From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V7 #559 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Saturday, December 13 2008 Volume 07 : Number 559 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? [Tim Walters ] Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? [Tom Galczynski ] Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? [Prew Chris ] Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? ["glenn mcdonald" ] Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? [Richard Blatherwick ] Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? ["R. Kevin Doyle" ] Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? [treesprite@earthlink.net] Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? [Micah ] Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? ["Michael Mitton" ] Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? [Tim Walters Subject: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Steve H. has, at some point, nominated "Waterloo Sunset" as Most Beautiful Song ever. Not a bad choice at all. But today I realized that "O Caroline" (by Matching Mole, not Cheap Trick: ) is just a few millihelens more gorgeous. So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not to be confused with "best".) - -- Tim Walters | The Doubtful Palace | http://doubtfulpalace.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:21:46 -0500 From: "outbound-only email address" Subject: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Tim throws down a gauntlet: So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not to be confused with "best".) Without thinking too hard about what I mean by "beautiful," the first 3 things in my head (followed by dozens more, including some by Our Scott) were Better Things (The Kinks) Sweet Old World (Lucinda Williams) You Were Loved (The Crowd Scene) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:34:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Richard Blatherwick Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? I'll think more on this later, but 2 Scott songs spring instantly to mind; Regenisraen and Just Gone. Half of God Save the Clientele fits this category pretty well too. I guess soft tempos and aching vocals tend to be what my mind is instinctively drawn to - now I'll have to think of something beautifully grungey! outbound-only email address wrote: Tim throws down a gauntlet: So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not to be confused with "best".) Without thinking too hard about what I mean by "beautiful," the first 3 things in my head (followed by dozens more, including some by Our Scott) were Better Things (The Kinks) Sweet Old World (Lucinda Williams) You Were Loved (The Crowd Scene) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:30:21 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Sallitt Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? > So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not to be confused with "best".) "Blue Moon" by Big Star? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwxjt144-QI "Walk Away Renee" by the Left Banke? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW1xo-e4psM I'm sure I'm forgetting some epochal song. And I definitely don't know how to disconnect beauty from quality.... - Dan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:52:31 -0600 From: Tom Galczynski Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? "Find the River" REM Tom Galczynski tgalczynski@comcast.net - --------------------------------------- The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. -- PaulaPoundstone Tim Walters wrote: > Steve H. has, at some point, nominated "Waterloo Sunset" as Most > Beautiful Song ever. > > Not a bad choice at all. > > But today I realized that "O Caroline" (by Matching Mole, not Cheap > Trick: ) is just a few > millihelens more gorgeous. > > So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not to be confused with > "best".) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:27:39 -0600 From: Prew Chris Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Crap, I didn't even think about Regenisraen. Right at the top. Scotts' Beauty Ratio is extremely high -- Like a Girl Jesus, Where You Going Northern, One WIll be the HIghway, Motion of Ariel....its a long list. Chris On Dec 12, 2008, at 7:34 AM, Richard Blatherwick wrote: > I'll think more on this later, but 2 Scott songs spring instantly > to mind; Regenisraen and Just Gone. > > Half of God Save the Clientele fits this category pretty well too. I > guess soft tempos and aching vocals tend to be what my mind is > instinctively drawn to - now I'll have to think of something > beautifully grungey! > > outbound-only email address wrote: Tim > throws down a gauntlet: > So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not to be confused with > "best".) > > Without thinking too hard about what I mean by "beautiful," the first > 3 things in my head (followed by dozens more, including some by Our > Scott) were > > Better Things (The Kinks) > Sweet Old World (Lucinda Williams) > You Were Loved (The Crowd Scene) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:24:32 -0600 From: Prew Chris Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? When I think of beautiful, I usually think of "shoegaze".... God Only Knows - Beach Boys My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When Peter Murphy - Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater REM's untitled cut from "Green" Loud Family - Where they Walk Over St Therese or Way Too Helpful Sigur Ros - Untitled 3 from () Cocteau Twins - Carolines Fingers Chris On Dec 12, 2008, at 7:52 AM, Tom Galczynski wrote: > "Find the River" REM > > Tom Galczynski tgalczynski@comcast.net > --------------------------------------- > The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, > it's just sort of a tired feeling. -- PaulaPoundstone > > > > > Tim Walters wrote: >> Steve H. has, at some point, nominated "Waterloo Sunset" as Most >> Beautiful Song ever. >> >> Not a bad choice at all. >> >> But today I realized that "O Caroline" (by Matching Mole, not Cheap >> Trick: ) is just a few >> millihelens more gorgeous. >> >> So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not to be confused >> with "best".) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:21:20 -0500 From: "glenn mcdonald" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? The first few that occured to me:- Til Tuesday: Coming Up Close - - This Mortal Coil: Song to the Siren - - Massive Attack: Teardrop - - Peter Gabriel: Biko - - Not Drowning, Waving: Spark - - or just put the Low and Ida catalogs on shuffle... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:31:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Richard Blatherwick Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Now you've reminded me of 'Fall On Me'. - --- Tom Galczynski wrote: > "Find the River" REM > > Tom Galczynski tgalczynski@comcast.net > --------------------------------------- > The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes > are taken out, > it's just sort of a tired feeling. -- > PaulaPoundstone > > > > > Tim Walters wrote: > > Steve H. has, at some point, nominated "Waterloo > Sunset" as Most > > Beautiful Song ever. > > > > Not a bad choice at all. > > > > But today I realized that "O Caroline" (by > Matching Mole, not Cheap > > Trick: > ) is > just a few > > millihelens more gorgeous. > > > > So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not > to be confused with > > "best".) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:41:35 -0700 From: "Roger Winston" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? "Your Charms" (Cinerama) "Oh Janine" (Greenberry Woods) Latre. --Rog ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:44:56 -0800 From: "rslloyd" Subject: RE: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? The one that first occurred to me was "Naked As We Came" by Iron and Wine. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-loud-fans@smoe.org [mailto:owner-loud-fans@smoe.org] On > Behalf Of Tim Walters > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 2:14 AM > To: loud-fans@smoe.org > Subject: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? > > Steve H. has, at some point, nominated "Waterloo Sunset" as Most > Beautiful Song ever. > > Not a bad choice at all. > > But today I realized that "O Caroline" (by Matching Mole, not Cheap > Trick: ) is just a few > millihelens more gorgeous. > > So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not to be confused with > "best".) > > -- > > Tim Walters | The Doubtful Palace | http://doubtfulpalace.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:53:37 -1000 From: "R. Kevin Doyle" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? It stretches the boundaries of "beautiful" a little bit, but the first two songs that came to mind for me were "Unsatisfied" and "Little Mascara" by The Replacements. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:57:31 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Curley Subject: Fw: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Off the top of my head... Hung Up on a Dream - the Zombies Did I Say - Teenage Fanclub Hypnolovewheel - Home Alone Pale Saints - Thread of Light Mike - ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Tim Walters To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 2:14:22 AM Subject: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Steve H. has, at some point, nominated "Waterloo Sunset" as Most Beautiful Song ever. Not a bad choice at all. But today I realized that "O Caroline" (by Matching Mole, not Cheap Trick: ) is just a few millihelens more gorgeous. So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not to be confused with "best".) - -- Tim Walters | The Doubtful Palace | http://doubtfulpalace.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:48:16 -0800 (GMT-08:00) From: treesprite@earthlink.net Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Boy, "St. Therese" and "Inverness" are hard to beat in the Scott category. Maybe Sam Cooke's "Change Is Gonna Come" in the everybody else category? B ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:03:18 -0800 (PST) From: Micah Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? "Flowers of Guatemala" M. ________________________________ From: Richard Blatherwick To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 11:31:20 AM Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Now you've reminded me of 'Fall On Me'. - --- Tom Galczynski wrote: > "Find the River" REM > > Tom Galczynski tgalczynski@comcast.net > --------------------------------------- > The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes > are taken out, > it's just sort of a tired feeling. -- > PaulaPoundstone > > > > > Tim Walters wrote: > > Steve H. has, at some point, nominated "Waterloo > Sunset" as Most > > Beautiful Song ever. > > > > Not a bad choice at all. > > > > But today I realized that "O Caroline" (by > Matching Mole, not Cheap > > Trick: > ) is > just a few > > millihelens more gorgeous. > > > > So: fight. What's your most beautiful song? (Not > to be confused with > > "best".) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:07:18 -0800 From: "Michael Mitton" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Tomorrow's Taken -- Mojave 3 Blackwinged Bird -- Emm Gryner Almost anything from Ida's Will You Find Me The Lover's Hymn -- Ken Stringfellow It's Only Time -- Magnetic Fields Let Down -- Radiohead On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:24 AM, Prew Chris wrote: > When I think of beautiful, I usually think of "shoegaze".... > > God Only Knows - Beach Boys > My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When > Peter Murphy - Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem > Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater > REM's untitled cut from "Green" > Loud Family - Where they Walk Over St Therese or Way Too Helpful > Sigur Ros - Untitled 3 from () > Cocteau Twins - Carolines Fingers > > Chris > > > On Dec 12, 2008, at 7:52 AM, Tom Galczynski wrote: > >> "Find the River" REM >> >> Tom Galczynski tgalczynski@comcast.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:12:30 -0500 From: "Stewart Mason" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? It's a somewhat obvious answer, but I can't think of anything that beats "God Only Knows." S ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:38:16 -0500 From: "Aaron Milenski" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Grin's "Lost A Number" Or maybe that's saddest song. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:55:12 -1000 From: "R. Kevin Doyle" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Billy Bragg's "Greetings to the New Brunnette" and "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward" also have the sniff of beauty about them. I think I'm doing this wrong, though. I'm defining beauty as "has an emotional effect on me that is aesthetically successful" in this case. I can't deny, though, that "God Only Knows" also has this effect on me, but the effect isn't necessarily limited to slow-mid tempo songs with well written sentiments of love. For example, "One Of Must Know (Sooner or Later)" by Dylan has a definite emotional effect on me that nearly rips my heart out, but it doesn't really sound conventionally beautiful, you know? Eye of the beholde or whatr? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:55:40 -1000 From: "R. Kevin Doyle" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? (I'm pleased that I manager to drop the "r" from beholder and and it to "what" in that reply) On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:55 AM, R. Kevin Doyle wrote: > Billy Bragg's "Greetings to the New Brunnette" and "Waiting for the Great > Leap Forward" also have the sniff of beauty about them. I think I'm doing > this wrong, though. I'm defining beauty as "has an emotional effect on me > that is aesthetically successful" in this case. > > I can't deny, though, that "God Only Knows" also has this effect on me, but > the effect isn't necessarily limited to slow-mid tempo songs with well > written sentiments of love. > > For example, "One Of Must Know (Sooner or Later)" by Dylan has a definite > emotional effect on me that nearly rips my heart out, but it doesn't really > sound conventionally beautiful, you know? > > Eye of the beholde or whatr? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:20:48 -0500 From: Jenny Grover Subject: [loud-fans] most beautiful song Without thinking too hard or scanning my CD rack, "Perfect Circle" by R.E.M. springs to mind, followed closely by "Last Day That We're Young." Jen ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:41:02 -0500 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Most beautiful song? Yeah, I'm with everyone on St. Therese being a contender. Don't know why that didn't pop into my mind sooner. As for a "grungier" one, how about Fell on Black Days? Jen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:15:17 +0430 From: Francis J H Park Subject: Re: [loud-fans] most beautiful song I'm really glad Jenny mentioned "Last Day That We're Young." That's pretty close to top of my list. Other songs that come to mind - many for contextual reasons: Suddenly, Tammy!, "Snowman" Death Cab for Cutie, "What Sarah Said" The Innocence Mission, "Someday Coming" Jane Siberry, "The Walking (and constantly)" Thomas Dolby, "I Live In A Suitcase" Yo La Tengo, "Fog Over Frisco" And, while a little off the beaten path, pretty much any of Liz Story's covers of "Greensleeves." - -- Francis J. H. Park Bagram, Afghanistan http://tbolp.blogspot.com Jenny Grover wrote: > Without thinking too hard or scanning my CD rack, "Perfect Circle" by > R.E.M. springs to mind, followed closely by "Last Day That We're Young." > > Jen ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:50:37 -0500 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] most beautiful song Francis J H Park wrote: > And, while a little off the beaten path, pretty much any of Liz > Story's covers of "Greensleeves." Just the song Greensleeves itself is one of the most beautiful songs ever. Jen ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:13:08 -0800 From: "Brian Block" Subject: [loud-fans] Re: Most beautiful song? Shriekback, "Cradle Song" Jane Siberry, "One More Colour" Amy Rigby, "Don't Ever Change" Dar Williams, "After All" Mountain Goats, "Cotton" the Cure, "Plainsong" Low, "That's How You Sing Amazing Grace"

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