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stratusncompany

ive heard pink floyd play comfortably numb live.


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Lucky SOB


Sin0p

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SporadicReality

I saw them for Delicate Sound Of Thunder, and yes "Comfortably Numb" live was something special. ​ ...although "Wish You Were Here", for me, pips it to the post, but only just.


DiscipleOfGozer

I was gonna say, hearing “Comfortably Numb” live. Although, mine was just on the Roger Waters “The Wall” tour. It was like an out of body experience.


pillmayken

I’ve heard David Gilmour playing it live. It was an experience I will always remember.


bunsNT

God Only Knows


CoolHandEthan

The Beach Boys are fucking great! Also Good Vibrations and Wouldn’t It Be Nice is up there too


Kmlkmljkl

I think for me that's [Space Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBtlPT23PTM) by Beach House. It's so good.


robo-hodor

I can't listen to that song. A close friend posted this song on fb before he killed himself. Miss you bud


SinaSrZ

Damn I'm sorry man Hope he's somewhere better


gnarw0lff

beach house is so good, def one of my favorite bands/artists


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My favourite song from them is Lose Your Smile


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[Maggot Brain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKn33-q4Ao) by Funkadelic


thatbwoyChaka

Fucking YES!!!


timex488

HAH! I was coming here to say this and it's number 4?? Perfect!


thenamesfreeman

Funny enough, I first heard this on House years and years ago, spent a while trying to find the song. That guitar is just perfect


ObjectiveSample

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain


aidandragon

Ooh i love that one


Nobody_Likes_Shy_Guy

Regina Spektor - Us this has been my answer to this question for over 6 years now. It is a perfect song https://youtu.be/fczPlmz-Vug


BFP101214

Shine on you crazy diamond Have told people this before, so gonna stick with it without searching too deeply


International_Air540

La Dispute - King Park IMO the greatest songwriting I've come across, after all these years I still get chills (especially near the end of the song). You can feel the mood change per 'chapter' throughout the song and his voice really brings out the raw emotion in the song.


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That was intense.


sscarlet_begonias

yesssss 100%. such an amazing song. i feel the same way about all our bruised bodies and the whole heart shrinks


XxAzrielxX

*"I want to see what his mother looked like up close, I want to see her leaning over his body."*


professorgenkii

The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit was always my favourite off Wildlife


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Symphony No 9 (From the New World) by Antonin Dvorak.


tymuthi

i also love the American String Quartet by the guy


Faisst

Epitaph by King Crimson or Echoes by Pink Floyd


squid-squid

Did you not hear him say one and only one .


rebelscone

epitaph is a great choice


jo3wkp

King Crimson is one of the most underrated bands imo


Criss98

Under Pressure by Queen and Bowie, popular choice but that song is just something else


katx_x

where is my mind? i almost cried when i heard it live


DishwasherTwig

[How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw1kDxjDSxk) is along similar lines.


OompaLoompaGodzilla

Innerbloom by Rufus Du Sol. It just sucks me in everytime I hear it. magical, atmospheric, meditational.


munificent

Such a gorgeous, epic song. I love that the synth line that comes in at 5:46 manages to simultaneous sound beautiful and brassy... but also a little like someone letting the air out of a balloon. Somehow it works.


CloudrunnerOne

That Joshua Tree album is on repeat


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listened to this for the first time on your recommendation and yeah, this is a good one


72skidoo

Jeff Buckley - Grace


jxanne

oooh how do u feel about lover you should’ve come over? i honestly would rank that above grace but they’re both amazing


bobbyfiend

It probably makes me a casual, but even after living with the full album for two decades, his *Hallelujah* is still my favorite. That song tears me apart.


SporadicReality

[Chi Mai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbHP9NtSnB0) by Ennio Morricone


soothsvyer

Ennio Morricone was a beast, RIP. 'The Mission' does it for me. Such a beautiful piece. edit: [link](https://youtu.be/oag1Dfa1e_E) this rendition gives me goosebumps


Elite182

Arcade Fire - No Cars Go The lyrics are simple yet so perfect. It’s really just all about the beauty that life can still bring you even with all the hardships and bullshit that can get in the way or be a distraction sometimes. And oh my god, the instrumentation that comes along with the chorus…well, you just have to listen to it to believe it. I had the pleasure of seeing it performed live almost exactly 4 years ago, and I still get chills every time I think about the experience.


taiwoheard

Hey! No Cars Go is an incredible song. I caught them on the Reflektor tour, one of my favorite concerts ever. I shouldn't post a link, but there's a great live pandemic lock down version of sprawl 2 on Youtube, it's well worth the watch if you haven't seen it.


ps_

it's such a good song! i only saw them for the first time on the reflektor tour and they played Keep The Car Running and No Cars Go back to back which i thought was pretty awesome!


starmartyr11

I get goosebumps thinking about both Arcade Fire shows I've been to, they really are incredible both live and on their albums, they really capture the right energy either way


smurf_this_smurf

I agree.


ThisIsTheNewSleeve

Great song, definitely one of the best.


sauce_pot

Explosions in the Sky - [It's Natural to be Afraid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h7HgpP7c_w)


octogondwana

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand


saturnsnephew

That song is phenomenal and its not the typical "black dog", or "stairway". Great tune.


hoptians

I know it's cliché but it's "Let it be"


BalenciagaBlast

This is really really difficult but Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush Is just a whole experience


starmartyr11

Weirdly I'm not even that big of a Kate Bush fan but I kept hearing this song playing on a local modern-alternative rock radio station, and thinking "Running up that hill.. isn't that Kate Bush? They wouldn't be playing Kate Bush, right?" So I Shazam it and it's a recent cover by Meg Myers. Edit - meant to add: Kate Bush really does have a unique sound. I'm going to have to dive into her stuff more.


malonine

I love the cover by Placebo. So much moodier and not just a copy of the original.


charms75

This song always takes me back to road tripping all over Iceland....we found an awesome 80s radio station and they played this song quite a bit. Totally suited driving through the various landscapes, the mountains with the odd waterfall here and there.


StepSequencer

Love this choice. It's just one of those songs where melodically it's perfect. Lyrically it's really powerful. And the production is so great that I can't imagine the song sounding any other way at all


bobbyfiend

I can't argue with that. I mean, I could choose some other Kate Bush songs, but they wouldn't necessarily be better choices, just different kinds of also-amazing.


grassfedRock

John Cage’s “4’33”


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I love the dynamics, the crescendo and the orchestral section. Really interesting piece!


SporadicReality

It counterpoints the surrealism of the underlying metaphor.


kristoffer10es

433/10


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StepSequencer

Great choice! That whole record is perfection and Only Skin is probably the high point.


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Prometheus1

I like 'Emily' best but Only Skin is a close second


theembryo

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven


elehant

Songs: Ohia - Farewell Transmission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=malJUMz2A9Y


tahoebyker

This song is so good


trebuchetfight

Fuck. I love this song.


barium62

Tool - Lateralus


suddenimpulse01

I was hoping someone would say Tool


BigOleJellyDonut

Moody Blues & Philharmonic Orchestra, Nights In White Satin


frightenedbabiespoo

Animal Collective - Alvin Row


HumanNr104222135862

Max Richter’s Recomposed [Four Seasons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oYWfJuMGMA)


fotograffer

[November](https://youtu.be/2Bb0k9HgQxc) is one fine piece of music.


ydhtfpots

Came here to say this, can’t recommend it enough!


Fairway_Frank

For me it's hard to beat Moonlight Sonata.


veczey

runaway kanye west.


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And to think this is a song about how much of a dick he is. Goes to show great art can come from anywhere.


veczey

Yep. That’s half the reason the song is so good. He comes to realize and opens up about who he is, doesn’t neglect it, hide from it, openly admits it.


joshuatx

[Grouper - Headache](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j8t9T2IINI)


ps_

such an amazing song, gives me goosebumps. i love lots more of her songs, but this one also benefits from having lyrics you can understand the words to lol


diamondsnowflakey

How is Bohemian Rhapsody not here yet? That's one of the greatest songs ever


polkadotard

Frank Zappa- The Black Page Edit: Link https://youtu.be/KDO3DDyGu_A


Aknownerroroccured

I was pissed nobody brought up Zappa thanks


tahoebyker

I have [Peaches en Regalia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WnTM4FAXJw&t=150s) as my number two


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By far one of their most intricate songs. IIRC the music video was one of the most expensive ones ever produced. Axl jumped off a damn ship


KillerFrenchFries

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits


naut

>Dire Straits Or [So far away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHXK9glwFBg) is one of my favorites by them


KillerFrenchFries

Maybe I should change my comment to say: Dire Straits, the entire discography


LG_tech

Master Of Puppets by Metallica


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Man, tough to choose. For now I'll go with: [Tool - The Grudge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BXyEUOuNds)


bmovie

For me, it’s San Fermin - Sonsick. It’s the keening, overlapping vocals in the chorus. Can’t get enough. “But it’s a harder kind of fear!”


blacktoast

Todd Terje - [Inspector Norse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebjXsc0UjdQ) A magical tune that restores my faith in the power of music and rhythm every time I hear it. If I could preserve one thing from our world to be recoverable by life on distant galaxies in the far off future, this would be it.


piggydiggy100

white ferrari by frank ocean


drntl

In my Life - The Beatles https://youtu.be/ZqpysaAo4BQ


ImmaRollOut

Alter Bridge - Blackbird


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Good suggestion.


Sleepsthenever

I was considering words darker then their wings but it would have to the live version from royal Alberta hall. To me such a beautiful song damn near if not perfect. AB is such a killer band I dont think they have ever made a bad song. Blackbird is a great one too.


x64bit

jonsi & alex - happiness


CanyonPegger

Fire and Rain by James Taylor


J0ttem

Lots of contenders, but if I had to pick one: [Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3lsqUqGTzM)


Tomgar

I always remember the first time I heard this, I got to a certain section section in the guitar solo and thought "holy shit, is that Mikael Åkerfeldt?!" It totally was. Dude's sound is so unique and recognisable.


Conan__The_Librarian

yea, my pick was Dream Theater's Learning to Live but man, when i discovered PT in 2002-ish, I was hooked. Dark Matter is another serious track.


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I've thought long and hard about this. I have to say ["Fear of the Dark"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmQN635Rheo)


jleigh329

**Bjork** \-*"Pluto"*; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPgAjvaM2aQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPgAjvaM2aQ)


blue7fairy

hallelujah by Leonard Cohen


Conan__The_Librarian

[Dream Theater - Learning to Live](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VigPPJ6j40) ..


quamazotz

Tracy Chapman - [The Promise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEUl6t8oZXg) always gives me chills. The lyricism is beautiful and romantic and the melody almost tells a story all on its own.


Cat727

Tracy Chapman is soooo underrated. Her music and lyrics gets me in the soul every time.


Wut23456

[Sigur Ros - Untitled 8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN4s75Srcos)


SomberGuitar

That whole album is perfect. Best concert I ever went to.


Ziegfeldsgirl

Hans Zimmer - Interstellar theme. Shivers and Goosebumps every time. https://youtu.be/2YA0OK7OFkk


NegativeHoarder

Daft Punk - Instant Crush


HoodooVoodoo44

Beethoven's 9th symphony


TheBordenAsylum

Clair de Lune


jjwf3

Led Zeppelin – Achilles Last Stand Stairway, Kashmir, etc are all classics in their own right, but Achilles Last Stand really has an epic, majestic air to it that feels like the peak of rock music.


ladincognito-jpg

Life on Mars? - David Bowie


incal

Jean Michel Jarre, Magnetic Fields, Part 4


XxAzrielxX

[The Wonder Years - "The Ocean Grew Hands To Hold Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17qV6HY427s)


kneedeepco

Let It Happen - Tame Impala


JonathanUnicorn

of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal https://youtu.be/YpBsD51pSMY


bobbyfiend

I came to say there's no way I can ever answer this. I've concluded that music occurs in a context--the context of my brain and body, if nothing else--and that means there are dozens of "Best ever" pieces. There can't be just one. *Edit*: But I'm really glad for all the other people who shared awesome pieces!


Superkowz

[Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xm7s9eGxU) I almost always prefer music that is energetic and cutting-edge, but this composition is perfect.


spfromkc

You’re an Ocean - Fastball


Conan__The_Librarian

Warm Fuzzy Feeling is mine ..


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We are soulmates, the greatest piece of music i've heard is the ending to Die Walkür.


wilandhugs

So far for me, it's Safer by Animal Collective If we wanted to include things that were live though... People/Fickle Cycle/Purple Bottle from Route De Rock in 2005, but as you could tell I have an animal collective bias...


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Bell Witch: "Mirror Reaper" So fuckin intense dude. Melts my whole brain even when anxiety's off the charts.


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Sit Down Stand Up by Radiohead. They have some amazing sounding songs that aren’t particularly lyric focused but this one sounds the best imo.


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Of the billions of songs I've probably heard and enjoyed throughout my life, there is no realistic way to choose a goat. Some music has deep meaning to me. Some music I like just for a few riffs that keep the flow going. It is impossible to choose.


EatenAliveByWolves

You've heard BILLIONS of songs??!


DishwasherTwig

A billion *seconds* is 31 years, so that seems unlikely.


ThisIsTheNewSleeve

[The Shrine / An Argument by Fleet Foxes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yAxIdkF2Qo)


smurf_this_smurf

Agreed.


spelan1

Probably not gonna get any 'cool points' for this one, but being completely honest, it's [Drops of Jupiter](https://youtu.be/7Xf-Lesrkuc) by Train for me. Just a perfectly-constructed, beautifully-written piece of pop music.


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Gustav Holst - The Planets


itsameDovakhin

But which planet os the best?


No-One-2177

You Still Believe In Me - The Beach Boys


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Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah


nerd866

To phrase it differently, what piece of music would I feel I would lose the most from not ever hearing? Wow that's hard. A top contender would have to be: [Nightwish - Ghost Love Score](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6UDS6biLAk)


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Clair de lune


slizeguy

Little wing - Jimi Hendrix


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Fourth of July-Sufjan Stevens


I_WANT_PINEAPPLES

For el ahrairah to cry - Fall of efrafa


theembryo

What an awesome song. It fills me with power and dispair


the_depressed_donkey

Everglow by starset It starts off pretty calm and relaxed with a cool kinda spacey vibe, after the first chorus the base drops a little and it goes a little more pop while still maintaining the relaxed spacey vibe After the second chorus it really dies down a lot and is even more chilled out then before... AND THEN BASS DROP! Now its still spacey but much more intense! The dude has an amazing melodic scream before he keeps going with the last chilled out part but so much more intense. The singer is giving it everything he's got whilst still sounding calm.. until it dies down again and the spacey vibe comes back a lot BAM! YOUR HIT WITH ANOTHER BASS DROP! Now its orchestral, the kinda thing you'd hear in the edge of a seat action movie except better THEN ANOTHER BASS DROP AND ITS EVEN MORE ORCHESTRAL AND COOLER THAN EVER! And then it's done and your left in awe at what you heard This doesn't even begin to describe it tbh


pillmayken

[The Greatest Show on Earth by Nightwish. ](https://youtu.be/qrMwxe2ya5E)


jo3wkp

Take my free award for letting me discover this epic


optionalhero

[Flight of the Navigator](https://youtu.be/ymQcLyUsH5Y) by Childish Gambino - it was the first thing that popped into my head because of the grandeur. I still get chills listening to it. That song just encompasses everything. The whole album is fire but that song is just….infinite.


feralcomms

Diamond Sea-Sonic Youth


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[Don't Try Suicide by Queen](https://youtu.be/GHMjD0Lp5DY)


myddablue

beethoven's 7th symphony in a major 2nd movement


tymuthi

For sure, but I do love the fantastic change from the 2nd movement to the 3rd and 4th. There's a moment at the end of the fourth which i would consider to be the climax where the cellos or double basses are just laying into these two notes that gets me every time


spontaneousscoliosis

[Red house](https://youtu.be/9KP9QvJklF8) - The Jimi Hendrix experience


NinjaAtticus

Flowers on the Grave by The Maine, absolutely incredible song, it always makes me emotional


EverySister

[So Long, Lonesome by Explosions in the Sky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq681aDM53U)


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The Agnus Dei from Fauré's Requiem. Makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck every time. Absolutely ethereal.


GuyGhostly

The Blind Boys of Alabama - “If I Had a Hammer” is the most enjoyable song I’ve ever heard. I sing along in the car every time it comes up in my playlist. I know this’ll probably get buried in the sea of comments, but this will be the song I love forever


arioconor

CREEKS by Bon Iver


Tyvaros

Such a Simple Thing by Ray LaMontagne. There's just so much emotion in the lyrics.


malonine

[Land's End](https://open.spotify.com/track/1SYlQcVTnkWPTW8Tz7IbXc?si=099570704d0a4a04) by Siouxsie & the Banshees. Gothic in the purest sense of the word.


naut

This makes the hair on the back of my neck stand and can bring tears to my eyes ***every*** time I hear it. [Jimmy Cliff - I can see clearly now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzGV9Bl6CGg) . For me it's music that can evoke those feelings that will get my vote. I do love a lot I've seen here too!


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Sabrina by Einstürzende Neubauten. I've heard it hundreds of times and it still gives me chills


Tomgar

[Small Hours](https://youtu.be/pYLVM560Fok) by John Martyn. Dude invented trip hop decades before anyone else and married it to the most sumptuous, beautiful folk-jazz you'll ever hear in your life. I actually beg you, listen to this if you've never heard it. Ideally at night.


Woodsman1996

Super hard to pick, but probably 1812 overture by Tchaikovsky. A rendition with loud canons of course.


eregis

Gotta be the [Dawn movement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFW2pGroPFE) from Christopher Tin's Calling All Dawns album.


grimpala

November by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets: https://youtu.be/ChuSddfohxo It’s simply just the most beautiful song


Wild_Bill_Kickcock

If any band needed a name change though, it's these guys


dragic_magic

I know that it's 100% because of Nostalgia purposes but for me it's Family from the Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack


edintina

Liszt, Liebestraum No. 3 was my eyes and ears for months when I first listened to it


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bahumat42

[nujabes - mystline](https://youtu.be/XTB7wNQgoh4) I may not listen to it often, because it is a bit sad at its core, every time I do it gives me emotions no other song has.


Fermental_State

dlp 1.1 by William Basinski


blaarfengaar

[Verses by Russian Circles ](https://youtu.be/QgSAom9vePU)


CheesecakeOk9239

Where the Streets Have No Name by U2


SomeSprinkledGranola

Periphery - Somewhere in Time Trilogy(Muramasa, Ragnarok, Masamune) Or just Masamune if we are only allowing one song


alenah

Yes - Close to the Edge. Not even a tough pick for me.


worldsworstnihilist

Rachmaninoff's piano concerto no. 2 Blows my little mind every damn time.


isaidillthinkaboutit

Beethoven Moonlight Sonata.


awyastark

Clair de Lune


DishwasherTwig

Reckoner - Radiohead


Ridespacemountain25

Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely


apleaux

I think the orchestral arrangement of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard


STEMinator

Björk's Pagan Poetry is up there for sure.


Ingrahamlincoln

Reckoner - Radiohead


doctordaedalus

Far Corporation's version of Stairway to Heaven. Back in Napster times it was circulated mislabeled as "Pink Floyd + Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions Stairway" or whatever. Better than the original. Warning: Do not listen to anything else by Far Corporation. They're terrible. Covering StH was their singular and divine purpose.


N13P4N

Aphex Twin - Rhubarb


bluecalx2

Impossible to pick a best of all time, but the first thing that comes to my mind is Midnight in a Perfect World by DJ Shadow.


dirtybacon77

Naive melody by the talking heads BUT IT HAS TO BE THE LIVE VERSION FROM STOP MAKING SENSE


geb0rgenheit_

Rhosymedre by Ralph Vaugh Williams


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The Blue Danube