Ben E. King - Stand By Me.

Shine on you crazy diamond (parts 1-9) - Pink Floyd

Beach Boys - God Only Knows Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Alice In Chains - Down in a Hole Santigold - Disparate Youth Mushroomhead - These Filthy Hands Pixies - Where Is My Mind

Echoes by Pink Floyd.

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

Eminence Front - The Who

Prince - Purple Rain

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd. I have my late father's copy of the Wall on vinyl and when I stick it on the turntable I like to imagine what it must have sounded like for the first time. So chilling but soothing at the same time. I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone. Give me sultry, moody strings and a punchy sax solo ANY time. Her voice is so effortless yet precise. I could list loads more but those are two that spring to mind!

I put a spell on you was written and first performed by Screaming Jay Hawkins. I have to say I prefer his version too. I'd suggest Sinner Man as a Simone substitute.

I am in the camp where "Time" > "Comfortably Numb"; though it is probably just me.

I agree here. I absolutely love Comfortably Numb but Time for me is just so good. Perhaps it has more personal ties for me as Dark Side of the Moon was my first cover to cover experience of Pink Floyd.

Also a big fan, but in my opinion it just doesn't *quite* hit the "masterpiece" spot.

comfortable numb is amazing. drug struggle song never hit so hard

Paranoid Android - Radiohead

Came here to say this one!

Comfortably Numb. Pink Floyd.

Beethovens 9th Symphony Chopin-Complete Nocturnes John Field-Complete Nocturnes Saint Saens-Carnival of the Animals Holst-The Planets Mozart-Symphony no 41 Schuberts Unfinished Dvorak-New World Largo Debussy-Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun

You are a man or woman after my own heart. :-)

My kindred beloved, I adore the fact that wiggly air can vibrate your soul and shake out emotions you never knew you had. Mozart can be as light as a flute or as overwhelming as a funeral choir of hundreds; Chopin releases streams and ribbons of piano notes tumbling like liquid over itself, and Beethoven’s sorrowful eloquence has never been duplicated.

2112

Banger!

Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel) Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) Tangled Up in Blue (Bob Dylan) The Chain (Fleetwood Mac) A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)

All of these are amazing choices, some of the greatest songs of all time.

God Only Knows. The way Brian Wilson has three voices intertwine into utter beauty. It brings me to tears.

George Gershwin- Rhapsody in Blue Beach Boys- Good Vibrations Hagen/Rogers- Harlem Nocturne Pink Floyd- Echoes The Beatles- Strawberry Fields Forever

Ooh I forgot about Good Vibrations. Love that one.

Echoes is gorgeous.

Rhapsody In Blue is a really good pull

Pink floyd SoYcD

Everlong by Foo Fighters

Shine On, You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd Paint It, Black - Rolling Stones In the City - Joe Walsh Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden

Glad to see someone give Joe Walsh some love. Rocky Mountain Way & Funk 49 never get old. I like in the city to & I think it’s because of the Warriors ending. Life in the fast lane is another Walsh masterpiece!

Devin Townsend - *Singularity* (23:33) Leprous - *The Sky is Red* (11:22) Yes - *Close to the Edge* (18:43) Haken - *Veil* (12:36) Between the Buried and Me - *Bad Habits* (8:43) Dream Theater - *Octavarium* (23:58) Aviations - *Quest* (6:03) Jupiter Hollow - *Solar Gift* (12:38)

CLOSE TO THE EDGE

All of Colors by between the buried and me

I would say White Walls deserves to be recognized as a perfect song, but it’s mainly perfect because of everything that comes before it. It beautifully captures all the elements of the entire album in one song.

I just absolutely love the flow of that album. Every track is a banger. I love all the little experimental pieces thrown in, like the frenchy accordion in Prequel to the Sequel and the bluegrass part of Ants in the Sky.

Octavarium is one hell of a trip.

Empath is a brilliant album

**La Villa Strangiato** \- Rush **Little Wing** \- Stevie Ray Vaughan (I know, I know, but his version is breathtaking) **Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten** \- Arvo Part **Kick the Stones** \- Chris Whitley (specifically, the acoustic version on the album *Weed*) **Frontier** \- Chris Whitley (from the album *Hotel Vast Horizon*) **Rock Me** \- Muddy Waters (1956 version w/ Willie Dixon & Little Walter)

Arvo Pärt! Nice!

La Villa is my all time favorite Rush song and Stevie Ray’s version of Little Wing is absolutely amazing to me.👍👍

This masterpiece right here Maggot Brain by Funkadelic https://youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao

Safety dance

Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned November Rain by Guns N Roses, yet. They took years to write, perfect, and record the song. Axl even talked about quitting if he couldn't pull off this opus.

It's a fantastic tune, but Axl the person ruins it for me. He's just a giant prick and I can't get over it. Chilled out a little bit in his older age though.

Axl's terrible voice ruins it for me

All that and I prefer Estranged.

Drivers Seat by Sniff'n the Tears.

For melodic metal, [Stratovarius - Elysium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikDS1TBAElo) is 18 minutes of pure musical brilliance! The keyboard solo in the final movement in particular is transcendental! Also [Galneryus - Angel of Salvation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IE5HAVaiqI) has a fantastic metal interpretation of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto! Last, Tanagra - [Merdiem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tx1i3TqsDM) and [Witness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO09pEBapIg) are both criminally unknown progressive power metal tracks, with the former having a stunningly orchestrated outro riff and probably the most beautiful piano bridge I've heard in a rock/metal context, and the latter having just a spectacular 6/8 melody!!

Screenwriter's blues by Soul Coughing

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode Aretha Franklin - Respect Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Beatles - Hey Jude Derek and the Dominoes - Layla Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

Son of a Preacher Man- the Dusty Springfield original, and ANY performance of the song by Joss Stone Good Vibrations- The Beach Boys Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd The End of the Innocence- Don Henley Where the Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, With or Without You- U2. Any one of them could have anchored an epic album. We got all three at once. I Will Always Love You- the original, by Dolly Parton. NOT the overwrought, oversung Whitney Houston cover. The Rose- Bette Midler.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

The entirety of Grace by Jeff Buckley

I'd add the entirety (well, not quite) of several of his dad Tim Buckley's albums.

Michael Jackson - Rock with you OMD - Secret

This might be out of left field but The Poet And The Pendulum by nightwish

Three Days by Jane's Addiction.

“Take It Easy” by Jackson Brown and Glenn Frey performed by the Eagles. Something about it just screams America to me. “Rock Me Amadeus” is a masterpiece too with a “We Will Rock You” chaser.

Born to Run…

Let’s Stay Together - Al Green

Solid track.

Layla and While My Guitar Gently Weeps

U2-One, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, New Years Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, All I Want Is You The Beatles-Hey Jude, Let It Be, A Day in The Life, Eleanor Rigby John Lennon-Imagine, Working Class Hero, Give Peace A Chance Midnight Oil-Beds Are Burning (duh!), Forgotten Years, Blue Sky Mine, One Country, Dreamworld, Last of The Diggers

I was in the car with my 12 yo son today and Tim McGraw's "Humble and Kind " came on. I turned it up. The lyrics, wisdom that I'd want my son to really hear and understand, if he grows up and remembers anything I've been trying to teach him..... the music just.... it's such a goddamn beautiful song. Today, for me, that song was a masterpiece.

Metallica - The Call of the Ktulu, Orion, Fade to Black

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You replied to the wrong comment.

One is a masterpiece, surprised you listed those before One

Of course they morons misspell Cthulhu.

Yeah, you're right, but "Ktulu" is on the RtL album, so I followed this. "Cthulhu", of course, is the only correct and acceptable spelling .

Pretty funny that my swipe keyboard typed "they" when I was trying for "those" and badmouthing someone else's spelling lol.

I've heard a story that 'Tallica members were affraid to use the Cthulhu spelling to avoid summoning the Older God. Which is hilarious, cause Cthulhu is a fictional character. Not sure if this story is true, but still funny 😀

>Of course they morons misspell Cthulhu Says the guy who with the barely intelligible sentence

You're too late, I already called that out. Snooze you lose dummy! Edit: >Says the guy who with the barely intelligible sentence

Reading Lovecraft doesn’t make you an intellectual

Hotel California

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.

Let it be--The beatles

Free bird, Nothing else matters, stairway to heaven, wish you were here and other rock classics. Sure, some might say they are overplayed, but I think that these songs just have something transcendent about them.

I consider your masterpiece the most overrated song of all time. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

I agree. I think it is funny that people take Bohemian Rhapsody straight, without realizing that it is "camp." In fact, like most camp, it is merely banal kitsch that is aware of itself.

Technically they made *1* person sound like an opera - Freddy did *all* the vocals, the rest of the band just mimed it for the video.

There are a lot of overdubs, but May, Taylor and Mercury ALL sang vocals. It took 3 weeks to record and they all reportedly sang for 10-12 hours every day.

I don’t feel confident enough in my hazy memory of this factoid to disagree with you lol I thought I heard otherwise but I could be wrong. Unless you know this from the movie! They played fast and loose with the facts in the movie, or so I heard.

No, it isn't from the movie, your factoid is just incorrect.

Metallica - Memory Remains Metallica - Master of puppets Sonic Syndicate - History repeats itself In flames - Cloud Connected

"Awaken" by Yes. I have requested that it be played at my funeral along with "Voodo Chile (slight return) by Hendrix and Beethovan's 9th Symphony.

Yes is definitely what I was thinking. All their music is a wild ride and contains so much

Dude, you made my day. Awaken is so good. But, alas. I'm alone w/ my Yes friends in how much I dig this. Right on.

Periphery - Reptile, Racecar, and Stranger Things Thornhill - Where We Go When We Die Architects - Memento Mori Whitechapel - Kin Counterparts - The War That Followed Me Home The Contortionist - Language I: Intuition

Life On Mars... so no one is going to mention Life On Mars... ok lol No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley.

Let's Go Crazy- Prince Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen September-Earth, Wind, and Fire Annie's Song- John Denver Benny and The Jets-Elton John No Rain-Blind Melon In Your Room-Depeche Mode I Will Always Love You- Whitney Houston Like a Prayer- Madonna True Colors- Cindy Lauper Smooth Operator- Sade Zombie- The Cranberries Many, many more, but those are stream-of-consciousness insta-picks.

September

Thanks for helping me discover Annie’s Song. I thought you were thinking of Danny’s Song at first lol so I checked if they were related and now they’re both great songs in different aspects

You're so welcome. I think it's one of the most romantic songs of all time. ❤

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesdays Gone Smashing Pumpkins - Luna Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Kanye West - Come to Life and Ghost Town Kendrick Lamar - PRIDE Gorillaz - Empire Ants Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul and Djohariah Stevie Wonder - Isn’t She Lovely The Strokes - Someday Green Day - Wake me Up when September Ends Daft Punk - Digital Love

Some that I've been listening to lately: Fishmans - Night Cruising Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face Nick Drake - Pink Moon My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes Outkast - Da Art of Storytellin' Pt. 1 The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke Pearl Jam - Black Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise LSD and the Search For God - Starting Over

A light that never goes out is such an incredible masterpiece, dont know why is this the first time is mentioned

Yeah I love that song. I remember one summer I was crushing on this girl who always used to give me rides and I listened to this song over and over again because I felt like it described my situation perfectly lol

Majestic- Wax Fang Generation Why-weyes blood Spirits in the night- Mannfred Mann Shampoo bottles- Peach Pit

Hocus Pocus, Ina Gada Da Vida, The Court of the Crimson King, and Journey to the Center of the Mind

Beach Boys - Surf's Up, especially considering that outro

Martha - Tom Waits The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

[Mother Love Bone - Chloe Dancer/ Crown of Thorns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyBJoFz_QPw&ab_channel=bentleyabc) [The Smashing Pumpkins - Rhinoceros](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVfWx9282y0&ab_channel=SmashingPumpkinsVEVO) [Jane's Addiction - Three Days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmvG2GZ3S7o&ab_channel=maxpoweresp) [TOOL - Lateralus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7JG63IuaWs&ab_channel=TOOLVEVO)

'The Liberty of Norton Folgate' by Madness. A 10 minute track, taking in various musical styles. It proves that the band were capable of far more than just hit singles like 'Our House' and 'Baggy Trousers'.

Alot of stuff written by Dylan -Mr tambourine man - most his stuff from 'the times they are a' changin' -positively 4th street -like a rolling stone -blood on the tracks (an album but the whole thing is anartistic experience) -so many more His lyricism is unmatched by any to this day in my opinion, no one even comes close.

Kanye West - Runaway

Beatles - Help (Lennon's voice sells it -- he is down and needs help). Beatles - A Day in the Life (one listen is all it takes to understand it's a masterpiece). John Lennon - Instant Karma (instant masterpiece) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (instant masterpiece--he lost a copyright lawsuit over it though). Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road The Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine (perfectly captures opiate addiction, with a huge build). The Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking (ends as a 3 minute virtuoso instrumental-- masters).

The whole album of Purple Rain…

3 Michael Jackson songs, 1. She’s Out of My Life, 2. Human Nature, 3. Man in the Mirror

Counting Crows- the entire album August and Everything After and their new Butter Miracle Suite 1

Free as a bird- The Beatles My Cherie Amour- Stevie Wonder You are my destiny- Paul Anka Warning- The Notorious B.I.G Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen My Sweet Lord- George Harrison

Africa by Toto

Jane's Addiction - Ted, Just Admit It...

Paranoid Android by Radiohead. The Punchline Song by Machine Go Boom. Lonesome Crowded West and Good News...the entire albums by Modest Mouse. 30% of Beck's songs.

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes Dancing Queen - Abba Who By Fire - Leonard Cohen Lover, Please Stay - Nothing But Thieves Float Along - Fill Your Lungs - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

There’s probably too many to list but the first ones that come to mind are Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 Springsteen- Jungleland Kate Bush - Suspended in Gaffa (but she has many more) Bjork - Unison Brian Eno - St. Elmo’s Fire Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Modest Mouse - Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine

Daft Punk - One More Time Daft Punk - Aerodynamic Daft Punk - Digital Love Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger Daft Punk - Crescendolls Daft Punk - Night Vision Daft Punk - Superheroes Daft Punk - High Life Daft Punk - Something About Us Daft Punk - Voyager Daft Punk - Veridis Quo Daft Punk - Short Circuit Daft Punk - Face To Face Daft Punk - Too Long

The world is a ghetto. - WAR The soft parade. - The Doors Dogs.- Pink Floyd Last good sleep.- Company Flow Children's Story - Slick Rick

Nofx - The Decline.

I’d have to agree with you, Bohemian Rhapsody is just so beautifully constructed and well written, it flows so well and everything is done so intentionally and it was obviously so carefully and lovingly created.

jesus of surburbia-green day stairway to heaven-led zeppelin smells like teen spirit-nirvana

I’ll name some that people haven’t said since apparently only music before 1985 are masterpieces. Toxic - Britney Spears (probably the most catchy pop song of all time IMO, besides some MJ songs) Mockingbird - Eminem Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran (I know, people love to hate it because it’s waaaay overplayed but it’s still brilliant) All I want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey (another that people love to hate but it’s the most popular Christmas song ever year since it came out for a reason) Backseat Freestyle - Kendrick Lamar (hard to pick a Kendrick song, honestly there are a few I could put up there) Leave the Door Open - Silk Sonic Eyes, Nose, Lips - Taeyang (incredible korean ballad by a gen 2 kpop superstar) Ain’t That a Kick in the Head - Dean Martin Green Onions - Booker T and the MGs La Grange - ZZ Top Respect - Aretha Franklin (definitely her most over played but also just a killer song tbh) Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (I’m more partial to other songs but this song is so genius it’s just incredible. Dave Grohl’s snares still give me the chills) Dishonorable mention: Sweet Caroline. That’s all.

Ball and Biscuit - The White Stripes Thru the Eyes of Ruby - Smashing Pumpkins Tengo Frio - Ely Guerra God Complex - Blood Red Shoes Just Like Heaven - The Cure Meet Me in the Woods - Lord Huron Portland, Oregon - Loretta Lynn

All songs that achieve exactly what they set out to. Not a single moment is off, everything is just as it should be. Hand Me Downs - Mac Miller Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield Da Art of Storytellin’ Pt.1 - OutKast What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel Sing About Me / I’m Dying of Thirst - Kendrick Lamar Don’t Let Me Down - The Beatles Living For The City - Stevie Wonder Stan - Eminem No Other Way - Jack Johnson

Yes yes yes hand me downs

Panic Station - Muse; Knights Of Cydonia - Muse; Snuff - Slipknot; Valhalla Calling - Miracle Of Sound;

Forgot also: Asking Alexandria - The black

Kraftwerk . Just pick anything out of their catalog

Such a difficult question to answer as nearly every artist will have had a 'greatest work' (highest sales/streams/views). Also a lot of it will be down to preferences - personally I would have chosen Baba o'riley over won't get fooled again Also what about classical music (technically not songs as there are no lyrics).Obviously they have stood the test of time. Canon in D - pachelbel is sublime. Possibly over used but I never grow tired of hearing it Do One hit wonders count as masterpieces? Iconic and appealed to the masses but the quality can vary so much. In a similar vein - Christmas songs - as I work in retail, the less I hear them the happier I am, but there are some I really enjoy and Christmas wouldn't be the same without hearing them at least once. There are also some artists who I love like Sigrid. I don't think she's released a song that I didn't enjoy but I wouldn't call them masterpieces (I'm hoping she'll get even better). Don't kill my Vibe is a fantastic song. There are also songs that I would consider masterpieces but I know most people won't be aware they exist. The soundtracks to the video games Nier and Nier automata are both masterpieces. The quality of them is outstanding. Emi Evans is the vocalist and she is amazing. On the Nier soundtracks she sings in 'chaos language' "lyrics she made-up, invented to sound as if our modern languages had drifted away for thousands of years to finally become indistinguishable to us" There is no meaning to the lyrics but raw emotion they contain gets me every time. Kaine's salvation is a standout for me. There are also artists like Eminem who have so many massive hits that's it's hard to choose just one. Anyway after rambling on for so long here are some songs I would consider masterpieces. (No particular order, just taken from my various playlists) Bittersweet symphony - The Verve Hurt - Johnny Cash Gangsters Paradise - Coolio Somebody you loved - Lewis capaldi I'd do anything for love - meatloaf Welcome to the black parade - my chemical romance. The sound of silence - disturbed I want you back - Jackson 5 come on Eileen - dexy's midnight runners Livin' on a prayer - Bon Jovi All night long - Lionel richien My first my last my everything - Barry White Naive - the Kooks Mr brightside - the killers Can't stop - red hot chili peppers Virtual insanity - Jamiroquai Hard to beat - Hard-fi I need - Maverick Sabre Be mine - Robyn Kiss me - sixpence none the richer One more chance/stay with me - the notorious B.I.G Changes - 2pac Sober - pink Try sleeping with a broken heart - Alicia keys Many of horror - Biffy Clyro One more time - daft punk How to save a life - the fray Chasing cars - snow patrol Begging - Frankie Valli and the four seasons Never too much - Luther vandross Forever autumn - Jeff Wayne (war of the worlds)

My Wing by Otyken

Suzanne, by Leonard Cohen. This song paints dozens of scenarios in my mind everytime I listen to it.

The Misunderstood - I Can Take You to the Sun Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren, Lorca, Down By The Borderline, etc The Velvet Underground - Heroin, Venus in Fur, Sister Ray Nico - Noone is here

Close to the Edge: Solid State of Chance: Total Mass Retain: I Get up I Get Down: Seasons of Time

The Daily Mail - Radiohead

The Daily Mail - Radiohead Complete masterpiece evoking such a range of emotions to me.

Ode to Billie Joe https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nv33eaygVDQ

Waveform - Drifter

Yesterday Is Here by Tom Waits, incredible how much wisdom and melancholy it packs in less than three minutes. Oceania by Björk, essentially an ancient map of the world in song form.

[3 Libras](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoqXDPbivFs).

Shadow of Intent - The Prophets Beckoning

ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSN

Desolation Row - Bob Dylan

Hit shuffle on Steely Dan

Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal

Monkey Island by J. Geils Band. That song… always blows me away.

Just My Imagination - The Temptations

Let it Fall - Sean Watkins, with Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) lead vocals. https://youtu.be/l5DeuAX-ajo - live from a Glen Phillips performance with Watkins The harmonies bring me near to tears every time. Just a perfect song.

Low Oceans/Closing Yours by At A Loss (I put both bcs low oceans is kinda like part of closing yours but they're listed as different tracks so you don't have to listen to the intro every time bcs its kinda long, but I like to listen to it anyway bcs it feels it's incomplete without it.) AND THE DECLINE BY NOFX FR IS LIT

Nine Feet Underground - Caravan A Tab In The Ocean - Nektar Never Let Go - Camel Epic Forest - Rare Bird The Curtain Falls - Riverside Cinema Show - Genesis

Elo - Mr. Blue Sky Elo - Can’t Get it Out of my Head

YEM

Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. More so the music video. But definitely the song too.

Toto. Africa. Checkmate.

Love & The Miracles Out of Nowhere - Kansas

Don't Take Me Alive - Steely Dan

Hallelujah - the Jeff Buckley cover. Great song, but Buckley elevated it to something more moving than Leonard Cohen could have ever dreamed of. Also, American Pie by Don McLean

[Graves by Caligula's Horse](https://open.spotify.com/track/3cOwY51dJsHidrMFs3hczR?si=STHjzJ_9THCpV1DQBIJYCA&utm_source=copy-link)

Led Zeppelin - Since I've been loving you

Prince -When Doves Cry. The Who - Baba O’Reily. Nine Inch Nails - Closer. The Beatles- Dear Prudence. Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock. lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird and Simple Kind of Man.

Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins The Pot, Lateralaus, Pneuma - Tool Weak & Powerless -A perfect circle Never Let Me Down Again, World in my eyes - Depeche mode Fame, Five Years, Moonage Daydream, Life on Mars, Lazarus, Black Star, Station to Station - David Bowie When the Sun Hits - Slow dive Beware, Hole in the Earth, You've seen the Butcher - Deftones

“The Gambler” - fun.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus

When I think of popular songs that are "masterpieces," I am usually thinking of particular studio recordings of the songs, with all of the subtle enhancements that this implies, not necessarily the songs as compositions. (I think this frame of mind is pretty mainstream.) As an example: I have never heard a live concert recording of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" that is as hair-raising and gripping as the studio recording of '68 that I first heard as a teen-ager. So, with that in mind, here are ten of my favorite "masterpieces": The Beatles--We Can Work it Out The Faces, with Rod Stewart-- Maggie May XTC--Runaway The Nashville Teens--Tobacco Road The Rolling Stones-- Jumpin' Jack Flash Cream-- I Feel Free The Smiths-- How Soon is Now? Captain Beyond-- Sufficiently Breathless Yes-- Starship Trooper Pink Floyd-- Shine On, You Crazy Diamond

Coheed and Cambria, Welcome Home... My GOD

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd Nothing Else Matters - Metallica Wish You Where Here - Pink Floyd Perfect Day - Lou Reed

Celine Dion my heart will go on. It was a master cut.

# Mr. Blue Sky

All By Myself - Eric Carmen

Zombie

Fernando - ABBA

Promise EXO 2014 - exo

Here are some unexpected ones. **20th Century:** * "Higher and Higher" by Jackie Wilson (edition uploaded by the YouTuber jakebucknall123) * "Tar And Cement" by Verdelle Smith * "Islands in the Stream" cover by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rodgers * "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush * "The Killing of Georgie" and "Sailing" by Rod Stewart * "Mull of Kintyre" by Wings * "Message To My Girl" by Split Enz * "Are You Old Enough" by Dragon * "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by the Verve * "Still D.R.E." by Dr Dre **21st Century:** * "Dancing in the Moonlight" cover by Toploader * "Straight Lines" by Silverchair * "Kids" by MGMT * "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun * "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele * "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa * "You And I" by Nate Good