# Really Beautiful Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484 "2002-10-23T06:00:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![thermalribbon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@thermalribbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thermalribbon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/41 "2002-10-24T14:38:13Z")
“Remember the Mountain Bed” from the Mermaid Avenue II disc by Wilco/Billy Bragg ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/42 "2002-10-24T14:53:41Z")
The Streets: It’s too late. So sad wonderful and beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/43 "2002-10-24T15:03:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Honey \* > \*\*I shall have to nominate **“Linger”** by the **Cranberries**. \*\* I can’t hear this without singing, “You’ve got a booger on your finger/ do you have to let it linger?” But yes, a lovely song. I’ll have to nominate the Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??” ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/44 "2002-10-24T15:04:13Z")
So much by Neil Finn it’s hard to pick. Maybe “Into Temptation” (technically by Crowded House). ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/45 "2002-10-24T15:10:52Z")
What a timely thread- I’ll confine my choices to one per person/group, how about 3 mainstream and 3 obscure picks? I’ll have to go with WSLer and King Friday with a vote for **Kansas** , but instead I’ll go with “Carry on My Wayward Son.” I also have to back up EllenCherry with an **REM** pick- the song “Belong” is absolutely wrenching, I love it! And lastly, we need a little **U2** presence in this thread, how about “Mysterious Ways,” who can resist > [@](#): > > If you wanna kiss the sky, > you gotta learn how to kneel. For my little known picks, I’d like to first recognize **Carbon Leaf** , an amazing band out of Richmond (they won an AMA recently, you may have heard of them?) “Desperation Song” gets me into a revolutionary spirit everytime AND shows off the band’s utter fabulousness!! I also adore **Dar William’s** song “When I was a Boy” It’s perfect in every way, end of story. Lastly, the band **Cowboy Mouth** has an (I think) unreleased track called “Irene Wild” and I sob uncontrollably every time. It’s a simple love song, acoustic and short- it’s the perfect unrequited love and what comes after song, I highly recommend swiping it off the net!! (I would include a link if I had any idea where I got it…) Alright, well, that’s about enough of that- keep posting I love finding new sources for music 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/46 "2002-10-24T15:44:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*“At Last,” by Etta James \*\* Good call! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/47 "2002-10-24T15:49:37Z")
Elton John’s \*\* The Greatest Discovery \*\* & \*\* First Episode at Heington \*\*, both from his Elton John album. The songs still are sung. It was fun to be young. But please, don’t be sad wherever you are. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/48 "2002-10-24T15:52:30Z")
**There Will Come a Day** -Faith Hill **I’ll Be Around** -Joan Osborne **Haunt Me** -Sade **Any Kind of Light** -Margaret Becker **Let It Be** -the Beatles (sorry about this one, but) **What The World Needs Now is Love** -Jackie DeShannon Most anything by Gypsy Soul, but in particular **Talk to Me** [sub]Geeez, there’s a s#!tload I’m leaving out…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/49 "2002-10-24T17:14:49Z")
**Sounds of Silence** Simon and Garfunkel **Blackbird** Beatles **At Seventeen** Janis Ian **These Are The Days** Van Morrison ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/50 "2002-10-24T17:19:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winnie \* > **At Seventeen Janis Ian** I agree with this all the way up to the point where that muted trumpet starts playing. It’s just to “lounge act-ish” for me. But the rest of the song is excellent. ---
**Author:** ![murky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@murky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murky)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/51 "2002-10-24T17:27:03Z")
“China” by Tori Amos “We’re Going to be Friends” by the White Stripes “Nightswimming” REM “Pink Moon” Nick Drake ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/52 "2002-10-24T17:34:33Z")
From Mulholland Drive Rebekah del Rio - Llorando (Cover of Roy Orbison’s Crying in Spanish) ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/53 "2002-10-24T17:38:45Z")
The closing of **Heaven and Hell Part I** by Vangelis. This was used as the theme for Cosmos, and therefore has been with me most of my life. The Waterboy’s “cover” of the Yeats poem. Their version is called “Human Child,” I think. Anything by Dead Can Dance. Especially “Yulunga.” “Albatross” by Judy Collins. So atmospheric, and the lyrics have a rather E.A. Poe quality about them. It sounds very good next to Robert Plant’s “Ship of Fools.” Greensleeves. Any version. Especially the one from the first Natural Wonders Xmas album. That ought to be enough for now… ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/54 "2002-10-24T18:25:57Z")
“Everybody Knows” by Concrete Blonde or Nick Drake and The Bad Seeds. Both excellent renditions but Nick’s edges out with a truly haunting voice. “Maybe” by The Ink Spots. Guaranteed to give you goosebumps. Its what I like to call “Pure singing”. Most notably used with PERFECT tounge in cheek fun in the Intro of the greatest RPG ever, Fallout. “Allentown” by Billy Joel. Though its a sad song, anyone who lived in Allentown, PA will appreciate the homage. I just truly love the song. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/55 "2002-10-24T18:29:33Z")
**DaddyTimesTwo** Heaven Knows is on the Now and Zen album. “Bridge over Troubled Water” (S&G) would be my pick. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/56 "2002-10-24T18:29:46Z")
**Bad** by U2 ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/57 "2002-10-24T18:42:14Z")
“Be My Baby”, sung by Ronnie Specter and the Ronnettes. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/58 "2002-10-24T18:57:38Z")
“The Price You Pay” by Bruce Springsteen “Stars” on the US cast recording of Les Miserables “All I Want is You” by U2 Ditto “Nightswimming”, “Dust in the Wind” and “Allentown” I won’t list the hymns I love as they don’t fit the OP: I have to sing along with them! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/59 "2002-10-24T19:44:39Z")
Naturally I forgot my all-time favorite: “Lies” by Stan Rogers. Gets me crying every time. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Sexchange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@Dr.Sexchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Sexchange)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484/60 "2002-10-24T20:05:15Z")
You’re Pussy’s Glued to a Building on Fire - **John Frusciante** The Rain Song - **Led Zeppelin** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-beautiful-songs/133484.md?page=4)