THE perfect song, in your opinion

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  • yoigotbeatsyoigotbeats 1,667 Posts
    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

  • Maybe not "THE", but "one of the" = Al Green "Jesus is Waiting"

  • cHillercHiller 293 Posts
    near Perfection:

    Manfred Krug - Komm und spiel mit mir

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts

    Archie Whitewater-Cross Country

    John Coltrane-My Favorite Things

    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

  • coffinjoecoffinjoe 1,743 Posts
    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

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    STEP TO ME - TIM DOG

  • ladydayladyday 623 Posts
    Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come
    I was going to say this too. This song makes me emotional like nothing else. So much hope.

    talking heads - once in a lifetime
    sonic youth - teenage riot
    simon and garfunkle - america
    billie holliday - strange fruit

  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts

    talking heads - once in a lifetime
    That's the jam.

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    "Polk Salad Annie" - Tony Joe White

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts

    james carr - dark end of the street

    i think the prince buster version of this might be my favourite...made perfect by KL singing along at top volume

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    Can - Bel air

    Nick Drake - Fruit Tree

    - spidey

  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Charles Mingus - Myself When I Am Real

  • 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

  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts

    sonic youth - teenage riot

    Yes.

    Not my favorite band by a long shot, but this is the best fucking rock song evar.

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    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

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    - 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"

  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts

    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)

  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts
    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

  • otis, yes!

    gotta add a couple of favorite mind garden tearjerkers:

    These Arms Of Mine
    Pain In My Heart

  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    Man
    you all sure do hate some synths.

  • PrimeCutsLtdPrimeCutsLtd jersey fresh 2,632 Posts


    Fastway-Say What You Will

    Thought you could sneak this one by???


    I love it !

  • 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

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    Curtis Mayfield "Right On For The Darkness"

    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.

    Yes.

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need A Change Of Mind

    The long version has got at least one part for whatever mood I'm in.

  • karlophonekarlophone 1,697 Posts
    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)

    perfect songs post 2000???? can it be?

    perfect songs pre-1950?

  • cascas 1,484 Posts

    In Vitro - Organized Konfusion

    oh shit. i forgot about this one. i used to listen to this all the time.

  • Big_StacksBig_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').

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • LewisLewis Connecticut 101 Posts
    perfect fast songs?

    when it comes to all time rippin soul blast corkers
    this baby is untouchable imho



    perfect songs post 2000???? can it be?

    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.

  • SupergoodSupergood 1,213 Posts

    -"You and Me"-Rockie Robbins.

    Hell yes! A great example of super smooth early 80's soul at its finest.

    SG

  • leisurebanditleisurebandit 1,006 Posts
    stardust
    skylark
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