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Ask HN: What's the most beautiful song or album you've ever listened to
What is the most beautiful album/song you've ever listened to?
- nikivi 6y agoListening to this now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRIfsFefatg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRIfsFefatg Medieval style is rather beautiful.
- moonfleet 6y agoThis video popped in my recommendations just a couple of days ago. A welcome surprise. It made me think about how music changed since the medieval ages, not in terms of technology, but in terms of composition, rules and etc. And I haven't yet come to any definitive understanding. Maybe because I don't know the first thing about music theory.
- tjr 6y agohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yscm61p5eyA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yscm61p5eyA
- dvtrn 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDWAc61Lx4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDWAc61Lx4 One of the only songs where I prefer the live version to original studio
- knopkop_ 6y agoAn Armenian chellist playing Paganini's Variations on a theme from Moses in Egypt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g00bVs0zBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g00bVs0zBg
- CSSer 6y agoThis might seem like a cliché answer, at least because this is not what I typically listen to on a normal basis, but for an album I'd Pink Floyd's The Wall. I think it has a certain degree of universal appeal. It has really aged extraordinarily well. If you are ever given the opportunity to listen to it on an any type of hifi system, do so. You'll find layers of eery texture and masterful use of stero dynamics. As a cherry on top, the album forms a perfect loop. As for a song, Aphex Twin's Avril 14th. I love that you can hear the action of the piano in the track. It was recorded with a kind of player piano that makes it sound very mechanical, but it still has a somewhat organic feel to it. It's very quaint yet oddly contemporary.
- thorin 6y agoAlthough I've listened to it a lot I wouldn't really describe the wall as beautiful, it's quite jarring in places. Comfortably numb is kind of beautiful. I'd choose dark side of the moon or wish you were here as beautiful though.
- CSSer 6y agoThat’s fair. I really like the contrast. Dark side of the moon is nice, but it’s always left me wanting more.
- thorin 6y agoNot to sound condescending, I found I grew out of The Wall, I think because it deals a lot with issues from childhood and rebelliousness. The themes of Animals (politics and how we relate to each other), Dark Side of the Moon ( sanity, the meaning of life and life after death) and Wish You Were Here (sanity, conformity) seem more relevant at the moment. Roger water obviously has this rebellious energy and anger where as Dave Gilmour is more reflective and creates beautiful art but without the same kind of passion. At the right time and with Richard and Nick, they made such a perfect combination.
- logicslave 6y agoEine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy2zDJPIgwc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy2zDJPIgwc My favorite piece of all time. It encapsulates what I want to feel about life
- ai_ia 6y agoThe ballad of Cleopatra by Lumineers.
- fourbytes 6y agoDisintegration - The Cure
- infradig 6y agoHere's a few of my faves: Bob Dylan (Love Minus Zero/No Limit) https://youtu.be/ufbHfGU7WxA?list=LLlpi7Iw6jy-mv42RGAAiFVA https://youtu.be/ufbHfGU7WxA?list=LLlpi7Iw6jy-mv42RGAAiFVA Sekret Sekret (New King Jack) https://youtu.be/DyoHMZo7uGA https://youtu.be/DyoHMZo7uGA Steve Winwood (Can't Find My Way Home) https://youtu.be/eoSn2Y-b6wI https://youtu.be/eoSn2Y-b6wI Traffic (Dear Mr Fantasy) https://youtu.be/pSQ1akE2CcM https://youtu.be/pSQ1akE2CcM Joe Strummer (Johnny Appleseed) https://youtu.be/4IbMiqIdeME https://youtu.be/4IbMiqIdeME
- o4tuna 6y agoGeorge Winston’s Autumn
- DrScump 6y agoIn preference over December?
- ioncube 6y agoRobert Miles - Remember Robert Miles
- el_dev_hell 6y agoMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
- DrScump 6y agoAlbum: The Pat Metheny Group (called the "white album" because of its plain white cover with just the four names of the players). Side one of the LP was just "San Lorenzo" and "Phase Dance". The former still gives me chills, 40 years later. Song: Wildflower, by Skylark (fun fact: David Foster was a member). Here[0] is a live version. Here[1] is the background story. Honorable mention: Hoptsoi, by the Finnish group Värttinä. OMG, the strings. [2] [0] https://youtu.be/2zPWlOXwnGo https://youtu.be/2zPWlOXwnGo [1] https://www.songfacts.com/facts/skylark/wildflower https://www.songfacts.com/facts/skylark/wildflower [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXn_J8-q2g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXn_J8-q2g
- DrScump 6y agoOkay, one more: "Calypso", Suzanne Vega: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhJIZZcNQPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhJIZZcNQPA Steely Dan's "Home at Last" is another interesting turn on Odysseus.
- medialucky20 6y agoI love Mary Bessi voice. I listen to them even today
- rtcoms 6y agoTime without consequences - Alexi Murdoch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3QJ4brLYZQ&list=PL04432CD8C7C0A83A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3QJ4brLYZQ&list=PL04432CD8C...
- davidajackson 6y agoAll of Art Tatum's music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke2_qob16ls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke2_qob16ls Check out this reharmonization/improv on Chopin. The guy was basically blind, hence the insane awareness of where the keys were.
- quickthrower2 6y agoTubular Bells the original version
- yesenadam 6y agoMahler - Symphony No. 5 Adagietto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75YmlDR92UQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75YmlDR92UQ Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3W_alUuFkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3W_alUuFkA Those were the two that immediately came to mind, then: Barber - Adagio for Strings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKrxPTePXEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKrxPTePXEQ Miles - Concierto De Aranjuez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cscpJisU6k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cscpJisU6k - In a Silent Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdBONxS-Es https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdBONxS-Es Keith Jarrett - Visions (48 seconds long) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDujecndByY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDujecndByY - Interlude No. 3 (1 minute 17) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us0EU-yXAlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us0EU-yXAlg - Sympathy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQLTuyIHAMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQLTuyIHAMc KJ's American Quartet - Still Life, Still Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiVg5cSug3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiVg5cSug3k Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings R. Strauss' Four Last Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs0vSC9DUhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs0vSC9DUhU Most beautiful album is I guess Keith's solo piano Facing You. Doesn't seem to be on youtube at the moment. This is one track from it, Ritooria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVpDWxoFGP4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVpDWxoFGP4