Have to second Nacho’s mention of Ani DiFranco, and add in a few more: “Can’t Let This Go,” by Gypsy Soul, “Imagine Me,” by Eddie from Ohio, and “Grey Street” and “Grace is Gone” by the Dave Matthews Band.
Big Pimpin by Jay-Z
Everytime I hear it I a single tear rolls down my cheek. It is so beautiful.
Wow…I’ll be dipped. This is the first time I wasn’t the first person to mention Gypsy Soul in a thread.
I’d have to pick GS’s “Promises and Lies” as the most beautiful, if not the saddest, new song I’ve had the chance to hear…
Dave Matthews Band, “The Space Between.” Gorgeous.
I just heard O Danny Boy, the Irish folk song recently after not having heard it for years. Probably the most beautiful (and saddest) song ever, IMHO.
In terms of more recent stuff, I’d go with The Promise Ring’s “A Picture Postcard.”
I am really enjoying everything off Emmylou Harris’s “Red Dirt Girl” album; “The Pearl” and “Boy from Tupelo” in particular are very beautiful.
All-time beautiful: “Price You Pay” by Springsteen. “Lies” by Stan Rogers (I cry every time I hear this.)
“Red Letter Day” by The Get up Kids.
Thats such a great song.
I listen to a lot of anime music, so some of this stuff comes from there. The violin pieces are magical, and Akino Arai has this amazingly haunting voice…
Anime:
Akino Arai-Hiiru no Tsuki and Tsuki no Ie
Sailormoon (the violin)-Death of Neptune, Michiru plays with the Starlights (a fun little piece, i don’t know if anyone else would find it beautiful), and Haruka and Michiru
Tenchi Muyo-Washu’s Heartache
Non-anime:
Diamond Rio-You’re gone
Paul McCartney and John Lennon-Yesterday (I’m not a big beatles fan, but this one knocks my socks off)
An American Tale-Somewhere out there
“What would you do?”, I don’t know who sings it. But it’s on my rap station all the time. I can’t remember the opening lines, but it’s about a guy who goes to a party, and there’s a bunch of hoes there, looking to make some money.
"And i took one girl outside with me.
Her name was molly, she went to junior high with me.
‘Why you up in there dancin for cash?
I guess a whole lot has changed, since I seen you last.’
{female vocalist}
'What would you do if your son was at home
cryin alone on the bedroom floor
'cuz he’s hungry, and the only way to feed him
is to sleep with a man, for a litlle bit of money."
I won’t write out the whole song, cuz i know the copyright thing is a no-no. But it really is a beautiful song, especially for rap. It really hit home…
Recently?
Here With Me by Dido
Pressed Against The Sky and Dollskin by The Toadies
Can’t Get You Off My Mind by Lenny Kravitz
Classic beautiful song: Amazing Grace and Unchained Melody.
Is “I wanna Lick your Balls” by that chick in Accounting. Every time she sings it I want to cry tears of joy…