what are your five essential songs

I could pick 100 essential 'songs' but not 5.. let me just narrow down to one specific category, 5 essential 1970's Jazz Fusion cuts:

1. Stanley Clarke - School Days title cut
2. Weather Report - A Remark You Made
3. Billy Cobham - Stratus
4. Return to Forever - The Sorcerer
5. Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam

Hendrix: Lil Wing
Coltrane: My Favorite Things
Cream: Crossroads
Bob Wills: Milk Cow Blues
Beethoven: Ode To Joy

Queen , Great King Rat (1st lp)..... James Cotton , Down at your Buryin .. ZZ Top, Jesus just left Chicago .. BB King , The Thrill is Gone ..... Black Sabbath , Solitude. Tough to pick Five out of hundreds but this is what I listened to tonight! Cheers

Great thread, I'm listening to equinox by Coltrane as I type.

John Coltrane-seraphic light

Miles Davis-shhh peacful

Chris Speed-transporter

David S. Ware-logistic

Tim Berne-heavy mental

As will apply to many posters, there could be others on the list if you'd ask me tomorrow (or in an hour for that matter)

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Every Colour You Are - Rain, Tree, Crow
Musical Box (live) - Genesis
Ne Me Quite Pas - Jacques Brel
Folk Song - Jack Bruce

Three of those are forbidden land since Rosemarie's death, in particular Brel; I admit that merely mentioning the title of this song is an effort that leaves me mentally wrecked