Best tribute song or in memoriam

[ok_cpu]

Way too many for a poll but I submit:

Pete Rock and CL Smooth "The Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)". I'm not a huge rap fan but this is a helluva song.

Smashing Pumpkins "For Martha". I know SP cause a visceral love or hate reaction in most people (I'm in the former) but this song does to the listener exactly what it is supposed to.

Flame me for liking SP or add your own please.

[datasuspect]

1. papa was a rolling stone - the temps

when i was kid, i thought that it was about my dad.

[ok_cpu]

3. Love the Temptations

And that's a great song for sure.

[qnr]

11. nice one :) n/t

[qnr]

2. Don't really know. I always liked "Nightshift" by The Commodores though

:hi:

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4vCBL5hSkA

[ok_cpu]

5. That's a great song

Haven't heard it in a long time. iTunes might get another buck from me tonight.

:hi:

[blondeatlast]

25. LOVE it; those harmonies are incredible. nt

[qnr]

26. Aren't they though. They always get me n/t

[idgiehkt]

4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

I guess that's my all time favorite, that I can think of right now anyway.

[ok_cpu]

6. I'm ashamed to say

I don't think I've ever heard it. I'll have to check it out.

[idgiehkt]

15. you probably have

it will probably ring a bell, Pink Floyd tribute to Syd Barrett.

[ok_cpu]

17. It's probably one of those I'll recognize when I hear it n/t

[mainegreen]

10. ditto. nt

[qnr]

12. good choice n/t

[fishwax]

14. i'd second that

can't think of one I like better off the top of my head ...

[qnr]

7. Abraham, Martin and John was another good one - Dion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLAXp-vQjbA

[ok_cpu]

16. Great pick.

And thanks for the link.

[qnr]

8. self-delete n/t

[grannylib]

9. "In the Living Years" (Mike and the Mechanics) and "And She Goes On"

(Crowded House) are my two top picks.

[qnr]

13. oh yeah, those are good too n/t

[ok_cpu]

18. Both good songs n/t

[jobycom]

19. Elton John has done three. "Empty Garden,"and both "Candle in the Wind"

versions, to Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana. "Empty Garden" was of course to John Lennon.

[grannylib]

20. I wept all through Diana's funeral, and Elton just moved me even more to

tears...that was a lovely version of that song.

[HuskerDU]

21. D Boon by Uncle Tupelo

'Do you remember, remember D Boon
Part of what he was is a part of me now'

[ok_cpu]

22. Don't know much Uncle Tupelo

But I love Wilco

[HuskerDU]

27. Great band, saw 'em live at a bar in '92.

UT had a more rockin' and less slick sound than Wilco. As a midwest kid of roughly the same age and influences as UT, I enjoyed and admired them greatly. Wilco is terrific, but Rock-n-roll is more my cup of tea.

Ask enigmatic about UT sometime. He could tell you far more than I could. You should check 'em out sometime if you like Wilco though.

[ok_cpu]

28. I'll definitely check them out n/t

[HuskerDU]

31. Forgot to mention that D Boon was the singer/guitarist

for the Minutemen. Would definitely recomend them too. 'Double Nickels on the Dime' is their best known work for a reason.

Both of these bands inlcluded at least 2 members who were childhood friends. It is sad that both ended after relatively short runs.

[blondeatlast]

23. "Back On the Chain Gang." The Pretenders

Regarding the hardship Chrissie faced going on with the Ps after the deaths of bassist Pete Farndon and guitarist James Honeyman-Scott.

I FOUND A PICTURE OF YOU, OH OH OH OH
THOSE WERE THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY LIFE
LIKE A BREAK IN THE BATTLE WAS YOUR PART, OH OH OH OH
IN THE WRETCHED LIFE OF A LONELY HEART
NOW WE'RE BACK ON THE TRAIN
OH, BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG

Full lyrics here:
http://www.pretenders.org/lyback.htm

[ok_cpu]

29. Love that song

and had no idea that's what it was about.

[bertha katzenengel]

24. Candle In the Wind - "Goodbye, Norma Jean"

I mourned Princess Diana but didn't much care for the weepy remake. Sorry.

I have always loved Candle In the Wind. What a song.

from the young man in the twenty-second row
who sees you as something more than sexual

Wow.

[ok_cpu]

32. Candle in the Wind

is getting a lot of votes. And for good reason. I always forget, does Elton write the music or lyrics?

[HuskerDU]

30. Freebird!

Gotta be the most famous one. In tribute to the great Duane Allman.

Dozens of punk rock ones too.

[Throd]

33. The tribute to the greatest song ever written

by Tenacious D

[Maccagirl]

34. Any tribute to John Lennon

Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny)-Elton John
Here Today -Paul McCartney
All Those Years Ago-George Harrison

They all make me sob.