Kevin's Watch

There are SO many! What's your latest favourite moving, heart-wrenching, uplifting, brilliant, light-hearted, heavy, soft, wonderful, brutal, epic, quirky, timeless etc etc song??

I could go on for EVER in a thread like this! Feel free to explain why you love your song so much, but that isn't necessary if you don't feel like it.

I'll start with David Bowie's Life on Mars. The thing I love about this song is a really really don't know why I love it so much! I can't explain it, it just brings an outpouring of emotion from me. Maybe it's the chord progression - I just don't know.

Life on Mars?

Must be Kettering by The Antlers. The haunting mood that builds to a shattering crescendo is just transcendant. The music sits so well with the lyrics which tell the tale of a hospice worker (at Sloane-Kettering Cancer) who falls in love with his terminal cancer patient. For anyone who has ever lost someone they loved dearly, put this on moderately loud in a darkened room and let all your remorse and regret just fall out of you.

P.S.
The link I give doesn't do the crescendo justice as it slightly mutes the volume. On the album, the crescendo leaps from the speakers.

"If I can dream" by Elvis Presley
that voice! such passion!
"Hello God" by Dolly Parton
Heart rending appeal to the creator.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRzrHB2qhNM
"Lonely Planet Boy" and "Sad Vacation" by Johnny Thunders
Johnny's voice is so sweet compared to David Johanson. and this: "how could she be driving past my home when you know I ain't got one? I'm so all alone."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1i2wYHtpTo
"Lets just kiss and say Goodbye" by the Manhattans
"You got your hooks in me" by the O'Jays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x0-WBmwATc
"Cygnet Committee" by David Bowie
Vivid memories of singing, in tears, along with this one: "and I open my eyes to look around, and I see a child laid slain on the ground."
"Oh Sweet Nothing" by the Velvet Underground
This may be the reason why Sterling Morrison is one of my guitar heroes!
"Veteran's Day Poppy" and "Autumn's child" by Captain Beefheart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VvGfRV89fs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSlM0IOXt6o
"Half Past France" "Andalucia" "Big White Cloud" "the Endless Plain of Fortune" and "Damn Life" by John Cale
Unspeakably beautiful music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7iLFuapeY8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y60TLnHBOv8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YSL11uP0Yk
"Black History Month" by Death from Above
Something about that driving beat and the refrain.
"Do the Evolution" by Pearl Jam
Just watch the video and contemplate mankind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI
"Hurt" by Johnny Cash
Trent Reznor is quoted as saying, "it's his song now."
"the Euphrates" by Seals and Crofts
"I'm waiting for the day" and "God only knows" by the Beach Boys
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBi5eHfqW5s
"New York Mining Disaster 1941" and "Please Read Me" by the Bee Gees
This song (NYMD41) inspired David Bowie's "Space Oddity," which, in turn, inspired Elton John's "Rocket Man."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRqAzCevsY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHFlDsuyqrk
"Ostrich Man" "If I stay too long" and "I am the Walker" by the Creation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=19UVGyRao6M
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6_XtwJw0vY&feature=related
"Autumn" by the Strawbs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6_XtwJw0vY&feature=related
"you just keep me hangin on" by Vanilla Fudge
All time favorite intro to a song! So powerful! And the vocals are way over the top! Carmen Apiece deserves a medal for his outstanding drums!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dup6KUUWlMQ
many more! I'll get back on this!

way way too many to list, but there are two that, for no particular conscious reason, get me every single time:

"Zombie" [Cranberries]
"Little Earthquakes" [Amos]

3 of George Harrison's Beatles songs come to mind.

Must be Kettering by The Antlers.

he he he... I posted a quote and forgot to comment. Really enjoyed it-- thanks for sharing.

3 of George Harrison's Beatles songs come to mind.

His are indeed inspiring, I'm guessing here: "here comes the sun," "something," and "While my guitar gently weeps." No?
"Isn't it a pity" is my favorite of his solo stuff.
Galaxie 500 does a marvelous cover of it.
For that matter, listen to strange by Galaxie 500! Incredible.

envelopes another day

What used to be known as "side 2" of Yes' Going for the One. Both songs must be played together, in the order on the album, for them to affect me as much.

Wondrous Stories/Awaken Part 1 - Awaken Part 2

Otherwise, I have always been moved by George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Orchestra.

I need to listen to more "Yes".... something to balance out my current metal kick

"Question" by the Moody Blues is probably the most inspirational, moving piece of music I ever heard on "rock radio."
90% of the music they played was garbage, and I even thought so at the time.

Lord Zombiac wrote:"Question" by the Moody Blues is probably the most inspirational, moving piece of music I ever heard on "rock radio."
90% of the music they played was garbage, and I even thought so at the time.

That is a great song

But to contribute to this thread, I'd say:

There's Redshift by Keldian...

And somehow, this stupid Spanish Pop Song.

Syd Barrett - Waving My Arms In The Air/ I Never Lied To You

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBgr3da2yDM

heartbreaking.

Lord Zombiac wrote:

Must be Kettering by The Antlers.

he he he... I posted a quote and forgot to comment. Really enjoyed it-- thanks for sharing.

Glad you enjoyed it. The acoustics of you-tube don't do it justice.

I also really like that song. I'll have to get the original and hear it on some good speakers...

Wow, I've got some listening to do! Lord Z, prolific! There are many Syd Barrett songs that are heartbreaking - I was just listening to a few the other day...

The Beach Boys - Caroline No

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCI5wZRn9iE

i sense a link in my answers...

sgt.null wrote:The Beach Boys - Caroline No

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCI5wZRn9iE

i sense a link in my answers...

That whole album is gold, really.

Ashes to Ashes by Bowie has always had a major effect on my life for many reasons (aside from the fact my real name's Tom) but the only song that, for some reason, made me stop in my tracks and cry my eyes out was Birds.

danlo wrote:Ashes to Ashes by Bowie has always had a major effect on my life for many reasons (aside from the fact my real name's Tom) but the only song that, for some reason, made me stop in my tracks and cry my eyes out was Birds.

Harvest Moon.

Stevie wrote:I also really like that song. I'll have to get the original and hear it on some good speakers...

Have you checked out the lyrics? If you haven't, listen to the song while reading the lyrics.

Uplifting:
Parabol/Parabola- Tool
Sunshine of Your Love- Cream
Don't Stop Me Now- Queen

Down Buzz:
Hurt- Nine Inch Nails (especially the lines "you are someone else/I am still right here)
Settle for Nothing- RATM

Every time I hear "Hurt" I struggle not to cry.