Songs You Think Are Absolutely Beautiful

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by slipkid

FINALLY! (chiliD saves that day)

When has he not?

[jaycee]

Today's entries are...
"Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" - Fifth Dimension
"Sweet Caroline" - Neil Diamond
"If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
"Hello" - Lionel Richie
"I'm Not In Love" - 10cc
"When You and I Were Young, Maggie" - George Washington Johnson
"She's Always A Woman" - Billy Joel
"Ferry Cross The Mersey" - Gerry & The Pacemakers (particularly the single version... at least I think that's right...)
"Africa" - Toto (another near favourite of mine)
And anything from Norah Jones' album Come Away With Me, Bryan Ferry's album Boys And Girls, and Tracy Chapman's self-titled album.

[ragrsrocalot]

Albatross, Why, Sara, Warm Ways - Fleetwood Mac
BATB & HAEWAFY- Stevie Nicks
Angie - The Stones
Mozambique, Forever Young - Bob Dylan
In My Life-The Beatles
Hey Jude - The Beatles ( also my husband's beautiful name )
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison
Imagine - John Lennon
A Face in the Crowd - Tom Petty
While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boy's - Traffic
Seagull - Bad Co.
All of My Love - Led Zeppelin
See You on the Other Side - Ozzy Osbourne
On and On - Stephen Bishop
When I Need You - Leo Sayer
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow
Samba Pa Ti - Santana
The Thrill Is Gone - BB King
Angel From Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Miracles - Jefferson Airplane
Bolero - Ravel
Why - Annie Lennox
Wooden Ships - Live- CSNY
Seven Bridges Road-Live- The Eagles
Tupelo Honey- Live- Van Morrison
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed & Blue Sky- The Allman Bros.
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
I've Been Loving You - Ottis Reeding
The Rose - Bette Midler
Little Wing-Jimi Hendrix, and the Eric Clapton\Sheryl Crow/David Sanborn version
My Love is Alive - Gary Wright
Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young

[David]

Originally Posted by ragrsrocalot

Bolero - Ravel

An unusual choice for a beautiful song, but also an unusual choice for a Ravel composition. Have you heard the final section of Ravel's "Ma mere l'oye" ballet music suite? It's called "The Enchanted Garden" (or "The Fairy Garden").

[ragrsrocalot]

Originally Posted by David

An unusual choice for a beautiful song, but also an unusual choice for a Ravel composition. Have you heard the final section of Ravel's "Ma mere l'oye" ballet music suite? It's called "The Enchanted Garden" (or "The Fairy Garden").

I think it is beautiful and extremely sexy at the same time. It starts off real soft and low, then starts to blend and holds real steady, until the full experience and climax of the song, so fragile and powerful at the same time. I have not heard the other suggestions you mentioned but I will give them a listen. I also really love Carmen.
Those are my two favorite classical pieces.

[Stew_Matthews]

Lots of my favourites have been listed but I'd add -

Caroline No - Brian Wilson/Beach Boys
Come pick me up - Ryan Adams
Don't leave me now - Supertramp
My love is leaving - Steve Winwood
So Amazing - Luther Vandross
Landed - Ben Folds

[gretchen]

There are so many...but here are the songs I can think of:

(in no particular order)

Mirror To My Woman's Mind - Peter Murphy
Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem - Peter Murphy
A Strange Kind Of Love - Peter Murphy
English Rose - The Jam
Down In The Seine - The Style Council
Monsoon - Luka Bloom
Gone To Pablo - Luka Bloom
Don't Stop The Dance - Bryan Ferry
Shape Of Things To Come - Love And Money
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Night Flight - Joe Sample
I Just Wanna Stop - Gino Vannelli
Fragile - Sting
Go Insane (Acoustic Version from The Dance) - Linds
Keep Looking - Sade
Tell Her This - Del Amitri
In A Lifetime - Clannad & Bono
No Pretties - Wire Train
Help Me - Joni Mitchell
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind - Level 42
Lying Still - Level 42
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
Breaking Us In Two - Joe Jackson
Driving - Everything But The Girl