A well made song can have a profound impact on us as people..
It can be representative of something bigger than us, a movement that defines a moment, to therapy on a very personal level.. music has helped me a lot through life and has elicited all types of emotional reactions from me from love to reflection and more.
I was wondering what people's top five songs were and why?
Or if there is a genre or artist someone most identifies and if they know why they do?
The Woody Woodpecker Song
Teddy Bears Picnic
My Old Mans a Dustman
Hole in the Ground
Old MacDonald had a Farm.
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Sunny Afternoon by the Kinks got me through a very tough time getting divorced many years ago.
I'll have a think about some others that I can identify with, there will be more.
1.Where not Real Madrid, where not Barcelona, we are Fulham !
2. Footballs coming home.
3. I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts ( have a banana).
4. Hitler has only got one ball.
5. 15 men on a dead mans chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
General makes a good point, music can speak to the inner, most fundamental, emotions more clearly than anything else. The best music is so well-crafted that each word speaks a thousand. I challenge anyone to come up with a better anti-war song than "Green Fields of France", for example.
Quote from: Holders on November 28, 2017, 03:04:09 PM
General makes a good point, music can speak to the inner, most fundamental, emotions more clearly than anything else. The best music is so well-crafted that each word speaks a thousand. I challenge anyone to come up with a better anti-war song than "Green Fields of France", for example.
I'm not saying it's better, but Brothers In Arms, by Dire Straits, is another strong lyric
As said above, music can take you places words cant reach. The more impressionist the lyrics, the more I get to join the dots and so the more personal the music becomes. The finest 3 and a half minute contemporary song I know is Driver 8 by R.E.M. Of songs that tell a more linear story, Fairytale of New York is one heck of an achievement.
About five years ago I decided to give classical music a proper try and forced myself to listen to Beethoven's fifth ten times in ten days. By day 6 I was utterly hooked and haven't looked back. So in response to the question posed, here's my take on five of Beethoven's best symphonies
#3 - Although life is full of grandeur, in the end it turns out to be a big joke
#5 - Every emotion in every conflict in history boiled down into a rich broth
#6 - Days out the country can be eventful
#7 - Although life can be a big joke, the sheer grandeur gets revealed at the end
#8 - Time is precious, use it wisely
#1 and #2 basically proved to himself he could write a symphony. #4 is D- could do much better
#9 defies words, especially the bits that aren't heard so frequently.
1. Look Wot U Dun by Slade Memories of School
2. My Ding A Ling by Chuck Berry. First Xmas in Employment.
3. Oh Boy by Mud 75 Cup Final
4. If I was by Midge Sure. My Son was born.
5. You Win Again by Bee Gees. My Daughter was born.
Quote from: Carborundum on November 28, 2017, 05:32:43 PM
As said above, music can take you places words cant reach. The more impressionist the lyrics, the more I get to join the dots and so the more personal the music becomes. The finest 3 and a half minute contemporary song I know is Driver 8 by R.E.M. Of songs that tell a more linear story, Fairytale of New York is one heck of an achievement.
About five years ago I decided to give classical music a proper try and forced myself to listen to Beethoven's fifth ten times in ten days. By day 6 I was utterly hooked and haven't looked back. So in response to the question posed, here's my take on five of Beethoven's best symphonies
#3 - Although life is full of grandeur, in the end it turns out to be a big joke
#5 - Every emotion in every conflict in history boiled down into a rich broth
#6 - Days out the country can be eventful
#7 - Although life can be a big joke, the sheer grandeur gets revealed at the end
#8 - Time is precious, use it wisely
#1 and #2 basically proved to himself he could write a symphony. #4 is D- could do much better
#9 defies words, especially the bits that aren't heard so frequently.
I was trying to think of the title. Fairytale of New York is the perfect example, beautifully crafted. Each word speaks a thousand and it summarises better than a biography. I've told my daughter I want it at my funeral (a bit of a joke as well as it celebrates two things that she knows I hate!).
I love the 9th as well. I'm no christian but the words (credit Schiller) are so well written "...muss ein lieber Vater wohnen, such' ihm uber'm Sternenzelt..." German is such a precise language, you just can't express it so well in English.
More prosaically, "Nutbush City Limits" always transports me back to the Hammersmith End terrace.
Having started DJin in the 70s and still working now this is difficult and will come back to this.
There is a brilliant Christmas song by Tim Minchin of all people, called White Wine in the Sun.
I would encourage everyone to listen to it once.
I really struggled to get this down to anything close to five and let me just say I agree with Carborundum about Beethoven's symphonies. I love the 'Pastoral' thunderstorm and hymn.
1)Gershwin – Summertime
Just gets to me every time I hear it sung or (try to) play it. A simple melody that is timeless.
2)Beethoven - Sonata No 14 in C Sharp minor ('Moonlight')
Struggled with piano and music lessons for years just to play it. The last movement is not what you'd expect after the first
3)Tchaikovsky/Prokofiev/Berlioz/Bernstein – Romeo and Juliet
Take your pick of music written about Shakespeare's romantic tragedy. They all have moments of sheer emotional extremes and I have a hard job of choosing between the Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev interpretations as my favourite.
4)Borodin – Prince Igor Overture and Polovtsian Dances
Staggeringly beautiful Russian music written for an opera the composer never heard. The Polovtsian Dances are best heard with the choral accompaniment.
5)Holst – Planet Suite
The whole suite is a journey of discovery but the wordless female chorus in 'Neptune' always gets to me – the musical equivalent of infinity.
Also love Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade because the music tells you the stories you just wish you had been told a very long time ago.
I have just too many popular music favourites to even think about narrowing them down to five but Renaissance's 'Northern Lights' are up there somewhere.
This is very hard indeed.
1.Take me home, Al Fayed; when it was sung loud in those days always threatened to bring a lump to my throat.
2. Boz Scaggs, Dinah Flo; the opening song on the My Time album always brought a smile to my face no matter how down I felt.
3. Pink Floyd, Shine on You Crazy Diamond; as a tribute to the late, great Syd is musically and emotionally superb (especially on vinyl).
4. The Doors, When the Music's Over; Strange Days was the first album I paid good money for and Jim Morrison in his pomp had a visceral quality that few, if any, could match.
5. Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Carl Orff, Glenn Millar, Gershwin, Keef Hartley, there are so many possibilities but I am going for Coloseum, Valentyne Suite (from the album of the same name); I love the sound, the musicianship and the emotion conveyed.
Quote from: Twig on November 29, 2017, 12:20:19 PM
This is very hard indeed.
1.Take me home, Al Fayed; when it was sung loud in those days always threatened to bring a lump to my throat.
This unfortunately can happen when you eat an apple whole, you should chew it first.
Any 5 by Eric Clapton. He is an inspiration by kicking a life of drink & drugs.
"My father´s eyes" is very moving as is "Tears in heaven"
Netherlands - Dan Fogelberg
Song for Europe - Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music
Fairytale in New York - Shane McGowan/Kirsty MacColl and the Pogues (topical)
Nessum Dorma - Pavarottii
Oh Yea - Georgie Fame
They tend to change from time to time but
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Home by the sea - Genesis
Let Go - Frou Frou
Take it to the Limit - The Eagles
National Acrobat - Black Sabbath
Quote from: rogerpinvirginia on November 29, 2017, 12:47:18 PM
Netherlands - Dan Fogelberg
Song for Europe - Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music
Fairytale in New York - Shane McGowan/Catherine McGee and the Pogues (topical)
Nessum Dorma - Pavarottii
Oh Yea - Georgie Fame
The late lamented Kirsty MacColl, wasn't it?
Quote from: Holders on November 28, 2017, 03:04:09 PM
General makes a good point, music can speak to the inner, most fundamental, emotions more clearly than anything else. The best music is so well-crafted that each word speaks a thousand. I challenge anyone to come up with a better anti-war song than "Green Fields of France", for example.
The final scene in the War Film " Pathes of Glory " take some beating.
Quote from: Holders on November 28, 2017, 03:04:09 PM
General makes a good point, music can speak to the inner, most fundamental, emotions more clearly than anything else. The best music is so well-crafted that each word speaks a thousand. I challenge anyone to come up with a better anti-war song than "Green Fields of France", for example.
I agree that's a wonderful song and lyrics also known as "Willie McBride"
Yes, great song, also known as No Man's Land written by great Scottish, Australian resident, songwriter , Eric Bogle, who also wrote another powerful anti- war song And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, about the disastrous Gallipoli campaign of WW1, recorded by the Pogues amongst others.
https://youtu.be/DxkhBvO8_kM
https://youtu.be/cZqN1glz4JY
Hundert Mann und ein Befehl. Heidi Brühl.
Man in Black. Johnny Cash.
Hey Jude. Beatles.
Always on my mind. Elvis.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Simon & Garfunkel.
This is an impossible ask to fulfill. Different songs or compositions move you in so many different ways, and at different times in your life. But does anything ever resonate like the timely song that comes on during unrequited love, especially when you're of a certain age?
Fire and Rain, James Taylor
I Wave Bye Bye, Jesse Winchester
Riders on the Storm, The Doors
You Are The Sunshine of My Life, Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye. You pick the song. Doesn't matter.
Also, did anyone see the Jonathan Demme film, "Philadelphia", and experience Neil Young's song of the same name that came on at the very end? Maybe one of the most moving moments in all of film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHpQFF_Et4s
Quote from: RaySmith on November 29, 2017, 10:52:14 PM
Yes, great song, also known as No Man's Land written by great Scottish, Australian resident, songwriter , Eric Bogle, who also wrote another powerful anti- war song And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, about the disastrous Gallipoli campaign of WW1, recorded by the Pogues amongst others.
https://youtu.be/DxkhBvO8_kM
https://youtu.be/cZqN1glz4JY
Yes, they're frequent session songs. Green Fields is also sometimes known as Flowers of The Forest.
Fiddlers Green is in similar vein but not so powerful.
Quote from: Forever Fulham on November 30, 2017, 05:02:49 AM
........ Different songs or compositions move you in so many different ways, and at But does anything ever resonate like the timely song that comes on during unrequited love.......?
"Juliet" by Dire Straits. Who among us has never felt like that at some time during our lives?
Here Comes The Night...Them/Van Morrison
Caroline No...Beach Boys
Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them...K D Lang
Eleanor Rigby....The Beatles
Accidents... Thunderclap Newman.
I forgot.
"They shoot horses don't they" Racing Cars
The first dance at my wedding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l4L6HW5mQE
NogoodverygoodwelshgroupinitBoyo
Also reminds me of my great days in the 70's going from pub to pub to club watching some greatbans
Girl from the Hiring Fair - Ralph McTell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2jyr4yGYWs
The only time i was ever really moved by a song was Wild Horses by Rolling Stones, listening to it in the car after a great weekend with friends, i was bawling my eyes out.
Not really sure why! But i have now requested that this is played at my funeral - anyone else got a funeral song lined up?
Quote from: Dixie on November 30, 2017, 02:23:46 PM
The only time i was ever really moved by a song was Wild Horses by Rolling Stones, listening to it in the car after a great weekend with friends, i was bawling my eyes out.
Not really sure why! But i have now requested that this is played at my funeral - anyone else got a funeral song lined up?
Several - Fairytale of New York (as above). Peter Sellers had In the Mood played at his because his friends knew that he hated it. I have to say that New York is one of the last places on Earth I'd want to go to, and I hate christmas so hopefully that'll give them a laufgh, as well as the quality lyrics otherwise which speak many messages.
Also Green Grow the Rashes O. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io-n-WIcj_M
Tomato
Oxtail
Minestrone
Pea and Ham
Chicken
Oh sorry, its the cold weather I thought you said soups
Comfortably Numb
The Sky is Crying
Echoes
All at my funeral
Hoorah I hear you say, can't wait say some!
Difficult to pick 5 that really mean something other than like intensely?
Maybe: Help me make it through the night - 1st u know what.
Yours is no disgrace - long walk in the rain down M1 ! - long story
Lady Fantasy - seen em (Camel) many times and reminds me of a very good youth
Just too many really
A few more to chew on, collective:
Photographs and Memories, Jim Croce
Amelia and Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell (2000 Dreamland album versions)
I Scare Myself, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Wichita Lineman, Glen Campbell
Let's Stay Together, Al Green
Yesterday, Beatles
Never My Love, Various artists
Your Song, Elton John
End of the Innocence, Don Henley
Someone to Lay Down Beside Me (The Story of My Life), Linda Ronstadt
Crying, Roy Orbison
He Stopped Loving Her Today, George Jones
Happy Together, Turtles
Taking You Home, Henley
Couldnt begin to choose my contemporary 5 but both my parents are classical musicians so some of that has rubbed off in my 29 years. In no order;
The mozart requiem - incredible and used in so many films. Probably my favourite bit of music ever written tbh.
Bach air. Beautiful. Been used by some pop artists.
pachelbel's cannon. Slow builder and a bit similar to bach but i guess thats why i like them both.
Miserere mei deus- this was deemed so beutiful by the vatican that it was only ever allowed to be played there. A young mozart watched a number of performances and wrote the whole score out from memory. The Vatican, maybe seeing this as a sign from god allowed it to be played elsewhere. Great story but a stunning piece. I can see how a zealous man could keep it all to himself.
Stuck for 5 so you are getting 6
Verdi requiem - yes im morbid but this is as dramatic as music can get. A choral star wars at times.
Handle- zadoc the priest. As this is a football forum a bastardised version is used as the champions league song. I think its epic.
I have really enjoyed listening to many of your selections i have never heard or am not familiar with. Thank you. If you have any time please give these a listen. Some are longer than others but if you go on YouTube they often break it down so just listen tobthe one with the most hits.
Wow did i overdo that post
Quote from: Dixie on November 30, 2017, 02:23:46 PM
The only time i was ever really moved by a song was Wild Horses by Rolling Stones, listening to it in the car after a great weekend with friends, i was bawling my eyes out.
Not really sure why! But i have now requested that this is played at my funeral - anyone else got a funeral song lined up?
For me Time To Say Goodbye sung as a duet.
Quote from: Jonaldiniho 88 on November 30, 2017, 08:51:05 PM
Wow did i overdo that post
No, it was interesting.
It's not deep and meaningful but what do you think of Bach's Toccata?
As another offering, I'd add Gentle Maiden. It's a lovely session tune (waltz) and the words are nice. It was used in an adaptation of Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles when the girls were dancing in white dresses on May Morn on the Dorset coast - a place called Dancing Ledge, as it happens. It's mournful and reflective and I played it at my father's funeral. There are plenty of instrumental versions on youtube but I couldn't find a sung one that I particularly liked.
Quote from: Holders on December 01, 2017, 09:18:35 AM
Quote from: Jonaldiniho 88 on November 30, 2017, 08:51:05 PM
Wow did i overdo that post
No, it was interesting.
It's not deep and meaningful but what do you think of Bach's Toccata?
As another offering, I'd add Gentle Maiden. It's a lovely session tune (waltz) and the words are nice. It was used in an adaptation of Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles when the girls were dancing in white dresses on May Morn on the Dorset coast - a place called Dancing Ledge, as it happens. It's mournful and reflective and I played it at my father's funeral. There are plenty of instrumental versions on youtube but I couldn't find a sung one that I particularly liked.
Mussorgsky - A Night on the Bare Mountain
Barbers Adagion for strings, simply moving
Rodriguez guitar concierto aranjuez adajio
Rather than 5, I guess that the one that brings back childhood/teens memories is "Tom Dooley" by the Kingston Trio - it seemed to be around for years. If the wife is out I'll put "The Rock" soundtrack on (loud).
This one took some beating at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqimlFcJsM
Quote from: Keynsham on December 01, 2017, 05:00:05 PM
This one took some beating at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqimlFcJsM
Agreed, brilliant song.
1. Turn Turn turn-first lp I bought
2. 41 shots-Bruce Springsteen-over reaction by NY cops
3. Maybe this time-Michael Murphy- second chance at love 30 years later
4. Tangled up in Blue-Bob Dylan-great story/imagery
5. Heart of the night-Poco-classic country rock
Could name heaps more!!
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations by Elgar.
Quote from: Dixie on November 30, 2017, 02:23:46 PM
The only time i was ever really moved by a song was Wild Horses by Rolling Stones, listening to it in the car after a great weekend with friends, i was bawling my eyes out.
The only time I have ever been moved was when the Bailifs came knocking at my mountain cave.
But I agree with you about the song.
