NR #6 Autumn's greatest hits

[GypsySoul]

Source:? NY Daily News >> Sunday, August 29, 2004

Legends of the fall: Autumn's greatest hits

BY ISAAC GUZMAN

It's relatively easy to write a song about the joys of summer, the warm glow of winter holidays or the rebirth of spring. Just think about the ubiquity of seasonal standards such as the "Grease" ballad "Summer Nights," Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song" or Rodgers & Hart's "Spring is Here."

The real challenge is capturing the spirit of wistfulness and subtle melancholy that accompanies harvest time, Halloween and the arrival of chilly weather. There have been many attempts, but few are memorable and even fewer are true classics. That's what inspired the Daily News to compile this highly subjective list of the greatest fall songs ever written.

10. "October"
Written by: U2
Definitive version: U2, "October" (1981)

9. "Fall"
Written by: Wayne Shorter
Definitive version: Miles Davis, "Nefertiti" (1967)

8. "September Morn"
Written by: Gilbert Becaud, Neil Diamond
Definitive version: Neil Diamond, "September Morn" (1979)

7. "The Monster Mash"
Written by: Leonard Capizzi, Bobby Pickett
Definitive version: Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers, "The Original Monster Mash" (1962)

6. "November Rain"
Written by: Axl Rose
Definitive version: Guns N' Roses, "Use Your Illusion I" (1991)
Axl Rose could be a real jerk, but occasionally he wrote something, like this lost-love power ballad, that actually made him seem human. Clocking in at nine minutes, replete with strings and flutes, "November Rain" is the second-sweetest GNR song, trumped only by "Sweet Child o' Mine."

5. "Autumn Leaves"
Written by: Joseph Kosma, Jacques Pr?vert, Johnny Mercer
Definitive version: Nat (King) Cole, "?Sings for Two in Love" (1954)

4. "September"
Written by: Al McKay, Maurice White, Allee Willis
Definitive version: Earth, Wind & Fire, "Best of? , Vol. 1" (1978)

3. "Maggie May"
Written by: Martin Quittenton, Rod Stewart
Definitive version: Rod Stewart, "Every Picture Tells a Story" (1971)

2. "September Song"
Written by: Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill
Definitive version: Frank Sinatra, "September of My Years" (1965)

1. "Autumn in New York"
Written by: Vernon Duke
Definitive version: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, "Ella and Louis Again" (1957)

[Annie]

 :love:November Rain is my all time favorite song. I fell in love with Axl the very first time that I saw that video!Thanks for sharing this article!

[Gunner80]

Is it just me or is Gypsy Soul's Avatar X-Rated?

[ccorn69]

November Rain is one of gnr's greatest songs, it rocks, i love the video to especially when slash does his solo outside the church and on top of the piano