Perfect songs.

[aardvark baguette]

The Legendary Pink Dots - The Grain Kings

[The Monkey]

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

^Yes, by god, yes.

New Order, "Age of Consent"

^Absolutely agree.

• Pavement - "Summer Babe"
  
• Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
  
• Bob Dylan - "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
  
• U2 - "Bad"
  
• Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane"
  
• The Pogues - "Dirty Old Town"
  
• The Pretenders - "Brass in Pocket"
  
• Little Feat - "Roll Um Easy"
  
• The Cars - "Since You're Gone"
  
• Leonard Cohen - "Suzanne"
  
• Everclear - "Santa Monica"
  
• Fugazi - "Waiting Room"
  
• The Rolling Stones - "Emotional Rescue"
  
• Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run"
  
• Warren Zevon - "Werewolves of London"
  

[Hopstretch]

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

I assumed you were high.

Big Country -- "Chance" (OK, it's half a minute too long, so imperfect good song.)

Edited September 12, 2009 by Hopstretch

[Hopstretch]

Morrissey -- "Every Day Is Like Sunday"

[Guest sachu]

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond.

[Cankin]

I've been listening to this everyday lately...

[Dusty Chalk]

Perfect for the closing credits of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, that is.

[grawk]

Frank Zappa - Whippin' Post

[Duggeh]

Much as it pains me to deliberately not name any Mike Oldfield, I've got a disparate mix.

Donald Fagen - IGY

Egg - A Visit To Newport Hospital

Bloom 06 - Fall

National Health - Tenemos Roads

Little Feet - Willin'

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Taj Mahal - Blues Aint Nothin'

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

Tom Jones - Delilah

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman

Crash Test Dummies - The Unforgiven Ones

[Dusty Chalk]

"The Trap" is perfect. Yeah yeah, I know, not to everyone, but it is to me.

What about "Taurus II"?

[Duggeh]

Taurus II...

and

... Crises, Amarok, TB Pt1, TB Pt2, Ommadawn Pt1, Ommadawn Pt2, Taurus 1, The Wind Chimes, The Lake, Mont St Michel, Incantations Pt1, Incantations Pt2, Incantations Pt3, Incantations Pt4, Art In Heaven, Orabidoo, Music From The Balcony, Hergest Ridge Pt1, Hergest Ridge Pt2, First Steps, The Orchesteral Hergest Ridge Pt1, The Orchesteral Hergest Ridge Pt2, The Orchestral Tubular Bells Pt1, The Orchestral Tubular Bells Pt2, Amadian Part 2, Ayers, Hello Everyone and Light In No Mans Land

Are all perfect songs by Mike Oldfield. But thats just the perfect ones which are longer than 10:00. Theres more shorter ones too.

[philodox]

broken social scene - swimmers

[The Monkey]

^I love the way that song ends.

[Dusty Chalk]

Taurus II...

and

... Crises, Amarok, TB Pt1, TB Pt2, Ommadawn Pt1, Ommadawn Pt2, Taurus 1, The Wind Chimes, The Lake, Mont St Michel, Incantations Pt1, Incantations Pt2, Incantations Pt3, Incantations Pt4, Art In Heaven, Orabidoo, Music From The Balcony, Hergest Ridge Pt1, Hergest Ridge Pt2, First Steps, The Orchesteral Hergest Ridge Pt1, The Orchesteral Hergest Ridge Pt2, The Orchestral Tubular Bells Pt1, The Orchestral Tubular Bells Pt2, Amadian Part 2, Ayers, Hello Everyone and Light In No Mans Land

Are all perfect songs by Mike Oldfield. But thats just the perfect ones which are longer than 10:00. Theres more shorter ones too.

I don't know man, I love Mike Oldfield's music dearly, but I wouldn't classify everything he's ever done as perfect (case in point, I can't even listen to the Tubular Bells sequels -- II, III, etc.). I mean, would you really rank Music from the Balcony up there with his best work -- Tubular Bells and Amarok and Ommadawn and whatnot?

[philodox]

Cat Power - I love you... me neither

in tribute to

Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime... moi non plus

[Duggeh]

I don't know man, I love Mike Oldfield's music dearly, but I wouldn't classify everything he's ever done as perfect (case in point, I can't even listen to the Tubular Bells sequels -- II, III, etc.). I mean, would you really rank Music from the Balcony up there with his best work -- Tubular Bells and Amarok and Ommadawn and whatnot?

Music From the Balcony could have been the second bonus track to fill an 80 minute CD after Amarok. It's less well balanced overall, but more wacky and strange in many ways, and stands apart from the tired and cheap jibes at Virgin Records which are the pop songs on the album.

The weakest piece on that list I vomited up is probably Art In Heaven.

[pabbi1]

DEVO - Satisfaction

Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

Neil Young - Dopn't Let It Bring You Down

The Who - Bargain, behind Blue Eyes

Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made of Sand

Led Zeppelin - Tangerine

Beck - Already Dead

Godsmack - Touche

Mudvayne - Fall Into Sleep

The Smithereens - Blood and Roses

Frank Zappa - Crew Slut

ZZ Top - Heard It on the X

The Pursuit of Happiness - I'm an Adult Now

The Subhumans - Slave to My Dick

Ac/DC - Gone Shootin, It's Your Love, Shot Down In Flames

Jane's Addiction - 3 Days

Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him

Badfinger - No Matter What

Hoobastank - Disappear

Rhianna - Good Girl Gone Bad

[swt61]

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

I'm a big fan, and I love "Walk And Talk Like Angels" too. She reaches a new level with her voice on that song. I love the African flavor of Union, and was very surprised at how serious the tone was on House of Hope. Serious but brilliant all the same. I like The Woman's Boat, but much less than the other two.

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe

Kathy Mattea - Where've You Been

Lone Justice - Wheels

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

Barbra Streisand - Evergreen

Spandau Ballet - True

[feckn_eejit]

Midnight Oil -- Blue Sky Mine

Vera noice.

Donald Fagen - IGY

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

Also vera noice.

It would take me hours to compile a list worthy of this thread..... there are a lot of perfect songs. First one that comes to mind, however, is "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" by 10cc, from my Desert Island Album, 1976's _How Dare You_

[xand1x]

Chris Isaak - Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)

[diebenkorn]

Handsome Boy Modeling School - I've Been Thinkin'

[swt61]

Chris Isaak - Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)

Hell yeah!

Had to go back through my 9 CI albums to find it, but I'd forgotten what a great song it is.

[Hopstretch]

Some more that struck my ears today.

XTC -- "Senses Working Overtime", "Love On A Farmboy's Wages", "Mayor Of Simpleton"

Echo & The Bunnymen -- "My Kingdom" (Really, the whole flip side of Ocean Rain is pretty much perfect.)

[feckn_eejit]

XTC -- "Senses Working Overtime", "Love On A Farmboy's Wages", "Mayor Of Simpleton"

My desert island band... those three certainly fit the bill... off the top of my head, I'd like to add "This World Over", "That Wave", and "Wrapped in Grey"

[The Monkey]

"Heart of Glass" - Blondie

"All My Life" - Echo & The Bunnymen

Edited September 26, 2009 by The Monkey