My top 10 songs (non-Floyd)

Notes:

1.  As the title suggests, this is a list of songs that I admire and are compositions of other artists / bands apart from Pink Floyd. The Floyd list coming up
   
2. This is an unordered list, sorted alphabetically
   
3. Purely based on what I admire & love listening to
4. Its a combination of the band / artist as well as the song that comprises of the list below. Meaning, most of the other songs of these bands / artists too enchant me
5. Yeah, I know some very well known bands (including Beatles) do not figure on this list. But this is _my_ top10

• Beautiful Day by U2  - A song that I do not mind waking up to everyday. With or without you, Sunday Bloody Sunday are the other U2 songs that I admire.

• Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day - The 'american idiots' figure on this list just for this song. I walk alone; My shadow's the only one that walks beside me. This is how _all_ of us feel sometimes. 

• Every Breath You Take by The Police - USP: the deep voice of Sting

• Free Fallin' by Tom Petty - Petty, along with Dylan according to me is one of the best lyricist ever. Tom Cruise made this song popular by singing it loud in the movie Jerry Maguire (movie soundtrack)

• Jeremy by Pearl Jam - Amazing concept by a brilliant band - one of the most popular bands of the 90's. Had to choose between this and Light my Fire by The Doors
  

• Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan - One of the greatest artists of all time. Too many other songs of Dylans can make it to the list. I kept it to one. Some others to quote here are: Like a Rolling Stone, The Times They Are a-Changin', Mr. Tambourine Man

• Nothing Else Matters by Metallica - To reproduce a snippet from the lyrics of the song (need I say any thing more)

Never cared for what they say
Never cared for games they play
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know

        Brilliant band that taught the world to 'sleep with one eye open'

• November Rain by Guns N' Roses -  For the video & Slash on guitar. Amazing composition.
  

• Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana -  Long live grunge. Wish Kurt lived on longer to produce more numbers like this. Apart from teen spirit, Nirvana's other gems I love are Heart-Shaped Box, Rape me & Come as you are
  

• Zombie by The Cranberries - With due respect to Alanis Morissette, Amy Grant, Madonna etc, my vote for the best female vocals goes to Dolores O'Riordan.

Other artists / bands that I love are Beatles, Eagles, Scorpions, R.E.M, Queen, Billy Joel, Doors, Bruce Springstien, Def Leppard, Bob Marley, MJ, Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, RHCP, Dire Straits, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Megadeth.

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