What songs "get" you?

[ggunn]

"Keep Me In Your Heart For A While" by Warren Zevon

Written to his wife after he found out he was dying and recorded shortly before his demise.

[Sixpack324]

Dream Theater - Misunderstood

Queensryche - Someone else?

Metallica - Mama Said

Sarah McLachlin - Angel

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Tom Waits - Bottom of the World - Time

[Roscoe East]

Originally Posted by Sixpack324

Tom Waits - Bottom of the World

One of the bands I play in covers "Bottom Of The World" and I agree, it's a really touching tune that goes straight to your emotional core

...until you listen closely to the lyrics, and you realize "What the hell? This is gibberish!"

[UncleJimmy]

Black Muddy River- The Grateful Dead
The Dead was a huge influence on me when I was a kid and when Jerry died, that song just hit me hard. Still does.

Into the Mystic-Van Morrison
It was my first dance with my wife at our wedding. I've learned to play it with the intention of singing it to her but just can't seem to sing it because I'm busy getting choked up.

[MatticusMania]

You know, it seems that whenever Im going through a breakup there tends to be at least one song out there that resonates with me, if only for the commiseration.

When I left my ex wife it was The Airborne Toxic Event song "Somtime Around Midnight".
With whats going on with my current wife, that Gotye song "Somebody That I Used to Know" song makes me want to cry.

[Muttleybass]

I'll Keep Holding On - Simply Red
Big hard Sun - Indigo

And +1 for "Somebody That I Used To Know" for the song.

With my wife, it's more like "Devil Woman" by Cliff Richard.

[lowendfriend]

Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits

Angel From Montgomery by Bonnie Raitt

[lowendfriend]

Originally Posted by ggunn

"Keep Me In Your Heart For A While" by Warren Zevon

Written to his wife after he found out he was dying and recorded shortly before his demise.

That's a great example!!! I get eye burn just seeing the title!

[stratovani]

"You Really Got Me" always gets me, and so does "I've Got You (Under My Skin)". "I'll Get You" also gets me a lot, as well as "I Don't Get It" and "You've Got Me Now".

[MatticusMania]

I think you win.

[nataku]

Kaki King - You Don't Have To Be Afraid
Brand New - Limousine (MS Rebridge)
Danielle Ate The Sandwich - Afterwards
Death Cab For Cutie - Styrofoam Plates and Marching Bands of Manhattan
Eisley - Head Against The Sky
Feist - Anti-Pioneer
Fun - The Gambler
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
My Brightest Diamond - I Have Never Loved Someone
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Tegan & Sara - Someday
Thrice - Daedalus

[iJazz]

"Leader of The Pack"

Oh, wait! Wrong thread.



"Crying" by

Roy Orbison

or

Roy & k.d. lang

Hard to pick one over the other. I can't recall any duet where two voices were so well suited for singing together. The unison final verse just gives me the shivers every time I hear it.

On the other hand Roy on his own will forever be an unmatched singular force of musical genius. As one comment on YouTube offered, "God wishes he sounded like Roy."

I can't believe that Eva Cassidy hasn't been mentioned. Again, a talent bounded only by her early death. If an angel has a voice, it was given to Eva. Incomparable.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Easily the most sensitive interpretation of this timeless classic I've ever heard.

What A Wonderful World

Wikipedia:

In 1993, Cassidy had a malignant mole removed from her back. Three years later, during a promotional event for the Live at Blues Alley album in July 1996, Cassidy noticed an ache in her hips, which she attributed to stiffness from painting murals while perched atop a stepladder. The pain persisted and a few weeks later, X-rays revealed that the melanoma had spread to her lungs and bones. Her doctors estimated she had three to five months to live. Cassidy opted for aggressive treatment, but her health deteriorated rapidly. In her final public performance in September 1996, at the Bayou, she closed the set with "What a Wonderful World" in front of an audience of friends, fans and family. She was subsequently admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Cassidy died at her family home in Bowie, November 2, 1996, at the age of 33. She was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Washington Area Music Association. In accordance with her wishes, Cassidy's body was cremated. Her ashes were scattered on the lake shores of St. Mary's River Watershed Park, a nature reserve near California, Maryland.

iJazz

[Funky Ghost]

A couple of live ones that kill me when I watch them.

Biko Live Amnesty International concert ~ Peter Gabriel

The bagpipes.. the words.. the cause and the audience singing it back at him are very powerful.

Heroes ~ Queen with David Bowie Freddy Mercury Tribute concert

There is a point near the end of the song where the heartfelt anguish in Bowies voice is so poignant. Very soon after they show Brian May .. the look on his face as he looks out at the audience gives me chills.

Don't Give Up ~ Peter Gabriel with Paula Cole Secret World Live

Peter and Paula doing point, counter point is magical. The scream Peter lets out at the end of the bridge kills me. The reggae breakdown at the end pulls it out of the cellar and into an uplifting end completing the roller coaster ride.

This isn't live but I love the song just the same

Vessel in Vain ~ Smog

[zmBass]

At the moment its just In the morning by Wolfmother and St Francis by Delta Spirit

[Sumtingwong]

Originally Posted by iJazz

"Leader of The Pack"


Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Easily the most sensitive interpretation of this timeless classic I've ever heard.

What A Wonderful World

Wikipedia:



iJazz

Eva just gets it. She found ways to make the song move her, and then let it all out.

I always found this song really haunting.
Kim Richey-Come Around

[lowendfriend]

The End....The Doors

Dust In the Wind....Kansas

[GRAHAM SG1]

Man of the world - Fleetwood Mac
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
More than words - Extreme
Everybody hurts - REM

[pnut166]

"Jacob`s Dream" - Alison Krauss. A supposedly true story...if you don`t tear up, you better check your pulse. alison krauss jacobs dream - YouTube

[GRAHAM SG1]

Other songs that are emotional are `we have all the time in the world`and `what a wonderful world` by Louis Armstrong, they were played at the last two funerals I went to .

[bassistjoe93]

Lighthouse by Nickel Creek. Really beautiful story. I'm not a crier, but that song just about makes me choke up.