What in your mind is the most absolute perfect song ever constructed. Not necessarily the one you listen to the most, or even like the most - but the one you think is a masterpiece.
I'm eager to listen to some suggestions.
I'd personally say Tool's Lateralus, I'm not a devotee of the band but I do think this song is incredible, lyrically and phonically.
This song just hits all of the notes for me. It's beautiful but somber, and it's just so tightly and carefully constructed while still sounding like it was made in the moment. Class A song.
Oliver Foster
Starless by King Crimson
Jayden Bennett
Listening but I'm not sure I would count a symphony as a song as such.
Brody Phillips
Slint - Breadcrumb trail Swans - Helpless child Red house painters- medicine bottle Godspeed you! Black Emperor - Sleep Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsalm Autechre - pen expers. Orbital - Halcyon on+on
Sebastian Gray
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Parker Richardson
I'm a long time tool fan. i grew up with undertow and aenema.
it was interesting to see the follow up generation fall in love with lateralus so much.
it is certainly their most mature and complex and well thought out album. It is in a sense math rock - but they were able to deliver more than just complex rhythms
its my least favorite album tho of tool, the rawness of opiate and undertow i love and aenema is the peak of that end, there was definitely a change in sense with the addition of chancellor.
that said parabola and reflection are among my favorites
10,000 days had a lot of filler but in spots was amazing
Charles Mitchell
Marquee Moon After the Flood Sister Ray Echoes To Here Knows When 50 Cycles by Squarepusher Xtal
one of those
Robert Turner
> Greatest Song Ever Made > List about 40
Ethan Jones
I could list about 40 more. In truth there is no best song ever.
Nicholas Lee
Everything In Its Right Place Pyramid Song
Ethan Moore
Good song, though there are DJ Shadow songs i prefer
Not keen on the vocalist at all but the second half is great, imagine it would be good live
Mars Volta - Cassandra Geminni Between the Buried and Me - Swim to the Moon Mastodon - The Czar toe - Goodbye Yes - Close to the Edge Coil - Amber Rain
Chase Gutierrez
Some songs I consider to be the bests ever while not necessarily being a favorite
Cardiacs - Manhoo (top 150) This Heath - Horizontal Hold (top 1000) Velvet Underground - Heroin (top +1000) Something by Slint (top +1000) United States of America - self titled album (can't pinpoint it to a single song, top 150)
This is the perfect combination of everything I've ever loved in pop music.
- gritty, strained, yearning vocals - 12-string guitar - "Heroes"-esque layering of guitars (no idea how many guitar tracks are present in total) - pristine production - idiosyncratic use of langue ("un" instead of "dis") - still sounds like a band of punks in their garage, somehow
Presidents are great, been playing that album a lot.
Christian Cook
It's one of the best albums ever, not just a favorite. Listening to the whole album after being aware of the final song makes the remaining songs even better thanks to this "double feeling" thing. No other artist I know does that, this double feeling thing.
Easton Kelly
Lol at your taste fampai
Mine are:
The Beatles—Hold Your Hand The Stooges—Now I Wanna Be Your Dog The Black Sabbath—Iron Man The T.Rex—20th Century Boy The Roxette—It Used To Be Love The My Bloody Valentine—Off Your Face
Angel Gomez
Probably one of Bach's pieces desu
Jordan Perry
Starless desu
Brayden Baker
>lateralus >guy purposefully sings out of pocket for a math pun
fucking kill yourself
Jose Cook
I dream about music. all the time. im always listening to music in my dreams. Often I dont remember the dreams, but I always remember how they made me feel, and how that beautiful, milk, sweet sweet music made me feel: in my dreams. This song takes me to a place in my dream land, a literal place within my subconscious, a feeling so ineffable there is. youtube.com/watch?v=Nnb8XviYRoA
This is one of the few songs I actually consider "perfect", even down the somewhat sloppy playing. I don't think I can even explain why, and I guess maybe that's part of it.
Lovedrug - Down Towards The Healing Circa Survive - Stop The Fucking Car King Crimson - Frame By Frame My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said The Dismemberment Plan - Memory Machine The Pop Group - Thief Of Fire Weekend Nachos - Black Earth Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing Talk Talk - After The Flood Deftones - This Place Is Death
Can - Vitamin C New Order - Blue Monday Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Isaiah Clark
carey by joni mitchell fireworks (and probably several others) by animal collective peach plum pear by joanna newsom chimacum rain by linda perhacs that right ain't shit by the books
Jordan Garcia
nice post
Sebastian Hill
I like a lot of these songs too so you can't lol too hard at my taste.
Daniel Sanders
Well i think greatest is just like rating women, you can only really get 8/10s objectively and then the extra 2 are down to taste.
I think most people would objectively rate lateralus very high, short of contrarianism - but could list several others that are 9s and 10s for them.
Samuel Martinez
Lyrics ruin that one a bit
Sebastian Wilson
>phallicly
Justin Hernandez
Incredible String Band - "Maya"
Hudson Moore
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. But the entirety of Rumours is perfect.
Landon Nguyen
Cotton Eye Joe - and im not even kidding.
Wyatt Ramirez
Are you thinking of the right song?
Easton Collins
this
Justin Hill
TMV - The Haunt Of (Roulette Dares) Earth - Seven Angels Sleep - Dopesmoker Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis Beefheart - Veteran's Day Poppy
Don't know if this counts as a song: Antonio Laurio - Waltz Natalia
Agree kek
Grayson Watson
>Slint - Breadcrumb trail >Swans - Helpless child >Red house painters- medicine bottle yes >Orbital - Halcyon on+on i think there are better orbital songs, great 1 nonetheless
>After the Flood >Sister Ray yes
>Yes - Close to the Edge >Coil - Amber Rain yes
>people responding to 3 year old pasta fuck this place
>The Pop Group - Thief Of Fire >Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing yes yes yes great taste
Sunday Morning - Velvet Underground All Apologies - Nirvana Music for 18 musicians - Steve Reich Afghamistam - Botch Loomer/to here knows when - My Bloody Valentine Fool on the hill - The Beatles Hey Jude - The Beatles Day in the LIfe - The Beatles Fearless - Pink Floyd Changes - 2pac Someday We'll All Be Free - Donny Hathaway Dying to Live - Edgar Winter Holes - Mercury Rev Some Things Last A Long Time - Daniel Johnston Pink Moon - Nick Drake Maggot Brain - Funkadelic Old Man - Neil Young Seasons - Chris Cornell Son of Sam - Elliot Smith River of Deceit - Mad Season Don't Follow - Alice in Chains Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve Space Oddity - David Bowie Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Outkast definitely has one but I couldn't say. Maybe art of storytelling pt 1
Now I Feel Ya - Scarface The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin Lookin out my back door - CCR Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix The Passenger - Iggy Pop Blue Sunday - The Doors Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers My Smile is A Rifle - John Frusciante The Real Thing - Faith No More
Brayden Nguyen
Mind mischief - tame impala
I don't know why but it takes me back to my school days, especially the summers
Lonerism was a really nostalgic album for me even though it only came out like 4 years ago.
Charles Walker
Sister Ray or When the Music's Over
Ian Hernandez
Heroin by VU
Caleb Sanchez
i'm gonna sound like a massive pleb but Holland 1945 by far. It's the only song that i enjoy every time i listen to it without getting bored
Oliver Sanchez
tl;dr
Owen Phillips
thinking fellers - noble experiment and earth wind and fire - september come to mind
lateralus is definitely up there op
Blake Gutierrez
wow ur cool
Parker Bell
>earth wind and fire - september Let's Groove is better
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord or Paul Willams - When the River Meets the Sea
Caleb Moore
def disagree with u on that but lets groove is a good song no doubt
Brandon Torres
shut up saxfag shut up normie shut up... guy
Julian Johnson
also Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones
Matthew Howard
When the hook comes up I can't sit down. September is a great song, but Let's Groove challenges my inner autist to get on the dancefloor and make a fool of myself.
Wyatt Walker
Nightcall - kavinsky
Isaac Gonzalez
Lateralus is fucking haunting.
Bentley Nguyen
It's not even the best song within that stupid 80's fad
David Nguyen
Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
Liam Robinson
Lateralus has a great intro, but isn't anywhere near the best song of all time.