Billy Blagg 4:01 Tue Apr 10
Songs that give you goosebumps
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Sitting here, bemoaning my fate and my miserable life, lack of success and the fact that, by a cruel twist of fate, I support a team that continue to aggrevate and frustrate and suddenly Nick Drake's 'Northern Sky' comes on 6records. Whack up volume, shiver, goosebumps, hairs on back of neck go up - even though I've heard it a thousand times before and I can play it any time I like 'cos it's in my collection downstairs. Suddenly, the sun is shining through the window, I have my health, the kids are doing well and we're going to go up regardless.
Any record done that to you recently or does music leave you unmoved?
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Jammers
11:33 Tue Apr 17
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If this doesn't give you goosebumps I don't know what will..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ZRia8GMI
Starsailor - Way to Fall
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Billy Blagg
11:32 Tue Apr 17
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Hugh Monteith 3:47 Mon Apr 16
You get a Blagg Gold Star for just mentioning that Hugh
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mentor
8:52 Tue Apr 17
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Any one of four songs from Les Mis.
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Carlitos10
8:50 Tue Apr 17
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I hope that I dont fall in love with you off Tom Waits album Closing Time...Brilliant album.
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Stranded
8:07 Tue Apr 17
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Random selection..
Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk
Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
Ennio Morricone - Trafelato
Chantels - Maybe
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
Merseys - Sorrow
Can - Sing Swan Song
Them - One Two Brown Eyes
Love - You I'll Be Following
Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Shangri Las - Train From Kansas City
Calico Wall - I'm A Living Sickness
Everly Brothers - When Will I be Loved
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Electricity
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Saints - Know Your Product
Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night
Dion - (I Was) Born To Cry
T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
What's New - Up So High
Velvet Underground - I Heard Her Call My Name
..and endless others I'll kick myself for not putting in instead.
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Takashi Miike
4:29 Tue Apr 17
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the divine comedy - songs of love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPi58K6wZs
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Steviedj
4:24 Tue Apr 17
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Flower of Scotland - love hear the Scots singing that at 6 nations.
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Hugh Monteith
3:47 Mon Apr 16
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A Salty Dog,:- Procol Harem
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Uncle Albert
3:46 Mon Apr 16
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Abraham Martin and John - Marvin Gaye,
People get ready - Curtis Mayfield
Change is gonna come - Sam Cooke
Tell it like it is - Neville Brothers
Rainy night in Georgia - Brooke Benton
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fred flinstone
9:46 Sun Apr 15
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The Promise - Springsteen
Stool Pigeon - Subway Sect
Venus in Furs - VU
Venus de Milo - Television
Atmosphere - JD
Kentucky Avenue - Tom Waits
There is a Light - Smiths
Shake Some Action - Flamin Groovies
Born Slippy - Underworld (especially as used in Trainspotting)
We Rule the School - B and S
Shoot Speed, Kill Light - Primal Scream
One For My Baby - Sinatra
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COOL HAND LUKE
8:13 Sun Apr 15
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I'm The Exception to the Rule - Temptations
Summer - Temptations
Catch - The Cure
Mamouna - Ferry
Good Times, Bad Times - Edie Brickell
Different Corner - George Michael
One More Night - Phil Collins
Shooting Star - Bad Company
Soweto - Mattafix
So Young - Beach Boys
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol
Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
It's No Good - Depeche Mode
Only Living Boy - Simon & Garfunkel
Open Up - Leftfield
Sugar Mice - Marillion
Careless Ethiopians - Toots & Maytals
Return of The Django - Upsetters
Skinhead Moonstomp - Simaryp
Long Shot Kick The Bucket - Pioneers
Every Time We Say Goodbye - Simply Red
All personal and hit my spot; but it could be a list of thousands, same as for everyone else
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CHICKEN RUN MANIAC
4:01 Sun Apr 15
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Love Letter - Nick Cave
Sad Waters Nick Cave (Live version)
The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave
Hallelujah - (John Cale's version)
Atmosphere - Joy Division
Back to the Old House - The Smiths (Hatful of Hollow version)
The Same Deep Water as You - The Cure
Gypsy - Suzanne Vega
Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
Plus many more.
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bell
11:02 Sun Apr 15
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Black - Pearl Jam
Come Back - Pearl Jam
Stranger In This Town - Richie Sambora
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Billy Blagg
10:58 Sun Apr 15
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Wanderlust
Agreed. Also, by a sheer coincidence I was lsitening to part of the 'Titanic Live' thing on Radio2 (I hadn't intended to listen) which was better and more moving than I thought it would be. They were chatting to a singer on there whose name I missed and he said he was going to sing one of Springteen's songs - bugger, can't rememeber the title now which was the whole point of me writing, will look it up on the R2 site - and he, and by now I realised it was Carrack, sung this beautiful, haunting song just after they had discussed how, at this point 100 years ago, steerage passangers were coming up onto the deck and finding there were no boats for them. That voice is still intact. You're right about, Chris and Glenn's (not Waddle & Hoddle) voices though and I actually don't like the Carrack-led version of 'Tempted' that they re-cut for a film.
Re: Tempted - funnily enough me and a bloke I worked with then ended up singing in on a table in a wine bar one drunken Friday night and THAT'S my feelings for that song. I don't do this type of thing but - if push came to shove - it would probably be my karaoke song
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BRANDED
6:27 Sat Apr 14
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http://soundcloud.com/lisahartvox/im-forever-blowing-bubbles
try it
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only1billybonds
6:26 Sat Apr 14
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BB
I think 'Some Fantastic Place' is one of the most poingiant songs ever written. I didnt know that it was written about a good friend of the writer who suffered a very early death until a couple of years after i first heard it. One of those that can produce a tear depending on my mood.
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Wanderlust
5:51 Sat Apr 14
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Billy Blagg 10:01 Sat Apr 14
Actually my first thought was to post 'Tempted' but that only had an effect on me, goosebump and full lump in throat/tears wise, in the immediate aftermath of a failed relationship; listening to it in the comfort of a stable and fantastic relationship it really doesn't have the same effect, whereas the other songs go beyond that - everyone has the fear inside them of both their existing relationship going bad and the inevitable loss of a loved one, both of which are almost certainly going to be out of your control, while temptation is most definitely something you can resist if you want to.
So I guess that it isn't just the singer or the song but the combination with the individual listening to it that will lead to the emotion. There are some songs on this thread that leave me stone cold, and others that hit the spot every time, regardless of how I am feeling beforehand, but given the right circumstances all of them will effect you. That is what is so great about music, as it evokes emotions and memories that have often been buried. Hearing 'Bubbles' today as we bashed Brighton has made me all emotional too!
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BOBCHOPS.
1:11 Sat Apr 14
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Steve Harley & The Cockney Rebel "Come up and see me (make me smile)"
Dont know why really just does!!
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stirlinghammer
10:35 Sat Apr 14
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'diamond lights' - chris waddle/glen hoddle
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stirlinghammer
10:30 Sat Apr 14
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Con Te Partirò - when sung by an italian,,,(sarah brightman leave this song alone !!)
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Billy Blagg
10:01 Sat Apr 14
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Wanderlust 6:09 Thu Apr 12
You don't mention Carrack in his Squeeze period. His vocals on the 'Some Fantastic Place' album are superb and if you haven't heard 'Loving You Tonight' then I suggest you do.
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