A recent dinner with a friend from Washington DC got me thinking about music and my favorite songs of all time. Here is the critia: (excerpt from an email)
So your email got me contemplating my list of favorites. A rather dubious task that I thought would be simple. My criteria is pretty straightforward. Imagine you are on a desert island and someone is trying to torture you by playing the same song over and over and over again. What songs would be the antidote to their torture scheme ? in other words what songs have staying power.
I was surprised by my list. Some of my favorite artists, although I love their body of work, don't have a single song that would meet my criteria. Bands like, The Eagles, Styx and the Rolling Stones. Also some songs made the list and yet I am not particularly a big fan of the band. Journey is an example. However, Girl Can't Help It, is a song that whenever it comes on, I stop what I am doing, listen and turn up the stereo. There are not that many songs that get my attention like that.
So here is my list. Which was going to be Ten (10) then had to turn into Twenty (20) and could have been Fifty (50) but you have to draw the line somewhere.
Top Ten Songs
1. Todd Rundgren - Hello it’s me
2. Frank Sinatra – Summer Wind
3. Van Morrison – Have I told you lately?
4. Tower of Power - What is hip
5. Frank Zappa – Reqyptian Strut
6. Journey - Girl Can’t help it
7. Buddy Rich – Ya Gotta Try
8. Weather Report – Black Market
9. Led Zeppelin – In the evening
10. Jeff Beck – Star Cycle
11. Mel Torme – Just Friends
12. Dixie Dregs – Cruise Control
13. The Tubes (with Todd Rundgren) – Love Bomb
14. Spyro Gyra – Bob goes to the store
15. Kansas – Paradox/The Spider
16. Pink Floyd – Time
17. Edgar Winter – When it comes
18. Barbra Streisand – Someday
19. Steely Dan – Aja
20. Sting – Seven Days
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