I thought to do a top 10 list of my all time favorite songs. Like such endeavors, I kept thinking about other songs that should be on the list. I figured I would just pick a bunch of songs and pare it down to 10.
Didn't work.
So, I expanded the list to be my top 20. Then top 30. Now it's top 40 and will end there. Briefly flirting with the idea of top 100, I realized that would be too much. Even now, I tend to think 40 is too much, at least in this day when people don't bother reading beyond a certain point.
I didn't place the songs in any particular order. Rather, the list is organized by what came to mind at any given moment. Also, I had considered making commentary on each, but won't bother.
As for list criteria, I'd have to say that these songs are welcome to me any time they come up on the radio or a YouTube suggestion. Some may ask why Stairway to Heaven isn't on the list. Or Smoke on the Water or ____________... name any song. And it's partly due t o the fact that I over heard songs back in the day when I listened to the radio more than I do now and developed a fatigue from it.
So, here's the list and it could change eventually. But it stands for now.
1. The Great Gate of Kiev - Modest Mussorgsky
https://youtu.be/vw7OM_Q810k
2. Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
https://youtu.be/jGcx5fVZRkI
3. The Weight - The Band
https://youtu.be/q-w9OclUnns
4. Drift Away - Dobie Gray
https://youtu.be/NIuyDWzctgY
5. O Tannenbaum - Vince Guaraldi
https://youtu.be/YLdTU25vsVo
6. Heart of the Night - Poco
https://youtu.be/MN7y1Qys2f4
7. Peace in Our Time - Eddie Money
https://youtu.be/I7iRe81VTq4
8. Missing You - John Waite
https://youtu.be/k9e157Ner90
9. You Are the Girl - The Cars
https://youtu.be/DmFdW1JyccA
10. Texas Sun - Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
https://youtu.be/Whe7MURlKLw
11. Home at Last - Steely Dan
https://youtu.be/Hx5ZlTyzU-k
12. Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
https://youtu.be/ETkzK9pXMio
13. Don't Stop Believing - Journey
https://youtu.be/VcjzHMhBtf0
14 - Funeral - Devin Townsend Project
https://youtu.be/0ItzTi4CVMw
15. Time - Pink Floyd
https://youtu.be/oEGL7j2LN84
16. Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
https://youtu.be/IBLruNfUqUs
17. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
https://youtu.be/GzZWSrr5wFI
18. Christmas Must Be Tonight - The Band
https://youtu.be/Y5bKtRU0Q6c
19 - The Reach - Dan Fogelberg
https://youtu.be/HEL_qqXGjHU
20. November Rain - Guns N Roses
https://youtu.be/8SbUC-UaAxE
21. Driver's Seat - Sniff n the Tears
https://youtu.be/9SCzVEUlqqA
22. King of Glory - Exit 244
https://youtu.be/tDqEsuUmzUI
23. Finlandia - Jean Sibelius
https://youtu.be/F5zg_af9b8c
24. Humans Being - Van Halen
https://youtu.be/b9e5fT8migI
25. Hysteria - Def Leppard
https://youtu.be/UIlHi15I9YQ
26. China Girl - David Bowie
https://youtu.be/NEl6BBLwSa0
27. 1812 Overture - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
https://youtu.be/QUpuAvQQrC0
28. Sing - Travis
https://youtu.be/eYO1-gGWJyo
29. Hold On - Tom Waits
https://youtu.be/0P5jV4lHHR0
30. Money Talks - AC/DC
https://youtu.be/LBYZoc9lnvE
31. Dig a Little Deeper - The Fairfield Four
https://youtu.be/-fOmKNOeJpc
32. On the Water - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
https://youtu.be/7prhBlma3Ys
33. I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day - Casting Crowns' version
https://youtu.be/M7670CXvPX0
34. Waiting on a Friend - Rolling Stones
https://youtu.be/DltGvCatNwA
35. Bittersweet - Big Head Todd and The Monsters
https://youtu.be/Wyd9OcI37AY
36. Out of This World - The Cure
https://youtu.be/1SSPOsf09JA
37. Mavis - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
https://youtu.be/i8cogQpcTYA
38. Turn of the Century - Yes
https://youtu.be/zY9gopSNptQ
39. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
https://youtu.be/_OO2PuGz-H8
40. Copperline - James Taylor
https://youtu.be/QAaAhi37IHg
