If you could perform one song perfectly in front of an audience ...

O Holy Night. I would hit that high note and there wouldn’t be an unshivered spine in the joint. Michael Crawford would phone with his congratulations on my taking over as the bestest rendering of OHN ever.
Accompanying myself on piano, of course.

Strange, since I can neither play nor sing anything.

Miserlou, aka the fast guitar track from Pulp Fiction.

It depends where I was: outside of Australia, A Change Is Gonna Come.

In Australia, You’re The Voice.

“Piece of My Heart” by Janis Joplin

I’ve always wanted one of those gruff gravelly rock voices, like Janis or Melissa Etheridge. Instead, I got Snow White. :rolleyes:

I *did *get the chance to do that one, as a solo, in high school. Beat a choir of 250 in an audition for the opportunity to sing it at the Winter Concert for an audience of 700+. It was as awesome as you imagine. (And yes, I hit the high note perfectly!) :smiley:

Heh. That song is on my band’s setlist, so I do get to perform it (or at least, the guitar part). I haven’t yet managed to nail it 100%, though. :frowning:

But one day…

:smiley: Good for you!

Oooh. I get RSI just thinking about it. :eek:

“Industrial Disease” by the Dire Straits assuming I would be allowed to have other musicians to play the instruments I did not steal from Mark Knopfler.

The exact song that came to my mind! Except I wouldn’t be accompanying myself on piano…instead, there’d be a small orchestra behind me (organ, strings, woodwinds) and a choir to provide harmonies at key moments. They’d be in robes, I’d be in a suit, with eyes towards the ceiling, and the hall very dark.

The mind works in mysterious ways.

Dammit, beaten.

My rendition would be like, better than yours and stuff! :mad::stuck_out_tongue:

“Since I Fell For You”

Whammer Jammer or Juke. I play harmonica a bit and those are classics.

How could you tell the difference?

“Oooh, I’m going to listen the shit out of this ambiance/natural music!” vs cough cough “hmm, this doing anything for you girls I’m trying to fuck?”

What exactly would be mind blowing about that?

Schubert’s Ave Maria.

“O Holy Night.” It’s not often that it’s sung by a Basso.

Followed by a raucous rendition of “Proud Mary.”

Either *Debaser *or *Velouria *by the Pixies or God Damn The Sun or Jane Mary by Swans. If I had to pick one, it’d be Debaser.

For me, it had to be a Van Morrison song, either “Caravan” or “Listen To The Lion”.

Given the parameters set forth in the OP, 4’33" is a pretty awesome response.

Wow, I can think of a thousand songs I’ve fantasized about doing perfectly before but choosing just one is tough… raucous or sentimental, Zeppelin or Clapton or Young?

I’ll go with Young, Old Man.

“Don’t Stop Believing”. There wouldn’t be an ass remaining in a seat at the end.