Favorite Song?

My favorite song is a part of my original cultural background, which is Russian. So the song is called "Vinovata li ya" , which means "was it my fault?". The song is in 4/4, minor key, medium tempo. it tells a story of a girl who was in love with the wrong man, did not listen to her mom's warning, and was left by that man soon after the first date. Its like a story song - going from 'Mommy, let me go and see him" and ending "its all my fault, why did I let him even kiss me?". The song is pretty outdated, it was a "hit" many decades ago, was sung primarily in villages. Russian society did not tolerate "dating" for unmarried girls, making it prohibited behavior. Such girl could not get married well after. But this song is about "trusting the one you love" and "putting your life into his hands". I love it because it is "deeply Russian", and reminds me of the times when Russia was mostly agricultural country, with slow-paced life, no cars, just nature and people who knew how to love.

Hard question to answer. I even listed a bunch of songs that I've loved for years trying to find it. They just didn't seem to answer the call of favorite though.
My favorite song presently is "Touched By The Sun" as written and sung by Carly Simon. It's track 18? on the Reflections/Greatest Hits album. The first time I heard it I was floored and it calls to me like no other right now. It motivates, inspires and puts me in a great mood after I've listened to it a couple of times.
Just looked up the song and found that Carly wrote, "Like A River" for her mother and "Touched By The Sun" for Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who were close friends that died within 4 months of each other during the writing of the album.

I have quite a few favorite songs, but the one that came immediately to mind is "Someone to Watch Over Me". This was my father's favorite song, so the image I get is of my father playing the ukulele and singing it. It makes me feel warm and connected. I was thining about my father's connection to this song a few years ago (he had already been dead for 30 years) and it struck me that my father grew up in an orphanage, and probably longed for someone to watch over him. Problably if I asked him why this was his favorite song he would say, "It has great lyrics, inventive rhymes, and a really good melody".

Unchained Melody, The Righteous Brothers. All you have to do is listen to it to know why.

Diana Krall's Departure Bay.

The song that comes to mind is "Where is Love?" from the movie Oliver. In 1971, when I was turning 9 years old, my father took me clear across Toronto on the subway to see the movie for my birthday. As I was one of four children, each a year apart, the only other time I recall having him all to myself was when he drove me to cello lessons when I was a teenager. I was mesmerized by the movie and by the boy Oliver, who appeared to be 9 also. I learned every song by heart. When my three children were born beginning in 1999, I sang to them every night. And this is one of the songs I sang them. Last summer, my 3 year old began spontaneously singing this same song to my mother when we were visiting my sister. Somehow, that felt like something had come full circle in my life.

So many songs bring me to great places so I narrowed it down by thinking who would I like to see in concert and being a Jersey girl, that would be Bruce Springstein. Fave song Rosalitta!! When I go with my sister and Jersey shore friends to see him in concert it's like we stepped into a time machine. Makes me want to jump up and dance like a teenager!!! ahhhh....glory days!

"Brown-Eyed Girl." It's one of the greatest rock songs of all times. Great hook. Nostalgic, joyful lyrics. Thank you Van Morrison. (And I've got brown eyes to boot -- what's not to like?)

I have so many favorite songs-I have to say that my most favorite is "You've Got a Friend"--when James Taylor sings that song, I feel warmth, comfort, and as though the world is right. This song will always be a classic-Thank you Carole King!
Pete A.

"Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners. Every time I hear it I want to get up and dance.
"I'll never fall in love again" is one of the first songs that I tried to memorize.

I have been asking myself this same question for years and always come up with the same answer, I can't.... music is such a part of my life (like breathing, eating sleeping and drinking). When I was in college, I studied in the Pub (the library was too quiet). I can't even come up with a Top 10 but for this blog I will share a few: Always sung by Patsy Cline, Desperado by the Eagles , For my Lady by the Moody Blues, The Pretender by Jackon Browne and True Companion by Marc Cohn.

It's hard to pinpoint my favorite song, since I like music of many different styles. "Piano Man" by Billy Joel is still one of my all-time favorites because of its vividness. You really can get a sense of that smoky room, the desparate people in the crowd, and the talented young piano player wasting his time in that two-bit bar. I also like theater music, and among those songs, "Move On" from "Sunday in the Park With George" is a favorite. Stephen Sondheim has such a talent for capturing human emotion in song and placing it perfectly within a script. More recently, the son "Electricity" from the new Elton John musical, "Billy Elliot" is a favorite. Its a beautiful song, in which Billy describes the magic he feels when he is dancing. And it doesn't hurt that it's written by Elton, another of my all-time favorites.

i like "put it there" ny pual mccartney. always brings a smile.....

My favorite long time song is My Ship Has Sails by Kurt Weill. Infact I like anything he had written after he movev to the U.S. in the 1930s. He wrote September Song another one of my favorites. He also wrote The Threepenny Opera. For me, his mustc is romantic sentimental and eerie at the same time and bring up vivid pictures of what he writes about.

It has been wonderful to see so many snipets of songs and to read about your snapshots of experiences. Many of you have e mailed and asked me to disclose what my favorite song is. Truthfully, I have a many. For every chapter of my life, and for so many moments and some are connected directly to people and places. When I was young, Ventnor was "So Happy Together" (Turtles) and Rochester was "Going Places" (see Jill's comments). As I reached the teen years it was Bohemian Rhapsody (Troy), Rainy Days and Mondays (my sister's bedroom) and This One's for You and for Camp (Seneca Lake) it was "Save the Country" and "Get Together" ("Love is but a song we sing..." thanks to Ellen Jaffe). Then I immersed myself in jazz (college and NYC). Lover Man and God Bless the Child are the winners in that idiom. If I think of family it is definately "I Know a Little Pig," and "Summertime." And "The Fantasticks" which I just saw again for the 100th time. I also love the song "What's the Use of Wondering" from Carousel. I have not even touched upon arias and symphonies. That would require another blog. My fav songs to play in the folk idiom are "Here's to You Rounders" and "Company" (Dean Friedman). I will stop now. These are but a few of the many melodies and lyrics that have have held me through times of importance thus far. I am grateful for the many shared moments of song that I have had in playing, listening and singing amongst so many wonderful people througout my life. I look forward to more...

Gotta be the Paul Brady song " The Island" a sad and yet uplifting song about the futility of violence and killing in Ireland over so many years.

Paul who? Paul Brady is one of the most under-rated artists of our time. Bob Dylan named his as one of his favorite songwriters.

Just search on Google and you will find The Island and much more including video clips on You Tube.

Okay, this definitely changes with my mood, moment in life, company, context... Right now I've connected with a song by Natasha Bedingfield, "Unwritten". I love the idea of writing one's life as we go, the creative freedom and capacity to impact my life in this way. Its living the dream for me. I also love the sense of embracing the world that I feel with this song, "live your life with arms wide open", and the way it moves beyond an idea to a physical experience, "feel the rain on your skin" and "let the sun illuminate the words that, you could not find." Thanks for spirring the dialogue Joanne.

Hi Joanne,

What a great question!

At the moment my favorite song is "If You Want to Sing Out - by the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens.

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