All of the Beatles, tunes, of course.

But today in the car I heard
"Lola" by The Kinks
and it struck me once again how perfect that song is, both lyrically and musically. It almost made me cry. Really. I'm such a puss.

Well, yes, Todd you are a puss, but I understand. I will say The Kinks have a bunch of these, including "Apeman" from the same album and "Love Me til The Sun Shines" from Something Else.

I also appreciate the pop mastery and prescient predictions of "2000 Man" by The Rolling Stones.

I am sure I could come up with million of these. good topic.

you could probably devote this thread entirely to the kinks, but then where's the fun in that?

On the car ride down to MD this morning I found myself mesmerized by the drum sound of "When the Levee Breaks" despite my not listening to (or even appreciating) Zeppelin for the past 8 years or so.

Sometimes a solid dose of clasic rock radio can be frighteningly revealing. I still, however, have the Steve Miller Band with every fiber of my being.

good. hold it close like a newborn and keep it with you.

are you at the bomb-testing facility?

Bob Seger's "Still The Same" had me in goosebumps recently. That bassy piano sound, the reflective pop sensibility, the backup singers. whoo.

A few that come to mind:

Many Rivers to Cross - Jimmy Cliff
A Song For You - Gram Parsons
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

np: Yankees v Redsox

Todd Rundgren's "I Saw the Light."

Well, I've been gettin into the Stones lately and "Miss You" gets me. Every time. Always puts me in a better mood. It's sexy, it rocks. I don't know. Perfection.

And then I could go on and on about Radiohead, but I won't.

do you mean Glen Burnie? Nah, I got outta that hell hole as soon as possible. Seriously, I even got a ticket on the way home.

my smartass exchange with the pee test lady:
lady: The water will be turned off in the bathroom while you're in there. just fill to the 60Ml line there, please.
me: leaded or unleaded?
lady: unleaded...i guess.

i'll regale you with my fake english accents at the toll booth at a later time.

U2 - "With or Without You"

first 3 that came to mind...

could you be the one? - husker du
cannonball - the breeders
tattooed love boys - the pretenders

Openly HATE that song.

radiohead "paranoid android"
smashing pumpkins "tonight tonight"
nirvana "all apologies"
ryan adams "come pick me up"

"My Sharona" .

Seriously.

Next time you hear it, really LISTEN - loudly, if possible. They gloriously beat the shit outta that song.

Elected - Alice Cooper
Five Years - Bowie
Paint It Black - The Stones
Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson
Catapult - R.E.M.
Bring on the Dancing Horses - Echo & the Bunnymen
Well Alright - Buddy Holly
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - White Stripes
Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols

This is EXACTLY the type of song I was thinking of when I started this thread.

Yeh, I was thinking "School's Out".

Also:

Tom Petty "Refugee"
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Free Bird"
Steppenwolf "Born To Be Wild"
Otis Redding "R-E-S-P-E-C-T"

lol....people can laugh all they want, but "Get The Knack" is a damn near perfect album, too.

One of my guitars has faint pick scratches outlining the words "My Sharona" where someone used to have letters on the face of it. I didn't see it at first, but when you hold it up to the light, it's there. Why would someone do that? Put a song title on a nice guitar?

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The Small Faces "All Or Nothing"

As a sidenote to another thread, Elliott Smith - "Say Yes" popped into my mind. I'll take "Come Pick Me Up" by Ryan Adams and see you the even-more-perfect "Dam, Sam", and be the first to bring up the "generic perfect song copout" of "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys...

I could not agree more.

Looks just like this, actually...



And didn't B.B. name it that to get out of trouble or something? Forgive my not knowing the legend.

Fuckin' Radio Radio by Elvis Costello.