, and Still Don't Give a Fuck by Eminem.
Sad/moving songs -- anything on The Rising.

Bodhisattva (live) - Steely Dan
Crazy on You - Heart
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
Layla - Eric Clapton (unplugged)
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You - Sting
Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
Purple Haze - Jimmy Hendrix

As for songs that recently ran through my mind and I opened on Winamp (from my vast collection of mp3's): The World Is A Ghetto (War); Empty Pages (Traffic); Halfway to Paradise (Tony Orlando); Harper Valley PTA (Jeannie C. Reilly).

Avalon - Roxy Music
Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's version
Time Passages - Al Stewart
Erin Shore - The Corrs
Southern Accents - Tom Petty
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems - Kenny Chesney
Somewhere in the Vicinity of The Heart - Shenandoah with Allison Kraus
Hebride's Overture - Mendelssohn
and you can go on and on.
It wasn't until I came to this site that I fully realized the extent of damage the record labels do and have done to music everywhere. I may hate what the RIAA stands for but I just can't make myself hate the music I've listened to for 30 years.

Rain--Beatles
Kashmir--Led Zepplin
Jump--Van Halen
Cemetary Gates-Pantera
Date with the night--Yeah Yeah Yeah's

I could never hate the music, I love it, I am just sadden that I have to boycott it until they stop suing children

HammerofJustice,

Boycott buying new cds; No reason not to buy used cds, the riaa makes nothing on those. And by all means, don't boycott the many ftp servers willing to provide you all the music, riaa and non riaa that you care to leech.

hehe, no I am not really a fan of p2p to each his own I guess, and yeah should have clarified, I do purchase used CD's on Ebay.

Some favorites:

Sea of No Cares - Great Big Sea
The Riddle - Gigi D'Agostino remake of the Nik Kershaw tune
Escape - Journey
Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan
Volcano - Jimmy Buffet

And lots of others, a lot with RIAA Labels so if you are unfamiliar with a song I'd be happy to try to get a good rip and email it to you. Hey RIAA do you call that word of mouth advertising or Copyright Infringement?

I've never intentionally used any p2p applications for myself. None of my computers have ever seen these programs. I was talking about ftp; not p2p. FTP is a protocol that's almost as old as the net itself. But old doesn't make it outdated.

For those who are boycotting, if you willingly give up your music, be it riaa or non riaa; they are winning. If you want to make a dent (and I've said something like this before) just don't buy new cds that are riaa affliated, download them instead. Turning yourself off of the music with the silly, "well; it's riaa, so it sounds bad" is laughable, and it shows that they still 0wn you.

Some of you are obviously not giving up the music you like, whether or not it's riaa affiliated and I applaud you for this. Those of you who have deleted songs you love simply because of who owns it, are giving into the riaa; and you don't even realize it.

Indie music i'm sure is great, I've listened to some, and bought a cd or two of it; But it's not going to stop me from downloading music I like that isn't indie either. I will not give into the riaa, and I don't suggest you do either! Boycott, fine; Buy used cds, they make nothing! from those sales, but why screw yourself out of music you like just because the riaa owns it? it's akin to shooting your foot off because you don't like a toe.

DJ tiesto - Lord of trance
Eiffel 65 - Lucky in my life (Excellent message in that song)
Slipknot - Surfacing (Good to let out the rage)
ATB - Kayama
And many others just bring back fond memories of the past.

Tunes that come to mind right off....

Kill the fuckin music industry - Cold
Stupid Girl - Cold
Whatever- Godsmack
Bad Religion - Godsmack
Got Me Wrong - Alice In Chains (unplugged)
Rain When I Die -Alice In Chains (Dirt)
Hey God - Bon Jovie (These Days)

My list could go on and on.. and on. I like alot of music!

I know this may provoke a few boo's and hisses but the Eagles Greatest hits album. that was my wife and my favoriate album when we met and married nearly 25 years ago

Dear God - XTC
Stripped - Rammstein
Young Ned of the Hill - The Pogues
Daily Growing - Altan
Pure Morning - Placebo
Over the Hills - Nightwish
Through and Through - Life of Agony
I am Mine - Perl Jam
Fine Again - Seether
Black Sunshine - White Zombie
Burden in my Hand - Soundgarden

As with everyone else, I could go on for hours but these are the first songs I thought of.

Sorry forgot one that I have to add

The Losers - Warrior Soul

No boos and hisses here....
Songs can be good even if the artists act like jerks....
Desperado is always on my top 100 list...

Comp...you and I show our age my friend

I didn't list a lot of the songs farther down the list....

John Lennon Give Peace a Chance-
Imagine

pinemikey- Avalon is definitely on my extended list...Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music had a lot of cool tunes... Actually, if I get started listing my fave tunes...I would run out of daylight...lol

Frances Plante-Scott's version of "Eve of Destruction"

and, even though it may seem hokie and totally RIAA

Creed's "Arms Wide Open" because it was my Dad's favorite.

I love the Eagles, too, don't confuse the art with the artist. Too many have feet of clay.

Gothic--Your DAD loved it?! You really make me feel old....

ShadowMom...lots of old folks still alive and kicking...I've already got my first half century under my belt....hey, we may be immortal...I say...so far so good!

Gothic...Frances' "I'm going to stop you" certainly gets your attention too!

Lisa - Lita Ford
Knocking on Heaven's door - Gun's n Roses

ShadowMom, my Dad was only 56 when he passed back in 2001 so don't go feeling too old now. He also turned me on to the Andrew Sisters and Big Band music so...

oops posted already. I didn't even get halfway though yet!

November Rain, I don't need your civil war - Gun's n Roses
Objects in the rear view mirror - Meatloaf
Dyin' ain't much of a living, I'll be there for you - Bon Jovi
Close my eyes forever, Only women bleed - Lita Ford
I don't wanna change the world - Ozzy Osborn
Who wants to live forever - Queen
It can't rain all the time - Jane Siberry (I'm glad I got to see you in action like your father, R.I.P. Brandon Lee)

May as well add Johnny Cash in there with "I can see the darkness". R.I.P.

Now I'm really depressed.

Add the Italian National Anthem

Fire - Arthur Brown
War - Edwin Starr
Liar -- Three Dog Night
The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
All I Can Do is Cry - Savoy Brown
Epitaph - King Crimson

Two suggestions, one RIAA and one indie.

1. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (especially the guitar solo)

2. Shawn Colvin - Say a Little Prayer (a cover of a song by Greg Brown on an album called Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown, on the Red House label -- which is apparently non-RIAA affiliated, according to the list on this website)

Pull Me Under - Dream Theater
Aenima - Tool
Come Talk to Me - Peter Gabriel
Liar - Rollins Band
Insanity - Oingo Boingo
The Moor - Opeth

A song we can all relate to this election year:

Corrosion of Conformity - Vote With A Bullet

George, I detect a pattern. Anti-RIAA songs?
"You're gonna burn, burn, burn, burn..."
If there is a theme, I'd like to add:
"You're Gonna Get What's Comin'" by Bonnie Raitt.

Little Busters by The Pillows.
"When the kids sing out the future,
maybe kids don't need their masters!
Just a waiting for the Little Busters,
oh yeaaaaaaah, yeah yeah yeah!"

I got a list, a big ass list at that

Slipknot
- No Life (Anti-RIAA oriented)
- Purity (Disturbing)
Mushroomhead
-Sun Doesn't Rise
-One More Day
-The Final Act (Unreleased)
-Before I Die
A Perfect Circle
-Blue
-Weak And Powerless
Tool
-Schism
-Aenema
Father Brennan (indie)
-Angel Dust
Staind
-Epiphany
-Layne
-Blow Away
-Safe Place
-Mudshovel
Stone Sour
-Bother
-Get Inside
-Inhale

Theres many many others but Im too tired to type it up O_o

Many of the songs that inspire me are from the Dance Dance Revolution series of games.

...I just hope those artists aren't RIAA cronies...

Bah. Stupid me didn't post his list.

1) B4U (b4 za beat mix) - Naoki
2) Sakura - RevenG
3) Rhythm and Police K.O.G G3 mix - CJ Crew feat. Christian D.
4) ORION.78 (civilization mix) - 2MB
5) Waka Laka - Jenny Rom vs ZIPPERS

...among several others. Dance on!

I don't have a heart...You insensitive clod! Wait...wrong board!

Um...does is have to be a pop song? if not...then how about Godspeed You! Black Emperor's 'East Hastings'

Touches the dark heart...and soul(less)

- Black Sabbath - Children Of The Grave

- Burzum - Det Som En Gang Var

- Celtic Frost - Procreation (Of The Wicked)

- Darkthrone - Kathaarian Life Code

- Dissection - Where Dead Angels Lie

- Evoken - Tragedy Eternal

- The Misfits - Halloween

- Napalm Death - You Suffer

And many others ...

Another one for George--how many people work for the record companies, and how many people download--how about the Doors "Five to One"?

6) Freedom - BeForU

rush-closer to the heart

Just to clear things up, I'm posting my list "title" - "artist". With some song/artist combinations, it's hard to tell.

7) Kakumei - dj TAKA with Naoki

Signed DC-Arthur Lee and Love
Nights In White Satin-Moody Blues
Katy Lied-Steely Dan
Don't Worry Baby-Beach Boys
Crystal Ship-Doors
The Fat Angel-Donovan
April-Deep Purple
Bring It All Home To Me-Sam Cooke
8:05-Moby Grape
Masquerade-Leon Russell
Fat Man In The Bathtub-Little Feat

i can't believe no one has mentioned the cure?!?!?!

Code - Great idea listing favorite songs. I've seen many that I haven't thought or heard about in a long time. There are some songs I didn't recognize listed here, but I'm going to give a listen to, just because my friends like them.

Checked out IneedAlover's jilljack site, definitely going back to listen to a few more tracks.

Now, I think a good song to close out this day will be Dolly Parton's 'I Will Always Love You'.

Love to Love-UFO
Anytime-MSG
Hocus Pocus-Focus
Dazed & Confused-Zeppelin
When I'm With You-The Why Store
Blue Highway-Tony Carey
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow-Suicidal Tendencies
After Forever-Black Sabbath
Little Bird-The White Stripes

Can't you hear me knockin - Rolling Stones
Dead Flowers - Rolling Stiones
Sugar Mountain - Neil Young
The needle and the damage done - Neil Young
The Book I Read - Talking Heads
I Can't Explain - The Who
Magic Bus - The Who
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel
Time out of Mind - Steely Dan
Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Satellite of Love - Lou Reed
Sally Can't Dance - Lou Reed
Sweet Jane/Heroin/White Light - Lou Reed
ANYTHING by the Doors

I have several that I like but one that was a defining moment in my life was when I had a grade school girlfriend a loooooooong time ago the song was
If you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world By charlie Rich

OMFG. Did Z'man just post his favorite RIAA songs? I cannot believe this. Do you people know just what a momentous occasion this is? George, I don't know what to say. My jaw is dropping. I don't know what prompted you to do this, but I am SO EXCITED that you did.

I have to agree 100% with Raid. If you stop acknowledging the music you grew up with and love, the RIAA wins.

George, I don't expect you to change your position on this at all, but I salute you for taking this step. And BTW, some great choices there, bro.

If I Fell - The Beatles
Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin(?)
Colorful - The Verve Pipe
yeah, there's others.. these are this years best for me
ttmmm

Oh, lordy lordy, don't get me started...

...too late!

The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
Jocko Homo - Devo
Summertime - Janis Joplin
Lazy - Deep Purple
Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly
Something - The Beatles
The End Of The World (As We Know It) - REM
Faith - George Michael (cause it has that Bo Diddley beat, sorta like Not Fade Away)
Wooden Ships - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
Brick (Song For The Dumped) - Ben Folds Five
Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground - The White Stripes
Badge - Cream

... I am gonna quit now cause this is all RIAA stuff

ok, one more...

3 Coins - Blue Mother Tupelo
(an indie band from Tennessee you all might want to check out.)

but anything and everything found on Dmusic and other similar sites is what we SHOULD be here promoting

Shmoo