Music - the Favorites of a Genre
 

List your top 5 favorite songs in each genre:


Note: With so many subgenres, do your best to categorize accordingly. (indie via Alternative, metal or classic rock via Rock, R&B via Hip-Hop, etc...) Also, feel free to omit a category if needed. Also Also, list your favorites at the moment, I know they change all the time.

Rock
Jazz
Blues
Hip-Hop
Country
Alternative
Pop
Classical

Re: Music - the Favorites of a Genre
 

Rock

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowSGxim_O8

Steve Miller Band - The Joker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFV2iG3dnpU

Pink Floyd - Money

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_anbEJsr6s

Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpn8MANhdLU&feature=related

The Beatles - Come Together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A7t6rbx39E

I'll hit other genres later.

Re: Music - the Favorites of a Genre
 

Will post in a while... working on it now.

I've been thinking about this and good lord it's hard to limit it to just five per genre... :p

Re: Music - the Favorites of a Genre
 

I find it best to assume these lists change daily, no?

Rock

Agalloch - Fire Above, Ice Below
Opeth - Hessian Peel
The Cure - Disintegration
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black

Jazz

Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris
Miles Davis - Sanctuary
Avishai Cohen - Nu Nu
Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain
Al Di Meola - Flight Over Rio

Blues

Robert Johnson - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Earl Hooker - Calling All Blues
Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do
Satan And Adam - CC Rider
Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel

Hip-Hop

Deltron - Madness
Liquid Swords - Cold World
Eminem - Kim
Black Star - Respiration
Dalek - Paragraphs Relentless

Country

O Brother Where Art Thou OST

Alternative

Faith No More - Malpractice
Fields Of The Nephilim - Wail Of Sumer
Neverending White Lights - The Grace
Bat For Lashes - Siren Song
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat

Pop

Kent - Palace & Main
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
Bjork - Joga
Scott Walker - Seventh Seal
Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook

Classical

Franz Liszt - Danse Macabre
Rachmaninoff - Prelude In G Major
Elend - The Luciferian Revolution
Henryk Gorecki - Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile
Vivaldi - Autumn

Electronica/Ambient (I'm adding this)

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Ulver - Let The Children Go
Justice - Stress
Starofash - Beautiful As Torment
Coil - Chaostrophy

Other (There are other genres outside of these)

Dead Can Dance - In The Kingdom Of The Blind, The One-Eyed Man Is King
Scott Walker - Farmer In The City
Current 93 - Passenger Aleph In Name
David Sylvian - Forbidden Colours
Peccatum - Parasite My Heart

Rock

House of the Rising Sun ~ The Animals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxYGeTV6fCw

All Along the Watchtower ~ Jimi Hendrix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bng3agUOYiI

Lightening Crashes ~ LIVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVezhhCl34

Paint It, Black ~ The Rolling Stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNIzxFBCaes

Dead Souls ~ Nine Inch Nails
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PDZC38doDM

Top 5s At the moment..

Rock:
NIN-Right where it belongs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jAyfGzSaz0
Slipknot pt.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvetJ9U_tVY
TOOL-Parabola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiV_ue-PbL4
Deftones w/Maynard-Passenger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBvyr79Qe4k

Country:
Dwight Yokam-If there was a way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcyN2mvs6pc
Garth Brooks-Callin baton rouge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP00m1EaU5o
Sawyer Brown-The race is on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9B5krCdmxA
Travis tritt-Best of intentions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6qLtarUJnQ
Tim McGraw-My best friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDm2AIw7Myo

Rap/hip hop:
Eminem,obi trice,dmx-Go to sleep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qG1sZhO74A
Joe budden-Walk with me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS73SwHyaaM
Petey Pablo-Lets Roc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o10espgGj0U
Cypris Hill-trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqNGoAwYYk8
Dmx-Ruff Ryder's anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnZDjO9LBM

Rock

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "I Should Have Known It" (though you could insert any Petty song here, I just chose this because it's new and I'm obsessed with it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_iBKacXIA4

Fleetwood Mac, "Go Insane" (actually this is a live version of a Lindsey Buckingham solo song, from the band's reunion album The Dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrOqhQvDC4

Eric Clapton, "Run Back To Your Side" (another one I love almost universally. This is a new song that I'm addicted to)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh8tJvJQz4Y

Bob Seger, "Wait For Me" (any of his songs would do as well)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s43FpUG9uxQ

Warren Zevon, "Prison Grove" (any of his songs would do as well, but I've been hooked on this one recently)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ctp2QbLYxY

Blues (though much of this is blues rock rather than straight up blues)

Jonny Lang "Walking Away" (though really anything from Wander This World, that album is amazing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olk7mNK-VyE

Cream, "Sunshine of Your Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-EOc_74bY

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, "Need Your Love So Bad"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtmW2ek7WkQ

Samuel L. Jackson's "Stack O Lee" from Black Snake Moan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAss7LFXGTQ

Alternative (Not sure how this is even defined, but whatever)

Depeche Mode, "Enjoy the Silence"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diT3FvDHMyo

Stabbing Westward, "Shame"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsxaoXHe9Xc

Nirvana, "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKT1P7x_Pzo

Live, "Lakini's Juice" (Also love everything they've done, but I've been hooked on this one recently)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnFKaU8H4v8

Modest Mouse, "Float On"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAud5O7Qqk

Country (can't find videos, so just listing them)

Dwight Yoakam "Thinking About Leaving"
Bekka & Billy "Better Days"
Montgomery Gentry "Lonely and Gone"
Little Big Town with Lindsey Buckingham (Crossroads special) "Bring It On Home"
Johnny Cash "Folsom Prison Blues"

Pop

George Michael "Careless Whisper"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ

George Michael "Too Funky"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ2DVwSVIIo

Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19rC-Fl-KwM

Berlin, "Take My Breath Away"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DARX9nzNE3E

Savage Garden, "Truly Madly Deeply"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQnAxOQxQIU

Rap/Hip Hop

Black Eyed Peas, "Where Is The Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc

Eminem, "Lose Yourself"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO2wA0Te0wM

Everlast, "What It's Like" (probably doesn't belong here, but whatever)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9f9Eybv4I

I had a very hard time deciding on the 4th and 5th ones I posted under Rock... and have thought about editing my choices several times so I could add this one because I love the words so much... so, doesn't matter to me which category you put it under... cool choice... :up:

Alrighty. List changes daily, and as I'm not too familiar with some of these genres, I'll make a list of the ones I consider genres. One song per artist

Rock:
A Day in the Life by The Beatles
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones
Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who
Hotel California by Eagles

Metal:
Master of Puppets by Metallica
The Leper Affinity by Opeth
The Czar by Mastodon
March of Mephisto by Kamelot
King of Those Who Know by Cynic

Alt Rock:
There, There by Radiohead
Cassandra Gemini by The Mars Volta
Art is Hard by Cursive
The Mob Goes Wild by Clutch
Limousine by Brand New

Indie:
Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire
Mistaken for Strangers by The National
Summertime Clothes by Animal Collective
I Summon You by Spoon
A More Perfect Union by Titus Andronicus

Folk:
Alameda by Elliott Smith
Oh, Comely by Neutral Milk Hotel
This Year by The Mountain Goats
Skinny Love by Bon Iver
Love Ire & Song by Frank Turner

(indie) Pop:
All the Pretty Girls by fun.
New Slang by The Shins
Sun Hands by Local Natives
Champagne Supernova by Oasis
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People

I don't know much classical and jazz, and I really hate rap and country

Yeah I love that song. I struggled with where to put it. I'd already booted Live to the "Alternative" section to make room for all the artists I posted and I'd already had to omit Stone Temple Pilots' "Big Bang Baby" from "Alternative" to make room for Live. So I figured I'd stick it in Rap/Hip Hop because that's where Everlast's roots are and much of the rest of the album is more in line with that genre, even though the song itself is more rock. Plus I was struggling to come up with anything to put there.

I'm not familiar with most of your choices, but major plus rep for these two.

Thanks :cool:

A lot of the other stuff is more indie/alternative, which is pretty much what I listen to. I generally despise everything on the radio these days, however there's an entire world of alternative and indie music that the average person never gets to hear unless they go looking for it

Country

I'm not the biggest country fan but I do like these...


Ring of Fire ~ Johnny Cash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhf9U5Wf3Q

Seminole Wind ~ John Anderson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGoBQIhyFFM

Ghost Riders in the Sky ~ The Highwaymen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsUM7V6Ku_8

Let it Go ~ Tim McGraw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76tldB2HPrA

The Dance ~ Garth Brooks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7_VcWnLTu4


And.... I'm gonna add this category.... yeah, yeah, I'm cheating just a tad but wasn't sure where any of these songs would fit into any of the listed categories... so...

Native American

Ghost Dance ~ Robbie Robertson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0T4nKLEEpI

Yeha Noha ~ Sacred Spirit featuring Cree Elder Kee Chee Jake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-xjql_pE8

Ly o Lay Ale Loya ~ Sacred Spirit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmOWkB1pi2k

Cherokee Morning Song ~ Rita Coolidge and Robbie Robertson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VqoxOcEqpk

Mahk Jchi ~ Ulali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13doUQ5ZTQI