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andrei 01.27.2008 07:12 AM

Vic Chesnutt - Distortion

ZEROpumpkins 01.27.2008 07:36 AM

Aphex Twin - 4

purplebumblebee 01.27.2008 05:14 PM

French Disco - Stereolab (and lots of other stuff by them too)
Leaf House - Animal Collective
Lady Godiva's Operation - The Velvet Underground
Brother James - Sonic Youth with Steve Shelley on drums
Father To a Sister of Thought - Pavement
4 - Aphex Twin
Boy Girl Song - Aphex Twin
Earth (Gaia) - The Orb


Only off the top of my head, there are loads more

king_buzzo 01.27.2008 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark
Some of my favorite songs (the top 3 especially) at the top of my head:
slint - good morning captain
joy division - new dawn fades
boredoms - super going
shellac - crow
captain beefheart - 1010th day of the human totem pole
polvo - stinger (five wigs)
slowdive - souvlaki space station
roy orbison - in dreams
swervedriver - son of mustang ford
hot snakes - bye nancy boy
drive like jehu - new math
wire - mercy
screeching weasel - totally
sun city girls - blue mamba
thinking fellers union local # 282 - hornet's heart
sonic youth - schizophrenia
dick dale - miserlou
gang of four - i found that essence rare
pavement - zurich is stained
suicide - frankie teardrop
gastr del sol - dry bones in the valley
june of 44 - sharks and sailors
jim o'rourke - the workplace
dismemberment plan - the jitters
the residents - easter woman
babyland - increased turnover
kayo dot - ___on limpid form
my bloody valentine - sometimes
number girl - toumei shoujo
aphex twin - 4


you're right on, man!

ZEROpumpkins 01.27.2008 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark
Some of my favorite songs (the top 3 especially) at the top of my head:
slint - good morning captain
joy division - new dawn fades
boredoms - super going
shellac - crow
captain beefheart - 1010th day of the human totem pole
polvo - stinger (five wigs)
slowdive - souvlaki space station
roy orbison - in dreams
swervedriver - son of mustang ford
hot snakes - bye nancy boy
drive like jehu - new math
wire - mercy
screeching weasel - totally
sun city girls - blue mamba
thinking fellers union local # 282 - hornet's heart
sonic youth - schizophrenia
dick dale - miserlou
gang of four - i found that essence rare
pavement - zurich is stained
suicide - frankie teardrop
gastr del sol - dry bones in the valley
june of 44 - sharks and sailors
jim o'rourke - the workplace
dismemberment plan - the jitters
the residents - easter woman
babyland - increased turnover
kayo dot - ___on limpid form
my bloody valentine - sometimes
number girl - toumei shoujo
aphex twin - 4

I agree with everything here, but i'm not a massive fan of Stinger. I prefer My Kimono.

emobear 01.27.2008 07:35 PM

Michael Jackson - Billy Jean

ZEROpumpkins 01.27.2008 07:36 PM

lol

su x* 01.28.2008 11:42 PM

quickly off my head

sy - schitzophrenia, superstar, candle, the diamond sea,
nirvana - hearth shaped box, frances farmer whhros, pennyroyal tea, all apologies, radio friendly unit shifter
vertigo - when its all over
pj - better man
bowie - the man who sold the world
soad - toxicity
velvet underground - stepphanie says, the gift (first time you hear it), venusi n furs

Death & the Maiden 01.28.2008 11:45 PM

The Byrds - Eight Miles High
Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay
The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand
Einstuerzende Neubauten - Yu-Gung (Futter Mein Ego)

gmku 01.28.2008 11:46 PM

 

gmku 01.28.2008 11:47 PM

And these...
 

Cantankerous 01.29.2008 12:29 AM

brain damage + eclipse by pink floyd

careful with that axe, eugene (also floyd)
on the live versions, HOLY SHIT the screech that roger lets out is incredible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMpGd...eature=related
this version is awesome, as well as the one on live at pompeii

Sonic Youth 37 01.29.2008 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicfit
water - blonde redhead



Great pick.

uhler 01.29.2008 01:10 AM

damaged II- black flag

Death & the Maiden 01.29.2008 02:54 AM

My Bloody Valentine - Lose My Breath

uhler 01.29.2008 03:03 AM

oh and disorder by joy division, dead joe by the birthday party and every minor threat song.

ZEROpumpkins 01.29.2008 03:09 AM

Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay
Yo La Tengo - Decora
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube
Yo La Tengo - From a Motel 6
Yo La Tengo - Deeper Into Movies
Yo La Tengo - Big Day Coming (2)
Yo La Tengo - Blue Line Swinger
Yo La Tengo - Damage

Dammit they are a good band.

ArthurDoyleHandCream 01.29.2008 03:12 AM

Too right they are

_slavo_ 02.21.2008 01:42 PM

not all of them perfect, however really fucking great:

The Fall - Slang King
The Fall - Pat the Dispenser
The Fall - I feel Voxish
The Fall - CNC Mithering
The Fall - I am Damo Suzuki
The Fall - Just Step Sideways
The Fall - My New House
The Fall - The Man Whose Head Exploded
The Fall - Who Makes the Nazis
The Fall - Winter
The Fall - Spoilt Victorian Child
The Fall - Birmingham School of Business School

Torn Curtain 03.14.2008 04:02 PM

Scott Walker - Plastic palace people
Brigitte Fontaine - Il pleut, Il se passe des choses

Stijn 03.14.2008 06:13 PM

The Killers - When you were young
Steve Miller Band - Fly like an eagle
Fugazi - Strangelight
Malcom mclaren - About her
Avey Tare - Sasong
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Death & the Maiden 03.14.2008 07:49 PM

The Cure - A Forest
The Verlaines - Sunday In Sevastopol
Jane's Addiction - Three Days

Dead-Air 03.14.2008 07:56 PM

DK - "Too Drunk to Fuck"
Elliott Smith - "Say Yes"
Mudhoney - "Touch Me I'm Sick"
Buzzcocks - "Hollow Inside"
NoMeansNo - "Cats, Sex, and Nazis"

Destroyed 03.15.2008 07:02 PM

Depeche Mode - Clean
Depeche Mode - Waiting for the Night

If there are any DM songs that come pretty close to perfection, than these two are those two songs

And Offcourse:

Sonic Youth - reena
Sonic Youth - Schizoprenia

Trasher02 03.15.2008 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonicl
Most of my "perfect songs" are by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:

The Ship Song
Into My Arms

These were the first two songs that came to my mind.

A lot of Joy Division songs are perfect and Just like honey is a perfect song aswell.

Trasher02 03.15.2008 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark
joy division - new dawn fades

We did a pretty neat cover of that song check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpb5zku_CEE

JuMeSyn 03.15.2008 09:04 PM

Well...there are few songs that I totally consider them perfect. Sonic Youth has some of them for me.

Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
Sonic Youth - Reena
Sonic Youth - Stereo Sanctity
Sonic Youth - Pink Steam

then...

Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - Reckoner
Bloc Party - So Here We Are
Ryan Adams - Night Birds
The Kills - Fried My Little Brains
Mazzy Star - Still Cold
Dinosaur Jr. - Blowing It + I Live For That Look (it looks like two songs together, even if they are separated, really)
Ash - Lose Control
The Avalanches - Stay Another Season (always brings up a smile this one)
The Raveonettes - Blush
Oasis - Acquiesce

I think I'm missing one or two, but this is overall. That doesn't mean they are my fav songs (well, some are), but overall perfect, yeah..

Everyneurotic 03.16.2008 11:02 AM

the velvet underground - i'll be your mirror.

one of the most beautiful songs ever.

krastian 03.16.2008 01:56 PM

srsly

yazz 03.16.2008 03:17 PM

Radiohead - How to disappear completely & There There
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun (album)
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
The Beatles - Sgt Peppers (whole album)
Joy Division - The eternal, Isolation, Love Will Tear us Apart
the dears - who are you, defenders of the universe? & lost in the plot

haven't listened to SY long enough so cant choose any songs from them

This Is Not Here 03.16.2008 08:14 PM

Slint - Good Morning Captain
Common - Retrospective For Life
DJ Shadow - Six Days
Syd Barrett - Here I Go
My Bloody Valentine - No More Sorry
A Tribe Called Quest - What?
Lou Reed - Berlin
DJ Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
Yoko Ono - Toy Boat
Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
Sonic Youth - Hyperstation
Godspeed You Black Emporer - Blaise Bailey Finnegan III

... are the ones that come to mind right now...

This Is Not Here 03.16.2008 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _slavo_
The Fall - Pat the Dispenser
The Fall - I am Damo Suzuki


Yes!!!!!!!

Funeral Mix. my friend, Funeral Mix...

fluxequalsrad 03.16.2008 11:26 PM

HUM - Apollo

Cantankerous 03.16.2008 11:33 PM

lookin for a kiss - new york dolls

uhler 03.16.2008 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
lookin for a kiss - new york dolls


best new york dolls song



gold soundz- pavement

Torn Curtain 03.17.2008 01:26 PM

Big Star - Holocaust

Death & the Maiden 03.18.2008 02:02 AM

Einstuerzende Neubauten - Tanz Debil and Kollaps
The Chills - Pink Frost

ZEROpumpkins 03.18.2008 02:03 AM

Pavement - Grounded

Death & the Maiden 03.18.2008 02:05 AM

The Cure - Fire In Cairo
Public Image Ltd - Public Image
The Gordons - Coalminer's Song and Future Shock
Bailterspace - Splat

Destroyed 03.21.2008 02:35 PM

Problably already mentioned 10 times but it's so amazing and so perfect:
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep


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