Greatest Song Of All Time

CMW335

Let’s do it, one song name it. No honourable mentions just name the song. Surprised myself with this (should be Oasis or the Beatles for me if I’m biased) but recording it now with the wife and thinking fuck me I wish I wrote this!!

Meatloaf - I would Do Anything For Love

Don’t even think this is emotional/related to his or Steinmans recent passing it’s just an epic song. 

RIP Mr Loaf/Steinman 

CMW335

Shit I just put the same question to my wife and she has swayed me… Unchained Melody!!!

EricTheWeary

https://youtu.be/aQNEYb0zp0I

CMW335

EricTheWeary said:

https://youtu.be/aQNEYb0zp0I

I applaud this. No words, no attempt to qualify just boom there it is!!! That’s what we want

viz

It’s got to be the best song from the best musician, right?, so, Lately:

https://youtu.be/vXeZltHau20

ICBM

Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap

CMW335

viz said:

It’s got to be the best song from the best musician, right?, so, Lately:

https://youtu.be/vXeZltHau20

Wouldn’t say so. Best musician may not necessarily be responsible for the best song of all time… that’s a different question I think. That’s no reflection on your choice though, if that’s the greatest song of all time in your opinion then completely valid in terms of the threads sentiment.

viz

CMW335 said:

viz said:

It’s got to be the best song from the best musician, right?, so, Lately:

https://youtu.be/vXeZltHau20

Wouldn’t say so. Best musician may not necessarily be responsible for the best song of all time… that’s a different question I think. That’s no reflection on your choice though, if that’s the greatest song of all time in your opinion then completely valid in terms of the threads sentiment.

Good point. And anyway I was wrong anyway, the answer is What a Wonderful World!

https://youtu.be/CWzrABouyeE

LastMantra

Surely this is an impossible question? 

Tannin

The overture to the Marriage of Figaro. (Mozart.) The judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

CMW335

LastMantra said:

Surely this is an impossible question? 

5 answers so far so I would say no. Let me clarify it’s greatest song in your opinion. Maybe there will be debate, argument etc but thinking the end result will be a thread that gives us a bunch of songs to listen to or revisit. 

poopot

Bob Marley - no woman no cry.

/thread

Shrews

stickyfiddle

you guys can all stop posting other nonsense. The answer is Born To Run. 

munckee

Pink Floyd echoes

viz

munckee said:

Pink Floyd echoes

What, they agree with Born to Run?? 

RobDavies

Ace Of Spades.  Under three minutes long, great intro, great hook, and it’s fucking rapid.

Grumpyrocker

Open_G

Billy Joel - Piano Man. 

Great hooks, albeit with no real chorus. Lovely playing, good storytelling, with some great lines. 

Also a muso song about being a muso. 

Teyeplayer

Leonard Cohen’s ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’ or Clifford T. Ward’s ‘Trespass’, neither of which would be most folks choices (or for that matter will have been heard by the vast majority), but they are utterly perfect in their angst-ridden bitterness.

ICBM

stickyfiddle said:

you guys can all stop posting other nonsense. The answer is Born To Run. 

That's not even Springsteen's greatest song! Or even the best song on Born To Run...

It is good, but Thunder Road, Racing In The Streets, The River, Atlantic City and Born In The USA are all better just for starters .