Music to move you ????

Joni Mitchell "Little Green" reduces me to a bubbling wreck every time through its sheer beauty.

Recent purchase - Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scott's. The guitar solo on Track 4 "Because We've Ended as Lovers". Shivers down the spine every time. The tone, the tone.

Arvo Part's Te Deum. ECM New Series. About 20 mins in when the choir and orchestra build to a climax. Well, climax is the word.

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Originally posted by Colin Lorenson:

Joni Mitchell "Little Green" reduces me to a bubbling wreck every time through its sheer beauty.

Yes, not to mention its poignant back-story ... it's about the daughter she gave up for adoption, with whom she has now reconnected.

Any number of early Joni songs have this same effect on me ... almost anything from her first five albums.

Best,
Fred

Munch you are so on the button with Gorecki's 3rd. Exiles from Larks Tongues is also very moving I find.

SteveT

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Originally posted by munch:

Fred,
Sorry if this is off thread but one hell of a good album man.
Its moved me today,Blinding.

Thanks so much, Stu. My vocabulary of gratitude has been straining beyond its limits for quite awhile now, but suffice to say that you have no idea how much I appreciate your kind words; so glad you dig it. Not off-thread at all ... it moves me, too, which is why I do it.

All best,
Fred

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Originally posted by munch:
I have seen more grown men cry to this album than any other i have ever played.

You read the cover hear the music and you are off.
The most moving music aint the words for it.
I dont play it that much because i know i will be in bits by the end.
If you have never heard it???
Put it at the top of your to buy list.


Stu

Munch,

Can't believe I actually agree with you.

Would loved to have had the opportunity to hear this live at Lincoln Center in 1993 when Upsahw performed with the symphony.

I think that it would be even more engaging if recorded live with Ken's True Stereo methods either 2 mic analog or 4 mic digital.

The opening chorale of Bach's St Matthew Passion - as long as it's not performed by Richter!

Shostakovitch's Piano Quintet No.57

The Who 'See me Feel me' live at Woodstock

regards,

mat

Probably the most poignant lyric and one that leaves a lump in the throat is from HMHB's wonderful A Country Practice. It recounts a true event of an lonely and elderly lady who nobody really cared about, who died in her flat on the eve of the millennium. We all hope our final years will be filled with joyful moments, but alas this is not always the case

She died with her telly on, eighty-seven and confused
With not enough hospital beds ‘cos all the money’s been used
On the end of the century party preparations
And they reckon that the last thing she saw in her life was
Sting, singing on the roof of the Barbican
Sting, singing on the roof of the Barbican

I only hope such a horrific and pointless vision of the dreadful Sting, singing on the roof of the Barbican, (is there a more ugly building?) is a fate that befalls nobody else, but sadly it probably will. I intend to die with telly off listening to Shirley Collins records.

ATB Rotf

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Originally posted by Colin Lorenson:

Recent purchase - Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scott's. The guitar solo on Track 4 "Because We've Ended as Lovers". Shivers down the spine every time. The tone, the tone.

Tal's bass solo on the same track. She starts off a little rough and kind of stilted. She misses the timing a bit but then totally relaxes into it and really finishes it well. The relief and joy on her face when she brings it together gets me every time. Jeff's reaction doesn't hurt either. What a great DVD, eh?

I forgot about this one. It blows everything else away for me. Just a bit of context helps: this man is part of a chorus group in America. He was due to sing this with one of his close friends who died just days beforehand - you can see his friend's family in the audience, struggling on. You can hear in the background the pump on his oxygen machine, sounds a bit like O'Superman. It's part of a film about the chorus group which I can't recommend highly enough. Chris Martin I believe has said this is the best version of his song. Well, that's one sensible thing he's said then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_n0zvoHlVk

I guess this depends on where your head is at any given time. My wifes uncle, Bernie Marsden, (lead guitarist of Whitesnake and writer of Here I go Again) is a mad keen blues fan, as most rock guitarists are.

So I have spent quite alot of time in his studio listening to him play Albert King. I must say that ALbert King is incredible. Does his music move me, if the adrenaline that runs through my veins is anything to go buy then he sure does.

Currently listening to Albert KIng & Stevie Ray Vaughan in Session on acoutsicsounds 45RPM LP phew this stuff is stunning!!!

Cheers

Jez

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Has anyone heard the Blue Nile 'High' album?

I have a different opinion of this album to Bruce. A return to form after peace at last and well worth having IMO.

"Hurt" performed by Johnny Cash.

Must agree about Du Pre playing Elgar's cello concert and Hurt by Johnny Cash.

When I heard Part's Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten coming out of a shop in Brighton, I broke down in the street. Went in and bought it but can't play it even now.

steve

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Originally posted by Bob Ll.:
"Hurt" performed by Johnny Cash.

Yes, especially with the video. Usually, videos don't add much for me, but that one, with Johnny and June in their home, is really special.

I also feel that his version is one of the few covers that are actually better than the original.

Fred

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Originally posted by Bob Ll.:
"Hurt" performed by Johnny Cash.

Agreed!

As Fred says, the video adds another dimension; plus JC is a legend.

Gordon

Empty Garden - Elton John's tribute about John Lennon being shot.

It never Entered My Mind
He Loved Him Madly, Both by Miles Davis

Mahler's 2nd Symphony
Liszt's Arabesque No.1
Bryan Wilson's Surf's Up

Weldon

Much of Bruce Springsteen's work moves me (Thunder Road, State Trooper, Brilliant Disguise, The Ghost of Tom Joad...). There are some other's here that I would agree with (The The - Kingdom of Rain, The Blue Nile).

To these I would add R.E.M. - Find The River, Drive-By Truckers - A World of Hurt, John Martyn - Baby Please Come Home

Also need to add Jeff Buckley - Everybody Here Wants You & Last Goodbye

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John Martyn - Baby Please Come Home

I think from the same period Hurt in your Heart.
I saw an interview by Phil Cunningham with John a couple of years ago.
He played Baby Please Come Home and it still moved HIM to tears.

Just saw Quentin Tarentino's "Inglourious Basterds" (sic).

Best use of a classic song from another movie:

David Bowie's "Cat People (Putting Out The Fire)"

During the scene where Shoshanna is putting on her makeup for the big night at the movie premier. VERY MOVING!

kyung wha chung playing Elgar violin concerto and Bruch violin concerto.

Somewhere West side story...........