Songs that are Pure Genius

[lottielady]

Mine:

Downtown Train by Tom Waits
These Days by Jackson Browne ( he wrote this when he was 17, ffs!)
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore by Prince (nuff said)

Which songs knock you sideways?

Cranberries, Zombie
Mansun, wide open space
Manic Street Preachers, a design for Life/motorcycle emptiness

Another Bowie
Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide

Walk on by
Dionne Warwick

Bittersweet Symphony
Massive Attack

Queen, the show must go on

YY to Stan and also Zombie

Rattlesnakes- Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Don’t Bang The Drum - The Waterboys

I love the covers from postmodern jukebox

The message - grandmaster flash

Please don't laugh, but Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meatloaf will cheer me up no matter what mood I'm in. It's cheesy, ridiculous and wonderful. 😊

ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space by Spiritualized

Oh and Smalltown boy by bronski beat

Little fluffy clouds The Orb

Would also like to add

Bat out of hell
Meatloaf

I'm drunk, so can't actually read much. But faithless insomnia. Homeward bound s and g as there is one great line.. local boy by the stereos. God only knows by bb. And just like heaven cos Robert adores Mary and it is just delicious. And lots more but those now.

Very outing but my main one is Greenday, Good Riddance. Anyone who (properly) knows me, knows this is 'my' song.

Also Country Roads, John Denver. Lovely, evocative lyrics.

She's Always In My Hair Prince
Strange Relationship Prince
Naive Melody (this must be the place) Talking Heads
Cracklin' Rosie Neil Diamond
Troubled Man Marvin Gaye
I Second That Emotion Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
17 Days Prince
Move On Up Curtis Mayfield
Out Come The Freaks (woodwork squeaks) Was Not Was
Lola The Kinks
Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones

When angsty ( and when divorcing this helped a LOT) Foo fighters - Walk.

CoperCababa a (mn) sainthood is surely due? Hazing wutkninnthose playlists. Thank you

Fucking helll. Wine had been taken. Sorry

Do You Realize - The Flaming Lips

Just Can't Get Enough- Depeche Mode
Only You- Yazoo
In Bloom- Nirvana
Black Hole Sun- Soundgarden
Even Less- Porcupine Tree
White Room- Cream
Basketcase- Green Day
Hand in my Pocket- Alanis Morisette
All the Small Things- Blink 182
Good Times- Chic
Closing Time- Semisonic
Sometimes- Erasure

Sorry-Madonna

YYY to Squeeze- up the junction!

Also-
Green Day- basket case
Neil Diamond- america
Billy Joel- uptown girl
Michael Jackson- man in the mirror
Amy Winehouse- tears dry on their own
Pink and Nate- just give me a reason
Fun- we are young
The Foundations- build me up buttercup
Coldplay- fix you
Michael Bolton- how can we be lovers

My most favourite is Christina Aguilera "Beautiful" as was number one when my ds was born and it makes me cry he's 16 today and cringes when I play it!

Human Touch by Bruce Springsteen

The man who sold the world - one of the only Bowie songs I love, but also love the Nirvana cover.

Hard to concentrate - red hot chilli peppers.

Soldier side by system of a down.

@PinkOboe I can’t take the credit for the Underrated one or the idea, but I did the Best Songs and this one.