My hackles are always raised when someone says one band is "better" than another, as if art and personal preference weren't largely subjective...
Not to make you feel old, Jayne, but I grew up with the Wilburys blasting in my family's car tape deck.
Music's a big thing for me, and I listen to a lot of newer, heavier stuff these days, but a trio of songs that I listen to to either cheer me up, or stoke the melancholy...
Bob Seger - "No Man's Land"
Kate Bush - "Rocket's Tail"
Sixteen Horsepower - "Outlaw Song"