A perfect song? What are your choices?

@mitchagain - yeah, I'd just looked at the same Wiki article that you did! 😀 I didn't know that John Bonham was on that session - I like learning things like that! From reading the article, I got the impression that it was Parker, not Holdsworth. In fact, I just looked at the Allen Holdsworth Wiki, and it says:

There has been an urban myth, propagated in part by the singer Donovan, that Holdsworth played the fuzztone solo on Donovan's 1968 hit "Hurdy Gurdy Man", but the solo was actually played by Alan Parker.^[22][23]

Unknown Hinson “ I ain’t afraid of your husband “

@bikeboy52 ...yeah, I've got to get a drop on 'im, or I'm absolutely...* 'ucked *L*

“Moon River” - Mancini/Mercer

“Duchess” - Scott Walker

”Rubberband Man” - Bell/Creed

”Forget Me Nots” - Washington/Rushen/McFaddin

”Tecumsah Valley” - Van Zandt

”Two for the Road” - Mancini (I prefer the stunning instrumental version on the RCA ‘Legenday Performer Series’ LP - the one with the circular cut-out sleeve cover where he’s smiling and pointing at the camera in an avuncular way - to the vocal version with lyrics by Mercer)

I think everyone has a different idea of perfect, but "Morgen" by Richard Strauss is one of my very favorites. Here are two recordings by two singers who really embody the perfection of this piece: