signature songs
 

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?

Re: signature songs
 

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

Re: signature songs
 

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.

Re: signature songs
 

I think the signature Beatles song is Yesterday.

Re: signature songs
 

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

EDIT: The Who-Baba O'Riley

Re: signature songs
 

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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"

Re: signature songs
 

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.

Re: signature songs
 

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'

Re: signature songs
 

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

Re: signature songs
 

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