The Most Beautiful Song contest

Okay then! I just got a flashy idea!

We are going to have a contest right here right now on the most
beautiful song snarkpitters know. Firstly we will pick out ten
favourites people like the most, then make a vote with it so we can
finally find out which is the most beautiful song.

So, right now you're going to start putting down the songs you think
are the most beautiful. Everyone of us should be so kind as to put down
the name of the song, author and (recommendedly) the performer(s).
Hopefully you can share the song with us, or we have to hope it is very
common over certain (ahem) networks.

The song doesn't have to be in english, it can be in whatever language,
performed by whoever and whenever. You can propose up to 5 songs, which
will be then selected out by people on a second topic. Ten songs that
get the most points will go to final vote. The rules of voting will be
made more clear in the course of it.

I believe, after this text, nobody will argue on the point "why didn't the Recently Listened thread fit for this".

Thank you.

vincent, by don mcclean. i couldn't tell you where it was, probably somewhere in san francisco, mid 1960's, but i seen a recording of a live performance that almost made me cry.

there's a lot of more modern music that has the same effect, but for very different reasons.

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Alphabetically ->

Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life

Bright Eyes - Something Vague

Elliott Smith - No Name #1

Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie

Elliott Smith - Single File

If you have trouble finding any of those, get SoulSeek, and send a message to "HughHefner" so I can get it for you. :wink:

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Everybody Hurts by R.E.M

Come Sail Away by Styx

Fix You by Coldplay

The Holly and the Ivy, played by George Winston.

DL here.

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Beautiful songs, lets see...

I doubt anyone here has heard these songs, but here goes:

Autechre - Corc
Orbital - The Girl With the Sun in Her Head
Boards of Canada - A Kid for Today
Plaid - Rakimou
Squarepusher - Port Rhombus

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"Come What May" by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman in "Moulin Rouge"

"The Origin of Love" from the movie "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

Author - Performer - Song name

Olav Ehala - Heidy Tamme - Valulaul (the song of hurt)

Olav Ehala - Child Choir Ellerhein - P?ikeseratas (the wheel of sun)

Olav Ehala - Child Choir Ellerhein - Vitsalaul (the song of rod)

Olav Ehala - Heidy Tamme
- V?ta mind lehtede varju (take me to the shadows of
leaves)

Ruja - RAM, Hirvo Surva - Rahu (peace)

RAM stands for Riiklik Akadeemiline Meeskoor, or National Academic Men
choir, in Estonian. All of the songs being Estonian doesn't matter, you
should enjoy them anyway.

You can get all those songs from

http://madedog.pri.ee/files/mp3

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Joe C o c ker - You Are So Beautiful

A classic.

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So true forceflow

in anycase , i'd go for Pink floyd ,Comfortably Numb

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Oooh yeah, Comfortably Numb should be on the list, I love that song.

And the song Vincent. I've never heard it but apparently it's
really beautiful. So much, in fact, that my middle name is
Vincent after the song :smile:

....that almost made me cry.
there's a lot of more modern music that has the same effect, but for very different reasons.

I'm with you there, Fishy.

"Ave Maria" - Maria Callas or similar.

"Vincent" - Don Maclean. As per Fishy and French Toast's parents.

"Shine on you crazy diamond" - Pink Floyd.

"In my life" - The Beatles.

"Theme from Harry's game" - Clannad. Maire Brennan has one of those voices that raise the hairs on the back of my neck.

tony macalpine - the raven
tony macalpine - Powerfield
tony macalpine - Futurism
Yngwie malmsteen - Far beyond the sun
Primus - detachable penis
Suicidal tendencies - Institutionalyzed

in no particular order?

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Hell, is an half-filled auditorium

I vote detachable penis. Best song name ever!

hendrix....little wing ....even stevie ray vaugn's version will bring a tear...

mercy mercy......marvin gaye....if ya ever wanted to get laid lads, thats the one that did it in my day... :heee:

black mountain side....led zeppelin....my favorite song to play, to this day (or any other zep tune, for that matter )

cant find my way home....stevie winwood.....sang my kids to sleep with that one.....ALL of em... :biggrin:

.....theres so many, this'll have to be continued... :wink:

Doc Brasso... :dodgy:

if ya ever wanted to get laid lads, thats the one that did it in my day

Oh boy, I'll keep that in mind!

:smile:

Radiohead - fake plastic trees

Radiohead - creep

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

Billie Holliday - Don't Explain

and

Kansas - Dust In The Wind

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

The Beatles - In My Life

The Rolling Stones - Angie

and

Rod Stewart - Have I told You Lately (That I love you)

Classics, classics ...

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Well no one said about what kind of beautiful... I personally consider some death metal to be beautiful :razz:

1: Megadeth - A tout Le Monde
2: In Flames - Everlost (Part 2) [really nice acoustic song]
3: Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
4:
5:

Ok I can't think of others now, I'm at a blank, but I'll edit my post sometime and add em in.

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Placebo - Protege Moi

That song from the end of donny darko, about dieing in dreams...

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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The Scientist had an amazing video, really good.

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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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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

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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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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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.

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting jake</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>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.
</DIV></DIV>

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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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.

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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Steve Miller Band - The Jocker

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

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

:biggrin:

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)

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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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 :biggrin:

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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:<br style="color: red;">
Alabama - Dixieland Delight<br style="color: red;">
Faith Hill - Breathe<br style="color: red;">
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Non-country:<br style="color: red;">
Blackmore's Night - Midwinters Night<br style="color: red;">
Air - Cherry Blossom Girl<br style="color: red;">
Enya - Return to Innocence<br style="color: red;">
Doobie Brothers - Black Water

Come What May - Ewen McGregor & Nicole Kidman

<span style="color: red;">

<span style="color: limegreen;">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. :smile: </span>

</span>

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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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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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....

check out Here. I'll try and upload it during the day....

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guns n' roses - november rain

agreed. i forgot about this one. probably forgot a few others aswel

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These words are my diaries screaming out loud

and you guys call yerselves floyd fans.....ppppfffttt....

"the great gig in the sky"....withstands the test of time....and still gets me wifee "moving in strange ways"....woohoo!!! :heee:

Doc B... :dodgy:

the great gig only counts as a song if you post all the words/vocals, Doc. :smile:

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SpiKeRs, as good as Rose of Sharyn may be, I don't really consider it to be beautiful- its more moving and emotional, but I suppose it depends what you consider the term beautiful is, which we should have established at the start. Also, it doesn't help that Killswitch can't spell what thier writing about :razz:

As for November rain- can't stand the first bit, but love it after the bride dies and slash does his cool solos- great song writing, really has the emotion.

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quote:</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>beau?ti?ful
adj.

• Having qualities that delight the senses, especially the sense of sight.
• Excellent; wonderful.

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Okay, let me remind the rules now :smile:

SONGS, not just musical performances. Songs where people SING.

And only 5 from each of you, okay?

Thank you again :smile:

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SONGS, not just musical performances. Songs where people SING.

Should have said that up front. I take issue with your definition of a song, but meh.

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Windowpane - Opeth

Download Windowpane, good tune

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Nickelplate is my dad

radiohead - karma police
radiohead - creep
joe purdy - wash away
coldplay - beautiful world
the caesars - jerk it out

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<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting gimpinthesink</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>The Pretenders - I would walk 500 Miles (I also love the Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies cover) </DIV></DIV>That song was The Proclaimers, a one-hit wonder, not The Pretenders, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

While a lot of the songs people listed I enjoy, some of them just don't come as raw beauty to me. In particular, I'm going to call out the people listing "The Joker." It's a fun song that I love to sing along to, but it's not beautiful.

A few of the ones I consider beautiful:

Vast - Touched
Radiohead - Exit Music (for a film)
Alice in Chains - Nutshell
Moby feat. Sinead O'Connor - Harbour
Smashing Pumpkins - For Martha
Ben Folds Five - Evaporated

Now; here's my list:

[5] Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond (part 1+2) (on the "Whish you were here") | this makes about 30 minutes of music
[4] Micheal Penn - Macy day parade (Godzilla soundrack)
[3] Selig - Knocking on heaven's door (Knoking on heaven's door soundrack)
[2] Goo goo Dolls - Iris (City of angels soundtrack)
[1] Dido - Closer (Bonustrack) (On the "Life for rent") | this song just makes me shiver. I'ts plain simple, easy to play, and so grazy beautiful; my dear.

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