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Top 5 Willie nelson songs?

Posted on 2/3/24 at 7:58 pm
Posted by Truama_dawg
Member since Nov 2022
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Posted on 2/3/24 at 7:58 pm
Looking for some good recommendations
Posted by TJack
BR
Member since Dec 2018
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Posted on 2/3/24 at 7:59 pm to
Whiskey River
Posted by DallasTiger
THE Capital City
Member since Jan 2004
4241 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 8:31 pm to
Mendocino County Line
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35720 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 8:39 pm to
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28379 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 8:57 pm to
It's all on a single side of the REDHEADED STRANGER album.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
4958 posts
Posted on 2/3/24 at 9:14 pm to
Me and Paul is a favorite of mine even though it's not one of his biggest.

Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Seven Spanish Angels

There's just so many
Posted by midlothianlsu
Midlothian, Texas
Member since Oct 2009
1436 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 8:00 am to
IMO; not in order

You Were Always On My Mind
Pancho and Lefty
Good Hearted Woman
On the Road Again
Funny How Time Slips Away
Posted by Neaux Sheaux
Gods Country
Member since Apr 2016
364 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 8:02 am to
Good suggestions so far…

The 4 album run of:

Shotgun Willie
Phases and Stages
Country Willie
Red Headed Stranger

I love it so much

Top 5 songs INPO:

Yesterday’s Wine
Whiskey River
I’d Have to be Crazy
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Pretty Paper
This post was edited on 2/4/24 at 8:20 am
Posted by Flair Chops
to the west, my soul is bound
Member since Nov 2010
35578 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 8:56 am to
Redheaded stranger
Hands on the wheel
Blue eyes crin in the rain
Seven Spanish angels
Pancho & lefty
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
63765 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 11:04 am to
He wrote “Crazy” for Patsy Cline. It’s held up pretty well.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
35104 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 2:48 pm to
Half a Man
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
16140 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 6:26 pm to
He wrote some of his best song for others.

Crazy performed by Patsy Cline is certainly a jukebox favorite.


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Posted by ATCTx
Member since Nov 2016
1076 posts
Posted on 2/4/24 at 9:08 pm to
Pancho and Lefty
Always on my Mind - (covered by dozens....Willie's was the best)
City of New Orleans (same thing)
Nothing I can do about it now
If you've got the money honey, I've got the time

I added the last two because they're a little less known than the obvious ones that would make a top 5 list that others have listed.
Posted by num1lsufan
Meraux
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 2/4/24 at 9:39 pm to
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
26524 posts
Posted on 2/5/24 at 12:04 am to
1. Night Life
2. Funny How Time Slips Away
3. Crazy
4. I'd Have To Be Crazy
5. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Posted by Bayou nights
Nashville
Member since Aug 2019
517 posts
Posted on 2/5/24 at 12:52 am to
Just get the Red Headed Stranger album and listen to that straight through, Hands on the Wheel is on that album and is my favorite Willie song
Posted by drexyl
Mingovia
Member since Sep 2005
23087 posts
Posted on 2/5/24 at 8:57 pm to
Uncloudy Day is the GOAT Willie song. His standards classics are fantastic but this one ranks at the top for me.
Posted by eph4v29
Member since Aug 2010
204 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:32 pm to
Red-Headed Stranger is the answer to me, because it’s pretty much one song. The covers are woven brilliantly into Willie’s tunes so that the whole is a masterpiece of parts. “Remember Me” (a cover) is probably my favorite on the album, because of its resonance to some events at the time.

To me, his prettiest song (if Willie and pretty can co-exist) is Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground. And his signature guitar sound, with its tone & just-a-tad-off timing, is showcased beautifully on the Stardust album; wonderfully produced, by the way.

Another favorite song I haven’t seen mentioned is “The Sound In Your Mind”; especially for the line that’s one of the best ever:
“You’re not hard to remember; I just have to think of your name”; in context, a classic kiss-off song.

And for plain fun: Shotgun Willie, Me & Paul, The Party’s Over.
This post was edited on 2/6/24 at 8:34 pm
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