Songs that *inexplicably* moove you...

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[quote="PaulEMoz"]Christ, has no-one said fucking Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush yet.

I mean, I love METAAAAAAL!, so I've got no idea why this song gets me, but it does.

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...that would be yer actual Sir David of Gilmour gee-tar solo... top stuff...

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mentioned before, but anybody got Jealous Guy performed by Brian Ferry and Dave Gilmour @ Live-Aid ... now that is one fuck of a good performance. I've lost my copy but can remember the sheer amount of emotion cominf out on that song, make my spine tingle and me want to cry.

Spine-tingling songs? You know, when you hear a song and you think "that is it! that is just f#$king it!"

last time was hearing / watching Jeff Beck play a cover of A Day in The Life ( by yer Beatles ) on a Live in Tokyo vcd, sitting alone in a grotty Shenyang restaurant , down and out start of last year.
"And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that. The genius. The will to do that. Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure."
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Well...the 'strangest' bit of music to affect me is probably the old Moog based 'Popcorn'. I adore it, and it makes me feel... weird in a kinda good way.
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Ahchay wrote:interesting how people tend to CaPitalise that isn't it?)
That's 'cos 'Christmas' is a proper noun - like, er, London or November. Sorry. Took the Pedant Bait. ;)
"Have you heard the Low Christmas album?"
Ooh, no. I'll give that a whirl... I've only heard the 'Things We Lost In The Fire' album - which was hard work, but great.
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Black - Wonderful Life
The Connells (?) - '74-'75
Neil Diamond - I've Been This Way Before
Elaine Paige - Only The Very Best (not the 'bad' version of the guy of Cock Robin who covered it)
Lou Reed - Perfect Day (though I prefer that later 'charity' version with all the artists)

Forever Autumn is indeed a good one, but the album is most excellent :D

The Goosebumps Song award goes to:
Tori Amos - Me And A Gun

The Chilliest Christmas Song award goes to:
Elaine Paige - The Coldest Night Of The Year

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Stuff to move me:

The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics.

Made me wonder how I'd feel if my Dad died, didn't like the thought much.

The Winner Takes It All - ABBA.

The fact that Bjorn and Agnetha were going through the divorce, he wrote this song, and had her sing it. What a bastard! But she sang it like she sang no other song, with passion. Agnetha 1 Bjorn 0.

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush.

Read the book at school, and Kate's voice just brought that book alive. Absolutely spooky effect that had... 8O

Thunderchild - War of the Worlds.

Between the song and the spoken parts from Richard Burton, "...and melted the Thunderchild's valiant heart", I am always left quivering and choking back a tear. Unbelievable stuff.

Not quite moving but must mention..

Red Right Hand - Nick Cave.

Fantastic song, but when used in the "Duane Barry abduction" scene in X-Files, that was just inspired. Amazing.
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Just a quick vote for my other favouritest S&G song - 'For Emily - Whenever I May Find Her'.

Jeeeeeeeeesus, that song just... y'know... stuff...


And the way Art Garfunkel belts out the live version. 8O
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Sickboy wrote:Just a quick vote for my other favouritest S&G song - 'For Emily - Whenever I May Find Her'.

Jeeeeeeeeesus, that song just... y'know... stuff...
/me digs out his Best of S&G CD to have a listen as I don't remember this at all :?
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Sickboy wrote:Just a quick vote for my other favouritest S&G song - 'For Emily - Whenever I May Find Her'.

Jeeeeeeeeesus, that song just... y'know... stuff...
The Only Living Boy In New York is the one for me.

Lump, throat, heart, beat, 8O. Just... *gasp*
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Jimaroid wrote:
Sickboy wrote:Just a quick vote for my other favouritest S&G song - 'For Emily - Whenever I May Find Her'.

Jeeeeeeeeesus, that song just... y'know... stuff...
The Only Living Boy In New York is the one for me.

Lump, throat, heart, beat, 8O. Just... *gasp*
Hahahaha. This is ace. Us soft, sensitive men all together.



But there's nothing funny about it. 8O
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I think it's fair to say S&G are rather fucking good :)

Hmm, just suddenly remembered God only Knows - Beach Boys is a rather teary type of song as well 8O :cry:
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Sickboy wrote:Hahahaha. This is ace. Us soft, sensitive men all together.
Come here and give me a hug you big ponce. *hug*

:D
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Jimaroid wrote:
Sickboy wrote:Hahahaha. This is ace. Us soft, sensitive men all together.
Come here and give me a hug you big ponce. *hug*

:D
Heeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. :D
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Post by mutopian »

a bit late to this thread but here goes.

Grateful Dead - Stella Blue
Allman Brothers - Stormy Monday Blues
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood
BT - Flaming June
Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away

Someone mentioned The Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda but I'll put my vote with the version sung by Eric Bogle who wrote it (if I'm thinking of the right song) as he's been here a couple of times (last time just a couple of months ago) and its stunning hearing it sung live and hearing the story behind how it got written.

There are plenty more but that'll do for a start.
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Too many to mention but off the top of my head:

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - The Smiths
I know It's Over - The Smiths
I Like You - Morrissey
What She Said - The Smiths
Well I Wonder - The Smiths
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
Will Never Marry - Morrissey
Maladjusted - Morrissey
To Cry About - Mary Margaret O'Hara
Tank Park Salute - Billy Bragg
Proof - I Am Kloot
Everybody Hurts - REM
I'm Sensitive - Jewel
Ghosts - Japan
Dear Darling - Mary Margaret O'Hara
Pieces of You - Jewel
English Rose - The Jam
You're Not the Only One I Know - The Sundays
Kitty - The Pogues
Meat Means Murder - Conflict
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
A Pair of Brown Eyes - The Pogues
Flag Day - The Housemartins
Meat is Murder - The Smiths
Think for a Minute - The Housemartins

...and the list goes on!

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Proving I'm a bit weird, I'll add a few that haven't been mentioned

Suzanne Vega - Luka
Bomb The Bass - Winter in July & Air You Breath
Elvis Presley - American Trilogy (my Dads a huge fan, so any Elvis makes me think of my Dad)
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Iron Maiden - Mariner Song? (not sure of the name one about the albatross)
Cyndi Lyper - Time after Time
Beatles - Long and winding road
Starship - Nothings going to stop us now

Thats enough embarressment for now.
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