What's your favourite artist's definitive song? (in your opinion)

Or many artists if you wanna put a bunch. If you had to pick one song for that artist to keep and the rest would be gone forever, whats the one song you would want to stay because its the best example of them? for me, A Static Lullaby would have to keep Smooth Modulator, Rammstein would have to keep Zerstorren (sp?) and Slipknot would need to keep The Nameless.

For Tool...geez I have no idea. They've got loads of well-known songs.

I think I can narrow it down to 5 though...Lateralus, Schism, Vicarious, Sober, and Aenema i guess? Too hard to choose.

EDIT: Didn't exactly read your original post...I will personally go with Lateralus.

Transmission-Joy Divsion

Pictures Of You-The Cure

Sitting Still-R.E.M. (any song off Murmur)

Some Beatles song, to hard to pick

^ for COB i'd go with Downfall.X360PS3AMD05

I would say Punish my Heaven by Dark Tranquillity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf5ArgJ_jOA&mode=related&search=

I know they're not one artist but whatever!

Clandestien - The Bloodening

My favorite band is Led Zeppelin, so I'd say any of their songs that isn't "Stairway to Heaven."

Maybe "Kashmir." 

Sonata Arctica - Fullmoon

Evanescence - Bring me to life 

For ZZ Top, it's gotta be La Grange

For Judas Priest, it would have to be Metal Gods. 

For Dire Straits, Walk of Life

For Testament, Into the Pit

For Annihilator, I Am In Command

For Pantera, Cowboys from Hell

For Ministry, Hero

For KMFDM, Revolution

For Overkill, Damned

For Motorhead, Bomber (a lot of people will disagree with me on that one, though...)

For Steve Vai, Fire Garden Suite

For Joe Satriani, Surfing With the Alien

For Aerosmith, Love in an Elevator

For AC/DC, Thunderstruck

For White Zombie/Rob Zombie, More Human than Human

For Helloween, Light the Universe

For Stratovarius, Soul of a Vagabond

For Bruce Dickinson, Darkside of Aquarius

For Rammstein, Mein Teil

For Dream Theater, A Change of Seasons

"Alive With the Glory of Love"

by Say Anything

~-~Inertiatic ESP is probably The Mars Volta's biggest one. Either that or The Widow.~-~The_PirateKing

Radiohead- Paranoid Android

The Pillows- Advice

The Seatbelts- Tank! 

Epica- The Last Crusade 

Nightwish- Planet Hell

After Forever- Estranged

Sirenia- Sirenian Shores

Children of Bodom- Touch like an Angel of Death

Sinergy-  Spit on your Grave

Warmen- Into the Oblivion

Dragonforce- Through the Fire and the Flames

Rhapsody- Holy Thunderforce

Sonata Arctica- Picturing the Past

Kamelot- When the Lights are down

Sex Machineguns- Tekken II

Maximum the Hormone- Koi No Sweet Kuso Meriken

Trans-Siberian Orchestra- Wizards in Winter

Blind Guardian- Another Holy WarIced Earth- Burnt Offerings

Demons and Wizards- Fiddler on the Green

Ensiferum- Sword Chant

Stratovarius- Hunting High and Low

Hammerfall- Blood Bound

Finntroll- Trollhammaren

Korpiklaani- Beer Beer

System of a Down- Chop Suey

Nobuo Uematsu- To Zanarkand

Dethklok- Thunderhorse

i think that covers all my favorite bands/artists :) 

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen SpiritSolidSnake_108

Radiohead | Climbing up the walls

Neutral Milk Hotel | Two Headed Boy Pt.2

Against me! | Miami

Owen | Bag of bones

Explosions in the sky | Your hand in mine

Modest mouse | Cowboy Dan

i have others,just to lazy to write them :P 

For tool it would have to be aenema. though my favorite is jambi.

For Opeth, it would be the grand conjuration. my favorite would be master's apprentices. 

For Katatonia, it would have to be My twin or murder. But I like nowhere or follower.

Some Beatles songs...playstation2004

yellow submarine is the best 

[QUOTE="playstation2004"]Some Beatles songs...blooddemon666

yellow submarine is the best 

Are you being sarcastic, mister?

[QUOTE="blooddemon666"]

[QUOTE="playstation2004"]Some Beatles songs...zepman71

yellow submarine is the best

Are you being sarcastic, mister?

[QUOTE="blooddemon666"]

[QUOTE="playstation2004"]Some Beatles songs...zepman71

yellow submarine is the best

 Are you being sarcastic, mister?

From the Beatles would be I Saw Her Standing There or Twist And Shout

[QUOTE="zepman71"][QUOTE="blooddemon666"]

[QUOTE="playstation2004"]Some Beatles songs...blooddemon666

yellow submarine is the best

Are you being sarcastic, mister?

But what about In My Life? Ticket To Ride? I'm not saying your wrong, but IMO the Beatles have much better songs than that

But what about In My Life? Ticket To Ride? I'm not saying your wrong, but IMO the Beatles have much better songs than that

zepman71

[QUOTE="blooddemon666"][QUOTE="zepman71"][QUOTE="blooddemon666"]

[QUOTE="playstation2004"]Some Beatles songs...zepman71

yellow submarine is the best

Are you being sarcastic, mister?

But what about In My Life? Ticket To Ride? I'm not saying your wrong, but IMO the Beatles have much better songs than that

mine is definitely Hey Jude

Metallica-Probably Master of Puppets or For Whom the Bell Tolls for me.

Stevie Ray Vaughn-Texas Flood