Thread: Looking for twisted yet beautiful songs!

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OK, I'm looking for non-background (not haunted house music) songs with a mix between twisted/dark/amazing/beautiful/pretty/emotional/haunting and preferably with a female singer with a nice voice like Emiliana Torrini or The Knife although it by no means has to be female. I don't know if this is the right place but I have this feeling I'm missing something but I don't know what it is yet.

My youtube favorites are here in case anybody wants more clarification of the kind of music I'm talking about. I thought a forum full of people who appreciate the coolest holiday of the year would be the best spot.

http://www.youtube.com/user/nothing980454?feature=mexp

Thanks guys! =)

Tried Nox Arcana ? here's a collaboration - blood of the Angel's, Michelle Belanger
http://noxarcana.com/angels.html

NA has a lot of great orchestral & some vocals..... ( "songs with a mix between twisted/dark/amazing/beautiful/pretty/emotional/haunting" )
http://noxarcana.com/music.html

I'm with Dark lord. Midnight Syndicate is another amazing group with that sort of music, also generally minus vocals, though.

Random thoughts, based on your youtube channel - some of these fit better than others:

YouTube - Karen Elson - The Birds They Circle

YouTube - Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks (Album Version)

Etienne & Moi - A Shower with Norman Bates

http://www.myspace.com/etienneetmoi/...bates-24683150

Lei-Pu-Lei - The Story Ends

http://www.myspace.com/leipulei/musi...-ends-14302052

Crappy lyrics but addictive song:

YouTube - Kerli - Walking On Air

YouTube - Kate Nash - Skeleton Song

YouTube - Jill Tracy - Evil Night Together

Kristy Kruger - Pride (can't find it online right now), so how about Dark Stranger

http://www.myspace.com/kristykruger/...anger-27029111

YouTube -Raputina - Gingerbread Coffin

2 less vocally oriented:

YouTube - Golden Boy & Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin (HQ)

YouTube -Laika - "Black Cat Bone"

Some fellas:

YouTube -Jonathan Coulton - Creepy Doll

YouTube - Sea Wolf - You're A Wolf [video]

YouTube - The Mountain Goats - The House That Dripped Blood

YouTube - the Decemberists - the hazards of love 3 - (15 of 17)

YouTube - Apoptygma Berzerk - Eclipse

and just for fun:

YouTube - RJD2 - The Horror

BTW, have to say thanks for some of the songs you have on there - OT from Halloween-related, I'm loving Paranoid Big Brother, Sweet About Me, and Handlebars, so thank you!

Thanks for the responses everyone! Talkingcatblues, you're right. Some of those songs you posted I just loved.

I am a fan of Lustmord. Very dark and ambiant music.

i have 3 of Lustmord's cd's very cool dark & ambient stuff !!

Also love Lustmord. A lot.

Bjork has some odd songs, such as "Sun In My Mouth" from Vespertine, that might fit. Also, Black Tape for a Blue Girl is a gothic-ish duo with a female lead. Angels of Venice is also a Gothic-y group but not over-the-top ... just a little dark. Dead Can Dance, of course ... Lisa Gerrard, too. Jocelyn Pook.

Here are a few of my favorites, although I don't know if they quite fit what you're looking for.

The first two are from Poe:

YouTube - Poe: Haunted

Editorial note: I replaced the first youtube link with a video that had the song in it's entirety. I didn't realize that the first one I posted had an altered ending. IMHO, the ending in this (the original) version is really kind of spooky.

YouTube - Taken Control - A Lady Tribute (vs. Poe)



This is from Concrete Blonde:

YouTube - Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting - The Vampire Song

I like this song a lot. It's done by Nathan Barr, but the vocals are sung by Lisbeth Scott. It's on the end titles in the movie "Shutter":

YouTube - Good to me - Shutter sountrack

These are from Evanescence, with Amy Lee singing the vocals.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

YouTube - haunted- Evanescence

And this is Amy Lee from the soundtrack of "Nightmare Revisited". The song is titled "Sally's Song"

YouTube - Sally's Song - Amy lee [With Lyrics!]

The young lady singing this next song is Kelly Sweet. She has one of the best singing voices I've heard in years.This is a cover of the classic Aerosmith song "Dream On". It isn't, however, anything like the original. Her version is hauntingly soulful and surreal.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.


If you're looking for some really beautiful and amazing female vocals (but not-so-much dark or twisted), you should go to youtube and check out some of the other stuff by Kelly Sweet, and also another singer-songwriter named Priscilla Ahn. They have outstanding voices, and they sing some of the most beautiful songs (originals and a few covers) that you've ever heard.

This song is from the ending credits of the original child's play.


YouTube - Child's Play (2011) Remake


I'm using the music this year in my display.