The best song in the world since the beginning of time.

[TH]

I am learning songs. What is the best one?

David

[fep]

'Round Midnight

[MarkRhodes]

If you don't know any, "Happy Birthday" would be a good place to start.

[sengu]

"Gracias a la vida" by Mercedes Sosa

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[lawson-stone]

Misty

[lawson-stone]

Actually the "greatest song" is in the Bible. The real title in hebrew of the Song of Solomon is "Song of Songs" which is an idiomatic expression in Hebrew for "The Ultimate Song, the Greatest Song, the SuperSong."

So there.

[mr. beaumont]

[Groyniad]

stardust

just to be flipping serious for a moment here

[Groyniad]

2nd best?
i've no idea at all
but best of the very very best - that's easy

(stardust)

[TH]

stardust

just to be flipping serious for a moment here

Speaking of being serious, did you know that the song Stardust was originally based on an old celtic sea shanty known as Sea Dust? It was lost to the changes of time and obscurity until a musicologist uncovered old celtic songs in an Appalacian village, unchanged over hundreds of years. He documented these folk gems and they were considered as worthy additions to the Childs Book of Ballads.
But it turns out that he misunderstood the title, the folk tradition being one handed down by aural tradition and not being written out. He thought it was See Dust.
Fast forward to Hoagy Carmichael. He got a copy of See Dust, fell in love with it and proceeded to cleverly write a reworking of it, titling it Saw Dust, a timely alteration.
But his publisher pointed out that Saw Dust was actually copyrighted as a carpentry work song, a forgettable ditty written in 2x4. Upon recommendation from his publishers, he retitled it and we now have Stardust as we know it.

Just so you can be more informed the next time you need to kill some time introducing this song at a gig or if you need trivia while you're replacing a broken string.

You're welcome.
David

[Groyniad]

Speaking of being serious, did you know that the song Stardust was originally based on an old celtic sea shanty known as Sea Dust? It was lost to the changes of time and obscurity until a musicologist uncovered old celtic songs in an Appalacian village, unchanged over hundreds of years. He documented these folk gems and they were considered as worthy additions to the Childs Book of Ballads.
But it turns out that he misunderstood the title, the folk tradition being one handed down by aural tradition and not being written out. He thought it was See Dust.
Fast forward to Hoagy Carmichael. He got a copy of See Dust, fell in love with it and proceeded to cleverly write a reworking of it, titling it Saw Dust, a timely alteration.
But his publisher pointed out that Saw Dust was actually copyrighted as a carpentry work song, a forgettable ditty written in 2x4. Upon recommendation from his publishers, he retitled it and we now have Stardust as we know it.

Just so you can be more informed the next time you need to kill some time introducing this song at a gig or if you need trivia while you're replacing a broken string.

You're welcome.
David

you see where else but in this great place could you expect to find such specialist knowledge as this

great stuff

thanks David

[princeplanet]

Surely you don't think he's being "serious"?

[mr. beaumont]

I am serious. And stop calling me Shirley.

[destinytot]

So Hoagy C. saw See Dust before he saw Saw Dust... or was it Sea Dust that Hoagy C. saw?

[TH]

Surely you don't think he's being "serious"?

Uh oh. Did somebody call the misinformation police?
I AM trying to be Sirius, since we're talking Star dust. Just a dog by some measures, but still quite bright.
David

[lawson-stone]

The Sh*t is so deep here I need to go put on my mucking boots.

;-)

[Groyniad]

Surely you don't think he's being "serious"?

surely you don't think i'm being serious shirley?!

[Groyniad]

whilst the op was never particularly serious about this thread

i believe - with all due sincerity - that there is an obvious answer to his pretend-question

and it is

stardust

in the songbook - there's stardust and then there's all the other tunes

[lawson-stone]

whilst the op was never particularly serious about this thread

i believe - with all due sincerity - that there is an obvious answer to his pretend-question

and it is

stardust

in the songbook - there's stardust and then there's all the other tunes

SO: since you have the ultimate guitar, the Gibson L5ces, and the ultimate song, "Stardust" I say play it and post it! I want to hear you and your L5 show us how beautiful that song really is!

I love hearing forum members play, regardless of their level. My own posts set a bar for "hey he's no Joe Pass... he's not even Tiny Tim..."

Play it post it for us!

[A. Kingstone]

Feelings

[pubylakeg]

Feelings

(Thx A.K. Setup and punchline).

[matt.guitarteacher]

stardust

just to be flipping serious for a moment here

Ha! I was going to say Stardust, especially if you really use the word "song". Deceptively simple , yet lots of simple tension, avoids tonic mostly, very ambiguous. Perfect lyrics. Spent a lot of time last couple years singing tunes, memorizing lyrics, and they all have their strengths /weaknesses. There's not another song I've come across which offers as much opportunity for variations in phrasing. Lots of space, and some how the lyrics lend themselves to phrasing almost infinite number of ways, subtly changing the meaning.

In terms of improv, there's just so much room , space , for fills etc.

[matt.guitarteacher]

sheesh. broken link I guess.. There's another one here:

It's weird. I posted one version last night, based on the art/artist/song title. After posting, I actually listened and it was a completely different track. I found another, which worked, last night and reposted. Apparently, it's not working now. I give up.

Here's the spotify link:

https://open.spotify.com/track/3ubuf6sWvznFKezYjQdikd

May paste into the original as well. Anyway, it's flugel horn I guess? Love the sound. Flugel is to trumpet what tenor sax is to alto. Lots of "noise".

[TH]

Feelings

I'm going to have to work up a mashup of Feelings and How Insensitive.
David

[gitrman]

C'mon now guys, we all know the best song ever is "Louie, Louie". Glad to have settled that!