Topic: Beautiful Songs (Read 39748 times)

CaptainLorax · « **on:** 25 Dec 2006, 03:28 »

Examples: Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heals
Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark - Joan Of Arc, Souvenir, Maid of Orleans
Yes - **Clear Days, **Yesterday and Today, Time and Word

Post em! I guess a lot of 80s songs would fit

*King Creosote - Counselling (short also and very beautiful)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/9ifzh2

*Thingy - Nod (real short one)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/titkrx

*Grifters - Founder's Day Parade

http://www.sendspace.com/file/bwhd7e

*these files are supposed to make you go out and buy the albums!

**these two yes songs are very beautiful

Kai · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 03:43 »

FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - I RAN

imapiratearg · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 03:50 »

"Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap

i don't usually listen to her, but that's an amazing song.

mqarcus · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 03:52 »

The Decemberists - Odalisque

Wonderful song.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 03:52 »

oh, and "The Trapeze Swinger" by Iron & Wine

mqarcus · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 03:53 »

Agree.

amok · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:12 »

Deep Forest - "Night Bird"

I uploaded this for the LISTEN OR DIE thing. It's maybe not the most beautiful song ever ("Sweet Lullaby" by the same people edges it anyway), it's pretty close.

mqarcus · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:14 »

Quote from: amok on 25 Dec 2006, 04:12

Deep Forest - "Night Bird"

I uploaded this for the LISTEN OR DIE thing.

"The link has expired"

Ernest · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:17 »

Clann Zu. Seriously, Clann Zu.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #9 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:22 »

The twenty most beautiful songs of all time (no contest):

1. Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim
2. Current 93 - A Song For Douglas After He's Dead
3. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Willows Song
4. My Dying Bride - Your Shameful Heaven
5. Sol Invictus - The Praties Song
6. Dead Can Dance - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
7. My Dying Bride - Sear Me MCMXC III
8. Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
9. Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows - Va(r)nitas, Vanitas... (...Omnia Vanitas)
10. Sieben - Loves Promise
11. Ulver - Hyme 01: Of Wolf and Fear *
12. Skyclad - Moongleam and Meadowsweet
13. Death in June - Rose Clouds of Holocaust
14. My Dying Bride - The Crown of Sympathy
15. Coil - Red Birds Will Fly Out of the East and Destroy Paris in a Night
16. Waylander - Awakening
17. Burzum - Han Some Reiste *
18. Death in June - Little Black Angel
19. Neuroticfish - The Bomb
20. Finntroll - Under Varje Rot Och Sten *

I doubt anyone will agree with me, but if anyone has not heard 'The Host of Seraphim' by Dead Can Dance I urge you to do yourself a really big favour.

*These are in no way jokes.

mqarcus · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:35 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 25 Dec 2006, 04:22

17. Burzum - Han Some Reiste *

Nah, I'd say it's one of Vikernes' poorest tracks, he is simply not a keyboardist. Burzum has way better tracks, Det Som En Gang Var being on my top.

Ernest · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:40 »

Clann Zu, guys.

supersheep · « **Reply #12 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:41 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 25 Dec 2006, 04:22

1. Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim

Wow. Just wow. That was pretty moving and beautiful. Amazing.

mqarcus · « **Reply #13 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:43 »

True, nice track. Wonder why I never heard them before. :/

KharBevNor · « **Reply #14 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:43 »

Easily Burzums most evocative keyboard track. The track is an incredible exercise in minimalism. I can barely think of anyone who could take, what, ten notes and one basic riff and turn it into something so atmospheric and powerful, with just the keyboard. It's excellent, and its incredible communication: even before I knew the tracks name meant 'He Who Journeyed', It conveyed the sense of travelling through a forest to me. I just think it's brilliant: it's a milestone I strive toward in my own electronic music. Simple, un-pretentious, and marvellous. No, it's not the best Burzum track (Ea, Lord of the Depths) but it is the most beautiful.

Besides, on any objective level, how can you call Han Som Reiste poor next to, say, Svart Troner, or Dungeons of Darkness?

EDIT; At their best, Dead Can Dance are electrifying, and at their least they are still a very entertaining ethereal take on world music. Check out:

The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Yulunga

There's plenty more on youtube. Lisa Gerrards voice is just...unbelievable.

Johnny C · « **Reply #15 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:47 »

Bjork's "All Is Full Of Love" and Metric's "Calculation Theme" and "Love Is A Place."

mqarcus · « **Reply #16 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:47 »

1) Well, the best keyboard track - yes. I tought you meant the best overall track.

2) True, as to the beauty by minimalism, it is amazing. I compose music myself, and I can say Vikernes' music has meant a lot.

3) Svarte Troner and Dungeons Of Darkness truly are crap, and I guess it's that kind of neo-modern crap that makes you think it's good because you don't inderstand it. Like other noise ambient.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #17 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:48 »

I wonder if anybody's noticed that only one person on this board gives a fuck about this band called Clann Zu or whatever.

A song I've been listening to a lot lately that I would classify as 'beautiful' would be Harvest by Opeth. It's pretty awesome. Also, the opening of Edge of Sanity's Crimson has a very ethereal quality to it for my ears.

Johnny C · « **Reply #18 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:50 »

A lot of post-rock is quite beautiful too. I'm thinking especially of "Kids Will Be Skeletons" by the Mogwais.

mqarcus · « **Reply #19 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:50 »

Well, if he's the only one, it has to be hip!

(Theory of hipster relativity and so on)

Rubby · « **Reply #20 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:53 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 25 Dec 2006, 03:50

"Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap

i don't usually listen to her, but that's an amazing song.

I had to remove everything Frou Frou related from my computer the other day (I'm so fucking sick of her), but I kept that one song. It really is gorgeous.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #21 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 04:58 »

@ Storm: You mean Crimson II right? Because Crimson just starts with Dan Swano growling and rocking some guitar. Which is awesome, but not exactly ethereal.

If we were to mention any EoS track, I would mention Enigma. The clean singing and violin are beautiful, but there are also unbelievable moments in the pure DM portions.

"ENIGMA! UNHOLY! UNGODLY! COMMANDER OF THE REGENERATION!
INSIDIOUS AND CAUGHT. IMPLOOOORED...BY DISGRACE
INHUUUUUUMAAAAATION! THE BUUUUURIAL OF MAAAAN!
CONFESSSIOOOOOOOON! UNIFY ALL EEEEEEEEVIL!"

Storm Rider · « **Reply #22 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 05:05 »

No, I actually meant the original Crimson. The guitar tone just has a spacey quality that I really like, and Swano's voice just sounds sort of... I dunno, distant. It works so well and I really think it has a sort of quality that I classify as beautiful.

the_tard · « **Reply #23 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 05:07 »

The Beatles - Something In The Way She Walks

Rubby · « **Reply #24 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 05:11 »

It's just called something.

CaptainLorax · « **Reply #25 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 07:18 »

Nothing Compares to You - O'Conner

Robert Wyatt - Sea Song (the whole Rock Bottom album is beautiful in its melancholy. The dude made it after crippling himself from a fall from a 3rd story window)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/21ihkj

Silent Night, Holy Night
Camel - Snow Goose
Lennon - Jealous Guy

CaptainLorax · « **Reply #26 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 07:21 »

I like Clann Zu after he introduced 'em to me
KharBevNor - Death in June is just great... not always their message. All Pigs Must Die is my favorite. I guess I like daydream music.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #27 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 07:27 »

Most anything by Therion is very beautiful.

Face of Melinda, Hope Leaves, Death Whispered A Lullaby, and especially To Bid You Farewell by Opeth.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #28 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 08:02 »

Quote from: CaptainLorax on 25 Dec 2006, 07:21

KharBevNor - Death in June is just great... not always their message. All Pigs Must Die is my favorite. I guess I like daydream music.

Nothing wrong with Death in Junes message. The only political tie I've heard of them having is to the green anarchists. The reason they're called fascist is partly misinterpretation of their lyrics, partly because Douglas P is wierd and deliberately controversial, partly because the British socialist left considers any political movement that references neitzschean or darwinist ideas fascist, and, well, there you go. Fascists tend to be boring, tawdry, middle class farmers and shop keepers. Not avant-garde musicians. You can confirm this by actually reading DI6's lyrics, although, to be honest, they don't make it easy. Rose Clouds of Holocaust is about the break-up of a long term relationship, believe it or not.

Johnny C · « **Reply #29 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 08:07 »

I'm seriously just shouting at a brick wall, aren't I. I might as well be saying "Dude, Funhouse."

Ernest · « **Reply #30 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 08:18 »

Dave Brubeck- Take Five

imapiratearg · « **Reply #31 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 08:23 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 25 Dec 2006, 04:22

8. Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

if i had to pick a Simon & Garfunkel song it'd either be "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" or "Kathy's Song"

sandysmilinstrange · « **Reply #32 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 08:54 »

Toad the Wet Sprocket- "Windmills"
The Real Tuesday Weld- "The Pearly Gates"
Polaris- "As Usual"
Peter Gabriel- "Washing of the Water"

Der Golem · « **Reply #33 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 08:58 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 25 Dec 2006, 04:22

19. Neuroticfish - The Bomb

What?

Also, enough with the Clann Zu. It has gotten to a point where it is like some annoying forum meme, only it is perpetuated by a single person. Please make it stop.

Johnny C · « **Reply #34 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 08:58 »

Guys, Spiderland is pretty beautiful.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #35 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 09:04 »

Quote from: Der Golem on 25 Dec 2006, 08:58

Quote from: KharBevNor on 25 Dec 2006, 04:22
19. Neuroticfish - The Bomb

What?

There's a good few EBM/futurepop songs that I just think are, well, beautiful. Uplifting music that makes me want to run somewhere, makes me feel something transcendent. The trancey interlude in that song is one of the best fucking things to ever happen to electronic music. I was also considering 'Approaching Lightspeed' by Wolfsheim and 'Call the Ships to Port' by Covenant.

Kai · « **Reply #36 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 09:16 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 25 Dec 2006, 08:58

Guys, Spiderland is pretty beautiful.

the dynamics, man

Johnny C · « **Reply #37 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 09:28 »

Yeah, man. Also, Funhouse.

drpepper_phd · « **Reply #38 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 09:32 »

Tsewer Beta- "Marl 1 (You'll Never Guess Mix)" is wonderful, IMHO.
Brian Eno's Music for Airports is fairly beautiful, too, in a subdued, ambient sorta way.

http://www.djtrx.com/profiles/Tsewer+Beta/tracks
The Marl 1 track is at the bottom.

jolijn · « **Reply #39 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 09:44 »

Right now I've been in love with Destroyer's "Painter In Your Pocket" for months now. I just like his singing/talking style.

Dahgrow · « **Reply #40 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 09:54 »

Just a few...

Tim Hecker - Chimera (On "Harmony in Ultraviolet".)

Boards of Canada - Julie and Candy (On "Geogaddi")

Aphex Twin - Petiatil Cx Htdui (On "Drukqs")

Philip Glass - Opening (On "Glassworks")

Nine Inch Nails - Right Where It Belongs V.2 (On "Quiet Tracks"....Not a big fan of NIN, but GOD I love that song... His voice toward the end actually puts tears in my eyes.)

o9 - No Delay For Days (On "The Cosmic Forces of Mu", a compilation)

The top three and the bottom one you can find on www.bleep.com

Dimmukane · « **Reply #41 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 10:05 »

Imogen Heap - The Moment I Said It
!T.O.O.H.! - Kali (quite possibly the most beautiful grindcore I've ever heard)

that's all for now.

Johnny C · « **Reply #42 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 10:15 »

Quote from: jolijn on 25 Dec 2006, 09:44

Right now I've been in love with Destroyer's "Painter In Your Pocket" for months now. I just like his singing/talking style.

What baffles me about this is that you're totally right. I never think of Destroyer as particularly beautiful because of the weird trembling croak of Bejar's voice but at the same time he has a knack for making some singularly sublime tunes.

jolijn · « **Reply #43 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 10:21 »

It is weird isn't it? Something about the way he'll be singing and then rush in a long sentence that normally wouldn't fit with the beat. Plus he just sound extremely honest and it's addicting!

"You looked okay with the others, you looked great by yourself." makes me smile

Johnny C · « **Reply #44 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 12:43 »

This thread is now about Dan Bejar, I think.

Destroyer's Rubies is so damn awesome. It gets better with every listen, and each new listen reveals better cohesion from track to track. It's one of the best, most well-thought-out albums released this year.

amok · « **Reply #45 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 12:47 »

Bah, I'll try and re-upload that Deep Forest track. Or the better one. I'm having trouble thinking of a definitive answer to this thread so if I upload anything it might be something else, I just thought that mp3 was still on Yousendit.

Quote from: KharBevNor on 25 Dec 2006, 09:04

19. Neuroticfish - The Bomb

[...]

'Call the Ships to Port' by Covenant.

Yes.

jolijn · « **Reply #46 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 12:53 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 25 Dec 2006, 12:43

This thread is now about Dan Bejar, I think.

Destroyer's Rubies is so damn awesome. It gets better with every listen, and each new listen reveals better cohesion from track to track. It's one of the best, most well-thought-out albums released this year.

Yeah definitely...I think i'm going to move it up on my top 10 list.

Also Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything has to be on this list.

Johnny C · « **Reply #47 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 13:04 »

The most beautiful Wolf Parade song for me would be "Same Ghost Every Night." Sunset Rubdown's "Us Ones In Between" is beautiful too, in a weird, haunting sort of way.

jolijn · « **Reply #48 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 13:06 »

Great lyrics on that SR song.

Johnny C · « **Reply #49 on:** 25 Dec 2006, 13:15 »

Well, Krug is a fantastic lyricist.

Surprises abound in this "Beautiful song" thing, though: the final track on Barenaked Ladies' Maroon is a bizarre little waltz about crashing your car and it's quite pretty as is, considering how absurd it is, but then right before the four-minute mark a hidden song comes up and damned if it isn't absolutely gorgeous. (For the record, the track comes up as "Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel / Hidden Sun" on my iTunes, the latter being the hidden track and the former being the song proper.)

Oh, and I am pretty sure that like eight to ten Final Fantasy songs (Owen Pallett, not Nobuo Unspellablename) should be mentioned in here.

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