Tony Alvon & The bellaires - Sexy Coffee Pot The Chi-LItes - Oh Child The Meters - Here Comes The Meter Men In The Middle - Pee Wee Ellis Rock Creek Park - The BlackByrds
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Publie Enemy The MC - KRS-One Be Thousand - Casual In Vitro - Organized Konfusion Run's House - Run DMC
Iron Maiden - Die With Your Boots On Cheap Trick - Voices Black Sabbath - Never Say Die Anthrax - Among The Living Slayer - Praise of Death
Elvis Costello - I Want You Squeeze - Up The Junction Sugar - The Slim Kate Bush - L'mour Loot Somthing Like You Peter Hammill - Time Heals Serious Pilgrim - Head On Your Shoulders
holy are you - axelrod/prunes it sho ain't me - ike and tina all the king's men - aretha burning spear - sonic youth lonely teardrops - ken boothe sick of talk - negative approach sister ray - vu shake appeal - stooges
slim smith - everybody needs love james carr - dark end of the street - pouring water on a drowning man john cale - paris 1919 beatles - she said - cry baby cry lonnie irving - gooseball brown
I have to cosign LadyDay's picks (sonic youth, talking heads, holliday).
A few of my own: Fela Kuti - Confusion Break Bones Cornelius - Chapter 8 Seashore & Horizon Tarheel Slim and Little Ann - It's Too Late Mr. Bungle - Pink Cigarette
velvet underground - pale blue eyes nico - these days can - cascade waltz helene smith - sure thing carla thomas or barbara mason - yes I'm ready the four mints - row my boat
- Chuck Willis - "Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes" - Chuck Willis - "What Am I Living For" - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band - "Express Yourself" - Marshall Crenshaw - "Someday, Someway" - Elvis Presley - "Burning Love" (equal props to Arthur Alexander's original version, which came out the same year! Dennis Linde is one hell of a songwriter) - Brownsville Station - "Smokin' In The Boys' Room" - Stevie Wonder - "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It"
So many... Gal Costa-Baby Tom Waits-Cold Cold Ground Abbey Lincoln-Lonely House Bjork-Hyperballad Them-Here Comes the Night Van Halen-Dance the Night Away John Holt-O.K. Fred Otis Redding-Try a Little Tenderness Carol Jones-Dont Destroy Me Ann Peebles-I Cant Stand the Rain Calvin Leavy-Find Me a Love Husker Du- Eight Miles High Fastway-Say What You Will Johnny Taylor-Aint That Lovin You(for more reasons than one)
Ok...Enough being reactive to others posts. Time to be proactive.
Otis Redding- I've Been Loving You Too Long Dorando- Didn't I Coltrane- Spiritual Ahmad Jamal- Tranquility Curtis Mayfield- Right On for the Darkness Roy Ayers- Sunshine Ray Barretto- Love Beads Toquinho w/ Jorge Ben- O, Carolina Talking Heads- This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Neutral Milk Hotel- Naomi Sonic Youth- Teenage Riot Built to Spill- Else Pixies- Gigantic
velvet underground - pale blue eyes nico - these days can - cascade waltz helene smith - sure thing carla thomas or barbara mason - yes I'm ready the four mints - row my boat
I agree with so many of these
nearly every slow song that Otis Redding sang, his voice is perfection
I will never never never get tired of hearing this song. Emotional singing, heavy lyrics, tight band, arrangement. God, those strings kill me every time. Classic. Perfect.
VU - "sunday morning" kool + the gang "summer madness" etta james "id rather go blind" Otis' "a change is gonna come" clash "white man in..." desmond dekker "isrealites"
big cosign: barbara mason - yes I'm ready big cosign: The Kinks: Waterloo Sunset (ever hear the cover by Los Angeles? whoo..)
howabout some...
perfect fast songs?
perfect songs post 1990? (that bjork 'hyperballad' vote would qualify)
oh shit. i forgot about this one. i used to listen to this all the time.
Big_Stacks"I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
Hey,
Here are some of my picks (at the moment, anyway, in various genres):
-"Sketches in Spain"-Miles Davis. -"Down by the River"-Buddy Miles. -"Journey to Capricorn"-Stan Kenton. -"Reiko"-Michael White. -"Sweet Tears"-Roy Ayers Ubiquity. -"Save the Children"-Earth, Wind, & Fire. -"Turiya and Ramakrishna"-Alice Coltrane. -"Astral Traveling"-Pharoah Sanders. -"Summer Nights"-Lonnie Liston Smith (perfect cool-out joint). -"Giving Up"-Donny Hathaway (heart-wrenching). -"Woman to Woman"-Shirley Brown. -"Hummingbird"-Seals & Croft. -"Slave Driver"-Bob Marley & the Wailers. -"You and Me"-Rockie Robbins. -"The Glow of Love"-Change. -"Pray for Me"-The Mighty Clouds of Joy (Live at the Apollo; soul grabbin').
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The Chi-LItes - Oh Child
The Meters - Here Comes The Meter Men
In The Middle - Pee Wee Ellis
Rock Creek Park - The BlackByrds
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Publie Enemy
The MC - KRS-One
Be Thousand - Casual
In Vitro - Organized Konfusion
Run's House - Run DMC
Iron Maiden - Die With Your Boots On
Cheap Trick - Voices
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die
Anthrax - Among The Living
Slayer - Praise of Death
Elvis Costello - I Want You
Squeeze - Up The Junction
Sugar - The Slim
Kate Bush - L'mour Loot Somthing Like You
Peter Hammill - Time Heals
Serious Pilgrim - Head On Your Shoulders
Manfred Krug - Komm und spiel mit mir
holy are you - axelrod/prunes
it sho ain't me - ike and tina
all the king's men - aretha
burning spear - sonic youth
lonely teardrops - ken boothe
sick of talk - negative approach
sister ray - vu
shake appeal - stooges
james carr - dark end of the street
- pouring water on a drowning man
john cale - paris 1919
beatles - she said
- cry baby cry
lonnie irving - gooseball brown
talking heads - once in a lifetime
sonic youth - teenage riot
simon and garfunkle - america
billie holliday - strange fruit
i think the prince buster version of this might be my favourite...made perfect by KL singing along at top volume
Nick Drake - Fruit Tree
- spidey
A few of my own:
Fela Kuti - Confusion Break Bones
Cornelius - Chapter 8 Seashore & Horizon
Tarheel Slim and Little Ann - It's Too Late
Mr. Bungle - Pink Cigarette
Yes.
Not my favorite band by a long shot, but this is the best fucking rock song evar.
nico - these days
can - cascade waltz
helene smith - sure thing
carla thomas or barbara mason - yes I'm ready
the four mints - row my boat
- Chuck Willis - "What Am I Living For"
- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band - "Express Yourself"
- Marshall Crenshaw - "Someday, Someway"
- Elvis Presley - "Burning Love" (equal props to Arthur Alexander's original version, which came out the same year! Dennis Linde is one hell of a songwriter)
- Brownsville Station - "Smokin' In The Boys' Room"
- Stevie Wonder - "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It"
So many...
Gal Costa-Baby
Tom Waits-Cold Cold Ground
Abbey Lincoln-Lonely House
Bjork-Hyperballad
Them-Here Comes the Night
Van Halen-Dance the Night Away
John Holt-O.K. Fred
Otis Redding-Try a Little Tenderness
Carol Jones-Dont Destroy Me
Ann Peebles-I Cant Stand the Rain
Calvin Leavy-Find Me a Love
Husker Du- Eight Miles High
Fastway-Say What You Will
Johnny Taylor-Aint That Lovin You(for more reasons than one)
Otis Redding- I've Been Loving You Too Long
Dorando- Didn't I
Coltrane- Spiritual
Ahmad Jamal- Tranquility
Curtis Mayfield- Right On for the Darkness
Roy Ayers- Sunshine
Ray Barretto- Love Beads
Toquinho w/ Jorge Ben- O, Carolina
Talking Heads- This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Neutral Milk Hotel- Naomi
Sonic Youth- Teenage Riot
Built to Spill- Else
Pixies- Gigantic
gotta add a couple of favorite mind garden tearjerkers:
These Arms Of Mine
Pain In My Heart
you all sure do hate some synths.
Thought you could sneak this one by???
I love it !
I agree with so many of these
nearly every slow song that Otis Redding sang, his voice is perfection
Yes.
The long version has got at least one part for whatever mood I'm in.
kool + the gang "summer madness"
etta james "id rather go blind"
Otis' "a change is gonna come"
clash "white man in..."
desmond dekker "isrealites"
big cosign: barbara mason - yes I'm ready
big cosign: The Kinks: Waterloo Sunset (ever hear the cover by Los Angeles? whoo..)
howabout some...
perfect fast songs?
perfect songs post 1990? (that bjork 'hyperballad' vote would qualify)
perfect songs post 2000???? can it be?
perfect songs pre-1950?
oh shit. i forgot about this one. i used to listen to this all the time.
Here are some of my picks (at the moment, anyway, in various genres):
-"Sketches in Spain"-Miles Davis.
-"Down by the River"-Buddy Miles.
-"Journey to Capricorn"-Stan Kenton.
-"Reiko"-Michael White.
-"Sweet Tears"-Roy Ayers Ubiquity.
-"Save the Children"-Earth, Wind, & Fire.
-"Turiya and Ramakrishna"-Alice Coltrane.
-"Astral Traveling"-Pharoah Sanders.
-"Summer Nights"-Lonnie Liston Smith (perfect cool-out joint).
-"Giving Up"-Donny Hathaway (heart-wrenching).
-"Woman to Woman"-Shirley Brown.
-"Hummingbird"-Seals & Croft.
-"Slave Driver"-Bob Marley & the Wailers.
-"You and Me"-Rockie Robbins.
-"The Glow of Love"-Change.
-"Pray for Me"-The Mighty Clouds of Joy (Live at the Apollo; soul grabbin').
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
when it comes to all time rippin soul blast corkers
this baby is untouchable imho
easily Sharon Jones and the Dapkings "Genuine"
but really there are sooooo many. i can imagine most folks on here having a solid 50 to 100 alltime personal perfect songs if not more.
Hell yes! A great example of super smooth early 80's soul at its finest.
SG
skylark