Your top 10 favourite songs by The Move / Roy Wood?

I'm interested in seeing what the forums TOP 10 favourite songs (or less if you only know a few) are by The Move + Roy Wood since him and his old band seem to have a fairly dedicated following here. To spice things up, you can also include songs from Roy Wood's solo career and Wizzard.

Anything goes, as long as Roy Wood has a prominent role in the bands music (So nothing by ELO after his departure, but you CAN include the likes of Look At Me Now and 10538 Overture)

I figure the UK hit singles will get a fair chunk of votes but The Move (and Roy) were so eclectic and brilliant in between the late 60s/early 70s that i'm sure there'll be a fair amount of different favourites!
Depending on how well this thread does i'll do a tally at some point to see what the most popular choices are

Here's mine:

- Blackberry Way (Fairly obvious choice, but rightfully so as it gets stuck in my head all the time!)
- Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited (So much happening in this song, I imagine Sparks liked this one.)
- Fire Brigade
- Forever [Roy Wood Solo]
- Chinatown
- Useless Information
- See My Baby Jive [Wizzard]
- Flowers In The Rain
- California Man (The most perfect fusion of the Roy Wood-Jeff Lynne partnership)
- Tonight

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One of the most underrated bands of all time. i agree with most of your picks and would add Wave The Flag And Stop The Train and Do Ya .
My personal favorite is Fire Brigade, 2:20 of infectious hook, middle 8 and Carl Wayne"s ooh ..... pure perfection

 

Blackberry Way

 

Couldnt agree more, perfect Beach Boys esque harmonies on that one.

 

Love the Move (and I love Roy's "Boulders" solo album). In no particular order:

Night Of Fear
Flowers In The Rain
(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree
I Can Hear The Grass Grow
Hello Suzie
Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited
Brontosaurus
Tonight
Do Ya
California Man

I can do more than ten easy.
Bonus Tracks: Message From The Country, Blackberry Way, Don't Make My Baby Blue, Walk Upon The Water, Don't Mess Me Up, It Wasn't My Idea To Dance
Nancy Sing Me A Song, Grandma Plays The Banjo (these 2 from Boulders)
Hidden Track: 10538 Overture

 

What a fantastic list! Can't disagree with any of your choices, but also your 'bonus tracks list is a perfect reminder of just how many great 'deep cuts', B-Sides ect Roy and co were responsible for.

 

I know. It's crazy. Roy was a mad genius. Those cellos on 10538 Overture kill me everytime.

 

Great thread OP, thank you!

sort of but not really in any order

Looking On
Fire Brigade
Blackberry Way
Cherry Blossom Clinic (the first one- but second, heavier one great too)
Ella James
Curly
Wild Tiger Woman
Look Thru The Eyes Of A Fool (from Roy Wood Mustard) (favorite solo song of his)
Night Of Fear
Hello Susie
Whisper In The Night (first ELO album)

oops, that's 11 so many others, this wasn't easy..

 

Another excellent list, its great to see so much variety in these choices! Look Thru The Eyes is a great one from Mustard. Which is a very worthy successor to Boulders! What I'd do to hear some outtakes from that time period..

 

Faves are already listed with the exception of Ball Park Incident, that and 10538 Overture would be my top two.

 

BlackBerry Way
Words of Aaron
Tonight
See My Baby Jive
Chinatown
Omnibus
Wild Tiger Woman
Don’t Mess Me Up
California Man
Flowers in the Rain

 

I'm not even gonna try to narrow it down to 10 at this moment.

I just want to say I'm surprised See My Baby Jive and Angel Fingers aren't appearing on more (any) lists. Not to mention This is the Story of My Life. And I Wish it Could Be Xmas (although I'm sure everyone from the UK is bog tired of that one by now).

 

My choices (limiting myself to Roy Wood compositions):

1-Fire Brigade
2-Blackberry Way
3-Hello Suzie
4-Beautiful Daughter
5-It Wasn't My Idea to Dance
6-Tonight
7-Look at Me Now
8-Songs of Praise
9-See My Baby Jive
10-(And,…for an oddball final selection...)
Keep Your Hands on the Wheel
(Love those crazy John Bonham drums!!!)

Wild Tiger Woman just missed the cut. (Does anyone else think it sounds like a Queen song?)

 

Everyday I Wonder
Way Beyond the Rain
Turkish Tram Conductor Blues
Hello Susie
Whisper in the Night
The Rain Came Down on Everything
Wear a Fast Gun
I Can Hear the Grass Grow
When Alice Comes Back to the Farm
Rock Down Low

 

Rats! I knew I was forgetting something. "Dance Round The Maypole" by Acid Galllery..

 

Flowers In The Rain
Night Of Fear
I Can Hear The Grass Grow
Do Ya
California Man
Fire Brigade
Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree
Cherry Blossom Clinic
Hello Susie
Blackberry Way

 

don't have a top ten per say.but i did see wizzard live,on i am sure there only tour of the united states at the tower in upper darby pa.

 

Blackberry Way
Flowers in the Rain
Fire Brigade
Walk Upon the Water
Are You Ready to Rock
Omnibus
Curly
Look at Me Now
Carlsberg Special
Premium Bond Theme

 

He been doing an Xmas UK tour for the past few years, if you get the chance go see him!

 

Can't combine, must separate.

Blackberry Way
Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited
Brontosaurus
Hello Susie
Fire Brigade
Turkish Tram Conductor Blues
When Alice Comes Back to the Farm
Fields of People
Don't Make My Baby Blue
Wild Tiger Woman

Lion's Heart
Moonriser
Rock City
Givin' Your Heart Away
See My Baby Jive
Come Back Karen
Wear a Fast Gun
Rock and Roll Winter
Angel Fingers
Raining in the City

 

1. Brontosaurus
   
2. California Man
3. It Wasn't My Idea to Dance
4. Look at Me Now
5. Chinatown
6. First Movement (Jumping Biz)
7. When Alice Comes Back to the Farm
8. Fire Brigade
9. Omnibus
10. Tonight

 

A timely thread, as I've been on a massive Move/Wizzard/Roy Wood binge over the past three months or so. My list is by no means definitive, but for today, it looks like this:

Forever
Rock & Roll Winter (Loony's Tune)
The Last Thing on My Mind*
Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited
See My Baby Jive
Look Thru' the Eyes of a Fool
Come Back Karen
Meet Me at the Jailhouse
Song of Praise
Disturbance
Night of Fear

* I've listed eleven, as The Last Thing on My Mind is a cover and by most reports, predominantly a Carl track

Here are a few more relatively obscure tracks that deserve some love and would sit in my top twenty-five:

Beautiful Daughter
Rock Medley (Rockin’ Shoes/She's Too Good for Me/Locomotive)
Buffalo Station/Get On Down to Memphis
Wear a Fast Gun
You Sure Got It Now
Main Street
Sneakin'
Way Beyond the Rain

 

Still can't believe 'Omnibus' was just the B side of Wild Tiger Woman!

 

Wow! Toughest 'Hoffman' question ever. I guess I favour these the most, but there's so many golden Move/Roy Wood songs to choose from. Hard.

Angel Fingers
When Alice Comes Back To The Farm
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
Walk Upon The Water
Ella James
Beautiful Daughter
Tonight
Ball Park Incident
Rock And Roll Winter
Wild Tiger Woman