What's (subjectively) the greatest song of all time?

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One answer. No laundry lists, 1a & 1b, or honorable mentions.

By "greatest" song, I basically mean most complete, well-rounded song: lyrics, sound, etc.

For me, it's House of Cards by Radiohead. Breathtaking every time I hear it (or most of the other songs on the In Rainbows album).

Edit: Ok I've created the playlist. Here it is:

TexAgs' Greatest Songs Ever

Lots of Led. Didn't add any of the classical submissions or some of the random ones that didn't get at least one blue star. I'll add more to it as more suggestions come.
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People here can laugh all they want, but it's "over the Rainbow" according to experts (at least for the twentieth century), and I would have to agree. It really created what popular music would become, and did it 20 years ahead of its time. It's also a completely timeless song.
http://www.mtv.com/news/1441426/over-the-rainbow-voted-20th-centurys-best-song/
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Stranglehold-Uncle Ted
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In most of the music threads, I post mainly rap songs/albums, but as far as my favorite song of all-time, I gotta go with Mr. Brightside.

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Tangled Up In Blue - Dylan
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oragator said:

People here can laugh all they want, but it's "over the Rainbow" according to experts (at least for the twentieth century), and I would have to agree. It really created what popular music would become, and did it 20 years ahead of its time. It's also a completely timeless song.
http://www.mtv.com/news/1441426/over-the-rainbow-voted-20th-centurys-best-song/
That's pretty solid. Song holds up even today.
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Hotel California - Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
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Bohemian Rhapsody
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Fat Bottomed Girls
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Hit Em Up
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Amazing Grace
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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
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When The Levee Breaks
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We should do a bracket again.
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Happy Birthday.
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Theme Song from the TV Show Simon and Simon
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God Only Knows - Beach Boys
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Everlong - Foo Fighters
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R. Kelly - Trapped in the Closet Parts 1 through 33
Hickory High
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

When The Levee Breaks

I can get behind this.
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I always love falling back on Yellow Leadbetter.
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Somebody to Love by Queen
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Mine also

Quote:

God Only Knows - Beach Boys
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EKG1996 said:

Tangled Up In Blue - Dylan
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Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
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Prettiest? Ave Maria
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Jeeze this is tough...if we are talking pure music only I can listen to SRV's Little Wing on a continuous loop for the rest of my days.

Lyrically and Instrumentally combined...Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah is damn near perfect:




GiveEmHellBill
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Purple Rain would get my vote.
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Hickory High said:



For me, it's House of Cards by Radiohead. Breathtaking every time I hear it (or most of the other songs on the In Rainbows album).


I love that song too, so I was kind of baffled to find that after spending some time (probably too much time) in the Radiohead subreddit this summer, it seems to not get much love, and is considered by a lot of fans to be kind of a filler tune.
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House of Cards is an absolute masterpiece. But pretty much all of In Rainbows is.


Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah is definitely a candidate for greatest song of all time.
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Bohemian Rhapsody. And I don't even like Queen that much.
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Lots of great songs named... but I can't think of anything better, more complete, or beautiful than:

Deeper Than the Holler - Randy Travis
 
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