Songs that *inexplicably* moove you...

Zzap64! · Post by **Zzap64!** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:41 am 0

I think nessun dorma would have to be placed somewhere in there too!
...and possibly (inc. Pavarotti again) ... Miss Sarajevo - U2.

Oy Sickboy...you sure you're not a carbon copy?

....taste-wise that is!

beardfreak · Post by **beardfreak** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:53 am 0

Tony Christie - I did what I did for Maria.

Lord knows why. I think it brings out the knight in me

Check it out !

six809 · Post by **six809** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:05 am 0

Cardiacs, "The Whole World Window". Right at the end when Sarah says "Poor soldier, now you've created your own monster". Just something about the way she says it with the noise that's going on all around always sends a shiver down my spine.

(That song played at the Astoria a couple of years ago had some of the audience in tears...)

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:16 am 0

beardfreak wrote:Tony Christie - I did what I did for Maria.

That's a *fantastic* choice.

I liked his 'Avenues & Alleyways' - the theme tune to The Persuaders.

In the avenues and alleyways
Where the soul of a man is easy to buy
everybody's wheeling
everybody's steeling
all the low are living high
Every city's got em
can we ever stop em
some of us are gonna try.

mattley · Post by **mattley** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:18 am 0

Thin Lizzy - The freedom song.

fritx · Post by **fritx** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:28 am 0

Excellent thread

For me, it's gotta be Jimmy Dean's "Big John" gets me every time.
The Clash's "Rebel Waltz" and HoJo's "Hide & Seek" are also worthy of mention.

Zzap64! · Post by **Zzap64!** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:31 am 0

The guitar solo in "The Severed Garden" - Jim Morrisson

matt · Post by **matt** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:43 am 0

Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Seal - Violet
BjÃ¶rk - Unison

Tmuk · Post by **Tmuk** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:44 am 0

Well quite a few songs remind me of my ex, so they move me:

The Smiths: 'I know it's over'...and that one which goes '...and if a double decker bus, crashes into us...' (forgot the name)

The Waterboys: 'The whole of the moon', 'The Pan Within'

Then there's always a bit of Floyd. Terminal Frost in particular.

That song 'Walkin' on Sunshine' reminds me of when my dog sadly passed away, cos it was on an advert all the time at the time of her death

But as for songs which inexplicably move me... I'll get back to you

Zzap64! · Post by **Zzap64!** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:56 am 0

Truemetaluk wrote:Well quite a few songs remind me of my ex, so they move me:

The Smiths: 'I know it's over'...and that one which goes '...and if a double decker bus, crashes into us...' (forgot the name)

The title you are looking for is

"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" - The Smiths

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:59 am 0

My main one is:

Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun

I heard it when it came out (1973?) when I was in hospital, in pain, and trying to 'blank out' the pain. This song came on the radio at the next bed and I just thought "Please don't let me die!"

Now I can't help feeling sad when I hear it:

Goodbye Papa, please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to show me right from wrong
But too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along

Goodbye Papa, it's hard to die
When all the bird's are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little kids are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:06 am 0

Zzap64! wrote:The title you are looking for is

"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" - The Smiths

Can't see this mentioned without pointing people to a remix by Schnieder TM called 'The Lights 3000', it is amazing!

Let's see songs that get make me all emotional -
Lonely Day - Ben Harper (for obvious reasons)
Her voice is beyond her years - Mew
Mostly anything by Nick Drake
St Andrew's Fall - Blind Melon
Mostly anything by Jim O'rourke

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:29 am 0

Good one, PVB.

I get a bit drippy over 'Forever Autumn' off the War Of The Worlds soundtrack.

The summer sun is fading as the year grows old
And darker days are drawing near
The winter winds will be much colder
Now you're not here.

beardfreak · Post by **beardfreak** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:44 am 0

Another obscure piece for thee sirs:

Bill Plummer & The Cosmic Brotherhood - Journey To The East

The beginning passage draws me into a world of turban-clad princes, romantic dreamy desert sunsets and love.

Ahhh - what a wet fish I am

Post by **Jedburgh** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:12 pm 0

"...and Honey, I miss you,
And I'm being good."

YakYak

Songs that inexplicably moove you...