Here's the game. Pick a SINGLE song. Your idea of the 'perfect' song. Doesn't have to be your current favourite, but you'll need to explain why.

(I will reveal mine shortly.)

Led Zeppelin - Tangerine

It is a very simple song, no crazy guitar solos, no complex composition, no multiple meaning lyrics.
It is melancholic and beautiful and it makes me wistful.

wow, hard one. I would have to say Money Talks by AC/DC. I don't listen to it alot because I am usually on a greenday, tool, Dylan kick, but every time it comes on, I have to crank it up, and drive about 10mph faster =]

Coheed and Cambria -- "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3"

Why? Because it is completely and utterly epic. Non-generic in almost every way; simple yet complex, and interesting lyrics to boot. Plus, to add a personal touch, it was the coolest experience seeing them perform this song live: when, at the end of the song, the crowd singing the back-up vocals (only about 2000 in the audience was far louder than the band).

trampled underfoot by led zeppelin

good beat, like the keyboard solo and live page worked it for all he could and was a joy to watch

I could never pinpoint a "favorite of all-time", but I can certainly tell you what my current favorites are.;)

I'm currently HOOKED on the group Panic! At The Disco. Check out their album, great music to listen to during the Summer months.

while they have gone shit, i do love master of puppets, it starts fast goes slow and then there is a fuck off guitar solo which is one of only a few of kirks finest hours

Death In Vegas - Help Yourself

It's 12 minutes long, and i love every second of it. A balanced stereo system and high volumes are a must to feel the full effect! :cool: :D

edit: this is only really my current favourite, I think it's near impossible for me to pick a favourite of all time...

Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd. Followed by Molde Canticle - Jan Garbarek.

Its got to be "April Fools" cause its April all year-round for all are fools all year. Listen to the smooth jazz scenery created all here for you at Jazz FM: http://music.download.com/danbaraszu/3615-8486_32-100813223.html?tag=MDL_chart_topdls_artist

That requires a good deal of thought.

Oh, come on. We all know Tiassa is going to pick something by the Styx.. :P

Like tiassa said, this requires a lot of thinking and deep reflection.

My tentative selection is not a song, but rather a classical piece. It would be the Allegretto from Beethoven's 7th Symphony. It has a cunning combination of emotions.

I was going under the assumption that it wouldn't really be right to claim a favourite song until you have heard everything ever written (which would be an impossible feat), and that we are really picking our current favourite.

I heard the Beethoven piece since times immemorable. Just pick your personal favorite of all time, adjusting against present-day bias.

anyone going to mention hotel california by the eagles, great song

I was thinking of this thread on the way to the store yesterday, and coincidence of coincedences, Hotel California came to mind. I'm not making a choice yet, though. Too many songs that I've forgotten to just go into this willy nilly.

There is a light that never goes out by The Smiths.
Why? Listen to it!

the more i look at this the more i realise what a difficult question this is. i would much rather have a top 5 or 10. for instance i love enema by tool but i wouldnt call it perfect and the same goes for teenage kicks by the undertones. if i could pick a top 10 in no particular order it would probably be
trampled underfoot- led zep
enema- tool
teenage kicks- undertones
love will tear us apart- joy division
tornado of souls- megadeth
master of puppets- metallica
hotel california- eagles
crush of love- joe satriani
bones- radiohead
all along the watchtower- jimi hendrix

Favorite song of all time? Easy, it's: Ludacris, "stand up"

but...now that I think of it and analyze the history of civilization then the song of all time is obviously Eminem: Slim Shady

Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing.
Otis Redding's (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay.

I still can't narrow it down to one.

soundgarden - like suicide

i just really like the lyrics.

other than that i have to go classical/modern and say that i really am obsessed with a piece called "journey to the line" composed by Hans Zimmer for the score to the movie "the thin red line"

i hate this thread its tearing my heart out having to decide..i love dont stop me know by queen

its tearing all of our hearts...till cold blood drips and clots...

loads of stuff by peter green i love like the green manalishi and man of the world or maybe oh well

soundgarden - like suicide

i just really like the lyrics.

other than that i have to go classical/modern and say that i really am obsessed with a piece called "journey to the line" composed by Hans Zimmer for the score to the movie "the thin red line"

i love everything by hans zimmer

Incubus - just a phase


No song ever remains in my head after I hear it, like this one. Possibly the most beautiful intro riff i've ever heard.

"Move Around" by B.G.
http://www.musicvideocodes.info/song_32437_B.G.-Move_Around.html

Out on the weekend - Neil Young

i love everything by hans zimmer

Ah, yes. Hans Zimmer is great stuff. Can you name one?

i love everything by hans zimmer

yeah me too. i have a ton of his stuff. all of it is amazing.

im ashamed to say im hooked on rhyader by camel *hangs head in shame*

I could never pick a single favorite song of all time, but I will say that when I consider the question, the song "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead comes immediately to mind. For what that is worth.

I could never pick a single favorite song of all time, but I will say that when I consider the question, the song "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead comes immediately to mind. For what that is worth.
great song and i cant wait to see them on the 15th may in concert

great song and i cant wait to see them on the 15th may in concert

You lucky bastard.

'God' or 'Gimme Some Truth' by John Lennon, I can't decide.

im ashamed to say im hooked on rhyader by camel *hangs head in shame*

I'm afraid I've played my entire Snow Goose album to death.

*Hangs head even lower*

great song and i cant wait to see them on the 15th may in concert

On my birthday!

Give Thom a wink for me, will you?

You gotta be kidding. There are at least fifty songs vying for that title that I can name without stopping. So I'll just list one a day until the thread peters out.

I'm just doing popular music and I'm just doing people that you might conceivably have heard of.

For today:

Bryan Ferry -- Love Me Madly Again

Ok, so, I had to give myself a few days.. but my #1 is.. *drumroll*

Time of the Season (The Zombies)

Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix

Hands down...

'God' or 'Gimme Some Truth' by John Lennon, I can't decide.

Those are both excellent songs. I am a card-carrying member of the very small percentage of people that prefers John's solo career over anything the Beatles ever did.

You gotta be kidding. There are at least fifty songs vying for that title that I can name without stopping. So I'll just list one a day until the thread peters out.

So what is your song of the day, Fraggle?

So what is your song of the day, Fraggle?Okay, something more recent for today:

"Saint Teresa" by Joan Osborne.

When her debut album came out, commercial radio was a little slow to pick up on "One of Us." The even more offbeat "Saint Teresa" (a waltz with mandolin accompaniment) was getting lots of college radio play and eventually made it onto the more adventurous updial stations. "One of Us" is a great song too, but it's a shame that once it became popular this one was exiled back to college radio.

And for today...

"Yo' Mama" by Frank Zappa, from the "Sheik Yerbouti" double LP.

It's about twelve minutes of every kind of rock and a few other types of music, but don't call it a jam. It's as disciplined as music gets, every note is right where it should be and there's lots of tight ensemble playing with quick transitions.

Everything that characterized his music is there: whimsical lyrics, cerebral rhymes, long complicated themes, rich dynamics, unexpected instrumentation, and top musicians from every genre falling all over each other for a chance to play in his band. This track is one of Zappa's best, but it's also a good overview of Zappaology. And, recorded at the very end of the Progressive Rock era, it's also a good overview of prog rock--which would probably still be alive if Frank Zappa were.

I can't say all time, but genre wise:
Favorite Old school Rock: dogs, Pink Floyd
Favorite Jazz: Take Five, dave brubeck
Favorite fusion: 21st century schizoid man, king crimson
favorite Black metal: Det Som Engang Var, burzum
Favorite other metal: Crystal mountain, death
Favorite modern slow song: Morning bell, radiohead
Favorite chill out and close eyes song: Triad (the three songs, not the one), tool

WHy? well, dogs is really good because it takes you on a journey, and is highly effective in a minimalist way. Take five is just so smooth and cool. 21st century Schizoid Man is really the type of song where it grips you and doesn't let up until it ends, and you are amazed by how much innovativeness wen't on in those six minutes. What can one say about Det som engang var? This is perhaps what I would use as an example of the perfect song. It grabs your emotions, not your mind, and just holds on for 18 minutes. It doesn't seem long or epic at all, though. You are sad that it is over. Crystal mountain has a really cool sound to it, like the soundtrack to an epic battle. Morning Bell is just beautiful. And Triad so relaxing but gripping at the same time.

A caterpillar is the larval stage of the lepidopters (moths and butterflies). Whatever species they are, they will do what they apparently have already done: eat until they're ready to pupate, then build a cocoon, then emerge and fly away.

Humans regard butterflies with affection and consider moths to be, at worst, a little annoying, except for the handful of species that attack crops or the clothes in our closets, so you've probably got nothing to worry about now. Caterpillars themselves are voracious eaters and can cause major damage to food crops and ornamental plants, but you're past that.

As with many classes of animals, the life cycle of the immature insect is an illustration of evolution. To the untrained eye a caterpillar is simply a millipede, which is a more primitive form of arthropod. Millipedes and centipedes are the simplest arthropods, insects and spiders are the most advanced. I'm not quite sure where crustaceans fit in, I always get hung up on the fact that when I'm eating a shrimp or lobster it's really just an aquatic spider.

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Bridge Over Troubled Water

???

I think Fraggle Rocker is cracking up. These past few days he(?) has been acting different. Are you okay Fraggle?

Back on topic, another contender is Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

Everything that characterized his music is there: whimsical lyrics, cerebral rhymes, long complicated themes, rich dynamics, unexpected instrumentation, and top musicians from every genre falling all over each other for a chance to play in his band. This track is one of Zappa's best, but it's also a good overview of Zappaology. And, recorded at the very end of the Progressive Rock era, it's also a good overview of prog rock--which would probably still be alive if Frank Zappa were.

You should check out the book Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock by Jim DeRogatis, an opinionated music critic with a penchant for psych-rock like you seem to have. I cannot say that I have read it, but I have been through a couple of his other books, and I can recommend his writing for a quick, leisurely read on anything from music history to pop culture.

I think Fraggle Rocker is cracking up. These past few days he(?) has been acting different. Are you okay Fraggle?

Back on topic, another contender is Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.Yeah, I'm okay. At least I think so. :) What have I been saying that's out of character? Depending on the thread, you can catch me pontificating, hurling insults, or being sentimental. Seems pretty normal for me.

For today, my favorite song is "Tuesday's Gone" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. I could never figure out why that one didn't get as much airplay as their other six or seven that were always in heavy rotation.

A caterpillar is the larval stage of the lepidopters (moths and butterflies). Whatever species they are, they will do what they apparently have already done: eat until they're ready to pupate, then build a cocoon, then emerge and fly away.

Humans regard butterflies with affection and consider moths to be, at worst, a little annoying, except for the handful of species that attack crops or the clothes in our closets, so you've probably got nothing to worry about now. Caterpillars themselves are voracious eaters and can cause major damage to food crops and ornamental plants, but you're past that.

As with many classes of animals, the life cycle of the immature insect is an illustration of evolution. To the untrained eye a caterpillar is simply a millipede, which is a more primitive form of arthropod. Millipedes and centipedes are the simplest arthropods, insects and spiders are the most advanced. I'm not quite sure where crustaceans fit in, I always get hung up on the fact that when I'm eating a shrimp or lobster it's really just an aquatic spider.

Oh I see. I was answering a question somebody posted on another forum about some funny looking "worms" on his windowsill that had little feet. I have no idea how it got here. Let's see if I can move it.

Yeah, I'm okay. At least I think so. :) What have I been saying that's out of character? Depending on the thread, you can catch me pontificating, hurling insults, or being sentimental. Seems pretty normal for me.
Maybe so. It just seemed to me like you got a little manic all of a sudden a few days ago. More posts than usual in a short period of time. I'm probably off though. I don't really know what caught my attention, to be honest. :)

For me, today, When Doves Cry by Prince.

I had an audition with a band that needs a bassist last week. I've been doing nothing but practicing (and going to work of course, there seems to be no way around that) for a while to get ready. Now that it's over I'm catching up with the rest of the universe. I won't know whether I get the gig until the middle of May. I'll have to start practicing again before then so that if I do get it I'll be able to play. :)

Good luck with it. I hope you get it. As to not having to work, it's not all it's cracked up to be. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Or, maybe it's just the depression that I wouldn't recommend. Probably.

Another good one by Prince: Pussy Control.

Thanks for the encouragement.

For today: "Box of Rain" by the Grateful Dead. A forgotten gem among the many hits on "American Beauty." One of the few songs written by bassist Phil Lesh. The bizarre chords, the totally stoned singing, the flower-child love-and-peace lyrics. . . this is acid rock without the electronic effects.

Led Zeppelin - Tangerine

It is a very simple song, no crazy guitar solos, no complex composition, no multiple meaning lyrics.
It is melancholic and beautiful and it makes me wistful.

I concur! that's my favorite zeppelin tune. =)

as for my own, Most of the Time by Bob Dylan.

Now I do have to say, I have a cover of this song that is more fetching to me. A woman vocalist with one of those voices that's smoky and sweet and can touch your soul (idk tho who it is, need to question the pal I got it from on that one). But Dylan wrote it, and he is my favorite song writer. It's a love song but can be applied to life in general in my opinion. It truly embodies how I feel...erm most of the time lol. The cover really got me because unlike Dylan's version, the woman really captures the essence of emotion in the lyrics.

Mine's "Allstar", by smashmouth.

Remember, that omni-present sickening song around 1999-2000 that you heard wherever you were, whether it was on the radio, TV, or anywhere.

Aww...I need a couple, since I have different favourite songs and none of them are number one in my mind.

Guns n' Roses - Paradise City; (note: Dudish only has Paradise as his favourite song because I listen to it way too much. He prefers Sweet Child o' Mine. And the solo in PC sucks) since it epitomises everything great about rock n' roll, is the perfect anthem and works all the time, every time.

Pantera - Cowboys From Hell; since it's perfect metal, with a perfect riff and perfect words to boot.

Aerosmith - Cryin'; since it's sooooooooo brilliantly done.

And the others: GnR - Civil War, Children of Bodom - Needled 24/7, Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone, Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde, Uematsu - FFX's Ending

There is a light that never goes out by The Smiths.
Why? Listen to it!

Good job. You win this thread.

although i like them immensly i dont think that a song by the smiths is the best song of all time

A Day In the Life - The Beatles

although i like them immensly i dont think that a song by the smiths is the best song of all timeWe're not looking for the best song, just the one that is your favorite. I'm a musician so my tastes tend to lean more toward technical analysis and less toward emotional impact than the average person, yet I still love songs like "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac and "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC.

Hey, I guess I missed yesterday so I owe you two. Those are it.

I think there's another thread for best song.

Great choices Fraggle Rocker. I love AC/DC and Fleetwood Mac, though Tusk is one of my all-time favorites by FM.

For me, today: "Orinoco Flow" by Enya and Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U," a song written by Prince.

for today im going with man of the world by peter greens fleetwood mac so emotionally beautiful

hard choice, my top ten are:

1.Hello - Oasis
2.This Charming Man - The Smiths
3.After That - Ben Folds
4.Amaeture Hour - Sparks
5.You Have Killed Me - Morrisey
6.36 Degrees - Placebo
7.Looking After No.1 - The Boomtown Rats
8.Like Clockwork - The Boomtown Rats
9.Walk of Life - Dire Straights
10.Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

And you were going so well there until you got to 9 and 10.

Song for Today: Erm... Built to Spill - Sidewalk.

well i sure am pleased to see that someone else likes the boomtown rats!

i am going to say Close to the edge by Yes

a 19 minute song containing a magnificent guitar solo. you can't get much more perfect than that

well i sure am pleased to see that someone else likes the boomtown rats!

i am going to say Close to the edge by Yes

a 19 minute song containing a magnificent guitar solo. you can't get much more perfect than that

I agree: it could only be improved on by cutting the last 16 minutes and have someone ranting about "flatulent hippies" over the top.

hmmm for today ill pick vibrations by the beach boys

I see I'm not the only one with different favorites on different days.

For today, "Suffragette City" by David Bowie. Have to pick him out early, it was he who brought Mrs. Fraggle and me together. In the mid-1970s, when everyone over thirty was compulsively disowning rock and roll ("Oh it's okay for dancing but we much prefer jazz"), we discovered that we both loved Ziggy Stardust.

BTW, I agree with many of you on many of your picks, from "Close to the Edge" to "Hotel California."

today im thinking whipping post by the allman brothers

i encourage evryone to listen to fuck the system by system of a down, its not for everyone but its an experience to say the least

nothing else matters by metallica

Masquerade -- Philip Sparke

5.You Have Killed Me - Morrisey

One of the only decent songs on Morrissey's new album, unfortunately.

Most notable song of all times: Moskva; Mnogotochie. Now we ought to know this song by heart...a true gem of our lifetime...and perhaps the human civilization. The golden fish finally caught amongst the many other fish.

Neil Young's Shock and Awe.

:D

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One GOOGOLPLEX is a ONE followed by one googol zeroes.
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geese dude relax...dont paste this all over the sf. or ull get banned

what the hell is this shit, why do i need to know that

Pretty phat beat: Pinback - Sender

The numbers thing is a post that was on a different thread in Free Thoughts. Somebody asked that question and it's a good answer. That happened to me last month. Somebody asked a question about caterpillars and my answer got posted on this thread. There's something very mysterious about this thread.

I dunno why but, I'm addicted to the song "One Winged Angel" from FF7. I have listened to this song for more than a year without getting tired of it. I'm still listening to this as I type.

Right now I am thinking "Black Metallic" by Catherine Wheel is a pretty fucking good song.

tender surrender by steve vai is another contender for me

tender surrender by steve vai is another contender for me

I like the rhyme in the title. It's like The Cat in the Hat or something. Cute!

lovin you minnie riperton
fever peggy lee
summertime any version
a train ella fitzgerald
dancin in the moonlight thin lizzy
changes david bowie
clocks coldplay (sorry)
god save the queen sex pistols
gymnopodie forgotten composer?
i want you Marvin gaye

gymnopodie forgotten composer?Gymnopedies for solo piano No. 1 - 3 by Eric Satie. He was a contemporary of Debussy and a fellow impressionist.

all along the watchtower by bob dylan

I first heard it only yesterday, but there can be no doubt: Arcane Art "The Spiral Dance"

battery by metallica, so underrated compared to its counterpart MoP

I could absolute NEVER pick a favorite song of <I>all time</I>...
but at the moment::
-Here's Everything I've always meant to say by JamisonParker
-Dear Lover by Social Distortion
-Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster cult
-Wheel in the sky by Journey

God, there are soo many!

Well I haven't posted in a while, and some of you are getting into out-of-the-mainstream stuff that we all haven't heard of.

"The Fool" by Quicksilver. A 12-minute almost entirely instrumental piece that is the pinnacle of that school of 1960s music. The first stirrings of progressive rock, without the bombast and the self-indulgence and the challenge to tap your toes in 11/4 time. Beautiful, dynamic, and stirring. And it transports me to the sixties every time I hear it, more faithfully than the Beatles or the Stones.

You are always on my mind by The Petshop Boys.

Echoes by Pink Floyd.
It's everything that I like a about Pink Floyd in one song, and it just feels right when I listen to it. A Saucerful of Secrets has to come a close second.

We're still going? Okay!

"Hide in Your Shell" by Supertramp. Good melody, themes, lyrics, singing, instrumentation, dynamics, production. Prog rock, once again without the excess. It's off the same "Crime of the Century" album as "School," a staple of the classic rock stations. It's just as good but shorter and a little more upbeat.

Caravan - 'Why (And I Wish I were Stoned)?"

Continuing the prog-rock-but-good theme. Virtually anything by Caravan will do really - they am fabuloso.

This Charming Man - The Smiths

Or

I Get Along - The Libertines

"Arcadia". . . that reminds me:

"The Promise" (including the intro "The Rose Arcana") by Arcadia. Simon LeBon's fantastic little project during his hiatus from Duran Duran. It's lovely, has all the glossy heart-rending production values of the 1980s, and showcases his voice perfectly. I guess people either love him or hate him, but I'm one of the former. That entire forgotten, critically dismissed album, "So Red the Rose," is wonderful.

i hate the libertines but thats MO

"don't call me nigger, whitey" - sly and the family stone (i think)

straight classic.

Rock Lobster - The B52s

With classic lyrics such as "some one looked, under a dock and there they saw a rock. but it wasn't a rock, it was a rock lobster!" i don't see how anyone can see anyone can like a song more than this one

Rock Lobster - The B52s

With classic lyrics such as "some one looked, under a dock and there they saw a rock. but it wasn't a rock, it was a rock lobster!" i don't see how anyone can see anyone can like a song more than this one

Haha, and don't forget the silly dancing they do in their video.

- N

Trees by Rush
VooDoo by Godsmack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLaUgi1AzC0

Tainted wheat- Rx bandits
I wish(skazi remix) - infected mushroom
New slang- The shins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_LoSqyNmeo

Nights in White Satin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8) by the Moody Blues.
It has so many layers. I find it haunting.

I cannot choose just one song of all time for there are dozens I enjoy.:)

Anything by Killah Priest. That guy is cool.

id have to say Coheed And Cambria's In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth:3, as someone earlier on in this thread said.

its such an amazing song, and so powerful

My personal anthem has to be David Bowie - space oddity

Help - by the Beatles, simply because it is a classic.

But iu can't properly between Help and Bohemian Rhapsody

...Bohemian Rhapsody

oh yeah, I forgot that one. Definately a top contender.:bravo: