Sheer perfection

[interpol52]

There are a few songs that I consider to be absolute perfection. This one is top of the list. I'm not a huge Fleetwood Mac fan but I think that this is an absolute masterclass in songwriting and performance. I've ripped the bass line in the chorus off so many times! 2nd in my list is Be My Baby by The Ronettes.

http://youtu.be/6ul-cZyuYq4

Do you have a perfect song?

[chris_b]

Perfection is anything Keb Mo has recorded. Great songs using the world's best bass players playing the best lines for the last 20 years.


Hard to beat this though. . . .

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w69ZVHpjYAk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w69ZVHpjYAk[/url]

[Telebass]

Just learning GYOW for a side project audition. Great song.

[Telebass]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8pvXLVu8Yk[/media]

[mikel]

Perfect songs? Olivers Army by Elvis Costello. Great melody, clever but meaningful lyrics, and a wonderful tension builder to come out of the middle 8. Bliss.

In My Life, by the Beatles. Just a beautiful, beautiful song, perfectly put together, wistful and poignant. And those harmonies to die for.

[Telebass]

+1 for In My Life.

[Yank]

There's so many. One that springs to mind is Somewhere Beyond the Sea. The bridge takes it up a notch and then resolves back to the verse. Brillant!

I know what you mean about GYOW. I heard it on the radio recently and was digging the bass part.

[Maude]

It's not technical, intellectual or serious muso territory but 'Another Girl Another Planet' by The Only Ones is just the most perfect pop song ever written, IMO.



http://youtu.be/lKuc3faQAEs

[mep]

Go Your Own way is a blast to play. The chorus is fantastic. Been in our set for a few years and always goes down well.

[paul_5]

Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys. Magical.

https://youtu.be/QSLMWasU0rM

[SpondonBassed]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4cX5xGiQ[/media]

Edited April 13, 2017 by SpondonBassed

[BrunoBass]

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+1 for In My Life.
[/quote]

+1 more for In My Life, and many many more songs by that wonderful band.

[BrunoBass]

In my opinion, the greatest pop song ever written. Solid gold pop perfection, I reckon.

http://youtu.be/xFrGuyw1V8s

[JJTee]

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1492116443' post='3278153']
In my opinion, the greatest pop song ever written. Solid gold pop perfection, I reckon.

http://youtu.be/xFrGuyw1V8s
[/quote]

Yes, agreed. The greatest pop record of all time. As Nile Rodgers has put it, the song is full of hooks and everything is in its right place.

[Trueno]

In My Life is Mrs Trueno's favourite song. For me it's I Saw Her Standing There.

I also like Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman.

... and Burlesque by Family...

Actually, there's loads, and they all achieve perfection in their own way for different reasons. If you're pedantic, that may offend your definition of perfection.

[Rocker]

Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. Also a number of songs from The Carpenters.

[bubinga5]

This comes close to perfection for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWhMyOs0pCQ

[SpondonBassed]

I have to say that I don't believe in the concept of perfection. That's my excuse for putting Tenacious D up (above).

I do however have many songs that I like a LOT. Trouble is I sometimes play them to the point of boredom. Then it's time to move on. Mood is such a factor in my enjoyment that asking me what I think of as perfect is like asking someone to nail a jelly to a jack-in-the-box.

[SpondonBassed]

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This comes close to perfection for me. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWhMyOs0pCQ[/media]
[/quote]

Some beautiful vocal harmonies on that album. Love's in Need of Love Today is [i]seriously[/i] spiritual.

[bubinga5]

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1492171627' post='3278459']
I have to say that I don't believe in the concept of perfection. That's my excuse for putting Tenacious D up (above).

I do however have many songs that I like a LOT. Trouble is I sometimes play them to the point of boredom. Then it's time to move on. Mood is such a factor in my enjoyment that asking me what I think of as perfect is like asking someone to nail a jelly to a jack-in-the-box.
[/quote]Yes i agree. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[SteveK]

Always at the top of my ever changing top ten:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkPy18xW1j8[/media]

+1 In My Life - or any number of the Fabs tracks.

[tauzero]

Since you been gone by Rainbow. It just gives a feeling of being absolutely meticulously planned.

[MoonBassAlpha]

The Hissing of Summer Lawns does it for me. I can't imagine many folks not feeling chilled out after listening to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erQUlp6GYno

Edited April 14, 2017 by MoonBassAlpha

[darkandrew]

https://youtu.be/GNTH1rhJTLo

For me, this is about as good as it gets.

[spectoremg]

Sex On Fire.

Seriously, Man on the Moon, a pop masterpiece.

Edited April 14, 2017 by spectoremg