# What is the most beautiful song you have ever heard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369 "2008-11-25T02:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/41 "2008-11-25T06:42:30Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > _ **She Moved Through The Fair.** _ I love Loreena McKennit’s version. [Here it is, in concert.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b1aRtAXEZA) Wow, my goosbumps have goosebumps. That was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/42 "2008-11-25T06:47:05Z")
Damn, so many choices. But… [“Ode to Joy”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJGESRc3XfY) for the win. 😃 Hayley Westenra’s “Wuthering Heights,” Bjork’s “All is Full of Love” and Nina Gordon’s “Tonight and the Rest of My Life” are another couple of contenders, according to me iTunes playcounts. (Jisas Yu Holem Hand Blong Mi is up there, too, actually.) And…do I go to music lover’s Hell if I suggest [animated](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt7ef7snExY) [theme](http://www.livevideo.com/video/8857B87CBD9A4B4FBF397084A998BF18/ghost-in-the-shell-sac-3d-opening.aspx) [songs?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPI-P_hllb4&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/43 "2008-11-25T07:05:21Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Depends on my mood. There’s a few dozen at least. I’d have to agree with this completely. Having said that, the first song I thought of was [“Night Song” by Noel Pointer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5W7oQ1sRUk). A friend once told me he couldn’t see himself getting serious about a woman who couldn’t appreciate this song. While I wouldn’t go that far, I can kinda understand the sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/44 "2008-11-25T07:05:36Z")
Okay I can’t sleep, other all time fav’s Hey Quasi! Minuano: Pat Metheny: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3rjNHDi6Fg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3rjNHDi6Fg) Daphnos et Chloe: Ravel [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBLdMySuaEg&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBLdMySuaEg&feature=related) Concerto de Aranjuez: Rodrigo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1WgoSfV\_Kg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1WgoSfV_Kg) I’m a sucker for film music too: Just some sentimental favourites King Kong: Central Park [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1WgoSfV\_Kg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1WgoSfV_Kg) The Council of Elrond [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WAIGis2ljLQ](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WAIGis2ljLQ) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/45 "2008-11-25T07:07:09Z")
Oops Central Park from King Kong is here, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N3dNEObcoA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N3dNEObcoA) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/46 "2008-11-25T07:17:07Z")
Okay, Mr. **Modal** , I’m gonna click on every one of those links, and see how close our tastes are, **jawohl**???🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/47 "2008-11-25T07:30:29Z")
Any chance we could merge this thread with [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494593)? Same OP in both. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/48 "2008-11-25T07:31:55Z")
Any chance we could merge this thread with[this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10494141) (same OP/Title in both). ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/49 "2008-11-25T09:12:43Z")
Mercury’s Love of My Life rates high in my book - the original studio recording with all the intricasies in place, NOT the idiotic football-chant live versions. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/50 "2008-11-25T09:18:14Z")
Eva Cassidy’s version of “Over the Rainbow”: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwTdqPkluY) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/51 "2008-11-25T09:41:28Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/52 "2008-11-25T10:04:39Z")
[Dein is mein ganzes Herz](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gSqZRC2dTE), from Franz Lehar’s _Land of Smiles._ ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/53 "2008-11-25T10:16:55Z")
Agreed. Wow! AGREED! Es ist wunderbar wie dei Zeit verändert den Karakter! I don’t know if I said that just right, but I just wanted to say that I love Freddy Mercury too. Please excuse me if I might have missed some syntax und Scheisse, okay? 🙂 Love Quasi der Modem ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/54 "2008-11-25T10:28:25Z")
[Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Mahler (Ruckert Leider)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wau4nkJWGss) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/55 "2008-11-25T10:37:08Z")
Das gehört sich! Danke. Q ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/56 "2008-11-25T13:44:56Z")
I haven’t got a religious bone in my body, but for some reason [Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZw7wwatIE) stirs my soul everytime I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/57 "2008-11-25T13:47:23Z")
Eva Cassidy’s version of Time After Time. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/58 "2008-11-25T13:48:41Z")
> [@purple\_haze](#): > > Eva Cassidy’s cover of _Songbird._ I could listen to it over and over and enjoy every moment. [www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFo1pu4q7Q](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFo1pu4q7Q) > > Please listen to this song. You won’t regret it. i love eva cassidy with a passion. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/59 "2008-11-25T13:49:10Z")
> [@mbedell](#): > > This should include any song in any style in the last 500 years. > > In my opinion , "Air on a G string " or “Air” from Orchestral suite No. 3 in D major by Johann Sebastian Bach tops them all. For an instrumental piece, I agree with your choice. For a vocal piece, for me the most purely sweet song I’ve heard might be the Flower Duet from Delibes’ _Lakme_. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369/60 "2008-11-25T13:58:29Z")
I’ve always been blown away by Santana’s _Samba Pa Ti_. Instrumental, but you can hear the anguish of a lost love in every note. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-beautiful-song-you-have-ever-heard/474369.md?page=4)