The most beautiful song.

[sisenor]

Quote:

Originally Posted by barrycro /img/forum/go_quote.gif louis armstrong- what a wonderful world still sounds beautiful everytime i hear it

x2

Also:

"Whitewash" - Buckethead
"Sacrifice" - Elton John
"Workinonit" - J Dilla
"The Phantom of the Opera" - Original London Cast
"Little Wing" and "All Along the Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix

and many more

 

[tjkurita]

Quote:

Originally Posted by diction10 /img/forum/go_quote.gif John Hiatt - Have A Little Faith In Me

Have you ever heard Bill Frisell's version of this tune? It is really beautiful.

 

[elrod-tom]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Absorbine_Sr /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not for any deep meaning but just for the purity of the harmonies - "In My Room" by the Beach Boys. And now that I think of it, "God Only Knows" by them as well.

I was going to say "God Only Knows" as well...

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Originally Posted by Absorbine_Sr /img/forum/go_quote.gif And John Cale's version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".

I have to agree half-way on this one...I think that Jeff Buckley owns that song now.

A few others...

George Michael - "Cowboys and Angels": One of my test tracks, it just fills up a room with sax and stand up bass.

Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Jerusalem": I have this one on 192K DVD-A, and it just blows me away every time I hear it.

Simon and Garfunkel - "The Only Living Boy in New York": The choral part in the middle just takes me away every time I hear it.

 

[Zarathustra19]

Mad World - Gary Jules and Michael Andrews

or

Eli the Barrow Boy - The Decemberists

 

[subfocus]

Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt

 

[Zarathustra19]

oh, just realized another song that makes me go, "wow".

Atreyu - The Remembrance Ballad

"Of my immortal soul of this eternal flame
Will you remember?
Will your heart sing with pain?
Who calls out my name?
And tell me what happens
When my eyes close for the last time
Does it all simply end in a blanket of darkness
And what of my soul, what of my soul?"

Wow.

 

[tjkurita]

Another beautiful song is "The Sinking of the Titanic" by Gavin Bryars

 

[Gross]

I get goose bumps everytime I hear 'Sullivan' by Caroline Spine. I am sure it has something to do with the fact I have actually been to Waterloo, and my Brother was in the navy.

 

[sonick]

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Originally Posted by jellojoe /img/forum/go_quote.gif MBV's Somtimes, particularly in Lost in Translation.

Oh god yes, good one!

I'd also like to add:
Des'ree: Kissing You (love theme to Romeo and Juliet)

 

[onocentaur]

Charlotte Gainsburg - Beauty Mark

 

[sisenor]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonick /img/forum/go_quote.gif Oh god yes, good one! I'd also like to add: Des'ree: Kissing You (love theme to Romeo and Juliet)

Word....reminds me of an old gf.

 

[crazyface]

I'm very surprised to see so few classical works listed here!

 

[Altoids]

Boards of Canada: Alpha & Omega, Left Side Drive.

Hope Sandoval: Around My Smile, I Thought You'd Fall For Me, Clear Day.

Rachmaninoff: The Vespers - Let Thy Servant Depart

Beethoven: Symphony #7, Op.92, Allegretto.

Lush: When I Die, Desire Lines, Thoughtforms

Cocteau Twins: Know Who You Are At Any Age

Fiona Apple: On The Bound, Across The Universe

Elliott Smith: Waltz #2, Tomorrow Tomorrow, Because

Johann Johannsson: Magnetic Tape Unit

Mum: Weeping Rock, Rock

Autour de Lucie: Noyes Dans La Masse, Au Large Deja, Ce Que L'on Tait

Radiohead: Creep (c'mon), How To Disappear Completely

Ladytron: Whitelightgenerator

Doves: Sea Song

Camille: Un homme deserte, La ou je suis nee

Annie Lennox: Don't Let It Bring You Down

The Innocence Mission: Martha Avenue Love Song, I Never Knew You From The Sun

Goldfrapp: Utopia, Pilots

Air: Cherry Blossom Girl (Original & Hope Sandoval ver.), Mike Mills

Aesop Rock: Forest Crunk

Slowdive: Blue Skied An' Clear

Sneaker Pimps: Becoming X (the song)

Portishead: Only You, Roads(live)

Zazie: La la la, Si j'etais moi

Yoko Kanno: Sora's Folktale, Green Bird, Blue

Duran Duran: Ordinary World

Malcolm Mclaren: About Her

Royksopp: In Space

Sigur Ros: Untitled #1

Regina Spektor: Somedays, Chemo Limo, Carbon Monoxide, Ode to Divorce, Better

M83: Moon Child; I'm Happy, She Said

RJD2: June, The Proxy

Tricky: Pumpkin, Hell Is Around The Corner

DJ Shadow: Mutual Slump; Stem, Long Stem; What Does Your Soul Look Like (entirety)

Emilie Simon: Le vieil amant

 

[gz76]

"zero" - lamb.

 

[leng jai]

Craig David - Unbelievable

Probably not a popular choice here, but Craig has very smooth vocals and this piece is sung with great emotion.