Most hauntingly beautiful song ever?

[Frank7]

CallThatMusic said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

No man has any business listening to Celine Dion Frank.

Her version of Immortality (Bee Gees) is stunning.
Carry on listening Frank.

No argument here CTM, or as
it’s Céline, vous avez raison!

[mybrainhurts]

How can a song be hauntingly beautiful?

It's a bloody song, FFS...

[Cotty]

I always thought Electus songs/tracks fell into this category.

Electus - Youth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhTgB0ydkvo&li...

Electus - Reason To Breathe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rrtBmq08ns

Electus - No Place Like Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hJBObEOFl8

[anonymous-user]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hTpR-TYTZ0

Lhasa (de Sala), Rising

[stepaway]

Early track from The Verve - A Man Called Sun

Much preferred to their later more successful stuff

https://youtu.be/kyoqLOcDQ9k

[RegMolehusband]

mybrainhurts said:

How can a song be hauntingly beautiful?

It's a bloody song, FFS...

Ah yes. You're the bloke who'd never heard of David Bowie at the time of his death and appeared to be quite pleased with yourself. That and the above snidey comment speaks volumes about you.

[Digger]

mybrainhurts said:

How can a song be hauntingly beautiful?

It's a bloody song, FFS...

Hauntingly Beautiful? Take a look in the mirror.

[Toma500]

Jackson Browne song the Pretender and indeed most of his very early stuff is beautifully written
Amazing stuff to be doing when so young . Another favourite is Dan Fogleberg Souvenirs album some really nice songs with a stellar cast of backing singers .

[Mr Tidy]

I reckon the Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd qualifies.

Always sends a shiver down my spine, when I hear the full version!

[wibble cb]

Mr Tidy said:

I reckon the Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd qualifies.

Always sends a shiver down my spine, when I hear the full version!

that or Shine on you crazy Diamond, esp considering the back story.

Pieces I like include this, from the final episode of The Good Place:

Spiegel im Spiegel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6Mzvh3XCc

Elegia - New Order

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LY3ftiLqmE

Starafur - Sigur Ros

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlPtmws131o

Massive Attack - Teardrop (Liz Fraser, again!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb0MC0jFv6M

[cherryowen]

Mr Tidy said:

I reckon the Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd qualifies.

Always sends a shiver down my spine, when I hear the full version!

Clare Torry; what a voice!

[CallThatMusic]

Kangaroo - This Mortal Coil

[Cotty]

cherryowen said:

Mr Tidy said:

I reckon the Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd qualifies.

Always sends a shiver down my spine, when I hear the full version!

Clare Torry; what a voice!

Ok I love the original as well but bear with me.

Take a listen to the lady at 1:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxo0OJkbaMY

[808 Estate]

Hybrid - Disappear Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsNSkjuX55w

[cherryowen]

Cotty said:

cherryowen said:

Mr Tidy said:

I reckon the Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd qualifies.

Always sends a shiver down my spine, when I hear the full version!

Clare Torry; what a voice!

Ok I love the original as well but bear with me.

Take a listen to the lady at 1:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxo0OJkbaMY

Oh, that's very good

[Nickp82]

Have we had ‘Fade in to you’ Mazzy Star?

[dxg]

Prayer for the Dying by Lisa Hannigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoq021gAaz4

[V8covin]

https://youtu.be/i5pUOVC50Y8

[Einion Yrth]

cherryowen said:

Cotty said:

cherryowen said:

Mr Tidy said:

I reckon the Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd qualifies.

Always sends a shiver down my spine, when I hear the full version!

Clare Torry; what a voice!

Ok I love the original as well but bear with me.

Take a listen to the lady at 1:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxo0OJkbaMY

Oh, that's very good

Excellent, but Torry did it with the barest minimum of brief. Once anything has been done once, it's easier to do it again.

[Frank7]

It may not be the most beautiful and haunting song ever, but “All out of Love” by Air Supply blows my doors off.
I flew back from NYC one evening circa 1981-1982, after telling my American inamorata that the constant flying back and forth from London was killing me, and we seriously needed to re-evaluate our long distance relationship.
She called me a couple of nights later and played this down the phone.
I tried, I really did, but it gradually died an emotional death.
I eventually went to her wedding, and she came to mine, and my wife stays with her in NY when she’s there without me.