Songs of beauty.

[oceanflower]

What songs are so beautiful that they give you goose bumps...make you sigh...make you cry?

For me it's: (in no particular order)

1. Black- Pearl Jam
2. Tuna in the Brine- Silverchair
3. Pride- U2
4. Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve
5. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunkel
7. Vincent- Don McClean
8. Porcelain- Moby
9. Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
10. Luna- The Smashing Pumpkins
12. After the Fire- Roger Daltrey
13. History- The Verve
14. Nothingman- Pearl Jam
15. Release Me- Pearl Jam
16. Gone- U2
17. You're In the Air- R.E.M.
18. At My Most Beautiful- R.E.M.
19. Find the River- R.E.M.
20. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
21. Natasha - Rufus Wainright
22. Heart to Hang Onto - Pete Townshend
23. A Song For Sleeping - Stone Temple Pilots
24. Come Back - Pearl Jam
25. Cradle Moon - Martin Hall

[follow_me_around]

1. let down by radiohead
2. shine on you crazy diamond by pink floyd
3. time by pink floyd
4. stair way to heave - by led zepellin
5. one - u2
6. the seeker - the who
7. tonight tonight - smashing pumpkins
8. return to innocence- enigma
9. one- metallica
10. 1979 - the smashing pumpkins


still those are put in no particular order..

Liz more or less we have the same taste :)
what do you think about Billy's new band Zwan?

Cheers

[oceanflower]

1. let down by radiohead
2. shine on you crazy diamond by pink floyd
3. time by pink floyd
4. stair way to heave - by led zepellin
5. one - u2
6. the seeker - the who
7. tonight tonight - smashing pumpkins
8. return to innocence- enigma
9. one- metallica
10. 1979 - the smashing pumpkins


still those are put in no particular order..

Liz more or less we have the same taste :)
what do you think about Billy's new band Zwan?

Cheers

I have Zwan's album Mary Star of the Sea, and I must say I'm disappointed. There wasn't one song that really stood out...they were unimaginative and so "pop.". I tried not to compare Zwan with the Pumkins and to judge the album on its own merits...but I still came away unimpressed. I heard a while back that Billy Corgan was writing a book of poetry...?

What's your take on Zwan? (they've already disbanded, haven't they?)

[follow_me_around]

well at first i thought zwan is the "happy" version of pumpkins and personally, i put lots of hope in the band to become as big as the pumpkins.I mean billy is there and so doed Jimmy. but the songs are the type of songs which you got bored with after listening them once or twice..and Billy's musical capability is higher than that (don't know what happened to him)...he seems more cheerfull though.. :roll:


Cheers

[Anonymous]

How did I miss this thread?!

Let's not forget:

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Pink Floyd - Poles Apart
Mamas & The Papas - Monday Monday
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Bob Dylan - Final Theme


Otherwise, I see good choices so far. :) :)

[mazarane]

You are the Everything - R.E.M.
Find the River - R.E.M.
Is Your Love in Vain? - Bob Dylan
History - the Verve
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
You and Whose Army? - Radiohead

there's a lot more- those are the ones that sprang to mind

[incka]

Porcelain - Moby
Natural Blues - Moby
E-Bow The Letter - R.E.M.
Country Feedback - R.E.M.
Find The River - R.E.M.
West Of The Fields - R.E.M.
Hairshirt - R.E.M.
World Leader Pretend - R.E.M.
Undertow - R.E.M.
Radiohead - Knives Out
She's Lost Control - Joy Division
Isolation - Joy Division
Passover - Joy Division
Atmosphere - Joy Division

I don't listen to much music... My choices are dominated by R.E.M.

[superlovezapper]

Bridge over troubled waters- Simon & Garfunkel
Time to Burn- The Rasmus
Where the streets have no name- U2
Somethings Missing- John Mayer
Wheel-John Mayer
Gray Sky Morning-Vertical Horizon
Boulevard of Broken Dreams-Green Day

sniff. . . i'm crying just thinking about it!

[NBax]

The Cure - Pictures of You
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
The Pixies - Hey
Razorlight - Vice
Mogwai Fear Satan - Mogwai
Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
Blur - End of a Century
U2 - With or Without You
Pearl Jam - Betterman
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Leftfield - Melt
Nirvana - All Apologies

These all work for me every time...

[*Shakermaker*]

David Bowie "Quicksand"
Oasis "slide away"
The Beatles "across the universe"
Spiritualized "broken heart"
The Beatles " shes said she said"
The Cure "to wish impossible things"
The Verve "see you in the next one"
The Verve "already there"
Joy Division "she's lost control"
U2 "with or without you"
The Smiths "cemetery gates"

well these would definitely work. at least for today.

ah, give me a handkerchief... !

[Mads]

The ones that do that for me would be:


Scott Walker - Angels Of Ashes, Two Weeks Ago and Rhymes Of Goodbye

Sparklehorse - Homecoming Queen, Spirit Ditch and Sea Of Teeth

Lambchop - My Blue Wave (most of the Is A Lady album)

Martin Hall - Cradlemoon, Skinline and Curtainfall

Smog - Red Apple Falls

R.E.M. - Find The River, Nightswimming and You Are The Everything

[NaderiaBonita]

I practically cry every time I listen to "Into the West" by Annie Lennox! Other good songs:

We Are the Champions ~ Queen (long story...)
Good Riddance ~ Green Day
Wonderwall ~ Oasis
With or Without You ~ U2
Tears in Heaven ~ Eric Clapton
Iris ~ Goo Goo Dolls (LOVE this song)
I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing ~ Aerosmith (again, LOVE this song)
Crash Into Me ~ Dave Matthews Band

Ah, there are so many! I suppose that'll have to do for now!

[majime_na_yuki]

'Hallelujah' - either the Rufus Wainwright version, or the original Leonard Cohen version.
'I Can't Forget' - Leonard Cohen
'Even an Ugly Man' - Hawskley Workman
'I'm Gonna Love You' - Jennifer Love Hewitt
'Weird' - Hanson
'She Floats' - Vanessa Carlton
'Final Distance' - Utada Hikaru
'Sakura Dorappusu' - Utada Hikaru
'No More Words' - Ayumi Hamasaki
'Yubiwa' - Sakamoto Maaya
'Do You Have Some Love Left for Me?' - M2M
'Carnival Town' - Norah Jones
'Porcelain' - Moby
'Born To Make You Happy' - Britney Spears
'Uninvited' - Alanis Morissette
'Beautiful' - Christina Aguilera
'Ao no Jidai' - Kinki Kids
'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me' - Elton John
'Take Me Home' - Phil Colliins
The entire 'Moulin Rouge' soundtrack
'Mirror' - Gackt
'Arittake no Ai de' - Gackt
'Sakura Sou' - Gackt
'My Will' - Dream
'Love Profusion' - Madonna
'Take a Bow' - Madonna
'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' - Madonna
'Oppositely Inserted Rose' - Candy Lo
'...Baby One More Time' - Britney Spears
'Seishun Kyousoukyoku' - Sambomaster
Anything by Kondo Koji
Anything by Kanno Yoko
'The Day You Went Away' - M2M
'Built This Way' - Samantha Ronson
'Thank You' - Dido
'Stoned' - Dido
'Mary's In India' - Dido
'See the Sun' - Dido
'Bride and Prejudice' soundtrack
'Disney's Beauty and the Beast' soundtrack
'Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame' soundtrack
'Disney's The Little Mermaid' soundtrack
'Disney's Pocahontas' soundtrack
'Disney's Aladdin' soundtrack
'I Drove All Night' - Celine Dion
'I Believe I Can Fly' - R. Kelly

This thread is awesome. I now have many new songs to look into.

[Jezebel]

any female covered version (most notably Jewel and Garbage) of the Rolling Stone's "Wild Horses" makes me break down and cry.

I know that there must be more but I can't think right now....

[oceanflower]

What songs are so beautiful that they give you goose bumps...make you sigh...make you cry?

For me it's: (in no particular order)

1. Black- Pearl Jam
2. Tuna in the Brine- Silverchair
3. Pride- U2
4. Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve
5. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunkel
7. Vincent- Don McClean
8. Porcelain- Moby
9. Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
10. Luna- The Smashing Pumpkins
12. After the Fire- Roger Daltrey
13. History- The Verve
14. Nothingman- Pearl Jam
15. Release Me- Pearl Jam
16. Gone- U2
17. You're In the Air- R.E.M.
18. At My Most Beautiful- R.E.M.
19. Find the River- R.E.M.
20. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
21. Natasha - Rufus Wainright

I'm adding Heart to Hang Onto by Pete Townshend

[beer good]

any female covered version (most notably Jewel and Garbage) of the Rolling Stone's "Wild Horses" makes me break down and cry.

I know that there must be more but I can't think right now....
Have you heard the version by The Sundays? Spine-chillingly beautiful (though my personal favourite version of "Wild Horses" is the original by the Flying Burrito Brothers).

Some of mine, though I could list about a million:
"Pale Blue Eyes", Velvet Underground
"Lost My Driving Wheel", Cowboy Junkies (especially the live version where you can literally hear Margo choke back tears)
"I'm Not There (1956)", Bob Dylan
"Chemo Limo", Regina Spektor
"Mellow My Mind", Neil Young
"Tunic", Sonic Youth
"It Makes No Difference", The Band
"I Heard You Looking", Yo La Tengo
"Bachelorette", Björk
"Bloody Motherf***ing Asshole", Martha Wainwright
"Rollercoaster", Spacemen 3 (the 17-minute version, of course)
"Ruby's Arms", Tom Waits
"Sour Times", Portishead
"Land", Patti Smith
etc etc etc.

[pingu]

Lamb - Gorecki
U2 - One
Nikka Costa - Push And Pull
Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats
Hallelujah (Rufus Wainwright version)
Nicole Kidman - One Day I'll Fly Away

[oceanflower]

What songs are so beautiful that they give you goose bumps...make you sigh...make you cry?

For me it's: (in no particular order)

1. Black- Pearl Jam
2. Tuna in the Brine- Silverchair
3. Pride- U2
4. Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve
5. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunkel
7. Vincent- Don McClean
8. Porcelain- Moby
9. Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
10. Luna- The Smashing Pumpkins
12. After the Fire- Roger Daltrey
13. History- The Verve
14. Nothingman- Pearl Jam
15. Release Me- Pearl Jam
16. Gone- U2
17. You're In the Air- R.E.M.
18. At My Most Beautiful- R.E.M.
19. Find the River- R.E.M.
20. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
21. Natasha - Rufus Wainright
22. Heart to Hang Onto - Pete Townshend

I'm adding anther: A Song For Sleeping - Stone Temple Pilots

[Pensive]

What songs are so beautiful that they give you goose bumps...make you sigh...make you cry?
4. Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve

A beautiful song, indeed. I loved it and will consider it a sound of beauty, especially when it was played in the movie "Cruel intentions"

[apostasy]

I weep for the lack of sigur ros

[apostasy]

Here is a link for the video for my favorite song off of "takk":
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/sigurrosx28x11x05

[WildeAdmiration]

hmm...

01. She's Leaving Home - The Beatles
02. Disappear - Hoobastank
03. Move On - Jet
04. City On Fire - Johnathan Rice
05. She Has No Time - Keane
06. Bedshaped - Keane
07. Atlantic - Keane
08. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
09. You Are Chains - Secret Machines
10. Alone, Jealous & Stoned - Secret Machines
11. I Want To Know If Its Still Possible - Secret Machines
12. 1,000 Seconds - Secret Machines
13. With Or Without You - U2

[thefieldalex]

Here is a link for the video for my favorite song off of "takk":
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/sigurrosx28x11x05

Is it Glossoli? (i can't download the video). That was the song that got me into Sigur Ros. Along with staralfur it remains my favourite. What an amazing band they are. I aim to see them live as soon as possible. Although i'm sure that will be a fair distance away as they've just done a UK tour which i was regretfully unable to attend.

[Pitseleh]

The most beautiful song for me at the moment is "Gregory And The Halks" Boats And Birds.

[vierdreieins]

Oh goodness. This will be long in the making.

One of the main ones is Elliott Smith's "Waltz #2 (XO)", because every time I hear the lyric, "Never gonna know you now, but I'm gonna love you anyhow", I think of Elliott and his death, and how fitting it is.

Next up is a Bright Eyes song, but I need to google the title. "If Winter Ends". It's some really emotional crap (for lack of a better word and/or lack of courage to use anything stronger). The part at the end where he says "I'm gonna be all right" over and over always made me burst out crying when I was at a bad time in my life.

"Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica makes my list as well. I heard it late night on the radio, lying in bed in the dark, and when it said what the song was, I leaped out of bed and wrote it down.

Just about anything by Therion, but especially "Via Nocturna" on their album Deggial. I'm always in awe after listening to that piece. (Don't ever call it a song! It's a complicated, orchestrated piece! And recommended to everybody. :p)

There are a lot more I'll have to add later as they occur to me.

[vierdreieins]

I weep for the lack of sigur ros
I forgot them! Adding Saeglopur to my list. :p

[Marlow]

Wild Horses
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hands

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away

I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away

I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried
Let's do some living after we die

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day

[Star_Anise]

...Next up is a Bright Eyes song, but I need to google the title. "If Winter Ends". It's some really emotional crap (for lack of a better word and/or lack of courage to use anything stronger). The part at the end where he says "I'm gonna be all right" over and over always made me burst out crying when I was at a bad time in my life.

I know what you mean about Bright Eyes...if you're in the same space, it really gets you (for me, these have included Lover I Don't Have to Love, Land Locked Blues and First Day of My Life), but change the mood and you just think, "Wow, that's self-indulgent". Yet I keep coming back...this one, I was introduced to by a friend who has reserved it as her "wedding song", but I can still like it.

First Day of My Life, Bright Eyes

This is the first day of my life
Swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain
Suddenly everything changed
They're spreadin' blankets on the beach

Yours is the first face that I saw
Think I was blind before I met you
I don't know where I am
I don't know where I've been
But I know where I want to go
So I thought I'd let you know
That these things take forever
I especially am slow
But I realized that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home

Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange
You said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up
And you said,
This is the first day of my life,
Glad I didn't die before I met you
But now I don't care I could go anywhere with you
And I'd probably be happy.

So if you wanna be with me
With these things there's no telling
We just have to wait and see
But I'd rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery

Besides maybe this time it's different
I mean I really think you like me...

[Idril]

Wild Horses
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)


The Sundays do a version of that song that while being a very faithful rendition has a mood all it's own because it's sung by a woman...but not an angry chick. ;) I really like it, the original is better of course as it most often is but it's worth a listen. I think Bush did a cover of that song as well but it's not as good as The Sundays.

As far as beautiful songs:

Srange and Beautiful ~ Aqualung
and speaking of covers...Sweet Jane by the Cowboy Junkies, easily the greatest cover ever!
Verdi Cries ~ 10,000 Maniacs
Trouble ~ Cat Stevens, it's a devastating song but beautiful nonetheless.
Amsterdam ~ Coldplay
Crash Into Me ~ Dave Matthews Band...it's not only beautiful but it's also incredibly sensual.
In The Waiting Line ~ Zero 7...it's her voice that makes it beautiful, Sophie Barker could sing anything and make it beautiful.
How Deep It Goes ~ Heart...when they were good. :rolleyes:
Almost anything by Iron & Wine but the first song that comes to mind is Weary Memory
Again, almost anything but Cowboy Junkies, I already mentioned Sweet Jane and there are countless others I could add to that...
There's a couple by Pink Floyd I would add as well, The Show Must Go On which is one of Dave's finest moments, vocally and Any Colour You Like which is one of his finest guitar moments and of course, Wish You Were Here
Pink Bullets ~ The Shins
Running To Stand Still ~ U2...and All I Want Is You by them as well which I think is one of the greatest love songs ever written.

...and that's just my short, quick list. ;)

[oceanflower]

I'm adding Come Back by Pearl Jam.

[oceanflower]

What songs are so beautiful that they give you goose bumps...make you sigh...make you cry?

For me it's: (in no particular order)

1. Black- Pearl Jam
2. Tuna in the Brine- Silverchair
3. Pride- U2
4. Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve
5. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunkel
7. Vincent- Don McClean
8. Porcelain- Moby
9. Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
10. Luna- The Smashing Pumpkins
12. After the Fire- Roger Daltrey
13. History- The Verve
14. Nothingman- Pearl Jam
15. Release Me- Pearl Jam
16. Gone- U2
17. You're In the Air- R.E.M.
18. At My Most Beautiful- R.E.M.
19. Find the River- R.E.M.
20. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
21. Natasha - Rufus Wainright
22. Heart to Hang Onto - Pete Townshend
23. A Song For Sleeping - Stone Temple Pilots
24. Come Back - Pearl Jam

Another new one:

Cradle Moon by Martin Hall

[AliOmalley]

Mornng has Broken - Cat Stevens. I love that song - it makes me feel so hopeful.

[oceanflower]

Mornng has Broken - Cat Stevens. I love that song - it makes me feel so hopeful.

Yes, it's a very beautiful song. It was originally a Christian hymn written by Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) It can still be found in the hymnals of many denominations. :)

[Moon Shadow]

Many moons ago when I was oceanflower I posted this list"


1. Black- Pearl Jam
2. Tuna in the Brine- Silverchair
3. Pride- U2
4. Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve
5. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunkel
7. Vincent- Don McClean
8. Porcelain- Moby
9. Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
10. Luna- The Smashing Pumpkins
12. After the Fire- Roger Daltrey
13. History- The Verve
14. Nothingman- Pearl Jam
15. Release Me- Pearl Jam
16. Gone- U2
17. You're In the Air- R.E.M.
18. At My Most Beautiful- R.E.M.
19. Find the River- R.E.M.
20. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
21. Natasha - Rufus Wainright
22. Heart to Hang Onto - Pete Townshend
23. A Song For Sleeping - Stone Temple Pilots
24. Come Back - Pearl Jam
25. Cradle Moon - Martin Hall

I've got to add:

26. All of the Trees of the Woods Will Clap Their Hands - Sufjan Stevens
27. Heart to Hang Onto - Pete Townshend
28 Lightening Crashes - Live
29. The Last Day of Our Acquaintance - Sinéad O'Connor
30. Hard to Imagine - Pearl jam
31. Miss You Love - Silverchair
32. Space and Time - The Verve
33. Mad World - Gary Jules
34. Bedshape - Keane
36. Luna - The Smashing Pumpkins
37. Bill and Ben - Catherine Wheel
38. Thinking About Tomorrow - Beth Orton
39. All Cats Are Grey - The Cure
40. Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung
41. No Pain - New Model Army
42. Where the Geese Go - The Verve
43. Six O'Clock - The Verve

[Sumaira]

Goodbye my lover,Goodbye my friend by James Blunt.
as its music starts, my eyes get wet with tears...always.