Songs you wish you wrote...

SilverFJ · Post by **SilverFJ** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:04 pm

i wish i could reap the benefiets ($$$$$$$)) of writing these songs.

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:18 pm

Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

TheCope · Post by **TheCope** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:02 pm

The Beatles - "Don't let me down"

roid · Post by **roid** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:15 pm

haha, that song is boring (blister in teh sun). it's the femmes themselves that make it cool

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:28 pm

Bitter sweet symphony--The Verve

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:27 am

Any song that made money.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:34 am

But..Wham's songs made money...

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:50 am

Jane's Addiction - "Summertime Rolls"

TheCope · Post by **TheCope** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:37 pm

"D.M.S.R" - Prince

Zuruck · Post by **Zuruck** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:53 pm

Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

Buef · Post by **Buef** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:05 pm

punisher wrote:Jane's Addiction - "Summertime Rolls"

x2 excellent song

G Dead - Throwing Stones

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:08 pm

La Villa Strangiato - Rush

Zuruck · Post by **Zuruck** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:08 pm

kinda disgusted that nobody has mentioned this band yet...

Black - Pearl Jam

bash · Post by **bash** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:38 pm

The Star Spangled Banner, Happy Birthday and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:17 am

Hmm... there are a lot of the ones mentioned above that I consider phenomenal, but some of my own favourites...

Pink Floyd - On the Turning Away
Enya - China Roses
Bette Midler - The Rose
Madonna - I'll Remember; Oh Father
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Counting Crows - Round Here
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
Guns 'N' Roses - November Rain
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (I know it's not theirs, originally, but it's an amazing rendition)
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

Yeah, there are a lot, but that's pretty much all of the absolute best I can remember at the moment...

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:04 am

Pink Floyd - "Wish you were here","Time", "Hey You".
Jane's Addiction - "Jane Says"
Simon & Garfunkel - "America", "Scarborough Fair / Canticle", "The Boxer", "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (among others)

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:37 am

Lou Reed--New York conversation

I wish i'd written it 'cause it's whimsical and different. Somthing that's not been seen for a while, apart from "Tom's Diner" , but she probably nicked the idea off him anyway.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:50 am

John Mellencamp--"Jack and Diane" or "Paper in Fire"

TechPro · Post by **TechPro** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:02 pm

Billy Joel - "Piano Man", "Allentown", New York state of mind", "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant", "The River of Dreams"
Elton John - "Yellow Brick Road", "This Song Has No Name", "Blue Eyes", "Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)", "I've Seen That Movie Too", "Roy Rogers", "Harmony"
Rimsky, Korsakov - "Scheherazade" (ok, not a song... but still...great stuff)
Bobby Darin - "Beyond The Sea"
Phil Collins - "I can't Dance", "Against All Odds", "In The Air Tonight"
Paul Simon - "Loves Me Like a Rock", "St. Judy's Comet"
Steely Dan - "Aja"
Randy Newman - "It's The Time of Your Life"
Elvis Presley - "Stuck On You", "Hound Dog"
Sheb Wooley - "The Purple People Eater"
Jan & Dean - "Surf City"
Beach Boys - "Dance, Dance, Dance"
ELO - "Mr. Blue Sky"
The Moody Blues - "For My Lady", "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)", "Nights in White Satin"
The Police - "Synchronicity", "Every Breath You Take"
Sting (without The Police) - "It's Probably Me", "Fields Of Gold", "Nothing 'Bout Me"

and it goes on...

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:22 pm

Coldplay - See You Soon
Ben Folds - Army
Beatles - Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
Almost anything by Radiohead
The Doors - Five to One
Simon and Garfunkle - Scarborough Fair

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:39 am

I've stood back from participating in this thread due to the word "perfect" in the OP. While I deeply love and respect many moving songs, there are flaws in each of them.

This little gem of electronica doesn't seem to have any. It's not as classy or powerful as some other music, but it's taking the math behind rythem and using it to make art.

Ballerium - Infected Mushroom