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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:08 PM Original message |
what are the most beautiful songs you know? |
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hickman (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've got to agree with Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah". |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Helplessly hoping and Find the cost of freedom CSNY |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
70. I like Rufus Wainwright's version better. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. john cale did a great version too |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I have not heard John Cale's version -- I will definitely check it out. I |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. "if something is wrong with my baby" |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Famous Blue Raincoat ~ Leonard Cohen |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've always thought "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" is beautiful |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Round Midnight" |
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SnohoDem (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Flamenco Sketches |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. "Kind of Blue" is probably the best all round jazz album. |
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SnohoDem (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. We obviously have similar taste |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
59. I met Mariam in the Dakar airport in Oct 1969. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. "The Highwayman" -Loreena McKennitt |
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SnohoDem (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I think the words are from a very old poem |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. They are, but it's still beautiful the way she sings them. nt |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. "The Highwayman" original poem was by Alfred Noyes... |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I'm gonna call up a song she does so well-- |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
54. The poem was written by Alfred Noyes in 1906 n/t |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Northwest Passage" by Stan Rogers. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. There are many but two come to mind |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Rustle of Spring, by Christian Sinding |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. The most beautiful piece of music I know is John Abercrombie's |
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Lady President (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. A couple more |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. What a Wonderful World -- Louis Armstrong's version |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Ooops! Dupe! |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Bruddah Iz did a fabulous version, too! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Amen! (See below.) |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. My all-time favorite song! n/t |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. To Ramona - B. Dylan... |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. "Something" by the Beatles. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Imagine - John Lennon n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Silver Springs, Fleetwood Mac |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Blue" by Yoko Kanno |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. Hmm, "What a Wonderful World" --Louis Armstrong's version. |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Oh wait, yeah--"Just the Two of Us" |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. "Fate" by This Life Electric. n/t |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. i have to add erik satie's 'gymnopedie no. 1' |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. Pachabel's cannon - any string version |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. for those slightly-rowdier moods, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
34. David Roth: 'Be Kind to Yourself ' (for very special reasons) |
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hickman (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
36. Also Arlo Guthrie's "City of New Orleans" |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
39. I think "32 Flavors" by Ani DiFranco is really soothing |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. another one |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
41. "Another Day" by Roy Harper. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
42. Sheryl Crow "Strong Enough" |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. "Cloudbusting" - Kate Bush |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. Barber - Adagio springs to mind. However, the winner is: |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. Golden Slumbers..the beatles |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
46. The Rose by Bette Middler |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
47. Georges Bizet, L'Arlésienne |
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emmajane67 (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. Sia - Breathe me. n/t |
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cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
49. Willie Nelson's version of " American Tune" |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
50. The Rain Song and Over The Hills and Far Away ~ Led Zeppelin.... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
51. JS Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze" |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
52. Amazing Grace makes me tear up... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
53. Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" n/t |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
73. I second that. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Yup |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
55. Victorialand - |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
57. "Julie With....." - Brian Eno |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
58. Moon River - Henry Mancini |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
60. Walk This Way by Run-DMC |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
61. Today I go with For Emily Whenever I May Find Her, S&G n/t |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
62. Blue Skies by Ella Fitzgerald. nt |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. As a companion and contrast to that beauty |
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Z_I_Peevey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
64. Coldplay's "Amsterdam", Phish's "Wading in the Velvet Sea" |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, Still by the Commodores |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
66. Van Morrison's "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You", |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
67. A few..... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
68. "Let the Eagle Soar" sung by John Ashcroft - not the Avril Lavigne version |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
69. "Claire de Lune" by Debussy, and "Prelude #2" by Gershwin. |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
74. "At Last" |
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