Drippy Eyes - Songs that match the mood

[christabelll]

The songs below - came into my life when tremendous, life changing events were underway - even now I still cry when I listen to them - The lyrics are powerful (to me) -

[Stay]

[Holy Water]

[When You come back to me Again]

Its been a hell of a row -
but all in all I'm alive! In love again - but even so certains songs- poignant reminders, hope against the odds, surviving the worst - still bring the water works...

What gets you every time?

 

[TE999]

"I Only Have Eyes For You" -- The Flamingo's

Always reminds me of my first real love--in high school--it was 'our song' and we slow danced to it constantly.

I often wonder what became of her.

 

[christabelll]

Oh I remember that song......Sweet

Another is - oh damnit it- the theme to the "billy jack? billy joe? " something I can hear it in my head - but pulling the name is blank!

 

[TE999]

Oh I remember that song......Sweet

Another is - oh damnit it- the theme to the "billy jack? billy joe? " something I can hear it in my head - but pulling the name is blank!

Billy Jack--the movie-- It's 'One Tin Soldier'. I forget the artist.

Oh google...!

 

[christabelll]

Billy Jack--the movie-- It's 'One Tin Soldier'. I forget the artist.

Oh google...!

Yeah that one too
but NO


Billy joe McAllister jumped off the Talahasse Bridge.......

 

[TE999]

Yeah that one too
but NO


Billy joe McAllister jumped off the Talahasse Bridge.......

Oh--that one-- "Ode To Billy Joe" Bobbie Gentry sang it.

 

[rgraham666]

Lover's Cross by Jim Croce. My marriage disintegrated to this song.

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda Being an amateur historian too familiar with war, this one always hits me.

 

[rengadeirishman]

Whistles the Wind- Flogging Molly- will be the main song at my wake.

These next ones all remind me of my father, who died when i was 16
Simple man-Lynyrd Skynyrd
Carry on Wayward Son- Kansas
Father and Son- Cat Stevens
The likes of you Again-Flogging Molly

 

[Sophz_Kandi]

I hate to admit this as it means admitting my weakness to my myself...

Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah.

Rot in hell you bastard

 

[slyc_willie]

The only song that damn near always makes me cry is 'The Rose," as sung by Bette Midler.

Guaranteed way to make me turn into jello . . . .

 

[christabelll]

Oh--that one-- "Ode To Billy Joe" Bobbie Gentry sang it.

YES THAT ONE!!!! oh thanks! Sorry I was off dithering a new cover to a story....

 

[christabelll]

I have heard of some of those....

((((Rob))))

Renegaide... Can I come toy your wake???

*(*(*Sophz*)*)* Been there sugar

I love that song Slyc! Hehehehe My college prof forced me to sing it then made me sing a song from Into the Woods Instead (Said I knew it too well LOL)

 

[slyc_willie]

Another one is 'Delta,' byt a band called the Blessing.

They were fairly obscure.

But the song is haunting. In a bittersweet way.

 

[oggbashan]

...
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda Being an amateur historian too familiar with war, this one always hits me.

One of my father's friends was the youngest and sole survivor of six brothers. The other five went to Gallipoli, and those who survived went on to die on the Western Front. All five are commemorated on the In Memoriam Board at my Australian School. All six appear on other boards at the school for academic and sporting achievements.

The sixth was captured by the Japanese when Singapore surrendered in WWII. He survived Changi Jail.

Og

 

[Katyusha]

The only song that damn near always makes me cry is 'The Rose," as sung by Bette Midler.

Guaranteed way to make me turn into jello . . . .

Oh me too, me too. I'll sing to that one in the car and I can't make it to the end because I'm all teary.

Another one is "Unchained Melody," by the Righteous Brothers...guaranteed to start the waterworks every time.

Lately I've been having problems listening to Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" because it hits way too close to home...I hear that first line and the tears start.

Gary Allan's "Right Where I Need to Be," also makes me cry, because it reminds me of the times my husband was on the road and I had to be here at home, away from him and alone.

 

[Guest]

Barber's Adagio for Strings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMz8fKkG2g

BBC Orchestra with Slatkin conducting. This clip has images of 9/11 and the twin towers but just close your eyes and listen. Eleven minutes of heartbreakingly beautiful music.

 

[christabelll]

Mozarts Magic Flute is pretty damned evocative

And I adore Unchained Melody -


Music is so intrinsic to the rythyms of my life... Its seems everytime there is something happening - a certain song - whether fresh on the airwaves - or an older one will pop up and it will say exactly what is in my heart.....

Sometimes its angry Like : "Hate Me Today" - Blue October

Sometimes its pissy very hurt: "In the End" - Lincoln Park

Sometimes its passionate: "I'm on fire" - Bruce Springstein

Sometimes its questioning and confused: "I'm asking Why." Enigma

Others it makes a statement as to my mood "Bring me to life" Evanescence

it tells of a broken heart "Why" Annie Lennox

it tells of sweat and lust "Closer" NIN

it tells of surival: "Cry" Faith Hill


And other times - well what do your songs reflect - when they get your goat to bleating?


Ogg - was that along the lines of "Saving Private Ryan"? So many families were decimated and we are repeating history by decimating them now...

 

[jomar]

Music anchors time and memories, doesn't it?

Roxy Music's Avalon, the whole album (which it was in the day) is very special in my heart. Scarlet Begonias by the Grateful Dead is also tied into the memory of this woman.

Rock Lobster - B-52s

Dixie Chicken (and a host of their other songs) - Little Feat

A Real Mother for Ya (album) by Johnny Guitar Watson

The Urban Verbs - a Washington DC band back in the day

The Last of the Singing Cowboys - Marshal Tucker (and other songs of theirs)

Shaft - Isaac Hayes

My Male Curiosity - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Live Art (cd) - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones


These and other songs/CDs bring smiles, what ifs, nostalgia and warm memories. Thanks christabelll, for letting me dredge them up.

 

[jomar]

double post

 

[christabelll]

Music anchors time and memories, doesn't it?

Roxy Music's Avalon, the whole album (which it was in the day) is very special in my heart. Scarlet Begonias by the Grateful Dead is also tied into the memory of this woman.

Rock Lobster - B-52s

Dixie Chicken (and a host of their other songs) - Little Feat

A Real Mother for Ya (album) by Johnny Guitar Watson

The Urban Verbs - a Washington DC band back in the day

The Last of the Singing Cowboys - Marshal Tucker (and other songs of theirs)

Shaft - Isaac Hayes

My Male Curiosity - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Live Art (cd) - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones


These and other songs/CDs bring smiles, what ifs, nostalgia and warm memories. Thanks christabelll, for letting me dredge them up.

You are welcome - I was in a "weird mood" last night - and there was a special on about Garth - and wham - the water works...........


It does! They do!
One of the earliest songs I can remember was the Doors "Come on Baby Light My fire" Followed Swiftly by all things Elvis and The Beatles... I was extraordinarily lucky that my mother loved all kinds of music! Beverly Sills singing Madame Butterfly and La Boheme are burned forever in my auditory memory....

The first song that I ever remember crying to - had the lyrics of something like
"Papa please dont
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Papa Please dont
We're gonna Get Married

lalala nana um?
I ran to her
I held her close
When I looked down
There was blood on my hands
Heres the last words Julie Said....I was 10 or 11

After that I was hooked for life =

Queen's - Bohemian Rhapsody - the entire album just does it for me sometimes......

Can you remember the song that was playing the first time you kissed a guy or girl?
How about your first time having sex?
Your First fight?
The birth of a child?
A death in the family...

 

[jomar]

The Beatles, for sure.

You mentioning The Doors sparked a memory: Hyacinth House and Rider's on the Storm. Also Camarillo Brillo by Frank Zappa. Old friend with whom I'd have welcomed more, but time and circumstances...

Can you remember the song that was playing the first time you kissed a guy or girl?

Hmm, no. But it was in church during a youth group break. She had red hair and her name was Cathy.

How about your first time having sex?

Steve Miller Band's 'Anthology' of all things. It did have a song called "I Love You" that fit the time and place.

Your First fight?

No.

The birth of a child?

Odd that this isn't anchored. But my kids and I have certainly introduced some wonderful music to each other.

A death in the family...

The death of a high school friend: Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones. Played that album over and over driving around aimlessly with a friend.

Same car, different mood - Machinehead by Deep Purple.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

My Immortal by Evanescence always reminds me of my First Love.

Umbrella by Marie Digby (not the Rihanna version) is J's song.

My daughter: I hope you dance: Leeanne Womack

My mom: Killing me softly: Roberta Flack

My Love - so many songs. Our first summer together, it's Breathe, by Anna Nalick. Vienna Teng: Eric's song. And Jewel: Absence of fear.

 

[christabelll]

Dont you LOVE Evanescence??? She flat out rocks and is pretty too!


And I'll answer my own questions...

Can you remember the song that was playing the first time you kissed a guy or girl? "Evergreen" Barbara Streisand (and let me qualify this was my first VOLUNTARY Kiss)

How about your first time having sex? "Feel Like Making Love" Bad Company

Your First fight? (In a long 11 year relationship) The Patti Smith Album

The birth of a child? "Arms of the Angels" Sarah McLaughlin

A death in the family... Amazing Grace - The Wicked Tinkers (Pipe and Drum)

Its remarkable really.... music affects us on so many levels... one of the first semi competent drawings I ever did was of a Lute with lillies surrounding it - That Declared in half assed Calligraphy "Music is the Language of the Soul". I think I was 14 ish...

Oh and one of my favorite favorite favorite Romantic-Spiritual making love all night long is not a song its an Album (okay two of them) Will Ackerman "Immanent Death of a Virgin Essence" (the song_ but the whole album is sweet! Followed by Michael Hedges "Aerial Boundaries"

Aerial Boundaries - First song on list
You can listen to Aerial Boundaries Here... it really is awesome guitar playing!!!

 

[Nirvanadragones]

Its remarkable really.... music affects us on so many levels... one of the first semi competent drawings I ever did was of a Lute with lillies surrounding it - That Declared in half assed Calligraphy "Music is the Language of the Soul". I think I was 14 ish...

"We each live to the sound of our own music in our inner island and this is the great pheromone of Life that intrigues one to another . . . The Music of our own Heart that Beats to Life as we know it . . . a frequency that exudes our existence; a definition of our outlook and respect of Life . . . there is even music in the Sound of Silence"

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

"I am a rock" by Simon and Garfunkel

The ironic thing is I usually shed a tear at the end with the refrain of "and a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries".