Songs you consider perfect, list some

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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    These give me goosebumps each time

    Far Behind - Candlebox
    Sunshower - Chris Cornell
    Everlong - Foo Fighters
    My Hero - Foo Fighters
    Black - Pearl Jam
    Release - Pearl Jam
    Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple of the Dog
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    the needle and the damage done


    sweet child o mine


    smells like teen spirit


    born to run
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • voidofmanvoidofman Posts: 4,009
    Way too many to name obviously, I mentioned a few others have named and consider a lot more perfect songs but here are a "few"

    Bob Marley - Sun Is Shining ~ Roots, Rock, Reggae
    Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero/No Limit ~ Positively 4th Street ~ Visions of Johanna
    Link Wray - Fire and Brimstone ~ Be What You Want To ~ Jack The Ripper
    Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
    Pink Floyd - Echoes ~ Comfortably Numb ~ One Of These Days
    Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
    Type o Negative - Black No 1
    Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire ~ Leper Messiah
    Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster ~ Overjoyed
    Rage Against The Machine - Freedom ~ Snakecharmer ~ Wind Below ~ Calm Like a Bomb
    Sly and the Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay
    Michael Jackson - Whatever Happens ~ Earth Song ~ Stranger in Moscow
    Tenacious D - Master Exploder
    Velvet Revolver - Slither
    Barrington Levy - Here I Come
    Damien Marley - Welcome To Jamrock
    Chris Cornell - Seasons
    Neil Young - The Loner
    Tragically Hip - Nautical Disaster
    Moist - Push ~ Underground
    Matthew Good - Apparitions
    The Who - Eminence Front


    Raekwon - Criminology
    Method Man - Release Yo Delf
    Ghostface Killah - Shakey Dog
    Remedy - Never Again
    ODB - Snakes
    Killah Priest - One Step
    Pharoahe Monche - No Mercy
    Rascalz - Really Livin'
    Cypress Hill - Illusions ~ Dead Men Tell No Tales ~ Audio X ~ Killa Hill Niggas
  • dr0ptheleashdr0ptheleash Posts: 1,264
    Avett Brothers - Murder In The City

    Perfectly describes a relationship between son, brother, and dad IMO.

    "Always remember that there's nothing worth sharing like the love that let us, share our name"

    Some great ones, but that is my absolute favorite Avett's line! Totally agree with Do You Realize, too, and for me, Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees came to mind also.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Avett Brothers - Murder In The City

    Perfectly describes a relationship between son, brother, and dad IMO.

    "Always remember that there's nothing worth sharing like the love that let us, share our name"

    Some great ones, but that is my absolute favorite Avett's line! Totally agree with Do You Realize, too, and for me, Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees came to mind also.
    How could I forget 'Fake Plastic Trees'... Simply a beautiful song.
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,604
    Here are my perfect Radiohead songs:

    Fake Plastic Trees
    Street Spirit
    Exit Scene (for a Film)
    Lucky
    The Tourist
    The National Anthem
    How to Disappear Completely
    Sail to the Moon
    There There
    Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
    All I Need
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    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
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    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    tremors wrote:
    Dear Prudence - The Beatles
    When it comes in the end.. 'the sun is up' **guitar lick** 'the sky is blue'

    Beautiful.


    Yeah - that exact bit gets me high - whatever mood I'm in! :lol:
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Desolation Row - Bob Dylan
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You - Tom Waits
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,898
    I forgot Gimme Shelter by the stones...man I love that song
  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    Sweet Thing - Van Morrison
    Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
    Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
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  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    hrd2imgn wrote:
    I forgot Gimme Shelter by the stones...man I love that song


    Yeah!
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    Wonderwall

    Live forever

    Nick drake-place to be, best song ever written

    Boots of Spanish Leather
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    Where I end and You Begin

    House of Cards

    Bodysnatchers

    Solitaire=wilco

    Pda-interpol
  • Jane's Addiction - Up The Beach \ Ocean Size
    Pixies - Wave of Mutilation [uk surf]
    Grateful Dead - Candyman, Rosemary
    Husker Du - Pink Turns To Blue
    X - The Worlds A Mess; It's In My Kiss
    Porno For Pyros - Bali Eyes
    Soundgarden - No Attention
    NOFX - Perfect Government
    Operation Ivy - [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dMVHxFzNK4]Sound System[/url]
    Weezer - Put Me Back Togeather (Go Show Vers.)
    Marshall Crenshaw - Cryin Waitin Hopin (Buddy Holly Cover)
    Pearl Jam - Last Soldier
    Nirvana - Spank Thru
    Kings of Leon - Fans
    Dubtribe Sound System - Mother Earth
    Pat Benatar - Shadows of the Night
    B52's - Dead Beat Club (say hi to Michael Stipe on couch!)
    REM - Flowers of Guatemala
    Fleetwood Mac - Monday Morning (my fav guitar solo, me thinks)
    Social Distortion - 99 To Life
    Guns n Roses - Dead Horse
    Faith No More - Falling To Pieces
    Tom Petty - Listen To Her Heart
    Three Dog Night - Shambala
    Boston - Satisfied
    Janis Joplin (Big Brother & The Holding Co.) - Flower In The Sun (Winterland '68)
    Beatles - All Things Must Pass ("Past Masters", take 2)
    Peter Paul & Mary - Day Is Done

    Shewwwwwwwwwwwww.
    That was FUN!
    ;)

    PS - No I AM ***NOT*** embarrassed to put Boston, Benatar, or B52s on my list. LOL. ;)
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  • YardenYarden Posts: 820
    edited November 2013
    Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
    Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren
    T.Rex - Cosmic Dancer
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  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Oh gosh, there sure are a lot! Just some (EDIT- ok, maybe more than just some :) ) of my personal favorites:
    Yesterday- The Beatles
    The Sound of Silence- Simon & Garfunkel
    Given to Fly- Pearl Jam
    Rise- Eddie Vedder
    Baba O'Riley- The Who
    #41- Dave Matthews Band
    Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
    Redemption Song- Bob Marley
    Sweet Child O' Mine- Guns N Roses
    All Of My Days- Alexi Murdoch
    Wouldn't It Be Nice- The Beach Boys
    Love Is A Good Thing- Sheryl Crow
    Times Like These- Foo Fighters
    Box of Rain- The Grateful Dead
    Better Together- Jack Johnson
    After the Gold Rush- Neil Young
    Rusty Cage- Soundgarden
    What's Going On?- Marvin Gaye
    The Funeral- Band of Horses
    Wake Up- Arcade Fire
    Sympathy for the Devil- The Rolling Stones
    Round Here- Counting Crows
    California- Rogue Wave
    Mad World- Gary Jules
    Zebra- John Butler Trio
    Down In A Hole- Alice in Chains
    Doesn't Remind Me- Audioslave
    Houses- Great Northern
    Fortunate Son- Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Born to Run- Bruce Springsteen
    Dareh Meyod- O.A.R.
    Sun Hands- Local Natives
    Hallelujah- Jeff Buckley
    Happier- Guster
    The Times They Are A-Changin- Bob Dylan
    American Pie- Don McLean
    She Talks To Angels- The Black Crowes
    Under the Bridge- Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Icky Thump- The White Stripes
    Bullet With Butterfly Wings- The Smashing Pumpkins
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  • pearljimpearljim Posts: 1,312
    US and THEM - Pink Floyd, enough said :)
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  • U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
    Radiohead - A Reminder
    Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
    Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
    Fotheringay - Nothing More
    Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
    Guns n' Roses - Estranged
    The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?

    ....there's a lot more but I've had a mind blank!
    It's gonna be a glorious day...
  • U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
    Radiohead - A Reminder
    Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
    Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
    Fotheringay - Nothing More
    Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
    Guns n' Roses - Estranged
    The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?

    ....there's a lot more but I've had a mind blank!

    I love how eclectic tastes on this board run.
    ;)

    GnR & The Smiths in the same list.
    :D
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  • bburpeebburpee Posts: 193
    I'm encouraged that "Sweet Child O' Mine" is on this list. I'm not a huge G'nR fan these days, but I heard it a couple days ago and man, that song completely holds up. It's an epic for the 80s in the same way Zep and the Who had epic songs in the 60s/70s.

    But I'm discouraged that Def Leppard's "Love Bites" is here. I loved DL in that era, but it's hard to listen to some of that stuff now.

    I would put about half of Jane's Addiction's early stuff on this list. "Three Days" is a ridiculous song, just a masterpiece of songwriting and performance.

    Off the top of my head:
    Prince - Let's Go Crazy
    Metallica - One
    Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
    Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
    Black Sabbath - War Pigs
    Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia
    Is it too much to ask for a full-blown Temple of the Dog set? Probably.
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Fun thread!

    Random thoughts:

    Paranoid Android, Radiohead
    Better Be Home Soon, Crowded House
    House is not a home, Luther Vandross
    Kashmir, Led Zeppelin
    Night and Day, Ella Fitzgerald

    Many more I'll come up with the second I hit submit :)
  • Prince - 7
    i dunno why.
    but i love that song.
    i could listen to it 7 times in a row.
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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Sarah Harmer- Lodestar
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2exBXrAn3jA

    The Weakerthans- Pamphleteer
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqFZlBIBt0M

    Pearl Jam- In Hiding
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEyE7hjQYYE

    The Tragically Hip- The Dire Wolf
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FQR2mildn8

    Death Cab for Cutie- Expo '86
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hydvM78gqI

    ...just to name a few.

    For your In Hiding video someone commented that they should just disable the "dislike" button for that song. Couldn't agree more.
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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    Listening to one right now

    Shine on You Crzy Diamond (1-5)
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  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    Listening to one right now

    Shine on You Crzy Diamond (1-5)


    Freaky! I am listening to that album as I read your post, and right now am on the second part. woowoooo
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    wow after 6 pages no one even listed the song that came to my mind first. wtf is up with u people?? :lol:

    forever young win today's prize

    and no, its not the rod stewart version :lol: :shock: :o

    soooo glad eddie included 2 dylan songs in his new solo live dvd...even though i'm almost sure he left off the last verse of forever young...which just isn't right....

    p.s there is no 2nd place prize in this category. ;)
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    wow after 6 pages no one even listed the song that came to my mind first. wtf is up with u people?? :lol:

    forever young win today's prize

    and no, its not the rod stewart version :lol: :shock: :o

    soooo glad eddie included 2 dylan songs in his new solo live dvd...even though i'm almost sure he left off the last verse of forever young...which just isn't right....

    p.s there is no 2nd place prize in this category. ;)

    He actually did 3 Dylan songs. "All along the watchtower" is in the extras. :mrgreen:
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  • really gets me going:
    The Hip - Yer Not The Ocean
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Radiohead - A Reminder
    Can't believe I'd never heard this - it's stunning!


    Some more:
    Christy Moore Ride On
    QOTSA - In The Fade
    Mark Lanegan - One Way Street, Shanty Man's Life, When Your Number Isn't Up
    Villagers - The Meaning Of The Ritual
    Anna Calvi - Love Won't Be Leaving
    Warpaint - Elephants
    CocoRosie - Lemonade
    Muse - Sunburn
    The Antlers - Bear
    Chemical Brothers - Galvanise
    Daft Punk - Touch It/Technologic, Robot Rock/Oh Yeah
    The Knife - Heartbeats
    Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere And It's Now
    Pete Doherty - Beg, Steal Or Borrow, What Katie Did
    Antony & The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone
    Porcupine Tree - Even Less
    Korn ft The Cure - Make Me Bad/In Between Days
    The Frames (Glen Hansard) - Rent Day Blues, Say It To Me Now, Cry Me A River
    Damien Rice / Lisa Hannigan - The Professor & La Fille Danse
    Oasis - Champagne Supernova, Talk Tonight
    Blur - The Universal
    Tool - Opiate
    Billy Joel - Always A Woman
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