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Blitz
04-09-2007, 05:47 AM
I was listening to Adagio For Strings tonight. Such a beautiful song. Thusly, list some of your favourite songs that you would consider beautiful or haunting.

Elliot-Blessed By Your Own Ghost
Akira Yamaoka-Room Of Angel
Clint Mansell-Death Is The Road To Awe
ES Posthumus-Nara
Josh Groban-Mi Mancherai
Anadivine-The Frequency Image
HIM-Close To The Flame
The Verve-The Drugs Don't Work
Massive Attack-Teardrop
Something Corporate-Konstantine
Sufjan Stevens-Chicago
Aqua-Aquarius
Death Cab For Cutie-Transatlanticism
Big Star-Thirteen
Loudermilk-Ash To Ash
Devotchka-How It Ends
Bleed The Dream-Jack And White
Faye Wong-Eyes On Me
Matthew Good Band-Apparitions
Sia-Breathe Me
K's Choice-I'm Not An Addict
Leave's Eyes-Into Your Light
Brand New-Jesus Christ
The Cardigans-Communication
Entwine-Safe In A Dream
Last Days Of April-Days I Recall Being Wonderful
Thrice-Atlantic
Vaux-The Last Report From...

What say you?

El Vaquero de Infierno
04-09-2007, 08:13 AM
Nickel Creek - Eveline

ron the dial
04-09-2007, 08:51 AM
This will end up being longer than I anticipate...

The Appleseed Cast - Steps and Numbers
The Appleseed Cast - Tree For Trails
The Appleseed Cast - Strings

I could go on with about 20 more AC songs, so I'll stop with them.

Ben Folds - Fred Jones (Part 2)
Ben Folds - The Luckiest
Ben Folds Five - Magic

Again, with Ben Folds I could pretty much go on all day.

Benton Falls - Sad Like Winter Leaves
Beth Nielson Chapman - Say Goodnight
Brand New - Play Crack the Sky
Bright Eyes - Don't Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come
Conceiting the Victory - Ambien
Counting Crows - Colorblind
The Decemberists - Of Angels and Angles
The Dismemberment Plan - The Jitters
Explosions in the Sky - Six Days At the Bottom of the Ocean
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Last Days of April - Days I Recall Being Wonderful
The Magnetic Fields - When You're Old and Lonely
Modest Mouse - The Stars Are Projectors
Modest Mouse - Lives
Nada Surf - Your Legs Grow
Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Easy Money
Opeth's Damnation album
Owen - Bad News
Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine
Radiohead - Idioteque
Radiohead - True Love Waits
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

SO many from Radiohead, too.

Regina Spektor - Chemo Limo
Rilo Kiley - Pictures of Success
The Scarecrow Garden - Call Me Your Disease
Pretty much everything by Sigur Ros
Sleep Said the Monster - Jelly Up the Sidewalk Pt. 4 (Your Allowance)
Sleeping At Last - Slowly, Now
Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty-Three
Sparklehorse - Return To Me
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Tilly & The Wall - Do You Dream At All?
Tuesday - Let the Stars Play
The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
Xiu Xiu - Rose of Sharon (Grey Ghost Version)

I may have went a bit overboard there. Oh well.

El Vaquero de Infierno
04-09-2007, 12:52 PM
Regina Spektor - Chemo Limo


Regina Spektor - Samson

Shisen Kopf
04-09-2007, 01:01 PM
Johnny Cash--Hurt
Radiohead--Street Spirit

redoneja
04-09-2007, 01:19 PM
I've got alot I could list but the ones that immediately come to mind are

Smashing Pumpkins-1979
Alice in Chains- Brother (esp the Unplugged version)

Silent
04-09-2007, 01:34 PM
As Cities Burn - The Widow
Hopesfall - The Ones
Hum - Isle of the Cheetah

FakeLaser
04-09-2007, 01:55 PM
Here's what results from boredom:

Title music to A Clockwork Orange
The 6ths - Falling Out Of Love With You
All-Time Quarterback - Send Packing
The Album Leaf - Eastern Glow
The Album Leaf - Moss Mountain Town
The Appleseed Cast Low Level Owl I and II albums
The Appleseed Cast - Dreamland
Arab Strap - The Devil Tips
The Arcade Fire - In The Back Seat
Armor For Sleep - Slip Like Space
Ben Folds - Ciggarette
Big Star - Holocaust
Big Star - Blue Moon
Brand New - Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis
The Church - Under The Milky Way
The Cure - A Night Like This
The Cure - Last Dance
The Cure - Pictures Of You
Cursive - After The Movies
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Death Cab For Cutie - Passenger Seat
The Decemberists - The Bagman's Gambit
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Devendra Banhart - Fireflies
Devendra Banhart - How's About Telling A Story
DJ Shadow - Stem/Long Stem
Do Make Say Think - Minmin
The Doors - Light My Fire
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie
Elton John - Funeral For A Friend...Love Lies Bleeding
Explosions In The Sky - A Poor Man's Memory
Explosions In The Sky - Glittering Blackness
Explosions In The Sky - First Breath After Coma
Explosions In The Sky - Magic Hours
Explosions In The Sky - Six Days At The Bottom Of The Ocean
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?
The Flaming Lips - Fight Test
Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Sleep
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
Incubus - Earth To Bella Pt. 2
Incubus - Here In My Room
Incubus - I Wish You Were Here
Interpol - Untitled
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
John Frusciante - Smile From The Streets You Hold
John Zorn - Bridge To The Beyond
Joy Division - Ceremony
Joy Division - The Eternal
Joy Division - Decades
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Lovedrug - It Won't Last
Lou Reed - Perfect Day
The Magnetic Fields - Why I Cry
The Mars Volta - Miranda, That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Any More
The Mars Volta - Televators
Maritime - Tearing Up The Oxygen
Midtown - Living In Spite (acoustic)
Mineral - Parking Lot
Mogwai - Stanley Kubrick
Mogwai - I Know You Are But What Am I?
Murder By Death - Those Who Left
My Morning Jacket - Gideon
Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comley
Nick Drake - Been Smoking Too Long
Nick Drake - Harvest Breed
Outkast - Elevators
Owen - Bed Abuse
Owls - I Want The Blindingly Cute To Confide In Me
Ozma - Battle Scars
Pavement - Fillmore Jive
Pavement - Here
Pedro The Lion - Arizona
Pink Floyd - A Pillow Of Winds
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
Pink Floyd - Any Colour You Like
Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse
Pink Floyd - Speak To Me/Breathe
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There?
Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky
Pink Floyd - Us And Them
Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
Polaris - Ashamed Of The Story I Told
Polaris - Everywhere
Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film)
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead - Idioteque
Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
Red House Painters - Silly Love Songs
Rilo Kiley - Sword
Smashing Pumpkins - Daphne Decends
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Sonic Youth - Pink Stream
The Smiths - Asleep
Stars - Calendar Girl
Stars - The Big Fight
Sublime - Poolshark
Sufjan Stevens - Jason
Sunny Day Real Estate - Grendel
Texas Is The Reason - Do You Know Who You Are?
The Velvet Underground - Heroin
The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
Xiu Xiu - King Earth, King Earth

The scores to both Requiem For a Dream and The Fountain

Guilty Pleasure:
HIM - Again
HIM - Pretending

ron the dial
04-09-2007, 02:00 PM
The Smiths - Asleep
Don't know how I forgot this song.

Just John
04-09-2007, 02:15 PM
Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl

redoneja
04-09-2007, 02:22 PM
Also, gotta say The Decemberists- Eli, The Barrow Boy

El Vaquero de Infierno
04-09-2007, 05:41 PM
Oh, the Mediaeval Baebes are pretty good at that sort of music.

Skippord
04-09-2007, 06:29 PM
Alice In Chains - Dont Follow
Alice In Chains - The Killer Is Me

Blitz
04-09-2007, 10:13 PM
Skip reminded me that I forgot Nutshell :'(

Also Aereogramme-A Life Worth Living

RP
04-10-2007, 12:37 PM
Nirvana- Something In The Way ( probably the best Nirvana song ever )

RP
04-10-2007, 12:43 PM
Trace Adkins - Help Me Understand:shifty: