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Slattern of the Swail
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Songs You Come Back To--
again and again, no matter what the emotional landscape.
Me? WereWolves of London is a total favorite. Anything by KC and the SunShine Band. And, natch, the entire musical score of Rocky Horror. When I'm pissed at a dude I like Carly Simon tempered with Paul Simon goin' to GraceLand. Village People are also soothing. What say the Vast UnWashed? |
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King Of Wishful Thinking
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Philadelphia Suburbs
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Well, I would put songs into categories like 'old standards', songs Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Dean Martin, etc would sing and show tunes.
I have an uncle who loves doing 'New York, New York'. I get a little choked up over 'The Impossible Dream' (MP3) from 'Man of La Mancha'. Some of the best songs I remember were performed by some of the worst singers in the movie versions. Zero Mostel in 'Fiddler on the Roof' and almost the entire cast of 'Paint Your Wagon' have a rough honest quality that sell the song. I'd rather hear Lee Marvin sing the title song than someone more polished like Robert Goulet. It also makes me less embarrased to sing them in the shower, which is one test of how much I like a song. I also like Pop Music, but these two categories are more tied to the personalities of the singers who performed them or the plots of the shows they came from which gives them a little more emotional depth. Okay, now I'm going have to boot up the Karaoke software.... BTW, here is the link to the gallery of musical avi and mp3 clips.
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in a mood, not cupcake
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Philadelphia
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Oh yeah...the opening riff of "Get Down Tonight" never fails to put me in groove mode.
Also, anything by Al Green is always perfect. |
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Colloquialist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Georgia
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Van Morrison. John Prine. Paul Simon. Lyle Lovett. kd lang. Eurythmics. Allison Krauss.
Greatful Dead. Beatles. The Indigo Girls. In no particular order. |
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King Of Wishful Thinking
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BTW, are there any songs you like to sing when noone is around?
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Colloquialist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Georgia
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I do. I'll sing Moondance when noone is here. And Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.
I'm not saying I know all the words, mind you. And Allison Krauss songs. I'm not saying I can hit those notes either. And of course, Ripple. I do know all the words to that one. |
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lobber of scimitars
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
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All things Peter Gabriel, up through So. Security is my actual favorite. I have played several copies of the audiocassette into uselessness.
I love my recordings of Beru Revue, a Philly band from the 80s. Enya's first album gets played over and over and over. Loreena McKennitt's The Masque and the Mirror is as close to perfect as albums get. I can actually carry a tune and don't mind singing in the presence of others.
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King Of Wishful Thinking
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I don't know every word to the songs either. I considered opening a business selling washcloths with lyrics on them. ![]() The next party, Wolf, I'm bringing the laptop and the Karaoke software. ![]() ![]()
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Colloquialist
Join Date: Oct 2002
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"I considered opening a business selling washcloths with lyrics on them"
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trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
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joy to the world by three dog night. That's always a good one in the shower. Doesn't matter if you don't get the notes right, and there's not many words.
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Gamehenge
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Halifax, NS
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No matter what?
Phish: Rift, Maze, Free or Possum (either 1 of those 4-depends on how much time I have) or in absence of a Phish CD: Blues Traveler's Carolina Blues, Run Around, or Felicia
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To shreds, you say?
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Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
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I've thought about working on my singing ability, since the words are right there. Anyway, early Eno "here come the warm jets" "another green world" Nick Lowe, also toasted a few "security" cassettes, squeeze, roxy music's Avalon
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Radical Centrist
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Oh yes on all the above footer! And also select bits of Before and After Science, the trippier bits but also "Julie With" which, come to think of it, is probably the trippiest of them all.
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still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Nice call Rich. When I lived in Ithaca, I caught an excellent local production of La Mancha.
When I need to mellow out I return to Marley, Neville Brothers, Van Morrison, and others. My other moods don't seem to link to particular bands.
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The future is unwritten
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CCR, Tina Turner, Bob Seger.....toe tapping not optional.
And when nobody's around.......Y M C A. ![]()
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