Perfect Songs

Submitted by lukeprog on Tue, 08/17/2004 - 09:29
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  1. ??? - Auld Lang Syne
  2. Pachelbel - Canon
  3. ??? - Greensleeves
  4. Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata
  5. ??? - House of the Rising Sun
  6. Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
  7. Mason Williams - Classical Gas
  8. Harold Arlen - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  9. Johnny Smith - Walk, Don't Run
  10. Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings
Author Comments: 

Songs listed by composer, not performer (though the best rendition of a song is not always by the composer).

davebreal08/17/2004

I think the band The Animals sang House of The Rising Sun. You can always look songs up on www.ubl.com if you need to find origins!

lukeprog08/17/2004

The Animals sang the most popular version of House of the Rising Sun, but they did not write it. House of the Rising Sun is a traditional piece.

5intheface08/17/2004

I have some similar and differant tastes to you. It seems all of your near-perfect songs for you seem to be very simple tunes. Understandable, seeing as that is sometimes the hardest to do and its always the easiest to remember. I would Dvorak 9th symphony would be another one for you're more classical side, but it doesn't seem to be in your taste. But Hey, check out MasterSmurf's content, he's got a list sort of like this one. Its like Stand-out songs of the greats or something like that.

lukeprog08/17/2004

This list is NOT AT ALL indicative of my tastes. It is an attempt by me to distance myself from popular, well-recieved, long-lasting, (and some favorite) songs to analyze their 'closeness to perfection.'

Simple tunes are indeed difficult and easiest to remember, but mostly I find that lengthy, comlicated, convoluted songs tend to have at least one small weak part that some simpler tunes do not suffer from.

I'll give Dvorak's 9th a listen.

Rushmore08/18/2004

I always make a case for "Paranoid Android" By Radiohead its mellow, yet at the same time unerving and haunting!!

lukeprog08/18/2004

A good song to be sure, but in my opinion, a bit too convoluted and inconsistent to make this list.

lukeprog04/16/2005

Been listening to Dvorak's 9th quite a bit recently. Awesome stuff. Thanks for recommending it.

Wezzo09/17/2004

I'm pleased to see such a list here. No attempts to be "cool", just a comprehensive list of perfect songs. And some awesome choices. Good 'un!

lukeprog09/17/2004

ah, you're makin' me blush

Martin198302/04/2005

Dancing Queen by ABBA. Surely the perfect, well-crafted, yet simple and definitive pop song. Not that "pop" is a derogatory term.

lukeprog02/04/2005

ah yes

Rushmore02/04/2005

i also make a case for "Stand By Me" By Ben E King

lukeprog02/04/2005

yes, I agree. Good choice!

Critico04/16/2005

Let's get it on by Marvin Gaye, and Paint it black by Rolling Stones.