Hello [on a cellphone], greetings, it's me, an outlaw, I ask you, my love, to accept happiness. Hello, hello, it's me, Picasso, I sent you a beep [cellphone signal], and I'm brave [or strong], But you should know that I'm not asking for anything from you.
You want to leave but you don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want don't want to take me. Your face and the love from the linden trees, And I remember your eyes.
I call you [over the phone], to tell you what I feel right now, Hello, my love, it's me, your happiness. Hello, hello, it's me again, Picasso, I sent you a beep [cellphone signal] and I'm brave [or strong], But you should know that I'm not asking for anything from you.
― Steve Shasta, Friday, 20 July 2007 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I like "Cupid de Locke" by smashing pumpkins. At the moment, that's my choice. A few years ago I would have said "Agateis Byrjun" or however you spell it.
I apologize for criticizing someone's choice of Pink Floyd upthread. I was in a bitchy state of mind that day.
― billstevejim, Friday, 20 July 2007 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
everybody's coming down
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 July 2007 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
"once upon a time," sonny sharrock
-- andrew m., Friday, July 20, 2007 7:00 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
dude on point for seriously
― 69, Friday, 20 July 2007 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link
kersal massive
― Steve Shasta, Friday, 20 July 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i can't believe there's only one mention of "over the rainbow".
eno "always returning"
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 20 July 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
a bay bay
― iiiijjjj, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Lately I'm in love with "When the Body Speaks" by Depeche Mode and "Shine" by Ulrich Schnauss.
― Trayce, Friday, 20 July 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
todd rundgren - boat on the charles
― Zeno, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Quadrant - Dub
― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Some neglected bands+songs on this thread:
Mogwai - either 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong or Kids Will Be Skeletons Yes - And You And I The The - Lonely Planet Bark Psychosis - Rose Mercury Rev - Frittering
Nice to see the new(ish) Eluvium album with some representation here, but I'd have chosen 'Indoor Swimming At The Space Station' rather than 'Repose In Blue' myself.
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Morning, from the Peer Gynt Suite
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
christmas in oaxaca
― Filey Camp, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I would now have to add a couple of Vashti Bunyan songs to my picks above - especially "Glow Worms" and the demo version of "Winter Is Blue."
Also: Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place" and "Pyramid Song." Both beautiful and nightmarish.
― mike a, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Madvillian (MF Doom + Madlib) - Fancy Clown (originally titled "Pretty Blood")
― max, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Until She Comes - Psychedelic Furs
― Aja, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
method man & raekwon - respect mine
― and what, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:31 (sixteen years ago) link
It's Rosehip November
― W4LTER, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Canon in D?!?!?!?!
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
King Creosote - Counselling (hands down)
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:47 (sixteen years ago) link
that is my final answer
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
props to those who said:
Beach Boys - Til I Die Kraftwerk - Computer Lover
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyway, my answer is:
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2
or
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in Dm
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14 in C#m (if we're not limiting ourselves to songs)
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:59 (sixteen years ago) link
^I agree with you there (obviously)
― twoheadedboy9, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 04:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Steve I was 16 in 2004 and attended too many weddings that year
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 05:44 (sixteen years ago) link
also it wasn't my real answer
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 05:46 (sixteen years ago) link
even Pachelbel beats NMH in my book though
abba - the day before you came
― original bgm, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 05:54 (sixteen years ago) link
What is it with Canon in D and weddings anyway. Yargh.
― Trayce, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 06:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Most beautiful Radiohead song is 'Meeting In The Aisle'
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 09:28 (sixteen years ago) link
mmm, probably 'kind of girl' by low
― alexei, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 10:10 (sixteen years ago) link
arg the beuty of the song I picked is so beautiful. His voice.... has more heart than...[fill in the blank]. yes I am spamming. sorry.
― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 6 September 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
'When You Were Young' by The Killers
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 4 October 2007 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Follow me through A city of frost-covered angels I swear I have nothing to prove I just want to dance in your tangles To give me some reason to move But to take on the world at all angles Requires a strength I can't use So I'll meet you up high in your anger Of all that is hoping and waiting for you
not sure about the music, but right now, that verse seems like the most perfect series of words ever written (lol emo)
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
'When You Were Young' by The Killers -- Ismael Klata, Thursday, October 4, 2007 4:50 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/formathardrive/noose2.jpg
― stephen, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
As long as the Mary Margaret O'Hara thread has been revived, I'd say "Help Me Lift You Up".
― Eazy, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Or Satie's Gymnopedies.
Or "Bell Bottom Blues" by Derek & The Dominos.
― Eazy, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
actually wait, I think I want to change my vote to... whatever the name of the Varttina song I played on my last radio show was, cuz it almost made me cry.
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link
the for carnation - moonbeams
― ciderpress, Thursday, 4 October 2007 18:20 (sixteen years ago) link
no-one said 'the look of love'
― blueski, Thursday, 4 October 2007 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Impossible Germany - Wilco
― Kate, non masonic, Thursday, 4 October 2007 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
God Only Knows is a good, and obvious, choice. There are many other, less obvious, but worthy contenders (maybe my "next tier"):
Walk Away Renee or Pretty Ballerina by The Left Banke Many Rivers To Cross by Jimmy Cliff Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holiday (beautifully sad, I suppose) The Ocean by Richard Hawley Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac Oh No by The Commodores The Trapeeze Swinger or 16, Maybe Less by Iron & Wine Carry Me Ohio by Sun Kil Moon Always On My Mind by Willie Nelson I Won't Share You by The Smiths You And Your Sister by Chris Bell In The Backseat by Arcade Fire (see Gloomy Sunday) Will The Circle Be Unbroken, the Greg Allman version Please Call Home by Greg Allman
And lots of songs by The Clientele. For now, let's say Dreams of Leaving. I've excluded classical works (if included, though, Pachelbel's "Cannon in D" would be hard to beat; Pachelbel's is the original "one-hit wonder"), and I know I'm forgetting a lot of worthy songs, but there it is.
Oh, and you know what? I second Kate. Impossible Germany is a worthy song, too, even with that searing guitar solo by Nels Cline. Please Be Patient With Me, from the same Wilco disc, is also worth consideration.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 4 October 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I just re-read my post; sorry to have sounded like a jackass. "And obvious" wasn't meant to criticize (to the contrary, God Only Knows is my choice for "most beautiful song," too). And the "Oh, and you know what" line at the end was needlessly snarky.
Normally, I'd ignore the (frequent, egregious) flaws in my writing. I'm feeling particularly un-snarky today, so I bristled when I saw my tone, and felt compelled to correct it.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 4 October 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
eno "always returning" seconded
― bstep, Thursday, 4 October 2007 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Max Richter - "The Trees".
God this song, relentlessly pushing upward toward something, always scraping past and bouncing back, and perpetually balancing in that spine-tingling breath before resolution. I LOVE IT
I think it was used in Waltz with Bashir.
― big darn deal (Z S), Sunday, 6 December 2009 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Now, don't roll your eyes (although I'm sure I would if I hadn't heard it), but there's a bit of incidental music on the We Love Katamari soundtrack called "Beautiful Star" that just floors me every time it pops up on shuffle. It's so evocative and lovely and sad-sounding.
― Pooping And Crying (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 6 December 2009 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link
saddened and amazed that there's been no mention of eyvind kang on this thread. so many lovelinesses to choose from in his catalogue, but 'asa tru' and 'innocent eye, crystal see' are for me just about the most gorgeous pieces of music imaginable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdsImfBnX0
― m the g, Monday, 7 December 2009 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
ugly casanova - smoke like ribbonsthievery corporation - heaven's gonna burn your eyesarkestra one - how could I love you more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keu_1ovu6Zs&feature=related
happy or sad, you always shine. never before, I've met your kind.
― nicky lo-fi, Monday, 7 December 2009 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Contenders not yet mentioned: "My Creole Belle," Mississippi John Hurt"Days," The Kinks"Belle," Al Green"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," The Shirelles"It Was a Very Good Year," Frank Sinatra"Nature Boy," Nat King Cole"Smile," Nat King Cole
― MumblestheRevelator, Monday, 7 December 2009 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link