The most beautiful songs in the world...

[bluebell]

[YOUTUBE="9muzyOd4Lh8"]Nights in white satin - Moody Blues[/YOUTUBE]

and the companion song to Nights in white satin:

[youtube="Mb3iPP-tHdA"]Whiter shade of pale - Procul Harum[/youtube]

 

[Ulaes]

Anything by Mozart.... anything.

im not familiar with everyhting by him but one of the most beautiful songs of the top of my head is nocturne
also scarboro fair and

Debussy - Clair de Lune

 

[maliafee]

im not familiar with everyhting by him but one of the most beautiful songs of the top of my head is nocturne
also scarboro fair and [Claire de Lune]

You know what? That is a beautiful song (C.d.L.) but after playing it a zillion times on the piano growing up, for some reason I don't love it the way I used to. What's weird is that no amount of playing Mozart ever tires me of him.

 

[Immaculate Cloud]

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMQ36kIyK4Q"][/YOUTUBE]

Luis Miguel - Amarte es un placer. The words are truly beautiful.

 

[Immaculate Cloud]

See YouTube - "Amarte Es Un Placer"- Luis Miguel

Pity I cannot figure out how to insert a youtube video :-(

YET...

 

[maliafee]

See YouTube - "Amarte Es Un Placer"- Luis Miguel

Pity I cannot figure out how to insert a youtube video :-(

YET...

This happened to me a bunch of times, and finally I figured it out.

You click on the YOUTUBE button (obvious right) and then paste in your URL. THEN you still have to write a title or something in between the "Youtube" tags, or nothing will show up. Try again.

 

[matmos]

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMQ36kIyK4Q"]Amarte Es Un Placer"- Luis Miguel[/YOUTUBE]

Like this?

Edit. I kinda like it just with a hyperlink. The boxes take up alot of space and overusing the scroll slightly annoys me.

 

[maliafee]

Exactly!

 

[pure_mercury]

[YOUTUBE=hZ9qWpa2rIg]Bach - Brandenburg Concertos No. 3[/YOUTUBE]

 

[pure_mercury]

[YOUTUBE=AratTMGrHaQ]Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Risen]

Touches my soul... if I had one.

[YOUTUBE="gmFAJPArhqM"]Road to the West[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Fluffywolf]

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnCpA5AtIn8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnCpA5AtIn8[/YOUTUBE]

<3 Sinead

 

[Amira]

YouTube - Todd Agnew - Martyr's Song

Lyrics are here:
TODD AGNEW - MARTYR'S SONG LYRICS

 

[pure_mercury]

[YOUTUBE=i9FDXoYs_fM]Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Nonsensical]

So beautiful, one of Billy Joel's only good songs in my opinion.
YouTube - Billy Joel NOCTURNE

One of my most favorites of all time
YouTube - Doug Hammer - "Sunrise" (Piano)

And even though it's way overrated, it's still amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkbdP7sq0w8http://

 

[Dali]

Dido's Lament - Purcell

You've got excellent taste.

My two favourite interpretations of Dido's Lament:

YouTube - Dido's Lament by Jessye Norman

YouTube - Janet Baker - Dido & Aeneas - When I am laid in earth

im not familiar with everything by him but one of the most beautiful songs of the top of my head is nocturne

Here's more Mozart. How can one not fall in love with this:

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLM5CFACTtA""]Renee[/YOUTUBE]

Or this:

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJtr0xq1uI0"]Cecilia Bartoli sings "Voi Che Sapete[/YOUTUBE]

Or be charmed by this:

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Qq-DeEXhw"]Simon Keenleyside as "papageno"[/YOUTUBE]

 

[alcea rosea]

Goodbye my Lover by James Blunt

Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your hand.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.

Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I am a dreamer and when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.

Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I'm asleep.
And I will bear my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.

 

[bluebell]

[YOUTUBE=AratTMGrHaQ]Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah[/YOUTUBE]

I prefer the Rufus Wainwright version (his voice is more passionate):

[YOUTUBE="mmbQEQltOwM"]Hallelujah[/YOUTUBE]

I listen to this quite often.

 

[pure_mercury]

I prefer the Rufus Wainwright version (his voice is more passionate):

[YOUTUBE="mmbQEQltOwM"]Hallelujah[/YOUTUBE]

I listen to this quite often.

See, I feel the exact opposite. I think Rufus Wainwright's on-the-verge-of-slurring voice is more fitting for his torch song-y stuff, and the Jeff Buckley's makes something supernaturally haunting out of what is actually a pretty earthy song. That, combined with the guitar, really does it for me. Leonard Cohen's original is great, as is John Cale's cover, too.

 

[Gamine]

Elisa Toffoli- Dancing

Aria 2 - Horizon

Rufus Wainwright - Agnus Dei


Are on my mind today. Agnus Dei and Grey Gardens from Wainwright are delicious.