My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
The Velvet Underground - uuhm, Heroin i guess.
Badly Drawn Boy - Stone on the Water or maybe Something to Talk About

The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize
Sigur Rós - Svefn-G-Englar

Oasis - Morning Glory ( maybe Live Forever too )
Green Day - Welcome To Paradise
Guns n Roses - Civil War ( maybe November Rain or Welcome To The Jungle )
Clash - I Fought The Law
Eric Clapton - Strange Brew


But all groups mentioned above have so many good songs.
At the end of the day were just postring our fav songs for that group

[QUOTE=something vague]Sigur Ros - "Untitled 3"[/QUOTE]

Ehhh. He doesn't sing in that one.

I think their defining song is either Untitled 6 or Svefn-n-englar.

Nebula - Do it now
Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
Dino Jr - Freak Scene
Alice in Chains - Man in the box
Pixies - Holiday Song

Oasis- Columbia

[QUOTE=OrbDragon]
The Replacements - Unsatisfied
[/QUOTE]

No, if someone heard Usatisfied and liked it they would not necessary like anything else they made ever. Unsatisfied is really different from their other material. I mean, its all acousticy... I don't think any of their other sounds have a simlar sound to that. I'd say Seen Your Video or Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out encompass a lot more of the Replacements than Unsatisfied does.

Tommy Gets his Tonsils Out? No way brotha.

I'd go with Bastards of Young for the Replacements. Or maybe Left of the Dial.

Sigur Ros - Saeglopur
ATD-I - Rasauche
Explosions in the Sky- First Breath of a Coma
Co&Ca- The Willing Well III: Apollo II: I'm telling the truth
Death Cab- Syrofoam Plates
The Decemberists - The Sporting Life

[QUOTE=YDload]
The Mars Volta- Eriatarka[/QUOTE]

I would say Cicatriz ESP would be a better example for TMV because it incorporates all of their weird and wacky guitar effected sounds and weird nothing synth and crzy screaming vocals and awesome bass and drum fills into one orgasmic piece of music.

Radiohead - Creep

In a nutshell.

I gotta come in and disagree with a few things in here.

Firstly, The Decline by NOFX. Hell No! Typical NOFX would be a short, fast, fun song, maybe with a cool but short guitar solo, and Fat Mike singing about something random and irrelevant, that somehow seems to make sense to many. The Decline is an epic, and as amazing as it is, just goes against what is typical NOFX. I'm thinking more along the lines of 'Leave It Alone' 'Dinosaurs Will Die' or 'The Idiots Are Taking Over'

Secondly, Civil War by GnR. A slow mellow song. Again, very good song, but just think about what we all know and love Guns n Roses for. Big, powerful songs with a riff which drives it's way into your head, and a solo which blows your head apart. Not a slow mellow number like civil war. Maybe Paradise City would do it better.

Another thing, imagine how tough it would be to find a Red Hot Chili's song to sum up their sound. That would be an impossible task. Perhaps create a short compilation to define it, but thats tough. I'd say this comp:

Higher Ground
Under The Bridge
Fight Like A Brave
Scar Tissue
Cant Stop
Apache Rose Peacock
Get On Top
Purple Stain

It's tough because every time they bring out someting new, thats exactly what it is, new. Like Bon Jovi's new album is just typical of their last two (not inc This Left Feel Right) which kind of sucks really. Theres NO change whatsoever.

Prince - "When Doves Cry"
the Band - "The Weight"
Rancid - "Radio"
Wilco - "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart"

[QUOTE=AlkoholikMouse]I gotta come in and disagree with a few things in here.

Firstly, The Decline by NOFX. Hell No! Typical NOFX would be a short, fast, fun song, maybe with a cool but short guitar solo, and Fat Mike singing about something random and irrelevant, that somehow seems to make sense to many. The Decline is an epic, and as amazing as it is, just goes against what is typical NOFX. I'm thinking more along the lines of 'Leave It Alone' 'Dinosaurs Will Die' or 'The Idiots Are Taking Over'

Secondly, Civil War by GnR. A slow mellow song. Again, very good song, but just think about what we all know and love Guns n Roses for. Big, powerful songs with a riff which drives it's way into your head, and a solo which blows your head apart. Not a slow mellow number like civil war. Maybe Paradise City would do it better.

Another thing, imagine how tough it would be to find a Red Hot Chili's song to sum up their sound. That would be an impossible task. Perhaps create a short compilation to define it, but thats tough. I'd say this comp:

Higher Ground
Under The Bridge
Fight Like A Brave
Scar Tissue
Cant Stop
Apache Rose Peacock
Get On Top
Purple Stain

It's tough because every time they bring out someting new, thats exactly what it is, new. Like Bon Jovi's new album is just typical of their last two (not inc This Left Feel Right) which kind of sucks really. Theres NO change whatsoever.[/QUOTE]


And in all that GnR blabber, I've realised that the whole time I was thinking of Patience, not Civil War for some reason. Just ignore my rambles. Everyone else does!

[QUOTE=rbv]Explosions in the Sky- First Breath [i]After[/i] Coma[/QUOTE]

fix'd... sorry, I'm a fanboy.

Anyways, I think that Explosions' defining song would be either [i]Memorial[/i] or [i]With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept[/i].

test icicles - scene damage
the cribs - mirror kissers
the libertines - death on the stairs
sigur ros - se lest
babyshambles - arebours
death from above 1979 - romantic rights
the blood brothers - burn piano island burn

i dont really understand they question , but if someone wanted to here a band , i would play those songs for them to show what they sound like

[QUOTE=sgrevs]I would say Cicatriz ESP would be a better example for TMV because it incorporates all of their weird and wacky guitar effected sounds and weird nothing synth and crzy screaming vocals and awesome bass and drum fills into one orgasmic piece of music.[/QUOTE]

and im going to disagree with you both and say

the mars volta - roulette dares

and

atdi - one armed sissor

I don't see how bands like Radiohead, Sonic Youth, and Velvet Underground could have defining songs for a sound. All three were very experimental and had different sounding albums.

Can you even compare Daydream Nation to Goo?
Amnesiac to Pablo Honey?
Punk VU vs alt VU

[QUOTE=the pope.]and im going to disagree with you both and say

the mars volta - roulette dares

and

atdi - one armed sissor[/QUOTE]
I totally agree with those! My honest favorite songs from each band.

yeah

those would be the songs i would introduce those bands with
either one armed scissor , or quarintined

Blur - "Coffee & TV"
Pearl Jam - "Corduroy"
Oasis - "Some Might Say"
Pavement - "Conduit For Sale"

I think with one listen of these songs you know what the band is about

Rage Against the Machine-Killin in the name
Red Hot Chili Peppers-hahhahaha try to find a song that defines their whole career. And by they way dont even start to say Under the Bridge defines them because that was an extremely uncharacteristic song for them though it is one of their great songs it dosent define. Maybe one would be able to name a defining song from each album

[QUOTE=Bukowski]

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand

This is Zep's best song by some distance, I think. It's got everything they're known for - great guitar work, brilliant drums from ol' Bonzo, and Plant's typical vocals. And it's just awesome, which is why i choose it.[/QUOTE]

i totally have to agree. everyone says that "Stairway to Heaven" is their best but i think that this shows Jimmy Page at his finest. he just keeps going and the song basically doesnt let up. its really powerfull. although im a fan of JPJ and "ALS" didnt really showcase alot of his talents, but this still is a truely awesome song. "how many more times" is another one that just blows me away...simple yet great.

Weezer - Only In Dreams
Spoon - me and the bean
Smashing Pumpkins - Try Try Try
Minus the Bear - Pantsuit, uggghhhh
Tool - Ticks & Leeches
Interpol - PDA
The Mars Volta - Drunkship of Lanterns
Co&Ca - The Willing Well series
incubus - SSLW
Radiohead - airbag into paranoid android (i cant listen to one without the other)

[QUOTE=Sound Boy]i totally have to agree. everyone says that "Stairway to Heaven" is their best but i think that this shows Jimmy Page at his finest. he just keeps going and the song basically doesnt let up. its really powerfull. although [b]im a fan of JPJ and "ALS" didnt really showcase alot of his talents[/b], but this still is a truely awesome song. "how many more times" is another one that just blows me away...simple yet great.[/QUOTE]

You're wrong. That song is incredibly fun to play on bass, the galloping octave triplets are a challenge, as well as the four note breakdowns in 5/4. I use it to build my stamina, but also because it's such a great song.

JPJ is very underrated, he's an excellent all round musician. Most of the recognition was reserved for Bonham and Page, but JP was also really talented - and at more than one instrument (he played bass, keys, and mellotrone(sp?) - there may be more).

[QUOTE=YDload]You're wrong. That song is incredibly fun to play on bass, the galloping octave triplets are a challenge, as well as the four note breakdowns in 5/4. I use it to build my stamina, but also because it's such a great song.[/QUOTE]

oh no i didnt mean that it wasnt difficult or its just that the drums and guitar almost overpower his bass sound on that unlike alot of other songs

Powderfinger - 'Waiting for the Sun'

It's the perfect song to define them with. A classy bit of work that is the perfect pop song in every way.

Silverchair - 'Emotion Sickness'

This song shows their lighter side, their orchestral side, and the rockier tones of their early stuff.

Pink Floyd - 'Shine on you Crazy diamond'

Hard to describe them with one song, but the 'Wish You Were Here' album is utter class, this song bringing many of their elements together.

Led Zeppelin - 'Achilles Last Stand'

Yeah, sums them up nicely. Bloody long, though. :lol:

[QUOTE=bahamut_ali]

Pink Floyd - 'Shine on you Crazy diamond'

Hard to describe them with one song, but the 'Wish You Were Here' album is utter class, this song bringing many of their elements together.[/QUOTE]

yeah that or Pigs (three different ones)

[B]Biffy Clyro - My Recovery Injection[/B]

Contains all the best bits about Biffy - the random yet catchy hooks, awesome backing vocals and pretty decent lyrics.

[B]British Sea Power - Remember Me[/B]

Brillant guitars which are the peak of the bands original sound. Just an excellent song.

[B]Bright Eyes - False Advertising[/B]

The song combines the variety of sounds used throughout Oberst's Bright Eyes career into a wonderful track. Lyrics as usual are some are the best i've read.


All my favourite Bs.

Modest Mouse - I Came As a Rat

Faith No More - Land of Sunshine

What about REM? I can't really think of a defining song for them.

Coldplay - Clocks
REM - Man on the Moon

Public Enemy - Fight The Power