# Share a beautiful song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 24, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313 "2022-01-24T15:11:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/61 "2022-01-27T02:29:49Z")
_God Only Knows_ on piano, as performed by Brian Wilson himself: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/O8qhfG5iXIc/maxresdefault.jpg "God Only Knows") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8qhfG5iXIc) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/62 "2022-01-27T03:02:25Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Thanks Spoons! Her cover of Joni Mitchell’s Woodstock is also amazing. My turn to thank you. That was beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/63 "2022-01-27T03:27:11Z")
Here’s one I first heard on a children’s music CD at least a decade ago: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0URc-caQhDc/maxresdefault.jpg "The Babysitter's Here") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0URc-caQhDc) I call this one a beautiful song not because of the melody (though it is rather nice) but the lyrics are incredibly well-textured for such a seemingly simple song… The song’s narrator is a young girl singing about her babysitter; the first verse is pretty simply descriptive, but the song takes a turn midway through the second verse where we learn that all is not well in the babysitter’s world. By the end of the song, the child still doesn’t quite get all that’s happened but both child and sitter have done a lot of growing up over three verses and a bridge. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/64 "2022-01-27T03:37:19Z")
I shared that with Mom, and she said, “You _sure_ he has only ten fingers?” That was beautiful. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/65 "2022-01-27T03:42:54Z")
“Contessa, perdono”, by Mozart. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t2yrDWEoCpc/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Nozze di Figaro - act IV - "Contessa perdono"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2yrDWEoCpc) This is how I imagine angels singing. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/66 "2022-01-27T03:59:01Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hW2vyytxCGM/maxresdefault.jpg "Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues "Waltzing Matilda" (Lyrics-Text)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW2vyytxCGM) Tom Waits: Waltzing Matilda ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/67 "2022-01-27T04:05:54Z")
Wish I could find the clip…it was in the episode of House where the little girl has cancer. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eAfyFTzZDMM/maxresdefault.jpg "Christina Aguilera - Beautiful (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAfyFTzZDMM) Man, what a powerful performance by Christina! ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/68 "2022-01-27T04:45:16Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8iEAn5mCwJk/maxresdefault.jpg "Top of the World (Live - 2003)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEAn5mCwJk) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/69 "2022-01-28T10:49:38Z")
I am building myself a very nice playlist on Spotify of the songs in this thread. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to add this old favorite: ( **Thrasher, by Neil Young** ) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HOgSTD7Kjrw/maxresdefault.jpg "Thrasher (2016 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOgSTD7Kjrw) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/70 "2022-01-29T04:39:35Z")
A bit old, but find three more beautiful voices singing together… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wWEQDyrbphE/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgUSg0MA8=&rs=AOn4CLCEr0yBd-jIWcu0btP04qH14DlH0w "Dolly Parton Linda Ronstadt Emmylou Harris - The Sweetest Gift") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWEQDyrbphE) ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/71 "2022-01-29T07:11:31Z")
One that has stuck with me since my teenage years 35+ years ago… still moves me to this day. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YOY_aqkUTxY/hqdefault.jpg "Tears for Fears - The Working Hour") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOY_aqkUTxY) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/72 "2022-01-29T08:05:43Z")
One from Mary Chapin Carpenter, based upon a poem by Robert Browning, and made into a song by John Lennon. “Grow Old Along with Me”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q2gfiet4PtI/maxresdefault.jpg "Grow old along with me - Mary Chapin Carpenter -") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gfiet4PtI) Collin Raye’s “Love, Me” is quite touching, telling the story of how Grandma’s parents didn’t like Grandpa when the two were younger, and how they kept in touch in spite of that. The video is out of focus, but the audio is just fine: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oCF-JMQW3GA/maxresdefault.jpg "Collin Raye - Love, Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCF-JMQW3GA) And “Where’ve You Been?” from Kathy Mattea. The story of a couple, both awkward in love, but who meet each other, and are happy together for fifty years. Until, “they’re in a hospital in different beds on different floors.” She shuts herself off from everything around her, won’t respond to anybody or anything, and lapses into silence, until somebody realizes how to fix that: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nl5Uog-MDGo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgWSg9MA8=&rs=AOn4CLApJKhWybjFZ23BwejjFWIE3kTx4g "Kathy Mattea - Where've You Been?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl5Uog-MDGo) Each song is beautiful, in my opinion, being mostly acoustic guitar and vocals (well, Carpenter’s uses a piano), but each will require extra Kleenex. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/73 "2022-01-29T08:32:27Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PfTjsmjVYNU/maxresdefault.jpg "Si Tu Vois Ma Mere") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfTjsmjVYNU) Saw this band play when my wife and I randomly walked into this same place for dinner when we were visiting New Orleans. We were just walking around the city and wanted to eat somewhere with music, which of course there, turned out to be a problem more of making a decision among too many choices rather than _finding_ one. We liked what we heard coming out of this place, with this band, so we ate here. We made a good decision. They were excellent, as was the food. We bought a couple of CDs on the way out. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/74 "2022-01-30T00:03:29Z")
Even if you don’t like country music you can’t deny that this is a most beautiful song: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kgxkMlJG4hE/hqdefault.jpg "Gene Watson - Farewell Party") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgxkMlJG4hE) ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/75 "2022-01-30T16:57:35Z")
I think the only things missing from the other beautiful songs here are a [Doshpuluur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doshpuluur) and [Igil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igil). Let’s resolve that. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/srmJA1H4BIo/maxresdefault.jpg "Huun‐Huur‐Tu - Konguroi (Sixty Horses in My Herd) (Live on KEXP)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srmJA1H4BIo) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/76 "2022-01-30T17:35:51Z")
This song gets me every time, no matter how often I’ve played it. _“Come on home, come on home, you don’t have to be alone…”_ **John Prine - Summer’s End** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nXbEFTv9zr0/hqdefault.jpg "John Prine - Summer's End Official Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXbEFTv9zr0) ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/77 "2022-01-30T19:10:18Z")
A traditional Scottish song from the islands, _Eriskay Love Lilt_, beautifully sung here by Jean Redpath [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q4JGc46npww/maxresdefault.jpg "Eriskay Love Lilt") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4JGc46npww) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/78 "2022-01-30T21:09:36Z")
Martina DaSilva, “The Girl From Ipanema” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5Z6i8UhOVXY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Girl From Ipanema") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z6i8UhOVXY) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/79 "2022-01-30T22:02:26Z")
“At Last” - Etta James: Not original to her, but she absolutely recorded the iconic, definitive version played at millions of weddings, and just about any other dramatic, romantic event, since its recording. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1qJU8G7gR_g/maxresdefault.jpg "At Last") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJU8G7gR_g) ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313/80 "2022-01-31T08:51:57Z")
Ben(jamin) Woolman plays Soul Discovery: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zqq4-EpOeM4/hqdefault.jpg "Benjamin Woolman - Soul Discovery") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqq4-EpOeM4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-beautiful-song/958313.md?page=5)