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post #661 of 861
7/16/10 at 12:30pm
Dock of the Bay -- Otis Redding
Drift Away -- Dobie Gray
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post #662 of 861
7/17/10 at 9:06pm
Haven't seen one of my favorites mentioned here.

Green Day's Good Riddance, Time of Your Life.

I love the version from their concert at Milton Keynes Bowl in
England from the Bullet in the Bible Concert dvd.

You can catch an edited one hour version of this amazing concert
on Palladia from time to time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofk7_VCYZpU
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post #663 of 861
7/18/10 at 6:26am
Don't know if it's been posted or not but bagpipes playing Amazing Grace. I think any guy gets emotional.

I think the music in lost was phenominal. The scores that Michael Giacchino came up with were some of the most powerful songs I've heard in quite some time. :50 seconds on this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEVCE6aTmhw
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post #664 of 861
7/20/10 at 7:56pm
Hello.......

Slow, sad, depressing maybe just melodic, what is the most beautiful song of all time.

My suggestions are-
Jeff Buckley's version of 'Hallelujah'
'The Drugs Don't Work' by the Verve
'Painted from Memory' by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
'I Need You' Marc Anthony.
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post #665 of 861
7/21/10 at 12:00am
This may be the most pointless thread in the history of AVS....
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post #666 of 861
7/21/10 at 2:26pm
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This may be the most pointless thread in the history of AVS....


actually, to be accurate, it is one of dozens of them
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post #667 of 861
7/21/10 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by estoniankid View Post

Haven't seen one of my favorites mentioned here.

Green Day's Good Riddance, Time of Your Life.


A rather dark, bitter song misinterpreted as beautiful or touching by the masses, though it probably serves as yet another confirmation of the notion that performance style will typically trump lyrics when it comes to a determination of a songs "meaning".
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post #668 of 861
7/21/10 at 2:53pm
True Companion-Marc Cohn
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post #669 of 861
7/21/10 at 3:03pm
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post #670 of 861
7/21/10 at 3:52pm
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Some of my favorites.

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Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

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In that case you need to hear this cover.

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post #671 of 861
7/21/10 at 5:43pm
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actually, to be accurate, it is one of dozens of them

LOL!
Thanx for bringing me back to reality.


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It's hard to argue with the Elgar, and it's sad to be reminded of her early death.
Ma uses her cello in a more modern recording to great effect...
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post #672 of 861
7/22/10 at 7:31am
sticky?

this thread may be made a sticky which means it is always up top
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post #673 of 861
7/22/10 at 7:47am
^^^

I nominate Movie with the HOTTEST girl you've ever seen for a sticky. It has the most views of any thread EVER in this part of the forum. In less than a year its attracted more views than the Concert DVD recommendation thread, and that’s been around 7 years.

When a quick pick-me-up is needed it’ll be readily available.
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post #674 of 861
7/22/10 at 8:06am
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^^^

I nominate Movie with the HOTTEST girl you've ever seen for a sticky. It has the most views of any thread EVER in this part of the forum. In less than a year its attracted more views than the Concert DVD recommendation thread, and that's been around 7 years.

When a quick pick-me-up is needed it'll be readily available.

link please? I have seen it but can't seem to find it now
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post #675 of 861
7/22/10 at 8:07am
I'd like to know where that thread is to lol.
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post #676 of 861
7/22/10 at 8:12am
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link please? I have seen it but can't seem to find it now

My pleasure.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1178801
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post #677 of 861
7/22/10 at 8:35am
I agree with the OP that good or great does not equate to beautiful.

My $.02


Whiter Shade of Pale, David Lanz version
I Tried to Leave You, Leonard Cohen Live
Heaven, Bryan Adams
I've Got Dreams to Remember, Delbert McClinton
Bang the Drum Slowly, Emmy Lou Harris
Tennesee Waltz, Emmy Lou Harris
Poncho and Lefty, Emmy Lou Harris (I could probably list a dozen of her songs)
Suddenly Last Summer, The Motels
The Flame, Cheap Trick
The Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
Get Together, The Youngbloods
Piano in the Dark, Brenda Russell
Stop Running Away, Brenda Russell
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post #678 of 861
7/22/10 at 1:46pm
Here's a couple of other very pretty pieces. They don't really have the emotional impact of Pachabel's Canon or Barber's Adagio or Elgar's Cello Concerto. But they are very nice.





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post #679 of 861
7/26/10 at 7:23pm
Lara Fabian - Caruso(live)
Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partiro
Kenny G - Going Home
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post #680 of 861
7/27/10 at 6:48pm
Been revisiting Cocteau Twins music lately. I'm sure there's gotta be at least a dozen songs worthy of inclusion here, maybe even redefining the category, actually. But where to begin....
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post #681 of 861
7/30/10 at 5:04am
For a couple of years, I've been trying to find out who did a certain song.

It would fit into this category as beautiful IMHO.

It was done at least ten years ago. It featured two male voices, who, if I remember right, were stars in their own right, maybe even lead singers from two different rock/pop groups. Their harmony was stunning. They agreed to get together and the result was beautiful. I believe it was a love song and rather slow paced.

That's all I remember.

If you can help, I will be grateful. Better yet, the person who names the song for me, will get the DVD or CD of your choice from my collection of disks I do not like. There are some very popular ones in the collection that are just not me.

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post #682 of 861
7/30/10 at 5:52am
^^^^
Bing Crosby and David Bowie doing The Little Drummer Boy?
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post #683 of 861
7/30/10 at 10:36am
Under Pressure - Bowie & Freddie Mercury

Popped into my head since the previous poster mentioned Bowie. I'm sure there must be others, but drawing a blank at the moment..
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post #684 of 861
7/30/10 at 3:59pm
Not quite, but thanks to both

More mellow then Mercury, for sure.

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post #685 of 861
7/30/10 at 7:38pm
Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Simon & Garfunkel

I used to listen to their Greatest Hits cassette nearly every night in my adolescence; this ended the first side, and I would almost always fall asleep while it played.

Absolutely beautiful recording.

I would also put Mary Chapin-Carpenter's "In My Heaven" from Between Here and Gone on a short list in this topic, as well as her "10,000 Miles" (from Fly Away Home).
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post #686 of 861
8/2/10 at 7:27pm
"Under Pressure" by David Bowie and Queen does come to mind first from your description, but I guess you already said that wasn't it. How about "Ebony & Ivory" by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder? Much older than 10 years ago and not really a love song, but I can't think of many love songs performed by a male duet.



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Originally Posted by ROSSO Z View Post

For a couple of years, I've been trying to find out who did a certain song.

It would fit into this category as beautiful IMHO.

It was done at least ten years ago. It featured two male voices, who, if I remember right, were stars in their own right, maybe even lead singers from two different rock/pop groups. Their harmony was stunning. They agreed to get together and the result was beautiful. I believe it was a love song and rather slow paced.

That's all I remember.

If you can help, I will be grateful. Better yet, the person who names the song for me, will get the DVD or CD of your choice from my collection of disks I do not like. There are some very popular ones in the collection that are just not me.

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post #687 of 861
8/2/10 at 9:00pm
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Originally Posted by ROSSO Z View Post

For a couple of years, I've been trying to find out who did a certain song.

It would fit into this category as beautiful IMHO.

It was done at least ten years ago. It featured two male voices, who, if I remember right, were stars in their own right, maybe even lead singers from two different rock/pop groups. Their harmony was stunning. They agreed to get together and the result was beautiful. I believe it was a love song and rather slow paced.

That's all I remember.

If you can help, I will be grateful. Better yet, the person who names the song for me, will get the DVD or CD of your choice from my collection of disks I do not like. There are some very popular ones in the collection that are just not me.


Members of the same band but is the song you are thinking of "More Then Words" from Extreme?
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post #688 of 861
8/2/10 at 11:28pm
Phil Collins and Philip Bailey Easy Lover? Think it was done in the 80s though so maybe older than the one you seek.
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post #689 of 861
8/3/10 at 10:24am
ROSSO Z, take a peek at THIS list and see if any of them rings a bell.

Perhaps it's that Chris Martin (of Coldplay) duet, #44 on the list of Top 50 Duets.
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post #690 of 861
8/3/10 at 1:10pm
It's not that song that Sting did with that little guy is it? Desert Rose?
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