The most beautiful song.

[Gerazzi]

I'm Still Here - Johnny Rzeznik

Theme to 'Treasure Planet', one of my favorite songs overall. Beautiful.

Indeed, what I was going to say.
very touching music

Spoiler: the music

 

[Breaker deGodot]

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel... *sniff*

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Possibly one of my favorite songs ever and I hardly know how to describe it. I just get a feeling inside when I hear it...

 

[Inarticulate_Underachiever]

Either Lazarus by Porcupine Tree or Farmer In The City by Scott Walker

 

[obliterate]

Poets of the Fall-Where do we Draw the Line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj2p_v_FfJ8
a really beautiful song

 

[Malevolent Stranger]

Faraway, musical version, Apolyptica.

 

[molester jester]

Jeff Buckley playing hallelujah

 

[Antlers]

The Bad Touch by The Bloodhound Gang (y'know, the "you and me baby ain't nothing but mammals" one.) Beautiful.

But in reality...

Yes to Jeff Buckley playing Hallelujah, but I saw Leonard Cohen live recently play it and that kind of overtook...

Also, Romeo and Juliette by Dire Straits.

Also also, I dunno if it's beautiful as such but Sweet Jane by Velvet Underground.

And has been mentioned but Great Gig in the Sky, and Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd.

 

[ashikoto]

ima go with the opening them to Final Fantasy X-2 the whole "lightwaves" that was the first time i ever sat there and listened to one of those opening songs and when it was over i was crying.

 

[Thaius]

Umm... Theme of Sorrow isn't a song? What exactly is your definition of a song?

doesn't a song need words?

i was under the impression that that was the difference between music and a song.

I'm pretty sure that a song is simply a piece of music, with or without words. I mean what else would we call instrumental music? A piece? A music? I've never heard that distinction of the word, and my father's a music teacher. I'll have to look that up I guess...

 

[Azraellod]

I'm pretty sure that a song is simply a piece of music, with or without words. I mean what else would we call instrumental music? A piece? A music? I've never heard that distinction of the word, and my father's a music teacher. I'll have to look that up I guess...

it's just a tune usually.

it might have other names depending on it's purpose, but that's a pretty general name.

singing needs words. otherwise it isn't singing. if you hum some tune to yourself, it's not singing. if you play the flute (for example) you aren't singing.

 

[Tuckiozi]

This song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoEMaWrQBQM
Damn you, Yasunori Mitsuda.

 

[LockHeart]

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel... *sniff*

I know what you mean, that, The Sound of Silence and The Boxer always get me.

 

[Code Monkey]

Im not even going to read the other coments to see if someones already put this down, because it deserves to be here twice.
Ghost Love Score, Nightwish.

 

[AdhesiveTape]

Ammonia Avenue, by Alan Parson's Project. Too bad it has no actual meaning...
Oh, and Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio in G minor. Gives me shivers every time I listen to it.

 

[Otterwuff]

99% Of Us Is Failure: Matthew Good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YQf99Tehn8

Sad, but beautiful.

EDIT: Also "Open Your Eyes" by Snow Patrol.

I love you. Matthew Good FTW.

I'm inclined to say Running for Home or Blue Skies over Bad Lands (same artist) myself. Or A Boy and His Machinegun. Or Tripoli or Truffle Pigs. Actually, I'll go on a limb and just say Matthew Good with heavy bias.

EDIT: Also feel the need to add Collapse the Light into Earth by Porcupine Tree.

 

[lukemdizzle]

for me shine on you crazy diamond by pink floyd is as close to a perfect song I have ever heard. It is truly a modern symphony

 

[AdhesiveTape]

for me shine on you crazy diamond by pink floyd is as close to a perfect song I have ever heard. It is truly a modern symphony

I have it on a mix CD in my car... I listen to it almost every day during my commute to school. One of the greatest songs ever. You just have to set aside a little time to listen to it. >.>

 

[sune-ku]

Like a few others I think Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) has to take this accolade for me, although Fields of Gold (Sting and The Police) follows closely.

 

[murlo360]

beautiful day by U2