Songs that are absolute undeniable masterpieces.

kin

EricTheWeary said:

kin said:

Elvis Costello - Alison-Shipbuilding

Xtc -Love on a farm boys wages-senses working overtime

Lloyd Cole - Lost weekend

Squeeze -Labelled with love-Tempted

Stones -Beast of burden

The Band -Helpless - the night they drove old Dixie down

Hank Williams - I'm so lonesome I could cry

I'm going through an Elvis Costello period and Shipbuilding is just amazing, although the the Robert Wyatt cover possibly surpasses the original. My other favourite is Watching the Detectives.

I could of picked from any of the following , Good year for the roses-tramp the dirt down-new Amsterdam-indoor fireworks and been just as happy Eric, funny thing is, I hated him when I first heard him, I was only interested in Rush, Led Zep etc at the time.

I have to add one more to the list, Nat King Cole- when I fall in love, a totally undeniable Masterpiece to my mind. 

xmrchi

Sorry I have to a just one more, red right hand, nick cave.

EricTheWeary

Yes, almost the entirety of new wave passed me by as I was listening to blokes with long hair and tight trousers. I do love a bit of Nat King Cole as well. When I was younger my mother had a greatest hits that I would spin in between Saxon and Iron Maiden. A Sam Cooke compilation too - superb voice and some of those songs like Wonderful World perfectly crafted slices of pop.

Bellycaster

Some fantastic mentions on here.

Some of mine from as many categories as I can muster:

Partial List ;-)

Beach Boys - Surf's Up

Earth Wind and Fire - Fantasy

Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

Kate Bush - Wow

Katie Melua - The Flood

Steve Wilson - Drive Home (Thanks to @equalsql for introducing me to that one)

Korgis - EGTLS

Whitesnake - Sailing Ships

10cc - I'm Mandy, Fly Me (and many others)

Extreme - Am I Ever Gonna Change?

Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had a Heart

Shirley Bassey - Where Do I Begin (Love Story Theme)

David Bowie - Life on Mars (and many others)

Kansas - Audio Visions and Leftoverture in their entirety

Slade - How Does It Feel?

Chris White - Spanish Wine

Oh, to have a full day just to get immersed into ones favourite tunes.

Bucket

IanSavage said:

Bucket said:

The Wildhearts - The Only One, Caffeine Bomb, My Baby is a Headfuck, Just In Lust, I Wanna Go Where the People Go

Connor, I am glad that you have chosen the path of righteousness and four of those five I'm in full agreement with; but 'The Only One'? It's one of the few tunes on Chutzpah that I tend to skip....anyway, one man's meat etc, as someone's already said.

I love it - I think it's the best chorus on the album, and one of Ginger's best ever. It gets stuck in my head for hours at a time.

Mazel Tov Cocktail and You Took the Sunshine From New York are also up there. Great album. The fucker can't write bad songs, can he?

Paul_C

American Pie - Don McLean

American Girl - Tom Petty

KrisGee

Estranged by Guns n Roses.
Whenever I hear it (very often) it always makes me whine the band doesn't exist anymore.

robinbowes

EricTheWeary said:

I'm going through an Elvis Costello period and Shipbuilding is just amazing, although the the Robert Wyatt cover is so much better than the original. My other favourite is Watching the Detectives.

I fixed that for you.

R.

robinbowes

TTony said:

I'd quite like to do some sort of theFB's all time top 20.

Like the John Peel Festive 50s.

Would be interesting, but would undoubtedly end up as predictable as the all-time Festive 50.

An annual one might be cool, to promote new music.

R.

Bucket

Forgot - loads of ABBA stuff and pretty much all of Siamese Dream by the Smashing Pumpkins.

RocknRollDave

Another Brick in the Wall Part II

equalsql

Philly_Q said:

Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne

Don't Believe A Word - Thin Lizzy

Make It Last - Montrose

Shot Down In Flames - AC/DC

 

Definitely an upvote for Jo Jo Gunne @Philly_Q. 'Run Run Run; is a classic and their first album's is one of best southern-rock albums to come out of the US in the early 70s.

digitalscream

Moved to Music.

Flanging_Fred

"Fuckin' 'ell, it's Fred Titmus" - Half man half biscuit

IanSavage

Bucket said:

IanSavage said:

Bucket said:

The Wildhearts - The Only One, Caffeine Bomb, My Baby is a Headfuck, Just In Lust, I Wanna Go Where the People Go

Connor, I am glad that you have chosen the path of righteousness and four of those five I'm in full agreement with; but 'The Only One'? It's one of the few tunes on Chutzpah that I tend to skip....anyway, one man's meat etc, as someone's already said.

I love it - I think it's the best chorus on the album, and one of Ginger's best ever. It gets stuck in my head for hours at a time.

Mazel Tov Cocktail and You Took the Sunshine From New York are also up there. Great album. The fucker can't write bad songs, can he?

Actually, Scott Sorry wrote 'The Only One' but otherwise in total agreement!

Phil_aka_Pip

Gloria - Antonio Vilvaldi
Sanctus from Mass in Bm - JS Bach
Hallelujah from Messiah - GF Haendel

Grunfeld

EricTheWeary said:I'm going through an Elvis Costello period and Shipbuilding is just amazing, although the the Robert Wyatt cover possibly surpasses the original.

@EricTheWeary

Elvis Costello's version of "End of the Rainbow" fits that description for me.  I like the original but Costello adds something special.  I hadn't heard it for years but seeing your comment reminded me.

not_the_dj

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Gloria - Antonio Vilvaldi

Nah, I'm pretty sure it was Van Morrison ;-)

richardhomer

not_the_dj;409450" said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Gloria - Antonio Vilvaldi



Nah, I'm pretty sure it was Van Morrison ;-)

I thought it was U2?

Phil_aka_Pip

not_the_dj said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Gloria - Antonio Vilvaldi

Nah, I'm pretty sure it was Van Morrison ;-)

With Them. But Tony got there first