Music that really stirs your emotions


ok, I know all music is suppose to stir your emotions . . . but stick with me.

I put the original Boz Scaggs album on the TT this morning. This has always been one of my favorites - I played it constantly while in college in the mid-70's, but haven't listened to it in over a year. Side 2 is one of the best album sides aver recorded IMO - the sequence of songs is perfect. Anyway, It's unavoidable to get sucked into "Loan me a Dime" from the beginning (foot tapping, head bobbing, etc), but about 3/4's of the way through Duane Allman's solo I begin to giggle uncontrollably. Then after all that, it goes into "Sweet Release", which really does help release all that energy from the prior track.

What music most stirs emotions for you - whether it's giggling, crying, or ?
bdgregory
Try "christmas time is here again"choral version, by Vince Guaraldi (popularized by ""A Charlie Brown Christmas" It kicks my butt each time). and maybe some prescription meds. Im not a doctor, but I play one on TV...well..cable, I'm lying again,, sorry Enjoy
For me, the most emotional music is by people who are unhappy. So for vocalists, it's people like Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Leonard Cohen, Sinead O'Connor, Tom Waits, John Lee Hooker.

The second most emotional kind of music for me is by people who are contemplative. So for classical music, it's solo works from the Baroque or Romantic eras, or choral music. For contemporary music, it's people like Brian Eno, Robert Rich, David Hykes, Steve Roach.

Bryon
Though my favorite composers are Brahms and Dvorak, it is Mahler's music more than any other composer's that instills in me the feeling I'm experiencing one's deeply personal odyssey. His intermittent bittersweetness and sentimentality are most affecting.
Kati and Ann McGargle "Heartbeats Accelerating".
The Countess' lament aria in Marriage of Figaro make me cry ever time, almost no matter whom is singing.
Maria Calls.. LOTs of Maria Calls.
Betty Roche singing "Take the "A" Train" is one of my all time favorites.
Slaerij Van Kampen "A Long Walk On a Short Pier" Is a hidden gem. I bought it as a try it one buck CD and was floored. I have since also found an LP of this South African Drumming and chanting, with super lyrics. (His other stuff is nothing like this album, so skip them altogether, I found out after getting some others and was greatly disappointed)
For new age fans: Mark Isham "Vapor Drawings" all else need not bother with.
Basement Jaxx: "Rooty" Great dance music. Rock down the walls with it.
Mozart's "Extante Jubilante" with Emma Kirby.. all the hairs on my body tingle listening to this.
Plenty more... i am certain others can add.. These are the ones that pop into my mind straight off.