Songs You Think Are Absolutely Beautiful

[jaycee]

Here are some preliminary entries, off the top of my head:
"Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" - The Korgis
"Love Child" - Diana Ross
"Into The Night" - Benny Mardones
"Sister Golden Hair" - America
"Don't Give Up" - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
"Follow You Follow Me" - Genesis
"Only Love Can Break A Heart" - Gene Pitney (my favourite song on the radio station 1278 AM, which apparently plays the best songs of all time... I prefer 1377 AM though.)
This post is bound to be edited with a whole lot more entries... anyway, let's hear it from everyone else in the meantime!

[Ghost_Tracker]

Well I just HAVE to mention some Stevie songs lol!

Beauty and the Beast
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You?
Nightbird
Love is
24 Karot Gold


Others -

Open Arms by Journey

Amanda by Boston (as it ties in to the entire album, which i.m.o. is a work of art...)

Imagine by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band

By Cindy Lauper:

from ABCDEFG, all the way through to the very last thing she's written so far.

[tilthefirefades]

To me everything on Pieces Of You by Jewel is breathtaking, especially Adrian and Don't.

Also It's Gonna Take A Miracle by Laura Nyro & Labelle
Come Back To Me by Janet Jackson
Jesus Christ by Brand New
The Interview by A.F.I.
Name by Goo Goo Dolls
Yellow Butterflies by Meg & Dia
The One That Got Away by Random Thoughts
Not A Second To Waste by A Rocket To The Moon
Your Own Disaster by Taking Back Sunday
and of course Beautiful Child by FM

[GypsySorcerer]

Blue - Joni Mitchell
River - Joni Mitchell
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Fast Car - Tracey Chapman
Jolene - Dolly Parton
This Woman's Work - Kate Bush
The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Dante's Prayer - Loreena McKennitt
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Hurt - Johnny Cash version
Going to California - Led Zeppelin
Winter - Tori Amos
Adia - Sarah McLachlan (normally not a fan of hers, but this one kills me)

Tons more I'm forgetting...

[David]

"Man Out of Time" - Elvis Costello
"Blow Away" - Kate Bush
"High-Flying Bird" - Elton John
"My Back Pages" - Dylan
"I Love You Goodbye" - Thomas Dolby
"Quality Street" - Van Morrison
"We Work the Black Seam" - Sting

[Street_Dreamer]

Fields Of Gold - Sting and/or Eva Cassidy
I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying - Sting
Pachuca Sunrise - Minus The Bear
Wings Of A Raven - John Stewart
Dreamers On The Rise - John Stewart
Across The Milky Way - John Stewart
Great White Cathedrals - John Stewart
Any Day Now - Ronnie Milsap's version
High Steel And Memories - Keith Whitley

Matt

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by David

"Man Out of Time" - Elvis Costello
"Blow Away" - Kate Bush
"High-Flying Bird" - Elton John
"My Back Pages" - Dylan
"I Love You Goodbye" - Thomas Dolby
"Quality Street" - Van Morrison
"We Work the Black Seam" - Sting

Wow..great obscure choices. I love "High Flying Bird", "Man Out of Time", and "Quality Street." I have to break out my 'Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player" album now. Then Elvis Costello and then...

[tilthefirefades]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

Blue - Joni Mitchell
River - Joni Mitchell
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Fast Car - Tracey Chapman
Jolene - Dolly Parton
This Woman's Work - Kate Bush
The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Dante's Prayer - Loreena McKennitt
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Hurt - Johnny Cash version
Going to California - Led Zeppelin
Winter - Tori Amos
Adia - Sarah McLachlan (normally not a fan of hers, but this one kills me)

Tons more I'm forgetting...

how could i forget this one!!! it breaks my heart to listen to it
another one i thought of, as weird as it may be is Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus, yes I mean the buffalo bill song haha

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by tilthefirefades

how could i forget this one!!! it breaks my heart to listen to it
another one i thought of, as weird as it may be is Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus, yes I mean the buffalo bill song haha

Oh, I like that song, too - I have a really cool remix of it that I listen to all the time.

[CelticGypsy]

Sara - FM
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You
Landslide - FM
Beauty and the Beast - Stevie

The Bridge - Maurice, Sam and Adam Gibb
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Never Alone - Barlow Girls
Only One - Alex Band
Tonight - Alex Band
Believing - The Calling/Alex Band
Candle in the Wind - Elton John
Something - Beatles
Imagine - John Lennon
Woman - John Lennon
A Day in the Life - Beatles
Words - Bee Gees
Livin Eyes - Bee Gees

[Lindsfan]

OK, here's my list ( In no particular order ):

End of the Innocence ( Don Henley )
Ain't Even Done With the Night ( John Cougar )
Beautiful In My Eyes ( Joshua Kadison )
Por Una Cabeza ( The Tango Project )
I Got a Name ( Jim Croce )
Fire and Rain ( James Taylor )
Samba Pa Ti ( Santana )
Memory – from “Cats”( Betty Buckey )
What a Wonderful World ( Louis Armstrong )
Street of Dreams ( Lindsey )
Not Too Late ( Lindsey...best version with Little Big Town doing the harmonies)
Cast Away Dreams ( Lindsey )
Save Me a Place – LIVE version only ( Lindsey )
Say Goodbye – LIVE version only ( Lindsey and Stevie )
OK, obviously I could go on and on with Lindsey's songs...
So anyways...Let It Be ( Beatles )
The Long and Winding Road ( Beatles )
Fool On the Hill ( Beatles )
The Last Song ( Elton John )
If You Could Read My Mind ( Gordon Lightfoot )
Songbbird ( Christine )
Moon River ( Andy Williams )
The Boxer ( Simon and Garfunkle )
Bridge Over Troubled Water ( Simon and Garfunkle )
In the Arms of an Angel ( Sara McGlaughlin )
The River ( Bruce Springsteen )
The Way We Were ( Barbara Streisand )
California Dreamin' ( The Mamas and the Papas...or Queen Latifah )
We May Never Pass This Way Again ( Seals and Croft )
She Loves Him Still ( Stevie )
A Dream Goes On Forever ( Todd Rundgren )
That's the Way of the World ( Earth, Wind and Fire )
Easy ( Commodores )
Still ( Commodores )
Angel Eyes ( Jeff Healey )
Loving Arms ( Dobie Gray...or better still Dixie Chicks or Etta James )
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me ( Gladys Knight )

So many more...

[gypsy4life]

Rhiannon-Fleetwood Mac
Gypsy-Fleetwood Mac
Love Is-Stevie Nicks
(many more by these people, but I will move on)...

Alone-Heart
Crazy On You-Heart
Mistral Wind-Heart
California Dreamin'-Mamas and Papas
Simple Man-Lynyrd Skynyrd
At Last-Etta James
Vicitm Of Love-The Eagles
Layla-Eric Clapton
Dust In The Wind....I could go on forever!

[Musicman408]

Trouble By Ray Lamontagne is a beautiful song that I've been getting into recently. Saw it on American Idol, and I do like it at that slower tempo, but it is a great song!

[jaycee]

Originally Posted by jaycee

Here are some preliminary entries, off the top of my head:
"Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" - The Korgis
"Love Child" - Diana Ross
"Into The Night" - Benny Mardones
"Sister Golden Hair" - America
"Don't Give Up" - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
"Follow You Follow Me" - Genesis
"Only Love Can Break A Heart" - Gene Pitney (my favourite song on the radio station 1278 AM, which apparently plays the best songs of all time... I prefer 1377 AM though.)
This post is bound to be edited with a whole lot more entries... anyway, let's hear it from everyone else in the meantime!

Just a few additions...
"Mind Games" - John Lennon
"Father And Son" - Cat Stevens
"Wings Of An Eagle" - Russel Morris
"Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman
"It Never Rains In Southern California" - Albert Hammond
"Moonlight Lady" - Albert Hammond/Julio Iglesias
"Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers
"Just The Two Of Us" - Grover Washington Jr./Bill Withers
"Another Day In Paradise" - Phil Collins
"Blue Eyes" - Elton John
"I'm On Fire" - Bruce Springsteen
"The Boxer" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Wicked Game" - Chris Isaak
"Under The Milky Way" - The Church
"Drive" - The Cars
"Yellow" - Coldplay
"Eleanor" - The Turtles
"Romeo's Tune" - Steve Forbert
"Valerie" - Steve Winwood
"State Of The Heart" - Rick Springfield
"Fall At Your Feet" - Crowded House
"Message To My Girl" - Split Enz (almost an all time favourite of mine for quite a while)
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" - The Verve (ditto above)
"Nights In White Satin" - The Moody Blues (buy the 2008 remaster of their Days Of Future Passed album immediately if you haven't already! )
"Cello Suite Prelude" - Bach (A classical music entry)
And any songs from Roxy Music's Avalon album. And pretty much any songs by Dido... let alone CM and SN!
Also, "Imagine" - John Lennon, but that's always implied! Actually, there are of course too many Lennon songs that are beautiful to pragmatically list, but "MG" and "I" are the most beautiful of all!
There are so many other beautiful songs I will probably never be able to mention them all. However, everyone else here seems to be doing a pretty good job of it (with several songs listed I also find beautiful (mostly the pre-90s material))!
Keep them coming! I know I will!

[WildHeart69]

Ah! Good call with "Mind Games" and "Drive"!