philodox Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Now, Renato is going to think I am drunk... and he is somewhat correct, but I just had an epiphany of sorts and decided to start this thread. If there is already a similar thread on the go, I'm sorry, but I'm not searching for shit at this point. Just doing a little spring cleaning and spinning some vinyl and I was struck by the perfect beauty of Stevie Wonder's 'Ordinary Pain'. Any other songs that you think are perfect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPH Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Genesis - The Cinema Show: for a Genesis fan, this song has got it all: pastoral 12-strings guitar intro, weird Gabriel lyrics, flute, lots of mellotron and bass pedals and a keyboard solo to die for Harmonium - Le Premier Ciel: I'd be very surprised if anyone here know this one, but for me it represents the apogee of progressive rock from Quebec. Beautiful lyrics, great blend of rock and symphonic instrumentation, simply epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philodox Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I'm not a genesis fan, but I've been curious based on some peoples attachment to them here [postjack], so I'll definitely check that out. I recognize the name 'harmonium', but I'm not sure if I've heard that specific track. Will have to look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Don McLean - American Pie. Too bad he was a two hit wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light I could listen to that song all day. (Which I have done multiple times) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man Needs no explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Townes van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty Guy Clark - The Cape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) Porcupine Tree - Trains David Bowie - The Supermen Scott Walker - Clara Edited August 19, 2009 by deepak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asr Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Alison Krauss & Union Station - "A Living Prayer" Massive Attack - "Inertia Creeps" I also find both to be surreal and unnervingly haunting in very different ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xand1x Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Katatonia - In The White Edge of Sanity - Crimson II (40+ minute song!) Opeth - Bleak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlSeibert Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Townes van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty I'll vote for that. In that vein, I'll add maybe Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat'. Or Cowboy Junkies' 'Horse in the Country' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) I love Katatonia, they have quite a few what I would consider perfect songs. Too many to list, a few that come to mind: King Crimson, "Starless" -- even the slightly sour notes hit by John Wetton (vocals), all the way to the slow progression of one-note solos, then a two-note solos, then autobahn speeds... Talk Talk, "The Party's Over" -- starts off slowly, not even hinting at the epic build-up, and this is synthpop? Joseph Arthur, "All Of Our Hands" -- just sublime for a protest song David Gilmour, "There's No Way Out Of Here" Peace Love & Pitbulls, "Youth" -- yeah, it's industrial, but for some reason, my CD player keeps going back to the beginning of this track every time it gets towards the end Rotersand, "Exterminate Annihilate Destroy" Gary Numan, "Absolution" Curve, "Unreadable Communication" -- auralgasm starting at about 2:19 Slowdive, "Catch the Breeze" New Model Army, "Lullaby" Portishead, "Roads" Edited August 19, 2009 by Dusty Chalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catscratch Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Man, there are too many pieces of music that are perfect. Like all of Bach's Well Tempered Klavier (played a lot of it actually). Or Stravinsky's Petrushka in which I wouldn't change one note. Or nearly everything Rachmaninoff ever wrote, ever. A few of my favorite non-classical perfect tracks, though: Shpongle - "Shpongle Falls" Shpongle - "Divine Moments of Truth" Shpongle - "Once Upon the Sea of Blissful Awareness" Shulman - "Retroscape" Shulman - "Invention" Maneesh de Moor - "Raindance" Maneesh de Moor - "Namaste" Amethystium - "Shadow to Light" Porcupine Tree - "Radioactive Toy" Porcupine Tree - "Nine Cats" Porcupine Tree - "Lightbulb Sun" Radiohead - "Subterranean Homesick Alien" Pink Floyd - "Money" Buddy Guy - "I Smell a Rat" Bruce Dickinson - "Jerusalem" King Crimson - "Frame by Frame" There's too much too list. I could be here all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large4mat Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hooverphonic - Nr. 9 Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up Curve - All of One Sky Cries Mary - Moving Like Water The Verve - The Rolling People U2 - Bad Perfect Album - Vangelis "Blade Runner" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Don Ross - Michael, Michael, Michael Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth Collective Soul - December The Beatles - And I Love Her Alice In Chains - No Excuses Faith No More - Zombie Eaters Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song Steely Dan - Home At Last Dead Can Dance - Yulunga (Spirit Dance) Nine Inch Nails - Closer Megadeth - Addicted To Chaos Iron Maiden - Still Life Graham Parker & The Rumour - Protection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 One of my favorite topics to discuss, this and perfect albums. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - So Tired (from a Night in Tunisia) one of the crispest, most lovely, most simple, catchy, and oh so YES perfect songs I have ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimP Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Brokedown Palace - GD Stir It Up/Sitting In Limbo - Jerry Garcia live covers Echoes - Pink Floyd Little Wing - SRV Helpless - Neil Young Train Song/Hold On/That Feel/Christmas Card From... - Tom Waits and a few recent ones (not sure if perfect, but in constant play mode): Picking Up The Signal - Son Volt Spiders(Kidsmoke) - Wilco Maze - Phish (especially Live At MSG version) For jazz, it's more by albums (but that's not this thread) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFF Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Some of my fav's: Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (From Songs For Swingin' Lovers) Bing Crosby - Let It Snow! The Drifters - White Christmas Art Pepper - Four Brothers John Lennon - Imagine Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World The Beatles - I Will Benny Hill - My Garden Of Love Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman Sam Cooke - Wonderful World Not songs, but big favorites: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata & Fur Elise Mozart's Requiem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I second the Helpless by Neil Young. the version on The Last Waltz featuring an incredibly coked up Neil is goosebump inducing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
en480c4 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 A good sign is when you read the thread title and songs pop into your head immediately... If you have to think about it too long, then there's a chance the song isn't as perfect as you'd think. For me? Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On" from Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Opeth - "When" from My Arms, Your Hearse I'm guessing there are other's I'd think are qualified, but that would take time for me to think about it, and that's something I've been short of lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Heart, "Magic Man"A good sign is when you read the thread title and songs pop into your head immediately... If you have to think about it too long, then there's a chance the song isn't as perfect as you'd think.Or, as is the case with me, one's memory is shot. My personal cup runneth over. I mean, the criteria is pretty straightforward -- is there a single thing that you would change about it? If the answer is no, then it's perfect. One can use other methods to test the theory, such as, do you find yourself listening to the song repeatedly when it comes up? (I find that particular rule to be particularly good.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 The only thing that jumps to my head is "Big Country" by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. It is completely perfect, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 John Peel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said about Teenage Kicks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 'There's nothing you could add to it or subtract from it that would improve it.' In 1978, John Peel played the song twice in a row on his Radio 1 show. Peel often rated new bands' songs with 1 to 5 stars. He liked "Teenage Kicks" so much he awarded 28 stars. "Teenage Kicks" was acoustically covered by Snow Patrol in tribute to John Peel, and was played at his funeral. He wanted the lyrics on his tombstone, and his wish was granted John Peel gets Teenage Kicks epitaph - Telegraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamwhisper Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Shpongle - The Seventh Revelation so many good shpongle songs Phaeleh - Fire Phaeleh - Relfections Shen - Embrace Entheogenic - Invisible Landscapes Entheogenic - Twilight Eyes Entheogenic - Spaced edIT - Straight Heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) Egad. I could list a lot, but since I'm listening to this one for the third time in a row right now, I'm going to say the live version of Little Feat's Willin'. I love that song. EDIT: and since I have itunes on shuffle right now, I'm going to add John Prine's Angel from Montgomery, Neil Young's Old Man, Nick Cave & the Bad Seed's And No More Shall We Part, and Tom Wait's Clap Hands. Edited August 20, 2009 by boomana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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