Most beautiful song? Not favorite
#1
Posted 28 March 2005 - 04:17 AM
For that I'd have to nominate Hands that Built America by U2. The opening is powerful but understated, with the delicate percussion sounding like I imagine teardrops would hitting the ground. It has a wonderful tone that dosnt inspire sadness despite being almost mournful.
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#2
Posted 28 March 2005 - 05:28 AM
Music is beautiful in general, even if it could be described as 'ugly'.
I guess the point of all that is, this is too broad a question for me. Even more broad than any 'favorite song' question.
Kay, forget about my useless rant. i'll name some stuff:
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Bjork - 'Isobel' (today)
Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin AND Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Jimi Hendrix - 'Little Wing'
Fiery Furnaces - 'Birdie Brain'/'Turning Round'
Sonic Youth - 'Diamond Sea' various songs scattered about various albums
this is such a feeble and unfinished list. It completely ignores jazz and orchestral/chamber/ensemble/etc works and just about everything under the sun. good luck, everyone else.
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#3
Posted 28 March 2005 - 06:30 AM
My favourite songs:
System of a Down- Chop Suey
Nine Inch Nails- Heresy
Rob Dougan- Clubbed to Death
Black Sabbath- War Pigs
Weird Al- The Night Santa Went Crazy
#5
Posted 28 March 2005 - 02:08 PM
Less Is More v4
Now resigned to a readership of me, my cat and some fish
#6
Posted 28 March 2005 - 04:45 PM
#7
Posted 28 March 2005 - 06:23 PM
"The Great Anihalator"- by the Swans
"SoloW"- by Ohgr
"Words of the Dying"- by Controlled Bleeding
"She's got a cause"- by ministry (early 80s synth pop ministry)
"Sunless Saturday"- by Fishbone
"Water Color Grey"- by Thought Industry
"Love"- by Skinny Puppy
"Butterfly Potion"- by Foetus
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#9
Posted 03 April 2005 - 03:50 PM
Soundgarden's Like Suicide, and hmm... what else is very aesthetic?
The Beatles - While my Guitar Gently Weeps
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#10
Posted 03 April 2005 - 08:08 PM
Jimmy Eat World - "Hear You Me"
Antony And The Johnsons - "The Lake"
Johnny Cash - "Hurt" (the Nine Inch Nails original is up there too)
Tiger Army - "Outlaw Heart"
Apocalyptica - "Bittersweet"
Bright Eyes - "Don't Know When But A Day's Gonna Come"
Sonic Youth - "Unmade Bed"
My Bloody Valentine - "Loomer"
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps"
Sigur Ros - pretty much anything, really.
Beck - "Guess I'm Doing Fine"
DJ Shadow - "Giving Up The Ghost"
Aphex Twin - all of "Select Ambient Works Vol. II"
Interpol - "NYC"
Joy Division - "Isolation"
God, I can't do this. There's far too much out there that can be classified as "beautiful". I mean, there are people who think power ballads are beautiful, and then there are the people who consider atmospheric stuff to be beautful, and then there's a ton of stuff in between.
#11
Posted 03 April 2005 - 09:25 PM
Something, The Beatles
Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd
Distant Sun, Crowded House
All of my heart, ABC
That whole closing sequence from The Who's Tommy
The Promise of Living, from The Tender Land by Aaron Copeland
This Upper Room choral piece I can't track down.
#12
Posted 03 April 2005 - 09:49 PM
blackbird
here comes the sun
a day in the life
golden slumers/carry that weight/End (count as one song)
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