Ultimate poll - BEST SINGLE OF ALL TIME
 

okay so after my previous failed attempts at gerrin a little opinion going i've come up with a new idea.
this first poll is an open one - you can contribute whatever song you like to the poll.
this first round will close after 1 month and the 10 most popular choices will go through to the second round and so on until we get an eventual winner.

so here goes - what's you're favourite single of all time?

(the song must have been released as a single so therefore cannot be an album track or an unreleased track from a film/musical)

happy voting!

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...looks like im first up!

im going to vote for Imagine by John Lennon
in my opinion this is a timeless song which will always be relevant to present day issues
the magic of this song is that it is so simple, no guitars/synths/bass, just a piano churning out that instantly recognisable tune along with the simple lyric.

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All Lennon's work had simple Lyrics.......

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that's the magic brother!!

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Shang-a-lang by the Bay City Rollers, because I always sing it when the Glasgow train goes through Cambuslang.

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that song will always haunt me as it reminds me of a dark dark time when mi mam got up and sang it on karaoke! i was only 12....scarred me for life.....

and we sang shang-a-lang (shudder shudder) as we ran with the gang (shudder shudder)

when will you parents think of the children?! will somebody please think of the children!!!!

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Any Shed Seven tune.......

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I've got a eight by six log lap Sarah, now that a shed you can party in...:p

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Is that any invite, Doug?

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Cheeky young pup, I haven't got children.

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Inches?

Which is length and which girth?

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"Cheeky young pup, I haven't got children"

haha sorry it was just one of my many Simpsons quotes that i randomly come out with - The Simpsons scripts are like a Bible for me!! the writers are absolute genius'!

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Never appologise Woody, it's fun to have a feisty youngster to whop.;)

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ey behave..

so the word im looking for is..anywaaaaayyyy

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????????????
I meant of the shed you were talking about.
My doll needs a new one.

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That's a nice choice Granny and a beautiful song. :)

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Eight feet long by Six feet wide, What size does she blow up too?. :p :D :D :D

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There can't be a definitive single of all time, I'm sure we all have lots.

One I really love though is Oh Bondage Up Yours by X-ray Spex, but I also love White Horses by Jackie, and everything by Elvis.

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has anyone heard 'kiss me deadly' by generation x?
bloody love tha song...

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Answer the bl**dy question about the doll then I can deliver my "Big Puff" gag.... Oh forget it. :p

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"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" was a cracker.

But one of the best Beatles Tracks was "Something" written by Harrison.

"Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me

I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now"

Fantastic lyrics.......

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Harrison wrote some beautiful songs, 'Something' is a gem

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anyone heard 'i am the walrus' by The Beatles? its the b-side on 'All You Need Is Love' (i think....)

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Lennon & McCartney

I am he as you are he as you are me
And we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly
I'm crying

Sitting on a cornflake waiting for the van to come
Corporation teeshirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you been a naughty boy. You let your face grow long
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob

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Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris. Most of you have never heard it, but a young high school kid in Memphis called Elvis Presley did and it changed the face of popular music.

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thats the one - i love the lyric
'elementary penguin singin hare krishna man you shouldve seen 'em kickin edgar allen poe'

brilliance or insanity? hmm...

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Can't choose so I'm offering a few up

Sweetest Girl - Scritti Politti
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds
Amore - Dean Martin
My Way - Frank Sinatra
Other Side of the World - KT Tunstall
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf

Who said I had eclectic tastes???????? lol

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Surely, you mean Steppenwolf, Gayle?

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One of my favourite lyrics has to be from Shed Seven's 'Step Inside Your Love' from the 'Truth Be Told' album, it goes 'you think that you're in love, but you'll get better soon'. That's just sheer class that is, I love it!

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i love the lyrics in Bright Eyes' 'First Day Of My Life', most of yous probably havent heard it so here's the lyrics

http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/bright...yofmylife.html

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Yes, I do, so no one else needs to correct me - I'll amend it in my post too!

Thanks

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I also like Whitesnake's 'Love Is Blind', and Bon Jovi's 'I'll Be There For You'. It's endless when you start thinking about it.

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...not the same as The Rembrandts' 'I'll Be There For You' I suppose...(the 'Friends' theme)

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Oh yes, one I forgot - add The Rembrandts on to my list!

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Oh no, Bon Jovi's is very different. How's this, 'I guess this time you're really leaving, I heard your suitcase say goodbye'. Definatley not the same song.

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aerosmith's 'dream on' is a beute

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'buck rogers' by feeder is a brilliant song, its been the biggest student anthem of the past few years without a doubt; the lyrics dont mean a thing but you jus can't help bouncing around to this song, which is why some people love to hate it!

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to me that is one of the most difficult questions to answer,woody your choice is brilliant for me,but as i'm a lot older i go back much further like wynonie, probably twilight time- the platters though i occasionally change my mind it was sea cruise-frankie ford a while ago- good thread.

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this poll might not work out in the end but at least it gets people talking and giving their opinions, cos the good thing about this question is that everyone will have one definitive song in mind...then keep coming back because theyve remembered another one!!

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Sweet choice Cashman,

"Heavenly shades of night are falling, it?s twilight time
Out of the mist your voice is calling, it?s twilight time
When purple-colored curtains mark the end of day
I?ll hear you, my dear, at twilight time

Deepening shadows gather splendor as day is done
Fingers of night will soon surrender the setting sun
I count the moments darling till you?re here with me
Together at last at twilight time

Here, in the afterglow of day, we keep our rendezvous beneath the blue
Here in the same and sweet old way I fall in love again as I did then.....

But what about "The Great Pretender" or the timeless "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes?" :) There's just for to many to chose from....endless classics

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listening to The Buzzcocks' 'Ever Fallen In Love?', they were a realy reat band, they had a brilliant hit-making formula of putting a concious lyric together with a hard rocking tune...its the righteous brothers with guitars!!!
pete shelley has a great voice

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I, too, salute your choices, Mr C, especially Sea Cruise. Just reminded me of another of my contenders - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu by Huey Piano Smith & The Clowns.

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im realy gonna have to legally (cough cough) download some of these songs, i have never even heard these bands before!!
what sort of music is it? original american rythm n blues, i presume?

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Yep, original R&B and R&R. Give 'em a listen and see what you think.

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The best Music whatever the genre will leave you elated and uplifted, real music will take you on a journey through life’s great door, you will shed tears of sadness and tears of joy; you will learn the value of love and the passion for the fight. If your down or lost it will pick you up and guide on your way. If you are alone it will consol you, touch you were your soul lives. If you have no music you have no passion. Music will always drive you were you want to go no matter who you are. Apart from the odd ghost, debt and the ex wife it’s the only thing that will haunt you whilst your alive…..

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Well, said, Doug!

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great point, Doug.

and this is exactly why i am baffled by people who listen to the worst music imaginable; the MCing and hardcore dance music, and listen to this genre constantly; this disease is a particular epidemic in the chav capital that is Accrington. I continue to ask these people where is the soul in this music? how can you honestly say that this is the soundtrack to your life?
of course most young people who listen to this music do so not off their own back, but are pressured and bullied into it by the chavs...i've seen this happen all the way through my school career and it is still happening RIGHT NOW :eek:
so if there are any parents reading this, please please please - try and educate your children's taste in music - and do not -whatever the risk - let them fall into the trap of chavness,
thank you.

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by the by - just heard cashman's choice; not exactly my cuppa tea but i can see why it is seen as a great one...its gonna be in my head for days!

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like i said before woody-its a very difficult question to answer but was it twilight time or sea cruise you heard? twighlight time was the first single i ever bought. p.s. if you think its gonna be in your head for days- must be summat about it?;)

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i heard sea cruise - yeh like i said i can see how it is seen as a great song, cant quite put my finger on why though! its just one of 'those' songs that one you hear you never forget

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oh stop ,stop ,stop, they dont write them like that anymore,,,,,,
and while we are in that era ,how about
slim whitman
david whitfield
eddie calvert
johnnie ray
frankie laine...
ooh i could go on for ever ,,,songs with words that had a meaning...
and more up to date dusty springfield ..loads of her songs brought a lump to the throat

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first song i remember hearing was 'Roll With It' by Oasis in the summer of '95 when i was the tender age of 6!!....explains a lot actually......
anyhooz
first single i ever bought was 'why does it always rain on me?' by travis....don't particularly like the song anymore but i'll always have fond memories of it!!

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sorry bout that people i just posted the same reply twice by accident!!
edited!!

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I do remember jumping out of the bath the first time I heard Heart of Glass by Blondie.:)

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those two were 50s from the 60s try cara mia-jay @the americans,best group never to chart in the u.k.

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....cant say thats my cuppa tea either!
it's probably because two of my favourite bands of all time (beatles and kinks) dominate the 60's in my mind.

the kinks! cant believe i havent mentioned 'em yet!!
You Really Got Me and All Day And All Of The Night defo 2 of the greatest single releases ever!!

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kinks= great band, see my friend - come dancing-2 more great tracks.

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Just for you Granny, yes I like him too......I was six the first time I heard this chap..........Enjoy. :)

Oh Rose Marie I love you
I'm always dreaming of you
No matter what I do I can't forget you
Sometimes I wish that I'd never met you
And yet if I should lose you
T'would mean my very life to me
Of all the queens that ever lived I'd choose you
To rule me my Rose Marie

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thats probably cos youve got youth on your side:) you have loads of music to discover yet woody, and you'll have a whale of a time doing so. carry on and enjoy thats the purpose of music for me.:)

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Mr Harris, Mr Cashman Gentleman Both kind regards and thanks. :) :)

I would like to point out that the lyrics of the last song have nothing to do my feelings for my friend Mr Rindy…………;)

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just walking in the rain-johnny ray also for granny lol

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think i'd sorta sussed that one doug.:D :D :D

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yeah great point cashman, but i suppose the only reason i go back to the past to find exciting music and inspiration for my own music, is that no current bands excite me as much as discovering old gems like rare Dylan songs or listening to covers by Cash.
Take the supposed 'biggest band in the world today' Coldplay; winning awards left, right and centre yet their new album just sounds bloated and empty in the sense that none of the tracks say anything to me.
Today i listened to The Smiths' debut album, now THAT spoke to me - i suppose its a relation to Morrisey/Marr's lyrics of growing up in the working class north, hmm...
But as soon as I find a new band to make me ask questions about myself and life i shall inform you all :D

...in response to your point Doug, i envy you!
i don't feel the same excitement/buzz from any other genre!! rock n roll is my life and i suppose always will be, although i do love to chill out to some Joni Mitchell, she hacks into your emotions brilliantly...anyone heard 'the urge for going' by her?
(please spare me the poo gags lol)

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One of my favourite singles is Bohemian Raphodsy - Queen (excuse spelling).

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Best single.
Now that's a difficult one.
I love all the Beatle tunes.
Elvis
Cliff.
Think If I have to choose one it would be Old Shep by the King.

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Rockin ............... Meat loaf - bat out of hell
cryin ............... Meat loaf - heaven can wait
dancin ............... Michael Jackson - Billie jean
crusin ............... Jazzy geoff and the fresh prince - Summertime
beach ............... isley brothers - summer breeze

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nice prefix's!!:D

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If I'd have been a teenager in the sixties, I would have been into the Stones rather than the Liverpudlian mop tops.

Much dirtier, a bit like me.

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Paint it Black .................

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http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_6_201.gif i love all johnnie cash's records but i have to laugh every time i hear ..one piece at a time...
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Take the ribbon from your hare.


Why would a hare be dressed in ribbons?


That shoud be outlawed.

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Time for you you to see the nice big friendly chap with the special Jacket...

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My butler?

He's retired early this evening, leaving a few cold supper things on a tray.:)

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just run fast they never catch you! and the nets are never big enough! :D

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That's what he said.

Is your name Hudson?????

If it is go to sleep, I'm up early tomorrow as it's the first day of the hunt.

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You can't kill the little cuddly ones unless it's by accident, having said that if it runs into fifty odd hounds come the opposite way I sure it will count. One small point of order, Do you ever stick to a thread?

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Smack my bitch up.:)




[The Prodigy.]

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Has to be Imagine by John Lennon

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Thank You Sir!!

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nowt wrong with imagine,had the album since its issue,for me lennon was the greatest beatle without doubt.

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legend - had a shockin taste in women like!

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think that must have been the acid,cynthia was a nice lass:)

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Cynthia is a nice lass, better than the other one, but it's personal to him I suppose, someone had to like yoko......I think Lennon singing Working Class Hero was one of the best he did........It tended to hit the mark and still can in the right circumstances….

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doug what i was alluding to is he must have been stoned to fancy her,and i'm speaking from experiance,you should have seen the state of the one i thought was beautiful:D

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I would be a saddo to put in mine it reminds me of dancing to it in Dunfries drunk on a bar stool. So I will settle for Iron Maiden and Rainmaker.

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spug it wasn,t AGADOO? loll

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back to the original topic..

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony is in my opinion the greatest song ever written.

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http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/11/11_1_205.gif i realy like the song (the closest thing to crazy ,,katie melua) its lovely and sad ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,





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Thats one of my favorites Shakermaker.

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.....i wondered who actually bought that song!! :confused:
only joking; beautiful song, just hated the way it was used in titanic:(

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never bothered watching the remake of titanic, i knew the ending=IT SUNK.lol

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Nope the timewarp the saddo that i am. :(

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yer dam rite it sunk......along with any credibility the story had (shouldnt say 'story' but you know what i mean) the tragic tale of many people dying was turned into a RomCom?!?

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