What song is so good it gives you chills?

[LostInAnomie]

For me it is about anything by Rage Against the Machine particularly their cover of "Maggie's Farm".

What song gives you chills?

[Trajan]

1. I just heard it again ....

After so many years ....

A Day in The Life .....

By The Beatles ...

[earthside]

32. Ditto-Sort of...

Funny you say that ...

The other day I heard the Beatles "The Long and Winding Road". I suddenly found myself misty eyed and entranced.

What a sentimental song.

[BobMorr]

104. Eve of Destruction

Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire and If I Had A Rocket Launcher by Bruce Cockburn. Songs that ring true in todays time.

[proud2BlibKansan]

135. Eve of Destruction

doesn't give me chills, it makes me want to cry, especially when I hear it today, 40+ years after it was first released, and realize it is still an accurate description of how screwed up our world is.

[WindRavenX]

2. All I Want Is You- U2

Perfect.
And Cash's "Hurt".

[intheflow]

3. "The Wall" by Pink Floyd.

The whole album, not just one song. The album was meant to be listened to in whole, as a whole piece. And absolutely every song on it can give me the chills.

[skygazer]

10. Amen

I could (and have) listen to The Wall on a daily basis and never get tired of it.

[jdj]

75. Dirty Woman by them too.

and Hey you, and Wish You Were Here and Vera,

well almost anything by them.

[4_Legs_Good]

136. Comfortably Numb makes me cry...

"when I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of my eye."

Best lyric EVER

david

[FreedomFry]

201. Me, too!

Beautiful, haunting melody.

[Seabiscuit]

169. You beat me to it. Still gives me chills.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. Karma Police, Radiohead

[LostInAnomie]

8. Oooo... thats a good one.

I like the video for it too.

[Dastard Stepchild]

60. Pyramid Song for me...

In fact, pretty much the whole Amnesiac album.

[Heyo]

5. That's an easy one...

... Phase III of Phases of an Out of Body Experience by Rabbit in the Moon. Actually the whole record does...

especially the intro, Phase I, "First Contact"

:hurts:

Heyo

[MikeG]

6. "Remind Me" by Royksopp.

[catzies]

126. You're the only other one here who's heard of Royksopp!

I love them! Melody A.M. is sublime.

I adore "In Space," but then I was already a classical music lover, so I "got it."

:hi:
(Heard Ulrich Scnauss yet?)

[Floogeldy]

7. "Close To The Edge"

B-)

[HEyHEY]

67. Do you mean "The MEssage"

[Floogeldy]

69. I got confused

Not sure what you mean. I mean "Close To The Edge" by Yes.

Pardon my ignorance. B-)

[HEyHEY]

77. I thought you meant that 80s hip hop tune

[Floogeldy]

87. What 80s hip hop tune?

I typed "Close To The Edge."

What are you talking about?

[HEyHEY]

88. "DOn't push me cause I'm close to the EDDDggee I'm tryin'....

not to lose my head...uh huh hu hu hu."

Grandmaster Flash and the furious five

[Floogeldy]

89. Hay man, I doved over the hedge twenty years ago.

They got nothing on me!

:smoke:

[Mnemosyne]

9. Mad World - Gary Jules, still n/t

[KyndCulture]

26. god yes!!! good one. nt

[donheld]

194. Wonderful version

i do love his wonderful reading of it.

[charlyvi]

11. Ain't Too Proud to Beg....The Temptations

It makes me feel my youth again!

:hippie:

know you wanna leave me,
but I refuse to let you go
If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy,
I don't mind coz' you mean that much to me

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go

Now I heard a cryin' man,
is half a man with no sense of pride
But if I have to cry to keep you,
I don't mind weepin' if it'll keep you by my side

Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go

If I have to sleep on your doorstep
all night and day just to keep you from walkin' away
let your friends laugh, even this I can stand
cause I want to keep you any way I can

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go

Now I've gotta love so deep in the pit of my heart
And each day it grows more and more
I'm not ashamed to come and plead to you baby
If pleadin' keeps you from walkin' out that door

Ain't too proud to beg, you know it sweet darlin'
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go
Baby, baby, baby, baby (sweet darling)

[On the Road]

12. "Bluebird", Leon Russell

[Technowitch]

13. "Shades of Blue - Part 1" - Hans Christian, Surrender

His cello playing is simply unbelievable.

[khashka]

14. Gives me chills

Me and a Gun by Tori Amos. No matter how many times I hear it, it always does something to me.

Khash.

[pilgrimsoul]

15. Knights in White Satin

Best song ever to have sex to!

[LostInAnomie]

20. No that would be...

... "Angel" by Massive Attack. Trust me on this one.

[aePrime]

25. Why, I do believe I have

had sex to Angel, by Massive Attack. Many years ago.

[Abelman]

16. Johnny Cash

at least half the tracks on American IV

[givemebackmycountry]

17. Stormy Monday

From The Allman Bros. Band "Live at the Fillmore East"

First time I heard it I was 17...I'll be 50 next month.

Every time I hear Greg Allman break off that organ solo, it still grabs me.

"Don't you know I'm tryin' tryin' tryin' to find my baby...oooooohhhhhhhhhhh send her home please"

[jdj]

76. Orange Blossom Special.

by anyone who does it right.

my hillbilly roots is showing.

[Zuni]

106. I like the T-Bone Walker version

[JimmyJazz]

18. Gawds, I'm gonna get a raft of shit for this one. It's Lay, Lady, Lay

Bob Dylan.

[progmom]

30. How about just

Poop on toast?


It's a good song, what can you do?

[JimmyJazz]

34. Yes, b ut it isn't a Clash song. I have a reputation to uphold, you know!

[JohnKleeb]

40. Oh no I like that song

[blue neen]

49. I love that song.

I can remember when it was first released. Dylan sounded so different from everything else that was being played at the time.

I also really like Dylan's version of "Knocking on Heaven's Door."

[jmowreader]

19. The Load-Out by Jackson Browne

Now the seats are all empty
Let the roadies take the stage
Pack it up and tear it down
They're the first to come and last to leave
Working for that minimum wage
They'll set it up in another town
Tonight the people were so fine
They waited there in line
And when they got up on their feet they made the show
And that was sweet...
But I can hear the sound
Of slamming doors and folding chairs
And that's a sound they'll never know

Now roll them cases out and lift them amps
Haul them trusses down and get'em up them ramps
'Cause when it comes to moving me
You guys are the champs
But when that last guitar's been packed away
You know that I still want to play
So just make sure you got it all set to go
Before you come for my piano

But the band's on the bus
And they're waiting to go
We've got to drive all night and do a show in Chicago
or Detroit, I don't know
We do so many shows in a row
And these towns all look the same
We just pass the time in our hotel rooms
And wander 'round backstage
Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd
And we remember why we came

Now we got country and western on the bus
R and B, we got disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
We've got rural scenes & magazines
We've got truckers on the CB
We've got Richard Pryor on the video
We got time to think of the ones we love
While the miles roll away
But the only time that seems too short
Is the time that we get to play

People you've got the power over what we do
You can sit there and wait
Or you can pull us through
Come along, sing the song
You know you can't go wrong
'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down
You're going to wake up in your town
But we'll be scheduled to appear
A thousand miles away from here

People, stay just a little bit longer
We wanna play just a little bit longer
Now the promoter don't mind
And the union don't mind
If we take a little time 'fore we leave you all behind
and sing one more song.

[samplegirl]

202. Hard not to sing to this one!

I was a big Jackson Browne fan...saw him quite a few times
and think i have every Cd of his

[charlyvi]

21. Whipping Post

The Allman Brothers.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

22. This is going to sound really stupid

but there was a song many years ago called "Teen Angel" and I still get chills when I hear it. When I was sixteen (over 40 years ago) my boyfriend was killed in a car crash, and to this day, that song still gets to me.

[mark414]

23. madvillain, john coltrane, and marvin gaye

[bilgewaterbill]

24. D.O.A.

Song from the early '70's. Gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

93. Oooh - very scary song!

We used to have to do "concerts" for music class in grade school. If you didn't want to play an instrument or sing, you could play a record. One of my friends brought that record and played it for us, and it haunts me to this day!

[progmom]

27. Acknowledgment - John Coltrane

From A Love Supreme


also - "My Romance" - Carmen McRae

[mark414]

37. mm yes

just by virtue of that open crash/lick alone

[Wapsie B]

28. Boston: FOREPLAY/LONG TIME

It’s been such a long time
I think I should be goin’, yeah
And time doesn’t wait for me, it keeps on rollin’
Sail on, on a distant highway
I’ve got to keep on chasin’ a dream
I’ve gotta be on my way
Wish there was something I could say.

Well I’m takin’ my time, I’m just movin’ on
You’ll forget about me after I’ve been gone
And I take what I find, I don’t want no more
It’s just outside of your front door.

It’s been such a long time. it’s been such a long time.

Well I get so lonely when I am without you
But in my mind, deep in my mind,
I can’t forget about you
Good times, and faces that remind me
I’m tryin’ to forget your name and leave it all behind me
You’re comin’ back to find me.

Well I’m takin’ my time, I’m just movin’ on
You’ll forget about me after i’v e been gone
And I take what I find, I don’t want no more
It’s just outside of y our front door.

It’s been such a long time. it’s been such a long time.

Yeah. it’s been such a long time, I think I should be goin’, yeah
And time dosnt wait for me, it keeps on rollin’
There’s a long road, I’ve gotta stay in time with
I’ve got to keep on chasin’ that dream, though I may never find it
I’m always just behind it.

Well I’m takin’ my time, I’m just movin’ along
Takin’ my time, just movin’ along
Takin’ my time, takin’ my time...

[oregonjen]

29. I'm not a freeper, but our National Anthem

When it is sung without all the extra voice frills that singers use. Just the straight forward anthem. It is what our country used to be.

[Wapsie B]

47. Yeah I agree.

When I hear the anthem I sometimes start to cry at the thought at what the repugs have done to her.

Belated welcome to DU!

[Canadian Socialist]

66. I agree. My national anthem.

Oh Canada,
My home and native land.
True patriot love,
etc.
The true north, strong and free...


brings a tear to my eye.
Also, I love "Don't Fear the Reaper" and "Sudbury Saturday Night". But, that's just me.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

57. I agree too - but I can feel chills from several national anthems

like the French, the Russian, the German, the British, and the Canadian in addition to the American. I can feel chills from the Communist "Internationale" big-time. I guess I must be some kind of filthy Bolshevik Internationalist.

[tjwmason]

101. I agree

Musically the French and Russian anthems majorly kick-ass. The American one is damn fine music too (even if the words are about fighting us Brits).

The Canadian and Ozzie anthems are very good and heart-wrenching (though the words to the latter are a tad naff - no offence to any Australians).

'God save the Queen' does get me going every time, along with other patriotic British/English songs - Jerusalem when accompanied by a stonking great organ is mindblowing.

[tuvor]

31. Beautiful Day by U2

Their only magic moment since Achtung Baby. But well worth it.

[kariatari]

212. Agreed. I love U2, but your assessment is spot on.

[Moms Baby Democrat]

33. Just one? Pfffft.

I will have to go with Violent Femmes - Good Feeling, not necessarily because it's a "good" song...it just gives me the chills everytime. The live version though, not the album cut.

Bryan Ritchie's solos can do that though I suppose....very good stuff

[LeftyMom]

35. Comfortably Numb

Chills both because it's so well done and because it's creepy as all heck.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

36. Something's happenin here. Buffalo Springfield

Can't remember the actual title.

[blue neen]

46. That's "For What It's Worth"

It's a great song--very appropriate for these times.

[Onlooker]

38. Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley

Actually, there are a lot of songs that are absolutely great, but Hallelujah is the first one that came to mind.

[xmas74]

80. Nearly all of Jeff's songs were great!

What would he have been if he were still with us?

[mikehiggins]

39. Candles In The Rain--Melanie eom

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

41. "Black"...Pearl Jam

[jdj]

85. A Nirvana song I can't remember the name

they covered it.

"Nothin on top but a bucket and a mop
and an illustrated book about birds
something something something
who needs action when you got words...

[oustemnow]

114. That's "Plateau" by the Meat Puppets,

And you'd be well advised to check out their stuff from that era, Meat Puppets II and Up on the Sun.

Absolutely phenomenal.

[blondeatlast]

151. Another reason to be proud of Phoenix--the Meat Puppets. nt

[Zomby Woof]

42. "Blind Willie McTell" - Bob Dylan

From Vol. 3 of 'The Bootleg Series'.

[JitterbugPerfume]

43. Born to lose

Ray Charles

[Heidi]

213. "One More Cup of Coffee" (Valley Below) . . .

Bob Dylan, "Desire," 1976.

Also, "Everybod Knows," Leonard Cohen, from "I'm Your Man," 1988.

[mvd]

44. Last one was Chely Wright's "The River"

Overall Chely's new CD is a B+ compared to an A for Deana Carter's latest, but "The River" is one of the most powerful songs I've heard in a while.

[kiraboo]

45. "The Valley" by K.D. Lang. Or "Tyger Tyger" by someone...

a Canadian singer. I can't remember. It's an oldie but goodie.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

48. Actually, The Shins' New Slang

I know it's real popular now, but I never get sick of it and remember the first time I heard it... I was absolutely amazed.

[HEyHEY]

51. AS was I

Great band, great tune

[HEyHEY]

50. Pachabel's Cannon has brought me to tears

IN a nice way.

BLoody SUnday, ROcking in the freeworld, Gimme Shelter

[TahitiNut]

98. Is that the one that goes "BOOM!" ???

:silly:

[DemGa]

52. "Layla" Derek and the Dominoes

Duane Allman's soaring slide guitar work.

[proud2BlibKansan]

134. Yeah, me too

First heard that song over 30 years ago, it has been way overplayed on the radio for that long and I STILL get chills - especially the instrumental part at the end.

And the Unplugged version SUCKS. :)

[tanyev]

53. Moondance-Van Morrison.

[blondeatlast]

153. I always think of "American Werewolf in London" when I hear it now.

It's such a sexy tune, but I can't help thinking of the end to one of my favorite movies now.

[non sociopath skin]

154. Also "Madam George" ...

...especially the bit where the strings come in near the end. Would make my hair stand on end if I had any!

The Skin

[samplegirl]

205. one of my favs.

good choice

[Longgrain]

54. Desolation Row!

My fave song of all time!

Lyric-wise that is....

[rockymountaindem]

55. "Five long years"

I don't even know who did it. It just come on the radio once in a while and blows me away.

[fudge stripe cookays]

100. The Colin James song?

"And it's been five long years and I love you just the same...."

That one?
FSC

[rockymountaindem]

105. Yeah, that one.

[senseandsensibility]

56. Operator

Jim Croce. Sad. Or Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin. I get chills and misty from both of those.

[xmas74]

81. I love Operator, but Photographs and Memories is my fave.

[bobthedrummer]

58. "Voodoo Chile" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

[nytemare]

59. "Possession" by Sarah McLachlan

It is really sort of a creepy song, but a cool creepy.

[rppper]

138. Sarah McLachlan.....

i know it's overplayed, but when she sings "in the arms of an angel"....oh gawd the chills!!!! she has a mesmerizing voice....

just about any song by her or tori amos....tori amos' live shows are unreal, must see events

rush" "limelight"....the guitar solo near the end gives me goosebumps...

"the rage" by judas priest.....

"find your way back" by jefferson starship is another...the wall of sound recording technique and the last line from it gives me chills....

i know it's too late now...
but i wish i could go back in time...
and start all over somehow...
and get it right, from the start...

the ultimate hindsight is 20/20 song......

[nytemare]

141. I like "Spark" by Tori Amos

Do you know the real story behind the song "Angel" by Sarah?

[Chomskyite]

61. Many songs but especially

The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" Just Lennon's tone of voice. Who among us haven't felt the way he felt on the first line, "I read the news today . . . oh boy."

[bettyellen]

62. betty carter orchestrating the intro to....... look what i've got.........

an amazing fucking musician and composer, brilliant woman, and soul mother to a generation of musicians.

[progmom]

64. Yes yes yes!

You're a Betty Carter fan??????

I love this album!!

If it's love you want, then you can have all...I got.

[bettyellen]

70. killer. i have nothin but love for Betty C saw her a dozen times in ny.

i was fortunate enough to run into her too. at a show w/ a band with one of her former proteges... i was gushing about how brill she is and what a hardcore composer she is to my friend......and get this, she was sitting in front of me- i swear i had no idea-- and she turned around a gave me the biggest smile and laughed. i could't even say anything to her. i had already just said it, so i just laughed with her. that was at a BAM show a couple of yers before she died. she gave me chills every time i saw her perform.

[progmom]

71. I first saw her in '88, which I think is the year she won the Grammy for

Look What I Got.

I met her many times over the years until her death...was that in '96? I took some wonderful pictures of her and Art Blakey together - they really were the two musicians who were dedicated to developing new talent.

[bettyellen]

72. wow, i saw her most often in that time.....

too, in nyc...i can remember distinctly the first time i heard that album. whoa.
on the show jazz-bo at the grotto. he played the whole thing the week it came out until like 4 am. . i was floored. bwahh, we both met her. that's so funny, small world, because i already kind of considered you a bud from here--that's wild. i knew i liked you!

[progmom]

74. How very cool.

I once moderated a panel she gave on jazz singing at the Detroit Jazz Festival. That was a trip.

I don't suppose you live anywhere near Boston and/or are planning on going to the meet-up in April? I was thinking of going...

[HeyManThatsCool]

63. Just one? I have a few

Imagine- John Lennon

All I Want Is You- U2


Winter- Tori Amos


To Make You Feel My Love- Garth Brooks


Yellow- Coldplay


Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd


Black- Pearl Jam


on edit: TAPS gets me EVERY time

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

65. Molly Hatchet's "Dreams I'll Never See"

The version with full background orchestration.

[Rabrrrrrr]

68. Any which contains a live recording of Beyonce being bludgeoned to death

[caledesi]

73. Music of the Night from Phantom....goosebumps nt

[AwakeAtLast]

78. "Constant Craving" - K. D. Lang

Well, any K. D. Lang song actually, but I really like that one. She has another one called "Sensuality" (I think) that does it to me, too.

There are some good Sarah McLachlan songs, too, but can't think of any titles offhand.

[jdj]

84. YES!

[AwakeAtLast]

92. Glad to have a second!

:hi:

[Mz Pip]

79. Eric Clapton's

No Tears in Heaven. Does it to me everytime.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[intheflow]

91. That one gets to me in the same way John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy" does.

Clapton wrote "Tears In Heaven" for the toddler son he lost, and Lennon wrote "Beautiful Boy" for the toddler son he never got to watch grow up.

[jdj]

82. Runaway Train

I can't remember the group...Alice in Chains.

[HughBeaumont]

95. Soul Asylum

[auntAgonist]

83. kd land, Roy Orbison ... "Crying"

[Dervill Crow]

188. Ditto

Glad I read through before posting, because this is my #1 favorite song.

A close second is Blue Angel by Roy Orbison.

[xmas74]

86. Ok-they sound odd but they actually make me cry every time.

Taps-I play the trumpet and the bugle. I have been to a few military funerals and I can feel the shiver at the base of my spine every time I hear it.
Amazing Grace-but only on the bagpipes. It's been played at more than one family funeral and I cry every time I hear it now.
Mercy, Mercy, Me-can't explain it-it just does.
Comfortably Numb-obvious, as is Possession.
Last Goodbye-Jeff Buckley. I have to sit and listen every time-it makes me stick right to my spot until the very end.

[liberalpragmatist]

90. Slide Away by Oasis

*duck and cover*

Sorry, I don't mean to restart the Oasis wars in the Lounge...

... so I guess I'll throw in a couple others:

"Rain" by the Beatles
"For Tommorrow" by Blur
"Island in the Sun" by Weezer
"Happiness is a Warm Gun" by the Beatles
"History" by the Verve

[HughBeaumont]

94. Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)

Off of Pet Sounds. One of B Willie's and songwriting in general's best moments.

Runners up -

Elton John - "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Joe Cocker - "You Are So Beautiful"
Lush - "Monochrome"
Johnny Mathis - "Misty"
Frank Sinatra - "What are you Doing (The Rest of your Life)"
Gerry Rafferty - "Baker Street"
Pete Townshend - "Slit Skirts"
High on Fire - "10,000 Years"
Black Sabbath - "Sweet Leaf"
Dead Can Dance - "The Host of Seraphim"

[oustemnow]

115. B Willie--is that his rapper name?

That's awesome.

I like a lot of yr. other picks too.

Have you by any chance shecked out Wilson's recently finished Smile? I'm a little frightened to, and wondering if it might be better to pick up one of the bootleg versions.

[HughBeaumont]

155. Actually, pick it up . . . you'll be pleasantly surprised.

The only piece off the mark on the whole thing is Brian's 62-year-old Carl Spackler-ish voice taking the lead where Carl and a Brian who could hit high notes once did. But other than that, it stays true to the original sound.

That was my biggest reservation going in. Let's face it: when older artists re-make their past songs, either live or in the studio, the result is almost always disastrous and fraudulent-sounding. All I had going through my head was visions of glitzy, Vegas-like ersatz-sounding overproduced versions of "Cabin Essence" and "Wonderful", complete with Fisher-Price MIDI, valiumized vocals and chintzy, ClearChannel sound. Its like when Elton John performs his old songs live now, they're completely unlistenable thanks to flatulent arrangement being favored over the stripped and subtle.

But once I heard the new "Smile", all my doubts flew clean out the window.

As far as the music goes, the sound, instrument tonality, timbre and flow on "Smile" contains very little modernization to it and lots of retro authenticity, and that's what I praise Brian for above anything: that he was true to the original SOUND. The arrangements sound as haunting as the original, as does the instrumentation. There's no fakery to this re-creation; rather, it's like hearing a remastered version of the original, and in some places more vibrant and beautiful. Even the vocals of the Beach Boys are captured with some respect by the Wondermints without straying too far or drowning in over-embelishment. "Cabin Essence", "Child is the Father of Man" and "Heroes and Villains" are just as brilliant as I remember hearing them from the bootleg versions, only with far better production.

[RevCheesehead]

96. "Fields of Gold" by Sting. n/t

[kodi]

109. yes, a beautiful song, yet i have to go with "over the rainbow"

it is about the most perfect song i have ever heard for merging melody and lyrics.

fields of gold makes me cry whenever i hear it and i sing it often to my 12 year old dog who smiles at me as if knowing its meaning. maybe so.

[bbgrunt]

97. just about anything by Dylan, but for right now

"Series of Dreams"
"Foot of Pride"
"Jokerman"
"Ring them Bells"
"Tryin' to get to Heaven..."

Also love Van Morrison's "Radio" among others and

I simply can't help but screeching along with Drivin and Cryin's "I'm going straight to hell". Just love it when Molloy uses it as bumper music.

[Lone Pawn]

99. Surf's Up - Brian Wilson's solo demo back in '67.

[RandomKoolzip]

102. "Could You Be the One," Husker Du

Every single time I hear it, it seems miraculous.

[tjwmason]

103. Not really a song, but Miserere Mei by Allegri

Setting of psalm 50 (51) traditionally sung in total darkness on the evenings of Holy Week.

Little pointless factiod, the music was a secret known only to the choir of the Sistine Chapel, Mozart heard it once and wrote out a complete correct copy.

[Zuni]

107. God Only Knows by the Beach Boys

[Bertha Venation]

108. "Four Dead," "The Boxer," "Lawless Avenues," and everything on

"Graceland" and "So."

[tigereye]

110. pretty much anything by Sarah Vaughn

gives me chills.

hi Bertha! Nice pic of you and your grandma in a previous thread.

[Bertha Venation]

111. Thanks, tigereye

:hi:

[fluffernutter]

112. Life Without You-Stevie Ray Vaughn

[jeanarrett]

113. Mike and the Mechanics - In the Living Years

Lost my dad to suicide - he never got to meet my children (at least here).

Love the part: I think I caught his spirit, later that same year . . . in my baby's newborn tears. . . I just wish I could have told him in the living years.

[hickman1937]

117. Another song I've forgotten that I loved.

Thank you.

[hickman1937]

116. "Ladies and Gentlemen, TEN YEARS AFTER!"

Goin' Home, live at Woodstock.

[sleepyhead]

118. Find the River by R.E.M.

The Scorpion Departs but Never Returns, Song of a Soldier, The Highwayman - all by Phil Ochs

Wasteland of the Free by Iris DeMent

[Hans Delbrook]

119. Badlands and I Wish I was Blind - Springsteen also...

Angel from Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt
That Girl Could Sing - Jackson Browne
Promises - Eric Clapton
The Forecast (Calls For Pain) - Robert Cray

[VOX]

120. Johnny Cash's "When the Man Comes Around," the last song he ever wrote...

And it's a doozie. The Man in Black really went noir on this one!

[Melynn]

125. That Cash song and "Hurt" give me chills

Johnny Cash wasn't just a music legend, he was an American legend.

[ghostsofgiants]

180. While I love Cash's version of "Hurt"

I like the Nine Inch Nails original better.

(I know, sacrelig, etc.)

[Rann]

175. CASH

Wow the more I listen to him the more I like.


However for this thread


Pain (wonderful song not his but the way he sang it it made it his)

[New Earth]

121. this song that's on now!

Foresaken (vocal version) by VNV Nation.

it is INSANE, intense, 99%of the time makes me choke up more like, almost to tears.

[GaYellowDawg]

122. Zaide; Aria, Ruhe Sanft

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

[crispini]

123. Waterboys, "Fisherman's Blues"

just grabs me every time.

[Arugula Latte]

139. Yes. Very good. Very haunting.

The guy's voice is so plaintive.

[stpalm]

124. Decresendo... Rx Bandits

Chilling, totally rockin' finish

[catzies]

127. An oldie: Schubert's Ave Maria. So there.

n/t

[Tracyjo]

128. Born to Run

by Bruce Springsteen and Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through by Jim Steinman.

[northamericancitizen]

131. Rhapsodie in Blue ,:Guerswin

Lauren Hill : I don't recall the title but here is a part of the lyrics:

When it hurt so bad
When it hurt so bad
Why does it feel so good
.....



Leo Ferré : Entends la mer (France)

Bob Dylan : A simple twist of faith

Dave Brubeck: Take 5

Annie lennox: A white shade of pale

Barbara: Ma plus belle histoire d'amour (France)

Raoul Duguay: Le voyage (Québec)

Sorry many titles don't ring a bell for you guys. Cultural difference.

Québec and France did not invade the mondial airwaves yet. lol

[liberaltrucker]

129. For What it's Worth

Buffalo Springfield. As pertinent today as it was in '67.

[CBHagman]

130. "Spoke in the Wheel" by Martin Stephenson.

It builds to a climax somewhat in the way "With or without You" by U2 does.

[jjmalonejr]

132. Little Wing

Hendrix
Derek & the Dominos
Stevie Ray Vaughn

Doesn't matter, they're all good.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

142. I like the live version of Little Wing by Hendrix

The one on "Hendrix In The West". I also have a tape recorded one that I got over the radio that was a live broadcast of Hendrix in France at the Olympia that is amazing.

[livetohike]

171. Decades ago someone "borrowed" my Hendrix in the West album

and I never got it back. That was my favorite song, too.

I wonder why the album hasn't been made into a CD. :shrug: I wish I could find one.

[LibertyorDeath]

133. Victim of Changes by Judas Priest

From the Album

Sad Wings Of Destiny

[leftofthedial]

137. Someone Somewhere Tonight

Walt Wilkins

[Arugula Latte]

140. "How Soon Is Now?" by the Smiths

That shimmery guitar riff gets me. Also, it makes me nostalgic for a good time in my life (not that my life is not good now -- just different).

[Eyeball Kid]

143. "God-Fearing Man" by Ben Harper

Heard it on my friend's tape deck one night, and went, "What the fuck is that? It's brilliant!" Eleven minutes of kick-ass.

[southlandshari]

184. Ooooo yeah!

Lots and lots by Ben Harper will grab you and refuse to let go. Try "Walk Away" or "There Will be a Light" (the latter he sings with the Blind Boys of Alabama).

Good choice! =)

[bbernardini]

144. "Where Did Your Heart Go?" - Was (Not Was) (NOT Wham's version, dammit)

Quite possibly one of the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful love songs ever written.

[markbowen]

145. "Democracy" by Bruce Cockburn

Best song ever written on the subject.

[retread]

146. "A Change is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke

*

[livetohike]

147. Ball and Chain - Janis Joplin

It caused Mama Cass to say "Wow!" when Janis sang it at the Monterrey Pop festival. I feel that way too, every time I hear it.

[retread]

163. Have you heard Big Mama Thornton?

[livetohike]

170. No, she sang it originally correct?

I see that I sent my initial message to you instead of the original post. :-)

Have you heard Big Mama Thornton? Do you have the record?

[retread]

172. I have 2 cd's of her music. She was a big, powerful woman who

more than held her own in a man's world. There is a windows media file of her Hound Dog you can play in your browser on this site.
http://bluesland.net/thang/Thornton.htm

[livetohike]

174. WOW!

That was awesome! Thanks for sending it. I am bookmarking it and ordering some CDs today.

I love the way she howls during Hound Dog. I love the blues, too.

[Freebird12004]

148. Southern Nights

[blondeatlast]

149. "You're Still a Youn Man" by Tower of Power

The opening horns are so beautifully plaintive I get chills every time.

[blondeatlast]

150. "Riding With Mary" by X, about the car accident that killed

Exene's sister.

Sometimes I cry, too.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

152. Pixies.

Monkey gone to heaven.

[iconoclastic cat]

156. "Subterranean Homesick Alien" by Radiohead.

That whole album is fantastic.

[non sociopath skin]

157. Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side"

Can still remember the way my flesh crept when I heard it for the first time on late-night radio many, many years ago.

The Skin

[blondeatlast]

158. "At Last" Etta James/"Cry" Patsy Cline nt

[Feathered Fish]

159. The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave

Chilling little ditty about a man going to the electric chair. Fucking creepy.

[Eyeball Kid]

207. Check out Johnny Cash's version if you haven't already.

Awesome.

[Donailin]

160. The Drapery Falls

Opeth.

Pure genius.

[Allenberg]

161. The Air Force Hymn.

And no, not the Air Force Song.

Most people confuse them :(

[Allenberg]

162. Actually,

I guess you could say most military ceremonial songs...especially "Taps" when played with an echoing bugle.

[livinginphotographs]

164. I have a choral version of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings".

Definitely a 10 on the chills-scale.

[arwalden]

165. Car Wash

[frictionlessO]

166. Tori Amos- anything by her does multiple things to my mind... n/t

[kentuck]

167. Dust My Broom by Elmore James....

and Suzanne by Leonard Cohen. and Whang Dang Doodle by Savoy Brown

[Tikki]

168. The Sonics'....."Louie, Louie"....n/t

[livinginphotographs]

173. Does anyone read these threads when they get this long?

Just curious... :P

[LostInAnomie]

189. Jeez, I was wondering that myself...

... and I started it.:P

[dolgoruky]

176. "Moscow Windows Shine Forever"

"Moskovskie okno" as sung by Irina Brzhevskaya. Brings tears to my eyes even typing the goddam title. In fact, the Novohigin version is excellent, too. Also "Podmoskovnie Vechera" by Georg Ots.

If anyone else knows anything about these songs please let me know because it appears that I am the only non Russian who is even remotely aware of this music and I don't like being alone...

[progmom]

177. Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James

:)

[William Bloode]

178. Mines an OLD one but i really love it.

It's called "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" Recorded by Blind Alfred Reed in 1929. The song is still relevant today.>


There once was a time when everything was cheap,
But now prices nearly puts a man to sleep.
When we pay our grocery bill,
We just feel like making our will --
Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live

I remember when dry goods were cheap as dirt,
We could take two bits and buy a dandy shirt.
Now we pay three bucks or more,
Maybe get a shirt that another man wore --
Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Well, I used to trade with a man by the name of Gray,
Flour was fifty cents for a twenty-four pound bag.
Now it's a dollar and a half beside,
Just like a-skinning off a flea for the hide --
Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Oh, the schools we have today ain't worth a cent,
But they see to it that every child is sent.
If we don't send everyday,
We have a heavy fine to pay --
Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Prohibition's good if 'tis conducted right,
There's no sense in shooting a man 'til he shows flight.
Officers kill without a cause,
They complain about funny laws --
Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Most all preachers preach for gold and not for souls,
That's what keeps a poor man always in a hole.
We can hardly get our breath,
Taxed and schooled and preached to death --
Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Oh, it's time for every man to be awake,
We pay fifty cents a pound when we ask for steak.
When we get our package home,
A little wad of paper with gristle and a bone --
Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Well, the doctor comes around with a face all bright,
And he says in a little while you'll be all right.
All he gives is a humbug pill,
A dose of dope and a great big bill --
Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Link to free downloadable version>

http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=Reed&collection=opensource_audio

[sniffa]

179. broken face - the pixies

damn, i get chiLLs! :D

[ghostsofgiants]

181. "Emotion Sickness" by Silverchair

[SiouxJ]

182. Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello

That's the first one that comes to mind. Others:

Somewhere Down the Crazy River by Robbie Robertson
Stay Awhile by Edie Brickell
Dear God by XTC
Anniversary Song by Cowboy Junkies
Autumn Song by Van Morrison
This Must Be the Place by Shawn Colvin
I Only Have Eyes for You by Art Garfunkel
Why by Annie Lennox
Trumpets by The Waterboys
Love is Everything and I Wish I Didn't Love You So by KD Lang (well lots of things by KD actually)

on edit: nice thread! I enjoyed reading these and actually went and put some of these songs on after reading them :-) .

[FreedomFry]

204. Ditto that!

This and "Beyond Belief" are my favorite Elvis songs.

[southlandshari]

183. "Let's Get it On" by Marvin Gaye

Has no equal.

And, by the way, though I know it is all in vain, let me point out that my answer here is further proof yet that not all Southerners are tight-a##ed right-wing fundamentalists! You don't hear Marvin Gaye at any Bush rallies, Christian Coalition meetings, or anti-abortion protests (especially not there, I guess!).

[datasuspect]

185. Room Full of Mirrors

by jimi hendrix

i used to live in a room full of mirrors
all i could see was me
then i took my spirit
and i smashed my mirrors
now the whole world is here for me to see

broken glass was all in my head
jangling breaking glass all in my brain
broken glass was all in my head
it used to fall out of my dreams and cut me in my bed
it used to fall out of my dreams and cut me in my bed
i said making love was strange in my bed

etc
etc

[ariesgem]

186. Summertime - Janis Joplin

[datasuspect]

187. ATHAN or AZAN - The Islamic Call to Prayer

don't know why, but this makes a deep impression on me. i have several different versions of it on mp3. it reaches me in my soul.





1 Allah u Akbar, Allah u Akbar
-- Allah is Great, Allah is Great

2-Ash-hadu al-la Ilaha ill Allah - Ash-hadu al-la Ilaha ill Allah
-- I bear witness that there is no divinty but Allah

3 Ash-hadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullaah
-- I bear witness that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger

Ash-hadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullaah.
-- I bear witness that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger

4 Hayya la-s-saleah - Hayya la-s-saleah
-- Hasten to the prayer, Hasten to the prayer

5 Hayya la-l-faleah - Hayya la-l-faleah
-- Hasten to real success, Hasten to real success,

6 Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar
-- Allah is Great, Allah is Great

7 La Ilaha ill Allah
-- There is no divinity but Allah

________________________________
Adhan is now completed.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

190. Bach's Ciaccona for solo violin

One of the most powerful pieces of music I've ever enjoyed. I also absolutely love the orchestral arrangement of French composer Cecile Chaminade's "Autumn". If you ever wanted to hear a piece of music that touches your very soul, this is it.

[Elidor]

191. Mao Tse Tung Said, by Alabama 3 of Britain

Immortal song. Must listen.

Edit: Gotta be the long version, with Jim Jones grilling "Millie" in the middle.

[foxy]

192. American Pie n/t

[TroubleMan]

193. "Chan Chan" by Compay Segundo, "Trodding Through The Jungle" by....

Carlton Livingston

Of course, "Trouble Man" by Marvin Gaye

"I'm Still In Love With You" by Al Green

"Candela" by Ibrahim Ferrer

lots of others, too.

[dback]

195. "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by the Walker Brothers

Oh, those harmonies over that beautiful "wall of sound." :)

Also: k.d. lang doing "Shadowland" and recently, Melissa Etheridge doing "A Piece of My Heart."

[donheld]

196. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.

When your day is long and the night,
The night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough
With this life,
Well hang on


Don't let yourself go,
'Couse everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes


Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your days is night alone,
If you feel like letting go,
When you think you've had too much
Of this life,
Well hang on


Everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don't throw your hand
Oh, no
Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone,
No, no, no, you are not alone


If you're on your own in this life,
The days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much
Of this life to hang on



Well, everybody hurts,
Sometimes everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes
So, hold on, hold on, hold on...
(Everybody hurts... You are not alone)

[Donailin]

197. can't listen to that song anymore

it's associated with a painful time in my life. I can remember the exact time I heard it, where I was and the weather.

Some songs are so powerful like that.

[donheld]

198. It saved me in a painful time in my life

it really did.

[Radio_Lady]

199. "Autumn Leaves" and "September Song" ...

most of you probably are too young to remember these, right?

[samplegirl]

200. Blue Moon.........by the Cowboy Junkies and.........

Turn me on....by Norah Jones

[brainshrub]

203. Her. (By Richard Buckner)

[FreedomFry]

206. "The Great Mandela"

by Peter, Paul and Mary. I just heard it the other day after decades, and the tears fell. As relevant today as it was in the 60s.

[Hardrada]

208. Gretchen am Spinnrade by Franz Schubert

especially as sung by Kiri Te Kanewa

[martymar64]

209. April 29, 1992 by Sublime

Let it Burn Let it Burn

[kevsand]

210. "Penny Evans" by Steve Goodman n/t

[kariatari]

211. "Let Down" by Radiohead

[BotoxKerry]

214. I got one

[BotoxKerry]

215. I got one

[BotoxKerry]

216. achy heart

[BotoxKerry]

217. achy heart

[BotoxKerry]

218. ohy ah

[BotoxKerry]

219. ohy ah

[BotoxKerry]

220. ELVIS

[BotoxKerry]

221. ELVIS

[immoderate]

222. "Begin the Beguine" Cole Porter

--IMM

[mark414]

223. grandmaster flash and the furious five - the message