After the wistful, nostalgic, and contemplative

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I've been told that I am a purist, in the literal sense, when listening or preferring certain types of music over others. What is difficult to me is to define what I really want. I do tend toward the contemplative, and ballad-like vibes (I will give you an example). I also adore that "sunshine 80s" vibe that usually comes with a sense of utter longing, nostalgia, and the thirst for the past.
There are the 4 songs from Camel that I am referencing as examples. These samples all transcend the listener in some way. There is a sense of longing for something in all these songs; its mode or general ambience gives rise to certain emotional aesthetics. 

I am also very much into dreams, as I have been spiritual all my life. There is dream-like vibe that encompasses music such as these. It transcends space and time, or it is completely timeless.

Songs:

Album Single factor:

Camel - Heroes. Heroes scream the 80s. The beautiful part at 2:26 is where the word "evermore" is echoed, : wistful, and a deep longing. 

Heart\s desire/End piece. This song is ahead of its time, perhaps my favourite. The song caresses the listener with a beauty that words cannot describe. Throughout the song, the listener is transcended through space, submerged into the beautiful chord transitions, a lingering sadness, and that sense of "homecoming". There is this connection with something very deep that you can't quite explain. (Typical of Lydian mode themes.)

Lyrics: Camel A Heart's Desire Lyrics - Lyricss

It is also the lyrics. It is, I believe, about death.

Album: Nude

Reflections. Just a beautiful, slow, and contemplative atmosphere.

Could you guys post music that resemble what I posted? Others would post their versions of "masterpieces" and oftentimes those strike me as skin deep. I won't object to the difficulty of the music, or the lyrics, but the songs just cannot connect completely. It is a frustration I've bottled up, to in the end have music I find only by myself. I wish it were different in that I could completely be gobsmacked by the preferences of others. But I guess then we would not have anything "unique".

I also know that my tastes are merely subjective, and it would be a dishonor to the multitude of listeners on here to discount their music as "trite" and "boring". This is not my intention, but I beckon that you, with the taste kin to mine, hand me more of the "good stuff", so to speak.

I think all these tracks can be categorized as having a ballad-like vibe that could pass as "melodic". Yet other forms of melodic music aren't as moving and does not necessarily engulf this homecoming sense of belonging, wonder, and innocence.

Maybe you get me; maybe you don't. I hope you do and can relate to some music that might resemble the above emotions.

I want music that is personal, one to do with personal struggle and attainment rather than the alure of mutual interconnectedness such as what you get with pop music today. I think that is what makes contemplative or "brooding" music so much different: it is slower, and more serious, yet piercing and full of emotion.

I will later post an addendum to more tracks that inspired me to write this post.
Just had to get it out there.

Edited by Whendreamanddaymelt - November 14 2022 at 09:26