OT: List Your top 5 Groups or Artists of All Time, Then Post One Song From Each

[Scud49]

My Top 5:

1. Beatles
2. Crosby, Still, Nash, & Young
3. Steely Dan
4. Van Morrison
5. Santana

I'll start with Santana - I'll Be Waiting, such a beautiful, joyous song:

 

[rvwsleep]

I think you can guess when, approximately, I was born.
Beatles - She said she said...
Led Zepplin - Babe, I'm gonna leave you
The Who - Love Reign O'er Me
Rolling Stones - Angie
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here.
Didn't see the Beatles in person, but I was fortunate enough to see the other four live.

 

[Kaizen]

1. The Carpenters
2. ABBA -Dancing queen
3. Beatles - Don't let me down
4. Rolling Stone -Yellow submarine
5. Bee Gee - Massachusetts

 

[gophers1995]

1-5: The Carpenters

 

[BBallF]

The Beatles- A Day In The Life
The Rolling Stones- Sympathy For The Devil
Led Zeppelin- Stairway To Heaven
The Mamas and the Papas- Go Where You Wanna Go
The FourSeasons- Rag Doll

 

[SCNCHuskie]

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. U2
3. Railroad Earth
4. Van Morrison
5. Pink

Honorable mention: Yes, ELO, Paramore. Rolling Stones (w/ Lisa Fisher)




U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) (Official Music Video)


Railroad Earth ~ Cold Water ~ Lawrence, KS
If you’ve never heard of Railroad Earth, give them a listen. Great musicianship.

Van Morrison - Steal my heart away

Watch Pink Perform "Glitter In The Air" At The 2010 GRAMMYs Show | GRAMMY Rewind
Single greatest Grammys performance ever. No lip-synching.

HM: Stones Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Live with Lisa Fischer

 

[Centerstream]

1. Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light
2. Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
3. Cream - I'm So Glad
4. Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
5.Brooks And Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie

 

[Scud49]

My #4 - Van Morrison:

 

[Scud49]

My # 3 - Steely Dan:

 

[Luna]

Taylor Swift…anything on folklore Santana. Mommas and the poppas. Joni Mitchell. Simon and Garfunkel

 

[Beemer]

I think you can guess when, approximately, I was born.
Beatles - She said she said...
Led Zepplin - Babe, I'm gonna leave you
The Who - Love Reign O'er Me
Rolling Stones - Angie
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here.
Didn't see the Beatles in person, but I was fortunate enough to see the other four live.

It's tie between this & "Join Together" for my favorite Who song.

 

[64Zcode]

Ooof, these 'Top 5' or 'Top ?' choices are tuff. Right after I post I want to make changes.
Anyway...
The Who - another vote for 'Love Reign O'er Me' , but I would have linked the 1985 Live Aid video.
The Statler Brothers - Bed of Roses
John Hiatt - Thing Called Love. YT has a nice live collab with Bonnie Raitt
Pink Floyd - One Slip. Live, from The Delicate Sound of Thunder compilation
And I think these 3 Mexican sisters are destined for greatness, I listen to their music every day, this is one of two (so far)
compositions in their native Spanish:

The Warning - Martirio

 

[brownale]

1. Renaissance - Mother Russia
2. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
3. Cowboy Junkies - No Birds Today
4. Grace Potter - Stars
5. Patsy Cline - Crazy

 

[nwhoopfan]

Ooof, these 'Top 5' or 'Top ?' choices are tuff.

I'm right there with you. I don't even try "top..." lists.

 

[Beemer]

1. Eric Clapton
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Bonnie Raitt
4. Elton John
5. Little Big Town (the latest entry into my top 5)


Bonnie Raitt with a great cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway"

 

[Scud49]

Group #2 for me - C,S,N,& Y. Always hard to pick just one, but I'll make it "Wooden Ships"

 

[rvwsleep]

Group #2 for me - C,S,N,& Y. Always hard to pick just one, but I'll make it "Wooden Ships"

I was listening to Southern Cross while sitting in Central Park earlier today. The best harmony that rock has ever heard.

Southern Cross

Provided to YouTube by RhinoSouthern Cross · Crosby, Stills & NashGreatest Hits℗ 1982 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internatio...

youtu.be

 

[rvwsleep]

I think you can guess when, approximately, I was born.
Beatles - She said she said...
Led Zepplin - Babe, I'm gonna leave you
The Who - Love Reign O'er Me
Rolling Stones - Angie
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here.
Didn't see the Beatles in person, but I was fortunate enough to see the other four live.

I have to add a sixth or I won't sleep tonight.
Joni Mitchell - River

 

[Conndog]

My #4 - Van Morrison:

Love this song! The first time I heard it was a live version on local VT station- can't find that version anywhere. It wasn't Van singing but another band covered it. Doesn't matter, great song!

Not sure about the Who song chosen by a few people- Love Reign over me- not what I would choose from the Who. I'd go with Substitute, or 5:15, or I've had enough, This band gets overlooked sometimes but were phenomenal.

 

[Kaizen]

I was listening to Southern Cross while sitting in Central Park earlier today. The best harmony that rock has ever heard.

Southern Cross

Provided to YouTube by RhinoSouthern Cross · Crosby, Stills & NashGreatest Hits℗ 1982 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internatio...

youtu.be

You remind me of Glenn Campbell's Southern Night, a very good song too.

 

[Bigboote]

Oh, geez. Top five can mean two different things to me: 5 best or 5 favorite. 5 best will be easier for me and better for the board, because I don't think you can be one of the "best" without both having at least some popularity and staying power, so that list would skew older and more popular than 5 favorites. The Moody Blues would be on both.

Moody Blues
Renaissance
Yes
Beatles
Miles Davis

Here's one from the Moodies that doesn't get as much press as some of theirs:

 

[Hoops66]

For us old timers....

1. Annette Hanshaw
2. Roy Orbison
3. Jackie Wilson
4. Ink Spots
5. Benny Goodman

How many have heard of "The Personality Girl"? She's not as well known as others, but she's among the best! (I have all of her CDs)

 

[Bigboote]

Oh, man, I just came across this on YT: A live Renaissance album I didn't know about. This is a wicked cool song:

 

[Bigboote]

A masterpiece by Yes. I guess this is an evening for me to post long songs.

 

[The deacon]

The Moody Blues are number one for me, and I've been fortunate to see them starting in 1972 and then at the SPAC in 2018, I believe, just before they finally called it quits as a group. Love 'Have You Heard,' Bigboote!

Moody Blues/'Tuesday Afternoon' (by a narrow margin over dozens of others)
Bee Gees/'I Started A Joke'
Queen/'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Abba/'The Winner Takes It All' (although 'Dancing Queen' is pretty darned special)
Neil Diamond/'Be' (with apologies to our girl Caroline)

How, oh how, do I leave out Roy Orbison/'In Dreams'?

Thanks so much, Scud49, for confusing the heck out of me... this a such a difficult list to make.

And, bowing to my Irish heritage, U2, The Chieftains, Van Morrison and the Cranberries...