Anthems

[cian]

I'm trying to put together the ultimate anthems. Not the usual ones you buy in the shops on CD where you have 3 anthems and 22 songs that you half know and hate most of. I want real ANTHEMS

Here the criteria that I'm working off:
* EVERYONE must instantly recognize the song as soon as it comes on the radio
* It doesn't have to be the best song on the album or from the artist
* This isn't the 'Best song ever' thread, if it were it'd just be a thread of The Smiths, Pink Floyd and Neil Young songs.
* Only sounds good when turned up to 11
* And most importantly: It must be a kick ass song!!

Think of it this way, you're out in a club, pissed as a fart and dancing you head off. The DJ seems to be in your head and is playing what sounds like the ultimate anthems for you.

Here's a start, add more please:
1. AC/DC - Thunder Struck
2. Nirvana - Come as you are
3. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
4. Faithless - Insomnia
5. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
6. Neil Young - Rockin' in the free world.
7. Run DMC ft. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
8. Johnny Cash - I walk the line.
9. Basement Jaxx - Where's you head at
10. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
11. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (yes I know it's a Leonard Cohen song, but I prefer Jeff's version)

[alfarocks]

Paradise City - G'n'R
We will rock you - Queen (actually most Queen songs are anthems)
The mystical potatoe head grove thing - Joe Satriani :)

[cian]

Hurricane is 100 times more an anthem than anything Van bloody Halen ever ever produced.

The rest stay!

[Evin]

I'm a wee bit younger and may get flamed but:

The Foos - All My Life
QOTSA - No One Knows

[Evin]

Hurricane is too long for a start. And Dylan is thought to hate it. Hasn't performed it in concert since about 1934.



It is long but it's 8 and a half minutes of pure quality!!!

[cian]

Hurricane is too long for a start. And Dylan is thought to hate it. Hasn't performed it in concert since about 1934.

Here's some more:

A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV
Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Big Country - In A Big Country
Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Deacon Blue - Dignity
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
David Bowie - Absolute Beginners
The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell And Back
David Grey - Late Night Radio
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Duran Duran - Come Undone
Eddie Corcoran - Summertime Blues
Eddie Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'Anna
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Lost Weekend
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Ship Song
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
Paul Brady - Nothing But The Same Old Story
Pearl Jam - Alive
Pink - Just Like A Pill

Not an anthem, but one of my favourite songs: And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.

And just to top it all off:

Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now. That's an anthem and a half.

Klaus, sorry but most of that is well, pure drivel.

Another anthem: Pearl Jam Black

[cian]

It is long but it's 8 and a half minutes of pure quality!!!

Just cause Dillon don' like it don't mean it's not one of the greatest songs EVER

[natnif]

I'll remember that next time I'm raving drunkenly to Jeff Buckley's Halleluja. :'D

pink?PINK?!!!

I used to respect you man....:shocked: ;) :P :hat:

[cian]

I'll remember that next time I'm raving drunkenly to Jeff Buckley's Halleluja. :'D

It's been done and will be again. :'D

[cian]

See, you can dance to anything as long as there's enough drink involved :D

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
The Stone Roses - I wanna be adored
Blur - Song 2

[Evin]

I actually went to see her in concert. And I thought she was class. :]

And yes, I would. Of course. :'D

+1

Just Like A Pill is a good song! And her band are really good! When I saw her live I actually thought she lets them down

[Evin]

Alkaline Trio - Private Eye

[cian]

Pixies - Debaser
Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

[jamesper]

A few more:

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Green Day - Brain Stew
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Motley Crue - Kick Start My Heart
Johnny Cash - Boy Named Sue
Puddle Of Mudd - She Hates Me
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Guns N Roses - Patience
Offspring - Self Esteem
Ugly Kid Joe - Eveything About You
Areosmith - Sweet Emotion
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
AC/DC - Back in Black

[cian]

Surely Monkey's Gone To Heaven or Where Is My Mind get in there?

Any of the three, each to their own

@Jamesper: someone who actually gets it, keep it up ;)

[motorhead]

a couple at random :

rolling stones / get off of my cloud
blue oyster cult / don't fear the reaper
stranglers / golden brown
joy division / love will tear us apart
radiohead / the bends
the clash / london calling
black sabbath / paranoid
blondie / telephone

[cian]

Tenacious d - Tribute
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Give it away

[8valve]

radiohead - paranoid android
raconteurs - steady as she goes
undertones - teenage kicks
thin lizzy - boys are back in town
cardigans - favourite game (jaysus yer blonde wans sum roide)
iggy pop - lust for life
jeff wayne - eve of the war?
dandy warhols - bohemian like you

[ds20prefecture]

jeff wayne - eve of the war?

8valve - you are legend.

Also:

Lynard Skynyrd - That Smell
Dire Straits - Down to the waterline
G 'n' R - Sweet Child O mine
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chi, Red House, Purple Haze
U2 - New year's day, I will follow, Sunday Bloody Sunday, One, Still haven't found, etc...
Radiohead - Bulletproof
Neil Young - Cowgirl in the sand, Down by the River, Powderfinger, Tonight's the night, Rockin' in the free world, Rust never sleeps ... well , you get the picture here
Nick Cave - Stagger Lee
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up


Leonard Cohen - Anthem :D

[motorhead]

joe dolan / good looking woman

[motorhead]

david bowie / heroes

[Ian172]

Mother of god Klaus - Journey, don't stop believing. That song is aural torture.

It's on par, if not worse than, I would walk 500 miles.

Rolling Stones - Miss you
Radiohead - Karma Police
Colyplay - Yellow

[buiog]

It's on par, if not worse than, I would walk 500 miles.


If you ever, ever, badmouth my National anthem again I will bitchslap you and tie you naked to a table in Mulligans with "a buck for a suck" written on your ass cheeks in permanent marker.

That is all.

[Ian172]

There's a barman in there that would pay good money for that sort of action Doug!

Led Zeppelin - Black Dog

[buiog]

Suppose I should contribute some shockers:

The Knack, My Sharona (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR4YH1N04pc)
The Jam, Going Underground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whSYTSXm8wo)
Golden Earring, Radar Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIA4gcrk-50)
The Clash, Rock the Casbah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAkfHShATKY)
The Alarm, 68 Guns (http://www.thealarm.com/videodisp.asp?id=13)
Free, All Right Now (http://www.thealarm.com/videodisp.asp?id=13)
Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D99n9f3vU4)

[Ian172]

Rob Dougan - Clubbed to death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMq4akUZr8c awesome song.

[J_K]

The Prodigy - Voodoo people (Pendulum remix) :'D

The DJ in our local niteclub in Limerick won't play it, "That makes people go crazy", Supposedly :D


That is all.......

[vdubbin]

Most of the good ones have already been nominated, I'm scrolling through my Zen at the moment trying to pick out a few more worthies..

New Order - Confusion.
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
Fatboy Slim - Praise You.
Rammstein - Du Hast.
Moby - Anthem.
Propellerheads - Spybreak!
Black Sabbath - Paranoid.
Cream - Sunshine of your Love
The Breeders - CannonBall
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly wings.

[crank_case]

I'll remember that next time I'm raving drunkenly to Jeff Buckley's Halleluja. :'D

Last I checked it was a Leonard Cohen song... :hat: (yeah, I know what you meant, but it does kinda annoy me how its been hijacked as the definitive version nowadays, I kinda like John Cales version better)

OK Anthems, apologies if someone has mentioned any of these already:

LCD Soundsystem - All my Friends
Beach Boys - I get around
The KLF - Justified and Ancient (the title may not ring any bells, but trust me, you'll recognise it when you hear it)
The Chemical Brothers - In Dust we Trust
Orbital - Halcyon
The Who - Can't Explain
The Kinks - You really got me
The Troggs - Wild Thing
Fat Boy Slim - Everybody needs a 303
Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
David Bowie - Golden Years
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll
Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder - I feel love
New Order - Blue Monday (yes obvious, thats sorta the point init?)
Otis Redding - Sittin on the dock of the bay
Wilson Picket - Mustang Sally
Solomon Burke - Home in your heart
The Crystals - Da do ron ron
The Ramones - Sheena is a punk rocker
The Ronnettes (or the Ramones version if you prefer) - Baby I love you
The Sex Pistols - God save the queen
Altered Images - I could be happy (try not think of a product for keeping you "regular" :hat: )
Leftfield with John Lydon - Open Up
Ray Charles - What I'd say
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I kick it?
Bo Diddley - who do you love?
Dick Dale and the Deltones - Miserlou Twist (at least thats how I think you spell it)
The Clash - 1977
Wreckless Eric - whole wide world
The Bangles - walk like an Egyptian
U2 - Mysterious ways
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Human League - Open your heart
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Afrika Bambata and the soulsonic force - Planet Rock
Sam and Dave - Hold on, I'm comin'

Thats all I can think of for now :hat:

[Ian172]

stranglers / golden brown

Superb choice.

The Pogues - Fiesta

[airtoday20]

billy idol - rebel yell
nickleback - rockstar

[crank_case]

nickleback - rockstar

Noooooooo!!!!!

That band sum up everything that is wrong with US "Alternative" Rock.

[Kin Mak]

For all you Techno lovers... for all the rest you hopefully you will still know the tune.

Derrick May - Strings Of Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt3QvoF8eK4

[Ian172]

Moby - God moving over the face of the waters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKWevbIrIfg

[tossy]

Speaking as a DJ the definition of an anthem is a song that will result in more people being on the dance floor than not even if it happens to be 30 years old the song still has to have that effect therefore a song that only has this effect for say a summer is a mere floor filler,it has nothing to liking it or not if it results in more people being on the floor than not then result-by that token don't stop believing is an anthem and at the right gig at the right time the birdie song is an anthem.

Anthems must transcend taste also,for example the cool rapper dude thats not into rock or metal but will losse it when sweet child of mine comes on,or the rocker dude who hates wiggas but will go ape when house of pain jump around comes on.

[crank_case]

haha, this awesome thread arises from the dead. Gives me an excuse to post these. Too early to say if they are anthems, but I reckon they could be next years floor fillers.

Little Boots - Stuck on Repeat, it's Morodertastic, does what it says on the tin.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/142094


La Roux - Quicksand Flock of seagulls haircut + Prince meets Yazoo tune + giant pineapple = win! :hat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMBNZ6mDSYk

[motorhead]

has amy winehouse's 'valerie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGBfbRdDdH8)' been mentioned yet ?

i prefer her more laid back versions though, like the one on the 'back to black' bonus disk, or this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqSKVv6YO8g).

[crank_case]

has amy winehouse's 'valerie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGBfbRdDdH8)' been mentioned yet ?



It's true, not met anyone who doesn't like that. It's not radically different to the original Zutons version, but it's more accessible sounding and easier on the ears and she gives a great vocal performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PksBPk_8QQ4

Another one that potentially qualifies as "floor filler" if not anthem yet

Ladyhawke - Paris is Burning It's like Kim Wilde never got boring went into daytime TV/health shop ads. :hat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HDZNR9cY4



I think this is already an anthem proper, well it does sample the clash:M.I.A. - Paper Planes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqlY0VOFtyA

[br1an]

I hate 'Valerie', so much so, I have to change the station on the radio when it comes on.

[Ian172]

I like the Zutons version, not pushed about the Winehouse one.

[AndyT]

I always kinda liked the Italian anthem........

*gets coat*

[Mundaneo]

Too many people trying to be cool and obscure - this was the first point.... EVERYONE must instantly recognize the song

considering he followed it up with Hurricane well......sure half the people in any setting wouldn't have even heard the song. I'm pretty sure the reason Dylan ain't too keen on it is because it turned out Mr. Carter wasn't quite so innocent.

Glaring omissions so far (so far as I can tell)...

Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol
Radiohead - Creep
Whitesnake - Here I go again


Now that's the kind of stuff you're looking for

[Jono_G]

Pulp - Disco 2000
chumbawumba - thubthumping

[tossy]

Too many people trying to be cool and obscure - this was the first point.... EVERYONE must instantly recognize the song

considering he followed it up with Hurricane well......sure half the people in any setting wouldn't have even heard the song. I'm pretty sure the reason Dylan ain't too keen on it is because it turned out Mr. Carter wasn't quite so innocent.

Glaring omissions so far (so far as I can tell)...

Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol
Radiohead - Creep
Whitesnake - Here I go again


Now that's the kind of stuff you're looking for

Here here like mentioning gone daddy gone form the violent femmes,half the crowd would think it was Gnarls barkley and sit down when they discovered it wasn't!

Blister in the sun is the violent femmes anthem.

[Mundaneo]

Rod Stewart - Maggie May is another

[Fugs]

AC/DC - Back in Black
Metallica - Enter Sandman
The Clash - Londons Calling
Pearl Jam - Alive
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Pearl Jam - Black


All recogniseable but all far from favourites of mine.

[crank_case]

Too many people trying to be cool and obscure - this was the first point.... EVERYONE must instantly recognize the song



Suppose it depends on the sort of places you ideally like to go for nightlife, I like to go places for the music (generally live gigs and sometimes there will be a DJ before or after) rather than for the beer. In these sorts of places, if its a killer tune, people will dance, even if they've never heard it before. Stuff can be an anthem within a "scene" to use such an awfully pretentious term.

I'll admit it takes a fair bit to get me on the dance floor at social functions like weddings and stuff (because the it's not dark like a club/venue and the musics not loud enough, and I tend not to drink much :hat:) but I can't stand the mentality of only dancing to tune if you recognise it, feel the music, just go with it.

Don't believe in being music snob, but don't believe everything has to appeal to the sort of folks who are so musically conservative they got see if it's on their "Q-magazine approved list of songs that do not threaten my identity", it's inverse snobbery.

"new attractions from the satisfactions
Too much thinking about your gut reaction"
- Radio 4 "dance to the underground"

*gets off soapbox*

:hat:

[crank_case]

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this piece of 70s MOR cheese yet:

Boston - More than a feeling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcsVPis1iNs)

also

The Cars - My best friends girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swunpZMkZAk)
ELO - don't bring me down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTjy_LW8DGM)

[Ian172]

What crank case said

I agree with. If you're used to going to mobile discos, dancing at the crossroads and top 30 hits clubs you may not know the music, though it makes them no less of an anthem. There's many mentioned in the thread that I wouldn't call an anthem, I would classify them as utter sh!te if someone asked me my opinion. And they certainly wouldn't get me on the dancefloor. By that measure of an anthem, Blue, Mambo no. 5 and Justin Trousersnake songs are all anthems too .. .. .. I think not!

[tossy]

True but i presume the original poster was looking for more main stream widely known anthems,there are indeed anthems within a scene that could move a dance floor like no smalltown nightclub,cheese merchant night club wedding or 21st has ever seen.I could type a list of proper anthems here as long as the screen and i'd be very very surprised if anyone here knew one of them,but it is anthems with main stream appeal that we are looknig for i presume.....

Crank case the mentality of only dancing to a tune because you heard about it is as annoying to me as the mentality of not dancing because its not dark enough,or you are not drunk enough or too many people in the room know you :D

[tossy]

By that measure of an anthem, Blue, Mambo no. 5 and Justin Trousersnake songs are all anthems too .. .. .. I think not!

As a professional i wouldn't class anything from the above as an anthem,floor fillers at their time alright but not anthems.

[atomicdeathmonkey]

the cult - she sells sanctuary
glc- your mothers got a penis
bryan adams - run to you
bryan adams - summer of 69
bon jovi - keep the faith
blues brothers - sweet home chicago
europe - the final countdown
simple minds - don't you forget about me
the smiths - anything
the cure - friday i'm in love etc
if your a culchie - u2 - sunday bloody sunday
if your not streets have no name
the coral - dreaming of you
mc hammer - you can't touch this
rick james - super freak
michael jackson - billy jean (associated moonwalking and crotchinal grabbing a must)
anything basically by the boss for some reason
chemical brothers (dance music for those who know shag all about techno) - hey boy, hey girl etc.
aerosmith - dude looks like a lady
alice cooper poison
dire straits - sultans, money for nothing
derek and the dominos - much better than the unplugged version of layla
green - day - basket case - or that other depressing one - time of your life thats the one
hendrix - all along the watchtower, foxy lady, hey joe - loads
the doors, la woman , don't you love her madly
kool and the gang - play that funky music, jungle boogie etc
iggy - lust for life
iron maiden 2 minutes and run to the hills, can i play with madness - less so
black sabbath - paranoid
jc - falsom prison blues + anything really
Bob marley - no woman no fry etc
lenny kravitz - i want to get away - whatever that one is
fun loving criminals - scooby snacks
pink floyd - brick in the wall
the who - lots of stuff here
no doubt - can't rem - sad little song but good

emm i think i have a few more but that should be enough

[tossy]

Soapbar is a better GLC song or the one about dragon taxis :D

[atomicdeathmonkey]

i just threw a few in there that were a bit dodge - ymgap is great for saturday nights to have on in the car for random breath testing syndrome

[tossy]

NWA fcuk the police is a great song for that situation

[br1an]

Hey Jude!

[crank_case]

Crank case the mentality of only dancing to a tune because you heard about it is as annoying to me as the mentality of not dancing because its not dark enough,or you are not drunk enough or too many people in the room know you :D

Sorry dude, we can't all have you're massive self assurance. :P

[Mundaneo]

Suppose it depends on the sort of places you ideally like to go for nightlife, I like to go places for the music (generally live gigs and sometimes there will be a DJ before or after) rather than for the beer. In these sorts of places, if its a killer tune, people will dance, even if they've never heard it before. Stuff can be an anthem within a "scene" to use such an awfully pretentious term.

I'll admit it takes a fair bit to get me on the dance floor at social functions like weddings and stuff (because the it's not dark like a club/venue and the musics not loud enough, and I tend not to drink much :hat:) but I can't stand the mentality of only dancing to tune if you recognise it, feel the music, just go with it.

Don't believe in being music snob, but don't believe everything has to appeal to the sort of folks who are so musically conservative they got see if it's on their "Q-magazine approved list of songs that do not threaten my identity", it's inverse snobbery.

"new attractions from the satisfactions
Too much thinking about your gut reaction"
- Radio 4 "dance to the underground"

*gets off soapbox*

:hat:

I hear you Crank - I'm not into the whole dancing scene. (Lack of talent rather than lack of enthusiasm)

When I think of everyone knowing a song contributing to it being an anthem (obviously it doesn't mean everyone) but I think more of it comes on the jukebox in a bar and the majority of people at an average table will take note of it and sing along even though they were chatting rather than listening to the music. For me an anthem is something that almost makes you stop what you were doing in order to sing along. They capture something about the mood of a group or a individual, sometimes in the moment, sometimes they are the moment.

Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer and GnR's Sweet Child of Mine being two great examples.

An awful lot of these songs are quite naff really, but you can't help loving them.

Of course you can break that down to any group, from the world at large, to a particular genre, to a particular scene, to a particular group of friends, to an individual. It's all good.

[crank_case]

Of course you can break that down to any group, from the world at large, to a particular genre, to a particular scene, to a particular group of friends, to an individual. It's all good.

Yeah, when I was much younger, for myself and two other friends, one of whom was this huge Norweigan dude, this was our "Anthem" as we used to cruise around in his Lada Riva. :'D

Deep Purple - Black Knight (http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkg0xJj2A4w)

Whitesnake and Rainbow featured heavily also, in fact I don't think he ever let us play anything that wasn't Deep Purple or a Deep Purple offshoot. Not that we were complaining. :'D

Has anyone mentioned Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYtdW5bD-7Q) yet?

[Black Eclat]

Another glaring omission;

Reo Speedwagon.

All their material is real air guitar, anthem stuff. (imo)

[crank_case]

Just noticed, seven pages of "mainstream" anthems and not a single mention of ABBA

so rather than post "dancing queen" which I firmly believe no one actually dances to, just gets up on the floor when they hear those opening strings and then subconciously realises for a pop song it's got this weird slightly messed up rhythm (seriously, it'd be easier to dance to Aphex Twin) and just wiggle about anyway, I'm gonna post this, cos it's poptastic genius. :D

Abba - does your mother know? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o1DlaQw8Rc)

[VeeAte]

Rather than dancing, the true effects of an anthem should be measured by how much faster you go when you play it on your car stereo;)

Here's my "you're going to lose your licence" track:

Sisters of Mercy - "Temple of Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROnXv7Z7v28

[motorhead]

Yeah, when I was much younger, for myself and two other friends, one of whom was this huge Norweigan dude, this was our "Anthem" as we used to cruise around in his Lada Riva. :'D

Deep Purple - Black Knight (http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkg0xJj2A4w)

Whitesnake and Rainbow featured heavily also, in fact I don't think he ever let us play anything that wasn't Deep Purple or a Deep Purple offshoot. Not that we were complaining. :'D

Has anyone mentioned Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYtdW5bD-7Q) yet?

i was just thinking of these - lived in waterford in 1988 and there was some night of the week that always ended in the cleaboy, which was popular with biker types. the grand finale always involved since you've been gone followed by black betty.

true about abba too - there's nobody on the planet that doesn't recognise their stuff.

while we're on the girly stuff - what about madonna - like a prayer, material girl. and has prince's 1999 been mentioned yet ?

[motorhead]

Sisters of Mercy - "Temple of Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROnXv7Z7v28

'step down off that camel, sir. i have reason to believe you have been smoking ... something'

i can think of a couple of times i glanced at the speedo, and been truly taken aback. i may even have been exceeding the national limit. both times involved this, at huge volume, in surround sound, very very late at night : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJNyQfAprY

[crank_case]

while we're on the girly stuff - what about madonna - like a prayer, material girl. and has prince's 1999 been mentioned yet ?

Nope and it's a glaring ommission, don't care if it's "girly", Like a Prayer is an awesome moment in pop music.

Also
Prince - When Doves Cry.

[crank_case]

Anyone who says this isn't an anthem is.... wrong. :hat:

Edwin Starr - War (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7V6FAoTLc)

Really hitting the cheese...

Barry White - you're the first, the last, my everything (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS2Fve72AZg) - I think it just puts people in a good mood (and laydees in the mood, ahem...) :hat:

[motorhead]

Anyone who says this isn't an anthem is.... wrong. :hat:

Edwin Starr - War (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7V6FAoTLc)
mmmmaybe .....

Really hitting the cheese...

Barry White - you're the first, the last, my everything (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS2Fve72AZg) - I think it just puts people in a good mood (and laydees in the mood, ahem...) :hat:
brilliant. now that anorexia mcbeal is gone off the telly this stuff is not so overexposed, and i think it's about time mr white got dropped into the ipod playlist - thanks :D


i take no responsibility for what lies beyond this link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew)

[crank_case]

i take no responsibility for what lies beyond this link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew)

haha, excellent :D

[tanya]

abba- does your mother know?, take a chance on me
prince- purple rain
queen- bohemian rapsody
elvis burning love
whitesnake- here i go again on my own
kenny logins- footloose
rolling stones- satisfaction
santana smooth, black magic woman
Eagles- hotel california
gareth brooks- friends in low places

[owen]

Rock and roll-Led Zep
Highway star-Deep Purple.

[grahamo]

This (http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=RSsJ19sy3JI) is the most amazing song ever. Well, in my humble opinion anyway.

why would you subject us to that? :shocked:

[crank_case]

kenny logins

Ride into the DANGER ZONE! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0UOZ9NHDsY), When you're 11, this is awesome, after that, its crap.

DANGER ZONE!

:hat:

[motorhead]

This (http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=RSsJ19sy3JI) is the most amazing song ever. Well, in my humble opinion anyway.

i gave it exactly one second, only because i didn't know what was coming.

there isn't a pukey among these smileys is there ?

[motorhead]

are we on to the c-list or d-list anthems at this stage ?

[grahamo]

Ride into the DANGER ZONE! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0UOZ9NHDsY), When you're 11, this is awesome, after that, its crap.

DANGER ZONE!

:hat:

ive that top gun sound track on tape.i used to love that when i was younger.

[motorhead]

Has anyone mentioned The One And Only by Cheesy Hawkes. That's an anthem and a half. Also, I've been in rural "nite clubs" where they're played the A-Team theme at the end of the night, it's unreal when you're proper loaded mixing sweat with some bird who'd be in trouble if the whaling ban was lifted.

i've been to a redneck place where they played crockett's theme from miami vice and everyone ducked behind alcoves and surveyed the scene with imaginary pistols.

someone i know spent summers gigging in germany and one nightclub where they had residency, was owned by this complete alco, who at the end of the night would commandeer the decks and play the adagio from khachaturian's spartacus.

EDIT - for the oldies, that would be the theme from 'onedin line'

[crank_case]

File under "people rarely remember the title, but always remember the tune"

Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ3-NnNx6Zs)
OMD - Enola Gay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01SBf0tsLyI) (which before anyone makes any "ghey" jokes was the name of the bomber that dropped the A-Bomb on Hiroshima)
Lightning Seeds - Pure
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRyvkdjoxWU)
Also
Chubby Checker - The Twist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRDGBpEqLfs)