Songs you consider perfect, list some

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

Prince - 7
i dunno why.
but i love that song.
i could listen to it 7 times in a row.

Listening to one right now

Shine on You Crzy Diamond (1-5)

wow after 6 pages no one even listed the song that came to my mind first. wtf is up with u people??

forever young win today's prize

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

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.

really gets me going:
The Hip - Yer Not The Ocean

red mos wrote:

helplessdancer wrote:

wow after 6 pages no one even listed the song that came to my mind first. wtf is up with u people??

forever young win today's prize

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

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.

good call! didnt get that far yet. yum i love watchtower. best song ever. oops!

Mazzy Star - Fade into You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKY6TZEyrI

Some are covers but are preferred by the listed artists:
Aerosmith-Dream On
Arcade Fire-Rebellion
Black Crowes-She Talks to Angels
Bob Marley-Redemption Song, Three Little Birds
Bruce Springsteen-Glory Days
Counting Crows-Mr. Jones, Rain King, Einstein on the Beach
Foo Fighters-Monkeywrench
Guns N Roses-Paradise City
Jimi Hendrix-All Along The Watchtower
Johnny Cash-I Walk the Line, Hurt
Led Zeppelin-Rock and Roll, Black Dog
Live-I Alone
Metallica-The Unforgiven, One
Neil Young-Rockin in the Free World
Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit
Pearl Jam-Black, Corduroy, Alive
Phil Collins-In The Air Tonight
Prince-Let's Go Crazy
Queens of the Stoneage-3's and 7's
REM-What's the Frequency Kenneth, End of the World as We Know It
Rolling Stones-Paint it Black, Sympathy for the Devil
Smashing Pumpkins-1979, Disarm
STP-Plush
Strokes-You Only Live Once
Temple of the Dog-Hungerstrike
Tom Petty-The Waiting, American Girl, Running Down a Dream
U2-Pride, Still Haven't Found What I am Looking For
Weezer-Island in the Sun
The Who-Baba O'Riley

chiquimonkey wrote:

Reminded of another one on the way home last nite, "How Soon is Now", The Smiths

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Yep, and I would certainly put in a vote for There is a Light that Never Goes Out as well!

chiquimonkey wrote:

tremors wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

Reminded of another one on the way home last nite, "How Soon is Now", The Smiths

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Yep, and I would certainly put in a vote for There is a Light that Never Goes Out as well!

Yes!

It's a song that I loved the second I heard it in high school, and it's STILL good. It really captures the feel of music at that time too, adding to its perfection

There was a girl in my class who was really into the Smiths back then - used to wear glasses and a 'Meat is Murder' T-shirt under her school blouse. This was around '85, and we were about 13 years old. She was a bit of a loner, really intelligent, and kind of used to get picked on. I didn't really know the Smiths much back then, I got her to play me some one time and I just thought 'How fucking miserable!'.

I didn't start to appreciate the Smiths until I was in my twenties, but I play them as much as I do any artist today - always love them! I was listening to Meat is Murder the other day, and thinking about this poor girl - how she was listening to all this Morrissey at the time.....

Anyway - they are remarkable songs! I think of Morrissey as the quintessential English lyricist. He's probably in my top 4 lyricists, along with Dylan, Vedder, and Roger Waters on a good day.