Comments on: Songs that Strike a Chord

By: His Excellency, The Great One

His Excellency, The Great One — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:49:50 +0000

Music is capable of conveying emotion and meaning beyond the capability of mere words.
Johnny Cash’s rendition of Hurt is absolutely amazing, he took the rough stone of Reznors song and created a masterpiece. The video was perfect.

Bobby Darin was told to not record “Mack the Knife” and it has become the song associated with him, he was right, he would sing that song for the rest of his life.

Carl Orff, Oh Fortuna, magnificent work. Fitting use in Excalibur as well as Jackass, the song simply thrives and brings forth various emotions, statu variabilis.

Ave Maria, sung by Mario Lanza, his voice an instrument to convey the feelings within that song.

Frank’s (Mr. Sinatra to you), My Way, absolutely haunting.

Wagner’s Prelude to Parsifal (Unfortunately corrupted by the Nazis, damn them to hell) and Ride of the Valkyries (Correct version will have the fat lady singing, the fat ladies will not be denied or you get left on the field of combat to rot), Siegfrieds Funeral March, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla, the entire Der Ring Des Nibelungen Opera is simply tremendous.
To be carried off to Valhalla by Valkyries, could there be any finer ending?

JS Bach, Tocatta and Fugue in D minor, MUST be played on a pipe organ for full effect.

Richard Rodgers, Victory at Sea.

By: kitty

kitty — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:51:17 +0000

Oops, wrong link for Schubert's "Staendchen" (little serenade)

By: kitty

kitty — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:41:14 +0000

Mostly classical music, art songs and opera: This brasillian art song - "Melodia Sentimental" by Villa-Lobos really touches me every time I hear it. I listen to it again and again. I heard it once many years ago, found it recently and cannot stop listening to it. Schubert songs: Ave Maria, here sung by Barbara Bonney - the best version on YouTube Auf dem wasser zu singen Serenade many other art songs. Lots of other operatic music like (in no particular order): Vissi d'arte from Tosca by Puccini Casta Diva from Norma by Bellini almost anything by Verdi like the whole of La Traviata, Rigoletto, Luisa Miller or chorus Va Pensiero from Nabucco . Poeme D'Ossian from Werther Lots of other stuff, but there isn't much space here to list, plus the question is about songs not arias...

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:56:23 +0000

Good post, Gabriel. I’m with Ed on the power of Mad World by Tears for Fears. I also completely wore out my tape of Kronos Quartet Performs Phillip Glass – wore it out.

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By: Ed Fisher

Ed Fisher — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:19:12 +0000

Nice pun in the title, nice alliter' in the flitter of the twitter...great all around post. For me, the songs that stand out all have deeply personal connections....something about them paralleled something in my life at the time I first heard them. I think that is key; it is not enough to have an emotional connection, there must also be a temporal and personal connection, as if somehow your life experience opened the door which allowed the song to become. Mad World - Tears for Fears Freedom - George Michael Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum