Songs that *inexplicably* moove you...

moobaa · Post by **moobaa** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 6:52 am 0

bobajob wrote:Paul Weller - You do something to me makes me cry in happiness

(because it was the song that played when my beautiful wide walked down the aisle towards me)

Please don't let your wide... er, wife read that

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:47 am 0

Elizian wrote:Under My Thumb by Godley & CrÃ¨me

Yeah. I like that one (although it is Under *Your* Thumb

). I kind of like 'Cry', too. Ace video.

Fuseball wrote:Opening chords of Changes by Bowie. Gets me every time.

Yeah. Gorgeous. On a similar note - 'Changes' by Ozzy. Always liked that song. Reminds you what a powerful, unique voice he has. And it's sampled superbly on the first track on the new UNKLE album.

nitebycandlelite wrote:"Some Things Come From Nothing" by the Super Furry Animals

Yup. My fave SFA song is 'Ice Hockey Hair'. Lovely and languid. Christ knows why it didn't make it onto any of their albums.

Acronym wrote:"Teen Age Riot" by Sonic Youth

Down and dirty. Top stuff. See also 'Freak Scene' by Dinosaur Jr.

Acronym wrote:God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys.

Utterly beautiful. I love the way it's used as the coda to Boogie Nights.

Jon wrote:'You Got The Love' by The Source featuring Candi Staton

Yak wrote:â€˜Comfortably Numbâ€™

Pink Floydâ€™s best song by about a decade.

What an ace thread. It's kind of shifting back and forth from 'Favourite slightly cheesy songs' to 'Favourite songs'. And why not?

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:34 am 0

bobajob wrote:
Paul Weller - You do something to me makes me cry in happiness

Oh yep indeedy. How could I forget Mr W?

/me brought up on the frenetic Jam as a Yoof - but the guy cant half write a good ballad...*sniff*

Sickboy wrote: What an ace thread. It's kind of shifting back and forth from 'Favourite slightly cheesy songs' to 'Favourite songs'. And why not?

Absolutely. Never actually gone along much with the "stay on thread" dictum. Don't go out of my way to abuse it but....threads are online conversations and most of mine go off in a million directions anyway.
for me, the key is the word Forum itself - a meeting place, market place where people jabber.

Nice.

See. Done it again

Post by **gribbles** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:47 am 0

oooh. The Paul Weller thing has just reminded me of

The Jam - That's Entertainment (Not a pure-strain gutgrabber, but when listened to in the right mood it gets my attention...)
and in the same vein..
The Waterboys - Old England

Y'know, I think I'm going to have to get a compilation CD together of a lot of this stuff. Working title - "Songs that fuck you up..."

And from the 'shit, how did I miss these department'

Tim Buckley - Dolphins, Once I was
Jeff Buckley or Nick Cave - Halleluliah

ooh ooh...

Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew (this one still bring tears to my eyes - 'I want to be your friend')
OMD - Talking Loud & Clear

REM - World Leader Pretend ('This is my mistake. Let me make it good'), Find the River
Scritti Politti - Absolute

Tooooo many

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:54 am 0

gribbles wrote:Y'know, I think I'm going to have to get a compilation CD together of a lot of this stuff.

I've already started to play with a Llamasoftie Christmas Mix - based on a lot of these suggestions (including the names of the people who suggested the songs).

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 10:07 am 0

Hmmm. Two more which get me *Just There*

I think it's going to rain today] UB40
The first time ever I saw your face A folk-singer bloke from Manchester. Cant remember his name, sorry

SimonB · Post by **SimonB** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 11:41 am 0

All About Eve - December (already liked it a lot, then a penfriend I had from Oz included it on a tape she sent me which put it in a whole new context).

Springsteen - Born To Run (the whole albun in fact).

Chumbawamba - the whole Readymades album, taken in one chunk. When the guitar comes along right near the end I'm off...

CharlieF · Post by **CharlieF** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:27 pm 0

One more...

Fields of Gold - Sting

This just makes the hairs rise on the back of my neck.

Ely · Post by **Ely** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:31 pm 0

Something made me download this on Monday, maybe it was seeing Alien at the cinema. It's a very cheesy song, but for some reason it has an emotional affect

The Rah Band - Clouds Across the Moon

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:32 pm 0

Ely wrote:Something made me download this on Monday, maybe it was seeing Alien at the cinema. It's a very cheesy song, but for some reason it has an emotional affect

The Rah Band - Clouds Across the Moon

I loved the video that came with it. A silver haired girl speaking on the phone and some shots of a space ship landing on a planet.

I wish I could download that somewhere.

flookster · Post by **flookster** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:59 pm 0

Songs that move me, nay almost leave me breathless, include:

The Delgados - pull the wire from the wall
Mazzy Star - fade into you
Camera Obscura - eighties fan
Radiohead - lucky
Ballboy - they'll hang flags from cranes on my wedding day
Stina Nordenstam - little star

of a more cheesy nature:

Sandy Shaw - always something there to remind me
Unit 4 plus 2 - concrete and clay

great thread btw

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:07 pm 0

There's this one song I've been meaning to track down for years - I heard it on Blue Jam on Radio 1 ages ago.. I can remember the tune, but only a couple of bits of phrase:

"lalalalala... it's a beautiful day.."

"everythings gonna be alright"

Does anyone know it?

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:15 pm 0

Hm... off the top of my head, and opening myself to ridicule

I've skipped a bunch to avoid repeats.

Fish - Gentleman's Excuse Me
Labi Siffre - Something Inside So Strong
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
Emerson, Lake, Palmer - I Believe in Father Christmas
Guns 'n Roses - November Rain
Heather Nove - London Rain (spot the free-wheeling stream o'consciouness)
Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise

And going back up the other side of the slope...

October Project - Return to Me
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Roger Waters - The Tide is Turning
Star Trek: First Contact Theme (live with it. I am Geek)

You get the idea.... just a handful, don't wanna hog the thread...

sty · Post by **sty** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:22 pm 0

kalmar wrote:"lalalalala... it's a beautiful day.."
"everythings gonna be alright"

I'm singing it in my head, but I can I recal who sang it?? not a chance (I want to say the Levellers or something but that is wrong I am sure)

A couple of songs that move me are:

Stevie Nicks - Has anyone written anything for you

This just makes me sit down and listen, I think it is one of the most beautiful songs ever written for some reason.

Regina Belle - Show me the way

Just a great voice and a song from many many moons ago

Rush - Closer to the Heart (live from Exit stage left)

This just brings me out all over in goose bumps (like hearing the opening notes of the StarWars title music in a cinema - in fact I have just gone goose bumpy thinking about it!) as I recall seeing Rush live for the first time ever on the Signals tour and being in the middle of the audience as the song started and everybody sang along, what a wonderful experience.

Magnum - Les Mort Dansant

Fantastic song all about a deserter being shot during World War One, really emotive, especially live, and still one of my fave things to see/hear live by any band

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:25 pm 0

kalmar wrote:There's this one song I've been meaning to track down for years - I heard it on Blue Jam on Radio 1 ages ago.. I can remember the tune, but only a couple of bits of phrase:

"lalalalala... it's a beautiful day.."
"everythings gonna be alright"

Does anyone know it?

This song maybe

Youth Ahead wrote: Beautiful Day

It's a beautiful day
The sun is so bright
With the wind blowin gently through the baby blue sky
I know i've seen this day before
And i'm sure
I'll probably see it again

It's a beautiful day
It might as well rain
Cuz i'm stuck in this shitty dead end job again
I know i've said this line before
And im sure
I'll probably say it again
It's alright
It's ok
It's alright but it's still just a beautiful day
It's alright
It's ok
It's alright but it's still just a beautiful day
It's a beautiful day
Might as well be my last
Cuz the girl of my dreams just broke my heart in half
I know i went through this before
And i'm sure
I'll go through it again
It's alright
It's ok
It's alright but it's still just a beautiful day
It's alright
It's ok
It's alright but it's still just a beautiful day
Day yea
Day yea
It's still a beautiful day
Day yea
Day yea

I know it's sad
But we all cry
We all lie, and we all die
But it's what's
In our heart
That'll make
Us go on
So put me down
And seal my fate
Brand me all you want just don't stand in my way
Cuz it's still just a beautiful day
A beautiful day

I know it's sad
But we all cry
We all lie, and we all die
But it's what's
In our heart
That'll make
Us go on
So put me down
And seal my fate
Brand me all you want just don't stand in my way
Cuz it's still just a beautiful day

YakYak

Songs that inexplicably moove you...