S/O - Name a beautiful song about something other than love/lust/heartbreak

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What's Goin On? 4 non blondes

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Anonymous wrote:Billy Joel”s Goodnight Saigon

Also Allentown

Such a good song. I hadn't listened to it in years.

My favorite is New York State of Mind- That fact that he can make one homesick, and I'm not even from NY, speaks to the power of Billy Joel.

I recently started listening to my old Billy Joel albums again. I'd forgotten how much I used to love his music.
Speaking of Billy Joel and beautiful songs, Piano Man.

I recently rewatched 13 Going On 30 and sobbed when Vienna Waits for You plays while she's crying in the closet!

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Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of Gen Exers on this thread.

Ah, my peoples. A PP mentioned Dreams by The Cranberries. That song can instantly transport me back to 1993.

+1 LOVE the Cranberries.

+2 - listening to the CD a hundred times over in my dorm room. My poor roommate. (Not just for that, but that's another thread!)

They wrote the fart song, right?

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Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of Gen Exers on this thread.

Ah, my peoples. A PP mentioned Dreams by The Cranberries. That song can instantly transport me back to 1993.

+1 LOVE the Cranberries.

+2 - listening to the CD a hundred times over in my dorm room. My poor roommate. (Not just for that, but that's another thread!)

They wrote the fart song, right?

I don't know the fart song?

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Let it be

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So many Paul Simon songs. I'll limit myself to a few:

Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean
Rewrite
Cool Papa Bell

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Such a beautiful song. Sad, hopeful, human...

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Any political/protest song but this is the one that hits me the hardest.

Black boys on Mopeds

Sinead O'Connor

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And the Paul Simon mention above reminded me about One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor.

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Let The Mystery Be - it was the theme song to The Leftovers, so I guess it does have some heartbreak in it, but it's not heartbreak over romantic love. It's heartbreak over the fact of mortality. And it's a GORGEOUS song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlaoR5m4L80

Best line:
I believe in love and I live my life accordingly, but I choose to let the mystery be.

Natalie Merchant and David Byrne do a great cover.

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So Much Wine
The Handsome Family (and a great cover by Andrew Bird)

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The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert

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Anonymous wrote:Crash Test Dummies, Superman's Song
Blue Rodeo, Five Days in May
Collective Soul, The World I Know
Counting Crows, Rain King
Toto, Africa
REM, Losing my Religion

Wow, Blue Rodeo! I had a friend in college 30 years ago who introduced me to them - and I've never heard them mentioned by anyone else. Are you Canadian?

I am! I've seen them in concert a few times. "Try" is perhaps their best-known song and it's wonderful, but definitely about love.
And "We are lost together" is another beautiful one.

It's nice to see several Canadian artists' songs listed here. I don't think anyone has mentioned any by Neil Young but there are certainly some that fit into this category.

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“If I Had a Boat” - Lyle Lovett

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early morning breeze Dolly Parton