What’s your favourite beautiful song?

[Veryfullon]

I’m always in the lookout for a really emotional song that gives you goosebumps. I currently like ’By your Side’ (Abbey Road Live Version) by Jonas Blue. What’s your favourite beautiful song?

Sitting with a glass or 5 of wine and so many of these bring tears to my eyes

James Blunt - 1973 and Bonfire Heart
Oasis - Half the World Away
Snow Patrol - Crack the shutters
James Bay - Let it go
Incubus - Drive
Foo Foghters - Everlong

I'll stand by you, The Pretenders
Will You, Hazel O'Connor
All by myself, Eric Carmen
Seasons in the sun, Terry Jacks
Two Little Boys, Rolf Harris
Nothing compares to you, Sinead O'Connor
Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol
Dry your eyes mate, The Streets
Wires, Athlete
How to Save a life, The Fray
Everybody Hurts, REM

DH says anything by the pet shop boys, but that would be tears of anger and frustration rather than sadness.

Holocene
Towers

Both by Bon Iver

Simply Beautiful - Al Green (it’s hot too)

Sea of Love - Cat Power

Vincent - Don McLean

I’ll follow the Sun - The Beatles. it’s such a simple beautiful song

Daydreaming- Aretha Franklin it’s so dreamy it’s beautiful

Dragonfly - Fleetwood Mac the most dreamy song even

Angel Eyes - Frank Sinatra live at the sands version it’s sad and weary and beautiful

My funny Valentine-Chet baker.
sugar hiccup-Cocteau Twins

Mazzy Star - Into Dust

I adore Have I Told You Lately by Rod. I would have wanted at my wedding but ex-h didn't like it and it never felt quite right somehow. Now I'm with someone who adores me, the song has taken on a different meaning.

I forgot about Athlete, Wires. I spent some time in special care with DC when they were born and that song takes me right to then. There were some really poorly babies in there as well as a tree of remembrance for all the babies who didn’t make it. Breaks my heart thinking of them and their loved ones and how lucky we are when we hold our precious children.

Stardust the Nat King Cole version is utterly amazing. The violin intro, you just have never heard such a beautiful thing.

Agree with Tori Amos - Winter. I played it on repeat the day my dad died.

I also love On Days Like This by Matt Munro / it’s the opening theme to the 1960s film The Italian Job and I just love it, his voice is so moving.

God knows I tried - Lana Del Rey

Lady Grinning Soul by David Bowie

How long will I love you - the waterboys
American stranger- Faustus
Thunder road - Bruce Springsteen
Here you come again- Dolly Parton

Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
A song about her relationship with Bob Dylan. Beautiful melody and lyrics. Never fails to bring me out in goosebumps.

This!

Soulshine - The Allman Brothers Band

Gone too soon- Daughtry

This woman's work- Kate Bush

Running up that hill- Kate Bush

Don't give up- Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel

Stranger in a strange land- Barbara Steissand

Somewhere over the rainbow

By your side- Sade

And I have absolutely no idea why but the chorus to Stargazing by Kyro has me bawling every time

Some of the songs here don't fit the question I think - not atmospheric enough!

I'll add The Days by Patrick Wolf

I see I've found some kindred spirits here!

Mine are:

Waiting for you - Nick Cave
The night will always win - Elbow
Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkel

My grandparents danced to this at their golden wedding anniversary party 😍😍😍 we've lost my grandmother since so is very special to me

Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton, just heartbreaking
Blind Love - Tom Waites, his voice is so raw and tormented
Rene and Georgette Magritte with their Dog after the War - Paul Simon- such a wistful evocation of surviving trauma with love

I wish there was a way that all of these suggestions could be put automatically into a playlist..... for now I will save/watch the thread and do it myself via Spotify

I was just thinking of the days of albums…

Claire by Gilbert o Sullivan

I love the whole album my favourite song is The Stolen Child just beautiful.

I know so many people that love this but as someone named Claire born in the 70s I can’t bear this song