songs you've known forever will never tire of

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  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    "96 Tears" - ? Mark & The Mysterions
    "All Day Music" - War
    "What's Goin' On"(whole LP) - Marvin Gaye
    "This Way Please" - Golden Dawn
    "No Regrets" - Tom Rush
    "La La Means I Love You" - Stylistics
    "Ring Of Fire" - Johnny Cash

  • Soul Sonic Force- Planet Rock. My first Hiphop vinyl I remember purchasing.

    Tom Tom Club- Genius of Love
    Lakeside- Fantastic Voyage
    The Reddings- Remote Control

    just to name a few...

  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    Hey,

    Here are some of my joints (off the dome):

    -"Come Live with Me, Angel"-Marvin Gaye.
    -"Tin Man"-America.
    -"Slave Driver"-Bob Marley & the Wailers.
    -"Misty Blue"-Dorothy Moore.
    -cosign on "Sun Goddess", Birdman.
    -"Edith and the Kingpin"-Joni Mitchell.
    -"Babylon Sisters"-Steely Dan.
    -"I Do Love You"-GQ.
    -"Wichita Lineman"-Glen Campbell.
    -"So Far Away"-Carole King.
    -"Earth, Wind, and Fire" (and sooooo many more)-Earth, Wind, and Fire.
    -"Closer to the One that You Love"-The Brothers Johnson.
    -"Don't Let No One Get You Down" and "All Day Music"-War.
    -"I Wish it Would Rain"-The Temptations.
    -"She's a Dream" and "Queen of My Soul"-Average White Band.
    -"I Just Can't Stay" and "Wind Me Up"-Bootsy's Rubber Band.
    -"Can't Strain My Brain" and "If You Want me to Stay"-Sly & the Family Stone.
    -"Sometimes I Cry"-Les McCann.
    -"Wait, Please"-Eddie Harris.
    -"Brilliant Circles"-Stanley Cowell.
    -"Feel Like Makin' Love"-Roberta Flack.
    -"Upside Down" and "Love Hangover"-Diana Ross.
    -"I've Been Loving You too Long"-Otis Redding.
    -"World" (and too many more)-James Brown.
    -"I'll Do Anything for You"-Denroy Morgan.
    -"Dancin'"-Grey & Hanks.
    -"Livin' it Up"-Bell & James.
    -"Reachin' Out (For Your Love)"-Lee Moore.
    -"All Night Thang"-The Invisible Man's Band.
    -"Summer Breeze" and "Hummingbird"-Seals & Croft.
    -"Carolina on My Mind," "Fire and Rain," and "You've Got a Friend"-James Taylor.
    -"Too Hot"-Kool & the Gang.
    -"Soulful Strut"-Young-Holt Unlimited.
    -"Native New Yorker," "Easy Come, Easy Go," and "Inside Out"-Oddysey.
    -"I've Been in the Storm too Long" and "Keep My Light in My Window"-The Mighty Clouds of Joy.
    -"Ups and Downs"-The Swanee Quintet.
    -"I'll Trade a Lifetime"-The Gospel Keynotes.
    -"Finally Got Myself Together"-The Swan Silvertones.
    -"Did You Stop to Pray this Morning?"-The Little Wonders.
    -"If This is Love That I'm Missing," "I Betcha You Wouldn't Hurt Me," "If I Lose This Heaven," "Something Special," and "Razzmatazz"-Quincy Jones.
    -"Star of the Story" and "Always and Forever"-Heatwave.
    -"Take Me I'm Yours," "Let Love Enter," "In the Nighttime," and "Treat Me Like a Man"-Michael Henderson.
    -"Miracles"-Jefferson Starship.
    -"Flashlight," "Knee Deep," "One Nation Under a Groove," and too many more-Parliament/Funkadelic.
    -"Creepin'," "As," "Lately," "Lookin' for a Pure Love," "Summer Soft," "Smile, Please," "Superwoman," "My Cheri Amour," "You and I," "Bird of Beauty," "Joy Inside My Tears," "Send One Your Love," "Golden Lady," and toooo many more-Stevie Wonder.
    -"Easy to Be Hard"-Three Dog Night.
    -"Bustin' Loose"-Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.
    -"Hurry Up this Way, Again"-The Stylistics.
    -"Sittin' on Top of the World"-The Jones Girls.

    I'll stop here. This was excessive.

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • I'm the one who loves you- the jays
    Bye bye baby- prince buster
    Hold me tight- johnny nash

    off the top of my head....

  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Oooh child - Five Stairsteps

  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
    KOOL & THE GANG- summer madness
    summer madness (live)
    winter sadness


    i usually play these a LOT in the fall and spring, for some reason

  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    Light My Fire-Doors (Dad's Favorite song)
    Oye Como Va- Santana
    Compared to What- Les McCann

    and for Ms. Head, what I consider to be the best version of this classic.


  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    The Commodores - The Assembly Line

    Yup.

    Also, will never grow tired of "Ain't No Stopping Us Now." Never. Ever.

  • djJazzOnedjJazzOne 302 Posts
    I'd Rather Be with You- Bootsy
    Lately- Jodeci
    Iko Iko- Dr. John
    Liberation- Outkast
    Strawberry Letter 23- Brothers Johnson
    Mind Playing Tricks On Me- Geto Boyz
    Atomic Dog- George Clinton
    I Wanna Be Your Man- Zap and Roger
    I Want You- Marvin Gaye
    Love and Happiness- Al Green
    If I Was Your Girlfriend- Prince

  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts

    and for Ms. Head, what I consider to be the best version of this classic.


    wow this is good. thank you!

  • shooteralishooterali 1,591 Posts
    Alice N Chains-Rooster
    Geto Boys-Minds Playin' tricks on me
    Mobb Deep-shook ones pt 2

  • Options
    mmmm, almost anything done by frank sinatra..


    This was the soundtrack growing up for me when I was real young, summer nights out on the patio with Sinatra 8-tracks pumping through the open windows. That and my mom's disco in the car.

    Jam On It-Newcleus this was the first song I ever taped off the radio, in 1983 holding a cassette recorder up to a transistor radio. I sat there listening to a top-5 countdown or something like that, PRAYING they would play Jam-o-nay.

  • nrichnrich 932 Posts
    Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

  • CosmophonicCosmophonic 1,172 Posts
    These are all tracks I??d listen to constantly when I really started getting into music, and they are absolutely unfadeable to me:

    Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
    Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
    Sam & Dave - Soothe Me
    Theme from Peter Gunn (Blues Brothers version)

    Actually I don??t think I??ll ever tire of the Blues Brothers soundtrack (in the film itself, not so much the record). I knew the entire movie by heart as a 12-year old, and pretty much still do.

    - J

  • FatbackFatback 6,746 Posts
    I could make a list like Big Stacks real easy, but here are 10 of mine that may not have been mentioned...

    Laughing--REM
    Epistrophy--Thelonious Monk
    Outkast--Southernplayalistic
    Van Morrison--Sweet Thing
    Marvin Gaye--Heard it Through the Grapevine
    Eric Dolphy--Hat and Beard
    John Coltrane--Alabama
    Elis Regina--Aquas de Marco
    Don't Worry Baby--Beach Boys
    I Get a Kick (Out of You)--Dinah Washington

  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts
    off the top of my head -

    Shhh-Peaceful - Miles Davis
    Viva Tirado - Fania Allstars
    Mas Que Nada - Jorge Ben
    Golden Slumbers - The Beatles
    25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
    Ping Pong - Art Blakey
    The Border - Gregory Isaacs
    Que Pena - Gal Costa
    The Eleven - Grateful Dead
    Midnight Rambler - Rolling Stones

  • My Girl.

  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts

    and for Ms. Head, what I consider to be the best version of this classic.


    wow this is good. thank you!

    If your not familiar with the band, you should check them out. On Fire is their best, I think.

  • edpowersedpowers 4,437 Posts
    Baby come back- Player

  • igboigbo 44 Posts
    WarPigs-Sabbath
    The Love I Lost-Harold Melvin & The BlueNotes

  • One Way- Cutie Pie
    Rush- Tom Sawyer
    Stevie Wonder- Ribbon In The Sky
    RAMP- Daylight
    Lakeside- Fantastic Voyage
    Chubb Rock- Treat'Em Right
    KMD- Peachfuzz
    Dazz Band- On The One For Fun
    Steely Dan- Peg

  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    One Way- Cutie Pie

    Dayton made this song, not One Way.

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • One Way- Cutie Pie

    Dayton made this song, not One Way.


    You mean it was originally done by Dayton?

    When I was younger, I knew Cutie Pie as done by One Way...so

    One Way is actually a cover? Huh, I've never heard Cutie Pie by Dayton- a late pass for me.

  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    Dayton did the song in 1981. Actually, I'm not up on the One Way version.

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • CousinLarryCousinLarry 4,618 Posts
    I can listen to Coltrane play my favorite things over and over again.


    Long, Long, Long is a really good one too. I play that on repeat often.

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Dayton did the song in 1981. Actually, I'm not up on the One Way version.

    Odd, One Way's version was a massive hit in '82 or so.

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Dayton did the song in 1981. Actually, I'm not up on the One Way version.


    You're not up on the One Way version???

    Well, my 2 year old daughter is now one up on you, for that is far and away her favorite song...which she plays on her Playskool turntable at least twice a day, going absolutley dance crazy each and every time.

    I wonder if when she's 30-something, she'll remember how much she loved Cutie Pie back in 2007.

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    There are a lot of songs in this
    thread that I am personally VERY
    tired of ...

  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    Yo,

    Here is the Liberty Records catalogue info for the Dayton joint: LT-1093 - Cutie Pie - Dayton [1981].

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • hutcherson

    "NTU"

    That's a great one I haven't heard in a long time. I love the hypnotic-spiritual vibe it has. Ever notice how the drums never fall into a groove? Very unique.
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