winkerwatson just tweeted this link to a survey on the Guardian site...
http://www.sixsongsof.me/ (http://www.sixsongsof.me/)
So let's have it...
1. First song ever bought? Down Under by Men at Work
2. What song always gets you dancing? Not sure one exists.
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Radio Ga Ga
4. The perfect love song? Let's Stay Together by Al Green (no other version!)
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Abide with me (yes it is a hymn!)
6. One last song that makes you, you. Sexy MF by Prince ;D
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 16, 2012, 09:03:49 PM
winkerwatson just tweeted this link to a survey on the Guardian site...
http://www.sixsongsof.me/ (http://www.sixsongsof.me/)
So let's have it...
1. First song ever bought? - bought albums instead of singles.
2. What song always gets you dancing? - AC/DC highway to hell.
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? - He's got the whole world in his hands. (my neighbour use to sing it to me)
4. The perfect love song? - Poison,every rose has its thorn
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? The Doors, The end.
6. One last song that makes you, you. My way, Frank Sinatra
1. First song ever bought? Don't look back in anger - Oasis
2. What song always gets you dancing? Maniac 2000 - Mark McCabe
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Greatest American Hero - Don't know who sang it.
4. The perfect love song? When you were Sweet 16 - The Fureys
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? You'll never Walk Alone - Gerry and the Pacemakers
6. One last song that makes you, you. - Bringing sexy back - Justin Timberlake
Quote from: ross4life on August 16, 2012, 09:38:22 PM
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? - He's got the whole world in his hands. (my neighbour use to sing it to me)
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Quote from: trileacman on August 16, 2012, 09:48:23 PM
Quote from: ross4life on August 16, 2012, 09:38:22 PM
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? - He's got the whole world in his hands. (my neighbour use to sing it to me)
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;D Nah was a girl in her 20s that sang it to me.
1. First song ever bought? Bought album Dire Straits Dire Straits wanted Sultans of Swing
2. What song always gets you dancing? Thunderstruck Ac/Dc
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Whole Lotta Rosie Ac/Dc
4. The perfect love song? Given the Dog a bone Ac/Dc
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Thunderstruck Ac/dc
6. One last song that makes you, you. Thunderstruck Ac/dc
1. First song ever bought? The Police LP - Ragatta de Blanc
2. What song always gets you dancing? I'm in the Mood for Dancing
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Heard this today on the radio - I'm no body's child
4. The perfect love song? Je t'aime
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Here I am Lord
6. One last song that makes you, you. Send in the Clowns
1. First song ever bought? Burning Bridges - Status Quo
2. What song always gets you dancing? You can call me Al - Paul Simon. (Honourable mention for dancing on the ceiling by Mr Ritchie)
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Bad - Michael Jackson (early teenage years will always be the sweater song by Weezer)
4. The perfect love song? I just can't stop loving you - Michael Jackson
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Mr E's Beautiful Blues - Eels (wife hates this track)
6. One last song that makes you, you. That is tough! think I have to go with first thought - Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson.
Typing all these into Youtube is a real bitch.
Ross4life . . . . . . nice.
1. First song ever bought? Album - Appetite for Destruction
2. What song always gets you dancing? Thunderstruck Ac/Dc
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Thunderstruck Ac/Dc
4. The perfect love song? Rosie Black
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? This is the air I breathe - Darlene Sczech
6. One last song that makes you, you. - Superman - Five for fighting
1. First song ever bought? Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love
2. What song always gets you dancing? saffron sam2 doesn't dance
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Shanagolden
4. The perfect love song? Love don't live here anymore
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? The Parting Glass
6. One last song that makes you, you. Sittin on the dock of the bay
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 16, 2012, 09:03:49 PM
winkerwatson just tweeted this link to a survey on the Guardian site...
http://www.sixsongsof.me/ (http://www.sixsongsof.me/)
So let's have it...
1. First song ever bought?
2. What song always gets you dancing?
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood?
4. The perfect love song?
5. What song would you want played at your funeral?
6. One last song that makes you, you.
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1. I don't like Mondays.
2. No song on earth can do that.
3. Teenage kicks.
4. The Dance.
5. Amazing Grace.
6. The final countdown. :o
Since Hardiman the Fiddler included me as one of the "ould" board members, this list will undoubtedly underscore that "ould"-ness.
1. First song: Really can't recall (sure sign of age). Maybe "Up Around the Bend" – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Cosmo's Factory) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5ZMQ_ZVCQ
2. Dancing: "Virginia Plain" – Roxy Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GMpSxjFPbI
3. Childhood: "Sorry" – Royal Showband Waterford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGXHyt38sj0
4. Love Song: : "I Can't Stop Loving You" – Van Morrison http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGA7Z06R3Fs
5. Funeral: "An Chuilfhionn" – Leo Rowsome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EPTDKT9Gc
6. Me, Me: "Why" – Devil Doll http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1z-RTx3BC8 or perhaps "Madame George" – Van Morrison http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrOgYjp20j0
Ask me tomorrow, with more time to think, and it'd probably be a different list.
Embrace your ouldness, Big O.
1. First song ever bought? Can't remember. It's probably to do with the ouldness.
2. What song always gets you dancing? Satisfaction.
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Not a song, but the earliest I remember is my Dad playing "The Wearing Of The Green" on the fiddle.
4. The perfect love song? I don't recognise the genre. [Edit - I take that back, having seen Captain Obvious's selection below - I Got You Babe]
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
6. One last song that makes you, you. Something by Dylan. Tonight, it's Love Minus Zero, No Limit.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 16, 2012, 09:03:49 PM
winkerwatson just tweeted this link to a survey on the Guardian site...
http://www.sixsongsof.me/ (http://www.sixsongsof.me/)
So let's have it...
1. First song ever bought? Down Under by Men at Work
2. What song always gets you dancing? Not sure one exists.
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Radio Ga Ga
4. The perfect love song? Let's Stay Together by Al Green (no other version!)
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Abide with me (yes it is a hymn!)
6. One last song that makes you, you. Sexy MF by Prince ;D
Will have to maybe edit/complete this later.
1, First song ever bought? If not for you, 1971 by Olivia Newton John.
2,Mum always said i can't dance as i have two left feet. Being a Prod, that's maybe not a good thing!
3, Seasons in the sun, Terry Jacks.
4,As above, reminds me off Eleanor.
5, Don't dream it's over by Crowded House.
6,Smokie, if you think you know how to love me.
1. First song ever bought? - Surfin' Bird
2. What song always gets you dancing? - Will dance to anything when drunk.
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? - Back when i was four
4. The perfect love song? - I got you babe
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Another one bites the dust
6. One last song that makes you, you. - Tomorrow is another day
1. First song ever bought? It's Gonna Happen - Undertones
2. What song always gets you dancing? Not Applicable
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Under the Moon of Love - Showaddywaddy
4. The perfect love song? Cactus - Pixies
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Friends in Time - Golden Horde
6. One last song that makes you, you. Another Girl, Another Planet - Only Ones
1. First song ever bought? Not 100% sure due to age but possibly "Two Little Boys" - Rolf Harris
2. What song always gets you dancing? "Dancing Queen" - Abba
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? "Hey Jude" - The Beatles The first song I can remember hearing on the wireless
4. The perfect love song? "This Is Not A Love Song" - PiL
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? "Into The Mystic" - Van Morrison
6. One last song that makes you, you. "Janie Jones" - The Clash
1. First song ever bought? LP - Soft Metal
2. What song always gets you dancing? The Stunning - Brewing
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Kim Wilde - Kids in America
4. The perfect love song? Dawes - A Little Bit of Everything
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? The Frank & Walters - Time We Said Goodnight
6. One last song that makes you, you. The Avett Brothers - Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise
1. First song ever bought? Mull of Kintyre - Wings
2. What song always gets you dancing? One Step Beyond - Madness
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Hersham Boys - Sham 69
4. The perfect love song? Wash me Clean - k.d. Lang
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Amazing Grace - Mahalia Jackson
6. One last song that makes you, you. Northern Sky - Nick Drake
1. First song ever bought? London Calling- The Clash
2. What song always gets you dancing? Dog Days are Over -Florence atm
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? By the Rivers of Babylon- Boney M
4. The perfect love song? Romeo and Juliet- Dire Straits
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? life is a cabaret- Lisa Minelli
6. One last song that makes you, you. Blister in the sun- Violent Femmes
First song ever bought? Ghost Town - The Specials
What song always gets you dancing? Footloose
What song takes you back to your childhood? Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
The perfect love song? Nothing comes to mind
What song would you want played at your funeral? Time to say goodbye - Catherine Jenkins
One song that makes you, you? One day Like This - Elbow
1. First song ever bought? Had I money it would have been Rat Trap but really it was Show some Concern by The Concerned
2. What song always gets you dancing? Plead the 5th
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers
4. The perfect love song? If you don't want to fcuk me, fcuk off - Wayne Country and the Electric Chairs
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Whatever is being broadcast on the Emergency Disaster Channel on the radio
6. One last song that makes you, you. Shamrock Shore - Horslips
First song ever bought? Paul McCartney- Spies like us
What song always gets you dancing? An Emotional fish- Celebrate
What song takes you back to your childhood? Wham- Club Tropicana
The perfect love song? Otis redding- These arms of mine
What song would you want played at your funeral? Alison Krauss -There is a reason
One song that makes you you, Queen- Dont stop me now
1. First song ever bought? Buttercup- Winston Scotland
2. What song always gets you dancing? Rave On- Buddy Holly
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? 76 Trombones- King Brothers (My Father was always croaking singing it)
4. The perfect love song? Tougher than the Rest- Bruce Springsteen
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Our Lady of Knock
6. One last song that makes you, Keep Right On to the End of the Road- Harry Lauder
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1. First song ever bought? What's New Pussycat? - Tam Jones
2. What song always gets you dancing? Cotton Eyed Joe - Rednex
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Words - FR David
4. The perfect love song? Is It Progression If A Cannibal Uses A Fork? - Chiodos
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? I'm Not Dead - Pink
6. One last song that makes you, you - Mountains of Pomeroy - Oliver Corr
Quote from: ziggy90 on August 17, 2012, 07:26:16 PM
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Our Lady of Knock
The Dana or Daniel O'Donnell version & did you come home for the walk this year? :P
1. First song ever bought? INXS - Kick (album)
2. What song always gets you dancing? Born Slippy - Underworld (unfortunately for me & everyone else)
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood?
I have 2 distinct ones - Primary school years - Communards - dont leave me this way & Tween/Teen years Bluebells Young at Heart (prob 2nd time round for the song I think).
4. The perfect love song? Kate Bush -This Woman's work
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Green Day - Time of your life
6. One last song that makes you, you - Waterfall - Stone Roses
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 17, 2012, 02:57:02 PM
1. First song ever bought? Had I money it would have been Rat Trap but really it was Show some Concern by The Concerned
Rat Trap was No.1 in the charts the day I was born!
Quote from: ross4life on August 17, 2012, 08:38:58 PM
Quote from: ziggy90 on August 17, 2012, 07:26:16 PM
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Our Lady of Knock
The Dana or Daniel O'Donnell version & did you come home for the walk this year? :P
To answer your first question I refer you to my signature below :D. No I didn't and to my shame I've never done it (always with the good intentions) :-[.
1. First song ever bought? It's Like That - RUN DMC vs Jason Nevins
2. What song always gets you dancing? The Island (Dawn) - Pendulum
3. What song always brings you back to your childhood? Go West - Pet Shop Boys
4. The perfect love song? Hanging By A Moment (Acoustic) - Lifehouse
5. What song would you want played at your funeral? Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas
6. One last song that makes you, you. Intro - The XX