Best songs ever written

I think Flanders and Swann are still unbeaten when it comes to song writing.

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Alas, London buses don't have conductors any more, and they never go as fast as 20mph...


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Funny watching them perform this one (mocking English nationalism) to an American audience:


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They did two anti-war songs which I think are very powerful:


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That last one was a translation of a Georges Brassens song. Georges Brassens wrote fantastic songs, but most of them were far too rude to post here.



This is obscure but it is my favourite song of all time, although whoever uploaded it screwed up the opening few seconds:


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[LightSpectra] Are you familiar with The Monads?

Sittin' at the bar
Drinking two or three
Something's bothering me
About actuality!
My heart is broken
It's a pain-instantiatin' token
And I feel like I'm trapped in concrete...
 
[LightSpectra] Are you familiar with The Monads?

Sittin' at the bar
Drinking two or three
Something's bothering me
About actuality!
My heart is broken
It's a pain-instantiatin' token
And I feel like I'm trapped in concrete...

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My serious response:


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