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Posted by Jim Muglia on 09-17-2002 at23:02:

  top 5 Taylor songs

Greetings,

If you could take only 5 Taylor songs with you to a desert island, which five would they be?

My top 5 Taylor:

1)Wave Perfect
2)Broken Ladders to Glory
3)Blessing in Disguise
4)Into the Deep
5)The Unattainable Earth

Your Taylor top 5?
Jim

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Posted by Gamgee on 09-17-2002 at23:35:

 

That is not a possible top five... too many great ones to chose from... and my favorite songs always depend on my mood... there's no way I could choose five...

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Posted by BigDork on 09-18-2002 at00:14:

 

the twist
you lay down



and everything else

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Posted by carl on 09-18-2002 at10:09:

  I can do it in 10, Jim....

And for once, we agree on a couple things....

10)Rubber Sky
9) Broken Ladders to Glory
Imagine That
7) Soon
6) The Pool
5) Breathe Deep
4) The Unattainable Earth
3) Loved and Forgiven
2) God Went Bowling
1) Zoom Daddy

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Posted by Woggy on 09-18-2002 at10:24:

  Favorite Taylor Songs......

1.) Fire & Rain
2.) Her Town, Too
3.) Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
4.) Long Ago & Far Away
5.) You've Got A Friend.


Oh, you meant TERRY Taylor.

sorry.


I've got JT on my mind. He's coming to my town in November...........and he's always been my most favorite singer/songwriter of all time.

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Posted by brdhsnyrsoul on 09-18-2002 at10:28:

 

grace is the smell of rain
strange animals
mr. flutter
home permanent
beautiful one

just off the top of my head - I love his ballads -

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Posted by web on 09-18-2002 at10:48:

  TSTT5

Off the top of my head:*

If You Want To
Pyro Sets a Wildfire
Beautiful One
Meanwhile
Zoom Daddy

(*and subject to change without notice)

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Posted by brdhsnyrsoul on 09-18-2002 at10:54:

 

quote:

Originally posted by web (*and subject to change without notice)

Well - of course - you wouldn't be a DAMB fan if that wasn't true

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Posted by Dr Rich on 09-18-2002 at11:06:

 

1)Twilight Love
2)I'm on your team
3)Hide the beer
4)Autographs for the sick.
5)The Unattainable Earth

this is really just a list of five TST songs.
I can not do a real top five best list.

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Posted by Dr Rich on 09-18-2002 at11:07:

 

quote:

Originally posted by Woggy 1.) Fire & Rain 2.) Her Town, Too 3.) Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 4.) Long Ago & Far Away 5.) You've Got A Friend. Oh, you meant TERRY Taylor. sorry. I've got JT on my mind. He's coming to my town in November...........and he's always been my most favorite singer/songwriter of all time.

How about "Traffic Jam?"

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Posted by wes berlin on 09-18-2002 at11:22:

 

damb, this traffic jam

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Posted by Dr Rich on 09-18-2002 at11:27:

 

quote:

Originally posted by wes berlin damb, this traffic jam

How I hates to post late!
hurts my fingers to go so slow!

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Posted by carl on 09-18-2002 at11:28:

  James Taylor, FEH!

Now HERE's a traffic jam song.... in Jersey, no less.... I left the chords in for anyone who's heard this song (because they'll want to learn it)....

(B7)The merge from the Turnpike was murder, but it's never a cinch
It was Friday at five and no one was giving an (C)inch
They squeezed and they edged and they (D)glared
(C)Half of them clearly im(D)paired
By (C)rage or exhaustion - the rest were just touchy as hell(B7)

Somewhere near Paterson everything slowed down to a crawl
The all-news station was thanking someone for the (C)call
It's a van from St. Agnes' (D)Choir
There's a (C)nun out there changing a (D)tire
By the (C)time they got by her tempers were out of control(B7)

They (Am)all hit the gas in a dash for position
(C)Bobbing and weaving, flashing their high-beams
(Em)Flipping the bird, screaming obscenities
A (C)murderous horde hell-bent on Saturday(B7)

And so they continued, westbound and into the sun
Law and decorum constraining nary a (C)one
By then it was devil-may-(D)care
Not (C)one even vaguely a(D)ware
That they'd (C)come all the way to the Delaware Water Gap(B7)

(Am)How had it happened? They had all missed their exits
(C)How had it happened? Was it some kind of vortex
And (Em)in they all went, bumper to bumper
(C)Faster and faster, no sign of a trooper

And (G)in they all went like sheep to the slaughter
(D)Bankers and carpenters, doctors and lawyers
(Em)And in they all went - families in minivans
(C)Reagan republicans, weekend militiamen

They (G)followed the river and rounded the bend
Between (D)Minsi and Tammany and into their destiny
(Em)Lying in ambush right there before them
(C)The angry old sun right on the horizon(B7)

Sister Maria tightened the bolts of the spare
She said a quick prayer and put the old van into (C)gear
Thank God the traffic was (D)light
If she (C)hurried she might not be (D)late
For that (C)evening's performance
At the State Penitentiary(B7)

(Am)She entered the common room - there was her choir
(C)Altos and baritones, basses and tenors
(Em)Car-thieves and crack-dealers, mobsters and murderers
(C)Husbands and sons, fathers and brothers

And (G)so it began, in glorious harmony
(D)"Softly and Tenderly" - calling for you and me
(Em)With the interstate whining way off in the distance
(C)And the sun going down
Through the bars of the prison

And they (G)poured out their souls
They poured out their memories
They (D)poured out their hopes for what's left of eternity
To (Em)Sister Maria, her soul like a prism
For the (C)light of forgiveness on all of their faces(B7)

-- "Transit," Richard Shindell

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Posted by Dr Rich on 09-18-2002 at11:30:

 

very nice!

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Posted by Gamgee on 09-18-2002 at11:42:

 

I started to list some of my favorites (instead of trying to do a top 5), but the list got over 20, and I was still thinking of more...

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Posted by brdhsnyrsoul on 09-18-2002 at11:44:

 

maybe it would be easier to list the ones you don't like? There aren't nearly as many.....

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Posted by Gamgee on 09-18-2002 at11:49:

 

Yeah, but what would be the point of that list?

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Posted by brdhsnyrsoul on 09-18-2002 at11:51:

 

quote:

Originally posted by Gamgee Yeah, but what would be the point of that list?

just to see how even though we're similar - we're really quite different - I'd guess some people's least favorite songs are someone else's favorites....

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Posted by Gamgee on 09-18-2002 at11:53:

 

quote:

Originally posted by brdhsnyrsoul quote: Originally posted by Gamgee Yeah, but what would be the point of that list? just to see how even though we're similar - we're really quite different - I'd guess some people's least favorite songs are someone else's favorites....

Probably...

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Posted by brdhsnyrsoul on 09-18-2002 at13:19:

 

sort of like that whole Farm Beetles discussion we had a while back......