The list of perfect songs:

[Dr. Medulla]

Boogie With Your Children.

In its own way, yes, it reaches a pure state.

[CorwoodRep]

Remix to Ignition isn't a great song, per se, but it's hilarious.

[CorwoodRep]

Anyway, songs that I'm legit sure are beyond criticism:

Warren G & Nate Dogg - Regulate
Townes Van Zandt - Dollar Bill Blues
Sleater-Kinney - Start Together
Chuck Berry - Promised Land
The Beat Farmers - God Is Here Tonight
Bobby Bland - AIn't No Love In The Heart of the City
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town

[matedog]

Remix to Ignition isn't a great song, per se, but it's hilarious.

Oh it's so perfect for what it is. And how is this not one of the best couplets ever?:
Sipping on coke and rum
I'm like, "So what? I'm drunk."

That and the "choo choo/beep beep" part. It's one of the purest party songs ever.

*EDIT* - And excellent call on "Regulate."

[CorwoodRep]

The party > afterparty > hotel lobby > clear the lobby > freak somebody bit always makes me laugh.

[Wolter]

Agree 100% on Curtis Mayfield. That's a feel good classic.

[CorwoodRep]

Has anybody mentioned Bob Dylan yet? His absence is kind of great. Any song I'd pick by him, I think "well, I only really dig this song because of a memorable cover or one-off live performance." And the canonical ones are just boring now.

[Heston]

R. Dean Taylor - There's a Ghost in my House

[Marky Dread]

R. Dean Taylor - There's a Ghost in my House

I'll add "Indiana Wants Me" also.

Afterglow (Of Your Love) - Small Faces
Armenia City in the Sky - The Who
Many Rivers to Cross - Jimmy Cliff
Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae - SLF
Town Called Malice - The Jam
The Robots - Kraftwerk
Cosmic Dancer - T. Rex
Life On Mars - David Bowie
Everyday - Slade
I Had too Much to Dream Last Night - The Electric Prunes
You're Gonna Miss Me - 13th Floor Escalators
This Is How It Feels to Feel - The Creation
Elected - Alice Cooper

[Flex]

Has anybody mentioned Bob Dylan yet?

Yes.

[CorwoodRep]

Okay, almost nobody brought him up. (Man, out of context it seems like I hate Dylan. I guess I hate Dylan scholars and just get carried away.)

P.S. Couple more:

X - World's A Mess
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful World
New Order - Age of Consent

[Flex]

There's a definition of "perfect" which includes The Shaggs' "Philosophy of the World" right?

Also, if you actually just had to pick one song, Wolter had it right that it's "God Only Knows"

[matedog]

Also, if you actually just had to pick one song, Wolter had it right that it's "God Only Knows"

The title of the thread is "The list of perfect songs:" not "The list of songs that would be perfect if not for an entire segment of the song that is very imperfect:"

[CorwoodRep]

Hey, keep it in the Beach Boys thread, you raving lunatic.

[Flex]

The title of the thread is "The list of perfect songs:" not "The list of songs that would be perfect if not for an entire segment of the song that is very imperfect:"

That's our hoy et cetera et cetera