perfect songs - Page 37

hirsute_biped · 06.27.2011, 06:05 PM

The first thing that comes to mind is John Fahey's Sligo River Blues. Simple, but diamond-like perfection, irreducable...

Torn Curtain · 09.02.2011, 07:27 AM

Morrissey - November spawned a monster
Morrissey & Siouxsie - Interlude

Torn Curtain · 11.02.2011, 06:51 AM

The Beach Boys - Surf's up

E. Noisefield · 11.02.2011, 09:38 AM

perfect songs... um.

Unwound "Look A Ghost" is one of many perfect songs by that band. "Terminus" also.
Fugazi Life & Limb
JOMF- Your cells are in motion
Drive Like Jehu- Do You Compute?, bunch of SY songs, couple Nirvana songs, and more songs than I can write down or care to.

samuel · 11.02.2011, 10:59 PM

Color Me Badd by Land of Talk

FUCK YEAH

stu666 · 11.03.2011, 09:50 AM

Nefeli is on a roll! you've picked some good choices there, especially Herb Diamante, The Orb and Babes songs.

Marcolavida · 11.06.2011, 08:11 AM

Youve got it right. Perfect-Perfect runner-runner meaning there are 2 and only 2 cards and you need both is a 989-to-1 draw. I believe thats what your calculation would come out to if you inverted the decimal.

fugazifan · 11.07.2011, 10:56 PM

ive been obsessed with this morricone piece recently. the movie is also pretty good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsfBSs5bDbE

E. Noisefield · 11.08.2011, 08:47 PM

Quick Canal by Atlas Sound.

Torn Curtain · 11.29.2011, 08:41 AM

Instrumental but whatever:
John Coltrane - After the rain

Stijn · 12.30.2012, 05:01 PM

Roy Montgomery - 2LB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzzPJk3aBjc

Stijn · 12.30.2012, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor

I think it was this piece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5jmi0A-aw

Incredible!

fugazifan · 12.30.2012, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stijn

I think it was this piece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5jmi0A-aw

Incredible!

yeah, that is what i had posted!
and murmer, that is an amazing fahey piece.

afterthefact · 12.30.2012, 05:55 PM

Laura Palmer's Theme - Angelo Badalamenti

queued to my favorite part...

http://youtu.be/khMlcTE7lw8?t=1m28s

plextonic · 01.08.2013, 11:28 PM

Brainiac - Vincent come on down

batreleaser · 01.09.2013, 12:25 AM

mott the hoople-thunderbuck ram

EVOLghost · 03.20.2013, 06:40 PM

Lily by Reiko Kudo(with Tori Kudo vocals too)

Severian · 03.22.2013, 07:03 PM

This has got me thinking of all the different ways in which a song can be perfect. I see a lot of votes for lengthy, epic, cinematic songs (A Day in the Life, various Pink Floyd, etc) so that seems to be a predictor of "probability of perfection." Also, songs that seen or feel definitive in some way, which explains the Smiths and Joy Division (and "Good Morning Captain," "Marquee Moon," etc.) and then there are the oddball entries like Braniac, Pavement, Boris, etc. which all seem to represent more of the individual, while those landmark songs often feel like they represent the individual's idea of what s/he might think is an "appropriate" or expected answer.

I really enjoy reading these replies straight through, without stopping to glance over at who said what. This is kind of like porn for me.
But are we answering subjectively or objectively? Speaking just for ourselves, based on our life experiences, or are we providing answers that we feel will be shared/agreed with/common? Either type of "perfect" would be able to carry a thread by itself. The "objective" perfect tells you about culture (e.g., "A Day in the Life," which is probably the first thing that pops into the heads of an entire generation when asked this question. But the subjective kind of perfect is where the real story is.

For instance, why in the hell would anyone call the Cure's "Plainsong" perfect? It's essentially nothing more than a lead in... an intro... To an album that is so full of notoriously "perfect" ( type O) songs that "Plainsong" might as well not even be on the album as far as the legacy of Disintegration is concerned. I mean, who calls "Providence" a perfect song? Or "revolution #9"?

Well, I do. "Plainsong" is perfect. More so than any other Cure song. And without it, Disintegration would lose about 30% of its eerie atmospheric beauty. So why the hell is that song so powerful to me, when most people probably skip over it?

That's what I like about this thread.

Severian · 03.23.2013, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor

I believe most of us are sharing songs that we are most familar / comfortable with. Songs that become part of a moment and forever fill a memory. Each of us are confined to our own moments of sound. However, confinement doesn't equal uniqueness.

Well put, but I would like to think that the stories behind why people choose the songs they choose actually are unique, even if the reasoning behind the decision to place the label, and the song itself, are not.

Using Sonic Youth's music as an example: i don't think anyone would look or think twice at someone calling "Teenage Riot," "Expressway to yr "skull" or "Diamond Sea" perfect (though I'm sure there are still plenty of interesting and unique stories behind these choices). But what if someone chose "Winner's Blues" or "Junkie's Promise" or "Society is a Hole?" What about "No Queen Blues," "Or," or "Heather angel?" Great fucking songs, all. But definitely less obvious and less universal choices. There have got to be some interesting stories behind these picks.

(Btw, I happen to think all of those songs are perfect, and I've certainly got my reasons... Not that they're interesting, necessarily, but I'm sure you get the idea: It's the meaning the songs hold for the person, which is likely based on experiences that are unique, even if they're not earth shatteringly exciting.)

Genteel Death · 03.23.2013, 12:24 PM

Dark Day - Nudes in the Forest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDBvynPmcNYthe

I have chosen this song because it's perfect.

06.27.2011, 06:05 PM	#721
hirsute_biped the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manta Sonica, California Posts: 1,169	The first thing that comes to mind is John Fahey's Sligo River Blues. Simple, but diamond-like perfection, irreducable...
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09.02.2011, 07:27 AM	#722
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Morrissey - November spawned a monster Morrissey & Siouxsie - Interlude __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	The Beach Boys - Surf's up __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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11.02.2011, 09:38 AM	#724
E. Noisefield the end of the ugly Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the hearts of men Posts: 869	perfect songs... um. Unwound "Look A Ghost" is one of many perfect songs by that band. "Terminus" also. Fugazi Life & Limb JOMF- Your cells are in motion Drive Like Jehu- Do You Compute?, bunch of SY songs, couple Nirvana songs, and more songs than I can write down or care to.
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11.02.2011, 10:59 PM	#725
samuel the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,173	Color Me Badd by Land of Talk FUCK YEAH
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stu666 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 13,504	Nefeli is on a roll! you've picked some good choices there, especially Herb Diamante, The Orb and Babes songs. __________________ http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/
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11.06.2011, 08:11 AM	#727
Marcolavida empty page Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 2	Youve got it right. Perfect-Perfect runner-runner meaning there are 2 and only 2 cards and you need both is a 989-to-1 draw. I believe thats what your calculation would come out to if you inverted the decimal.
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11.07.2011, 10:56 PM	#728
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	ive been obsessed with this morricone piece recently. the movie is also pretty good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsfBSs5bDbE __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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11.08.2011, 08:47 PM	#729
E. Noisefield the end of the ugly Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the hearts of men Posts: 869	Quick Canal by Atlas Sound.
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11.29.2011, 08:41 AM	#730
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Instrumental but whatever: John Coltrane - After the rain __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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12.30.2012, 05:01 PM	#731
Stijn bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 126	Roy Montgomery - 2LB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzzPJk3aBjc
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12.30.2012, 05:55 PM	#734
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Laura Palmer's Theme - Angelo Badalamenti queued to my favorite part... http://youtu.be/khMlcTE7lw8?t=1m28s __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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plextonic empty page Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 3	Brainiac - Vincent come on down
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	mott the hoople-thunderbuck ram __________________ listen to pink reason
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EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	Lily by Reiko Kudo(with Tori Kudo vocals too)
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03.22.2013, 07:03 PM	#738
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,743	This has got me thinking of all the different ways in which a song can be perfect. I see a lot of votes for lengthy, epic, cinematic songs (A Day in the Life, various Pink Floyd, etc) so that seems to be a predictor of "probability of perfection." Also, songs that seen or feel definitive in some way, which explains the Smiths and Joy Division (and "Good Morning Captain," "Marquee Moon," etc.) and then there are the oddball entries like Braniac, Pavement, Boris, etc. which all seem to represent more of the individual, while those landmark songs often feel like they represent the individual's idea of what s/he might think is an "appropriate" or expected answer. I really enjoy reading these replies straight through, without stopping to glance over at who said what. This is kind of like porn for me. But are we answering subjectively or objectively? Speaking just for ourselves, based on our life experiences, or are we providing answers that we feel will be shared/agreed with/common? Either type of "perfect" would be able to carry a thread by itself. The "objective" perfect tells you about culture (e.g., "A Day in the Life," which is probably the first thing that pops into the heads of an entire generation when asked this question. But the subjective kind of perfect is where the real story is. For instance, why in the hell would anyone call the Cure's "Plainsong" perfect? It's essentially nothing more than a lead in... an intro... To an album that is so full of notoriously "perfect" ( type O) songs that "Plainsong" might as well not even be on the album as far as the legacy of Disintegration is concerned. I mean, who calls "Providence" a perfect song? Or "revolution #9"? Well, I do. "Plainsong" is perfect. More so than any other Cure song. And without it, Disintegration would lose about 30% of its eerie atmospheric beauty. So why the hell is that song so powerful to me, when most people probably skip over it? That's what I like about this thread.
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03.23.2013, 12:24 PM	#740
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Dark Day - Nudes in the Forest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDBvynPmcNYthe I have chosen this song because it's perfect.
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