Intense Reations to Music?

For years I could not listen to the Beatles song Golden Slumbers without crying! Not sure why, especially when I was an unmarried, childless young pup.

Forever Young (Bob Dylan) is another one, especially now that it is strongly associated with the late Paul Wellstone, a beloved hero of mine. But it's pretty moving on its own.

Shaun

amazing grace

I just tear up,,I guess I hear bagpipes and a slow parade

I'll save this thread and write my next musicology paper on it.

I was avoiding this thread because whenever music is the topic I end up looking like a geek. I never listened to pop music growing up, so...

The music of the late Rich Mullins always gets me. I'm a lyrics-focused person, and the words have to have deep meaning to me. His song, "Elijah" never fails to move me: "It won't break my heart to say good-bye." Especially poignant since he said good-bye to this world in 1997. I think my favorite is his anthem "Step By Step."

Same goes for the late Mark Heard. "House of Broken Dreams" is so sad! "Lay me down to sleep; come and comfort me. I'll sleep in peace, in a house of broken dreams."

I love fiddles. The theme from Ken Burns' Civil War series, "Ashoken Farewell," chokes me up. So do some of the airs and ballads from Scots and Irish music. "Red is the Rose," "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye," and all that. Boy, Delores Keane can sure sing some heart-renders. "Summer of My Dreams," for instance. I'm a sucker for sad Robert Burns songs, too ("Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon").

I love the songs from Fiddler on the Roof. "Sunrise, Sunset" is a tear-jerker, and so is the sad song they sing about their village as they are being forced out of it.

And yes, I'm a patriotic gal, too. I grew up an army brat and have pleasant memories of the lump that would form in my throat as a military band played the national anthem, or America the Beautiful. Or the pride when the soldiers would shout out the words to "The Caissons Go Rolling Along." I'd sing myself to sleep with patriotic and military songs. Every once in a while, I could hear "Taps" being played in the distance at evening from my bedroom window. One of the sweetest, saddest tunes of all.

Okay, geekiest of all, hymns and worship songs move me to tears. From "This Is My Father's World" to Third Day songs like "My Hope Is in You." (Boy, their lead singer can sing from the gut.)

There are several songs I have strong reactions too. Some bliss me out, like Carlos Nakai's and Enya's music, some make me weep every time. Believe it or not, the song "Jesus Loves Me" chokes me up. The last verse in particular:

Jesus loves me! He will stay,

Close beside me all the way;

He's prepared a home for me,

And some day His face I'll see



Yes, Amazing Grace makes me choke up too, and so does it's sister song--I dare you to sing this one (to the Londonderry Aire/Oh, Danny Boy tune) without crying:



Amazing Grace, shall always be my song of praise.

For it was grace that bought my liberty.

I do not know just why He came to love me so;

He looked beyond my fault and saw my need.



I shall forever lift my eyes to Calvary,

To view the cross where Jesus died for me.

How marvelous the grace that caught my falling soul;

He looked beyond my fault and saw my need.



Amazing grace, with joyful heart I sing of it;

For by His grace, He set my poor heart free!

And all my days, I'll never cease to sing His praise,

For all the glory, LORD, belongs to Thee!



For some reason the Classic Rock station that DH likes to listen to puts me on edge. I look for reasons to change the station when he has it on. I usually like classic rock, I just don't like this station's selection, their harder, edgier somehow. Makes me feel tweaky or somehting.



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May The Hair On Your Toes Never Fall Out



--Traditional Hobbit Blessing

most of the tracks on that mix are Shania, which is very nice, but there are a few others that snuck in too. It's been in the car for ages and I still haven't gotten bored of it.

there's one particular track on my latest Christy Moore acquisition, actually it's the title track kind of, except that the song is called "So do I" and the title fo the album is "This is the Day" which comes from earlier in the song. Apparently it's written by Wally Page (details here: http://www.rte.ie/tv/christymoore/prog6.html). What I love about it is some of the beautiful imagery of nature, particularly phrases like "when the rain puts a shine on the chestnut spike". Christy Moore doesn't write all his own stuff but boy does he ever know how to pick 'em! If you've never heard his tribute to Veronia Guerain... now there's one that could make you tear up, and I wasn't even in that part of the world when it happened. His music is a mixture of traditional Irish folk (he was one of the founding members of Planxty)along with a heavy dose of revolutionary stuff and other odd bits from people like Ewan McColl and Arlo Guthrie. He's an example of how sometimes a singer can pay better tribute to a song than he songwriter (think of most of Bob Dylan's work - most of it is better done by almost anyone else!).

Enough... sorry! Music's like reading... once you get the enthusiasts going there's no stopping us!

Kerri.

Christy Moore is another favorite of mine. I like his singing! I don't own many CD's of these musicians. CD's are a luxury for me. But I do get a good listen in on Thistle & Shamrock every week.

Yes, that's it! Anatevka! I just wasn't sure how to spell it. Isn't that just the saddest?