31 December 2014

Music Pieces I've Heard Most Times During 2014


Which in many cases mean I love them, but still in many cases that I'm struggling hard to get a grip of the actual piece. The first ones I surely have heard more than fourteen times now, and everyone on this list at least seven times. I will not mention more than one song from the same album (no matter how many times I've heard the rest).



1

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

The Monkees
from Instant Replay -69


2

MOONLIGHT SHADOW

Mike Oldfield with Maggie Reilley
from Crisis -83


3

RAINY, WINDY, SUNSHINE (RODEO ROAD)

Bellamy Brothers
from Let Your Love Flow -76


4

BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS

Kris Kristofferson
from Kristofferson -70


5

TAKING IT ALL TOO HARD

Genesis
from Genesis -83


6

EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT FOR ME AND MY MONKEY

Beatles
from The Beatles -68
[White Album]


7

LIFE IS WHITE

Big Star
from Radio City -74


8

DOGGERLAND

Ian Anderson
from Homo Erraticus -14


9

MAN ON THE ROCKS

Mike Oldfield
from Man On The Rocks -14


10

LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE

first Paul Young's version
from No Parlez -83

then Waylon Jennings' version
from Love of The Common People -67


11

"KOREAN VERSION OF PACHELBEL'S CANON"

from movie The Classic -03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMaXdjuukTk


12

SOUTH SIDE OF THE SKY

Yes
from Fragile -72


13

THE GRAND VIZIER'S GARDEN PARTY, part 2

Pink Floyd
from Ummagumma -69


14

INDOOR GAMES

King Crimson
from Lizard -69


15

PIZZA AND PINBALL

Rumer
from Into Colour -14


16

ORANGE LADY

Weather Report
from Weather Report -71


17

BLUEBIRD

Electric Light Orchestra
from Secret Messages -83


18

RETURN TO FOREVER

Chick Corea
(featuring Joe Farrell and Flora Purim)
from Return to Forever -72


19

MAD WORLD

Tears For Fears
from The Hurt -83


20

LAVENDER

Marillion
from Misplaced Childhood -85


21

BEAUTIFUL AND BLUE

Badfinger
from Magic Christian Music -70


22

WHITE MOUNTAIN

Genesis
from Trespass -72


23

IN A BIG COUNTRY

Big Country
from The Crossing -83


24

THE ROAD AND THE MILES TO DUNDEE

Andy Stewart
from Scottish Top 20 Songs


25

DEN HÄR VÄGEN (ringlar ner i dalen, hänger över stup)

Ulf Lundell
from I Ett Vinterland -00


26

SÖNDERMARKEN

Lars Winnerbäck
from Söndermarken -03


27

HUSET VI BYGGT

Pontus & Amerikanerna
from Kasino -98


28

STUCK ON A WORN OUT RHYME

Atomic Swing
from Bossanova Swap Meet -94


29

MAGAZINE

The Proper Ornaments
from Wooden Head -14


30

NORMAL PERSON

Arcade Fire
from Reflektor -13


31

ORDINARY MAN

Gordon Lightfoot
from Don Quixote -72


32

TONIGHT
from West Side Story, different versions:

Marnie Nixon & Jimmy Bryant
from original movie -61

or with Nashville Symphony Orchestra -02


33

THOUSAND NEEDLES

Lea Michele
from Louder -14


34

FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF NIGHT

Bonnie Tyler
from Faster Than The Speed of Night -83


35

SAD BITCH

Arca
from Xen -14


36

I WANNA BE SEDATED

Nanne Grönvall [cover of Ramones]
from My Rock Favourites -11


37

IT DOES NOT ROCK
[I'M YOUR FUCKING HARPIST]

Ursula Burns -14


38

BETTER GIT IT IN YOUR SOUL

Charles Mingus
from Mingus Ah Um -59


39

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Tom Waits
from SwordfishTrombones -83


40

NO LOVE DYING

Gregory Porter
from Liquid Spirit -14


41

THE KÖLN CONCERT, part 1

Keith Jarrett
from The Köln Concert -75


42

HONESTY

Billy Joel
from 52nd Street -78


43

COLD AS CHRISTMAS (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR)

Elton John
from Too Low for Zero -83


44

ON MY WAY TO WORK

Paul McCartney
from NEW -13


45

I'LL BE HERE IN THE MORNING

Don Williams
from Reflections -14


46

THE WAY I'M LIVIN'

Lee Ann Womack
from The Way I'm Livin' -14


47

SWEET AMARILLO

Old Crow Medicine Show
from Remedy -14


48

WATERMELON MAN

Herbie Hancock
from Head Hunters -73


49

MILES RUNS THE VOODOO DOWN

Miles Davis + many more
from Bitches Brew -70


50

IN A WORLD OF OUR OWN

Yes
[Jon Davison, Alan White]
from Heaven And Earth -14


51

FLY BOY BLUE /LUNETTE

Elbow
from The Take Off and Landing of Everything -14


52

THE ENDLESS ENIGMA, part 1

Emerson, Lake and Palmer
from Trilogy -72


53

ETERNITY'S BREATH, part 1

Mahavishnu Orchestra
from Visions of Emerald Beyond -71


54

GHOSTS, FIRST VARIATION

Albert Ayler Trio
from Spiritual Unity -64


55

ON REFLECTION

Gentle Giant
from Free Hand -75


56

DANCING WITH THE MOONLIT KNIGHT
Genesis
from Selling England by The Pound -73


57

HAT AND BEARD

Eric Dolphy
from Out to Lunch -64


58

SNAGGLEPUSS

John Zorn
from Naked City -89


59

DOG BREATH, IN THE YEAR OF THE PLAGUE

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
from Uncle Meat -69


60

(I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE

The Monkees
from More of The Monkees -67


61

I WAS GONNA CANCEL

Kylie Minogue
from Kiss Me Once -14


62

NO REPLY

Beatles
from Beatles For Sale -64


63

JEANNIE JEANNIE JEANNIE

Eddie Cochran -58


64

ROCK THIS TOWN

Stray Cats
from Built For Speed -83


65

WHY'D YOU COME IN HERE LOOKING LIKE THAT?!
cover of Dolly Parton

Jill Jonsson
from Music Row -07


66

SEND ME AN ANGEL

Harp Twins
[cover of Scorpions]
from youtube -13


67

LITTLE MAGGIE

Robert Plant
from Lullaby and The Ceaseless Roar -14


68

GARDEN PARTY

Marillion
from Script For a Jester's Tear -83


69

CUSP OF ETERNITY

Opeth
from Pale Communion -14


70

BÉCS

Christian Fennesz
from Bécs -14


71

MR BLUE

Yazoo
from You And Me Both -83


72

LOOP DE LI

Bryan Ferry
from Avonmore -14


73

DIRTY WORK

Steely Dan
from Can't Buy a Thrill -72


74

ABBA UNDELETED

ABBA, Remix by Michael B. Tretow
from Thank You For The Music -94








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