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Songs You Love
« on: October 30, 2009, 02:30:04 pm »
Because love is better than hate...

Post the songs that really mean the most to you.  The songs that never get old no matter how many times you've heard them.

For me, most of The Beatles and Paul Simon fit that bill. 

The Boxer chokes me up nearly every time.  Whenever he sings the line "and he carries the reminder of every glove that's laid him low or cut him til he's cried out in his anger and his shame..."

Hell, I got a little choked up just typing that.  So beautiful.

Add to the list America, American Tune, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, and Tenderness and I'll be a blubbering mess by the end of it.

The Beatles don't choke me up so much as simply fill me with joy.

Let it Be is such a simple yet elegant plea for peace.  And the melody just soars.  I can never hear that song too many times.

I could go on, but I think I'll stop there.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2009, 02:43:59 pm »
The first one that springs to mind is All for Swinging You Around by The New Pornographers. It's just so damned cheery that I always like when it comes on even when I'm in a shitty mood.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2009, 02:50:35 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on October 30, 2009, 02:30:04 pm
The Boxer chokes me up nearly every time.  Whenever he sings the line "and he carries the reminder of every glove that's laid him low or cut him til he's cried out in his anger and his shame..."


Hell yeah. I forgot how good that is too.

Ditto what Cort says and also the other one with the lyrics "listening too long to one song" which I can listen to over and over.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2009, 03:17:01 pm »
Opeth - The Drapery Falls

Always sends shivers down my spine.  This is the song I want played at my funeral.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2009, 04:14:17 pm »
Quote from: wombat on October 30, 2009, 02:50:35 pm
Ditto what Cort says and also the other one with the lyrics "listening too long to one song" which I can listen to over and over.

That would be "Sing Me Spanish Techno."  Good choice.

Iron & Wine's version of "Such Great Heights" is pretty much the most beautiful song recorded, ever.  That is my oldest daughter's song, and Barenaked Ladies' (that's right, haters) cover of the Carpenters' "Close to You" belongs to my youngest.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2009, 04:26:57 pm »
Closer to Fine by the Indigo Girls has seen me through many dark days.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2009, 04:48:23 pm »
Pretty much all of The Band and Music from the Big Pink.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2009, 04:55:09 pm »
  • Jeff Buckley, "Lover You Should Have Come Over"
  • Halloween Alaska, "Drown"
  • Bon Iver, "Flume"
  • The Who, "Eminence Front" (I have no idea why, I just love it)
  • Paulo Nutini, "Last Request"
  • The entire Black Keys oeuvre
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2009, 05:21:53 pm »
I know I've said it so many times before, but "Hey Jude" is it for me.  I have wept to that song, found solace in it, found meaning in it, figured out a better way to be by it, and keep finding new things every time I listen to it.

Hey Jude

Hey Jude, don't make it bad
take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better

And anytime you feel the pain
Hey Jude refrain
don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool
who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Na na na na na
na na na na

Hey Jude don't let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
then you can start to make it better

So let it out and let it in
Hey Jude begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you
Hey Jude, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Na na na na na
na na na na yeah

Hey Jude, don't make it bad
take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better
Better, better, better, better, better, oh

Na, na na na na na na
na na na na, hey Jude
Na, na na na na na na
na na na na, hey Jude
Na, na na na na na na
na na na na, hey Jude
Na, na na na na na na
na na na na, hey Jude
Jude Jude a Judy Judy Judy Judy, ow
Na, na na na na na na
na na na na, Hey Jude
(Jude Jude Jude Jude Jude)
Na, na na na na na na
na na na na na, Hey Jude
(Hey Jude Hey Jude)
na na na na na na na
nananana hey jude
na na na na na na na
nananana hey jude

Na, na na na na na na
na na na na, hey Jude 

na na na na, Hey Jude


I should note, there are times when I love the ending of the song, and times when I skip it.  Sometimes I'm really feeling the joy of the "na na," other times, it's about taking "a sad song" and making it better.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2009, 05:25:07 pm »


it's wrong but it's fun and it reminds me of achewood

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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2009, 06:00:55 pm »
That's pretty awesome, Choop.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2009, 06:13:19 pm »
Quote from: side_show on October 30, 2009, 05:21:53 pm
"Hey Jude" is it for me. 

I just heard this on the radio this morning--and as I have done for the last 23 years, I changed the station.  A friend of mine in high school and I used to sing this song together all the time.  He killed himself at the end of that year.  Still can't handle hearing it. 
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2009, 06:18:43 pm »
Quote from: jaydub on October 30, 2009, 04:26:57 pm
Closer to Fine by the Indigo Girls has seen me through many dark days.

I forgot how good this is.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2009, 06:39:03 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on October 30, 2009, 06:31:56 pm
The all time winner though is...

Suspicious Minds - The King

I can't not sing along.

Darn right.  It's like "Sexual Healing" and "For What It's Worth", classics that MUST be sung along with.
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Re: Songs You Love
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2009, 06:57:29 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on October 30, 2009, 06:31:56 pm
One of you guys in the '04 CD exchange included a Neko Case version of Deep Red Bells. Good job on that one.

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