# Suggest some pretty songs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 19, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053 "2007-11-19T17:20:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/1 "2007-11-19T17:20:31Z")
Looking for stuff like;
I’ll Fly Away
Las Palabras de Amour
Coat of Many Colors
That Steve Earle song in which he is “only 29 years old” (cant remember the name of it.)
Bang Bang
Stuff like that,country or rock.
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### Author:  [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/2 "2007-11-19T18:10:44Z")
_Waterloo Sunset_ or _Days_ by **The Kinks**.
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### Author:  [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/3 "2007-11-19T18:38:04Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky]
_Waterloo Sunset_ or _Days_ by **The Kinks**.
[/QUOTE]
Waterloo Sunset is awesome(which I had heard before),had not heard Days before,liked it a lot! Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/4 "2007-11-19T19:11:19Z")
In a similar vein, try “I Saw The Light” by Todd Rundgren.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/5 "2007-11-19T20:29:30Z")
“The Wind” by Cat Stevens is the prettiest song ever.
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### Author:  [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/6 "2007-11-19T21:31:41Z")
I submit **Aubrey** by _Bread_.
[youtube link](http://youtube.com/watch?v=dwdTcoUHfkw)
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### Author:  [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/7 "2007-11-19T21:36:16Z")
“Fluff” by Black Sabbath is a very pretty instrumental, not at all what one might expect from Sabbath. I doubt that anybody who didn’t know who the artist was would ever guess from hearing it.
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### Author:  [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/8 "2007-11-19T21:39:35Z")
Oh don’t get me started! Ok, get me started. I live for this. 😉
Pretty? Oh boy, have I got pretty songs for you. They’re not country, folk or Americana but I suppose they could fit in a vague “rock” category, depending on how you define “rock.”
These are all **100% authorized by the artist** free mp3 downloads (and they’re only a fraction of what’s available):
[Mother Sea](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Equipoise10_MotherSea.mp3)
[Temporary and Eternal](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep01_TemporaryAndEternal(live-Echoes1995).mp3) (acoustic version)
[Summer](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodeSongs15_Summer.mp3) or
[Summer](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep08_Summer(live-Echoes1995).mp3) (acoustic)
[If So](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Ecto07_IfSo.mp3)
[Just Like Tivoli](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_BuildingTheColossus02_JustLikeTivoli.mp3) (starts very slow and quiet and builds up, so be patient)
[Ode](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Ecto10_Ode.mp3)
[Glory](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Glory_RadioMix.mp3) (radio mix)
[Given In](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesI03_GivenIn.mp3) or
[Given In](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodeSongs09_GivenIn(Acoustic).mp3) (acoustic version)
[The Chariot](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_ManyWorldsAreBornTonight03_TheChariot.mp3)
[In Hiding](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Warpaint12_InHiding.mp3) or
[In Hiding](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodeSongs10_InHiding(Acoustic).mp3) (acoustic version)
[Save Our Souls](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Equipoise05_SaveOurSouls.mp3) or
[Save Our Souls](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodeSongs05_SaveOurSouls(Acoustic).mp3) (acoustic version) or
[Save Our Souls](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep05_SaveOurSouls(live-Echoes1995).mp3) (live version)
[Pride](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_BuildingTheColossus07_Pride.mp3)
[Big Dreams, Big Life](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_BuildingTheColossus11_BigDreamsBigLife.mp3)
[Chosen One](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_FindMeSampler03_TheChosenOne.mp3) (I subtitle it ‘The Bridesmaid Song’)
[Flash Me Up](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep06_FlashMeUp(Unreleased1994).mp3)
[Hold Me](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep11_HoldMe(live-Echoes1995).mp3) (acoustic)
[The Yes Medley](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep04_TheYesMedley.mp3)
[Life On Mars](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep02_LifeOnMars(95RecordingOf86song).mp3) (not a Bowie cover)
[Oh Holy Night](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep09_OhHolyNight.mp3) (Christmas song)
[Til the Dawn Breaks](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Rearmament04_TilTheDawnBreaks.mp3)
[Would That I Could](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Ecto03_WouldThatICould.mp3)
[For We Believe](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Rearmament02_ForWeBelieve.mp3) or
[For We Believe](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep07_ForWeBelieve(live-WDET1993).mp3) (acoustic)
[Friend You’ll Be](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Rearmament06_FriendYoullBe.mp3)
[Crystal Orbs](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Rearmament10_CrystalOrbs.mp3)
[Ally Ally Oxenfree](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Rearmament14_AllyAllyOxenfree.mp3)
[Rhodes Waltz](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Rearmament13_RhodesWaltz.mp3) [Oh Hand Of Mine](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep14_OhHandOfMine(Unreleased1984).mp3)
[Prey of the Strange](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep13_PreyOfTheStrange(FirstHappyRecording1984).mp3)
[The First To Cry](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesI11_TheFirstToCry.mp3)
[I Have A Heart](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Rearmament09_IHaveAHeart.mp3)
[Case of Glass](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesI08_CaseOfGlass.mp3)
[Number One](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesI07_NumberOne.mp3)
[Rainkeeper](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesI01_Rainkeeper.mp3)
[To The Funnyfarm](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesII10_TotheFunnyFarm.mp3)
[I’ll Let You Go](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesI06_IllLetYouGo.mp3)
[Noone Here](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesII09_NooneHere.mp3)
[Feed The Fire](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodeSongs16_FeedTheFire(AcousticTribute).mp3) (acoustic version)
[Look For The Child](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep10_LookForTheChild(Acoustic).mp3) (acoustic)
[Suicide Song](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesI15_SuicideSong(bonustrack).mp3)
[Let Me Know, Love](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesII05_LetMeKnowLove.mp3)
[The Revelation](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesII02_TheRevelation.mp3)
[Under And Over The Brink](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesII04_UnderAndOverTheBrink.mp3)
[Moonbeam Friends](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesI09_MoonbeamFriends.mp3)
[Bye Moon](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_TheKeep12_ByeMoon(Unreleased1984).mp3)
[Asylum Master](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesII11_AsylumMaster.mp3)
[Project 499](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Ecto05_Project499.mp3)
[Ra Is A Busy God](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_ManyWorldsAreBornTonight04_RaIsABusyGod.mp3)
I could keep going…
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### Author:  [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/9 "2007-11-20T05:30:06Z")
“Porcelain” - Moby
“Chasing Cars” - Snow Patrol
“Good Morning Kaia” - BT
“One” - U2
“Silence” - Delerium
“Alone in Kyoto” - Air
“Warm and Sunny Days” - Dears
“Hide and Seek” - Imogen Heap
“Breathe Me” - Sia
“Blue Moon Revisited” - Cowboy Junkies
“Polish Poem” - Chrysta Bell
“Sanvean” - Dead Can Dance
“Clocks” - Coldplay
“Unfinished Symphony” - Massive Attack
Barber’s “Adagio For Strings” - William Orbit
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### Author:  [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/10 "2007-11-20T05:51:14Z")
I can’t wait to check out some of the songs suggested - I love music like this. Here are some of my current favorites:
Something Pretty by Patrick Park
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea covered by Matt Pond PA
Swing Life Away by Rise Against
Angeles by Elliot Smith
Naked as We Came by Iron & Wine
Such Great Heights by Iron & Wine
One & Only by Teitur
Josephine by Teitur
Trouble Sleeping by the Perishers
Sway by the Perishers
My Heart by the Perishers
Pink Moon by Nick Drake
The Luckiest by Ben Folds
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### Author:  [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/11 "2007-11-20T06:15:38Z")
_Summertime_ by The Sundays.
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### Author:  [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/12 "2007-11-20T06:29:02Z")
One Crowded Hour, by **Augie March**
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### Author:  [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/13 "2007-11-20T06:31:06Z")
Sun Kil Moon did a cover of Modest Mouse’s “Ocean Breathes Salty” that’s one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. On [this page](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QOX8SQ/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk11/104-3347080-3944759) you can listen to a sample, or buy it (DRM-free) for $0.89.
For comparison’s sake, you can hear a sample of the original [here](http://www.amazon.com/Good-News-People-Who-Love/dp/B0001M7P78/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195540075&sr=8-2). The difference is amazing.
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### Author:  [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/14 "2007-11-20T07:30:46Z")
California Stars by Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue (lyrics by Woody Guthrie)
Treat Her Like A Lady by Jimmy Buffett
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### Author:  [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/15 "2007-11-20T08:08:24Z")
• _Scarborough Fair_, by Simon & Garfunkel
• _River Man_, by Nick Drake
• _The Best of My Love_, by The Eagles
• _More Than Words_, by Extreme
• _Daughters_, by John Mayer
• _All Good Gifts_, from _Godspell_
• _Julia_, by The Beatles
• _Winter Lady_, by Leonard Cohen
• _Jean_, by Oliver
• _Whistling Away the Dark_, by Julie Andrews
• _Come Saturday Morning_, by The Sandpipers
• _Going to California_, by Led Zeppelin
• _South City Midnight Lady_, by The Doobie Brothers
• _Faithless Love_, by Linda Ronstadt
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### Author:  [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/16 "2007-11-20T17:41:32Z")
lotsa good ones…ty everyone…keep them coming if ya can.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/17 "2007-11-20T18:41:56Z")
[We Rule the School](http://www.belleandsebastian.com/recordings.php?release=19&view=lyrics&lyrics=364) by Belle & Sebastian
About half of their catalog is “pretty” sounding, but the lyrics are melancholy. Not sure which you want…so this one is both pretty-sounding and has pretty lyrics.
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/18 "2007-11-20T18:46:43Z")
[QUOTE=Fern Forest]
California Stars by Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue (lyrics by Woody Guthrie)
[/QUOTE]
Well shoot, that was my pick…
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### Author:  [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/19 "2007-11-20T18:53:42Z")
“Hallelujah.” [Jeff Buckley’s version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsa_xWLOghg) is particularly well-known, I think.
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### Author:  [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-pretty-songs/427053/20 "2007-11-20T19:21:10Z")
“Falling Slowly” from the movie Once. I think you can find recordings by The Swell Season (w/ the girl) and The Frames (w/o the girl).
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