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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
 Posted - 03/18/2006 : 04:00:59
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When the routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
But emotions won’t grow
And we’re changing our ways,
Taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Why is the bedroom so cold
Turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed,
Our respect run so dry?
Yet there’s still this appeal
That we’ve kept through our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again
Do you cry out in your sleep
All my failings expose?
Get a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Is it something so good
Just can’t function no more?
When love, love will tear us apart again
Probably my favourite lyrics of all time, but musically it also seems as close to perfection as I can imagine a song ever reaching.
So what songs are you in total awe of? What songs stop you dead in your tracks?
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2006 : 04:03:30
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I like Ceremony even better but yeah, Love Will Tear Us Appart is sublime
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2006 : 05:20:28
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"Roan Pony" by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams
Too many songs to name by Brian Wilson
Bach's Orchestral Suite in b minor
"Linda" by Randy Newman
"I Just Don't Know How to Say Goodbye" by Sandy Salisbury
and many others...
ˇViva los Católicos! |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2006 : 05:47:56
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God Only Knows - I think Mr Wilson wrote the perfect pop song right there, I'm not sure it's been bettered.
I'm in awe of anything produced by Four Tet.
Maybe The Storm by Tanya Donelly as well.
 I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 10:43:11
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Powderfinger - Neil Young
wilhelm |
Edited by - offerw on 03/23/2006 10:44:15 |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 11:22:06
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Originally posted by offerw
Powderfinger - Neil Young
wilhelm
agreed! it continues to frustrate and almost anger me that neil claims that the song's not about any specific thing, just a series of lyrics that came to him, with no meaning.
I got some heaven in my head
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 11:51:41
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Down by the river is my favorite song by Neil Young.
Amsterdam by Jacques Brel is one of my favorites.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 12:06:07
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I know a lot of hardcore Pixies fans don't seem to think it's cool to rave on about it, but I still think Debaser is their god-like genius in full flow. I ALWAYS lose it to this song in clubs. I have heard it more than any other song by Pixies, simply due to the fact that I hear it pretty much every time I go to a club (which is often), but it's appeal never fades.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 12:46:59
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That intro is so exciting, it's a classic album-opener. I know it's one of their most popular and beloved songs, but it deserves the cheers that must have greeted it countless times live!!
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 13:05:39
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DEVO "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA"
Been in awe for 26 years 8 months and counting...
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MissMaceo
= Cult of Ray =
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 13:20:31
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46&2 - TOOL
I Wish it Would Rain - Rodney Crowell
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Civil War - GNR
Nothing As It Seems, live versions from the last few years where Mike's solos make me cry
"I find that on the internet, everyone's very tough in an anonymous, pussy sort of way'" - Josh Homme. March '05 |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 14:10:00
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All My Ghosts - in my opinion it is one of Frank's best songs. That intro just fills me with energy every time I hear it and then add the guitar solo and that's a song I am in awe of!
I'm gonna listen to it now....
I even love the "Okay, I'm ready" at the very beginning.
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 16:21:03
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I started writing this list, and it got very long, very quickly..
I'm in awe of most of the music I listen to, I guess that's why I listen to it. As a muso, I find myself drawn to stuff that'd I have no idea how to go about writing. Not all of it admittedly, I still love my goofball pop ala Presidents Of The USA, but most of it..I'm a sucker for a hook, what can I say.
At this very second, I am in love with Do Make Say Think, especially the track 'Frederica'. Sublime, absolutely brilliant.
www.myspace.com/doog = music
www.myspace.com/doogdoogdoog = emo |
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2006 : 22:02:41
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wake up by arcade fire, I just cant tire of that. but also by the time I get to phoenix by glen campbell, I wish I had wrote that.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 05:30:35
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Originally posted by Doog
At this very second, I am in love with Do Make Say Think, especially the track 'Frederica'. Sublime, absolutely brilliant.
www.myspace.com/doog = music
www.myspace.com/doogdoogdoog = emo
I just got into these recently.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 05:47:34
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Originally posted by MissMaceo
Echoes - Pink Floyd
couldn't agree more. echoes just blows me away...especially the bbc concert version.
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i knew it would come to this - dirty three
monheim - godspeed you black emperor
mogwai fear satan - mogwai
tame - ....
just the most perfect songs...
"you change your lives with a change of a haircut" Die Die Die |
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MissMaceo
= Cult of Ray =
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 09:30:00
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Roger Waters - Every Strangers Eyes
Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Carolina
This species has amused itself to death. |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2007 : 13:12:59
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I'm so late getting into this band it's untrue. To be honest, I haven't even started. I'm stuck on one song. What I can't get out of my head and off the stereo is the Minutemen's "History Lesson - Part II".
I really am in awe.
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2007 : 13:25:21
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"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" by The Allman Brothers Band (which is not actually a "song" since it's an instrumental)
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awestruck
= Cult of Ray =
USA
377 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2007 : 14:12:36
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Mine are:
Hey Jude - The Beatles
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
Up on Cherry Blossom Road - Heart (The Road Home)
Crazy on You - Heart (The Road Home)
Tame
Stupid Me
It's not you I don't like
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2007 : 14:17:43
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Ten sonic gems:
"He's simple, he's dumb, he's the pilot" - Grandaddy. Jason Lytle is a genius.
"Interstate 5" - The Wedding Present.
"Transdermal Celebration" - Ween
"I wanna be your dog" - The Stooges
"Fluorescences" - Stereolab
"Bullet in the head" - Rage Against the Machine
"O'Malleys Bar" - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
"Up the down escalator" - The Chameleons
"The Dancer" - PJ Harvey
"King for a day" - Faith No More
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2007 : 14:34:56
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At the risk of repeating myself. Dead - Pixies. It's just unlike anything. Locked in ambergris. 20 years almost and forever fresh. I never tire.
FB's Steak 'N' Sabre - Like Trobrianders don't you understand.
PJ Harvey's Meet Ze Monsta - Do I know what it feels like for a girl?
Tom Waits' Puttnam County - For the measure of the man.
Costello's version of My Funny Valentine - Covers allowed?
Kristin Hersh's Spring - A fucker of a lifeline.
Liz Phair's May Queen - Got any?
Scott Walker's Rosary - Only a little mad.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' (Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For? - Tough, so many to choose from.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2007 : 14:49:20
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bird dream
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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kfs
= Cult of Ray =
USA
889 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2007 : 06:34:20
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Flight of the Bumblebee
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I've seen blue you've never seen |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Luis Bunuel
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76 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2007 : 17:20:49
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"Baby's on Fire" by Brian Eno.
"Marone Offering" by Human Sexual Response.
"Only Skin" by Joanna Newsom.
"Godspeed" by Patti Smith.
"Roman P." by Psychic TV.
"Venus in Furs" by the Velvet Underground. |
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2007 : 05:29:46
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Originally posted by kfs
Flight of the Bumblebee
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I've seen blue you've never seen
Great choice, kfs. I first heard this song on my family's first computer, an Apple IIc. It must have been a midi version. That little bumblebee wormed its way into my head, and I still crave hearing that song. I'm going to go look for it now ...
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emily
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Posted - 06/20/2007 : 05:36:41
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 When I find a favorite song , I will convert it to my mobile ringtone using mp3 to ringtone gold , it is easy , just download it at [LINK REMOVED] it is wonderful .
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 06/20/2007 : 12:43:01
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Radiohead's Lucky is better than any song has a right to be; it just seems so good on so many levels.
That said, the song currently giving me the largest crop of goosebumps is Come On Up To The House by Tom Waits.
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 06/20/2007 : 13:01:05
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Big Takeover - Bad Brains
Three Days - Jane's Addiction
The entire Exile in Guyville album - Liz Phair
im old and boring and hate stuff |
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Dallas
= Cult of Ray =
USA
725 Posts |
Posted - 06/20/2007 : 20:43:18
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I think I get easily awed, I can come up with a bunch.
The Vanishing Spies - FB (limiting myself to 1)
You Sure Hank done it this Way - Uncle Tupelo (cover - I could say other tunes, but, there performance of this one just rocks)
Death Letter/Ball and a Biscuit - White Stripes (I believe in Jack White as they say, but, his electric blues stuff transcends)
Hurricane - Dylan (what a song, what a story brilliantly told)
TB Sheets - Van Morrison (haunting 9:30 minute version on the Bang Masters sessions disc)
Requiem - M.Ward
forget it, I could go on... |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 00:02:18
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Hard to come up with awe-inspiring tunes. Plenty of songs I like quite a bit, but, I mean, awe?
Gamelan gong kebyar is pretty awesome.
The Wedding - the Legendary Pink Dots
Farmer In The City - Scott Walker
Psoriatic - Scott Walker
whilst the night rejoices profound and still - Current 93
Music On A Long, Thin Wire - Alvin Lucier
*Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 01:22:58
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OLDMANOTY
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
469 Posts |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 01:42:29
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| Night On Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky. It's a bit of a classical cliche, often used in films and ads (there's even a disco version on Saturday Night Fever) but an amazing piece of music. It's the quieter sections that really get me. |
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