Beautiful Songs

Carlos Santana - Samba Pa Ti,give it a listen good video too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-zkxIyLQr8&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dsamba%2Bpa%2Bti%2Bsantana%2Boriginal%26oq%3Dsamba%2Bp%26gs_l%3Dyoutube-reduced.1.1.0l4.3818.9371.0.12657.7.6.0.1.1.0.130.624.2j4.6.0...0.0...1ac.1.sVrN5_wa4Us&has_verified=1

Dunno why the addy is so long but it works

Have just caught up after listening to every song. Excellent thread have really enjoyed having such wide variety of artists to listen to.

Another one from me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ZMa_to3Pw

Tom waits has written some beautiful songs amongst them:-

Martha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDcco9rGOlE

I hope that I don't fall in love with you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdy4ell_dtM

I'd also highly recommend David Ford singing "Song for the road". One of the most underrated artists around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_NyuGX_fjg

This song is timeless, could had been made yesterday. The lyrics are beautiful for a dance song.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML3w4HIMHpY

Hush Hush - Anna Chalon

Mysteries - Beth Gibbons

Violets For My Furs - Billie Holiday

and for a little cheer what about Jorgé Ben's "Fio Maravilha" sung by Maria Alcina .

Didn't realise you were listening to them all Ibrahima & bigmo !

Here's another one for you ..

A live version of Charlie No3 by Tim Friedman (of The Whitlams)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8cirkULmyU

They just played this one on mtv, love it. womack and womack - teardrops

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AOAap6_k4

If you could read my mind- Gordon Lightfoot

http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqMG3VR5PP4

a very old one, 1958, was briefly played on the american graffiti soundtrack
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pklayd2xWg

this lass is just bonkers odd, but i still listen to it today
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34i0yUomjbY&list=FLUoychLWGe11YhLeyQuhX_g

another if you've not seen her before
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDDW5zwu6yE&list=FLUoychLWGe11YhLeyQuhX_g

Just rediscovered Babybird recently. They produced some absolute gems, & were a seriously under-rated (almost ignored) band in the 90s. Shows just how strong that decade was for music that they were pretty much overlooked. It's the sort of music the world still needs & withstands the test of time very well.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pseRwk_ZKDQ

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b24KNtTd6b8

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6nbNuGdoqI

The Last Time I Saw Her Face - written/performed by Gordon Lightfoot

Though some prefer Glenn Campbell's version. Both on youtube.

Real tear-jerking stuff but smashing words and tune.

The entire new album by Martin Rossiter is beautiful, especially 'Drop Anchor' about a woman he loves who cheats on him, or 'Three Points on a compass' about his poor relationship with his Father.


Drop Anchor on you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0-kaMWUlzI

worth listening to 'three points on a compass' on Spotify as it is the studio version whereas its live version only on youtube with recordings at gigs so not as good quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yftOy8kz7aE  Teardrop, Massive Attack - Timeless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=oHDwWMl0SDw&NR=1  Live version of Horses by Tori Amos . The woman could sing the phonebook and it would still be captivating


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyipZ9bVtOg  Opposite - Biffy. Bang up to date acoustic version of a song from the new album that I hope doesn't get radio overkill

Another vote for "Will You" by Hazel O'Conner, with amazing Sax from Wesley McGoogan.
Surprised no mention of "everybody hurts" REM.

Wild Is The Wind  David Bowie

rasberry, i like roberta flacks version too.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9jmusgMgro

Anyone Can Light a Candle..   Jon and Vangelis

Highways Of My Life..   Isley Brothers

Angels..   Sara McClachlan

If I Laugh..   Cat Stevens

Frank Lloyd Wright..   Simon & Garfunkel

Immortality..   Celine Dion/Bee Gees

Home Thoughts From Abroad..   Clifford T Ward

A Heart In New York..   Art Garfunkel

Don't Worry Baby..   Beach Boys

Ibrahim Sonko

that's not the song !

The roberta flack one is the first time ever i saw your face

the one i mean is the last time i saw her face

different song - try it !

i did try it, i thought they just changed one word

Sara Mclachlan is class, especially silence. only listened to the original after loving the tiesto version.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqxHWZ4GOVc

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEvE_04x-xI

My favourite Jackson Browne song, and he's done plenty of good uns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ-hLBiyoOY

I dont want to live without you

Foreigner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGXVjcleNog

The Most Beautiful?

Probably the best, although I only heard it very recently is Sinead O Connors 'This Is A Rebel Song' -

In the You tube clip she introduces it as 'This Is A Love Song' - in contradiction. -
It is totally SHOCKING!

It's very uncomfortable to hear her portray Ireland as an abused women, & England as her 'hard Englishman' lover.

“I love you my hard Englisman,
Your rage is like a fist in my womb”.

Sung with such brilliant & beautiful passion though,  & although 'lyrically' extremely challenging, her fantastic performance makes it a really beautiful 'love' song.

Youtube sinead o' connor  this is a rebel song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BwwfbfwZa8

as they say, looks simple, but so so beautiful

Night Swimming - REM

'It's a beautiful day' by It's a Beautiful Day,circa early 70s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TejJDFt6Tkk

The Pogues - Misty Morning,Albert Bridge.

My favourite Pogues song.

Joe Cocker's Don't you love me any more,class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvzZd5eoTdc

when you love a woman journey

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idE1lsqG2Vc

Tom Waits' version of his song, "Take Me Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdiM8W324qQ

Ketty Lester's "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJBm_oIDEsU

Ketty Lester, again: "Love Letters"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98HIOtfOTgI

I have not the faintest idea what this is about - "Djarimirri" by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunipingu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-i0FQBbO8E

Hidden Highways - In Defence Of Magpies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybJVHwmYjI

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Bubble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Lr0igwLIY

Ludovico Einaudi - Earth Prelude
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X6sGu8oTiQ

Bon Iver - Holocene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWcyIpul8OE

Anton Firtich - Rain Over The Ocean (Cramp Piano Mix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF3wAmobg4E

That'll do for starters.

Gershwin's "Summertime" as performed by Janice Joplin.Raw but beautiful.
The same composer's "I Loves You Porgy" sung by Billie Holiday,sublime.
"Dancing On The Ceiling" Ella Fitzgerald.

Joni Mitchell - My Old Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upWL0OFE0AE&list=AL94UKMTqg-9C0AEsw9AaFkKcM0VAuebDx

For me it doesn't get any better than this. So powerful in so few words.

Tinseltown in the rain, The Blue Nile.

Luv it.

Galileo - Declan O'Rourke

Valentine Heart - Tanita Tikaram

Heroine - Sinead  O'Connor and The Edge

Trust - The Cure

Galileo - Declan O'Rourke

Valentine Heart - Tanita Tikaram

Heroine - Sinead  O'Connor and The Edge

Trust - The Cure

links please, i want to listen to them.

If it's beautiful songs you want you can't beat the summer of love
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch1_Ep5M1s

Valentine Heart - Tanita Tikaram

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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OKHYkoBxNgA

Galileo - Declan O 'Rourke

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http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=8Vx7Fi-nttA&feature=related

Heroine - Sinead O'Connor and the Edge

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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3zrOTFqtAlg

Trust - The Cure

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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iXNBF6yPkas

Lost and Goodbye - E-Type

.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW5aRmLbnpc

OMG! I only watched the first 20 seconds of that video before I posted it.

I am so embarrassed

Dusty Springfield, My Colouring Book.

I like this song because it is unusual and having listened to loads of versions of it, Dusty sings it best.

I read somewhere that dusty was not well liked because she was a tyrant in the studio, always striving for the best phrasing etc and it shows in her version of this song.

"When You Were Sweet Sixteen",Davey Arthur and The Fureys.

link

Morphine - In Spite of Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu0emZnpvnw


Jack Johnson - Go On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAFA28jHNzU

I wish I knew how it would feel to be free - Lighthouse Family.

something recent, and the guy is a bit of an arse - but what a talent. and this song is pure class in my opinion. Would be more than happy to write something this good.

Bruno Mars - When I was your man

http://www.lyricsboy.com/b/bruno-mars/bruno-mars-when-i-was-your-man-lyrics-video/

Stay With Me -Blue Mink
J'ai Encore Revé d'Elle-Il Etait Une Fois
Strollin'-Flanagan and Allen

Jussi Björling - Che gelida manina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvVVa62PFPo

You Go To My Head-many people have sung it but Doris Day's version from 1949 is special.

Petula in her pomp, live in concert in Holland, performing her number 1 hit (written by Charlie Chaplin) This Is My Song, followed by her version of You've Got A Friend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=durAeYSWwA4

Amanda Palmer - Point of it All

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9DG-cxTwWk

This old French song has been covered by lots of people, including a good 'live' version by Elvis when he was still at his peak, but I think the most famous version was by the Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvREm7w4slk

The sublime Kate Bush- Moments of Pleasure. Sad but beautiful.

http://youtu.be/D5P0v0kGauc

Carrying on with the wonderful and enigmatic Kate Bush

'Under The Ivy' dashed off perfectly with just a piano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRTGFP4Mtf0

and the video is worth it, purely and simply for the smile from her at the end

something recent, and the guy is a bit of an arse - but what a talent. and this song is pure class in my opinion. Would be more than happy to write something this good.

Bruno Mars - When I was your man

http://www.lyricsboy.com/b/bruno-mars/bruno-mars-when-i-was-your-man-lyrics-video/


This isn't the only song I've liked but I thought this was beautiful. Quite surprised because his voice is a little bit girly for my liking but I love it.

Very nice, bigmo.

This is outstanding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EP0ght2kI

Pink

Diary by Bread

Diary by Bread


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24IfD-0VUu4

"delivery night" by the mighty under-rated nils lofgrin

"delivery night" by the mighty under-rated nils lofgrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6E_60ifseY

"delivery night" by the mighty under-rated nils lofgrin

That's lovely (thanks for the link, bigmo).
I'd never heard of him until a couple of weeks ago when his song was at the end of an episode of The Sopranos.

This was the song - Black Books
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_t8BenaEo4

I must check his other stuff out when I get time.

well i"m glad you enjoyed it,the version where he"s playing live in germany and he"s almost in the crowd,that solo blows me away everytime,if you didnt see it please check it out diva

Tindersticks - My Oblivion
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_vZNGSHms

Act 4 - Presago il core della tua condonna
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verdi-Aida/dp/B001NC3POM/ref=dm_cd_album_lnk
best version of aida i know of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6ttTg4LKSb0#t=181s

natalie merchant - maggie, milly, molly and may

also NM - Song of Innocence and Experience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PNYHkv8eEQQ#t=297s

Listen to her (10000 Maniacs) sing "Verdi Cries".

her older stuff was good but some of the later live acoustic adaption/cover material really stands out, like this rehearsal of If No one Ever Marries Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUyOKjK6_j4

not sure what is but I guess the combination of adapting poems with traditional metre giving it a natural rhythmic structure, and her vocal/musical ability matches up well, also quite liked e e cummings and that causley poem too.

'Miles Away' by Years around the sun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdbvGgPPiw

Great video to go with it if you can look past the fact it's a corona ad! Very relaxing tune

I'd like to offer this instrumental by Jeff Beck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vyu7jAnwZs

I fully except that this won't be to everyone's taste but for me this man was just quality.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKFEjZ98Q4s

Worth a listen for a different version.

Daughtry-Suspicious Minds Acoustic version-Rare

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbTeSsOO2jY

This has just come to mind.
A really beautiful song by a group who are almost forgotten now, yet made a massive impact in the 70s - not just for their music but because of their line-up:
A white man (Roger Cook) with a black woman (Madelaine Bell) as dual lead singers.

No big deal you may think now, but at the time it was an enormous change in the way things 'were done' in this country.
I reckon Blue Mink broke down more racial stereotypical boundaries than probably anyone else in Britain at that time.

Stay With Me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1MmGvWuwek

Already a timeless classic song, but WOW what a twist Jackie Wilson gives to `Danny Boy`!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS9xhiudphU



A stunningly beautiful piece from Hayley Westenra, a New Zealand opera singer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GXua6gD4Hc



And, if you like her voice, here she is delivering a more `punchy` version of the aforementioned `Wuthering Heights`.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkTF5DRBxpI

'Hero' by Family of the Year

Problem is I can never work out what its about, whether it is a relationship break up , a soldier returning from the War, or something different entirely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhb8b2yShfs

Harry Chapin Cats in the Cradle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5r2spPJ8g

(scares me to death too)

Everything but the girl - "driving" acoustic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wCsNnpU8_A

the amazing voice of Tracy Thorn

a great song; "shine silently" by nils lofgren. on youtube but the version i love youll find under 2 meter sessions 1995--enjoy!

Tracey Thorn does indeed have a very good voice.

Did Protection with Massive Attack.

Ben Watt, the other part of Everything But The Girl, did the excellent Pop A Cap In Yo Ass with Estelle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K38YZQQ0nIg

a nice ballad called "Woman" but not the John Lennon version

lie back, close your eyes and enjoy

the ONLY decent thing to come from Queenies jubilee......

the "Call of Wisdom" by The Diamond Choir.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNIGYCfyAaw


spellbinding.....

incredibly moving.....yep

'The Few and Far Between' by the excellent Northern Irish band Little Bear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7uArApA2a0

I who have nothing - tom jones (and many others)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQnsN3um-iQ

"Glory Box" - Portishead ...

the sublime Beth Gibbons.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLrkE6T_m5Y&feature=related

the highwayman - the highwaymen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw1bHaUk1CM

4 legends in 1 great song

Sopwith Camel - Orange Peel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VCHgMJtTPE

Hammock - I Can Almost See You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VCHgMJtTPE

Steve Hillage - Palm Trees (Love Guitar)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psSrLwgRwBM

Valentine Heart
My Love Tonight

both by Tanita Tikaram, beautiful, beautiful songs imho.

Really beautiful.

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Emeli Sandé - Clown (Live At the Royal Albert Hall)

Kate Bush - The Man With A Child In His Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAj8suae3WY

Helps if I post the flippin link.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTTW__nzAIk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOoCixFA8OI

Radiohead - Reckoner

getting stuck into this stuff - great

Stay With Me Till Dawn - Judie Tzuke

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zo9qwQANNM

Judie Tzuke, Hazel o connor, Cocteau Twins, Roxette, Propaganda  and a couple of artists under the name of Colourbox - all worth a visit -  etc   got the viynl -   babes - groovy !!!?????????????