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pianoman 
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 21:19 |
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Just curious, like to hear all of your opinions
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 21:21 |
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Cool topic idea. I think you may have hit on one not done before or at least not done recently.
I'll lead off with Kate Bush's And Dream Of Sheep. Songs about dying tend to touch me deeply.
Visions Of Angels by Genesis. "I see her face and run to take her hand, why she's never there I just don't understand."
Edited by Slartibartfast - November 08 2010 at 21:28
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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VanVanVan
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 21:28 |
VDGG's "House With No Door"
When Hammill goes up to the falsetto and sings "my body's rejecting the cure," I feel my heartstrings being pulled.
I have no idea what the song's actually about, but it's a very sorrowful line delivered in a very sorrowful manner.
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"The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 21:33 |
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IMPALED ON NAILSSSSSSSS OF ICE
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40footwolf
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 21:33 |
Hmm, that's tough. I'm gonna put this in no order:
1. Hospice-The Antlers 2. Nebraska-Bruce Springsteen 3. Blood On The Tracks-Bob Dylan 4. f#a#(infinity)-Godspeed You! Black Emperor 5. Closer-Joy Division 6. The Moon and Antarctica-Modest Mouse 7. The Sunset Tree-The Mountain Goats 8. Pinkerton-Weezer 9. Grievous Angel-Gram Parsons 10. The Wind-Warren Zevon
("Sad" means something different to me than it might for most people, I should note)
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Heaven's made a cesspool of us all.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 21:50 |
Songs - The Hangman and the Papist - Strawbs
- My Lady D'Arvanville - Cat Stevens
- Dust in the Wind - Kansas
- Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than they Are - Meatloaf (Cheesy lyrics but sad)
- Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
- Epitaph - King Crimson
- Lucky Man - ELP
- Sad Lisa - Cat Stevens
- Show Must Go On - Queen
- For Absent Friends - Genesis
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - November 08 2010 at 21:58
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 21:54 |
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Wish You Were Here still chokes me up most of the time
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 21:55 |
 Triceratopsoil wrote:
Wish You Were Here still chokes me up most of the time
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"The Final Cut" isn't terribly happy either. 
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 21:56 |
A Person wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Wish You Were Here still chokes me up most of the time
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"The Final Cut" isn't terribly happy either.
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just the song, not the album Final Cut seems too... contrived, or something, for me to find it terribly emotional
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 23:45 |
VanVanVan wrote:
VDGG's "House With No Door"
When Hammill goes up to the falsetto and sings "my body's rejecting the cure," I feel my heartstrings being pulled.
I have no idea what the song's actually about, but it's a very sorrowful line delivered in a very sorrowful manner. |
I totally agree with the song, but the line which breaks my heart is "when there's that little dark figure running - won't somebody help me?" This line always makes my eyes water. There are a few other Hammill / VdGG songs I could name. "Been Alone So Long", "Betrayed" and "This Side of the Looking Glass" for example.
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Nightshine
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 23:51 |
No song has ever made me reach an emotional state.
Hurt by Nine Inch Nails came close, since...y'know...
The music actually used symbols in order to help the message rather than pretentious masturbation techniques that are commonly used in prog today?
Edited by Nightshine - November 08 2010 at 23:51
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BaldFriede
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Posted: November 08 2010 at 23:55 |
Nightshine wrote:
No song has ever made me reach an emotional state.
Hurt by Nine Inch Nails came close, since...y'know...
The music actually used symbols in order to help the message rather than pretentious masturbation techniques that are commonly used in prog today?
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I sincerely doubt that. Music is all about putting us into emotional states. It is the most emotional art form there is.
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Posted: November 09 2010 at 03:25 |
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king crimson - epitaph
king crimson - in thecourt of the crimson king
david gilmour- the blue
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Anderson III
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Posted: November 09 2010 at 09:11 |
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The saddest songs I know are
Amaranth the Peddler (Kayo Dot)
Eptaceros (Toby Driver)
Dream Letter (Tim Buckley)
Very deep stuff.
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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo
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Posted: November 09 2010 at 09:18 |
sydbarrett2010 wrote:
king crimson - in thecourt of the crimson king
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Posted: November 09 2010 at 10:01 |
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I've got nicotine stains on my fingers, I've got a silver spoon on a chain
Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains
I've got wild staring eyes
And I've got a strong urge to fly, but I got nowhere to fly to
Ooh, babe when I pick up the phone there is still nobody home
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Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
My words but a whisper, your deafness a shout.
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Posted: November 09 2010 at 10:44 |
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Katatonia-Day and Anathema's Lost Control are the first two songs that come to mind but pretty much anything off the first four Anathema lengths.
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Posted: November 09 2010 at 11:24 |
1. Jeff Buckley - Forget Her 2. King Crimson - Fallen Angel 3. Stevie Wonder - They Won't Go When I Go 4. Black Sabbath - Too Late 5. Pink Floyd - Nobody Home 6. Genesis - Chamber of 32 Doors 7. Renaissance - Sisters 8. Marillion - She Chameleon 9. Van Der Graaf Generator - House with No Door 10. Barclay James Harvest - Mocking Bird
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lazland
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Posted: November 09 2010 at 11:57 |
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Without a doubt, Big Big Train's The Underfall Yard, which I reviewed upon the death of my very good friend. In fact, I haven't been able to listen to it since. Hopefully that will change soon, because it really is a phenomenally beautiful album, oozing with emotion.
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Posted: November 09 2010 at 17:52 |
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Barclay James Harvest - Suicide
("...please for God's sake let me move my car!")
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