the most beautiful song of all time

[becca]

Since I started a worst song thread, how about the most beautiful?

Warm Ways, Silver Springs and Songbird from FM have to be there.

Beautiful sad would be Bonnie Raitt singing I Can't Make You Love Me.

Pachelbel's Canon In D and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony are favorites as well. John Coltrane doing Favorite Things and Sarah Vaughn's Lullaby Of Birdland for jazz.

Is there ever enough beautiful music in the world?

[HomerMcvie]

"Why", by you know who(damned 10 characters!).

[strandinthewind]

Total Eclipse of the Heart and The Rose for the most beautiful!!!!

The Ninth of LVB is also right there.

[GODDESS6]

[QUOTE=strandinthewind]The Rose

QUOTE]
i adore this song~

[Miss Vicky]

I don't think I can pick a definitive <i>most</i> beautiful song, but here are a few candidates that spring to mind:

"Through the Walls" Bekka and Billy

"Overcome" Live

"Tears in Heaven" Eric Clapton

"Beautiful Child" Fleetwood Mac

"Please Stay" Warren Zevon

"With or Without You" U2

"Lovin' You" Walter Egan (Fundamental Roll outtake, never officially released as part of an album but available as a free download from walteregan.net)

"Never Tear Us Apart" INXS

and I'm sure there are a lot more but I can't think of them right now.

[JazmenFlowers]

"Beautiful Child" Fleetwood Mac
that's what I was going to say! and oddly enough I just changed my sig pic last night to include lyrics from that song :laugh:

[DrummerDeanna]

SO many beautiful songs:

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Storms - gosh can't remember who that one's by :p
Something - the Beatles
Calico Skies and Beautiful Night - Macca

Ok - this list could get very long - I'll stop there :D

[Miss Vicky]

that's what I was going to say! and oddly enough I just changed my sig pic last night to include lyrics from that song :laugh:

Yeah, love the sig... sigh. Shippers. :rolleyes:

But anyway, yeah, just proves that I'm not a <i>total</i> Stevie-hater. Just, say, 90% or so.

[cliffdweller]

I like this thread! I won't list any F.M./Stevie songs because they are a given.


Lilac Wine: Nina Simone

Trouble: Cat Stevens and/or Polyphonic Spree

Expecting to Fly: Neil Young

Long, Long Time: Linda Ronstadt

All I Left Behind: Emmylou Harris

Watercolor: Virgil Shaw

Ashes to Ashes: Faith No More

[JazmenFlowers]

But anyway, yeah, just proves that I'm not a <i>total</i> Stevie-hater. Just, say, 90% or so.
and I pray for your black heart every night. :wavey:

[David]

Since I started a worst song thread, how about the most beautiful?Opferlied, Beethoven

[Rickypt]

"Please Stay" Warren Zevon


Absolutely.

Also:

"Take It With Me" - Tom Waits
"Origin of Love" - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
"True Colors" - Cyndi Lauper

plus "Sleeping Angel", "Silver Springs", "Songbird", and "Insider"

[sara1998]

Sara- hands down.

[DrummerDeanna]

"Origin of Love" - Hedwig and the Angry Inch



OMG - YES...an amazing song :nod:

[macfan 57]

"Why", by you know who(damned 10 characters!).

Of course.;) And "Songbird", also by you know who.

Something-Beatles

While My Guitar Gently Weeps-Beatles

Imagine-John Lennon

Maybe I'm Amazed-Paul McCartney

Tears In Heaven-Eric Clapton

Sounds Of Silence-Simon & Garfunkel

[Pisces Queen]

Right now the Prince song "Most Beautiful Girl in the World" comes to mind. Also, I think that Warm Ways, Beautiful Child and Silver Springs are FM's most beautiful songs.

[chiliD]

"You Are So Beautiful" written by Billy Preston, sung by Joe Cocker.

[carrie721]

Ooh, you guys have listed great ones.

Cyndi Lauper - Shine

Cyndi Lauper - Fearless

Stevie - Think About It

Stevie - After The Glitter Fades

KD Lang - Case Of You (I know it's a Joni Mitchell song but I hate her version)

2nd movement of Beethoven's 5th

Final movement of Mendelssohn's 5th

Melissa Etheridge - You Can Sleep While I Drive

The Dresden Amen

Paul Simon & Linda Ronstadt - Under African Skies

I could go on and on ...

[skcin]

Patty Griffin - Long Ride Home

Patty Griffin - Goodbye

Dixie Chicks/Patty Griffin - Top of the World

Mac - Storms

Stevie - Beauty and the Beast

Bette - The Rose

Cyndi - True Colors (seeing this live made me bawl like a baby.)

Elvis - Dixieland/Glory Glory Hallelujah (That's right. Shut the hell up, bitches :cool: )

U2 - With or Without You

U2 - One (loving the new version with Mary J. too :nod:)

Beatles - In My Life

Eagles - Take It To The Limit

Joe Cocker/The Beatles - With a Little Help From My Friends (I'm sorry if this isn't the correct title.)

[ryan8472]

Joe Cocker/The Beatles - With a Little Help From My Friends (I'm sorry if this isn't the correct title.)
It's the right title. ;) :)

[heyjupiter678]

Patty Griffin - Long Ride Home
Patty Griffin - Goodbye
Patty Griffin - Top of the World
Mac - Storms
U2 - With or Without You
Beatles - In My Life
Joe Cocker/The Beatles - With a Little Help From My Friends
Good choices!

Some of mine:

How's the World Treating You - Alison Krauss & James Taylor
Blackbird - The Beatles
Dimming of the Day - Bonnie Raitt
If I Should Fall Behind / Nothing Man - Bruce Springsteen
Stephanie - Buckingham Nicks
Storms / Save Me a Place - FM
Hold On - David Gray
Hollow - Hem
Star Witness - Neko Case
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Nobody's Cryin' / Let Him Fly - Patty Griffin
Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel
La Cienega Just Smiled - Ryan Adams
Angel Dream (No. 2) - Tom Petty
Hey Jupiter / Baker Baker - Tori Amos

[cliffdweller]

Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel


I love Peter Gabriel. His 3rd solo album is my favorite.

[TheBlueLamp]

Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me

Kylie Minogue - Put Yourself In My Place

Annie Lennox - No More "I Love You's"

Dolly Parton - Light Of A Clear Blue Morning

FM - As Long As You Follow

Eurythmics - Julia

Kate Bush - The Morning Fog

Toni Childs - Stop Your Fussin

Deborah Harry - Brite Side

[bretonbanquet]

Still In Love With You - Thin Lizzy
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Give Me Another Chance - Big Star
When A Blind Man Cries - Deep Purple
I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg
She's Gone - Black Sabbath
I Wanna Stay Home - Jellyfish
Heartbeats - José Gonzalez

[Rickypt]

Cyndi Lauper - Shine

My god, how could I have forgotten that one. It is a masterpiece.

[DavidMn]

Send In The Clowns-Judy Collins.:)

[Jason T.]

For me it would be a tie between these:

Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust
Fleetwood Mac - Storms
Cher - Music's No Good Without You :thumbsup:
Dixie Chicks - A Home
Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou

[amber]

Insider, Live
Why - Midnight Special

I'll keep it short so as to retain meaning.

[becca]

I'm not much for most recent country but Two Sparrows In A Hurricane by Tanya Tucker definitely gets me. I'd have to call it beautiful. John Denver doing Goodbye Again is the same kind of beautiful sad. I can get goosebumps from Ian & Sylvia but no single song pokes out as beautiful.

[skcin]

Dixie Chicks - A Home


Agreed.

Insider, Live


I'll keep it short so as to retain meaning.

I can't believe I forgot to include it.

BTW - is your comment a direct dig on my not so short list? :cool:

[Johnny Stew]

I'm not going to bother to repeat any songs that have already been mentioned, but I'll add....

"Harvest Moon" - Neil Young
"Safe & Sound" - Sheryl Crow
"Junk" (instrumental version) - Paul McCartney

[heyjupiter678]

"Safe & Sound" - Sheryl Crow
Gorgeous song. One of my absolute favorites. :nod:

[BTFLCHLD]

Other than FM? :shrug:
Going to California
Led Zeppelin

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[KarmaContestant]

Without a doubt in my mind, the most beautiful songs ever recorded in all the world are Silver Springs and Sleeping Angel. :D :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod:

[JazmenFlowers]

Cher - Music's No Good Without You :thumbsup:
yes! my favorite Cher song.

[Serrart]

About songs, just ten, not in order:

What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong
My funny Valentine - Rodgers & Hart
Our love is here to stay, Summertime - George & Ira Gershwin
Storms - Fleetwood Mac
Losing My Mind - Stephen Sondheim
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
La Mer - Charles Trenet
Libertango - Astor Piazzolla
Heroes - David Bowie

Going classic, stopping to 5:
Bach - Cello Suite Nr.1 in G Major - Prelude
Vivaldi - Four Seasons - Summer - Adagio - Presto
Bach- Orchestral Suite No 3 In D Major - Air (overlistened but still a masterpiece)
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake -Second dance of the Queen of the swans (Act II) - Andante
Mozart - Requiem, K. 626: Confutatis Maledictis

Romy

[Jason T.]

yes! my favorite Cher song.
Awesome! My favorite part is at the end when she goes:

<i>I have to live each day, like it was my last</i> :cool:

[carrie721]

Bach - Cello Suite Nr.1 in G Major - Prelude
Bach- Orchestral Suite No 3 In D Major - Air (overlistened but still a masterpiece)

Yeah! I'm totally with you on those. I heart Bach.

Ryan: I love Shine. I had a hard time listing, like, all of her songs. :D

[JazmenFlowers]

Awesome! My favorite part is at the end when she goes:

<i>I have to live each day, like it was my last</i> :cool:
yep. I love the middle part "dj lifts my heeeeaaaarrttttt" - it's so digitally enhanced, but I love it.

[The Tower]

"Ten Years Gone" - Led Zeppelin

"Since I Fell For You" - Barbra Streisand

"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance" - Linda Ronstadt (courtesy of Nelson Riddle)

"A Song For You" - Karen Carpenter

"Happy, the End" - The Innocence Mission

"Kissing a Fool" - George Michael

"That's the Way" - Culture Club

"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" - Bette Midler

"Mystery" - Indigo Girls

"You Make Loving Fun" - FM

"Crystal" - FM (Stevie, really)

"Every Day Is Like Sunday" - Morrissey

"I Do" - Edie Brickell



Many more that I can't think of right now.....

[The Tower]

****, I forgot!!!!

"Wing" - Patti Smith

"Flying Cowboys" - Rickie Lee Jones

"Anchorage" - Michelle Shocked

"The Gift" - Annie Lennox

"Just the Wine" - Heart (!!!!!!!!!!!)

[Brwn_eyes0511]

A Foggy Day (In London Town) - Judy Garland

[shackin'up]

better man pearl jam

thank you led zeppelin

dollar bill screaming trees

shut us down lindsey buckingham

i love the sound of breaking glass nick lowe

[irishgrl]

Silk Road by Kitaro

In a Lifetime by Clannad w/Bono

The Dark End of the Street performed by the Commitments

Have I told you Lately that I Love you performed by Van Morrison

Sad Lisa by Cat Stevens

hey! I found a piano instrumental!
http://georgedavidson.com/music/gd_SadLisa.mp3

and something that sounds like it was recorded from vinyl:

Sad Lisa (http://www.rstolley.com/Tetragrammaton/SadLisa.ra)

[JazmenFlowers]

"A Song For You" - Karen Carpenter
omg. I love this song. the part "when my life is over..." kills me every time.

[Janet]

Beautiful Child-FM
Street of Dreams-LB
This Woman's Work-Kate Bush
Blackbird-Beatles
In Your Wildest Dreams-Moody Blues
Ask Anybody-CM
Running-No Doubt
Cherry Blossom Girl-Air
River-Joni Mitchell
This Year's Love-David Gray

[Janet]

Anything by Enya...it's really the most beautiful music I have ever heard. I <3 her.

[Für Elise]

Total Eclipse of the Heart and The Rose for the most beautiful!!!!

The Ninth of LVB is also right there.I'm new here but thought I'd say that it's great to see Beethoven being mentioned although I personally wouldn't have picked it as his most "beautiful". It's such a subjective term, I'd go so far as to say the most powerful music ever written.

As for "beautiful", I'm going with Neil Finn (with the NZ Symphony Orchestra) performing Message To My Girl. I would also consider The Beatles' early number In My Life to be "beautiful". I saw Never Tear Us Apart mentioned, that one is hard to deny.

[becca]

I have Message To My Girl on an old Split Enz album so that's the version I know. Better Be Home Soon I would have to call beautiful.

Satie's Gymnopedie 1 and Massenet's 'meditation' are introspectively beautiful.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

"A Song For You" - Karen Carpenter




Many more that I can't think of right now.....
Totally agree with this one...

Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross (Cheesy I know...)
Man with the Child In His Eyes - Kate Bush
This Womans Work - Kate Bush

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

A Foggy Day (In London Town) - Judy Garland
:nod:

I can't Give You Anything But Love - Judy Garland
Stay With Me Til Dawn - Judy Tzuke

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

omg. I love this song. the part "when my life is over..." kills me every time.
Me too... I told my hubby that I would have this played at my funeral and he said it would finish him off!

[Für Elise]

I have Message To My Girl on an old Split Enz album so that's the version I know. Better Be Home Soon I would have to call beautiful.That's a good one too. You should try to get your hands on the Enzso album (http://www.frenz.com/enzso/) or at least the version of Message To My Girl from it, it takes the song to a whole new level.

[catinthedark]

you guys have listed some great ones.

i would add:

Maybe Not - Cat Power (probably the most impossibly beautiful song i've ever heard)

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

Halleluja - Jeff Buckley

I Dug Up a Diamond - Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris

Mistaken Love - Stevie

Far Away - Martha Mainwright

We All Lose One Another - Jason Collett

and i would agree with the already mentioned:

diamonds and rust - joan baez

river - joni mitchell

top of the world - patty griffin

goodbye - patty griffin

this woman's work - kate bush

[goldustsongbird]

Ooh, you guys have listed great ones.

Cyndi Lauper - Shine

Cyndi Lauper - Fearless

Stevie - Think About It

Stevie - After The Glitter Fades

KD Lang - Case Of You (I know it's a Joni Mitchell song but I hate her version)

2nd movement of Beethoven's 5th

Final movement of Mendelssohn's 5th

Melissa Etheridge - You Can Sleep While I Drive

The Dresden Amen

Paul Simon & Linda Ronstadt - Under African Skies

I could go on and on ...

And you left out Above the Clouds because...?!! I'mma cut you for that one. But Shine, yes, omg.

[Wild_Heart03]

Dixie Chicks/Patty Griffin - Top of the World

Mac - Storms

Stevie - Beauty and the Beast

Bette - The Rose

Cyndi - True Colors

Ditto to all of the above from Paula. Now as for my selections?

Depeche Mode - Home, The Sun & The Rainfall

Duran Duran - The Seventh Stranger

Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better, Coming Around Again, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

Carole King - So Far Away

[Mad4stevie]

Silver Springs (all time beautiful song - beautiful lyrics, beautiful music - it has it ALL!)
Why (beautiful harmonies)
This Woman's Work (makes me cry every time - Kate Bush)
The Tower/Goodbye Baby (my girl Stevie)
Mistaken Love (my girl Stevie)
HAEWAFY and BATB (music and lyrics)
Insider (of course!!)
Do What I Have to Do (Sarah M.)
Wasted Time (Eagles)

[jadegypsy]

Oh this is hard...

Lay Lady Lay, Shelter From the Storm, If You See her Say Hello, Blowing in the Wind, Hard Rain -Dylan

Sara, Gypsy, Songbird: Mac

HAEWAFY: Stevie

River, Circle Game: Joni Mitchell

Winter: Tori Amos

The Rose: Bette

Yesterday, In My Life, Here There and Everywhere, Dear Prudence, Blackbird: Beatles

Imagine, Watching the Wheels: Lennon

Maybe I'm Amazed: Paul McCartney

Crimson and Clover :J. Jett

Bookends: S&G

California Dreamin :M&P

Cry to Me: Heart

Catch the Wind: Donavan

Little Wing, Wind Cries Mary: Jimi

[carrie721]

And you left out Above the Clouds because...?!! I'mma cut you for that one. But Shine, yes, omg.

Oh hush, you. :p I'm not scared of your Canadian ass!

[goldustsongbird]

Oh hush, you. :p I'm not scared of your Canadian ass!

You should be! I'll team up with Joni Mitchell, and she'll... smack you with her paintbrushes.

[carrie721]

You should be! I'll team up with Joni Mitchell, and she'll... smack you with her paintbrushes.

plz. *ducks to avoid flying birkenstock*

so as to avoid going too far off topic ... I'd like to add "Birds" by Neil Young to my list.

[goldustsongbird]

plz. *ducks to avoid flying birkenstock*

so as to avoid going too far off topic ... I'd like to add "Birds" by Neil Young to my list.
*giggle*

I'll add... Landslide and Beautiful Child. And Joni's Both Sides, Now.
Oh, and duh: I'm Gonna Be Strong and Lorraine - Blue Angel. :xoxo:

[carrie721]

*giggle*

I'll add... Landslide and Beautiful Child. And Joni's Both Sides, Now.
Oh, and duh: I'm Gonna Be Strong and Lorraine - Blue Angel. :xoxo:

Sup. Ooh, some lady at the deli tonight asked me about the music I was playing (I think we were listening to Water's Edge at the time). :thumbsup: I was like, um, it's Cyndi Lauper, bish!!

Oh, and I want to also add Eric Clapton - Beautiful Tonight.

[goldustsongbird]

Sup. Ooh, some lady at the deli tonight asked me about the music I was playing (I think we were listening to Water's Edge at the time). :thumbsup: I was like, um, it's Cyndi Lauper, bish!!

Oh, and I want to also add Eric Clapton - Beautiful Tonight.
Sup. Spread the word.

How 'bout Clapton's Tears in Heaven?

[carrie721]

Sup. Spread the word.

How 'bout Clapton's Tears in Heaven?

TIH ... is a really sad song, but I dunno. It's sweet but not beautiful in my mind.

What about Sally's Pigeons?

[goldustsongbird]

What about Sally's Pigeons?

YES! x100.

*edit
Lemme just add Mama, by Connie Francis. Jesus H. I won't admit it to my own mom, but let's just say, if I'm alone, I don't... not cry.

[Janet]

Halleluja - Jeff Buckley
and Why-FM-Both gorgeous songs I forgot! Thanks guys.

[The Tower]

Cry to Me: Heart

Abso-****ing-lutely!!!!

[estranged4life]

at the moment:

"It Won't Rain All the Time" by Jane Siberry from "The Crow Motion Picture Soundtrack"

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler

[carrie721]

YES! x100.

*edit
Lemme just add Mama, by Connie Francis. Jesus H. I won't admit it to my own mom, but let's just say, if I'm alone, I don't... not cry.

please!!! yeah, this is definitely the part where i kick you to tibet.

[goldustsongbird]

please!!! yeah, this is definitely the part where i kick you to tibet.
I'll be spending seven years there. Thanks for the free trip!

[michelle2677]

Don't know if this one has been posted yet (sorry-don't have time to read through the whole thread )

Peter Gabriel-In Your Eyes

also-this song makes me tear up every time I hear it-
Chicago-Look Away

[TheWILDheart]

Sara- hands down.

I completely agree. This has to be my favourite mac song.

[foxyluva]

Don't know if this one has been posted yet (sorry-don't have time to read through the whole thread )

Peter Gabriel-In Your Eyes


And "Don't Give Up" with Kate Bush is another one that gets me teary - especially when combined with the video for it!

[carrie721]

And "Don't Give Up" with Kate Bush is another one that gets me teary - especially when combined with the video for it!

Oh hell yeah! That's a great song. And someone also mentioned the one about the flood? What's the name? It's a great song, too.

[foxyluva]

Oh hell yeah! That's a great song. And someone also mentioned the one about the flood? What's the name? It's a great song, too.

Absolutely!

And another one, which Im sure has been mentioned before, is "Beauty & the Beast" by our Stevie - it makes me well up every time :(

[carrie721]

Absolutely!

And another one, which Im sure has been mentioned before, is "Beauty & the Beast" by our Stevie - it makes me well up every time :(

Ooh, y'know what ... I actually don't like BATB. I know that's totally sacrilege, but it doesn't do a lot for me, especially the studio version. I like *watching* her sing it, because she gives it her all, but I almost always skip it.

EDIT: Do I still get to be a chiffonhead? :lol:

[foxyluva]

Ooh, y'know what ... I actually don't like BATB. I know that's totally sacrilege, but it doesn't do a lot for me, especially the studio version. I like *watching* her sing it, because she gives it her all, but I almost always skip it.

EDIT: Do I still get to be a chiffonhead? :lol:

:shocked: TRAVESTY - how could anyone not??!!

No, you have now been stripped of your title as a chiffonhead!! :laugh:

[carrie721]

:shocked: TRAVESTY - how could anyone not??!!

No, you have now been stripped of your title as a chiffonhead!! :laugh:

Dammit!! :lol: Looks like I have to slink over to the Chris forum ... Another excommunicated chiffonhead. :eek:

Since we're on the topic, I think Chris fans need a name. I nominate "sugar daddies." :laugh:

[foxyluva]

Dammit!! :lol: Looks like I have to slink over to the Chris forum ... Another excommunicated chiffonhead. :eek:

Since we're on the topic, I think Chris fans need a name. I nominate "sugar daddies." :laugh:

Good idea - since you are no longer a honorary ChiffonHead, you have to start your own group :laugh: ;)

[cliffdweller]

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division


That's a good one. If we're talking Joy Division, I'd like to add "Atmosphere" to the list if Gaius hasn't already :D .

[strandinthewind]

Other than FM? :shrug:
Going to California
Led Zeppelin . . . .

:nod:

To quote La Nicks - almost too much talent on stage!

[strandinthewind]

I'm new here but thought I'd say that it's great to see Beethoven being mentioned although I personally wouldn't have picked it as his most "beautiful". It's such a subjective term, I'd go so far as to say the most powerful music ever written.

As for "beautiful", I'm going with Neil Finn (with the NZ Symphony Orchestra) performing Message To My Girl. I would also consider The Beatles' early number In My Life to be "beautiful". I saw Never Tear Us Apart mentioned, that one is hard to deny.

The Ninth is beautiful to me because I sang it and I swear when I hear it, it is as if LVB knew the sound of the voice of God. But, I agree the power is there as well. I also love his Fifth.

Interestingly, I think Mozart's Clarinet Concerto is way up there in beauty as well.

[strandinthewind]

And "Don't Give Up" with Kate Bush is another one that gets me teary - especially when combined with the video for it!

SHIITTTEEEE - I SOBBED the first time I heard this song. What a combination of talent that was.

[BTFLCHLD]

:nod:

To quote La Nicks - almost too much talent on stage!
Yes, and the idea of you sobbing is almost tooo much to bear...makes me giddy.
Wonder why that is? :confused: Maybe it's a whipschains thing?

This song is a beauty...
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[jannieC]

I won't list FM/Stevie songs. Well, yes I will- BATB, HAEWAFY, Beautiful Child.

Why (Annie Lenox)
Circle of Friends (Edie Brickell)
Skin (Beth Hart)
My Heart Will go On (Celine Dion)- I think that listing this song shows my comfort level here on The Ledge- please don't slam me over this song- it tears me up everytime I hear it.
Yesterday (The Beatles)
The Rose (Bette Midler) <<<--- someone listed that already, I think.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack)
Memory (Barbra Streisand)
The Way We Were (Babs)
Seventeen (Ian Janis)
Dog and Butterfly (Heart)

Okay, I'll stop now. ;)

[Dark Angel]

Adding to what everyon else has posted....

The Music Of The Night/Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again/All I Ask Of You - (Phantom Of The Opera)
It Can't Rain All The Time - The Crow Soundtrack
Love Song For A Vampire - Annie Lennox
Bed Of Roses - Bette Midler
Let It Be - The Beatles
Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
Memory/Weekend In New England - Barry Manilow
The Way We Were/Evergreen - Barbra Streisand
Save A Prayer/Winter Marches On - Duran Duran
I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
Candle In The Wind - Elton John
I'll Be Here Where The Heart Is - Kim Carnes
Aeris' Theme - Nobuo Uematsu
anything by Loreena McKennitt & Enya
Wake Me Up When September Ends/Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day
Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure

[The Tower]

anything by Loreena McKennitt
Especially "Dante's Prayer" Holy Moley, that song is gorgeousness personified!! {faints dead away}

[strandinthewind]

I won't list FM/Stevie songs. Well, yes I will- BATB, HAEWAFY, Beautiful Child.

Why (Annie Lenox)
Circle of Friends (Edie Brickell)
Skin (Beth Hart)
My Heart Will go On (Celine Dion)- I think that listing this song shows my comfort level here on The Ledge- please don't slam me over this song- it tears me up everytime I hear it.
Yesterday (The Beatles)
The Rose (Bette Midler) <<<--- someone listed that already, I think.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack)
Memory (Barbra Streisand)
The Way We Were (Babs)
Seventeen (Ian Janis)
Dog and Butterfly (Heart)

Okay, I'll stop now. ;)

OMG - I LOVE all of those, except the Ian Janis song, which I do not think I have heard. AND - I LOVE My Heart Will Go On" and anyone who has something bad to say about that can KISS IT :wavey:

[foxyluva]

OMG - I LOVE all of those, except the Ian Janis song, which I do not think I have heard. AND - I LOVE My Heart Will Go On" and anyone who has something bad to say about that can KISS IT :wavey:

I adore Celine Dion - Im not ashamed :laugh:

[Miss Vicky]

I adore Celine Dion - Im not ashamed :laugh:

You should be. ;)

Bloody hell I would be.

But thankfully, I have no reason for such shame.

[foxyluva]

You should be. ;)

Bloody hell I would be.

But thankfully, I have no reason for such shame.

I know I should be, but Im not - I will shout it from the rooftops! :]

'Thats the Way it is' is my song!!!!

[SortaSavageLike]

OMG - I LOVE all of those, except the Ian Janis song, which I do not think I have heard. AND - I LOVE My Heart Will Go On" and anyone who has something bad to say about that can KISS IT :wavey:

I'd rather kiss It than hear that damn song one more time. :rolleyes:

[The Tower]

except the Ian Janis song, which I do not think I have heard.
Of course you have! Everyone knows that one-

"I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skin smiles
Who married young and then retired...."

AND - I LOVE My Heart Will Go On" and anyone who has something bad to say about that can KISS IT :wavey:
That song it absolutely horrible. I'm sure Satan uses it in hell as a torture device. Anything by Celine Dion is awful, but that one is close to the top of stankyness....

[Serrart]

OMG - I LOVE all of those, except the Ian Janis song, which I do not think I have heard. AND - I LOVE My Heart Will Go On" and anyone who has something bad to say about that can KISS IT :wavey:

My problem with it is that during Titanic dominance of the world, I heard it everywhere 10 times a day. After the first 50 listenings in two days every sugar-coated tearjacking, not so bad song becomes the SS hymn to my ears.

Romy

[carrie721]

I have to add "These Flowers" by Martha Wainwright and "I Wish I Was The Moon Tonight" by Neko Case. Martha totally tears me apart on These Flowers, and Neko Case's voice is just stunning.

[becca]

I'm in a mood for...

The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs
Perfect Kiss - New Order
Innocent When You Dream - Tom Waits

[foxyluva]

Innocent When You Dream - Tom Waits

OMG - Tom Waits is amazing. I love his albums "Mule Variations" and "Alice" - the music on those discs are stuff of nightmares....

[Dark Angel]

Especially "Dante's Prayer" Holy Moley, that song is gorgeousness personified!! {faints dead away}

That has to be my favorite of hers. Every time I listen to it I get chills. It's so hauntingly beautiful.

[Dark Angel]

I'm in a mood for...

The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs


I love this one...but then again I love almost anything by the Furs.

[Dark Angel]

Have to add a few more...

Angel - Sarah McLachlan
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
I Grieve - Peter Gabriel
Uninvited - Alanis Morissette

[carrie721]

Have to add a few more...

Angel - Sarah McLachlan
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
I Grieve - Peter Gabriel
Uninvited - Alanis Morissette

OMG, I had totally forgotten about the first 3 songs. I love this thread.

[strandinthewind]

Of course you have! Everyone knows that one-

"I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skin smiles
Who married young and then retired...."

I always felt as if they were talking about me as if I weren't in the room :wavey:

That song it absolutely horrible. I'm sure Satan uses it in hell as a torture device. Anything by Celine Dion is awful, but that one is close to the top of stankyness....

Guess that means you are kissing it - whatever it is, I leave up to you dear :cool:

[cliffdweller]

Suzanne: Judy Collins vocals/Leonard Cohen lyrics
All The Pretty Horses: Judy Collins
Sad Waters: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

[strandinthewind]

Suzanne: Judy Collins vocals/Leonard Cohen lyrics
All The Pretty Horses: Judy Collins
Sad Waters: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I know I am a gonna get it for this - but:

I do not like Judy's Collins' voice

:eek:

[cliffdweller]

I know I am a gonna get it for this - but:

I do not like Judy's Collins' voice

:eek:


Punkass :cool:

Oh but wait, you like Celine Dion right? Oh, well you're automatically disqualified from having an opinion about ANYTHING! :laugh: :p :angel:

[strandinthewind]

Punkass :cool:

Oh but wait, you like Celine Dion right? Oh, well you're automatically disqualified from having an opinion about ANYTHING! :laugh: :p :angel:

Bless you heart :wavey:

[cliffdweller]

Bless you heart :wavey:


:cool: :shrug:

[jannieC]

Oh but wait, you like Celine Dion right? Oh, well you're automatically disqualified from having an opinion about ANYTHING! :laugh: :p :angel:
Aw, you and I were so tight once! :lol: Seriously, how can you not love the Titanic song! I even love the instrumental version (better than Celine's). My heart WILL go on......:wavey:

[cliffdweller]

Aw, you and I were so tight once! :lol: Seriously, how can you not love the Titanic song! I even love the instrumental version (better than Celine's). My heart WILL go on......:wavey:


I was mainly just ribbing Jason (it's so damn fun to do!) but no, I do not like Celine :sorry:. It's cool though, and we're still tight so have no fear! :laugh:

[jannieC]

I was mainly just ribbing Jason (it's so damn fun to do!) but no, I do not like Celine :sorry:. It's cool though, and we're still tight so have no fear! :laugh:
Well good, we will not allow Celine to come between us. What's (kind of) funny is that she's on Hoprah right now which is playing on my TV in the backround. :laugh:

[DavidMn]

It's actually Janis Ian. I always loved the fact they named the cool freaky outsider character who Lindsay Lohan befriends in Mean Girls after Janis Ian.

I think At Seventeen was one of the very first songs I learnt on guitar.

In addition to Love Will Tear Us Apart, I'd like to say the Spongebob Squarepants movie soundtrack is also very beautiful.I wonder what shes up to these days?

[DavidMn]

Actually when I think of most beautiful songs, one that most certainly comes to my mind is Dakota by the Stereophonics. This song has it all. Power, emotion, grace. :angel:

[cliffdweller]

Should beautiful mean sad? I guess that's how I equate it in my mind.


Well, as Elton John once said, "sad songs say so much." :shrug: :laugh: :p

I love sad songs too. The sadder, the better. There's something about the poignancy of sad songs that make them so beautiful I think.

[TheWILDheart]

Aw, you and I were so tight once! :lol: Seriously, how can you not love the Titanic song! I even love the instrumental version (better than Celine's). My heart WILL go on......:wavey:

I can quite easilly not love the 'Titanic Song'. For one thing, it is the cheesiest thing ever written. It was only a hit because of the film. Celine Dion needs to be shot. Really! She has an incredible voice but insists on singing total tripe. It's like Cher...her later stuff is AWFUL and she has such a powerful voice. However, as of yet, no one has beaten the voice of fabulous ms. nicks.