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You guys... I'm all about Dennis right now. I think he was just a super underrated songwriter and singer. I keep thinking what he could have accomplished had things have been different.

I'm still getting my head around all of his BB contributions, and his original work. I've asked for a vinyl copy of Pacific Ocean Blue for Christmas so I'm kind of saving myself to see if that happens... (else I'll acquire it myself)

In the meantime, I'm finding myself a bit obsessed with:

1. (Wouldn't It Be Nice to) Live Again
2. All alone
3. Baby Blue
4. Slip On Through
5. Steamboat
6..Got to Know the Woman
7. Forever
8. Make it Good
9. Sound of Free
10. Little Bird

What are your top 10 Dennis songs (written or sung)?

PS - I apologize if this is already a topic, I searched and didn't see one, so... if this gets merged with another topic, cool)

1. Forever
2. River Song — (favorite solo track)
3. Little Bird
4. Rainbows
5. Farewell My Friend
6. Thoughts of You
7. All of My Love
8. Got to Know the Woman
9. All Alone
10. Under the Moonlight

1. Lady
2. Celebrate the News
3. Be With Me
4. Little Bird
5. River Song
6. Carry Me Home
7. Steamboat
8. Cuddle Up
9. Forever
10. You And I

Little Bird
Be Still
River Song
Slip On Through
It's About Time
Sound of Free
Make It Good
Only With You
Time
Common
San Miguel
all of POB/Bambu
Celebrate the News
Be With Me
Love Remember Me
Love Surrounds Me
+Denny's Drums  ;D

no particular order

Only with You
You & I
Cuddle Up
Forever
Its About Time
Little Bird
Be Still
When a Man Needs a Woman
Slip On Through
Time

Thoughts of you
Make It Good
4th of july
Be with me
Moonshine
Lady
Baby Blue
It's about time
Sound of Free
Little Bird

1. Only with you
2. River Song
3. Slip on Through
4. It's about time
5. Little bird
6. Forever
7. Got to know the woman (sunflower was definitely the Denny golden age)
8. Wild Situation
9. Baby Blue
10. Wouldn't it be nice (to live again)

1.  Forever
2.  Little Bird
3.  Only With You [our 'wedding song'...Carl's version is great too.]
4.  River Song
5.  Slip On Through
6.  Cuddle Up
7.  It's About Time
8.  Celebrate the News
9.  Wouldn't It Be Nice to Live Again
10.  Got to Know the Woman. [No exceptions as it turned out.  ;)]
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I have to admit...'cause I didn't think of it 'til right now...I ALWAYS really liked Never Learn Not to Love too.  Too terribly bad how THAT got completely spoiled by the events authored by its initial 'composer'...who's name need not be typed in this special thread.  But Denny's 'take' in terms of getting that piece all spruced up was terrific.

Rainbows
River Song
Forever
WIBNTLA
Pacific Ocean Blue
Celebrate the News
Little Bird
What's Wrong

Off the top of my head:

Be Still (so underrated!)
10,000 Years
School Girl
Moonlight
Time (another underrated slab of genius)
Slip On Through
Morning Christmas
It's Not Too Late
Baby Blue (added later----how could I forget this one?)
River Song (particularly the skull-crunching BB studio version from 1973 (?)):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJeHcHzGyZQ

In no particular order...sorry had to pick 12

A Time to Live in Dreams
Lady
Only With You
Steamboat
River Song
Holy Man
My Love Lives on
Thoughts of you
Moonshine
Cocktails
Morning Christmas
Love Remember Me

All good lists but no love for San Miguel??  ???

Me too, I think this is a wonderful song. I can't call it a favourite, but I really do love it.

And I can't believe I left Celebrate the News off my list. Womp womp.

Good lists! Glad to see more love for GOT TO KNOW THE WOMAN.

For me, it's impossible to get this list down to just ten.

The BE STILL sampler CD from 2014 is a very nice compilation, but it's missing SAN MIGUEL and GOT TO KNOW THE WOMAN, two songs I would definitely have on my list. Another one that's missing--a much more idiosyncratic choice--is TUG OF LOVE.

DENNY MUSIC!! How do you pick just 10? So much good stuff to chose from.... Just some faves, in no particular order:

Forever
It's About Time
Only With You
Morning Christmas
Slip On Through
Celebrate the News
Sound of Free
River Song
San Miguel
Steamboat
What's Wrong
Baby Blue
Love Surrounds Me
Got to Know the Woman
Wouldn't It Be Nice to Live Again
Under the Moonlight
Little Bird

1. Forever
2. You And I
3. Dreamer
4. (Wouldn't It Be Nice) To Live Again
5. Time
6. All Alone
7. Mexico
8. Baby Blue
9. Little Bird
10. Celebrate The News

I realised I'd overlooked San Miguel shortly after posting. Consider You and I bumped from my list to make way for it.

This is tough, but I'll try..

River Song (the demo version with kickass guitar)
Forever (just beautiful)
Moonshine (epic song)
Holy Man (brilliant track.. so tragic that no BB vocals exist)
Only With You (the version where Denny sings the whole lead)
Pacific Ocean Blues (love the end part)
Slip On Through (love the shimmering vocals)
My Love Lives On (as a dad this gets me a bit teary eyed)
Lady (another pretty song)
San Miguel (great rocker.. how did the boys not release this?)
Wild Situation (another great track and makes me laugh a bit)
Tug Of Love (this could have been a great BB track)

This is too hard..




Oh and best Denny vocal..  Wouldn't it be Nice to Live Again

Be With Me
Be With Me (demo)
Wouldn't It Be Nice to Live Again
River Song
Little Bird
Holy Man (both the original and Taylor Hawkins version)
Slip On Through
Moonshine
Wild Situation
He's A Bum

@Don Malcom, I really wish I could like 'Got To Know A Woman' - hopefully over time it grows on me. I just can't seem to get around the repetition of that 'Got To Know A Woman' line

It is. But it's a good way of being reminded of Denny tracks that may have passed us by (or been forgotten).

It's all in a good cause. :=)

I'm a bit of a sucker for this sort of thing, so I've worked out an aggregated top ten. Each list has 55 points, which are allocated ten to one in descending order if the list is numbered, but divided equally if it's not (if you didn't number your list but meant it to be ordered, say so and I'll revise the result). As you can see, there's seems to be a big three that stand apart from the rest, with nothing to separate them from each other.

River Song (58.7 points, 11 votes)
Forever (58.5, 10)
Little Bird (58.3, 12)
Slip on Through (48.1, 9)
Only With You (40.1, 7)
It's About Time (39.7, 7)
Wouldn't it Be Nice To Live Again (28.8, 7)
Baby Blue (25.2, 5)
Lady (23.3, 4)
Time (22.5, 4)

I'll do an update if we get a few more new entries.

10. Celebrate the News
9. Love Surrounds Me
8. Fallin' in Love (Lady)
7. Little Bird
6. Steamboat
5. Forever
4. Carry Me Home
3. River Song
2. Love Remember Me
1. (Wouldn't it Be Nice) To Live Again

This is a fun thread, it got me thinking about exactly what all the Denny tracks were!  I am sure I forgot some.  :)
I can't believe nobody's listed Do You Wanna Dance yet, that was pure rockstar and an ultimate Denny moment!

1. Cuddle Up
2. (Wouldn't It Be Nice) To Live Again
3. Little Bird
4. Do You Wanna Dance
5. Dreamer
6. You And I
7. It's Not Too Late
8. Slip On Through
9. San Miguel
10. Got To Know The Woman

I'm surprised Rainbows and It's not too late haven't appeared on more lists

How about "You Are So Beautiful".

Good to see some props for "It's Not Too Late" -- I forgot to put that one on my list.

Thanks, definitely a great thread! Here is my list:

10. Slip on Through
9. Farewell My Friend
8. Celebrate the News
7. Cuddle Up
6. Fourth of July
5. Little Bird
4. Forever
3. Holy Man
2. Baby Blue
1. River Song

If only... :(

I finally got a chance to sit and listen to the new archvial BB release (Graduation Day: Etc.) today. Denny's performance of "You've Got to Hide Your Love" at UMich is outstanding imho, especially the first show.

1) Celebrate the News
2) River Song
3) Forever
4) (Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again
5) Pacific Ocean Blues
6) Little Bird
7) Steamboat
8) End of the Show
9) Holy Man
10) You and I

1) Thoughts of You
2) Wouldn't it be nice to live again
3) River Song
4) Be with Me
5) Farewell my friend
6) Cuddle Up
7) Love Remember me
8) You and I
9) Barbara
10) Cuddle Up

Composite result after 20 votes:

River Song (93.7 points, 15 votes)
Little Bird (81.3, 16)
Forever (79.5, 13)
Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again (63.8, 11)
Slip On Through (48.1, 11)
Only With You (40.1, 7)
It's About Time (39.7, 7)
Celebrate the News (35.7, 8 )
Baby Blue (34.2, 6)
Cuddle Up (28.5, 6)

Bubbling under: Steamboat, Lady, Thoughts of You.