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The song that sends a chill down your spine:

I remember hearing "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on CKLW when it first aired. The guy playing it was awed. I'll never forget it. This song was a classic.... How about "Taps" at a service funeral? Sorry to be morbid......Dvorak's ninth..You can hum it for 15 minutes....Some of the Titanic music score... Hank Williams...simple yet evocative ....uh.."House of the Rising Sun" by Fijid Pink.,,Segar's " Fire Lake" compressed, of course.
 
1. "At Last" by the immortal Etta James
2. "Memory" from the soundtrack of CATS
3. "Everything's All Right/I Don't Know How to Love Him" from the soundtrack of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Sung by Yvonne Elliman (sp?)
4. "Julia" from THE BEATLES (aka The White Album). Written and sung by John Lennon.
5. "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton (and not the overwrought Whitney version).
6. "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion (from TITANIC). So shoot me.....
7. "Bill" as sung by Helen Morgan.
8. "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" as sung by Al Jolson.
9. "2 + 2 = ?" by Bob Seger.
10. "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan
11. "Albert's Shuffle" by Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield.
12. "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd
13. "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot.
14. "Janice" by Country Joe and the Fish.
15. "Best Friend" by Jefferson Airplane.
16. "Have You Seen the Stars Tonight?" by Paul Kantner.
17. "In the Arms of the Angels" by Sarah McLaughlin.
18. "She's a Rainbow" by the Rolling Stones
19. "Baby Blue" by Badfinger.
20. "The Wall" by George Jones.
21. "America the Beautiful" as done by Ray Charles.
22. "There She Goes" as done by Sixpence None the Richer.
23. "Mandolin Wind" by Rod Stewart.
24. "Tall Buildings" by John Hartford.
25. "Stormy Weather" as sung by Lena Horne.

One could make a long list just from the likes of great artists like George Jones, Sarah M, Lena Horne, Brother Ray, Messrs. Dylan and Lightfoot. As for Helen Morgan - she was one of the greatest popular singers of the first half of the 20th Century but is hardly known today. She is, imho, a great forgotten treasure.
 
Long Ago and Far Away as sung by Jo Stafford (1943).
Way before my time but I love the way the orchestration and arrangement transports me back to that great era!

Fly Me to the Moon as sung by Doris Day.
She is definitely singing to me with that bedroom voice.
 
BillTJr said:
Long Ago and Far Away as sung by Jo Stafford (1943).
Way before my time but I love the way the orchestration and arrangement transports me back to that great era!

Fly Me to the Moon as sung by Doris Day.
She is definitely singing to me with that bedroom voice.
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Yes, to both. Jo Stafford....wonderful music...listen to "Thank You For Calling".... He doesn't come back to her...:tears:
 
What a great thread! A few of mine:
Beethoven Symp No. 9, Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony, movement IV - in German, but I don't care!
Down To The River To Pray, Alison Krauss
Handel, Messiah - O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings..., Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music
Doomsday Jesus - Black Label Society
Born on the Bayou - Creedence
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight
Sylvan Song - Heart
Voodoo Chile - Stevie Ray Vaughan
 
David Bromberg's "Childs Song" has always struck a nerve- , but now I have a teenager of my own, it brings tears...:sigh:
 
SRV singing Life By The Drop is pretty moving in my opinion.There is nothing like experience to add realism to the performance.
 
In no particular order...except as they occur to me...except for no. 1:
  1. I Musici - Winter - Vivaldi's Four Seasons-the first time I really felt that "WOW".
  2. Dire Straits Brothers in Arms album from Ride Across the River on
  3. Crosby Stills and Nash's version of Wooden Ships
  4. Elton John - Madman Across the River - the song especially but the album as well
  5. Band of Gypsies - Machine Gun...ummm...WOW
  6. Pavoratti - Nessun Dorme - Makes me want to cry
  7. Louis Armstrong - Potato Head Blues
  8. Byron Janis' version of Rachmaninov Symphony No. I in F sharp major Mercury recording
  9. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
  10. And far too many to list.
I can listen to Mark Knopfler's work for hours on end; same with Moody Blues
 
The theme song from Twin Peaks always gets to me. With or without the singing...

Wicked Game by Chris Isaak is another one...
 
shirley horn-you wont forget me

i first heard this at 0630 driving to work in the dark. first is miles' haunting trumpet and i thought: GREAT, a new miles record. then the ultra sultry voice of shirley singing the title words that begin the song.

ETHEREAL !
 
Anything sung by Peter Gabriel. Especially "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" (with Genesis)
 
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"Pet Sounds" by the MASTER himself...
BRIAN WILSON and the Beach Boys!

and also a far more profound:

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

"Til I Die" -the Beach Boys


Maybe its because I read about what was going on in brian Wilsons mind when he wrote and recorded these amazing tracks...

but coming from a guy who believed the devil was living in his house... these amazing songs are very spine-tingly for me...
 
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