― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 27 September 2004 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link
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
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 27 September 2004 04:51 (nineteen years ago) link
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
― Stew S, Monday, 27 September 2004 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link
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
― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Monday, 3 January 2005 00:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 3 January 2005 05:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Monday, 3 January 2005 05:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Seuss, Monday, 3 January 2005 06:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― parading gurls, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 05:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble..., Tuesday, 4 January 2005 05:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― a kiss fan, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 06:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 06:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― wrian bilson, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 06:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Classical:Messiaen - the cello/piano movement from Quatuor Pour le Fin de Temps (yeah alright, or the violin/piano one - I'm a cellist ok?)Ravel - slow movement from the Piano Concerto in G (this is probably the most beautiful piece ever, but I may change my mind)Mahler - take your pick from Symphonies 1, 4, 5, 6, 7...Schubert - slow movement from E-flat piano trio, any movement from the Quintet for strings
Pop/rock:Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding (HIS VERSION! Kills all the others, even Robert Wyatt's)Belle & Sebastian - Don't Leave The Light On BabyJohn Cale - Heartbreak Hotel, or (I Keep A) Close Watch (live from Fragments of a Rainy SeasonCocteau Twins - oh dammit, I can't decide... ella megalast burls forever is what I played on my birthday Utility Fog the other night, so maybe that? Does HTML markup work or did I fuck that up?Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue RaincoatNick Drake - River Man / Fruit TreeElliott Smith - Waltz #2 (lots of other choices, but hey...)Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie JoeTalk Talk - The Rainbow/Eden/Desire, or your choice from Spirit of Eden or Laughing Stock...Heligoland (astounding Tim Friese-Greene solo thing) - BluebirdMachine Translations - Out To SeaThe Tall Dwarfs - The SlideThe Triffids - Tender Is The Night (The Long Fidelity)Tom Waits - Cold Cold Ground / Yesterday Is HereMara Carlyle - Lost To Sea (etc)
I'm thinking about Tori Amos, the Clouds (or Jodi Phillis), and various other favourite artists, but... have they written really "beautiful" songs, as opposed to kick-ass, or moving, or...? I'm not sure.
Electronic/post-rock:Aphex Twin - the suggestions above seem fine to me ;)Autechre - eutow / that last track from Envane I think...Boards of Canada - Everything You Do is a Balloon (this used to move me to tears, just like the Ravel above)Dom & Roland - City (yes, it samples Badalamenti's City Of Lost Children soundtrack, but I think its beauty is down to the use within a drum'n'bass track)Four Tet - And They All Look Broken Hearted (etc)Fridge - Cut Up Piano And XylophoneFunckarma - Lignite (from Part 5 12")Gescom - Sciew SpocGlobal Communication - any choice from Pentamerous Metamorphosis, 76:14 (12:18 listed above may do the trick!)Hood - too many to list! There must be one or two to pick out, but I can't think right nowDntel - Suddenly Is Sooner Than You ThinkMia Doi Todd - Growing Pains (Dntel remix)Plaid - Manyme (feat Mara Carlyle!) / EyenSquarepusher - Tundraµ-Ziq (did that come out right? or:) µ-Ziq vs the Auteurs - Lenny Valentino 3 (1st track on the CD)b.fleischmann - Take your time (esp last section)
Jazz/klezmer/gypsyThe Necks - Hanging Gardens / Mosquito (well I'm loving it right now)Tin Hat Trio - anything from the last three albums? ;)John Zorn - argh, not enough time to search through; one of the Masada String Trio ones from Bar Kokhba or Circle Maker probsKroke - Tzigoyner Tantz or... or...
...and I'm running out of steam. That'll do. Uh.
― Peter Hollo (raven), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 07:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Peter Hollo (raven), Sunday, 9 January 2005 03:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― trixie fifibelle, Sunday, 9 January 2005 12:31 (nineteen years ago) link
mahler 2 is really good!
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Sunday, 9 January 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― dentist, Sunday, 9 January 2005 17:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 9 January 2005 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 9 January 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nanker Phelge, Sunday, 9 January 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― robin (robin), Monday, 10 January 2005 01:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Monday, 10 January 2005 02:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 10 January 2005 02:05 (nineteen years ago) link
(this is a shameful list cos it's basically what i would have answered in high school but then I still think the three are on the money.)
― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Monday, 10 January 2005 02:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― mm, Monday, 10 January 2005 07:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― coco, Monday, 10 January 2005 11:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― jonas siig (plast), Monday, 10 January 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
joy division 'atmosphere'isaac hayes 'walk on by'the cocteau twins 'cherry coloured funk'prince 'sometimes it snows in april' (prince has probably been involved in a quarter of the 100 most beautiful)johnny cash 'hurt'depeche mode 'enjoy the silence'jimmy cliff 'many rivers to cross'primal scream 'come together'bjork 'joga'the beach boys 'matchpoint of our love'daft punk 'digital love'
― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 10 January 2005 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 10 January 2005 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link
PJ Harvey "Sweeter Than Anything"Pet Shop Boys "Rent"Tindersticks "Trouble every day"Depeche Mode "Lie to me"
― daria g (daria g), Monday, 10 January 2005 15:43 (nineteen years ago) link
But Cocteau Twins owns this thread. "Carolyn's Fingers" and "Whales Tails" in particular.
― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 22 January 2005 17:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― scout (scout), Saturday, 22 January 2005 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― swvl (vozick), Saturday, 22 January 2005 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Saturday, 22 January 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― purple one, Sunday, 23 January 2005 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― purple one, Sunday, 23 January 2005 14:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jole, Sunday, 23 January 2005 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Blightersrock (Da ve Segal), Sunday, 23 January 2005 19:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Carel Fabritius (Fabritius), Sunday, 23 January 2005 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― miss chevious grin (miss chevious grin), Sunday, 23 January 2005 22:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 23 January 2005 23:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― coco, Monday, 24 January 2005 13:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― regretfull, Monday, 24 January 2005 15:23 (nineteen years ago) link
It might have been withdrawn, or limited to the first pressing, or something.
― coco, Monday, 24 January 2005 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
For a new nomination from a reoccuring band.
― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 26 February 2005 05:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― ross wilson jnr, Saturday, 26 February 2005 05:49 (nineteen years ago) link