As you open this thread i put a gun to your head and tell you to look at the clock. You have exactly 2 minutes to think of the song you consider the most beautiful of all time. There is no Q&A available, I simply repeat the question and state that no answer in 2 minutes will result in a bullet in your forehead.

There is no wrong answer, but any answer i consider a wiseass answer (very, very rare at FOFC, I assure you) results in not only your death but the killing of every living relative of yours.

Name me your song.

Handel's Messiah.

Here, There, and Everywhere

Here's Where the Story Ends by The Sundays. A long-time personal favorite and the best I can come up with in short notice.

Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

Canon in D - Pachelbel.

Ode to Joy.

Canon in D - Pachelbel.

Or this.

"La mamma morta" - Vittorio Giordano, most famously sung by Maria Callas, featured on the "Philadelphia" sound track (the Tom Hanks movie)

"One Way" - Larry Norman - hey, you only gave me 2 minutes!

Something - George Harrison

Frank Sinatra called this the greatest love song ever written, and I'm not inclined to disagree.

Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2

OK, I hate 80s music in general. And I am not a pop music person at all. AND I don't even know who sings it. But there is one song thats so sappy but gets me everytime:

Glory of Love from the Karate Kid movies.

I am a sap at heart though, so I guess its fitting.

The one that came to mind in second 119 was...

dido-thank you...

why, I have no clue..

Ave Maria

what a wonderful world - great satchmo

imagine - john lennon
pachebel's canon

I was going to say "Your Song" until I saw "Imagine" listed. I have to go with "Imagine".

OK, I hate 80s music in general. And I am not a pop music person at all. AND I don't even know who sings it. But there is one song thats so sappy but gets me everytime:

Glory of Love from the Karate Kid movies.

I am a sap at heart though, so I guess its fitting.

That's Peter Cetera of Chicago fame.


I am a man who will fight for your honor,
I'll be the hero you've been dreamin' of... ;)

Coldplay......yellow

Needle and the Damage Done

I stick with my original answer, but also want to throw a shout out to Amazing Grace.

The Sundays cover of Wild Horses

imagine - john lennon
pachebel's canon

yup.

"Spring Yaounde" by the Wynton Marsalis Septet

"Hallelujah" written by Leonard Cohen.

Britten's Nocturne

Jeff Buckley-Last Goodbye

"Love, Me" - Collin Raye

Prince: Sometimes It Snows in April

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y3CHcX83LiE

my first thought was ZZ Top's Alseep in the Desert, and I'll stick with that over Moonlight Sonata

Hunted by a Freak -- Mogwai

I'm serious (pay no mind to the song's title): everytime the song starts, I have to stop what I'm doing and listen to it, mesmerized.

Nessun Dorma from Turandot

"Love, Me" - Collin Raye

Wow. Why didn't this pop into my head?

O' Holy Night.

I've been trying to cheat and come up with a sophisticated answer.

But the first think that popped into my head when I read this was:

"Skin" Rascal Flatts

Imagine is a tough one to beat, tbh.

But until I saw that, I was thinking Angels by Robbie Williams or Perfect Day by Lou Reed

"Hallelujah" written by Leonard Cohen.

eh reminds me I like Famous Blue Raincoat by L Cohen. Definitely up there. Sticking with my answer, though.

dola

A couple of honorable mentions since 2 minutes and a gun to my head didn't produce the most rational of answers (but I'll stand by it because I death sucks).

"O Mio Babbino Caro" from "Gianni Schicchi" by Giacomo Puccini
"Nella Fantasia" by Chiara Ferrau (based off of work by Ennio Morricone)

How Soon is Now? - Smiths

Preyed Upon--Titania Tikaram I'm sure the name is mispelled, but I don't have the cassette with me right now.

Valentine by Willie Nelson is a close second.

OK, I was put on gunpoint again - this time it's U2 - "With or without you".

In My Life - The Beatles

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Ode to Joy

Ghost Love Score - Nightwish

O' Holy Night.

this one also occurred to me...

probably becuase i've only heard it like 30 times in the last 2 weeks.

I died, but my spirit likes Imagine and Pachabel.

I stick with my original answer, but also want to throw a shout out to Amazing Grace.

this is my pick

Nessun Dorma from Turandot


That's a good one too.

Wild Is the Wind -- David Bowie

FreeBird...

:D

Boom!

I'm long dead, but I'm changing my answer to Simon and Garfunkel singing Bridge Over Troubled Water.

I could list 7 or 8 other songs by them that are potentially worthy, Old Friends, America, Homeward Bound, April Come She Will, 59th Street Bridge Song, and probalby a lot of other ones if I pulled out the ipod and went through it.

'River' - Joni Mitchell

At the 1 minute 47 second mark I choose "Amazing Grace".

Visions - Stevie Wonder

O Holy Night

November Rain ... I'm not necessarily proud of that answer, but it was the first song that popped into my head.

Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan

"Most Beautiful" by Frente, duh

But seriously, I would say...hmm..."Beginning the World" by the Innocence Mission.

If I had a second choice it would be the Kronos Quartet version of Barber's Adagio for Strings.

Beatles - In My Life, and Barber's Adagio for Strings are good calls.

Surprised that no one's picked Ralph Vaughn Williams, Fanatasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis--that one gives me chills.

my answer, fwiw, is "If I Fell" by the Beatles. I created a self-imposed time limit when answering an annoyingly long 50 questions type thing from a friend, and some music question in there triggered me to think about this... that was the song that sprung to mind. i might have a different answer in an hour, but that was my honest gut reaction.

Coldplay - Clocks

I Could Have Lied by RCHP

Jimmy Eat World, "On a Sunday"

Claire de Lune

I'm torn between a few, but Pachelbel's Cannon in D was the winner.

Leia's Theme from the original Star Wars soundtrack by John Williams...


surely not the best I could come up with, but sheesh, two minutes? a frikkin gun? how 'm I s'posed ta concentrate?

I presumeably saved my life with my earlier answer, but I'd like to throw out a few quirky honorable mentions, with songs that some others might not consider, or even be familiar with:
Tool - 10000 Days (Wings Pt 2)
Dream Theater - Disappear
Little Wing - as performed by Stevie Ray Vaughn
Duran Duran - Ordinary World

...Simon and Garfunkel...

yup, lotta great material from those guys, Radii.