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    Songs that touch the core of your being!

    Music is so subjective, which is the beauty of it as we all get to like what touches us emotionally, rhythmically, lyrically, spiritually (perhaps) or combinations thereof. Plus it's not restricted to genre or time.

    I was thinking this morning about songs that captured my soul/heart/mind the very first time I heard them and have stayed with me through the years and decades. Some examples:

    Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me
    Spirit - Nature's Way
    Cat Stevens - Father & Son
    Alan Parsons - Old & Wise
    Kate Bush - The Man with the Child in his Eyes
    Sarah McLachlan - Adia
    Jewel - Foolish Games
    Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
    Hozier - Take Me To Church
    The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
    Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

    I find all of these songs to be lyrically very powerful and there is a direct correlation between them and my own personal experiences, thoughts and/or opinions.
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    Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
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      "Can't Find My Way Back Home" -Blind Faith. Stevie Winwood's plaintive voice, the plucked acoustic guitar line, a sort of relentless shuffle of rhythm parts, and a minor/major key change up all work in combination with the murky recording (those cymbals that sound like muted trash lids) to create a perfect little time capsule of despair. It is a lovely, haunting tune that I've been listening to since it was released.
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        I'll name one which gets me every time. Few of you will know what I'm talking about but I'll throw it out here anyway, Jussi Bjorling singing tenor aria from Tchaikowskys Eugene Onegin.
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          Originally posted by 1morerecord2clean View Post
          I'll name one which gets me every time. Few of you will know what I'm talking about but I'll throw it out here anyway, Jussi Bjorling singing tenor aria from Tchaikowskys Eugene Onegin.
          My old man would know that music. Somebody else on this forum knows opera quite well too.
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            1morerecord2clean commented
            11-26-2016, 11:09 PM
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            I don't believe Bjorling recorded the opera and he probably never sang it live. I have it on a CD of his 1957 Carnegie Hall solo concert. I think he sings it in Swedish not Russian.
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          A couple of opera arias:
          Jose Carreras - Puccini Tosca - E lucevan le stelle
          Kiri Te Kanawa - Bernard Herman Citizen Kane - Theme and Variations Aria from "Salammbo"
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          • #7
            Here's one for me:


            And another, the classic Billie Holliday song done by Cassandra Wilson:


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              Ásgeir - Heart Shaped Box (Audio Video) - YouTube
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                Portico Quartet- Isla - YouTube
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                Post Jazz... Portico Quartet
                 
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                  Ben Howard - "Diamonds" - YouTube
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                  • #11
                    Here's a few more that came to mind last night. From the more folk/rock school.















                    Couldn't decide between the next two:



































                    Then two anthems of a generation:

                    (sorry for the audio but loved the 1964 recording)
















                    And this written by John Phillips of The Mamas and Papas.



















                    Last, hard to choose one from this duo but you have no heart if this doesn't choke you up.

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                    • #12
                      From the classical world:

                      Beethoven: Symphony #9

                      Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

                      Handel: Messiah

                      Copland: Appalachian Spring
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                      • #13
                        From the rock world:














                        Perhaps my all-time favorite rock song: (and Lindsey Buckingham might be one of the most underappreciated guitarists)

















                        Hard choice next but this one won out:














                        Lot's of sentimentality here.


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