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[♫anna♫]

Andrea Bocelli's "Time to Say Goodbye" was played here on New Years Eve in the final minutes of the old year!
A display of computer controlled fireworks was magically timed and harmonized to beautifully support the touching melody of this song! I'm not ashamed to say my tears applauded this melody through the entire song!



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[mindy]

Apr 28, 2009 4:00:21 GMT ♫anna♫ said:

Andrea Bocelli's "Time to Say Goodbye" was played here on New Years Eve in the final minutes of the old year!
A display of computer controlled fireworks was magically timed and harmonized to beautifully support the touching melody of this song! I'm not ashamed to say my tears applauded this melody through the entire song!

That was a beautiful song, Anna. It brought tears to my eyes and I don't even speak the language it was in.

I love so many songs, I couldn't possibly pick one favorate.

[fretslider]

Allora, parlo io l'Italiano. Permesso a postare un altra canzone, che penso piacera...

[beth]

How lovely.

My favorite Stan Rogers song



Stan Rogers Lock Keeper Lyrics:
[There is an extensive system of locks
along the St. Lawrence Seaway. The
locks have a marvellous history. It's a
pity they couldn't speak half the
tales they've been privy to. I guess it
probably goes without saying that
everyone who has to travel to make a living
will relate to the parallels in
this song. Stan loved the road and performing
was life's-blood, but he wanted
very badly to be the lock-keeper.]

You say, "Well-met again, Lock-keeper!
We're laden even deeper that the time before,
Oriental oils and tea brought down from Singapore."
As we wait for my lock to cycle
I say, "My wife has given me a son."
"A son!" you cry, "Is that all that you've done?"
She wears bougainvilla blossoms.
You pluck 'em from her hair and toss 'em in the tide,
Sweep her in your arms and carry her inside.
Her sighs catch on your shoulder;
Her moonlit eyes grow bold and wiser through her tears
And I say, "How could you stand to leave her for a year?"
"Then come with me" you say, "to where the Southern Cross
Rides high upon your shoulder."
"Come with me!" you cry,
"Each day you tend this lock, you're one day older,
While your blood runs colder."
But that anchor chain's a fetter
And with it you are tethered to the foam,
And I wouldn't trade your life for one hour of home.
Sure I'm stuck here on the Seaway
While you compensate for leeway through the Trades;
And you shoot the stars to see the miles you've made.
And you laugh at hearts you've riven,
But which of these has given us more love of life,
You, your tropic maids, or me, my wife.
"Then come with me" you say, "to where the Southern Cross
Rides high upon your shoulder."
"Ah come with me!" you cry,
"Each day you tend this lock, you're one day older,
While your blood runs colder."
But that anchor chain's a fetter
And with it you are tethered to the foam,
And I wouldn't trade your life for one hour of home.
Ah your anchor chain's a fetter
And with it you are tethered to the foam,
And I wouldn't trade your whole life for just one hour of home

[june]

This one always makes me smile and fills me with joy but, I have to say my favourite song depends on my mood at the time or the mood I am trying to invoke ;D

[riotgrrl]

Apr 28, 2009 20:11:53 GMT @june said:

This one always makes me smile and fills me with joy but, I have to say my favourite song depends on my mood at the time or the mood I am trying to invoke ;D

When it comes to Badly Drawn Boy 'Pissing in the Wind' makes me laugh like a drain and feel uplifted every time I hear it. That universal message of the futility of the human condition, combined with a catchy melody does it for me every time.

See also "We're All Going to Die" by Malcolm Middleton, which is a similar sort of a theme.

Also "Do you Realize" by the Flaming Lips.

I like really cheery songs about the futility and randomness of life with its inevitable end.

[fretslider]

Apr 28, 2009 20:34:44 GMT @riotgrrl said:

Apr 28, 2009 20:11:53 GMT @june said:

This one always makes me smile and fills me with joy but, I have to say my favourite song depends on my mood at the time or the mood I am trying to invoke ;D

When it comes to Badly Drawn Boy 'Pissing in the Wind' makes me laugh like a drain and feel uplifted every time I hear it. That universal message of the futility of the human condition, combined with a catchy melody does it for me every time.

See also "We're All Going to Die" by Malcolm Middleton, which is a similar sort of a theme.

Also "Do you Realize" by the Flaming Lips.

I like really cheery songs about the futility and randomness of life with its inevitable end.

And I thought you were an old punkette

[riotgrrl]

Apr 28, 2009 20:43:42 GMT fretslider said:

Apr 28, 2009 20:34:44 GMT @riotgrrl said:

When it comes to Badly Drawn Boy 'Pissing in the Wind' makes me laugh like a drain and feel uplifted every time I hear it. That universal message of the futility of the human condition, combined with a catchy melody does it for me every time.

See also "We're All Going to Die" by Malcolm Middleton, which is a similar sort of a theme.

Also "Do you Realize" by the Flaming Lips.

I like really cheery songs about the futility and randomness of life with its inevitable end.

And I thought you were an old punkette

I tend to listen to music from the last five years. After about five years I wear out my favourite tunes; they become over-familiar and I only really want to listen to them once every 2 or 3 years.

But my 'best' era of music was definitely from about 1978 - 1987 or so - basically from starting secondary school to finishing my degree, before I had to do stuff like work and have children.

And the music I listened to then was all the usual suspects - SLF, Undertones, Damned, Echo & Bunnymen, Dead Kennedys (I loved them!!!), early Cure, early Killing Joke, Angelic Upstarts, The Ruts, Sex Pistols, etc. etc. etc.

My favourite NOW bands are Glasvegas, the Killers & Kings of Leon - not so punky really. A bit commercial.

And my all time favourite ever over any era is Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

[Alpha Hooligan]

One of my all time faves...107 seconds of pure feel good factor...brought to you by Liverpools finest.



I get the feeling
That I am responding to a call
I am receiving and
I get that meaning


AH


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[june]

I only like the Dks with Jello - not even bothered with their new tours.

Have seen Damned, UK Subs, Dickies, Jello, Mudhoney and some others that will no doubt occur to me in the middle of the night.

I like a bit of everything - it's probably much easier to talk about what I don't like.

[fretslider]

Apr 28, 2009 20:49:03 GMT @riotgrrl said:

And my all time favourite ever over any era is Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

Well, there's no accounting for a taste by-pass. He has to be the worst act I ever had the misfortune to witness.

[riotgrrl]

Apr 28, 2009 20:58:27 GMT fretslider said:

Apr 28, 2009 20:49:03 GMT @riotgrrl said:

And my all time favourite ever over any era is Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

Well, there's no accounting for a taste by-pass. He has to be the worst act I ever had the misfortune to witness.

That's just plain wrong.

Just plain wrong.

[Alpha Hooligan]

I think people get more "mainstream" as they get older...or they retreat back to the good old days. The last Band I discovered was "British Sea Power" a few years ago...I love their sounds.

British Sea Power - Carrion


My soul, she cried, I thought you'd died
Amid fumes of formaldehyde


AH

[fretslider]

Apr 28, 2009 21:03:38 GMT @riotgrrl said:

Apr 28, 2009 20:58:27 GMT fretslider said:

Well, there's no accounting for a taste by-pass. He has to be the worst act I ever had the misfortune to witness.

That's just plain wrong.

Just plain wrong.

Don't you feel at least a tad sorry for the band?

[june]

Apr 28, 2009 21:15:22 GMT fretslider said:

Apr 28, 2009 21:03:38 GMT @riotgrrl said:

That's just plain wrong.

Just plain wrong.

Don't you feel at least a tad sorry for the band?

Nick Cave is the Marmite of the music world ;D

[fretslider]

Apr 28, 2009 21:08:15 GMT Alpha Hooligan said:

I think people get more "mainstream" as they get older...or they retreat back to the good old days. The last Band I discovered was "British Sea Power" a few years ago...I love their sounds.




AH

Well I guess I'm ready to go, then.

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijh2Fqd1ZPY

[Alpha Hooligan]

Ah, Republica are very "shouty shouty"! I quite enjoy a bit of that.


AH

[fretslider]

Anybody buying a house in Spain?



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[mindy]

Here's one of my favorate love songs by Shania Twain, called "The Woman in Me."




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[fretslider]

Mary Shelley's swan song

[beth]

Quote:
I think people get more "mainstream" as they get older...or they retreat back to the good old days.


Or, as I did, there just comes a point where they say, "ok, that's enough - have everything I need now".

About 5 yrs ago, I turned off the car radio, put Oldfield's The Songs of Distant Earth in my cd player and a year later it was still there - traveling music for miles and miles. I've changed out the cds many times since but never listened to top 40 radio again. Don't miss it either.


A favorite song by a favorite songster (and friends)

[riotgrrl]

Beth, you're like my bloke. He very rarely listens to 'new' music; he's happy with the (large amount) of music he's been listening to for years. Occasionally he'll get into a new band (The Arcade Fire, McCluskey,) but that's unusual.

Whereas, I get bored with stuff after a few years.

I've recently been downloading (sh, don't tell the polis) playlists created by punters and put up online for others to share, and I'm working my way through a fantastic one representing the best of the South by South West Festival in Austin this year. Lots of lovely new bands that I've never heard of before.

[fretslider]

I occasional venture out of the golden period.




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[beth]

May 14, 2009 10:35:42 GMT @riotgrrl said:

Beth, you're like my bloke. He very rarely listens to 'new' music; he's happy with the (large amount) of music he's been listening to for years. Occasionally he'll get into a new band (The Arcade Fire, McCluskey,) but that's unusual.

Whereas, I get bored with stuff after a few years.

I've recently been downloading (sh, don't tell the polis) playlists created by punters and put up online for others to share, and I'm working my way through a fantastic one representing the best of the South by South West Festival in Austin this year. Lots of lovely new bands that I've never heard of before.

Sounds like you're having fun with it, RG. If someone handed me a new playlist and said, "check it out", I'd probably do it - and maybe even find a couple things I like. But, honestly, I see it as more trouble than it's worth when I have such a wealth of music I love.

Probably, running into the blank wall (imo) of rap and hip hop is what wore me down.

Might change someday (where do you find your playlists, btw) but am in a nice comfort zone right now.

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This is Tom Petty, Learning to Fly. Enjoy.



(Tampered with yer post beth...is this the one you were after? - AH)

Thanks, AH. I really wanted the video though - such a freaky little vid. The embed is disabled. I'll just add the link.

[riotgrrl]

Beth,

Re: Where do you find your playlists query.

I'm pleading the fifth.

(Is it the fifth? And can I plead it if I'm not American?)