Music that really gets to you.

I tend to come over all teary when I hear Elvis Costello sing `Allison` 

Diamond Mine is a lovely album and it has a similar effect on me. So does some of the music by Calexico, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Greg Brown and others. I can also be equally moved by beautiful instrumental music -- Bill Frisell's guitar or Chris Potter's saxophone comes first to mind (because that's what I played late last night).

Now over to the Padded Cell's football thread to recapture some man points... ;-)

ATB.

Hook

Arvo Part's Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten

Jacqueline du Pre playing Elgar's Cello Concerto

steve

I'm glad that somebody else 'gets' Diamond Mine.  A thing of beauty.

However it is Richard Hawley 'For Your Lover Spare Some Time'. I listened to it the night my wife was recovering from cancer surgery. I find it almost unbearable to listen to now-and she is fine by the way!

Bruce

I first heard "Diamond Mine" in the Naim room at the recent Salon Son & Image here in Montreal, thanks to Doug Graham. It floored me.

James Blake's "Overgrown" is in a similar vein (voice over a well-arranged background of electronica) ; quite moving.

Jan

Incidentally the new Jon Hopkins album 'Immunity' has two atmospheric tracks very much in the vein of 'Diamond Mine'. One has a ghostly vocal contribution from King Creosote although both are essentially instrumentals. The rest of the album is a bit too pure electronica/beats for me but these two tracks (Abandon Window and the title track) will appeal to DM fans I suspect. I note Pitchforkmedia gave the whole album a very positive review.

I vaguely wonder if they will produce another album together. One part of me would like them not to-because I just fear it will never be as good as the original.

Bruce

Just for starters :

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 5. 2nd Movement  'Andante Espressivo'.

          Murray Perahia - Piano on SONY.

SCHUMANN Fantasie Op. 17. 3rd Movement 'Langsam Getragen'.

          Murray Perahia - Piano on SONY (RCA).

JS BACH Chaconne from the D Minor Partita BWV1004.

          Franco Platino - Guitar on NAXOS 8.554344.

Incredibly beautiful music and performances, that always guarantee 'not a dry eye' in the WW household.

Rickie Lee Jones 'Walk Away Renee' from 'Girl at her Volcano'.  Chokes me every time. G

Ghost by Indigo Girls gets me every time but so does Mandy by Barry Manilow.

Bonnie Raitt - Too Long At The Fair. Probably more to do with her vocal performance than the song.

Lowell George - Twenty Million Things. Even more poignant when you consider he passed away not long after recording it.

Ravel - Le Gibet

"The Man With The Child in His Eyes" Kate Bush. I've never figured out what it's really about but it moves me anyway.

The opening riff of Under my thumb on the Stones' Still Life.

The bit where the drums come in on Rod Stewart's Mandolin Wind.

Coyuhoga by REM.

Chris

An amazing song, especially when one considers that Kate was only 14 when she wrote it.

"Shine" by Joni Mitchell comes to mind. But there's a LOT of music that moves me (in different ways).

King Creosoto/Diamond Mine is really *sniff*....and Grace/Jeff Buckley ...and Sophie Hunger (listen to "Can you hear me")....and J.S.Bach (Johannes or Matthäus Passion)...Alfred Deller/Couperin....and tears in 20sec is the aria of Mimi/La Boheme/Chiamno Mimi...

But folks, isn't it great that music can touch us like this?

cheers

Ralf

I remember the first time I heard Tom Waits  Georgia Lee,the old eyes filled up, listened to it again and sobbed, still gets me every time.

I am with you on Joni's "Shine" which seems to have been largely overlooked.

It is a very mature, honest and above all, emotive work. Extremely beautiful in parts.

I would just like to say (following an observation from Mrs. R) that the deduction of man points for posting on this thread applies the same to women as it does for men.

Reburner - An equal opportunities poster 

Tell Me There's A Heaven, Chris Rea, last track on Road To Hell.

Tried to man-up and listen to ' RLJ walk away rene' to redeem said man points by adopting the mantle of an emotionless automaton.  Didn't work. G

Hard to disagree with any of the choices above!

For me, it's often not only the music itself which moves me but also its personal associations. One such is the final act of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro from "Contessa, perdono", which may be my favourite vocal music as well as being amongst the most human and humane works of art ever, but has sad personal memories for me.

The thing about man (or woman) points is that you can't spend them anywhere or take them with you!

Happy listening,

Vlad

Try Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue LP from 1977. Re-released on CD in 2008, there is nothing quite like it. The drummer from the Beach Boys, its kinda like a Californian John Martyn. He was a surfer and real 'free spirit', it's hauntingly beautiful and sad, and another reason for whole albums, there's not a duff moment on it. Ironically he drowned in the big wide ocean he so loved. The vinyl version is really rich, open and warm but the CD isnt bad either.

Joni Mitchell's "little green" from Blue.    Gets me every single time

Every time i listen to Genesis' Supper's Ready, that bit towards the beginning where Peter Gabriel sings "It's been a long long time.....................hasn't it" does it for for. It's almost as though someone has reached inside of me a given my heart a quick squeeze, stopping it for a moment.

I also love it when you hear a piece of music you like unexpectedly, out and about, on the radio or what have you - i often find myself gasping out loud and getting goosebumps when that happens.

Cheers all,

Mike. Coventry UK.