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beautiful songs - pandora ain't cuttin' it.
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I'm looking for beautiful/pretty songs (not necessarilly sad); stuff along the lines of:
You Are The Moon - The Hush Sound
Mad World - Gary Jules
About Her - Malcolm Mclaren
Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd.
Seems like these have an emphasis on vocals. Another one that kinda qualifies is Sounds of Silence - Simon Garfunkle....but it's not quite as haunting as the other ones (especially the first two).
Also, maybe stuff like Nebel and Mutter by Rammstein. Epic, softer metal ballads? I find Nebel incredibly beautiful but I don't know if the fact I know what he's singing contributes to that or not.
Hope that gives you an idea.
You Are The Moon - The Hush Sound
Mad World - Gary Jules
About Her - Malcolm Mclaren
Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd.
Seems like these have an emphasis on vocals. Another one that kinda qualifies is Sounds of Silence - Simon Garfunkle....but it's not quite as haunting as the other ones (especially the first two).
Also, maybe stuff like Nebel and Mutter by Rammstein. Epic, softer metal ballads? I find Nebel incredibly beautiful but I don't know if the fact I know what he's singing contributes to that or not.
Hope that gives you an idea.
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The first song that comes to mind when reading your post is "House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals although I'm not sure it is what you're looking for, as the only song I know that you've listed is Sound of Silence.
Bittersweet by Apocalyptica? I dunno, while since I listened to that.
anything off of the execution of all things and more adventurous(the only two records i have so i can only reccomend those). seriously so enjoyable.
YMMV, but there's a lot of diverse stuff here.
Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
Hold On, Hold On - Neko Case
Pyramid Song - Radiohead
Man is the Baby - Anthony and the Johnsons
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - The Arcade Fire
When We Dance - Sting
The Loneliest Guy - David Bowie
(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain - Frank Black
Iguaza - Gustavo Santaolalla (Instrumental, but still what you're looking for, I think & you'll recognise it if you watch Deadwood)
Obstacle 1 - Interpol
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Gorecki - Lamb
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Into My Arm - Nick Cave
All of Joanna Newsom's album "Ys"
Also Rock n Roll Suicide by Bowie.
Hell, half of Bowie's library would probably cut it.
Eleanor Rigby by The Beetles?
If you use iTunes, iLike is a worthwhile extension. Does the same sort of thing as Pandora, recommending songs similar to the one you are currently listening to, along with the iTunes Music Store preview (if there is one), in a convenient side bar. It also recommends free music from new artists as well.
Good suggestion.
And for the goddamn obvious Bowie Songs I Can't Believe I Forgot:
Life on Mars
Space Oddity
and (more obscurely) Strangers When We Meet
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have you ever seen the rain
CCR - Long as i can see the light
CCR - Wish i could hide away
Bob Dylan - Blind Willy mctell
Try and check out the David Bowie "Bowie at the beeb" recording. It's what got me into Bowie, and i think has a lot of the kind of music you're looking for.
For soft metal ballads check out the new Dream Theatre album.
But really Porcupine Tree has the prettiest rocks songs in the world.
Otehr then that try Blue Rodeo. Broken Social Scene, Architecture in Helsinki, Norah Jones. Past and Pending by the Shins and finally the Garden State Album.
Alias - Unseen Sights
Animal Collective - Banshee Beat (it's a little bizarre, but a whole lot of sublime)
Belle and Sebastian - We Rule The School is my favorite track, though they have a lot of good ballads
Built To Spill - Car (the version off the Live album)
Death Cab For Cutie - Passenger Seat
Iron and Wine - Passing Afternoon
Sigur Ros - anything off Takk, their newest album
Sufjan Stevens - the songs previously mentioned, as well as Size Too Small and John Wayne Gacy Jr.
The Decemberists - Clementine, Red Right Ankle, Of Angels and Angles, The Crane Wife I&II, The Crane Wife III
Also, I'm sending you a PM
Barenaked Ladies -When You Dream(a song about the singer's newborn son)
Barenaked Ladies - War on Drugs
The Beatles or Sarah MacLachlan cover - Blackbird
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Dishwalla - Candleburn
Matchbox 20 - You Won't Be Mine
Iron and Wine cover - Such Great Heights (or pretty much anything else on the Garden State soundtrack, as I believe someone already said)
Norah Jones - Sunrise
Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film) (there's a lot of Radiohead that I think is hauntingly beautiful, but I won't bother trying to name them cause I'll just forget something. They really know how to use music to make the listener feel uncomfortable, but in an enjoyable way, if that makes any sense at all.)
I do use iTunes so I'll get that iLike extension.
Something is arguably the finest love song ever recorded, and Here Comes the Sun also took on a new level for me after George died, sort of the way Instant Karma kind of takes on a different level when you realize how John died.
Also, for Simon and Garfunkle, I LOVE the song America. Absolutely beautiful. Yes' cover of it is brilliant, but much more upbeat.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young: Wooden Ships, and Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here also do it for me.
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Joseph Arthur - A Smile That Explodes
The vocals are kind of Emo-sounding (no screaming at all, but a little pitchy sometimes), but the music is extremely well-written and layered. Lots of piano and distortion. Has sort of a progressive meets classical feel.
Check out "The Ocean", "Someone Else's Arms", "Anything" and "Suspension" on their purevolume page.
Actually, that's all you need.
You've also got its follow up, The Division Bell, which has plenty of gorgeous tracks - 'Lost For Words,' 'Poles Apart,' 'High Hopes.'
Nick Cave has been mentioned, but he has a shit-ton of utterly beautiful songs, so in addition to anything already :
Any acoustic demo of 'The Mercy Seat'
'Abattoir Blues'
'O Children'
'Oh My Lord'
'As I Sat Sadly By Her Side'
'Hallelujah'
'Lovely Creature'
Most of The Boatman's Call but in particular 'There Is A Kingdom' and in my opinion one of his most heartbreakingly beautiful songs, 'Far From Me'
'Messiah Ward'
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