A couple of years ago we had a "5 Favorite Bob Dylan Songs" thread that went on for awhile. It afforded a lot of depth for people wanting to expand their Dylan collections.
What I have in mind here is putting down your 5 favorite songs for any good singer or band. I'm constantly looking for new music to add to my mp3 collection, so this could be a way for all of us to share. Let's find some sleepers...
BOB DYLAN
1. Lay Lady Lay - 1969, Nashville Skyline
2. Tangled Up in Blue - 1975, Blood on the Tracks
3. You're a Big Girl Now - 1975, Blood on the Tracks
4. Most of the Time - 1989, Oh Mercy
5. Like a Rolling Stone - 1965, Highway 61 Revisited
VAN MORRISON
1. And It Stoned Me - 1970, Moondance
2. Into the Mystic - 1970, Moondance
3. Bright Side of the Road - 1979, Into the Music
4. Meet Me in the Indian Summer - 2002, Down the Road
5. Madame George - 1968, Astral Weeks
JACKSON BROWNE
1. The Pretender - 1976, The Pretender
2. Late for the Sky - 1974, Late for the Sky
3. Jamaica Say You Will - 1972, Jackson Browne
4. Doctor My Eyes - 1972, Jackson Browne
5. From Silver Lake - 1972, Jackson Browne
STEELY DAN
1. Reelin' in the Years - 1972, Can't Buy a Thrill
2. FM - 1978, FM Soundtrack
3. Deacon Blues - 1977, Aja
4. Peg - 1977, Aja
5. Dirty Work - 1972, Can't Buy a Thrill
TALKING HEADS
1. And She Was - 1985, Little Creatures
2. Take Me to the River - 1978, More Songs About Buildings and Food
3. Once in a Lifetime 1980, Remain in Light
4. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - 1983, Speaking in Tongues
5. Road to Nowhere - 1985, Little Creatures
WARREN ZEVON
1. Lawyers, Guns & Money - 1978, Excitable Boy
2. Accidentally Like a Martyr - 1978,Excitable Boy
3. Werewolves of London - 1978, Excitable Boy
4. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - 1978, Excitable Boy
5. Keep Me in Your Heart - 2003, The Wind
DWIGHT YOAKAM
1. Guitars, Cadillacs - 1986, Guitars, Cadillacs, etc., etc.
2. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere - 1993, This Time
3. Fast as You - 1993, This Time
4. Ain't That Lonely Yet - 1993, This Time
5. Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose - 1990, If There Was a Way
CHRIS ISAAK
1. Graduation Day - 1995, Forever Blue
2. Somebody's Crying - 1995, Forever Blue
3. I Wonder - 1996 - Baja Sessions
4. Only the Lonely - 1996, Baja Sessions
5. San Francisco Days - 1993, San Francisco Days
OK, that's it for now.