Greatest song ever written

• brutus161

  

  I'm not talking abour you favorite song, but what do you think is the most perfectly written song.
  
  Mine: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
• vdubb96

  

  Tenacious D - Tribute
• said_aouita

  

  Always been a huge fan of "Old Man" by Neil Young. The song was wrote about the caretaker of the ranch he bought in '70.
  

  Young introduces the song as follows: [INDENT] About that time when I wrote (Heart of Gold), and I was touring, I had also -- just, you know, being a rich hippie for the first time -- I had purchased a ranch, and I still live there today. And there was a couple living on it that were the caretakers, an old gentleman named Louis Avila and his wife Clara. And there was this old blue Jeep there, and Louis took me for a ride in this blue Jeep. He gets me up there on the top side of the place, and there's this lake up there that fed all the pastures, and he says, "Well, tell me, how does a young man like yourself have enough money to buy a place like this?" And I said, "Well, just lucky, Louie, just real lucky." And he said, "Well, that's the darndest thing I ever heard." And I wrote this song for him.

  Just have always thought it was really cool.
  
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• brutus161

  

  vdubb96;1341567 wrote:Tenacious D - Tribute

  But it's not the acutal song...just a tribute.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Based on youtube hits, PSY - GANGNAM STYLE
• ernest_t_bass

  

  brutus161;1341563 wrote:I'm not talking abour you favorite song, but what do you think is the most perfectly written song.
  
  Mine: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

  Reps.
  
  Wish You Were Here is at the top of my list as well, regardless of the "interpretation" you use while listening. Many will say/think that it is the groups longing for Roger "Syd" Barrett, as they had to ditch the deranged man behind. Many will also say/think that it is the band singing to their younger selves. A beautiful song.
  
  Other... Stairway to Heaven.
• vdubb96

  

  And how wonderful a tribute it is!
• GoChiefs

  

  American Pie
  Imagine
• Rotinaj

  

  Kesha Tick Tock.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  GoChiefs;1341585 wrote:American Pie
  Imagine

  Both great songs. Reps.
• brutus161

  

  I would also throw Let It Be into the mix.
• Tiernan

  Imagine is a tough one to argue.
  
  however, The Boxer resonates with almost every person during those years when you are first out on your own trying to make a living and being responsible for your own well being. That song can inspire you when the going gets tough.
• brutus161

  

  Tiernan;1341649 wrote:Imagine is a tough one to argue.
  
  however, The Boxer resonates with almost every person during those years when you are first out on your own trying to make a living and being responsible for your own well being. That song can inspire tou when the going gets tough.

  Mumford & Sons does a great cover of The Boxer on their new album.
  
  [video=youtube_share;2652UWuXhTA][/video]
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  I nominate this master piece!
  
  [video=youtube;kfVsfOSbJY0][/video]
• Tiernan

  brutus161;1341655 wrote:Mumford & Sons does a great cover of The Boxer on their new album.
  
  [video=youtube_share;2652UWuXhTA][/video]

  That is an awesome rendition Brutus...thanks for sharing. I will buy this CD for my son who loves M&S and he will be home on leave for Christmas which is the best present of all.
• dlazz

  Pretty Boy Swag
• ManO'War

  

  There are a handful of older songs, but I would have to think about it to make a list.
  
  The only recent song that I thought was great was "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry.
• jmog

  American Pie and it isn't even close.
  
  If we are talking all music instead of just songs then Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
• sleeper

  

  Sandstorm - Darude
• IggyPride00

  

  November Rain for me.
  
  Has so much in it from the orchestration to epic guitar solos, the last 2 minutes of the outro is one of my favorite parts of any song ever.
  
  Checking in at 9 minutes there is alot to chew on.
• Tiernan

  American Pie is maybe the most creative song ever but shouldn't the greatest song ever "inspire"?
• gut

  Well, the perfect country & western song is "You Never Even Called Me By My Name"
• Laley23

  

  Eric Clapton - My Fathers Eyes
  
  Pretty awesome song connecting grandfather, father/son (Clapton) and son in their parallels and similarities despite Clapton not knowing his father and his son, Connor, dying at such a young age.
• Gblock

  bohemian rhapsody
  hotel california
  smells like teen spirit
  we are the champions
• Gblock

  no woman no cry marley
  whats goin on marvin gaye
  yesterday beatles