Perfect songs.

[Hopstretch]

The The, "Infected"

Also, "This Is The Day".

(Wanders off to find Soul Mining)

[Pars]

The Who: I Can See For Miles

[Dusty Chalk]

Also, "This Is The Day".

(Wanders off to find Soul Mining)

"Perfect" would be too obvious?

[mypasswordis]

A rather obvious and possibly overplayed song, but I'll say it anyway: Bohemian Rhapsody. I also have a soft spot for long well-done songs like PF's Echoes and Atom Heart Mother and PT's Anesthetize.

[Dusty Chalk]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Power of Love"

Art of Noise, "Moments in Love"

U2, "One"

Ultravox, "Visions in Blue"

XTC, "Dear God"

Placebo, "For What It's Worth"

Black Sabbath. "Paranoid", "Black Sabbath"

Deep Purple, "April"

Yes, "Heart of the Sunrise"

Rush, "YYZ", "La Villa Strangiato"

Premiata Forneria Marconi, "The Mountain"

Roxy Music, "Love is the Drug",

Elton John, "Love Lies Bleeding"/"Funeral For a Friend"

Chris Isaak, "Dancin'", "Voodoo", "Funeral in the Rain", "The Lonely Ones", "Wicked Game", "Blue Spanish Sky", "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing",

Talking Heads, "Houses in Motion" (one of these days, I'm going to throw those three drum hits and grunt in the middle of the song), as well as all of side one: "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)", "Cross-Eyed and Painless", "The Great Curve".

Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music, "Love is the Drug", "My Only Love", "Windswept", "Jealous Guy" (live version from The High Road), "Is Your Love Strong Enough?"

Tangerine Dream, "Cloudburst Flight", "Thru Metamorphic Rocks"

Jace Everett, "Bad Things" (Theme to True Blood)

[aardvark baguette]

Black Sabbath. "Paranoid", "Black Sabbath"

I believe this is the perfect SONG thread

[Dusty Chalk]

So what are you saying, huh?

[Takashi]

November - Max Richter

Wow.. just wow absolutely amazing use of strings leaves me in tears every time.

If your just listening to it make sure to listen to the whole thing.. it's a piece as a whole don't judge just by the intro.

[aardvark baguette]

So what are you saying, huh?

You were looking for the perfect albums thread, of course.

[aerius]

In case you're not being sarcastic, "Black Sabbath" and "Paranoid" are the title tracks from their respective albums.

[Fungi]

Yes, "Heart of the Sunrise"

I love that song (and pretty much the whole album) but I do remember Bruford himself saying that the drums were "dated" and that he liked the newer Yes drummer's simpler version more in some drum book. Not that I agree, but maybe it's not so perfect

[Dusty Chalk]

I love the drumming in the original studio version, I don't care if the drummer himself doesn't. Rick Wakeman has also turned his back on the genius of Tales..., which is one of my favorite albums by them.

And yes, I meant the songs, not the albums. Black Sabbath -- I can't listen to those guitar solos any more without thinking of Spinal Tap. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love those albums, and they are near perfect, I just don't think smiling at the humor of the imagery is the intended reaction, and didn't used to be. And Paranoid has "Rat Salad", which sucks.

I thought maybe you were saying they weren't songs, and I was ready to

Edited August 28, 2009 by Dusty Chalk

[aardvark baguette]

Nine Inch Nails - Just Like You Imagined

[GPH]

I love that song (and pretty much the whole album) but I do remember Bruford himself saying that the drums were "dated" and that he liked the newer Yes drummer's simpler version more in some drum book. Not that I agree, but maybe it's not so perfect

I strongly disagree with him on that one, his weird "off" drumming during the intro section is one of my favorite things in this song.

[GPH]

Genesis - Entangled

Marillion - Hotel Hobbies/Warm Wet Circles/That Time Of The Night

Camel - Lady Fantasy

[Absorbine_Sr]

Genesis - "The Cinema Show"

[diebenkorn]

Minutemen - History Lesson Part II

[Hopstretch]

Manic Street Preachers -- "Motorcycle Emptiness"

Is it OK to link the shitty video if they went all the way to the Far East to make it all look more alienated back in the day?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20KqE3t1tro

Buy the album! Generation Terrorists! Can't go wrong! I didn't say that!

[skullguise]

I like a lot of what's already been said here, and others will have to check out for sure. My additions, MOST off the top of my head:

* Mary Black - Song For Ireland

* Loreena McKennitt - Snow

* Husker Du - I Apolagize

* Tool - Sober

* Joy Division - Decades

* Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

* Nick Cave - The Ship Song, The Mercy Seat (from Live Seeds album)

* Einsturzende Neubauten - Headcleaner

* Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

* (many singers do this well) - Night And Day

* Heather Nova - Heal, Heart and Shoulder

* The Damned - Sanctum Sanctorum

* The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck

* Wall of Voodoo - Call of the West

* Alison Moyet - The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)

* The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops

* Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll

[Hopstretch]

Billy Bragg -- "Tank Park Salute"

I hate this song because it makes me cry every single fucking time thinking about my own Dad. Stupid ginger bastard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5heTJ65bdhU&feature=player_embedded

[morphsci]

Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah - Lake Shore Drive; For Eddy

Head East - Never Been any Reason (Actually the whole album [Flat as a Pancake] is pretty damn perfect)

[postjack]

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.

awesome. and you're right, the live version stomps the studio version, which suffers from that "we're all snorting ritalin" issue that you see a lot in studio songs of that era.

The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??

Pretty much sums up everything ever.

I'd also add "Fight Test".

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

Phil Collins, "In the Air Tonight"

I dunno about Song #2. Grows to weary to be perfect, IMO. With you on the other two though.

A rather obvious and possibly overplayed song, but I'll say it anyway: Bohemian Rhapsody.

Its a masterpiece and Mercury is a god. Agreed.

My vote for most perfect Genesis song is always "Firth of Fifth". I can't listen to this song and not give it my absolute full attention.

[swt61]

Alison Krauss - Jacob's Dream

Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting for a Train

Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams of You

Janis Ian - At Seventeen

Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly

Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee

Tammy Wynette - 'Til I Get it Right

Three Dog Night - Pieces of April

KD Lang - Nowhere to Stand

Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

Norah Jones - Don't Know Why

Michael Buble - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Reba McEntire - She Thinks His Name Was John

Trisha Yearwood - Down on My Knees

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

Toni Childs - Daddy's Song

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

[skullguise]

Toni Childs - Daddy's Song

Cool, didn't think many others knew/liked her. I love "Walk And Talk Like Angels" a lot, too.

[Dusty Chalk]

Ultravox, "Visions in Blue"

Stretch, how did you let me get away with this?

Ultravox, "Vienna", "Sleepwalk", "Lament", many others.

Clan of Xymox, "A Day", "Stranger"

New Order, "Sunrise", "Age of Consent"