Songs that get stuck in our hearts.

[Larry P.]

Son of a Son of a Sailor
Boats to Build
Cats in The Cradle

[Phillip Allen]

whahappen to Stud's article???

I spoze it was one of those copyright things

so give us the source so we may get at it...please

[km gresham]

Color My World
Time in a Bottle
Unchained Melody

[Bruce G]

Seasons in the Sun
Lady in Red
Wonderful Tonight

The best of all: Amazing Grace on bagpipes

[John Bell]

Melodies stick with me more than words, usually. My favorite of all time is the old altar call hymn Just as I Am.

On Wednesday night we sang a heck of good version of Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (Tune of Beethoven's 9th 'Ode to Joy') at the funeral of the wife of a friend and fellow choir member. It's been going through my head ever since.

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[km gresham]

I think I'll concur on "Amazing Grace", Bruce. smile.gif

[km gresham]

Ok, it's not a song it's a story. Trans Siberian Orchestra: Christmas Eve and Other Stories. I know, I know it's not Christmas, but I've been listening to it and it's such a great story and I love the style(s).

Take a listen if you haven't. smile.gif

The Story:

http://www.trans-siberian.com/discography/xmaseve-sto ry.shtml (http://www.trans-siberian.com/discography/xmaseve-story.shtml)

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[Larry P.]

Amzaing Grace slipped my mind, also Avae Maria especially when my sister sings it.

[Memphis Mike]

"Disco Inferno"

-Sue

(just kidding! :cool: )

[Jack Heinlen]

I woke up to Ludwig Van's Sixth this morning.

Sometimes, like a puppy just seperated from its family and left with an alarm clock, I'll leave the NPR station on all night, turned down low. They play classical music through the night. When I stir in the night, it's nice to hear. I figure the subliminal ear can't be hurting me, either.

The Sixth, all of his symphonies, stick in my heart. This morning, groggy, half in and out, I knew it was one of Ludwig's, but couldn't immediately place it.

Powerful stuff. That boy could sling some notes! :D

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[Leon m]

Pachelbel Canon

[Chris Coose]

"With a song in my heart,
I behold your adorable face,
Just a song at the start,
but it soon is a hymn to your grace.
As the music swells,
I'm touching your hand,
It tells that you're standing near and,
At the sound of your voice,
heaven opens its portals to me,
Can I help but rejoice,
that a song such as ours came to be,
that I always knew,
I would see love through,
with a song in my heart for you.

Think of Ella putting her touch on that one.

Goosebumps every time.

I get goosebumps every time I sing it.

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[rbhawk]

Unforgettable, Nat King Cole

[cs]

I Never Cry Alice Cooper

Chad

[Jack Heinlen]

Some day, when I'm awfully low,
When the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight.

Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft,
There is nothing for me but to love you,
And the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart...
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
It touches my foolish heart.

Lovely ... Never, ever change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won't you please arrange it ?
'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight.

Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm,
Just the way you look to-night.

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Silly stuff, it ruined many a middle class marraige circa 1965, but it does stick in my heart, especially the first stanza.

[Meerkat]

I can't say they're stuck in my heart, but a couple of songs I never grow tired of hearing are:

"In The Mood" and "String of Pearls"

I think those are, by a longshot, Miller's two best!

[paladin]

"In an eighteenth century drawing room"
Hal kemp and his orchestra, 1938.....

[Jack Heinlen]

This is different angst than the silly, romance angst of middle-class America, or the unstoppable romantic angst of Ludwig. I'm not sure where it comes from(the angst, not the song), but I often find it lodged in my ventricles. It's classically American, or has been in our tradtions. Always higher, different, dreams.

I don't think we've got it much anymore, but maybe I'm wrong. Happens all the time.
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"Over the Rainbow"
music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?

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P.S. Realizing when this was penned, I wonder if it's a reaction to the New Deal? That would make sense. It's certainly a reaction to The Great Depression.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

This by runrig.

Click and save. (http://80.189.207.161/WB/Triksy.mp3)

There is a small prize for the first american to provide a transcription of the lyrics.

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[Katherine]

Jack, do you prefer to be called Dorothy or Liza aith a "Z".

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[Jack Heinlen]

You may call me "The Wizard", my dear.

tongue.gif back at ya. smile.gif

[Ken Hutchins]

Wonderland by Night, and God Bless America.

[Katherine]

Jack, Please stay behind the curtain. :D

As for songs, my father is rather fond of Red Sovine's Daddy's Girl.

[captain's gig]

He did the mash - he did the monster mash
The monster mash - it was a graveyard smash
He did the mash - it caught on in a flash
He did the mash - he did the monster mash

[Katherine]

No Transylvania twist?

How about Dinner with Drac.

[captain's gig]

Another Saturday Night and I ain't got nobody,
I have some money 'cause I just got paid.
How I wish I had someone to talk to,
I'm in an awful way.

[seafox]

land slide by fleetwood mack

hard to go down easy by dan fogalberg

[Memphis Mike]

On Broadway
(Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil/Mike Stoller/Jerry Leiber)

They say the neon lights are bright
On Broadway
They say there's always magic in the air
But when you're walkin' down that street
And you ain't got enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere

They say the chicks are somethin' else
On Broadway
But lookin' at them just gives me the blues
'Cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes

They say that I won't last too long
On Broadway
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home they all say
But they're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star
On Broadway

But they're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star
On Broadway
On Broadway
I'm gonna make it, yeah
On Broadway
I'll be a big, big man
On Broadway
I'll have my name in lights
On Broadway
Everybody gonna know me
On Broadway
All up and down Broadway
On Broadway

-Sue

[Memphis Mike]

Song: Flashdance...What A Feeling
Irene Cara

First, when there's nothing but a slow glowing dream
That your fear seems to hide deep inside your mind
All alone I have cried silent tears full of pride
In a world made of steel, made of stone

Well I hear the music, close my eyes, feel the rhythm
Wrap around, take a hold of my heart

[Chorus:]
What a feeling, bein's believin'
I can't have it all, now I'm dancin' for my life
Take your passion, and make it happen
Pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life

[Solo]

Now I hear the music, close my eyes, I am rhythm
In a flash it takes hold of my heart

[chorus (with ... "now I'm dancing through my life")]

What a feeling

What a feeling (I am music now), bein's believin' (I am rhythm now)
Pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life
What a feeling (I can really have it all)
What a feeling (Pictures come alive when I call)
I can have it all (I can really have it all)
Have it all (Pictures come alive when I call)
(call, call, call, call, what a feeling) I can have it all
(Bein's believin') bein's believin'
(Take your passion, make it happen) make it happen
(What a feeling) what a feeling... [to fade]

-Sue

[rbgarr]

"Up on the Roof"

Lyrics-Carole King
Performance-James Taylor

[Memphis Mike]

"The Rainbow Connection" sung by Kermit the Frog ;) a personal fave

-Sue

Ok, ok, and Beethoven's 5th.

[J. Dillon]

Rimsky Korasakov's Scheherazade. The part where the ship is in a storm and heading for the rocks. :rolleyes:

Ok OK so it's not a song but it keeps buzzing around in my head. ;)

[captain's gig]

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape."

[dman]

Southern Cross

[JMAC]

Suite:Judy Blue eyes (CSN)
Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield)
That's the way God wants it to be(Billy Preston on Concert for Bengladesh)
Most any song from Godspell
Several songs by YES
And on and on...

[Wild Dingo]

"On more year" otherwise known as "Daddys Little Girl" Ray Sawyer {ex Dr Hook}... I cant listen to it without tears forming a tug at the heart... I have tried on many occasions to play it but I have yet to be able to get through the first few verses without breaking down... first time I heard it was at a little 4 year old girls funeral in Derby years and years ago the family had it piped through the room as the casket went into the crematorium her daddy a hulking bikie fella tears streaming down his face and all his biker mates tough mean bastards one and all stood with heads bowed and tears flowing for this one precious little life lost... beautiful beautiful song... everytime I hear it I think of little Josie and the end results of her daddys heartbreak 2 weeks later attending his funeral... so very sad so very beautiful

"Danny Boy" otherwise known as "The Londondarry Ayr" Mario Lanza... didnt know how much that song meant to me over the years but it was mums favorite song and when played at her funeral both by Mario and by a highland pipe band it recalled all the times over the years she played it or sung it to us... it was always around when mum was around... her theme song

"Wind beneath my wings" dont know the original singers name but Aussie songstress Colleen Hewitt sings a wonderful version that both Jo an I sit and hold hands every time we hear it... quietly reaffiring our love for each other and how much we mean to each other through everything life gives us to the music of that song is something we do every month or so... beautiful

[Memphis Mike]

Good choices, JMAC

-Sue

[Willin']

At Last- Etta James

I Scare Myself- Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks

Middle of the Night- Jimmy Buffet

Loan Me a Dime- Boz Scaggs

Brother John- David Lindly

Captain Bacardi- Antonio Carlos Jobim

I could go on and on...

[JMAC]

Hey Willin', why isn't "Willin'" on your list?

[Jack Heinlen]

From a distance, the world looks blue and green,
And the snow-capped mountains white.
From a distance, the ocean meets the stream,
And the eagle takes to flight.

From a distance, there is harmony,
And it echoes through the land.
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace,
It's the voice of every man.

From a distance, we all have enough,
And no one is in need.
There are no guns, no bombs, no diseases,
No hungry mouths to feed.

From a distance, we are instruments,
Marching in a common band.
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace:
They're the songs of every man.

God is watching us, God is watching us,
God is watching us, from a distance.

From a distance, you look like my friend,
Even though we are at war.
From a distance, I can't comprehend,
What all this war is for.

From a distance, there is harmony,
And it echoes through the land.
It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves,
It's the heart of every man.

It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves,
It's the song of every man.

Julie Gold

[Willin']

Hey Willin', why isn't "Willin'" on your list? If I opened that door I'd have to list the entire Lowell George/ Little Feat songbook. But if I had to pick just a few, it would be there along with Spanish Moon, Fatman in the bath tub, Dixie Chicken, Let it roll, Romance without Finance, Under the radar,

Aw, cripes, now I've done it...