[X] My Assistant

[Lord Raven]

So in an attempt to possibly stir up activity here on the music section and get closer to my fellow member, I really want to hear GTS+; what are the crowning musics of awesome, in your opinion? Just post the song and MUCH preferably a link to the song itself. I'll post my own in this post and continuously edit to update stuff I consider to be just awesome. This will help serve in not only increasing my personal repertoire of music, but also to increase yours based upon everyone's input here. After, how would you be able to stand music if you can't mix things up every so often?

The idea was inspired by a tvtropes article, but frankly I found it all to be too subjective there. Not that it won't be here, but I want to listen to some new music that could just be considered awesome, if you know what I'm saying. Furthermore, don't just list EVERY good song you think exists -- I think a LOT of songs are "good" but I want to know just what's "awesome". Believe me, I almost fell into that very trap posting here!

I just want this to be different than every other thread, and differentiate it from a "list of favorite music" thread if that makes sense. If it ends up diverging into that -- then I'll simply unpin this thread.


I'll sort mine by general genre, but I'll update ferociously as I think of more stuff that I simple adore musically.


Rock
Vehicle -- Ides of March
Love Song -- The Cure as well as 311's cover
Gallery Piece -- Of Montreal
An Eluardian Instance -- Of Montreal
In Loving Memory -- Alter Bridge


Concert Band/Wind Ensemble
Russian Christmas Music -- Alfred Reed
The Inferno -- Robert W Smith
The Ascension -- Robert W Smith
Paradiso -- Robert W Smith
Vesuvius -- Frank Ticheli
Blue Shades -- Frank Ticheli
Tempered Steel -- Charles Young
Arabesque -- Samuel Hazo


Video Game
Crimea Marches -- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Congregation of Ambition -- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance


DON'T BE AFRAID TO POST HERE! I WON'T JUDGE! So long as i know you aren't deliberately posting for +1s.

[Merlin]

Ah man. There's a lot I'd love to post. Some of my favorite bands:

The Who:

Quadrophenia
Really, this whole album is positively brilliant.
Real Me
Absolutely wicked bass/drum performance.
A Quick One While He's Away
The Who were one of the greatest all-time bands when performing live...
Heaven & Hell



Aside from the obvious of Queen's (Bohemian Rhapsody. anyone?) some very underrated gems:

The Prophet's Song -
Intense. Written by Brian May.
White Queen (As It Began)
Deeply moving. Written by May.
The Show Must Go On
I consider this to be Freddie's "Crowning Moment Of Awesome" - recorded as he was deep in the clutches of AIDS related illnesses, in severe pain, yet he threw his all into the vocals of this song. Written by May.

Some live Queen. Rivaled only by The Who, live:

Now I'm Here
Dragon Attack
Save Me
Keep Yourself Alive (My personal favorite version of this song!)


And what may be Queen's ultimate Crowning Moment of Awesome:


Live Aid 1985


Cream:

Disraeli Gears was arguably the band's Crowning Moment of Awesome. Here are some bits of it:

Sunshine Of Your Love
Tales of Brave Ulysses
Strange Brew

Free:

Horrendously underrated and under-listened band where the great Paul Rodgers (Bad Company) got his start.

Heartbreaker
Wishing Well
Be My Friend

Some singular tracks:

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
Stargazer - Rainbow
Layla - Derek & the Dominos
Crime of the Century - Supertramp
Sylvia - Focus