1. Sun Hits The Sky - Supergrass
Funnest song ever written. Most fun song ever written? Also the ultimate driving song on a summer's day by the beach. The only let down is the ending that drags on.
2. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
The harmonies, the chord progressions, the song structure, the theramin..... could go on and on about what makes this song amazing. Also the great quiet middle bit that just ebbs and flows until... aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh *silence* GOOOOOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD VIBRATIONS. Genius.
3. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
A triumphant fanfare heralds the beginning of a Beatles song that is just perfect. I love the descending horn line after each "All you need is love", and the little self referential "She loves you yeah yeah yeah" in the background at the end.
4. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Pure awesome distilled and presented in song form.
5. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
The haunting intro leads into a foot tappingly great rock song. In particular the female solo near the end is mindblowing.
6. Even Flow - Pearl Jam
The driving, unchanging chord underlying the confident then frantic vocals of each line of the verse then the explosive progression on the line E-ven-flo-oww just blows my mind every time.
7. Living Type - Powderfinger
From the only good Powderfinger album in my opinion (Double Allergic), this is another perfect slow rock song or whatever category this would be in. Inspired chord progressions make it, along with the intense lyrics.
8. Space Oddity - David Bowie
I remember reading some essay that some student had written around the time of the moon landing about how man landing on the moon had killed any future imaginaion, romanticism or creativity involving it and space in general. Well, I think this song is the rebuttle.
9. Reckless - Australian Crawl
Time goes into slow motion every time I hear this song.
10. Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog
A simple, melancholy yet uplifting song that worked so well as the intro to the Muppet Movie.
