Songs that Inspire or Move you
Love this topic and thread! Here's some more: "Lies", The Knickerbockers "Shakin' All Over", The Guess Who "Train Kept a Rollin", The (Johnny Burnette) Rock n' Roll Trio "I Hear You Knockin", Dave Edmunds "Waterloo Sunset", The Kinks "Nowhere Man", The Beatles "Til I Die", "Marcella", The Beach Boys "That's How I Got To Memphis", Buddy Miller |
marty, i just listened to "man of the world", which I've heard before but never really focused on. it really is quite a subtle powerhouse--very insular and personal. "closing my eyes" off then play on is in the same vein. another guilty pleasure is "ghost world" by aimee mann, superficially just a hooky pop tune with cleverish lyrics about an alienated kid. for some reason the damn thing makes me cry like a little girl. |
Loomis and bdp, Love the call on "This Perfect World". I'm a huge Freedy fan. One of the best nights of live music I've ever seen was an early evening Freedy show at Irving Plaza followed by a late night Paul Westerberg show at Roseland. Only in NYC! Another choice for this thread: Peter Green's "Man of the World". An incredibly sad (and authentic feeling) lyric/vocal performance and even sadder guitar playing. |
06-20-15: Slaw Hi Slaw, You want the band is in your room. Your room is a concert hall. I prefer I am there (concert hall). The recording engineer might be thinking the high cymbals note is a reflection sound from the ceiling of concert hall. We audio enthusiasts are trying to portrait the reproduction music as beautiful (and musical) as possible. I like images in higher and deeper soundstage than flat which crowds the small parts of sound stage. I think higher sound stage is more beautiful as long as they are musical. When sounds are crowded, it is hard to perceive the timber of individual sound and they hurt my ears. Alex/ Wavetouch Audio |
Mihorn:I'm referring to what I think should be our ultimate reference, live music. I've never come home from a live show and thought about hearing say, cymbals 10' high in a certain part of the stage etc... I'm not trying to degrade your system or what is important to you. I just think we tend to forget that the whole point of the "high-end" is to try and recreate as accurately as possible, a live experience in our own environment! I think this is becoming more and more, the "best" part of this entire experience that is slowly becoming lost. |
Kailash Kher - Ya Rabba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XKCEkQWv1c |
"this perfect world" by freedy johhnston has got to be the saddest damn thing ever written. it's the sonic equivalent of a raymond craver story--a dying father returns to his estranged daughter seeking forgiveness for his unstated misdeeds (which, it's inferred, drove his wife to suicide). powerful stuff. |
"05-16-15: Slaw Mihorn: As our rooms are not anywhere near the same dimensions, I heard none of what you reported. At least I tried." ====There are few different versions of "Why worry." May be you hear more deatils from video link: "Why Worry!"? "05-23-15: Slaw Mihorn: "And I hear brushing of drum (left center 10' high)"... I realize that the recreation of sound in one's listening room can be remarkable at times, however, there is no way in my small room that I could ever make that claim of hearing any sound at 10' high. I do have to ask if any sound that is recreated at 10' high is natural? Not in my experience. This is really what worries me." ====I've heard that many hi-end audio sound systems generate a huge sound stage beyond walls. My another room is 8ft high, and I hear many songs (Craig Chaquiso- Gypsy night, Arne Domnerus - Antiphone Blues, Paris Texas Cancion Mixteca, David Lanz Dream of the forgotten dream, Holy cole-I can see claerly now, etc.) are very high (felt higher than 8ft) with my current and previous speakers . |
The Band "The Weight"; "God Only Knows" written by Brian Wilson, sung by his brother Carl; "Like a Rolling Stone" by you know who; "No Time To Cry" by Iris Dement (a devestatingly moving song); a Slim Harpo song in a current version by the great Joan Osborne, "Shake Your Hips"; Ry Cooder's guitar solo in John Hiatt's "Lipstick Sunset". |
At this split second Nina Simone's cover of Dylan's "Ballad of Hollis Brown" comes to mind. In a completely different realm, Domenico Zipoli wrote some devastatingly moving vocal music way back when. I was listening to some this morning on Spotify. Ornette Coleman's "Ramblin' " has resided in my pysche for decades. RIP Mr. Coleman. Give me a few minutes and I'll likely have more than a few bazillion others to mention. |
Mihorn: "And I hear brushing of drum (left center 10' high)"... I realize that the recreation of sound in one's listening room can be remarkable at times, however, there is no way in my small room that I could ever make that claim of hearing any sound at 10' high. I do have to ask if any sound that is recreated at 10' high is natural? Not in my experience. This is really what worries me. |
Doobie Brothers "For Someone Special" Manfred Mann "Martha's Madman" Robin Trower "Lady Love" America "Cornwall Blank" Bill Callahan "Ride My Arrow" Calexico "Epic" Procol Harum "Whiter Shade Of Pale" Jason Isbell "Elephant" JJ Cale "Travelin' Light" Jayhawks "Smile" Eels "Wonderful, Glorious", "I Like Birds" to be continued... |
05-11-15: MihornBrushing of drum => Snare drum. Hi Slaw, Thank you for the response! 2 different cymbal sounds are clearly noticeable in my 2 different systems. Snare drum is clearly noticeable in my reference system and vague in a budget tube preamp system. Both systems use OPPO BDP-95. The volume level should be moderate to hear these details. There are only 4~5 musical instruments. Cymbals are almost always present through out the 8 minutes song. Snare drum is heard about 1:30 min. You are missing a big part of the song and the sound spectrum. We could be listening different songs. Anyone can download Why worry (Flac) and few other MP3 songs from my uploaded link. (11 songs) http://we.tl/iSiXZZtudR Enjoy! |
Dire Straits - Why Worry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4T1MQGTV9U I repeat this song enjoy for a couple of hours at the time. Please someone tell me if I am missing any important detail within this song from my sound system. I hear 2 cymbals (2 different subtle but organic distinct high & low side-by-side sounds, 4:20~5:50) at left center with moderate volume. And I hear brushing of drum (left center 10 high) with hard beat of drum (6:00-end) at right center. These details let me listen for hours without boredom. The sound stage is about 10ft hig and 20 feet or more wide without a boundry in 32'w x 44'L x 12' H room. Please tell me if I am missing some details. I'll send files if you PM me email. |
Give me a Star -- Edwin Hawkins Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKEKWw-cChE This gets me every time. If you are over 50 years old and dont tear with this song, your sound system probably is not transparent enough. PM me your email. Ill send you files. |
Slaw, Todd is among the handful of great Rock and pop songwriters IMO. He's a tremendous guitar player and a skilled singer (within his limitations). Few, if any, can match his songwriting breadth: pop, rock, blues, prog, blue eyed soul, electronics, Calypso, even one or two country songs - you name it, he's done it, and done it well. Two words of warning on the concerts: 1). He likes to be kind of a dick to his audience. Generally, everyone wants to hear his hits and, depending on his mood, he may include all or none of them in a given set list. If it's a concert with few hits on the list, he may taunt the disappointed fans. 2). If your particular show is late in the tour (check out the schedule on the net), there's a good chance his voice will be shot. He's one guy where the difference between an early in the tour set and late in the tour set is immense. All that being said, a good TR show (whether straight electric blues or full blown prog Rock, or anything in between) is among the best you'll ever see IMO. |
