This may be a basic answer, but these songs bring me to tears:
Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
Dust in the Wind – Kansas
Especially Dust in the Wind with the lyric “nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.” It reminds me of Christian stoicism where one of the main principles is that material possessions are not as lasting as the natural world and the heavens. I’m not a religious person, but it serves as a reminder that life shouldn’t be limited to human-made objects and concepts.
With Landslide, when you’ve lost someone whether by death or through lost of connection, this idea of living a life where you no longer have them in reminds us of the scarcity in human relationships and how they impacted us.
I’m sure you wanted a simple answer but I tend to overly explain and analyze things lol.
“I’m a Cuckoo” by Belle and Sebastian is just staggeringly gorgeous to me, it’s a beautifully-written song that’s perfectly executed, especially the way they keep adding new elements as the song goes on. The Avalanches’ remix with all the Japanese folk music elements is also amazing.
Maybe a strange one but Chester from Linkin Park singing One More Light at his final ever concert before he passed away, it’s on YouTube…can see the pain, it’s like he was saying good bye.
One Day- Matisyahu A song not just about peace in the middle east but world peace. “That we don’t want to fight no more, there’ll be no more wars, and our children will play” deep lyrics.
I’m too lazy to scroll down and see if anyone posted this but ‘The great gig in the sky’ by pink Floyd.
No need for lyrics.
That song just flows at a soulular level.
I read all the comments, and I wasn’t going to comment, but this question is haunting me.
What makes a song beautiful? What are the parameters?
I think Air On The G String (Bach) is up there, definitely Suite Bergamasque (Debussy), and I can’t go past Johann Johansson’s IBM 1501: A Users Manual.
Summertime, from Porgy And Bess, I think is the greatest song ever written. Check out the Sarah Vaughn version.
But if I have to get into mainstream pop? Hmmm.
“In a Graveyard” by Rufus Wainwright
“Love Of My Life” by Queen
“Golden Slumbers” by The Beatles
“Because” also by The Beatles
“Joga” by Björk
“Making Something Out Of Nothing” by Air Supply
“Angel Eyes” by Wet Wet Wet
“All Through The Night” by Cyndi Lauper
“Father And Son” by Cat Stevens
“You Needed Me” by Anne Murray
“Alone” by Heart
“Anthem” by The Clouds
MOSTLY: “I Have Nothing” by Whitney Houston
I skipped over musicals, but I’m happy to hit you up in that genre.
Beautiful ambient synthesizer intro, becomes a great shoegaze track before exploding into pure noise that goes on for 7 minutes, then goes to an ambient pop interlude with samples of people speaking about their wishes and returns to the shoegaze sound one last time before ending
Not a song but composition – Music for a Large Ensemble by Steve Reich. All these years later it’s still so lovely and releases the happy chemicals for me.
The way “The First Time Every I Saw Your Eyes” by Roberta Flack is mixed into Coldcut’s JDJ Mix, brings tears to my eyes every time. (Skip to 38:40 to hear it).
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WW3 – Ye
Let Down – Radiohead
Ghost- justin
Mine is Van Morrison – Into the Mystic
Samuel Barber’s Angus Dei. The Adagio for strings is good, but the vocal arrangement is so much better imo
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
This may be a basic answer, but these songs bring me to tears:
Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
Dust in the Wind – Kansas
Especially Dust in the Wind with the lyric “nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.” It reminds me of Christian stoicism where one of the main principles is that material possessions are not as lasting as the natural world and the heavens. I’m not a religious person, but it serves as a reminder that life shouldn’t be limited to human-made objects and concepts.
With Landslide, when you’ve lost someone whether by death or through lost of connection, this idea of living a life where you no longer have them in reminds us of the scarcity in human relationships and how they impacted us.
I’m sure you wanted a simple answer but I tend to overly explain and analyze things lol.
In the Waiting Line – Zero7
Lyrics are more haunting than sweet but boy is her voice enchanting. Some of the sweetest notes I’ve ever heard in a song at 2:25
Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Israel Kamakawiwoʻole’s cover
“I’m a Cuckoo” by Belle and Sebastian is just staggeringly gorgeous to me, it’s a beautifully-written song that’s perfectly executed, especially the way they keep adding new elements as the song goes on. The Avalanches’ remix with all the Japanese folk music elements is also amazing.
Unchained melody – the righteous brothers
Miserere Mei Deus – Allegri. Pretty much any choral version you can find is phenomenal.
Make Me Feel by Amanda Perez
Star spangled banner still stirs me with the right performer.
A sky full of stars- Coldplay
pachelbels canon
Somewhere Over The Rainbow, by Izrael Kamakawiwo’ole, or Hallelujah by Puddles the Clown.
“Fix You” Coldplay
I’m glad I asked this question, now I have so much more beautiful music to check out! 🥰🥰🥰
Ombra mai fu
Raining Blood-slayer.
Andrea Bocelli, Dua Lipa – If Only
Darude sandstorm
elizabeth colour wheel – lilys
Imagine by John Lennon
I know he’s got a bad reputation now, but I struggle to choke back tears at how beautiful this song is…
If aliens asked us to choose one song to represent humanity, I would choose this song.
I can’t place a number one but a few that come to mind are
Fleetwood Mac – Landslide
Ott – The Queen of All Everything
Elton John – Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Claude Debussy – Claire de Lune
Umphrey’s McGee – You & You Alone
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
Grateful Dead – China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider (Live in Paris ’72)
Somewhere Only We Know :: Keane
Beautifully composed, written and executed.
A fine example of how feelings can be translated through music.
The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
20191229 by mac demarco 🙂
Georgia on my mind – Ray Charles
Waiting for the End
Touch by daft punk
On the nature of Daylight by Max Richter
Dario G – Sunchyme
Halleluja (or how the frack you spell it, i just listen to it)
I dont even listen to that genre!
Something by The Beatles
Killing Me Softly – The Fugees
All of Me – John Legend
Your rocky spine
Vincent by Don Maclean
Anything by James blunt or dean Lewis
Fast Food Song by Fast Food Rockers.
It was then when I knew that life is worth living.
This woman’s work – Kate Bush
Man in the Mirror – MJ
Always makes me realize we really need to start the change within us.
From about 2:08 to 3:10 of The Great Below by NIN
Lord huron– the night we met
Only the Winds – Olafur Arnalds 🧡
Sleeping Sun – Nightwish (with Tarja Turunen)
there’s a lot. but probably Plainsong by The Cure, or Pictures of You
Saint behind the glass – Los Lobos
Goodbye yellow brick road – Elixir
Holding out for a hero – Amanda Aponte
Yann Tiersen – Rue Des Cascades.
This Cover of Fleet Foxes – “Blue Ridge Mountains”
https://youtu.be/gpvzmKe3RJk?si=dhW6JX3edhMBtIxI
Goosebumps everytime. It really make you feel something that I can’t really describe. Like a nostalgia and pain… very strange but so good!
U2: With Or Without You
Sweet Thing by Van Morrison, 1966
19 years old and to make an album like Astral Weeks. Damn.
This woman’s work by Kate Bush
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen and the remake by Jeff Buckley who passed away too young
Also, I always loved Indian Summer by The Doors…i could list dozens lol
Wonderwall
Hillsong: So Will I (100 Billion X)
https://youtu.be/C2U7ffUM5Ec?si=OwjVJe-VsqHmvdH4
I am incapable of listening to this song without completely breaking down crying. One time I was listening to it in the car and had to pull over.
ETA: Thanks for the great question, OP. Just had a good ugly-cry while re-watching the music video. 🙂
Unfinished Sympathy
It’s a tough one and kinda depends on the day. I mean in the right moment, Ride the Lightning by Metallica is beautiful to me.
Good Morning Kaia
I guess the first thing that comes to mind is What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Tool – 10.000 Days
I have so many to choose from, but simply for what it means to my life, Nightwish – while your lips are still red
These dreams – Heart
Haunted – Shane McGowan & Sinead O’Connor.
Sound of silence
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
You are enough by citizen soldier
Or let it burn by citizen soldier bc of the story behind it
The sun – Parov Stelar
Je te laisserai des mots
Maybe a strange one but Chester from Linkin Park singing One More Light at his final ever concert before he passed away, it’s on YouTube…can see the pain, it’s like he was saying good bye.
Asides from some well-deserved but predictable classics, like
Stairway to heaven. Wish you were here. November Rain. Dreams. My Immortal.
I’ll throw in a few off the beaten track,
Send me on my way – Rusted Root
The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkle
Lorenzo – Phil Collins
Feeling Blue – Retrofile
We are the world – Various Artists (1985)
Listen to the music – Doobie Brothers + various artists
I talk to the rain – Yuki Kajiura
Light the light – Midnight Grand Orchestra
Rohan theme – Howard Shore
King of Pride Rock – Hans Zimmer
Filter and Seoul city by Jennie
Another Love by Tom Odell…it just grips my by the throat every time I hear it
Soothsayer by Buckethead. So beautiful 💜
The book of love by Peter Gabriel. I hate when tv shows use that song because I cry every single time.
The first 1’20s of Death And All His Friends by Coldplay brings me to tears immediately.
More than a feeling, or 4 minutes to live by steve morse
Benedictus by Karl Jenkins. It feels divinely inspired
Stairway to heaven
Daniel Johnston – true love will find you in the end, the version on Retired Boxer
hallelujah – jeff buckley version
or walking in memphis – marc cohn
One Day- Matisyahu A song not just about peace in the middle east but world peace. “That we don’t want to fight no more, there’ll be no more wars, and our children will play” deep lyrics.
“Last of the wilds” by Nightwish
I always thought Tears in Heaven from Clapton was there. If you know the backstory of that song… oof.
Invisible Wounds – Aurora
Eve, The Apple of My Eye – Bell X1
Another love tom odell
Tezeta (Nostalgia) – Mulatu Astatke
Plus tôt – Alexandra Streliski
A beautiful works of art. If you haven’t heard to either of them before, listen to it now. ❤️
I’m too lazy to scroll down and see if anyone posted this but ‘The great gig in the sky’ by pink Floyd.
No need for lyrics.
That song just flows at a soulular level.
Oh my Love – John Lennon
Where The Streets Have No Name
Live, for extra effect. Check out the Zoo TV version from Sydney
I read all the comments, and I wasn’t going to comment, but this question is haunting me.
What makes a song beautiful? What are the parameters?
I think Air On The G String (Bach) is up there, definitely Suite Bergamasque (Debussy), and I can’t go past Johann Johansson’s IBM 1501: A Users Manual.
Summertime, from Porgy And Bess, I think is the greatest song ever written. Check out the Sarah Vaughn version.
But if I have to get into mainstream pop? Hmmm.
“In a Graveyard” by Rufus Wainwright
“Love Of My Life” by Queen
“Golden Slumbers” by The Beatles
“Because” also by The Beatles
“Joga” by Björk
“Making Something Out Of Nothing” by Air Supply
“Angel Eyes” by Wet Wet Wet
“All Through The Night” by Cyndi Lauper
“Father And Son” by Cat Stevens
“You Needed Me” by Anne Murray
“Alone” by Heart
“Anthem” by The Clouds
MOSTLY: “I Have Nothing” by Whitney Houston
I skipped over musicals, but I’m happy to hit you up in that genre.
Linger – The Cranberries
2112 Part III – Discovery
Into the Endless Night (Live) – Parannoul
Beautiful ambient synthesizer intro, becomes a great shoegaze track before exploding into pure noise that goes on for 7 minutes, then goes to an ambient pop interlude with samples of people speaking about their wishes and returns to the shoegaze sound one last time before ending
Not a song but composition – Music for a Large Ensemble by Steve Reich. All these years later it’s still so lovely and releases the happy chemicals for me.
Blue bayou
Operator- Jim Croce
Stable Song is always my first right to this question
Across the Night by Silverchair, really the entire Diorama album is amazing
Liszt – La campanella
She Used To Be Mine – Sara Bareilles
What Was I Made For – Billie Eilish
I think it’s in the way they were delivered, almost whispered to you. In their own words, through their own pain.
They’re so real for that.
Bill Callahan – One Fine Morning.
Lucky by Malinda, so underrated!
Back home by A$AP rocky, Duckworth by Kendrick Lamar, Lazarus by David Bowie, Bass Jam by Danny Brown, Saint Pablo by ye.
The song Air – All I need
Irma Thomas – Anyone who knows what love is
Come back..be here by Taylor Swift
The way “The First Time Every I Saw Your Eyes” by Roberta Flack is mixed into Coldcut’s JDJ Mix, brings tears to my eyes every time. (Skip to 38:40 to hear it).
Pippin singing for Denethor.
Metallica – nothing else matters
Goo goo dolls – Iris
both songs will definitely play at my wedding in the future🩷 they’re so beautiful and I can never get tired of hearing them
baby shark doo doo doo doo
The Carnival is Over by Dead Can Dance
https://youtu.be/RWpSPlu-JzI?si=AhulxP-vBe8fyN81