I defy you to name a more perfect song than "Imagine" by John Lennon

[LynneSin]

Haunting Piano
Amazing Lyrics
Solemn Voice

Doesn't get any better than this!

[gratuitous]

1. "Wondering Where the Lions Are"

LynneSin defied!

[zen_bohemian]

2. Love that song! And it's the only song I can successfully play on a piano

I am just learning how to play :)

[Orrex]

3. Ani Difranco's Untouchable Face

Doesn't have the "scope" of Imagine, but it's still one heck of a song.

For that matter, Yesterday also packs quite a wallop.

[Bake]

4. FREE BIRD!!!!!

Why, it boosted sales of Bic lighters exponentially!

:hi:

Bake

[NoPasaran]

5. Yeah, but who can dance to it?

[mulsh]

6. When I Fall In Love by Nat King Cole

it can be sung by any gender and not change the words at all. Imagine is and always has been a dirge, slow tempo, played incessantly after Lennon got shot I grew to hate that song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h649I7ETaHI

When I fall in love
It will be forever
Or I'll never fall
In love

In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart
It will be completely
Or I'll never give
My heart

And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you

And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you

[rrneck]

7. Can't imagine trying. nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. If it were truly "perfect," Johnny Cash would have recorded it like Rick Tubin wanted him to.

It was during the "American Recording" Sessions near the end of Johnny's life. Rubin presented the song and encouraged Cash to record it and he turned him down because he wouldn't sing the "Imagine no religion" line.

And imagining no religion is wonderful for people who don;t believe in religion, but for those who do, it's a matter of "I won;t tell you what to believe in, and you can do the same for me...m'kay?"

And "imagine no possessions?" The man owned mansions and Bentleys!

Sorry. Not perfect.

[kentauros]

9. Beethoven's 9th - Ode to Joy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C9RPUQ1vwQ

Yeah, it really doesn't get any better than this! :D

[Richardo]

10. That's much closer to perfect

[Orrex]

16. Not everyone thinks so

[kentauros]

18. Even as it made him ill,

he stuck to his love of Ludwig van. It was, after all, a crime against humanity to use Ludwig van as the background music to his reprogramming :D

[Throd]

11. No, it does get better...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEOccQ4lUEo

[WilliamPitt]

12. "Ripple" by The Grateful Dead

Not more perfect.

Just as good.

[LynneSin]

19. OMG I love Ripple - it's one of my lucky songs

But I have to hear it by pure chance for the magic to work.

[Ishoutandscream2]

13. Oh, I won't argue its sheer greatness

But I have to admit Bridge Over Troubled Waters leaves me weeping every time I hear it. It gets to me, I tell ya!

[edbermac]

14. Louie Louie by the Kingsmen & Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen

:headbang: :headbang:

[LynneSin]

21. I have an album with 10 very distinct versions of Louie Louie on it

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/various_artists_f2/the_best_of_louie__louie/

[ornotna]

15. Anything by Wanda Jackson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoAQz4KLa2g


and I do love John Lennon.

[Orsino]

17. How about cross-breeding it with another perfect song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIOdvXE7kbI

[S_E_Fudd]

20. Great song no doubt....but....

Eleanor Rigby has it beat....

[Bennyboy]

22. The Boxer...Simon And that other guy.....

almost a perfect song.