Perfect songs

[William Paquet]

I listen to a variety of music, pretty much anything good. I was in my car the other day listening to an oldies station, and "California Dreamin' " from the Mamas and Papas came on. It's a great tune that I never tire of hearing. It got me to thinking that it's sort of a perfect song. Amazing beautiful harmonies, great lyrics, just the right length( I always want it to go on for another measure or two).

Anyway, it also got me to thinking of songs that have that kind of impact. Songs that you can listen to anytime, and that you always feel a little let down with once they're over, like getting to end of a great book.

Here's some of my favorite perfect songs. In no particluar order, crossing musical genres.

"I walk the line" - Johnny Cash
"California Dreamin' " - Mamas and Papas
"House of the rising sun" - The Animals
"Holiday in Cambodia" - The Dead Kennedy's
"Opus Dei" - Laibach
"Pepper" - Butthole Surfers

If I thought about it a while I'm sure I could come up with a bunch more, but these few came immediately to mind.

[overkill]

3 days by Janes Addiction
Chloe dancer / crown of thorns by Mother love bone
Pictures of you by the Cure
Take my picture by Filter

Love all those songs and never tire of hearing them

[cblakey1]

Off the top of my head..

Every Day is Like Sunday - Morrissey
Suedehead - Morrissey
How Soon is Now? - the Smiths
Battle of Evermore - Led Zep
Perfect - Alice Cooper
In My Life - Beatles (most early Beatles tunes, actually)
Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
Kokomo - Beach Boys
It'll all Work Out - Tom Petty
Do you Realize - Flaming Lips
Pieces of You - Jewel
Don't Need a Gun - Billy Idol
Cradle of Love - Billy Idol
Blue Highway - Billy Idol
I Still Want You - Del Fuegos
Mercy - Steve Jones
Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles
Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet
Crying - Roy Orbison
Close my Eyes Forever - Ozzy and Lita
Wait - White Lion
The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel
Live to Tell - Madonna
Madman Across the Water - Elton John
Sacrifice - Elton John
Many from Dido's first album
Many songs by Filter

[nbr3bagshotrow]

Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepellin
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Won't get Fooled Again - Who
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Lunatic Fringe - Red Ryder
Old Fashioned Rock & Roll - Bob Seger
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
Lady - Styx
Ridin the Storm Out - REO Speedwagon
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Out in the country - Three Dog Night






I just threw the last one out to see if any one was paying attention

[Jesse321]

Off the top of my head:

Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
American Pie - Don McLean
Castles in the Air - Don McLean
California Dreamin - Mamas and Papas
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepellin
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Osyter Cult
Into the Groove - Madonna
You Were Always on my Mind - Pet Shop Boys
Vacation - The Go Go's
Bobby - Reba McEntire
How Can I Help You Say Goodbye - Patty Loveless
Love Can Build a Bridge - The Judds
Testify - Wynonna
Walkin on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
2 Beds and a Coffee Machine - Savage Garden
Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost - Jimmy Buffet

[Model Giants]

People are Strange -Doors
I want it all- Queen
Been caught stealing-Janes addiction
Addict- K'sChoice
Sexual Healing-Marvin G a y e
I got a women- Ray Charles
Smooth up in ya- Bulletboys
Final Countdown- Europe
Hells Bells-AC/DC
Come on Eileen-Dexy's midnight runners
you spin me-dead or alive
Head like a hole- Nine Inch Nails
Rusty cage- Soundgarden
Hotel Califonia- Eagles "On A dark desert highway" sing it with me guys!
Hot For Teacher- Van Halen
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
Monkey business- skidrow

I'm Spent
Paul/Model Giants

[bigjohn550]

Originally Posted by William Paquet

"I walk the line" - Johnny Cash
"California Dreamin' " - Mamas and Papas
"House of the rising sun" - The Animals
"Pepper" - Butthole Surfers

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Heck yeah!!!!
I will also add
Schism - Tool
Forty Six and Two - Tool
H. - Tool
Orestes - A Perfect Circle
Thomas - A Perfect Circle
The Noose - A Perfect Circle (Especially the live version on the Emotion DVD)
Where is Everybody - NIN
The Fragile - NIN

[Comicboy]

Originally Posted by William Paquet

"Pepper" - Butthole Surfers

And I thought I was the only person that liked this song!

[Comicboy]

Great picks guys!

3 days by Janes Addiction - Mountian Song
Take my picture by Filter - Hey man nice shot
Won't get Fooled Again by The Who - Eminence Front
Rusty cage by Soundgarden - There is an instrumental they did I've heard it like twice that I can't find anywhere that I love.
People are Strange by The Doors -The End
I want it all by Queen - Hammer to Fall
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengence and Sad Wings of Destiny
Van Halen - Unchained, House of Pain

[risingstar]

Lots of great tunes to choose from...

Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Doobie Brothers - Long train runnin'
Fleetwood mac - Go your own way
The Who - Won't get fooled again
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Metallica - Wherever I roam
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
Supertramp - School
Van Halen - And the cradle will rock
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Pink Floyd - Time
Live - Pain lies on the riverside
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Tom Petty - Breakdown
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower
Sly and the Family stone - I want to take you higher
Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita
Sarah McLachlan - Possession
The Gathering - The Big Sleep
Wasp - Blind in Texas
Iron maiden - Hallowed be thy name
Kiss - Creatures of the Night
Sting - Shadows in the rain
Billy Joel - Piano man
Bon Jovi - Wanted dead or alive
Eagles - I can't tell you why
U2 - Bad






Oh, this is impossible... lol... I'm terrible at choosing music lists!