Signature Songs?

[Softball Bat]

What is the "signature" song for each of these?


Dire Straits
The Police
Linda Ronstadt
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Elvis
The Who
The J. Geils Band
Credence Clearwater Revival
Green Day
Janis Joplin

[EAP]

What is the "signature" song for each of these?


Dire Straits
The Police
Linda Ronstadt
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Elvis
The Who
The J. Geils Band
Credence Clearwater Revival
Green Day
Janis Joplin

Sultans of swing
Every breath you take
Blue Bayou
White Rabbit

*******elvis
It's now or never
Suspicious minds
Don't be cruel
Are you lonesome tonight
Can't help falling in love

********elvis

My generation.
Angel is a centerfold
Bad moon Rising
Boulevard of broken dreams
Piece of my heart

[Softball Bat]

It is a pretty good list.
Of course this is very subjective.

However, is it possible for you to nail down ONE Elvis tune?

[EAP]

It is a pretty good list.
Of course this is very subjective.

However, is it possible for you to nail down ONE Elvis tune?

It's impossible.
And let me fully explain why.

Artists with soul depth and diversity, weave magic in a majority of their interpretations.
So you will find masterpieces in hidden gems never even known about.
Frank Sinatra, ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, etc.....made the words of another, timeless.
Took the song in a new direction altogether.

Those early records at sun studios in Memphis are revelatory.

The songwriter who wrote "fly me to the moon", could never have imagined the genius of Sinatra.
The songwriter of "love for sale"
NEVER could've done what the great Ella Fitzgerald did with those lyrics.
I defy anyone to not be blown away by ella Fitzgerald's interpretation of "Love for sale".

Sure Glen Campbell covered John Hartford's "gentle on my mind", but glen's genius was his finger picking.
When elvis gotta hold of those lyrics, it was like a kafkaesque painting. Elvis literally transports the listener to a train yard in a cold biting rain, sippin' scalding hot soup from a rusty tin can, yearning for his lover.

That's an icon.

Dylan's "tomorrow is a long time"
Is pure magic in elvis's soul.
Simon& Garfunkel's "bridge over troubled water" takes on a powerful new gospel feeling in elvis's live stage rendition.
August 11, 1970.
Find it on YouTube.

Johnny cash owns trent Reznor's "hurt" for all eternity.
Willie's cover of johnny Christopher's "always on my mind" is ok.
But elvis's interpretation is pure sublime.

Those rick n roll classics from the 1950's,
Where do you begin???
Each one is a perfect masterpiece.
Just spend a lazy day on YouTube with a pair of $500 headphones, and lose yourself in pure rock n roll perfection.

Start at sun records, then the RCA records from 56 thru 60.

Each one a timeless piece of art.
Scotty Moore's guitar,
Everything came together to produce rock n roll Nirvana.

His gospel recordings are critically acclaimed perfection.
These studio recordings stand the test of time, because of the sheer soul depth and diversity.

One more thing. The songwriter who wrote "America the beautiful", NEVER could've taken his own words to the level that Ray Charles did.

So, no. I can't honestly give you just one song.

[Innocent Bystander]

What is the "signature" song for each of these?


Dire Straits
The Police
Linda Ronstadt
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Elvis
The Who
The J. Geils Band
Credence Clearwater Revival
Green Day
Janis Joplin

How many categories of 'one of these things is not like the other' can this be sub-divided into?

[Wolfman]

Sinatra and Ray Charles were great at the lyrics. You could actually understand every word.

[Softball Bat]

Sultans of swing

I would say Money for Nothing is their signature song.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Sultans of swing

I would say Money for Nothing is their signature song.

"My theme song!"

Sincerely, 88treblinka

[EAP]

Sultans of swing

I would say Money for Nothing is their signature song.

Are u on crack?
Don't get me wrong, I love "money for nothing".
But "sultans" Is their signature song. It's iconic.
Saying otherwise, shows some instability on your part.
It'd be like saying mother theresa is sexy.
Get your act together.

[Softball Bat]

Okay, I'll work on getting myself together.

Look for my choice for Elvis' sig song -----> in a few days.

[EAP]

Sinatra and Ray Charles were great at the lyrics. You could actually understand every word.

Great at lyrics? What are you?
A middle schooler?

I brought up Sinatra, ella Fitzgerald, Ray and Elvis as supreme examples of artists with the soul depth and sheer artistry to take a lyric to a higher level. A level that the songwriter didn't know existed.
Imagine a select few artists in history to have that ability.
Then you'll understand why they are so iconic.

[EAP]

Okay, I'll work on getting myself together.

Look for my choice for Elvis' sig song -----> in a few days.

Ok.
But give a listen to his interpretation of Dylan's "tomorrow is a long time"
"Such a night".
Any of the 50's rock n roll classics. His fuckin' voice in the studio is so iconic and otherworldly, that it defies logic.

Then the falsetto in the early 60's gospel sessions, pure sublime.

Then the grit and earthy soul of the 69' sessions at American in memphis.
"Gentle on my mind".

"If I can dream", from 68'.
Right around the time of the assassinations of MLK and RFK.
an ICONIC performance.

Fuck. This guy's voice was chameleon. Soul, depth diversity and sheer artistry.
How the fuck could his voice have changed so much in such a short career? Drugs?
Talent on loan from God?

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Sinatra and Elvis weren't songwriters.

But please, do go on...

[BSmack]

Dire Straits - Skateaway
The Police - Roxanne
Linda Ronstadt - When Will I Be Loved?
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
Jefferson Starship - Find Your Way Back
Elvis - Heartbreak Hotel
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Credence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Green Day Welcome to Paridise
Janis Joplin - Peice of My Heart

[The State]

Linda Ronstadt

The hottest female singer with the best voice evah.


I always wanted to bend her over and make her Mexican ass sequel.

Hell, at 73 with Parkinson's ... I'd still drop the hammer.

Shit, she lives in my neighborhood (Richmond District)... maybe I'll head over to her house in Sea Cliff and show her the truth.

[Smackie Chan]

I always wanted to bend her over and make her Mexican ass sequel.

So her first ass was so good you wanted to make her a second one?

[EAP]

Sinatra and Elvis weren't songwriters.

But please, do go on...

OMG! You really are an ignoramus from Paramus.

Where did I EVER say that Sinatra ella or elvis were songwriters?
You must be on methadone.

[EAP]

Sinatra and Elvis weren't songwriters.

But please, do go on...

You've got to be an agent provocateur, because I'm a PhD.
In the life, music and influence of the king.
The foremost expert on the king.
So why would I EVER say what you just claimed?
Guess you need reading skills.
Comprehend much?

Sinatra ella and elvis interpreted lyrics BETTER than the actual songwriter could've possibly imagined.

That's iconic.
Especially when those interpretations garner critical acclaim.

And in elvis's case, multiple genres of music.
Diversity.

Got it rabbi?

[Smackie Chan]

I'm a PhD.

And I'm a neurosurgeon.

[Smackie Chan]

How can it be a signature song if someone else wrote it?

A signature song is one most closely associated with an individual performer. Kate Smith's signature song was God Bless America, written by Irving Berlin. My Way is most closely associated with Sinatra even though it was written by Paul Anka. Wayne Newton's sig song is Danke Schoen, but he didn't write it. No Harlem Globetrotter wrote Sweet Georgia Brown. There are multitudes of other examples.

[Kierland]

And let me fully explain why.

Please don’t.

[EAP]

How can it be a signature song if someone else wrote it?

A signature song is one most closely associated with an individual performer. Kate Smith's signature song was God Bless America, written by Irving Berlin. My Way is most closely associated with Sinatra even though it was written by Paul Anka. Wayne Newton's sig song is Danke Schoen, but he didn't write it. No Harlem Globetrotter wrote Sweet Georgia Brown. There are multitudes of other examples.

Sid Vicious sang My Way, only version of it I've heard but if he didnt write it, its not his signature song.

Hey dummy? WRONG AGAIN!!

often, a songwriter gets his ass handed to him when an artist OWNS his words.
In other words?
The songwriter couldn't compare with another artist's soulful interpretation of his or her own words.
Your IQ cannot grasp that reality.

[EAP]

How can it be a signature song if someone else wrote it?

What a moronic statement.
Sometimes an artist blows away the songwriter. It happens.
Just because you wrote the words, doesn't mean you recorded the best version.
Sometimes an artist comes along and OWNS YOU. with your own words.

Funny how some of you low IQ cocksuckers are having trouble getting this.

[Dinsdale]

First, I made it through Eating African Penis's first post. Skipped the rest.

Dire Straits -- Money For Nothing. For better or worse, they got involved with the douche known as Sting, which was their demise.

The Police -- Probably that piece of shit known as Every Breath You Take. Should have retired while it was still Roxanne.

Linda Ronstadt -- Probably is Blue Bayou... maybe When Will I Be Loved.

Jefferson Airplane/Starship -- JA - White Rabbit. JS will always be associated with We Built This Shitty (sup Toolio).

Elvis -- There isn't one. Way too popular, way too big an icon, for way too long to have a single defining tune.

The Who -- See: Elvis

The J. Geils Band -- Only got popular after the sellout (sup Dire Straights). So Centerfold.

Credence Clearwater Revival -- Pick one... they all sound the same.

Green Day -- The one that's named after the shithole 60 miles north of me (and it is a shithole).

Janis Joplin -- Me And Bobby McGee

[Dinsdale]

Dire Straits - Skateaway

If you asked 100 non-Dire Straights fans to name a DS tune, exactly zero would name Skateaway.

It's my favorite tune of theirs (probably by a wide margin), but your answer -----> sucks.

[EAP]

First, I made it through Eating African Penis's first post. Skipped the rest.

Dire Straits -- Money For Nothing. For better or worse, they got involved with the douche known as Sting, which was their demise.

The Police -- Probably that piece of shit known as Every Breath You Take. Should have retired while it was still Roxanne.

Linda Ronstadt -- Probably is Blue Bayou... maybe When Will I Be Loved.

Jefferson Airplane/Starship -- JA - White Rabbit. JS will always be associated with We Built This Shitty (sup Toolio).

Elvis -- There isn't one. Way too popular, way too big an icon, for way too long to have a single defining tune.

The Who -- See: Elvis

The J. Geils Band -- Only got popular after the sellout (sup Dire Straights). So Centerfold.

Credence Clearwater Revival -- Pick one... they all sound the same.

Green Day -- The one that's named after the shithole 60 miles north of me (and it is a shithole).

Janis Joplin -- Me And Bobby McGee

I like the cut of your jib.

I felt the same way.
With elvis, he was a musical force of nature
Put on a pair of $500 headphones and lose yourself in those 50's rock n roll classics.

MY GOD !!!! EVERY SINGLE ONE IS A TOUR DE FORCE of pure unadulterated ROCK N ROLL.

Jimmy page, upon hearing "baby let's play house", came all over himself. He knew right then and there, that he wasn't going to be a faggot hair stylist.

[Dinsdale]

I like the cut of your jib.

Is that a subtle "gay" reference?

I'm not sure.

Screwey, help a pal out here?

[Smackie Chan]

Sid Vicious sang My Way, only version of it I've heard but if he didnt write it, its not his signature song.

No one's arguing that My Way is Sid's sig song. Most people don't immediately think of Sid when they hear it. Nor do they usually associate it with Paul Anka; most people don't even know he wrote it. A sig song is, in most cases of popular music, applied to a performer, not the composer, although there are sig songs for composers as well.

[EAP]

I like the cut of your jib.

Is that a subtle "gay" reference?

I'm not sure.

Screwey, help a pal out here?

I actually stole that line from Dennis Miller. The former weekend update guy from SNL, turned Reagan conservative.

It is a 17th century term.
A jib sail
But today, more like "I get you".
A friendly term.
We think alike. etc....

Gay? I don't think so
But nowadays with the left wing socialists? Who the fuck knows anymore.
The left has destroyed society as we know it.
Gone are the days where women were women and men were men.
Didn't need no welfare state.
Everyone pulled their weight.
The Duke, Bob Mitchum.

Today we got anderson cooper and andy cohen sucking each other off.

[EAP]

Sid Vicious sang My Way, only version of it I've heard but if he didnt write it, its not his signature song.

No one's arguing that My Way is Sid's sig song. Most people don't immediately think of Sid when they hear it. Nor do they usually associate it with Paul Anka; most people don't even know he wrote it. A sig song is, in most cases of popular music, applied to a performer, not the composer, although there are sig songs for composers as well.

Well said.

AND let me just add,
The lyrics are a part of the creative process. But then you must take those words into the studio and breathe soul into them. Bring the words to life.

Too many low IQ's think that once the words are on paper,
That's it!!! Done!!! Over!!!

Yet it's only the beginning.

Anyone who thinks that a song can only be done by the songwriter? Is a fool.
We'd be cheated out of the greatest records of all time!

Imagine?

No Ray Charles masterpiece of "America the beautiful".
No Johnny cash masterpiece of "hurt".

You stifle the creative process by only allowing the original writer to bring voice to his or her words.

Make sense?

[Dinsdale]

No one's arguing that My Way is Sid's sig song. Most people don't immediately think of Sid when they hear it. Nor do they usually associate it with Paul Anka; most people don't even know he wrote it. A sig song is, in most cases of popular music, applied to a performer, not the composer, although there are sig songs for composers as well.

To further your point, a "signature song" is one that people who aren't big fans of a particular band/singer most closely associate with that act.

For example, when someone brings up:

Molly Hatchet, EAP says "Huge penis."

Manfred Mann, EAP says "He Has A Really Big Dick."

Head East, EAP says "Massive Schlong."


Wait... OK, those examples sucked (possibly large dicks).

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Enjoys Anal Pounding

[Smackie Chan]

Jimmy page, upon hearing "baby let's play house", came all over himself. He knew right then and there, that he wasn't going to be a faggot hair stylist.

He had planned on becoming a biological researcher before realizing he could pull more tail and make a few more quid by becoming an axe man.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

For example, when someone brings up:

Molly Hatchet, EAP says "Huge penis."

Manfred Mann, EAP says "He Has A Really Big Dick."

Head East, EAP says "Massive Schlong."


Wait... OK, those examples sucked (possibly large dicks).

For goodness sake, please don't bring up:

The Dickies

The Strokes

Rod Stewart


...or any artist on Stiff Records.

[Dinsdale]

And actually, I might have to do a 180 here...

I found it quite odd when Screw came out and admitted to possessing a tiny penis. But thinking it through, maybe it was a false admission, in an effort to keep Eternally Admiring Peepees, who is clearly obsesses with the dimensions of members, from engaging him on this board?

Brilliant!

In fact, maybe we should all proclaim our tiny penises by rooting for a team from a university we didn't graduate from.

I'll start...

GO GEORGE WASHINGTON HOOPS!!!!

Wait, is that one already taken?

[Dinsdale]

He had planned on becoming a biological researcher before realizing he could pull more tail and make a few more quid by becoming an axe man.

Or maybe the fact he had an IQ somewhere between celery and carrots had something to do with it.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

...before realizing he could pull more tail and make a few more quid by becoming an axe man.

Reading about some of his proclivities, you would imagine he'd try pulling tail by skulking around daycare centers...

[Smackie Chan]

He had planned on becoming a biological researcher before realizing he could pull more tail and make a few more quid by becoming an axe man.

Or maybe the fact he had an IQ somewhere between celery and carrots had something to do with it.

Well, yeah. That and, of course, having a small penis.

[EAP]

Jimmy page, upon hearing "baby let's play house", came all over himself. He knew right then and there, that he wasn't going to be a faggot hair stylist.

He had planned on becoming a biological researcher before realizing he could pull more tail and make a few more quid by becoming an axe man.

True.
But after he heard elvis's "baby let's play house".
IT ALL BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR

Jimmy's own words.

And you are correct.
Rock n roll is a pussy magnet.
Reggae is a dick magnet.

Ford F-150 pussy magnet.
Mini cooper. Dick magnet

I'll let you fill in the rest.

[Smackie Chan]

For goodness sake, please don't bring up:

The Dickies

The Strokes

Rod Stewart


...or any artist on Stiff Records.

I'll try to avoid any mentions of Peter Noone, Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, or Dick Dale as well.