# The Most Beautiful Song You've Heard Lately **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313 "2001-04-17T19:37:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/21 "2001-04-18T08:40:22Z")
Sticking strictly to the theme of “The Most Beautiful Song I’ve Heard Lately”, I’d have to admit that I’m quite taken with Dido’s “Here With Me”. On the scale of “Most Beautiful Songs I’ve Ever Heard”, however, it would not rank particularly highly. If we can throw classical music into the pot, I was listening to Pergolesi’s _Stabat Mater_ sung by Emma Kirkby and James Bowman the other night. Not a “song”, strictly speaking, but definitely beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Mothra\_s\_Pilot\_Car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mothra\_s\_Pilot\_Car](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothra_s_Pilot_Car)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/22 "2001-04-18T09:37:10Z")
A resounding second for **Everlong** - foo fighters Oooh, yeah! **Where Did You Sleep Last Night** - Nirvana. Haunting. **Glycerine** - bush very very many Tori Amos songs current favorite - her cover of **Angie** “with no money in our coats and no lovin in our souls you can’t say we’re satisfied . . . oh angie, i still love you ev’rywhere i look i see your ~_eyes_~” Of course, my life is FILLED with enormous wonder at the gorgeous songs that are always around. Are we lucky, or what? - **Mothra** ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/23 "2001-04-18T11:02:34Z")
Lately? Dido’s “Thank You.” Current plans are to see her live in Detroit with RickQ. It doesn’t get better than that. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/24 "2001-04-18T11:11:34Z")
Just finished listening to it, actually… Peter Gabriel’s “Blood of Eden” from the _Us_ album. The funny thing is, it’s about breaking up with his first wife. Not at all a pretty topic. But the song is achingly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/25 "2001-04-18T11:31:04Z")
I still get chills when I hear _Nightswimming_ by R.E.M. ---
**Author:** ![toonerama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@toonerama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toonerama)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/26 "2001-04-18T11:54:36Z")
Sorry, not recent, but only recently did I see the _amazing_ video for this lovely song. I’m not much into videos but this one is piece of art unto itself and truly enhances the song. Dammit, why can we hardly ever see some of the more interesting videos? Watching MuchMusic (and I expect MTV too) is painful. At least there’s The Wedge, their short weekly ‘alternative’ show. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/27 "2001-04-18T12:06:16Z")
“Free” by Savage Garden. “Sogno” by Andrea Bocelli and the ballad from Stillwater in one of their concerts. You only hear the beginning of it in the movie “Almost Famous” and I have no idea what the title of it is. Don’t believe it’s on the soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/28 "2001-04-18T12:18:56Z")
When I saw the thread title, I just **had** to let you know my current favorite. Then, as I read the replies, I see that **exchicagoan** beat me to it. In fact, I put in the “romanza” CD right before logging on. It’s just a beautiful song. I like both versions, with and without Sarah Brightman. As far as baseline favorites go, I am deeply moved by **Bob Dylan** ’s “Every Grain of Sand”. It makes me feel very small in an incredible universe. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/29 "2001-04-18T12:43:07Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by toonerama \* \*\*Sorry, not recent, but only recently did I see the _amazing_ video for this lovely song. I’m not much into videos but this one is piece of art unto itself and truly enhances the song. \*\* There’s a video for “Isobel”? Coolness! I wanna see! ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/30 "2001-04-18T13:24:47Z")
“Love is Blindness” by U2… gives me the chills. In that _good_ way. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SteveinSpain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@SteveinSpain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveinSpain)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/31 "2001-04-18T15:52:59Z")
Don’t Forget Me - Marianne Faithfull ---
**Author:** ![masafer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@masafer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/masafer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/32 "2001-04-18T16:01:14Z")
100,000 Fireflies by The Magnetic Fields. Absolutely beautiful, but also absolutely depressing. Opening lyrics: I have a mandolin/I play it all night long/It makes me want to kill myself. Whoa. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/33 "2001-04-18T16:15:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \* > \*\*Yellow by Coldplate. \*\* It’s Coldplay. And God help me, I love this song. The lyrics are lukewarm, but the voice just melts me. Just bought the CD and am listening to it now. Another one I just listened to the other day was “Twin Falls Idaho” by Built to Spill. It’s sorta melancholy but very nice. Wistful. ---
**Author:** ![Studi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Studi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studi)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/34 "2001-04-19T02:01:30Z")
La Mer by Nine Inch Nails. Studi ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/35 "2001-04-19T02:29:24Z")
“Untouchable Face” by Ani DiFranco. The music is beautiful, her voice is perfect for the lyrics, and the song totally sums up my life right now. My favorite part is how lovely the music is compared to the anger of the[lyrics:](http://www.danah.org/Ani/Dilate/UntouchableFace.html) > [@](#): > > think i’m going for a walk now > i feel a little unsteady > i don’t want no one to follow me > except maybe you > > i could make you happy, you know > if you weren’t already > i could do a lot of things > and i do… > > so fuck you > and your untouchable face > fuck you > for existing in the first place > and who am i > that i should be vying for your touch > who am i > bet you can’t even tell me that much Also, “Kissing You” by Des’ree is one of my all-time most beautiful songs, equal only to “These Foolish Things” by Billie Holliday. I’m also a sucker for “My Antonia” by Emmylou Harris with Dave Matthews. I bought the CD two days ago and have listened to it nonstop. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/36 "2001-04-19T02:39:11Z")
“Imitation of Life” by REM is surely pretty. Anything by Nickel Creek is sure to be beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/37 "2001-04-19T03:22:06Z")
“Smoke from Yur Cigarette” by Lillian Leech and the Mellows. Possibly the most beautiful song ever recorded, and completly unknown outside of the NYC R&B scene in the early 50s (the stuff you find on Mp3s . . .) Someday someone is going to take this song, put it in a movie, and make millions on the soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/38 "2001-04-19T05:02:32Z")
Fiona Apple - “Never is a Promise” A new one that I heard on the Sopranos Sunday and can’t get enough of is, Kasey Chambers - “The Captain” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/39 "2001-04-19T05:45:51Z")
“Rushing,” by Moby, has some lovely piano in it. That’s all that comes to mind right now. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313/40 "2001-04-19T14:59:57Z")
This couldn’t come at a more appropriate time. However, I’m stuck between 3 songs which I heard at mass on Sunday (note: normally, I don’t come across so fundie-ish, but Easter mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame at 11:45 is amazing). They would be: Gloria: Mass of Light Alleluia, My Father Come to the Living Stone (new verse added!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-beautiful-song-youve-heard-lately/62313.md?page=3)