Simply Beautiful Songs

"We're All Alone," Boz Scaggs from Silk Degrees.
Denison U., Masters Weekend, April, 1977. Oh yeah.

 

We've all seen this before. I think the song fits here:

Praan - Gary Schyman, sung by Palbasha Siddique.

She was in high school when this was recorded.

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/23274364.html?page=1&c=y

 

But I'm sure Ledo brought the house down.

 

For IJAG, another REM song...

King of Birds

 

The Clapton song is "Tears in Heaven"

Excellent call by Xan bringing up "True Colors"

 

Lots of great songs mentioned on this thread and some I find pretty darn curious, different strokes I guess.

I wanted to add a couple more.

Linger - The Cranberries
Redemption Song (acoustic version) - Bob Marley
One Love - Bob Marley

 

chet, spot on with linger.

 

waltz no. 2 by elliot smith is so sad.

 

My wife and I had our first dance to this song. Love it.

 

Here's a clip from that tour:

 

Great call. A lot of his stuff would fit here. (And none of it is exactly cheery.)

 

Great call on John Denver, who also had two other songs that were simply beautiful -- For Bobby (also known as For Baby when it was performed by Peter, Paul and Marr) and Follow Me.