oLahav's Top 100 Songs Ever List- Part X

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oLahav's Top 100 Songs Ever List- Part X

Author: oLahav

This is Part X of oLahav's Top 100 Songs List: songs 10-1

Part 10! My best songs ever are here!

This is the tenth and final part of my very own 100 favorite songs list. This is by no means a conclusive or significant list, so feel free to make your own competitive list. But just because I'd like to share my musical taste, I'm putting this right up on LearnHub. Cool!
If you didn't catch the first few parts, here's:
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII
Part IX

This is it! For the past 9 weeks, every Monday, I posted a section of the list, with 10 of my favourite songs. Sure, a few songs got left out, but I know I had a great time finding out my top picks and even gaining some new favourites! The experience taught me a lot about myself, and I recommend anyone who likes music to start their own list and go through their top 100, it's a very rewarding process.

The following 10 songs are, one by one, my personal favourite songs. Each song here is better than the next, and unlike the rest of my list, this part is in order. I've had these songs down before I started the list, although it took a bit of tweaking (one song had to be shifted to #11), but looking at this I really feel that this is it, my top 10. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I have.

And now, it's time. Let's finish this! The top 10:

Song 10: No Rain, by Blind Melon.
I'm a rain person. I hate the sun, but when it gets cloudy and rain falls down, I thrive. Rain people have to love this song, there's no other way. We're all a little alone, and we're all a little insane, and we're all looking for that someone who'll be there. It odd how a simple song can be so beautiful, and capture life so perfectly, at least for me. Here is the clip of this great song.

Song 9: Hold Me, Fleetwood Mac.
Warning- the next couple of songs are kitchy love songs. Fleetwood Mac is a band that really has some magical tunes, but none as great as this one. Aside of the vocals (McVie and Buckingham sound so great together), the song features one of the greatest short guitar solos of all times, if not the greatest. A love song that means a lot to me, Hold Me is easily a person favourite. You have to give it a listen, here.

Song 8: I Can't Tell You Why, The Eagles.
Some people hate the Eagles. I don't, because after all, they have great music. And this is the one song I thought was much better than all the rest. Featuring Timothy B. Schmidt on vocals for the first time, and with my favourite guitar solo, this song has it all. The lyrics are emotional and simple, and I don't know about you, but I connect to them on several levels. Amazing, that's all it is. Here is a superb live version very similar to the one I saw last week! They were awesome live.

Song 7: You Can't Always Get What You Want, by the Rolling Stones.
I may be wrong, but I think the Stones win in terms of number of songs in my list. And this one is better than all of them. I've liked this song long before it was featured on recent movies and TV shows (like House, which I am a fan of actually). Because it's true- you can't always get what you want, but if you try hard enough, you'll come close and get what you really need. Whenever I'm depressed, this song just cheers me up like nothing else can. Check it out here.

Song 6: Baba O'Riley, The Who.
A classic like no other. You turn up that opening segment and people will know exactly what you're talking about. This is a power song that's unparalleled. I don't really care what it's about- escaping, formulating your own life, whatever, it's got teenage spirit all over it and for generations people grew up with this song in mind, I know I did. If you didn't start humming it already, give it a listen over here.

Are you with me so far? We've arrived at the top 5!

Song 5: Don't Bring Me Down, from the Electric Light Orchestra.
I had to put it a song that's just for fun, and this is it. Any respectable ELO fan will admit- it may not be their true sound, but the incredible beat is so funky it's hard to resist. So yes, of course there's an ELO song in here, but you may not have been expecting this one. Either way, I'll take it, because it's fun, and sometimes that's all you're really looking for. Here is some crazy-hair fun.

Song 4: Gone, U2.
Here's the U2 song you've been looking for. We've actually gone through a full circle, and we're back to Pop. Throughout my life, I've been leaving people and people left me. That's the way things work, but more so for me than some people, because I never really stayed too long in one place. I've stumbled upon this song one day, and it's struck me ever since- the perfect, absolutely perfect, goodbye song. Emotional, yes, great lyrics, but the thing that's most striking is the siren-like sounds that for me represent the pain I've experienced. Not many songs can transmit such a feeling, and this one… here is the best live version ever.

Can you feel the pressure? Top 3 coming up

Song 3: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.
Although you may disagree, I believe this song is a level above Comfortably Numb, Another Brick, and ever other Pink Floyd song for that matter. The opening tune (which I can sort of play on guitar now!) just opens up a portal to memories. I bet you every person who hears this song gets reminded of somebody important. I do every time, which is why I can't listen to it too often, it's actually that strong. The solos are amazing, but it's the simplicity together with the metaphors in the lyrics that drive this song into #3. Here is the renowned Live 8 version.

Song 2: My Friends, by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
This may be a slightly unlikely choice, but I stand by it. From an album that's certainly not their best, without John, this song stems from pure emotion. If you've dealt with depression or depressed friends (or both), you'll understand the deep meaning of this. And with a simple message of love at the end, this is what rock is about, years after the hippie period, it can still be found. You have to check it out, here.

Song 1: In My Life, The Beatles.
If I die tomorrow, this is the song I want them to play in my funeral. This song is, in my opinion, perfect. The melodies are simple and yet have so much meaning. The lyrics are very general, but every person can feel them in with their own memories and meanings. This is what really makes a song more than a song, more than sounds arranged in a nice peaceful order, it's a force, it's energy, it's alive. And it rocks. Here it is, song #1.