Perfect songs.

[JBLoudG20]

Debussy, Claire de Lune

[bperboy]

Debussy, Claire de Lune

Makes the final scene of Ocean's 11 that much more satisfying.

[Absorbine_Sr]

Beach Boys "God Only Knows"

King Crimson "I Talk to the Wind/Epitaph" from the first album

Be Bop Deluxe "Down on Terminal Street"

Chuck Berry "No Particular Place to Go"

Those are the ones that quickly came to mind.

[aerius]

Jimi Hendrix - Red House (Isle of Wight version)

The Doors - When The Music's Over

[jinp6301]

Boz Scaggs - Georgia

When I first heard this song, it was like falling in love /cheesy

[penger]

Debussy, Claire de Lune

It's actually kinda hard to play but sounds wonderful.

[hungrych]

The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??

Pretty much sums up everything ever.

[morphsci]

A few more:

Doors - Riders on the Storm

Alison Krauss - Jacob's Dream

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane

[Voltron]

I have had this concept swirling around in my head since I saw the semi-drunk philodox post it. These are a few of the songs that bubbled up from the depths without too much analysis. For me, they fit the criteria.

* The Who -- Behind Blue Eyes and My Generation and Sparks

* U2 -- I Will Follow

* Beck -- Loser

* The Beatles -- Norwegian Wood and Day in the Life

* Led Zeppelin -- Black Dog and Over the Hills and Far Away

* The Kinks -- You Really Got Me and Waterloo Sunset

* The Clash -- London Calling and Magnificent Seven

* English Beat -- Mirror in the Bathroom

* Muddy Waters -- Good Mornin Little School Girl

* Miles Davis -- So What

* Ornette Coleman -- Lonely Woman

* Oliver Nelson -- Stolen Moments

* Bill Evans -- Waltz for Debby

* John Coltrane -- Chasin the Trane

* Louis Armstrong -- What a Wonderful World

Sheesh, that seems weird to just pick those, but all of them are perfect in their own way for me.

[guzziguy]

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

[philodox]

Some good songs here and some that I'll need to be checking out. I'm just going to keep listing songs as I hear them rather than trying to remember a list all at once, but with that said...

ulrich schnauss - goodbye

[Hopstretch]

Couple of mine off the top of my head, through the prism of nostalgia:

Midnight Oil -- Blue Sky Mine

The Men They Couldn't Hang -- Island In The Rain

The Pogues -- A Rainy Night In Soho

Prince -- Purple Rain

The Proclaimers -- I'm On My Way

Deacon Blue -- Dignity

The Smiths -- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Soft Cell -- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Counting Crows -- Rain King

Dunno what it is with the precipitation thing tonight.

[drp]

Since I've been loving you - Led Zep

From the Beginning - ELP

Come undone - Duran x2

Jazz Music - De-Phazz

Europa - Carlos Santana

[some1x]

Can we count classical pieces?

Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major

[Grahame]

^^ Doesn't it need words to be a song? otherwise it's *just* music, or a tune

[Dusty Chalk]

John Palumbo/Crack the Sky, "Too Cold to be Cool"

Mike Oldfield, "The Trap" -- b-side that could have been an out-take from the wonderful Killing Fields. An exercise in dissonance, to be sure, but the most beautiful exercise ever executed.

Edited August 27, 2009 by Dusty Chalk

[Absorbine_Sr]

Just thought of another - "That's Entertainment" by The Jam.

[Pars]

Into girl singers lately (always?):

Garbage: I'm Only Happpy When It Rains

Curve: Lillies Dying

(actually, a bunch of Curve stuff comes to mind. Just wish they were recorded better.)

[n_maher]

Midnight Oil -- Blue Sky Mine

Hell to the yes on this one. One of my all time favorites for sure.

[dsavitsk]

"I Turned Into a Martian" by the Misfits and "Jam On It" by Newcleus

[Dusty Chalk]

Newcleus! :thumbsup:

[MoonShine]

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: More News From Nowhere

Loreena McKennitt: The Lady of Shallot

Natalie Merchant: Thick as Thieves

Massive Attack: Teardrop

Jeff Buckley: Hallelujah

And a guilty pleasure special: Concrete Blonde: Everybody Knows

I should despise that song but I have always loved it.

[faust3d]

Gong - You Can't Kill Me

Iggy Pop - The Passenger

Hawkwind - Master of the Universe

Magma - Troller Tanz

Daevid Allen - Memories

Peter Hammill - Time Heals

[Dusty Chalk]

Blur, "Song #2" and "Boys & Girls"

Stranglers, "Golden Brown"

A-Ha, "Take On Me"

Jon Astley, "Jane's Gettin' Serious"

Edwyn Collins, "A Girl Like You"

Tears for Fears, "Shout"

Catherine Wheel, "Black Metallic"

Kraftwerk, "The Model"

Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze"

Moody Blues, "Nights in White Satin"/"Late Lament"

Depeche Mode, "World In My Eyes"

Curve, "Coast Is Clear" (did I do this one already?)

Barkmarket, "Dumbjaw"

Gary Numan, "Cars"

New Order, "True Faith", "Shell Shock", "Blue Monday"

The Cars, "Moving In Stereo", "Dangerous Type"

Phil Collins, "In the Air Tonight"

Air, "Playground Love"

Stabbing Westward, "Waking Up Beside You"

Edited August 26, 2009 by Dusty Chalk

[Dusty Chalk]

Garbage, "Only Happy When It Rains"

Lush, "Ladykillers"

Breeders, "Cannonball"

The The, "Infected"

Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Relax"

M+M (Martha and the Muffins), "Black Stations/White Stations"

Yello, "Rhythm Divine" and "Domingo" and "Angel No"

Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"

Rammstein, "Angel"

Edited August 26, 2009 by Dusty Chalk