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Scrape,Jan 19 2005, 07:22 PM Wrote:...Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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Funny, that. You mention "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" when Billy Joe's dirge for his father, "Wake Me Up When September Ends", is on the very same album.
There's a reason why it's up for Grammys.
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"Green and the Grey" by New Model Army. I still get goose bumps everytime i listen to it.
"sweet child O' mine" by Guns and Roses for a son I never knew
"When tempest-tossed, embrace Chaos"
- The Book of Counted Sorrows
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Tough choice between me performing a bit of forum necromancy or deciding to start what would be the third thread of such subject ("Songs that Make Your Bottom Lip Tremble", methinks).
Oh, wait.
*sniffs burning sage and smudges arcane inscription*
Necromancy it be. Not that tough, I'm afraid.
The Red Hot Chili Pepper's newest foray, Stadium Arcadium contains the song "Snow". It is, without doubt, the most upbeat 'sad' song I've heard (or its it the saddest 'peppy' song?). On one level there are the lyrics of a soul lost in an oblivion of uncertainty that is looking for a path to move forward. On another level, the guitar 'tinkle' that is the underlying base of the whole song is evocative of a somber winter's snowscape, not unlike the teasing violins in the first movement of Vivaldi's "Winter"â yet another piece whose embrace of winter's stillness captivates the listener.
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Quote:"Snow" by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
I'm listening to that right now. I really like that song. I love the way that the lyrics are just as much of the rhythm as the percussion. Anthony dances over the words in a perfect way. The one song I can compare it to is David Bowie's "Golden Years". Obviously it's a different genre and not a weepy song, but the way Bowie dances over the lyrics in a rhythmic fashion is very easy on the ears and I could listen to it all day.
Quote:Some of these days, and it wont be long
Gonna drive back down where you once belonged
In the back of a dream car twenty foot long
Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart
I love Bowie
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I haven't been able to cry for years, but here are a few songs that bring me close.
"The Green Fields of France" aka "Flowers of the Forest", by anyone. All the renditions I've heard have been good. I'm partial to Dropkick Murphys' cover, though.
"Far Away Boys" by Flogging Molly is certainly a tear jerker.
"Cease" by Bad Religion also touches me, but that probably won't me true for most people. The solo piano version from American Lesion is much more melodic and moving.
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No song has ever made me weep, but Jim Croce has several that really strike a deep chord with me - New York's Not My Home, Operator and These Dreams especially. It is unfortunate that such a powerful and versatile artist with such a great voice had to die so early.
Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt (Trent Reznor's original is outstanding as well of course) also always really centered me. Speaking of Trent, Nine Inch Nails has some absolutely fantastic tracks that really pull on those heartstrings - Trent's emotion really, really seeps into his music and he is amazing live.
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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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well, I generally don't like classical music but one just cannot be "not moved" by W.A. Mozart's Requiem.
To get closer to music I enjoy, Marilyn Manson's Tourniquet from the Antichrist Superstar Album always makes me kind of "mushy". And since I am a strange person I'm going to add some other unexpected (well, for people that know me:)) songs.
Linda Perry, Batman Returns Soundtrack: Knock Me Out
I think this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
Violent Femmes, The Crow Sountrack: Color me once
so depressing.
Jane Siberry, The Crow Soundtrack: It can't rain all the time
sometimes I find this song really moving, other times I find it silly.
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>What songs bring tears to your eyes?
Someone mentioned Jeff Buckley, his cover of 'Hallelujah' would come close for me. Theres the haunting guitar in the beginning, and one part near the end of the song where he just does the hallelujah chorus. I wouldn't say I cried, but it definitely raised the hair on the back of my neck. He imbued an already great song with one of those rare power in music. The ability to make the audience silent and listens.
'Hallelujah' for me is one of those songs that can be (and in a lot ways it is) cliche'd, but it is a cliche because it does have a certain power and truth to it. Which is kind of weird considering the song can be fairly ambiguous, depending on how it's sang and which lyric combinations chosen. It can range from a spiritual hymn, a love\break up song complete with overt sexual metaphor and melodrama, a redemptive wail to a cynically detached despair.
While I like the original Leonard Cohen version for his unique voice and delivery, I can't help the feeling that a few of his renditions is only a few sly winks and notes away from a bad casino lounge 'croonery'. Even that wouldn't be too out of place I guess. This is one of those songs to me that has enough room for interpretation to include both the profound and the profane.
