Songs that are absolute undeniable masterpieces.

Gassage

How many songs could truly be called masterpieces or defining moments?

FOr me there's a few:

Don't Dream It's Over
Go Your Own Way
C Numb
Another Brick

fretmeister

(If You Don't Wanna Fuck Me, Baby) Fuck Off!! - Wayne County and the Electric Chairs.

JAYJO

Mr Blue Sky
Imagine
Yesterday
Something
Mr Tambourine man
Hey Joe
Bohemian Rhapsody
Wuthering Heights

Gassage

Wow....all 8 big ticks.

monquixote

Satan's Trampoline - Lawnmower Deth

badlydrawnbanjo

Bitter sweet symphony - The verve.

BloodEagle

Masterpieces is perhaps the wrong word for mine as they're mostly pretty abrasive rock music, but anyway -
 
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Slayer - Raining Blood
Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

hubobulous

Eruption

For the Love of God

Surfing with the Alien

Star Spangled Banner

Johnny B. Goode

Evilmags

So What
Florianapolis
Tango Suite
Florentine Pogen
The Torture Never Stops
Zyrab
La villa strangiato
Ace of spades
Child in time
When the levy breaks

Alnico

Top Ten Defining moments in my musical history..........

1 - Pink Floyd - Shine on, You Crazy Diamond

2 - Moody Blues - Veteran Cosmic Rocker

3 - Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

4 - Guns n Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

5 - Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times

6 - Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

7 - Heart - If Looks Could Kill

8 - Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World

9 - Them - Baby Please Don't Go

10 - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - Sheriff Fatman

I could write a top 50 if i tried but these are the songs that have defined some of the most important or influential moments of my life. In my own way i would call them masterpieces in their own right.

ThePrettyDamned

Agree with all the above and add:

Master of puppets

Dark side of the moon. Just the whole album.

I also think power of equality is perfect, I wouldn't want a single note changed. Not sure if it's a masterpiece...

Waterloo sunset

Good vibrations

Cirrus

A masterpiece for me is something that's so good you forget the artist who wrote/ performed it. The song exists on its own, like it's being beamed to you from another dimension. There aren't any flaws in concept or execution to distract you, but the work still has some humanity.

I think my list would probably be different every time I was asked. What springs to mind right now is;

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

Dogs - Pink Floyd

Sweetness Follows - REM

Children in Bloom - Counting Crows

not_the_dj

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

impmann

In no particular order:

Echoes - Pink Floyd
Private universe - Crowded House
MR Blue Skye - ELO
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Chop Suey - system of a down
How high the moon - Les Paul and Mary Ford
The ninth wave - Kate Bush
Superstition - Stevie wonder
Day in the life - The Beatles
Cheap Sunglasses - zz top
Run to the hills - iron maiden

Shit me, there's loads...

stonevibe

Three Days - Jane's Addiction

Fortheloveofguitar

dorje- aeromancy

Aidanspaghetti

Kate bush is popping up quite a bit... She is class.. I'll throw in Washing of the water by Peter Gabriel

Phil_aka_Pip

Lady Fantasy

xmrchi

P, Gabriel: Games of Fronters.

Megadeth, Tornado of souls

Carcass, Heartwork.

Primus, Tommy the Cat

BigMonka

Little Wing - either Hendrix or SRV (not the Corrs' version!)

hubobulous

Fortheloveofguitar said:

dorje- aeromancy