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Inspired by the Bob Mould thread;
Matty Groves - Fairport.
Pink Moon - Nick Drake.
Fat Man In The Bathtub - Little Feat.
SOS - Abba.
New Rose - The Damned.
Train In Vain - T'Clash.
The Most Beguiling Eyes - Gregson & Collister.
Voodoo Ray - A Guy Called Gerald.
All perfect - any more?
Suckerpunch - The Wildhearts
Three Days - Jane's Addiction
EDIT: Not seen the thread to which the OP refers yet, so apologies if I've misunderstood the remit
I was a punk before you were a punk - The Tubes
So many:
The Journey - Duncan Browne
In My Life - The Beatles
for starters
Reptilla by the strokes
Just perfect
Dancing Queen
Still Ill
My Black Heart
Glam Racket
Disorder by joy division
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Wings - Josh Ritter
'photograph' by weezer
The obvious choice, but for a five minutes or less (I think) pop single, there really isn't a single thing wrong with
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Time has told me - Nick Drake
May You Never - John Martyn
Good Riddance - Green Day
Sister Morphine - Rolling Stones
Wind Up - Jethro Tull
Wish You were here - Pink Floyd
I think most of what were Abba's best songs, were what could be described as almost "perfect pop".
No perfect song should be more than 1 minute 40 seconds.
Can I just add;
Dry The Rain - The Beta Band.
Tangled Up In Blue - Dylan.
Into The Mystic - Van.
Ta.
Yes, especially the Beta Band one. Yes you can.
My favourite band of all time.
Would have been Needles In Their Eyes, but I don't have enough tissues.
See also Angel From Montgomery by Neil Prine.
Solid Air - John Martyn
Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny/Fairport
Get It Together - The Beastie Boys
Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye
#1 Hit Song - Minutemen
Drug Buddy - Lemomheads
Halleluhwah - Can
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
Always Coming Back to You - Scott Walker
Time Tough - Toots & The Maytals
Poet -Sly & The Family Stone.
We Are Family -Sister Sledge
And current fave: Emmylou - First Aid Kit.
A lot of these are longer than 1 minute 40. The rules (that I made up) are clear.
Daydream Believer.
Van Morrison's Stoned Me.
No perfect song should be more than 1 minute 40 seconds.
Sometimes you need to allow a bit extra for the intro though...
In order ....
Waterloo Sunset
Paint it Black
Alison
Teenage Kicks
London's Calling
That's Entertainment
Walk the line - Johnny Cash
Wichita line man - Glenn Campbell
The Adventure by Angels and Airwaves
Stones from the Sky - Neurosis
After the Goldrush - Neil Young
Bury me in Smoke - Down
Fade to Black - Metallica
Hallowed by they Name - Iron Maiden
Dry the Rain had EVERYONE on the dancefloor at the wedding I was at last weekend.
Revolution Blues by Neil Young, first and only time I ever had a punter ask what I was listening to when I used to work in Thresher.
Whirlpools End by Sir Paul Weller
Heroes - David Bowie
500 miles - The Proclaimers
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Debaser - The Pixies
Blackbird and the Fox - Twilight Singers
Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins
[i]London's Calling[/i]
Who's that by then? Never 'eard of it 😉
Don't really think there's such a thing meself as its all subjective, but these are the closest I can think of - songs that couldn't be improved.
Scott Walker - Jackie (prob written by Brel)
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter & Sympathy for the Devil
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
T Rex - Jeepster (JEEZ have you [i]heard[/i] that hideous new thing tony visconti's come out with??? ARGH!)
Best Kissers in the World - Broke My Knee
just realised I could list 100s, so stopping now 🙂
Another Girl,Another Planet...The Only Ones.
Harvest for the world - Isley brothers
I'm a believer - The monkeys
Big Mouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
Roads - Portishead
Sigur Ros - Popplagið
Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
Talk Talk - I Believe In You
Autechre - Krib
Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
No Alarms - Radiohead
Mmm mmm mmm mmm. Crash Test Dummies. A song both my son and I loved. Difficult to listen too as he's no longer here.
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James
The Only One I Know - The Charlatans
Les Fleur - 4 Hero
So Long - Seba
Vision Incision - Lo Fidelity Allstars
Don't Take Your Love Away - Vast
Waterfall - The Stone Roses
Gorecki - Lamb
If I Survive - Hybrid
So What - Miles Davis
Concrete Schoolyard - Jurassic 5
Blinding - Florence and the Machine
My perfect pop songs.
Twisterella. Ride.
Sally Cinnamon. The Stone Roses.
The Model. Belle and Sebastian.
Waterloo Sunset. The Kinks.
Kiss Chase. Lush.
Dead Flowers. The Rolling Stones
Little Baby Nothing. Manic Street Preachers.
You need to nominate some criteria, people are just listing their favorite songs. Which is interesting anyway ! (ps Dire Straits ? really ? Do you play that in front of other people ??)
mmm mmm mmm mmm - very good choice. Very sad story tho 🙁 [man hugs]
Not my favourite songs, but great when they come on the radio
Hammer and a Nail, Indigo Girls
Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow, Vonda Shepherd
Every Little Thing She Does, The Police
Aye totally subjective one mans perfecto is another's pure mince
anyways here min(c)e
Flaming Lips- Do you realize?
Galaxie 500- King of Spain
Beatles - Ticket to ride
Neil Diamond - Solitary man
Big Star - Thirteen
Prince - I would die 4 u
Cocteau twins- Ivo
Ketty Lester -Some things are better left unsaid
Trouble - Ray LaMontagne.
Pretty much anything off Darkness on the Edge of Town, Like a Rolling Stone & another vote for Waterloo Sunset.
Guess who'll be in the 3rd row at Ray Davies Southampton gig this Saturday!
Woo-hoo, indeed.