Most Beautiful Song Ever Written

[Progbear]

Thanks for posting “Fires (Which Burnt Brightly).” Probably the best use of a Swingle Singer apart from Luciano Berio’s original Sinfonia.

And the Smiley Smile version of “Wonderful” is an utter travesty.

[bob_32_116]

the only reason I did not mention anything by Debussy is becauses I thought of them as "pieces" rather than "songs".

If non-vocal piano pieces are allowed, I think there are at least two that rank alongside Claire de Lune: Ballade, and Hommage a Rameau.

[Nijinsky Hind]

Thanks for posting “Fires (Which Burnt Brightly).” Probably the best use of a Swingle Singer apart from Luciano Berio’s original Sinfonia.

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Yeah, I love it. Probably some of the most haunting and meaningful lyrics Keith Reid ever penned. The swingle sisters were such a good choice here. Procol harum had many beautiful songs, and a few stinkers too.

[No Pride]

Thanks for posting “Fires (Which Burnt Brightly).”

Yeah, that was nice! The only Procol Harum record I ever had (or heard) was "Shine On Brightly."

the only reason I did not mention anything by Debussy is becauses I thought of them as "pieces" rather than "songs".

If non-vocal piano pieces are allowed, I think there are at least two that rank alongside Claire de Lune: Ballade, and Hommage a Rameau.

... add "Arabesque #1" to that. Like I said, much of Debussy's music is beautiful.



I know some people think of a "song" as something that's sung (and maybe they're right), but I always considered anything with a melody as being a song.

[interbellum]

When I saw the movie "Moulin Rouge" for the first time I was very much impressed by the song "Nature Boy" (I believe it was sung by David Bowie). I didn't know the song by then, but found out there are very much interpretation of this composition by Eden Ahbez.

Here's a beautiful instrumental version of Nature Boy, featuring Toots Tielemans and Rob Franken:

[Rarebird]

Joe Jackson - Be my number two



A great piano-song and then in the second half we get an instrumental part with violin and saxophone playing together, with the piano playing the accompaniment, some orchestral sounds and percussion, making it realy big and then at the end the violin playing a short solo, which is repeated by the saxophone. Everytime I hear this song, I have to turn up the volume and stop doing whatever I'm doing.

[Lino]

The last minute and a half make my spine shiver every time.

[Dana5140]

I always thought Magma's Lihns was a gorgeous song.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

has anyone mentioned Ice by Camel?

[Lopez]

Without going through the 7 pages to see if has already been mentioned; I'll put my 2¢ in for It's a Beautiful Day's "White Bird."

[andreynovox]

The most beautiful song ever!! Written by Borodin in 19 century.....

[BravadoNJ]

no one ever did this song justice like this guy.

[Yodelgoat]

I'm a simple guy...simple tastes..

Bridge over troubled water, A whiter shade of pale Some Moody Blues songs Come to mind..
New Horizons, Tuesday Afternoon, Question - The whole Days of Future past suite does it for me.

[Progbear]

A recent discovery and new favorite, from Japanese singer-songwriter Hiroko Taniyama. “Kawa no hotori ni (Two by the Riverside)”:

[Progbear]

Oh, and going back to Nat King Cole from the first page, there’s this beauty:

[Frankh]

An earlier mention of DeBussy reminded me of The Girl With The Flaxen Hair.

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Prelude to the afternoon of a faun

[rcarlberg]

[Lopez]

Without going through the 7 pages to see if has already been mentioned; I'll put my 2¢ in for It's a Beautiful Day's "White Bird."

Just went back a page and noticed that 4 years ago I chose "White Bird." Nice to see that my taste hasn't changed although, apparently, my memory has.

[walt]

Instrumental

Love Song-John Abercrombie,-duet with John and Jan Hammer on piano-from his Timeless album.(unfortunately, the track is not available to post.)

[Jack in Wilmington]

Man In The Wilderness by Styx always takes me to a new plain.

[llanwydd]

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this is it

[Steve983]

There are many, here's one of my faves:

[llanwydd]

Just went back a page and noticed that 4 years ago I chose "White Bird." Nice to see that my taste hasn't changed although, apparently, my memory has.

I had a similar experience yesterday in this very thread. I saw a post about Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. The poster mentioned being impressed with the clarinet in that piece. I was about to reply to it, then looked to the left and saw my own username. It was apparently a reply I had made to another post about PttAoaF. It had a typo so I deleted it.