Greatest songs of all time

OK, this is a rebound topic from 'My Top 50 Queen songs'. Since some Queenzoners discuss other bands in some threads, I thought I'd post this. And luckily, it is loosely Queen-connected. So let it roll... my top 20 greatest songs ever!

#20 - Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams, 1985)
#19 - Space Oddity (David Bowie, 1969)
#18 - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (Baccara, 1977)
#17 - A Little Time (The Beautiful South, 1990)
#16 - Waiting For A Star to Fall (Boy Meets Girl, 1988)
#15 - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush, 1985)
#14 - Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield, 1968)
#13 - Together in Electric Dreams (Human League, 1984)
#12 - The Reflex (Duran Duran, 1984)
#11 - 99 Red Balloons (Nena, 1984)
#10 - Luka (Suzanne Vega, 1987)
#9 - We've Only Just Begun (Carpenters, 1970)
#8 - You're So Vain (Carly Simon, 1972)
#7 - I Don't Like Mondays (Boomtown Rats, 1979)
#6 - Heart of Glass (Blondie, 1979)
#5 - Stand 'N' Deliver (Adam and the Ants, 1981)
#4 - Everybody's Talkin' (The Beautiful South, 1994)
#3 - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana, 1991)
#2 - Top of the World (Carpenters, 1973)
#1 - Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen, 1975)

3 Greatest Songs of All Time:

1. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
2. Imagine - John Lennon
3. American Pie - Don McLean

jamster1111 - Of course Bo Rhap is immensively awesome, Imagine is... OK, I guess. But honestly I can't STAND American Pie. It's a novelty song in my eyes. I'm not dissing you, just making my opinion heard on your choices.

I have a wide taste in music and if i list what i feel is my choce of greatest songs and the ones i listen to most of the time and i know it wont match anybody elses

if i could list all of queen i would but i will restrict myself to two in my top 10

Bohemian Rhapsody
Another One Bites The Dust
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Dancing in The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Purple Rain - Prince
The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics
Candle in the wind - Elton John
Never too much - Luther Vandross
George Michael - Father Figure

As a friend of classical music and jazz, this is my list:

1. Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury)
2. We Are the Champions (Mercury)
3. Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin)
4. A Vucchella (Tosti)
5. Great Balls of Fire (Blackwell/Hammer)
6. The Long and Winding Road (Lennon/McCartney)
7. Layla (Clapton/Gordon)
8. It Don't Mean a Thing (Ellington)
9. What a Wonderful World (Douglas/Weiss)
10.Symphony No. 40 in G minor (Mozart)
11.Rock and Roll (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham)
12.Son Qual Nave Ch'agitata- Air de Arbace [Artaserse] (Broschi)
13.Starman (Bowie)
14.Exercises in Free Love (Mercury/Moran)
15.Soul Sacrifice (Santana Band)
16.Love of My Life (Mercury)
17.The Show Must Go On (Queen)
18.Caro Mio Ben (Giordiano)
19.An Die Musik (Schubert)
20.July Morning (Uriah Heep)

Oh well if you're going to bring classical into this, than the greatest pieces of music would be:

1. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
2. 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky
3. Piano Concerto 1 - Tchaikovsky 
4. Mozart Symphony No 41
5. Mozart Serenade No 13

Here are the greatest songs for me from what I've heard:
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - The March of the Black Queen
Queen - Innuendo
Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Diamond
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
John Lennon - Imagine
John Lennon - Working Class Hero
The Beatles - Let It Be
Metallica - Turn The Page (it's a cover, but ah, well)
Deep Purple - Child in time
Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
Tool - Lateralus
Rush - Time Stand Still
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Dream Theater - Take The Time

Well, that's all that comes to my mind

br5946 wrote: jamster1111 - Of course Bo Rhap is immensively awesome, Imagine is... OK, I guess. But honestly I can't STAND American Pie. It's a novelty song in my eyes. I'm not dissing you, just making my opinion heard on your choices.
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I'm well tired of American Pie, but....The Reflex? 99 Red Balloons? Waiting for a Star to Fall? Among the greatest songs of all time. My goodness!

I still love "American Pie".  It's actually been a long time since I've heard it.  I always compare it to Billy Joel's "Piano Man" for some reason.

1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
  2. Queen - The Prophet's Song
  3. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
  4. Deep Purple - Child In Time
  5. Deep Purple - Concerto For Group And Orchestra
  6. Buzzcocks - Boredom
  7. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  8. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
  9. Metallica - One
10. Scorpions - Wind Of Change (with Berliner Philharmoniker)
11. Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen
12. Sex Pistols - Bodies
13. Sex Pistols - Belsen Was A Gas
14. Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk
15. The Damned - Smash It Up (Top Of The Pops version)
16. Helloween - The Keeper Of The Seven Keys
17. Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
18. Manowar - Achilles, Agony and Ecstacy in Eight Parts
19. Genesis - Supper's Ready
20. Queen - Love Of My Life

GratefulFan - I'm glad someone shares my view on American Pie. And with my choices, is it my fault that Waiting for a Star to Fall, Reflex and 99 Red Balloons are absolute classic tunes? Not really. Blame me for being an eighties freak, but I say live and let live. I think I might rummage through my records to put on Rio right now...

pittrek wrote: 1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
  2. Queen - The Prophet's Song
  3. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
  4. Deep Purple - Child In Time
  5. Deep Purple - Concerto For Group And Orchestra
  6. Buzzcocks - Boredom
  7. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  8. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
  9. Metallica - One
10. Scorpions - Wind Of Change (with Berliner Philharmoniker)
11. Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen
12. Sex Pistols - Bodies
13. Sex Pistols - Belsen Was A Gas
14. Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk
15. The Damned - Smash It Up (Top Of The Pops version)
16. Helloween - The Keeper Of The Seven Keys
17. Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
18. Manowar - Achilles, Agony and Ecstacy in Eight Parts
19. Genesis - Supper's Ready
20. Queen - Love Of My Life
Thumbs up for Helloween! Although Victim of fate is my fav!