Songs that MOVE you.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:20 am

Bridge Over Troubled Waters.

It's not so much the song as the associations it has with my eldest brother, who has passed on.

--James

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:20 am

emmline wrote:
buddhu wrote:I mean *really* move you to the point of tears or to the point of uncontrollably, beaming joy.
Wow. That's asking a lot. I may just be too much of a stoic to be able to participate here. You are safe though, in that I won't nominate Seasons in the Sun.

The best response I can come up with does risk breaching the hokey barrier, though...and that would be that I'm often moved by swelling instrumentals, such as movie themes such as some compositions of John Williams. The Jurassic Park theme comes to mind.

I would so love to be able to name something meaningful, edgy and cool, but I'm afraid I'm a bit too dopey.

Nothin hokey about movie themes, emm, nothin at all!
What about the theme from Dragon:The Bruce Lee Story, Braveheart or Schindler's List? Movie themes are powerful (the well composed ones anyways) and rightly so. They're designed to bring about an emotional response to accompany what the viewer sees on screen. Personally, I feel the most moved by movie themes from filmss that deal with emotionally charged content.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:31 am

emmline wrote:... I'm often moved by swelling instrumentals, such as movie themes such as some compositions of John Williams.

It's really good vocal harmony that gets me to shiver, especially if I'm lucky enough to be one of the singers. I can't think of a specific song or tune (of any genre) that brings me to tears, though the first time I heard Kilkelly came close. (By the 10th time, it was losing its punch. But I was cruel enough to perform it for a small audience who'd never heard it. Had at least half of 'em wiping tears from their eyes.

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Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:35 am

I line up with Emmline. I can't think of a song that brings tears to my eyes. Plenty to send shivers down my spine. The one that comes closest is probably "Golden Slumbers" by the Beatles. It's just so hokey it presses nearly all the right buttons.
Maybe... maybe Planxty playing "As I roved out".

Instrumentals come closer.
Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man".
Khachaturian's Berceuse from the Gayaneh Ballet Suite.
The Theme from "Exodus".

It doesn't have to be GOOD. It just has to be hokey.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:42 am

Here's a few of my favourites in this category (or close)

Billy Holiday — Strange Fruit
Richard and Linda Thompson — Withered and Died
Fairport Convention (with Sandy Denny) — Matty Groves
Just about everything on Tragic Songs of Life by the Louvin Brothers but especially 'Knoxville Girl'.
Delia Gartrell — Can't You See What You Done Done
Muddy Waters — Louisiana Blues
Hank Williams — My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
Mac-Talla — Grioghol Cridhe
Doc Boggs — Pretty Polly
June Tabor — The King of Rome
Doris Allen — Shell of a Woman
Robert Johnson — Hellhound On My Trail

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:06 am

jsluder wrote:... though the first time I heard Kilkelly came close. (By the 10th time, it was losing its punch...)

You, mean the song that starts "Kilkelly, Ireland, 1860..."? That one's
kind of a reverse "Cat's in the Cradle". I agree that it loses its power
after several listenings, but I have a recording where the instruments
cut out at the end, and the two vocalists are left in stark harmony,
and I had to call my Dad after hearing it the first couple times.

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:25 am

speaking of "Cats in the Cradle" one of the many times I've seen Tom Chapin in person, he had the entire audience teary eyed on singing it. Not necessarily because of the song, but he talked about Harry for quite a while before singing it, so it made the song that much more "sad".

At that same concert, when Tom started singing the "circle" song, Noah (I think he may have been 7 or 8 at the time) jumped up and started singing along (this was an outdoor concert in a park, so no real "chairs). One of the guys with Tom came over and had Noah stand a certain way and rock back and forth so Tom could see him. The guy explained to me that Harry's son (who was about the same age when Harry was killed) used to stand off in the wings and do the same thing during that song. Tom started cracking up.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:29 am

Count me for another who doesn't cry for music.

But I'm surprised no one has mentioned Gary Jules' cover of "Mad World" by Tears for Fears, as heard in the movie Donnie Darko. If you've never heard it, be prepared for a rather emotional experience.

A few songs that give me (or used to give me) the "spine shivers":

--Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder), Beach Boys
--A Day In the Life, Beatles
--Julia, Beatles
--Find the Cost of Freedom, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
--Older Chests, Damien Rice
--The Bewlay Brother, David Bowie
--Sodom, South Georgia, Iron and Wine
--Upward Over the Mountain, Iron and Wine
--A Case of You, Joni Mitchell (moi aussi)
--Tangerine, Led Zeppelin
--After the Gold Rush, Neil Young
--Tell Me Why, Neil Young
--Saturday Sun, Nick Drake
--Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War, Paul Simon
--Real Emotional Girl, Randy Newman
--the intro to Road to Nowhere, Talking Heads

Buckets of Rain by Dylan never fails to make me smile.

Also, it's sort of campy, but when Jeff Lynne comes in with that telephone-sounding "Hello... How are you?" at the beginning of Telephone Line by ELO, I always get a little shiver.

And this list is entirely too long.

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:45 am

Oo! Oo! How about Little Musgrave by Planxty, when O'Flynn's pipes come in, sounding just like a silver hunting horn? If that doesn't raise a lump in your throat you must be dead.

djm

Jason Paul · Post by **Jason Paul** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:46 am

buddhu wrote:
missy wrote:
buddhu wrote:
I kind of hoped there might be a download on the site...

they haven't recorded it yet, they just do it "in concert".
That'd explain it, missy Shame, sounds intriguing.

There is a download - and it looks like the entire song is there. Go here:

http://www.smallpotatoesmusic.com/orderw.htm

Jason

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:10 am

Jason Paul wrote:
buddhu wrote:
missy wrote: they haven't recorded it yet, they just do it "in concert".
That'd explain it, missy Shame, sounds intriguing.
There is a download - and it looks like the entire song is there. Go here:

http://www.smallpotatoesmusic.com/orderw.htm

Jason

Wikkid! Thanks Jason

That was probably the one place I didn't look! Now I just have to wait until I get home where the PC has RealPlayer.

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:18 am

well - there ya go - I just put the link from the site, I haven't LOOKED at the site for a while........

Bill Reeder · Post by **Bill Reeder** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:13 am

I learned "There Were Roses" from a Mick Moloney recording. I can't sing it anywhere, even at home in practice, without getting choked up. Bummer!

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:11 am

I don't know the name of the only song that has ever moved me to actual tears running down my face. It was sung at a stage performance at a festival. It was about someone's parents' golden wedding anniversery. Everyone that I could see in my vicinity was choked up. Otherwise, I'm stoic like some of the others here. What gets me in motion and my blood rushing is some good really swinging jazz or some really danceable old-time music.

Steve

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:51 am

Across the Universe - John Lennon.

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