Comments on: The “Perfect Songs” Post http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/the-perfect-songs-post/ "If a man thinks that a woman who can ride broncs is too much for him, he's probably right." Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:34:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: lev http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/the-perfect-songs-post/comment-page-1/#comment-76724 lev Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:07:19 +0000 http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/?p=371#comment-76724 via facebook, Mojan Sami says: "Ooh, ooh, I have one! 'Crescent Moon' by the Cowboy Junkies. And yep, 'I Can't Make You Love Me' is one seriously-perfect song." via facebook, Mojan Sami says:
“Ooh, ooh, I have one! ‘Crescent Moon’ by the Cowboy Junkies. And yep, ‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’ is one seriously-perfect song.”

]]> By: Negin http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/the-perfect-songs-post/comment-page-1/#comment-76644 Negin Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:33:08 +0000 http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/?p=371#comment-76644 These are wonderful additions! To stedawa, I think this list can encompass either songs with or without lyrics. As to your question about energizing versus consuming - I would say the perfect song accomplishes what it sets out to do. The Bonnie Raitt song "I Can’t Make You Love Me" certainly isn't energizing but feels so thoroughly true that it's irresistible. Thanks for pointing us towards some great new additions! Thanks to Lev also for reminding us of the angelic voice of Jeff Buckley. :) Not to be overlooked. These are wonderful additions! To stedawa, I think this list can encompass either songs with or without lyrics. As to your question about energizing versus consuming – I would say the perfect song accomplishes what it sets out to do. The Bonnie Raitt song “I Can’t Make You Love Me” certainly isn’t energizing but feels so thoroughly true that it’s irresistible. Thanks for pointing us towards some great new additions!
Thanks to Lev also for reminding us of the angelic voice of Jeff Buckley. :) Not to be overlooked.

]]> By: lev http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/the-perfect-songs-post/comment-page-1/#comment-76623 lev Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:27:06 +0000 http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/?p=371#comment-76623 "My criteria are straightforward but exacting." Does that apply to husbands, too? I would nominate Jeff Buckley's cover of Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" and his cover of Henry Glover's "Drown In My Own Tears" (popularized by Ray Charles). “My criteria are straightforward but exacting.” Does that apply to husbands, too?

I would nominate Jeff Buckley’s cover of Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” and his cover of Henry Glover’s “Drown In My Own Tears” (popularized by Ray Charles).

]]> By: stedawa http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/the-perfect-songs-post/comment-page-1/#comment-76610 stedawa Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:02:09 +0000 http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/?p=371#comment-76610 Oops! Sorry! It was a multilink multithematic tweet. Don't worry about the 2nd and 3rd links. 2nd link has no music. But 3rd link is a great song about appreciating history. Oops! Sorry! It was a multilink multithematic tweet. Don’t worry about the 2nd and 3rd links. 2nd link has no music. But 3rd link is a great song about appreciating history.

]]> By: stedawa http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/the-perfect-songs-post/comment-page-1/#comment-76609 stedawa Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:00:25 +0000 http://www.mollusc.org/wordpress/?p=371#comment-76609 Well, I was thinking of starting a tweet similar to the "Perfect Song" idea. Here is my as yet unposted tweet: music for my funeral: http://is.gd/5Ncqj (by @arrahman ) ancestral memory underground: http://is.gd/5NdXW john gorka http://is.gd/5Ngfn The song is in Hindi and I just learned/heard it last week. (I live in South Korea.) I have also a couple of others songs (2 instrumentals, 1 or 2 with voice) that I haven't listened here. Does the Perfect Song have to be one that energizes you, or totally consumes you -- heart and soul, bone and fiber? You said lyrics matter but they cannot be isolated from the total impression or effect experienced listening to the song. So, perhaps a piece of music with no lyrics (is it still a song?) wouldn't qualify in this case. Maybe we need 2 separate lists (voiced and voiceless?). Well, I was thinking of starting a tweet similar to the “Perfect Song” idea.

Here is my as yet unposted tweet:

music for my funeral: http://is.gd/5Ncqj (by @arrahman ) ancestral memory underground: http://is.gd/5NdXW john gorka http://is.gd/5Ngfn

The song is in Hindi and I just learned/heard it last week. (I live in South Korea.)

I have also a couple of others songs (2 instrumentals, 1 or 2 with voice) that I haven’t listened here.

Does the Perfect Song have to be one that energizes you, or totally consumes you — heart and soul, bone and fiber?

You said lyrics matter but they cannot be isolated from the total impression or effect experienced listening to the song. So, perhaps a piece of music with no lyrics (is it still a song?) wouldn’t qualify in this case.

Maybe we need 2 separate lists (voiced and voiceless?).

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