Rufus Wainwright wrote:
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
I just downloaded that song...great suggestion.
Songs that are "simply beautiful"
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there are many songs, but I would have to say
ONE by U2 would be probably the number 1 song for me.
ONE by U2 would be probably the number 1 song for me.
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a. the postal service is fucking awesome. ben gibbard is my semi-idol.
b. songs:
i. third eye blind - motorcycle drive by. the most "beautiful" song ever recorded. i would highly recommend that you download this even you harbour some highly irrational hipster driven animosity to what is easily the greatest band of our generation (thanks to gravity, that is.)
i.(a) jeff buckley - hallelujah. a very close second.
ii. others
the gloria record - misere (spelling may be incorrect.)
the gloria record - good morning providence
the gloria record - salvation army
the glorai record - start here
collorary: all of TGR's debut album "start here" is more or less beautiful. a good buy, especially for your emo kids.
mineral - gloria
mineral - &serenade
something corporate - down
badly drawn boy - the shining
david usher - st. lawrence river
wilco - poor places
jim o'rourke - eureka
pete yorn - just another
jeff buckley - everybody here wants you
b. songs:
i. third eye blind - motorcycle drive by. the most "beautiful" song ever recorded. i would highly recommend that you download this even you harbour some highly irrational hipster driven animosity to what is easily the greatest band of our generation (thanks to gravity, that is.)
i.(a) jeff buckley - hallelujah. a very close second.
ii. others
the gloria record - misere (spelling may be incorrect.)
the gloria record - good morning providence
the gloria record - salvation army
the glorai record - start here
collorary: all of TGR's debut album "start here" is more or less beautiful. a good buy, especially for your emo kids.
mineral - gloria
mineral - &serenade
something corporate - down
badly drawn boy - the shining
david usher - st. lawrence river
wilco - poor places
jim o'rourke - eureka
pete yorn - just another
jeff buckley - everybody here wants you
i just found this thread. so i'm posting in it.
some of my picks (excluding olp)
- anything jeff buckley (but ESPECIALLY grace :drool)
- ben folds five - selfless, cold, and composed
- chantal kreviazuk - wayne
- i mother earth - passenger
:drool::drool:
- wilco - radio cure, ashes of american flags, i am trying to break your heart
- mgb - running for home, suburbia, strange days, song for the girl, avalanche
- radiohead - kid a, national anthem, exit music (for a film), talk show host
- neil young - needle and the damage done, old man
- nirvana - pennyroyal tea, the man who sold the world
- oasis - champagne supernova
- sarah slean - me and jerome, eliot
- sloan - coax me
- stars - look up
- arcade fire - in the backseat:drool::drool:
- the decemberists - from my own true love (lost at sea)
- u2 - running to stand still, with or without you
pheww.
some of my picks (excluding olp)
- anything jeff buckley (but ESPECIALLY grace :drool)
- ben folds five - selfless, cold, and composed
- chantal kreviazuk - wayne
- i mother earth - passenger
:drool::drool:- wilco - radio cure, ashes of american flags, i am trying to break your heart
- mgb - running for home, suburbia, strange days, song for the girl, avalanche
- radiohead - kid a, national anthem, exit music (for a film), talk show host
- neil young - needle and the damage done, old man
- nirvana - pennyroyal tea, the man who sold the world
- oasis - champagne supernova
- sarah slean - me and jerome, eliot
- sloan - coax me
- stars - look up
- arcade fire - in the backseat
:drool::drool:- the decemberists - from my own true love (lost at sea)
- u2 - running to stand still, with or without you
pheww.
turn your head
come back again
to here knows when
last.fm
come back again
to here knows when
last.fm
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The Something Corporate love in this thread makes me happy. Here're some of my favorite beautiful songs (I won't bother to put Konstantine or songs by other bands that have already been mentioned 8 billion times):
Tori Amos: Winter, Silent All These Years, Jackie's Strength, Pretty Good Year, Sleeps with Butterflies
Smashing Pumpkins: Disarm, To Shiela
Jimmy Eat World: For Me This Is Heaven, Hear You Me, 23
Mae: The Ocean, Anything, The Sun and the Moon
Jack's Mannequin: Rescued, Dark Blue, Bruised, Kill the Messenger (pretty much the whole cd though)
I'm surprised no one had mentioned Tori yet. When I think of simply beautiful songs, Winter is the very first thing I think of.
Tori Amos: Winter, Silent All These Years, Jackie's Strength, Pretty Good Year, Sleeps with Butterflies
Smashing Pumpkins: Disarm, To Shiela
Jimmy Eat World: For Me This Is Heaven, Hear You Me, 23
Mae: The Ocean, Anything, The Sun and the Moon
Jack's Mannequin: Rescued, Dark Blue, Bruised, Kill the Messenger (pretty much the whole cd though)
I'm surprised no one had mentioned Tori yet. When I think of simply beautiful songs, Winter is the very first thing I think of.
~Hannah
Let the bare feet be the last sounds that they hear...
(yes, I have succumbed to the addiction that is last.fm)
Let the bare feet be the last sounds that they hear...
(yes, I have succumbed to the addiction that is last.fm)
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well....here's what comes to mind now
Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival.....its just such a simple yet fun song that you cant help but bop your head to it
Gunnin' - Hedley......another simple but wonderful piece of music
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS....one of my all time favourites
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie.....love this one
Lightning Crashes - Live.....probably one of the best songs ever written
and of course i must have some OLP content...what better song to pick than.....
THIEF - simply amazing lyrically and melodically....incredible
Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival.....its just such a simple yet fun song that you cant help but bop your head to it
Gunnin' - Hedley......another simple but wonderful piece of music
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS....one of my all time favourites
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie.....love this one
Lightning Crashes - Live.....probably one of the best songs ever written
and of course i must have some OLP content...what better song to pick than.....
THIEF - simply amazing lyrically and melodically....incredible
Is there something good, something more?
Is there anything worth dying for?
Is there anything worth dying for?
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CCR? Beautiful? 
I like CCR, but I wouldn't call any of their songs "simply beautiful".
I really don't think anything could even begin to touch the beautiful-ness of Jeff Buckley's cover of "Hallelujah". That's not even my favorite Buckley, but it's just haunting in such a painfully beautiful way.
I like CCR, but I wouldn't call any of their songs "simply beautiful".I really don't think anything could even begin to touch the beautiful-ness of Jeff Buckley's cover of "Hallelujah". That's not even my favorite Buckley, but it's just haunting in such a painfully beautiful way.
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<font color="#3C8C8B">Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try, no hell below us,
above us only sky, imagine all the people, <font color="#FFFFFF">living</font> for today...</font>
<font color="#50B4B3">Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do, nothing to kill or die
for, no religion too, imagine all the people, living <font color="#FFFFFF">life</font> in peace...</font>
<font color="#89CDCC">Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, no need for greed or <font color="#FFFFFF">hunger</font>,
a brotherhood of man, imagine all the people, sharing all the <font color="#FFFFFF">world</font>...</font>
<font color="#B1DFDE">You may say I'm a <font color="#FFFFFF">dreamer</font>, but I'm not the only one, I hope
some day you'll join us, and the world will <font color="#FFFFFF">live</font> as one.</font></center></font>
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<center><img src="../phpBB2/files/squiggle.gif">
<font color="#3C8C8B">Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try, no hell below us,
above us only sky, imagine all the people, <font color="#FFFFFF">living</font> for today...</font>
<font color="#50B4B3">Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do, nothing to kill or die
for, no religion too, imagine all the people, living <font color="#FFFFFF">life</font> in peace...</font>
<font color="#89CDCC">Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, no need for greed or <font color="#FFFFFF">hunger</font>,
a brotherhood of man, imagine all the people, sharing all the <font color="#FFFFFF">world</font>...</font>
<font color="#B1DFDE">You may say I'm a <font color="#FFFFFF">dreamer</font>, but I'm not the only one, I hope
some day you'll join us, and the world will <font color="#FFFFFF">live</font> as one.</font></center></font>
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i ♥ you.neoncrossing wrote: Gunnin' - Hedley......another simple but wonderful piece of music
but i must ask, are you talking about the old version?[/u]
you have to, you just have to trust me
whoever i was then i can't ever be again
the faith you've found i've never felt
the terror held in wedding bells
the comfort in "there's no one else"
the truth be told, i'm never going to know
whoever i was then i can't ever be again
the faith you've found i've never felt
the terror held in wedding bells
the comfort in "there's no one else"
the truth be told, i'm never going to know
The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
Marcy Playground - Death of A Cheerleader
Treble Charger - Red
Third Eye Blind - Deep Inside Of You
Eve 6 - Girlfriend
Bush - Glycerine
Weezer - Butterfly
Green Day - Macy's Day Parade
Avenged Sevenfold - Warmness On The Soul
Sum 41 - Pieces
The Offspring - Denial, Revisited
Marcy Playground - Death of A Cheerleader
Treble Charger - Red
Third Eye Blind - Deep Inside Of You
Eve 6 - Girlfriend
Bush - Glycerine
Weezer - Butterfly
Green Day - Macy's Day Parade
Avenged Sevenfold - Warmness On The Soul
Sum 41 - Pieces
The Offspring - Denial, Revisited
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well both versions really...i fell in love with the old one, but i really like the new one too once i got used to ittasha wrote:i ♥ you.neoncrossing wrote: Gunnin' - Hedley......another simple but wonderful piece of music
but i must ask, are you talking about the old version?[/u]
Is there something good, something more?
Is there anything worth dying for?
Is there anything worth dying for?
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