The most beautiful song ever

[corianderstem]

Beck - Lost Cause
The Beach Boys - The Warmth of the Sun

 

[TripThruUreWires]

Working Class Hero - John Lennon

i overlooked this poignant Lennon masterpiece--excellent choice

"And you think you're so clever and classless and free. . .
But you're still fucking peasants as far as i can see"

i also failed to give honorable mention to some Elton John pieces:

Rocket Man
Sacrifice

 

[Catman]

I nominate REM's "Nightswimming"

 

[Bluer White]

Honey and the Moon - Joseph Arthur

 

[FitzChivalry]

Vangelis - 'Love Theme' (From Bladerunner)

You stole my guy! Your choice is awesome!!! Though I would pick the first track "Main Titles" over "Love Theme". The Blade Runner song "Main Titles" is just so sweeping, universal and gorgeous!

I would also pose, as runners up:

"One Perfect Sunrise" - Orbital
"Belfast" - Orbital

I also agree that Alice In Chains' "Nutshell" is amazingly beautiful, as well as R.E.M. "E-Bow The Letter" (which, since my name is Ethan, I've gone by eboytheletter for many years), which is just gorgeous; the video as well.

 

[Irvine511]

Memory Motel -- Rolling Stones

 

[Lancemc]

Let me be the 23rd-ish person to mention R.E.M.'s Find the River. I hold it dearly as my favorite R.E.M. song.

I'd also like to mention Sufjan Stevens' "Casimir Pulaski Day". It literally brings me to tears every time.

 

[Zoots]

Tori Amos - Yes, Anastasia

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Hehe, Zootlesque, you really are on a Tori kick right now!

 

[jimmmm]

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

 

[fly so high!]

Kissing You from the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack.

 

[girlhappy]

April skies jesus and Mary Chain at one point, maybe

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

Not necessarily "most beautiful" but beautiful enough:

Edwin Mccain - I'll be

 

[*Ally*]

"say hello, wave goodbye" - david gray
"wise up" - aimee mann
"the scientist" - coldplay
"lua" - bright eyes
"let it be" - the beatles
"last goodbye" - jeff buckley
"wonderwall" - oasis
"where the stars go blue" - ryan adams
"fast car" - tracy chapman
"love is blindness" - U2
"one" - U2
"bad" - U2

 

[elevation2u]

totally agree with wise up, last goodbye, when the stars..., and bad


I love Lua and it was great seeing Oberst sing it while only accompanied with an acousitc guitar, personally I would choose Landlocked Blues as the most beautiful BE songs
nevertheless Lua is great song

 

[Count Marzipan]

The Smiths - I Know It's Over
Nick Drake - Fruit Tree

 

[xaviMF22]

The Smiths - I Know It's Over
Nick Drake - Fruit Tree

 

[ImOuttaControl]

The Beatles- Something or Let It Bet
U2- One or All I Want Is You or With Or Without You
Coldplay- The Scientist
Radiohead: Fake Plastic Trees
RHCP: If


But most of all:

Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World.


There are so many beautiful songs out there, how can you pick just one?

 

[1stepcloser]

The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out
The Smiths - Well I Wonder
The Smiths - I Know It's Over
The Smiths - Please, please, please, let me get what i want

The Smiths have written so many beautiful songs, i could go on

Also
The Beatles - In My Life
The Beatles - Something

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

U2--Bad
Billy Bragg & Wilco--Ingrid Bergman
Debussy--Claire de Lune
Emmylou Harris--Boulder to Birmingham
Whiskeytown--Avenues
Patsy Cline--Crazy
Jackson Browne--These Days
Neil Young--Razor Love

I can think of a bunch more, but those are my favorites.

 

[TranceEnding]

Tom Waits ~ Downtown Train

Oh wow, I agree But .. I do love 'Lonely' too ... it's so heartbreaking though.

Across the Universe by the Beatles

aaaaaaaand

In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel ..
Shadows on the Mountainside by the Tea Party ..
San Juan by Daniel Lanois ..
The Man with the Child in His Eyes by Kate Bush ..
Werewolf by Cat Power ..
People have the Power by Patti Smith ..

and absolutely anything by the Church

oops, it that too many??

 

[TranceEnding]

Oh, and anything that Jeff Buckley wrapped his vocal chords around

 

[Rochelle D]

U2~ Bad, all i want is you, With or without you (just can't pick)

Icehouse~ Don't Believe any more

Icehouse~ Jericho Bay

John lennon~ Imagine

Ultravox/Midge Ure~ Vienna

Hutch ft. Bono~ Slide away

Chris Isaak~ Wicked Game

Wet, Wet, Wet ~love is all around

Pink Floyd~Comfortly Numb

INXS~ By my side

INXS~ Never Tear us apart

Thats all i can think of now

 

[MacPhistoPT]

Pearl Jam's Present Tense, Man of the Hour and Nothingman deserve to be mentioned

 

[patske]

Love * Alone again or
Nick drake * Northern Sky"
u2 * Love is Blindness
Morrissey *Lifeguard sleeping, girl drowning

 

[LMP]

has anyone mentioned Bright Eyes's "Land Locked Blues"?

 

[susanp6]

How about God only knows by the Beach Boys!

 

[annie_vox]

Queen - Somebody to love
Muse - Sing For Absolution
Pink Floyd - Hey You
REM - Nightswimming
U2 - Love Is Blindness & Stay
The Verbe - Bittersweet symphony
Led Zeppelin - Stariway to Heaven
Deep Purple - Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
The Beatles - Let it be

I think that's all for now

 

[MacPhistoPT]

Pearl Jam's Present Tense, Man of the Hour and Nothingman deserve to be mentioned

I'll add "Come Back" and "Down"

and Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees"

 

[angelordevil]

I'll add "Come Back" and "Down"

and Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees"

I was just thinking the same of Fake Plastic Trees! Come Back is also a great song, and one that has to be fully cranked up to be truly appreciated.

I find it really hard to pick just one "beautiful song ever." It's always the "beautiful song I love at the moment."

Right now, that would be Tomorrow Never Knows, by the Beatles. I think I've been living under a rock, because I just heard this for the first time this week...it's like an early descendant of Radiohead, with the way it's mixed and looped.