Brilliant gentle/fragile music - recommendations

[EddyBlack]

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus

 

[EddyBlack]

Both brilliant and fragile.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QPle-tXgMFU

 

[dada]

cat power - the greatest

 

[May Kasahara]

Pigeonhed - Salome (off their self-titled debut). Brilliantly, spookily evocative.

Or if you want something more straight-up beautiful, Her (off same album) is just gorgeous

 

[SpookyFrank]

Talking heads- Heaven:

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

there are some very beautiful gentle songs on ray lamontagne's albums
try........ empty

i do love that man

 

[ska invita]

Both brilliant and fragile.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QPle-tXgMFU

Not really what I was thinking, but thanks for the link - never seen live footage of Dennis Brown... Thats someone I would looove to have seen live - the greatest reggae singer of all time? maybe

 

[EddyBlack]

Possibly, he could sing all day.

I only seen it on Urban 75. He's good like.

This is a Bob Marley song:

 

[albionism]

Cranes: Wings of Joy

 

[albionism]

This Must be the Place.. Talking Heads. Beyond beautiful

 

[albionism]

Haunt Me by Arab Strap.

 

[DotCommunist]

- or Tales of Las Negras, but I couldn't find a clip of that

beautiful

 

[The_Reverend_M]

Sufjan Stevens. Quite a few bits.

 

[rhod]

Brian Eno's Apollo album works well for me when I'm in that mood:

Good Call - I would also recommend another album of his; "Ambient 4:On Land". An album that is both very intimate, and yet impossible to fathom. Still sounds incredible 25 years after it came out.

Another couple of gems worth investigating would be "Alchemy" and "Gone to Earth" by David Sylvian

For a bit of a giggle, you could check out some of the Rockabye Baby collections, featuring lullaby renditions of songs by The Cure, ACDC, Beatles, Bob Marley, Metallica and many others. Many of the versions are pretty bland plinky-plonky stuff, but some tracks are quite touching.

 

[jbob]

Almost any Harold Budd! I particularly like The White Arcades, The Avalon Sutra and The Pearl.

Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert; The Melody at Night With You.

Xela - The Dead Sea

Vincent Gallo - When

 

[mapatchli]

Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah

 

[jbob]

You had to go and spoil it, dinchya?

 

[MysteryGuest]

Oh yes, been trying to remember... finally got there. Stars of the Lids' erstwhile lable mates Pan American. Their 'Quite City' CD has a really nice intimate late night/early hours of the morning feel to it.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Anything by Vini.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGvzjmUs8Y&feature=related

 

[Firky]

Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah

Urgh!

 

[cesare]

Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah

I never understand why some people prefer the Buckley version to Nick Cave's

 

[Orang Utan]

Brian Eno & John Cale - Spinning Away

 

[Firky]

I never understand why some people prefer the Buckley version to Nick Cave's

The falsetto voice, man, it's so moving.

 

[cesare]

The falsetto voice, man, it's so moving.

Cave's version is ace though

 

[Firky]

Everything Nick Cave does is ace. He's nearly as good as me.

 

[Orang Utan]

The falsetto voice, man, it's so moving.

It's horridious

 

[jbob]

True. He's alt rock's Mariah Carey. Loada shrieking and-a-warbling.

Moving onto finer things: John Martyn - Solid Air

 

[Firky]

It's horridious

It certainly is, you legend.

 

[gabi]

Mojave 3 - Life in Art

Beautiful.

Wendy gets high for the 2nd show
I watch her dance and I watch her flow
For a dollar
She dreams of Vegas and the desert trips
Where she can dance and she can make
A lot of money

She left her home in a pick-up truck
Left her husband when he beat her up
And now she works all night
But the Kansas wind won't freeze
Her heart
No the rain just rolls right off her back
She's gonna be alright

Just tell me about the boulevards
Tell me about your life in art
Yeah tell me about the boulevards
Cos Europe always seemed so far

You look so young and your talk so old
Lighten up babe I might just take you
Home if you're lucky

You read some books and they
Broke your heart
But you don't know
One thing about life
Your just a pretty boy
And those bums on the corner will take your time
Sell you their stories for a nickel
And a dime
You could learn something
And she stares so hard a those neon lights
I swear to god she's gonna bust them up
She's gonna bust them up

Just tell me about the boulevards
Tell me about your life in art
Yeah tell me about the boulevards
Cos Europe always seemed so far

She laughs as she lights
A cigarette
Throws her arms around my neck
She says I'll kill you just for trying
Cos you don't even have the money
Just buy me a drink and we'll call
It quits

 

[Citizen66]

Erik Satie Gnossienne 1



Brian Eno music for airports 1



Both gentle, fragile and brilliant