The Most Beautiful Song contest
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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by BlisTer on Wed Aug 24th at 12:41am 2005


most beautiful, emotional song for me is

above & beyond - no one on earth (gabriel & dresden remix)



but for songs that you guys know it would have to be

dire straits - romeo & juliet
dire straits - brothers in arms
coldplay - the scientist



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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by Myrk- on Wed Aug 24th at 12:47am 2005


The Scientist had an amazing video, really good.


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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by Crono on Wed Aug 24th at 12:54am 2005


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Radiohead - fake plastic trees

Radiohead - creep Acoustic

Nina Simone - Strange Fruit (wont get you laid kinda beautiful)


most stuff by Lamb


Dave Mathus - Grave digger


No Doubt - dont speak

Cake - Mexico

Audioslave - what you are

Cold Play - Rush of blood to the head


I fixed it!

If you just want something that sounds fantastic, Stone Temple Pilots: No Memory. Golden Brown by The Stranglers is good (Sounds pretty because of the 12 string acoustic)
Never is a Promise by Fiona Apple ... um ... Like Spinning Plates (Live/Piano only) by Radiohead. Then again, most RH songs are made for ritual suicide! So, they're prone to be beautifully written (not sung, by any means, Thom York has goat entrails for vocal chords)

I think "End Music (for a film)" takes the cake though.

Cold Play is like Radiohead, but talented. Most of their stuff is very nice, except Yellow, I hate that song so much.

A bunch of foreign songs ... classical music ... there's too much to come to concise "winner" of sorts. Not to mention, some of the songs you guys are listing I find to be hideously written music.



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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by FatStrings on Wed Aug 24th at 12:57am 2005


Brand New-I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light
EDIT:Fall Out Boy-Grand Theft Autumn...Where is Your Boy (Acoustic)
Cake-Stickshifts and Safety Belts




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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by gimpinthesink on Wed Aug 24th at 1:27am 2005


Samuel Barber - Adagio for strings (not exactly a song but it is music) its in Platoon and its also the theme music for Homeworld.

Tenacious D - Lee (I had a tutor last year called Lee and this song provided much hilarity)

Avril Lavigne - I'm with you
Steve Miller Band - The Jocker
Jonny Cash - Hurt (I preffer this version much more than the NIN one to me it seems to have more feeling)

Beutiful South - Pencil Case
The Pretenders - I would walk 500 Miles (I also love the Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies cover)

Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies - I beleve I can Fly
Prince/Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies - Purple Rain
The Foundations - Build me up Buttercup
John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of your life)
Green Day - Macys day Parade
Coldplay - Yellow (One of my all time favorate songs)
Groove Armada - At the River
Baz Luhrmann - Sunscreen
Tsunami Bomb - Lemenade
Tsunami Bomb - Take The Reins
The Cardigans - Lovefools
Clint Mansell - Summer Overture (The theme tune from Requiem For a Dream)
The Wannadies - You And Me Song

Kind of a long list but I couldnt stop playing through my mini disk player once I had started



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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by mazemaster on Wed Aug 24th at 1:38am 2005


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Avril Lavigne - I'm with you
Jonny Cash - Hurt (I preffer this version much more than the NIN one to me it seems to have more feeling)
Coldplay - Yellow (One of my all time favorate songs)
Baz Luhrmann - Sunscreen
The Cardigans - Lovefools
Clint Mansell - Summer Overture (The theme tune from Requiem For a Dream)


Some good songs in there...






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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by jake on Wed Aug 24th at 1:47am 2005


So far only three songs have been put forward more than once:

Comfortably numb (1979)
Vincent (1971)
In my life (1965)

Aaah! The old 'uns are the best.




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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by Nickelplate on Wed Aug 24th at 2:10am 2005


? quoting jake
So far only three songs have been put forward more than once:

Comfortably numb (1979)
Vincent (1971)
In my life (1965)

Aaah! The old 'uns are the best.

Lol, the song I mentioned was already a traditional carol when it was first put into print in 1710! Think of how good it must be! Download it!




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Posted by jake on Wed Aug 24th at 2:18am 2005


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Lol, the song I mentioned was already a traditional hymn when it was first put into print in 1710! Think of how good it must be! Download it!


I did - very nice it was, too, though not quite my cup of tea.




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Posted by Nickelplate on Wed Aug 24th at 2:21am 2005


Probably not most ppl's cup of tea. I enjoy stuff like that. A lot of these newer songs that have been mentioned kinda lost thier appeal when I found out what the artists were like. And some just because my ex likes them.




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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by French Toast on Wed Aug 24th at 3:27am 2005


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Steve Miller Band - The Jocker


I have a funny feeling it's the Joker, not the jocker.




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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by RabidMonkey777 on Wed Aug 24th at 6:13am 2005


My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
My Bloody Valentine - Clair
Slowdive - Machine Gun
Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station
Vendetta Red - P.S. - Love the Black

Woot, music most of you have probably never heard of.



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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by French Toast on Wed Aug 24th at 6:24am 2005


I'veheard a song called Machine Gun, but it was by Hendrix. I'm sure it's better.



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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by DrGlass on Wed Aug 24th at 8:12am 2005


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I think "End Music (for a film)" takes the cake though.


agreed, that song almost made me cry.

I think your being a little hard on tom, he doesn't have a great voice, but I dont think anyone could do his music any better. I saw radiohead live and I must say it was the best show I've ever seen, tom really kicked ass.

I dont think there can be one song that is most beautiful becuase music (at least to me) is tied to memory. Placebo and Cake are tied to kinda painful times in my life, so they are more emotional than they may be for other people. Radiohead is tied to alot, but for the most part, happy times.

btw... whats that site that logs your music over winamp? (offtopic i know)




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Posted by Hugh on Wed Aug 24th at 8:52am 2005


http://audioscrobbler.com

I like Thom's voice myself, but whatever. I like a lot of vocals that most people, normal people, hate.



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Posted by SpiKeRs on Wed Aug 24th at 9:38am 2005


johnny cash - hurt (NIN cover)

green day - good riddence or whatsername (tough to call between them, good riddence is a classic, but i really like whatsername for personal reasons)

guns n' roses - november rain

killswitch engage - rose of sharyn

lost prophets - last summer (imo great song for playing at those last gatherings in summer before everyone leaves for uni, college, work etc)

at the drive-in - initiation

something off of hole - celebrity skin, maybe reasons to be beautiful

probs not the most accurate list of what i think sounds beautiful but im not going through all my music 1st thing in morning





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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by Dark Tree on Wed Aug 24th at 10:50am 2005


Cannibal Corpse - "Ripping Entrails From a Virgin's c**t"
yes its a real song, no it isn't beautiful....anyway, now that I've got your attention....

Apparently none of you think country music is beautiful.

Country:
Alabama - Dixieland Delight
Faith Hill - Breathe

Non-country:
Blackmore's Night - Midwinters Night
Air - Cherry Blossom Girl
Enya - Return to Innocence
Doobie Brothers - Black Water
Come What May - Ewen McGregor & Nicole Kidman

Seriously guys, the music listed above is very beautiful. If you can't listen to it and get a nice, warm, soft portion of your heart beating when you listen to those tracks, you must be a cold stone. Very nice, soothing tracks.




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Posted by Hugh on Wed Aug 24th at 10:54am 2005


I am a cold stone... but speaking of country songs...

John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads

Not sure if I'd call it one of the most beautiful songs ever, but it's awesome regardless.



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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by Crono on Wed Aug 24th at 12:02pm 2005


Don't get me wrong, I love Radiohead ... I know it doesn't sound like it, but I do. However, he can't sing. Being that as it may, no it wouldn't work with many other singers.

BLAH, did I say "End Music"? I meant "Exit Music".



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Re: The Most Beautiful Song contest
Posted by Crapceeper on Wed Aug 24th at 12:36pm 2005


My Pink Floyd fav is 'Shine on you crazy diamond'. One of their best works ever.

Myrk-:
Argh; .... Well. double posts are allowed I realise. So I go for Iris as well. I liked this song from the first moment on.

Spiker:
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of your life) it is. I like this song very much as well.

gimpinthesink:
Green Day - Macy day Parade
There is also a song called like that performed by Michael Penn. The song is quite diffrent, I think. I really like the Penn version.

There are a lots of songs I really really really like.
My fav for now is

Michael Penn - Macy day parade....

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