Elbows "Friends of Ours" is the most beautiful piece of music I've heard recently. Makes me all melty but the lyrics to "the Bones of You " are sooo true. They instantly capture what it feels like to hear a song that takes you back to somewhere, someone long gone but never really forgotten. When you were a teenager and you thought you would be happy for ever.
"A man of my calibre, stood in the street like a sleepwalking teenager"
"I dealt with this years ago "
"Took a hammer to every memento"
"But image on image like beads on a rosary"
"Pulled through my head as the music takes hold and the sickener hits"

The Call -Regina Spektor
(my girlfreind sang it in a school talent show so it's always had a special place in my heart)

My grandads song...Smile by Nat King Cole.Brings tear to my eyes every time.Miss u grandads and grandmas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxmxIbr_SVA&feature=related

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Ryan Adams - How do you keep love alive?

Adele - Someone like you always brings a tear to my eye when I'm belting it out driving in my car hehe

Beatles - In my life
Cliff Richard - Miss you nights
And more recently, Bruno Mars - Just the way you are

Always liked the old sentimental number "A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square"

Update:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWyeVfuolT4&feature=related

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... and this ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTjzZzfR7w&feature=related

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Edit: wrong music thread!

and an all-time classic(?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BavhwpIJg&NR=1

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Edit: wrong music thread!

How else can I get the post across? It is not intended for youtube and music - it is looking at beautiful songs!

swarfendor43

How else can I get the post across? It is not intended for youtube and music - it is looking at beautiful songs!

swarfendor43
What are you babbling about? I posted a link on this thread, mistaking it for the other music thread, so I edited accordingly to remove the link.

i agree with lots that have been mentioned already (Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah is so the most beautiful!)
but here's some more...
Airbrone toxic event - Midnight
Pearl Jam - Black
Carter USM - The impossible dream
Pink Martini - La Soledad (devastating - gets me from the very first chord, which is chopin i believe)

now i need to go and think of some happier beautiful ones :)

Try 'song to the siren' by This mortal Coil. Liz frazers (Cocteau Twins) singing is haunting. :)

I think the Flower Duet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qx2lMaMsl8) from Lakmé by Delibes is the most hauntingly beautiful piece of music I have ever heard.

I particularly like music that foreshadows the payoff, if you see what I mean. Once you know the piece you can see how they build and build and you start to hear the little teasing snippets of the melody that is going to make your whole body tingle (and more) at the end of the piece. Random examples of this that spring to mind are Like The Swallow by Saint Etienne and Echoes by Pink Floyd. And Home By The Sea by Genesis. Not that I'd call any of those particularly beautiful, but when that building tension is coupled with a haunting melody then the only way I can describe such music is orgasmic!

Straight off the top of my head..... Roberta Flack, The first time ever I saw your face

:thumbsup:Chicago - If you leave me now

In the depths of the temple the duet from the pearlfishers, Bring him home sung by Alfie Boa, almost hear another beautiful song everyday. One I heard the other day called marry me can't remember who sings it .

What are you babbling about? I posted a link on this thread, mistaking it for the other music thread, so I edited accordingly to remove the link.

Apologies - thought it aimed at moi!

Just discovered these two gems:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAhxyVhGjbI&feature=related

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAhxyVhGjbI&feature=related

REM: Everybody hurts
Massive attack: teardrop - this one sends that wierd tingly feeling through me

No words needed to do this justice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMXaE9NtQgg

Well this is up there ..

Stevie's ex Syreeta Wright with "Cause We've Ended As Lovers"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEWXYc46f8E

R.I.P. girl. :(

One Flight Down by Norah Jones....that song leaves me tingly....

My list of beautiful song are define below:

-All My Life- K-Ci & Jojo
-A Little Ray Of Sunshine- Axiom
-Glory Of Love- Peter Cetera
-All For Love- Adams/Stewart & Sting
-Angel Of Mine-Monica

I think Sandy Denny could have sung the phone book and made it sound beautiful, but this one definately gives me goosebumps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV11TXY7qpY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELTVP4aqWAI

My best mate just told me to listen to this, it's one of the best I've heard in a while!

My favorite song is “Hercules and Love Affair” by Blue. It’s a nice romantic song and I really love the lyrics of this song.

Can't say it's my favourite song but good lyrics

'If I Ruled the World'

I think Sandy Denny could have sung the phone book and made it sound beautiful...

I'd buy that cd. She was gifted. My favourite of her's is the self-penned "Who knows where the time goes".

:thumbsup:Chicago - If you leave me now

Oh I love that Chicago song.

I don't think that Tony Joe White has had a mention so I want to add ' Closer to the Truth" to the list, great track especially these verses

They're taking down the rain forest
Changing it to a room without a view
And the big trees fall like dominoes
And we move closer to the truth....

And who's gonna tell the children
How the rivers used to flow cystal blue
And we keep leaving scars on Mother Earth
And moving closer to the truth

...I don't think that Tony Joe White has had a mention so I want to add ' Closer to the Truth" to the list...

I don't recall Tony Joe White ever being mentioned anywhere on SF before, which is odd as he writes such good songs. The "Closer to the Truth" cd includes his originals of the Tina Turner hits, "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues". Great stuff!

Wicked Game Chris Isaac. Constant Craving KD Lang. Hurt Johnny Cash. One U2. All make the tears well up.

Little drops of heaven - Pretty maids...excellent hard rock ballad
Million miles - House of Lords
Crawling walls for you - Symphorce

Yevon ellerman - first time i ever saw your face

Crosby Stills And Nash - Our House.

The Theme tune to Cheers.

Crosby Stills And Nash - Our House.

The Theme tune to Cheers.
Jeez! :gag::huh::rolleyes:

Jeez! :gag::huh::rolleyes:

Come on Alcoblog, admit it, sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name...

Come on Alcoblog, admit it, sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name...

... 'alcoblog' by Crosby, Stills and Nash ... never heard of it! :o

I love 'How Does it Feel' by Slade - it's nothing like their usual shouty songs, it's just really simple and beautiful. You'd think it was by a completely different band if Noddy Holder didn't have such a distinctive voice!

http://www.youtube.com/user/swarfendor437?feature=mhsn#p/a/u/2/hX_-TErGxnI

http://www.youtube.com/user/swarfendor437?feature=mhsn#p/a/u/2/hX_-TErGxnI
Bit confused here :huh:
Did you do that? ... It's really good! I've only listened to it once but I'll certainly listen to it again! If you're the vocalist, you've got a brilliant voice! :love::thumbsup::clap:

Kiss From a Rose by Seal for me!

Bit confused here :huh:
Did you do that? ... It's really good! I've only listened to it once but I'll certainly listen to it again! If you're the vocalist, you've got a brilliant voice! :love::thumbsup::clap:

You need to read the notes below the Vid! Also go to hungrylucy.com for more info on them - so no - it is not me - I just videod Goom visualisation in Kaffeine on Ultimate Edition - far superior to Windows Media Player in my opinion for visualisations!

It's such a subjective thing, and there's some great stuff in here. I rarely cry with the exception to when I listen to certain songs- here's one of them, this guy is such an inspiration to me-

Geoffrey Gurrumul - Yunupingu

http://youtu.be/DgRCBN9nyzI

(Skip to 1:35 to go straight to the song)