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name a group and their signature song...the one song that is most associated with that group
example:

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

easy right?

But what about The Beatles? I Wanna Hold Your Hand or Hey Jude?

Satisfaction or Jumpin' Jack Flash for The Stones?

Not so easy all the time...

What about...

Smashing Pumpkins?
Pearl Jam?
Journey?
The Pixies?

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stones - satisfaction
beatles - difficult to say, maybe "hard day's night" is a better choice than your suggestions

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For The Beatles, picking one is tough. Maybe:

I Wanna Hold Your Hand
She Loves You
Hey Jude
Yesterday

is an okay nomination list.

Floyd - Money or ABITW, II.

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Radiohead - Karma Police... maybe Paranoid Android.

Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade

The Who - My Generation w/ Baba as close second.

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I think the signature Beatles song is Yesterday.

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Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf
Def Leppard-Pour Some Sugar on Me

EDIT: The Who-Baba O'Riley

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Smashing Pumpkins?


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Definitely "Today"
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Pearl Jam?


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Tougher, either "Alive" or "Jeremy"

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Pixies really should be Where Is My Mind?

Pearl Jam is Jeremy.

Smashing Pumpkins is "rat in a cage," rofl. Bullet w/ Butterfly Wings. 1979 or Disarm might get some points.

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I'm guessing you mean associated with by the general public and not that group's particular fan base.

Unforunately its probably Bullet With Butterfly Wings for the Pumpkins. It should be 1979.

The Pixies it's either Where Is My Mind? or Here Comes You're Man

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

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Oh, "Today." Damn. Still not 100% that's it though.

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Pumpkins would probably be "Today" or possibly "Disarm"
Pixies would be "Where is My Mind" due to Fight Club although I prefer "Velouria"
Pearl Jam - "Jeremy"

I don't think people should hypothesize on artists when they weren't alive to see them explode, although "Satisfaction" seems like an obvious choice for the Stones.

NT

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You guys have gotta be kidding listing anything other than "Today" as the Pumpkins' signature song.

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You wouldn't say it's 1979?

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I think the signature Beatles song is Yesterday.

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It's definitely one of their most popular but I can't think of it as their signature song because it doesn't really sound like any of their other stuff. I'd probably go with Hey Jude.

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You guys have gotta be kidding listing anything other than "Today" as the Pumpkins' signature song.

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i think bullet with butterfly wings is better known, although kids today probably don't know any pumkins songs

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Def Leppard-Pour Some Sugar on Me

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Whippersnapper.

Photograph ftw.

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here's a tough one: CCR

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"Yesterday" is I believe the most-covered song that is not yet public domain. So hard to pick against it. It's hard with the Beatles because there are so damn many.

NT

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here's a tough one: CCR

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That is a tough one, I want to say it's Proud Mary which is a bummer since that's a cover

Down on the Corner and Fortunate Son are up there too.

Yeah I take Fortunate Son

NT

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also, for beach boys do you go with
california girls
or
good vibrations

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Kind of Man, though the millions might say Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.

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First thing that came to mind is Fortunate Son. Proud Mary is close perhaps.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Kind of Man, though the millions might say Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.

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Skynyrd is actually quite hard between FB and SHA.

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here's a tough one: CCR

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gotta be Bad Moon Rising, right?

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also, for beach boys do you go with
california girls
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good vibrations

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I Get Around should be pretty close as well IMO, but prob GV.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Kind of Man, though the millions might say Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.

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is this your opinion of their best song? i think the point of the thread is to list the song that the general public most associates with the band.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Kind of Man, though the millions might say Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama.

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is this your opinion of their best song? i think the point of the thread is to list the song that the general public most associates with the band.

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No, I hear Simple Kind of Man a lot more on WEBN than either of the other songs but that's probably an anomoly.

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U2...

One, SBS, With or Without You, or Streets?

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RHCP is an example of a band where it's not even close.

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i think bullet with butterfly wings is better known, although kids today probably don't know any pumkins songs

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Christo, I loved the Pumpkins...

I'd have to say Bullet would be the signature song for them

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U2 would be "All I Want is You" IMO or else With or Without You

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U2...

One, SBS, With or Without You, or Streets?

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New Year's Day is probably worth consideration too.

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just think of it as which song would win you the most points on family feud.

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Prince:

When Doves Cry.
1999

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From My Youth

Fleetwod Mac - Don't Stop
Eagles - Hotel California (even though I prefer their earlier stuff)
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Cars - tough one, not sure

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Prince:

When Doves Cry.
1999

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Little Red Corvette or Purple Rain

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Green Day-
Basket Case, When I Come Around, or Good Riddance?

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Prince:

When Doves Cry.
1999

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No love for Purple Rain?

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Eminem - RSS, Lose Yourself, My Name Is..., or Stan. Stan is basically Eminem's Yesterday in that it might be most well-known or talked-about, but it's not representative of the rest of his stuff.

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F Mac has gotta be "Go Your Own Way," doesn't it?

Also picking one for Prince is really hard, I think it would be "When Doves Cry" though. I wish it was "I Would Die 4 U" or "Purple Rain"

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U2...

One, SBS, With or Without You, or Streets?

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SBS? What song is that? Also, Still Haven't Found should get a nod.

For the Pixies, I'll go with Debaser. Where is My Mind close 2nd.

Weeser is one with at least a few candidates.