What is the most beautiful song ever?

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Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Friday, 20 August 2004 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Some more, some by oft-mentioned artists:

Arvo Part - Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten (put to chilling effect in Farenheit 9/11)
Dylan - Love Minus Zero/No Limit, Simple Twist of Fate, Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Mr. Tamborine Man
Prince - Sometimes It Snows In April
Patty Griffin - Rain, Top Of The World
Emmylou Harris - The Pearl
Gillian Welch - Orphan Girl, Barroom Girls
Julie Miller - By Way Of Sorrow
(I've seen the last 5 this week, that's why they come to mind)
Neil Young - Borrowed Tune, See The Sky About To Rain
Richard Thompson - 1955 Vincent Black Lightning, From Galway To Graceland, Dimming Of The Day, Beeswing, Keep Your Distance
American Music Club - Firefly, What Holds The World Together, Gratitude Walks
Mark Eitzel - Mission Rock Resort
Joni Mitchell - River, Circle Game, pick any of a bunch more

I second all of the Big Star/Chris Bell calls up there.

I suppose I could go on and on.

― southern lights (southern lights), Friday, 20 August 2004 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link

"Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" from Verdi's Nabucco (Also for the fact that it was illegal to sing this in Italy for years because it was incendiary)
"Hallelujah" Rufus Wainwright version
"Cold Blooded Old Times" Smog
Muzsikás - "Szerelem, Szerelem"
"Farewell, Farewell"-Sandy Denny w/ Fairport Convention

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 20 August 2004 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link

Nina Simone - 'Wild is the Wind' (live version from At Town Hall), probably.

― Orange, Friday, 20 August 2004 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link

farewell farewell is a good one

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 20 August 2004 19:01 (nineteen years ago) link

"Magnificent Dreams" - Television Persomalities

― holojames (holojames), Sunday, 22 August 2004 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link

pram 'chrysalis'
'farewell farewell' by the proctors? probably not that farewell farewell, unless theirs was a cover, i have no idea.

― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 22 August 2004 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link

"Duk Koo Kim" seconded.

― steve hise, Sunday, 22 August 2004 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Disco Inferno's 'Second Language'.

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 23 August 2004 03:20 (nineteen years ago) link

mahler's adagio from the 9th symphony.

end of thread

― you will be shot (you will be shot), Monday, 23 August 2004 03:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Olatunji, "Oya"

― Lukas (lukas), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Sorry: Olatunji!

― Lukas (lukas), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:13 (nineteen years ago) link

And, also, fuck! Wrong song.

In conclusion:

Olatunji!, "Akiwowo"

― Lukas (lukas), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Queen, "39"

― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Monday, 23 August 2004 05:56 (nineteen years ago) link

neon lights maybe

― artiste (artiste), Monday, 23 August 2004 06:09 (nineteen years ago) link

"Give Me Another Chance," Big Star
"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'," Ray Charles
"Divinely Marvelous," Gal Costa
"Waters of March," Tom Jobim & Elis Regina
"I Remember That," Prefab Sprout (just listened to this today)
"Let the Wind Blow," Beach Boys
and yeah, the oft-mentioned "Waterloo Sunset" is pretty beautiful

Lots more--those are the ones that spring to mind right now.

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Monday, 23 August 2004 17:55 (nineteen years ago) link

You Got the Silver - Stones
13 - Big Star
A Man needs a Maid - Neil Young
Its not '74 Anymore - The Fauves

― The Velvet Overlord (The Velvet Overlord), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 07:37 (nineteen years ago) link

I love this thread. Maria was OTM with Julia by Beatles for me. But I'm also very fond of:

Joni Mitchell: A Case Of You
Tom Waits: Martha
Yo La Tengo: Tears Are In Your Eyes (this is ridiculously beautiful)
Stevie Wonder: You And I
My Morning Jacket: Come Closer
Velvet Underground: Candy Says
Ron Sexsmith: Speaking With The Angel
Neil Finn: Try Whistling This
Flaming Lips: Do You Realise
Ben Folds: The Luckiest (my wife's choice)

But the all time number one winner that always gets me (even if a little cheesy) is:

The Hollies: He Ain't Heavy

Coz my sister sings it to me.

― piers (piers), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 08:28 (nineteen years ago) link

neil young - expecting to fly

― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 11:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
Orbital - Halcyon
Pet Shop Boys - In Denial
Susumu Yokota - Tobiume
Prince - Mountains

― tipustiger, Tuesday, 24 August 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

"Little Wing," Jimi Hendrix.

― snazz, Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Neil Young -- Philadelphia

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link

"Morning Paracetamol", Ulrich Schnauss

― Lukas (lukas), Thursday, 9 September 2004 01:46 (nineteen years ago) link

"Electrolite," REM
"WATERLOO SUNSET," KINKS!

― snazz, Thursday, 9 September 2004 13:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Galaxie 500's cover of "Ceremony"
June Tabor's "The King of Rome"

― Bill A, Thursday, 9 September 2004 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link

The Communards - "For a Friend"

― frankE (frankE), Sunday, 12 September 2004 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link

'I Feel Love'

― manuel (manuel), Sunday, 12 September 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link

i think it could well be "Protection".

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link

Galaxie 500's cover of "Ceremony"

Definetely a contender, as is "Protection" (if Jed means Massive Attack)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link

i stand by my choice of Aphex's 'Xtal'.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Easy!

Draft Morning - The Byrds

No train to Stockholm - Lee Hazlewood

― holojames (holojames), Saturday, 25 September 2004 18:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Right now for me it's the song from the Haagen-Dazs commercial. (I just downloaded it from the HD website!)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:59 (nineteen years ago) link

t rex - she was born to be my unicorn

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:59 (nineteen years ago) link

John Prine, "Christmas in Prison"
Hem- "Half Acre"
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci- "Freckles"
Dusty Springfield- "The Windmills of Your Mind"

― rebecca s (rebecca S), Sunday, 26 September 2004 22:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Brad Fiedel's theme from The Terminator?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Sunday, 26 September 2004 23:28 (nineteen years ago) link

and "God Only Knows," "Don't Worry Baby, " "The Big Ship" OTM.
also My Morning Jacket, "Bermuda highway"

― rebecca s (rebecca S), Sunday, 26 September 2004 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link

the fairest of the seasons- nico
8 miles high- byrds
caroline no- beach boys, including sound of train and dogs
fleetwood mac-something off tusk, I'm sure of it
and if it hadn't been covered by non-stop retards, landside is an amazingly beatiful song

― soft headed soft, Sunday, 26 September 2004 23:44 (nineteen years ago) link

Reading the thread title the first thing that popped into my head was Cocteau Twins "Aikea-Guinea" which is "beautiful" in a denotative sense, but not the most "beautiful" song in an absolute sense.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Sunday, 26 September 2004 23:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Softheaded, was that Tusk song "That's All For Everyone"? 'Cause I was about to suggest that one.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 27 September 2004 00:30 (nineteen years ago) link

velvet underground - stephanie says
my bloody valentine - sometimes
sonic youth - unwind
the beach boys - you still believe in me (borrowed or not)
the beatles - in my life
starflyer 59 - just try
a couple different charles mingus tunes that i don't know the name of

― 6335, Monday, 27 September 2004 03:19 (nineteen years ago) link

also sylvie - harry belafonte

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 27 September 2004 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I've been told that I have the most beautiful schlong ever.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 27 September 2004 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link

game of Life- dusty springfield
stardust- nat king cole
hallelujiah- jeff buckley
one- u2
hang me in red- maria mckee
needle & the damage done- neil young
born slippy- underworld
angel- sarah mclachlan
i know- jude
amazing grace- anyone

but you really should try to find:

she moves through the fair- phil coulter

i'm also partial to the song during the baptism sequence of oh brother where art thou too.

― darragh.mac (darragh.mac), Monday, 27 September 2004 04:37 (nineteen years ago) link

the tusk song that soft headed is trying to think of is obviously "save me a place." and it's an excellent choice!

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 27 September 2004 04:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Off the very top of my head:

Talk Talk - "After the Flood"
Olivia Tremor Control - "NYC-25"
Sonic Youth - "Karen Revisited"

I'll spare you the entire tracklist of Loveless.

― sleep, Monday, 27 September 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Sea Song by Robert Wyatt
Til I Die - Beach Boys

― Stew S, Monday, 27 September 2004 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Trembling Blue Stars - "Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise"
Sinead O'Connor - "This is to Mother You"

The latter is great enough to redeem Sinead for whatever folk fault her for. The former could be the saddest song ever written, with a great central metaphor: "You made an impression, and sometimes I still feel the bruise."

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 3 January 2005 00:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Sonic Youth - Diamond Sea
Big Star - Kangaroo
Albert Ayler - Ghosts
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, pts. 3 and 4
Keith Rowe/John Tilbury - Oxleay

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Monday, 3 January 2005 00:59 (nineteen years ago) link

i read above and apparently bruce campbell has done a version of wichita lineman?

― keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 3 January 2005 05:18 (nineteen years ago) link

"Hecho en Buenos Aires," Bersuit Vergarabat. I cry every time I hear it, and it's been out for months.

― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Monday, 3 January 2005 05:20 (nineteen years ago) link

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