This month's Q - onsale Wednesday 5 September - is a songwriters special, featuring a countdown of the 10 most perfect songs ever, as voted for by a panel of experts including Coldplay's Chris Martin, The Enemy's Tom Clarke, Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, Brian Eno and John Cale.
But we want to hear your thoughts, too. Email Q@emap.com with your choice of the most perfect song ever, and we'll publish the results here later in the month.
Posted by Luke Lewis at 11:12AM | September 3, 2007
Elton John - Sacrifice
Nils Lofgren - Black Books
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
truly perfect, especially the two lower ones, but sir elton aint far behind
Posted by Christian at 10:51AM | September 4, 2007
Simple Twist of Fate - Bob Dylan
Posted by Emmett Cruddas at 11:02AM | September 4, 2007
Coldplay - The Scientist
Flawless, the perfect song.
Robbie Williams - Angels
The (Unofficial) National Anthem, a classic chorus, great lyrics, and the best instrumental middle section ever, deceptively sounds like a key change, but in fact isn't.
Keane - She Has No Time
The best vocal ever, and he can do it even better live, perfect for this lovely, simple and honest song.
Posted by Tom at 11:12AM | September 4, 2007
jeff buckley - hallelujah
Posted by b-rock666 at 11:17AM | September 4, 2007
One Trick Band - Red Light
www.myspace.com/onetrickband
Posted by bob at 11:22AM | September 4, 2007
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) (acoustic)
Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely
Vangelis - La Petite Fille de la Mer
Posted by doqtor at 12:04PM | September 4, 2007
American Pie - Don McLean
It has everything a song can offer - timeless story, killer chorus, humour, solos and a grand finale - all condensed into 8:17!
Posted by Cameron Barnett at 01:56PM | September 4, 2007
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Small Faces - Tin Soldier
Elton John - Rocketman
Morrissey - Everyday is like sunday
The Beatles - Something
Posted by Andy Howie at 02:26PM | September 4, 2007
" God Only Knows" the Beach Boys
" Everybody Hurts" R.E.M.
" Tangled Up In Blue" Bob Dylan
" Train In Vain" The Clash
" One" U2
Time has passed - Astroboy (Uruguay band)
With Riot - The Clash
Pale Blue Eyes - Velvet Underground
While My Guitar Gently Weeps- The Beatles
Read My mind - The Killers
Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd (Almost famous - sound track)
A Hard Rains Blues- Bob Dylan
Out of Fuel - Orange (uruguay band)
Por la noche - Mala Rodriguez
Well there are many to look around and missing a lot of great artist but I can write a thousand songs as you can always find a perfect song for the best moment !!
Posted by Claudio at 06:26PM | September 4, 2007
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - U2
"Rewind" - Stereophonics
Posted by Joel at 09:12PM | September 4, 2007
Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Jam - Man In the Corner Shop
Blondie - Sunday Girl
Style Council -Speak Like A Child
Arctic Monkeys- A Certain Romance
Posted by robert at 09:15PM | September 4, 2007
led zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Posted by Ash at 09:53PM | September 4, 2007
Layla-Derek & the Dominoes
Posted by Mel at 09:54PM | September 4, 2007
+Live Forever (Oasis)
+Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)
+There She Goes (The La's)
+She Loves You (The Beatles)
Posted by Leslie at 10:26PM | September 4, 2007
The Smiths - Still Ill
Tom Waits - Kentucky Avenue
Posted by Jame at 07:40AM | September 5, 2007
Liver Forever (Oasis)
Clocks(Coldplay)
A Hard Day's Night(The Beatles)
Posted by Nooise at 03:10PM | September 5, 2007
oasis - wonderwall
oasis - live forever
Posted by tom harper at 03:29PM | September 5, 2007
With or Without you - U2
Outstanding!
Posted by Chris at 04:26PM | September 5, 2007
Its got to be lover, you should of come over by Jeff Buckley...
Posted by amanda at 05:53PM | September 5, 2007
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Posted by Rachel at 06:24PM | September 5, 2007
The Mars Volta - Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus
Mad Season - Wake Up
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Alice in Chains - Rotten Apple
Posted by Sandra at 06:54PM | September 5, 2007
God Part II - U2
How to Dismant;e an Atomic Bomb
Posted by Andrew Cuthbert Jr at 07:42PM | September 5, 2007
i think that r.e.m.'s at my most beautiful could be one of the most "beautiful" songs of our time!
Posted by tim h. at 01:31AM | September 6, 2007
Elton - Tiny Dancer
Posted by James at 08:08AM | September 6, 2007
snow patrol-chasing cars best love song
kate nash-foundations best break up song
kanye west-stronger best feeling depressed song
artic monkeys-brainstorm best party song
hey there delilah-plain white t's best make out song
Posted by laura at 07:29PM | September 6, 2007
She rides the Waves - Pale Saints
Stickleback - The Edsel Auctioneer (possibly the greatest band ever)
Posted by Mack at 08:04PM | September 6, 2007
"Bettet Living Through Chemistry" - Queens Of The Stone Age
"No One Knows" -------
Posted by Frederik at 08:51PM | September 6, 2007
With or Without You by U2
Posted by Christian at 09:28PM | September 6, 2007
I get mixed up between 'Technically perfect' and 'Perfect to my ears'. Not being a trained musician or songwriter, I can't really judge what is technically perfect so my judgements are usually made on my idea of taste.
I don't know if a song is well crafted/constructed/balanced, although I can make a good guess. I can certainly tell if it's well sung, and tend to criticise on that although really that shouldn't have any impact on the judgement of the actual song. It does put me off a song if I don't like the way it's sung.
So, songs which are perfect to my ears...
Live Forever - Oasis
This is an uplifting song which can also move me in the other direction if I hear it in unhappy circumstances. The lyrics appeal to me as they are basic but, it would appear, heartfelt.
There She Goes - The La's
Another uplifting melody, which never fails to make me smile.
The Scientist - Coldplay
I can't define why but it moves me. To me it always sounds perfect and it's a song that I have to listen to until the end, I couldn't turn the radio off in the middle of it!
Queen ***** - Bowie
How can anyone not tap along to the beat of this song? How can anyone not love the lyric:
'She's so swishy in her satin and tat
In her frock coat and bippety boppety hat'.
I've always wanted that hat, but I just haven't found the bippety boppety shop yet.
Thunder Road - Springsteen
I agree that Born To Run is probably a more popular song for the masses, but to my (untrained) ear this is more pleasing.
Posted by Fiona Harris at 04:24PM | September 9, 2007
Oh I do go on!
Posted by Fiona Harris at 04:25PM | September 9, 2007
weezer HOLD ME the finest and most fragile song i have ever listened to..... beutiful.
Posted by frank hodgkiss at 06:51PM | September 9, 2007
sheriff fatman by carter the unstoppable sex machine.
it rocks. you know it.
Posted by rob at 08:08PM | September 9, 2007
Wish you were here- Pink Floyd
Most of the time- Bob Dylan
Bringin on the heartbreak- Def Leppard
Posted by Adrian at 11:43PM | September 9, 2007
METALLICA-NOTHING ELSE MATTERS!!
METAL UP YOUR ASS!
Posted by KEVIN KEMPERS at 12:48AM | September 10, 2007
Probably The River by Bruce Springsteen
Posted by Guy at 02:27PM | September 10, 2007
Sullenbode - In Like Flynn
Posted by Metatron at 06:31PM | September 10, 2007
Yesterday, best song ever, by the best compser EVER: James Paul McCartney
Posted by Claudio at 07:22PM | September 10, 2007
"And then he kissed me" The Crystals
absoloute classic..........if you aint heard it you aint lived
Posted by Soulboy69 at 08:02PM | September 10, 2007
U2 - One
METALLICA - Nothing else matters
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - The River
Of course some Björk's:
1. Unravel (from Homogenic) is the most beautiful sad love song I've ever heard
2. Pagan poetry (from Vespertine) is the most beautiful erotic song
3. A dull flame of desire (from Volta) is the most beautiful song inspired by a poem
4. Possibly maybe (from Homogenic) is the most beautiful song about moving on)
Posted by Alex Giron at 03:02AM | September 16, 2007
Dance of Death - Iron Maiden
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
or
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Posted by jonnyfrog at 09:44PM | September 25, 2007
Your Song - Elton John
Posted by Aimee at 04:31PM | September 27, 2007
The great gig in the sky - Pink Floyd
The blower's daughter - Damien Rice
Nothing else matters - Metallica
Bad - U2
I'll be seeing you - Billie Holiday
DUETS Metallica headline our On The Road special; plus Flight Of The Conchords,The
Raconteurs and and a very candid Boy George ... all in the new issue
