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  1. Closer to the Heart is one of the few songs that has songwriting credit to somebody not in the band (Pye Dubois).

    The intro to Xanadu is some of the best music ever written. It has an extreme majestic feel to it that you typically only get in classical music like "Air on a G String" by JS Bach.

    I quote the first stanza to A Farewell to Kings all the time; it's one of the best political songs ever; it has a timelessness that few other songs do.

    When they turn the pages of history

    When these days have passed long ago

    Will they read of us with sadness

    For the seeds that we let grow?

  2. It's also highly regarded as the Best Solo of all time (or most successful Album Track featuring a solo) by many publisicists.

    I'd give it "best guitar solo by an outside performer" except that Clapton on While My Guitar Gently Weeps reigns supreme.

  3. Let My Love Open the Door by Pete Townshend

    Eli's Coming by Three Dog Night

    Let's Go Crazy by Prince (if it's by Prince,it's either about God or sex... or both?)

    Enter Sandman by Metallica has religious undertones

    Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? and a lot of others by Van Morrison

  4. Nope. He's their spokesman and they have do some mutual promotions. You can get some exclusive Wille merchandise at Texas Roadhouse online and you can sit in Willie's Corner and eat your steak if you want. ;)

    I *think* he might be a partner in one of the Texas locations, but need to google around a bit and make sure.

    South Austin; I've eaten there

  5. how about everyone's?

    we already compiled around 106 Top Tens... see here :grin:

    if you want THE lists, take special note on the "Ultimate Top Tens"!

    and Welcome to Songfacts :thumbsup:

    106 times, no Rush and no Journey songs made these lists???

    La Villa Strangiato by Rush

    Topaz by Journey

    (I'm partial to instrumentals, btw)

    The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel

    Long Cool Woman by the Hollies

    You Didn't Have to Be So Nice by the Lovin' Spoonful

    Let It Ride by BTO

    Heart and Soul by Huey Lewis and the News

    Snowblind by Styx

    Mississippi Queen by Mountain

    Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp

    I didn't repeat bands, but if I did then I'd have the following up there:

    Stone in Love by Journey

    Red Barchetta by Rush

    Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel (I'm also partial to "message" songs)

  6. Imagine a bunch of high schoolers rubbing zippers to such a song. F'rinstance, Motley Crue's All I Need

    The blade of my knife

    Faced away from your heart

    Those last few nights

    It turned and sliced you apart

    This love that I tell

    Now feels lonely as hell

    From this padded prison cell

    So many times I said

    You'd only be mine

    I gave my blood and my tears

    And loved you cyanide

    When you took my lips

    I took your breath

    Sometimes loves better off dead

    You're all I need, make you only mine

    I love you so I set you free

    I had to take your life

    You're all I need, you're all I need

    And I loved you but you didnt love me

    Laid out cold

    Now were both alone

    But killing you helped me keep you home

    I guess it was bad

    Cause love can be sad

    But we finally make the news

    Tied up smiling

    I thought you were happy

    Never opened your eyes

    I thought you were napping

    I got so much to learn

    About love in this world

    But we finally made the news

    You're all I need, make you only mine

    I loved you so, so I put you to sleep.

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