i am trying to make a cd of the most beautiful songs ever recorded, you know the ones that make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up...anybody who has any suggestions, i would be most gratful.

Candy says - the Velvet Underground. This is just heartbreakingly beautiful.

So this is goodbye - Stina Nordenstam.

God only knows - Beach boys

Grapefruit Moon - Tom Waits

Johnsburg, Illinois - Tom Waits

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Satisfied Mind - Jeff Buckley

No more shall we part - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Into my arms - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.


i don't think i could live without the above tracks.

Cantspelltosavem'lifetonightedit
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ok, so most of these are just devastatingly depressive but...

putting the damage on - tori amos
the gulf of araby - natalie merchant (katel keineg's original version will work too)
beautiful child - fleetwood mac
for my lover - tracy chapman
he walked through the fair - sinead o'conner
time - tom waits
circle of friends - edie brickell and new bohemians
eleanor rigby - the beatles
in my life - the beatles
almost any cat stevens song but especially 'the wind' and 'on the way to find out'

Paul McCartney showed me beautiful songs back in the 60's and early 70's.

oh, dip...i forgot 'beloved wife' by natalie. mm mm mm, so sad and so beautiful.

You were the love
for certain of my life
you were simply my beloved wife
I don't know for certain
how I'll live my life
now alone without my beloved wife
my beloved wife

I can't believe
I've lost the very best of me

you were the love
for certain of my life
you were simply my beloved wife
I don't know for certain
how I'll live my life
now alone without my beloved wife
my beloved wife

I can't believe
I've lost the very best of me

you were the love
for certain of my life
for 50 years simply my beloved wife
with another love I'll never lye again
it's you I can't deny
it's you I can't defy
a depth so deep
into my grief
without my beloved soul
I renounce my life
as my right
now alone without my beloved wife
my beloved wife

my beloved wife
my love is gone she suffered long
in hours of pain
my love is gone
now my suffering begins
my love is gone
would it be wrong if I should
surrender all the joy in my life
go with her tonight?

my love is gone she suffered long
in hours of pain
my love is gone
would it be wrong if I should
just turn my face away from the light
go with her tonight?
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I wouldn't say "most beautiful" song but I think of the Over The Rainbow/ What A Wonderful World cover in ER Mark's death episode
Cow Boy Junkies Sweet Jane
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oh god those selections above lawd...



Hmmm..

Adore - Prince


Tender Love - Force MD'S


Cant Let Go - Mariah Carey


Friends - Amii Stewart


Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson


I Call Your Name - Switch

The End - The Beatles
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Isn't it wierd how different songs affect different people. I think it's all to do with what you're feeling at the time you hear it. That song then encapsulates that feeling for you forever more.

For me:

If leaving me is easy - Phil Collins
The Love Inside - Barbara Streisand
Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore
A Woman's Work - Maxwell('s version) (soz KB fans)
You Remind Me - R Kelly
Love and Affection - Joan Armatrading
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - Prince
Purple Rain - Prince
Whenever, Wherever, Whatever - Maxwell
Stay With Me Till Dawn - Judie Tzuke
The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy

.....to name but a few.

Let us know your final rundown!
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Sorry, pressed send twice. But as theres nowt I can do about this space...here's a short musical interlude...

Doo be doo be doo be do.
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couldUB said:[quote]

You Remind Me - R Kelly

Isn't that where he compares a woman to his jeep?

Romantic.

Liked 'Tightrope' by the Stone Roses when I was younger


But 'Let Her Down Easy' by Terence Trent D'Arby is so nice

Michael Jackson---> Earth Song, Will You Be There, Who Is It

LightOfArt said:

i'll be there- MJ

Nights in White Satin--Moody Blues


Amazing Grace

adoreme said:[quote]

couldUB said:

Ha Ha
Hey, don't knock it. If a guy loved me as much as some men love their cars I'd be tres happy!

Ok. So not so romantic on the lyrics. But for me, personally, a beautiful song doesn't have to have fantastic lyrics. The arrangement and the instrumentation need to come together and make me feel like I've been hugged. That for me is a 'beautiful' song.

couldUB said:[quote]

adoreme said:

Sweet.

Agree with you on the Maxwell numbers though. "Woman's Work" is amazing.

couldUB said:

PS. ...and it also has to have the power to make you cry when you're sad and cry when you're happy (cheerful soul in't I?). Or for you British blokes, it needs to at least make yer stiff upper lip wobble a bit!

adoreme said:

MMMMM that mouth!!!!!

Sorry, we were talking music weren't we.

Holding On To You by Terence Trent D'Arby, such a beautiful song

o0o0o Will You Be There- Michael Jackson

Well, the best song for me is probably Russians from Sting.. great melody and really great lyrics!!

Fragile - Sting

Can't name the most beautiful song I've ever heard, but here are a few:

The Beatles - She's Leaving Home
The Beach Boys - You Still Believe In Me
Rufus Wainwright - The Greek Song
Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors
Me'Shell NdegéOcello - Love Song #2
Björk - Hyperballad (Brodsky Quartet Version)
Orbital - Halcyon & On & On

I can only think of "The Sweetest Girl" by Scritti Politti, "Everybody Here Wants You" by Jeff Buckley, "Slave Driver" by Bob Marley, and "Rebel Waltz" by The Clash.

Oh, and anything by The Smiths.

Overjoyed-Mr. Stevie Wonder
















...I dont care how corny some find it either...

Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell - no, that's not a joke. Listen to it.
The Scientist Writes a Letter - Tom Verlaine
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
You're Not the Only One - The Sundays
"Sundays and Holidays" and "Have You Forgotten" - Red House Painters
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Por Una Cabeza - Carlos Gardel (1935)
The most romantic,seductive and beautiful piece I've ever heard.

Gaze - Sweetback feat. Amel Larrieux
Silence - Delirium feat. Sarah Mc Laughlin
Across the Universe - The Beatles
You Shouldn't Know These Things - Maxwell
Fragile - Sting (I second that choice)

Many many songs by Stevie Wonder..."Lately" for example.

Prince - Adore. It's THE Love song, for me. Also Sometimes It Snows In April is nice.

Various songs of George Michael.

Various songs of Michael Jackson.

"Where Are You Now?" - Janet Jackson and others by her.

"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" - Juliana Hatfield, written by Neil Young. She has a beautiful, sweet voice...lots of her stuff is very beautiful.

Jimi Hendrix - "Little Wing" and "One Rainy Wish" - two big faves, beautiful progressions and lyrics.

Led Zeppelin - "Rain Song"

Many songs by Jeff Buckley - particularly his version of "Satisfied Mind"

"God Only Knows" - Brian Wilson/Beach Boys....and others by Brian.

Various Beatles - "Something" - George Harrison

Kind of Blue Album- Miles Davis

Love Supreme Album- John Coltrane

"Watermelon in Easter Hay" - Frank Zappa

and many others I can't recall at the moment