Emotional music

[Cyra_3]

I am sitting here in floods of tears listening to a song I haven't heard for years, it brings back a lot of memories.

My question is, does anyone else get emotional over a piece of music or a song and if so which one does it for you, which song evokes such strong feelings that you feel as if you are there again?

 

[Weird Harold]

My question is, does anyone else get emotional over a piece of music or a song and if so which one does it for you, which song evokes such strong feelings that you feel as if you are there again?

Christmas 98, I cried at almost every christmas carol I heard. Not because of any particular memories, but just because of the sentiments. I didn't have that problem Christmas of 99 though.

There are a lot of songs that bring back strong memories for me, and a lot of other songs that bring strong emotions to the surface. There seems to be no rhym or reason to when a particular song affects me; it seems to depend on the mood i'm in when I hear it.

Re-encountering an old song after a long period does bring back memories of when I last heard it, or when I first heard it. At fifty plus years of age, there are a LOT of songs that have memories attached to them for me. Picking one song from the multitude is impossible.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

"Night In White Satin" puts me back in 8th grade faster than a spinning psychedellic lamp.

 

[CreamyLady]

"Piece of my Heart;" I'm 17 again, with a wild crush on someone, hoping he'll notice me . . . and he never does.

"Stairway to Heaven," 19, and losing my virginity to a completely vile person.

"La Mer," a very long afternoon of making love to a man with great technique and incomparable bedroom manner.

 

[Guest]

"La Mer," a very long afternoon of making love to a man with great technique and incomparable bedroom manner.

HP sneakily picking up his dirty clothes from the bedroom floor. (sorry, just a little bored and could't resist)

He coulda been me, really!

 

[Wild Child]

For me it always seems to be songs that fit my frame of mind when I heard them or are just realy sad and can make me cry

*adam's song by blink182 just makes me really sad
*the freshman by the verve always reminds me when one of my best friends commited suiccide
*for some reason, i'm not really sure, I seem to be attached to a lot of stuf by Creed....

 

[Treat]

"November Rain" by GNR... It takes me back to the club I worked in while stationed in Germany. I met my ex-wife there and it was the first song we danced too. I avoid it like the plague. Then again thinking the plague might be better than she was.

 

[Endlessly]

Yes, I DO have emotions..

Songs I cannot listen to or I'll start sobbing hysterically:

-Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls
-Fields of Gold, by Sting
-Storybook love, from the Princess Bride soundtrack
-I can't make you love me, by Bonnie Raitt

Mostly memories cause those. Same way the Fugee's rendition of 'Killing me softly' gives me chills and Ani DiFranco singing Amazing Grace makes my adrenaline go.

 

[Isabella Thorne]

hangin' out at greasy lake

... wow Treat you sure have a lot of bad feelings over the ex hon .. those feelings are gonna weigh you down ... now try to think of a positive song .. one that made you happy lol ..

definitely big for me would be The River by Bruce Springsteen ... umm hey now that you mention it anything by the Boss .. or Little Steven .. or Southside lol .. I'm just a Jersey girl at heart ..

oh .. an' i always smile when i hear david bowie, rolling stones ... roxy music ...

 

[CreamyLady]

HP sneakily picking up his dirty clothes from the bedroom floor. (sorry, just a little bored and could't resist)

He coulda been me, really!

Possibly . . . though the gentleman in question was rather anal about his clothes and never dropped them on the floor.

It's definitely part of his charm. ;-)

 

[Treat]

Well, you do have a point there Isabella. It was just the first thing to pop in my mind. Anyway that was ove 5 years ago.

On a happy note, I would say "Anxious" by Maxwell is the one happy song. Hear it when my now gf and I met. So that is deffiantely a happy point.

 

[Katerina Val-Kyrie]

Take It To The Limit by the Eagles, always makes me remember my younger years. This was one hot waltz when us teens were attending school dances.

The Whole World Is Going Crazy, by April Wine is another one. Takes me back to the time I had a one time date with this guy. He brought me home and I got a bottle of Rum out of my dads cabinet. We sat out in his car until the wee hours of the morning listening to April Wine. Oh, I did behave, being a first date and all. I was also incredibly shy. I still cannot believe I did that! My parents were out and they could have pulled in the drive at any given time and caught us...with the booze. I guess, in reality I was not behaving at all. *LOL*

Two more to share....Last Kiss...I cannot remember who sings it...but most know the lyrics.

I was out on a date in my daddy's car, we hadn't driven very far....

Anyhow, my sister and I, along with a friend, thought we had amazing voices as young teens. We used to sing to this song endlessly. We decided to tape ourselves to hear just how good we sounded. We almost peed ourselves from laughing, when we played it back. Something went terribly wrong with the recording....and what we heard was "The Chipmunks" I kid you not, it was the funniest thing we ever heard. To this day, we still have the tape, although I have not heard it in years. Hmmmm, the good old days.

Last but not least. Once Twice, Three Times A Lady, by the Commadores...our wedding song...

Hugs Katerina



[Edited by Katerina on 06-27-2000 at 03:55 PM]

 

[Katerina Val-Kyrie]

One more

Alive...by Edwin.....An amazing song....

No words need to be said, one only has to listen. Kat

 

[ShynCarolina]

"I Swear" by John Michael Montgomery (country version) It was used at my wedding and always reminds me of how happy I was when I got married and how sad it was when she left.

Bad thing is that I haven't heard it in a couple of years and just today I am going to a meeting and there it is on the radio

[Edited by ShynCarolina on 06-27-2000 at 04:00 PM]

 

[SimplySouthern]

Seems like every relationship I have had has one "theme song". Could be one that we listened to when we first met....or one later while we danced, or even the one I heard the night we broke it off. Either way, one song takes me back to each and every relationship I have ever had. Oddly enough, I still like all of the songs (and even all the guys) Just because they weren't right for me doesn't mean they are bad people.

After years of therapy.....*LOL*

 

[Guest]

Whenever I'm melancholy I play The Long Black Veil by The Chieftains. It is such a hauntingly beautiful song that it helps me work through my mood.

On a lighter note the first time my husband made love to me he played These Arms Of Mine by Otis Redding. I can remember every detail about that night.

[Edited by Freya on 06-27-2000 at 05:25 PM]

 

[Siren]

 

[RonG]

I have to break this up into two segments: Songs with personal emotional attachment - The Bitterest Pill by The Jam, makes me think of the only girl I ever broke up with that I wasn't ready to move on past.

Songs that convey emotions wonderfully: Family Snapshot by Peter Gabriel puts me in that random shooter mood; Washable Ink (Neville Brothers version) and One by U2 for just a great combination of emotional song and singer. It took me awhile to get One, but once you figure out that it is about an estranged son and father and the AIDS epidemic, this song is just so powerful.

Now that I am getting older, Father and Son by Cat Stevens gets more relevant every year.

 

[Triatic]

Kat - I love "Alive"...it's just been so long since I heard a song that's both well-sung and happy...

Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You" sends me into a deep bittersweet funk these days...love the song, but I have to listen to it sparingly.

Funny how relationships - and emotional experiences - can attatch themselves to a song like that, hmm?

 

[Rosebud]

i am sure that most have you have never heard the song that tears me up...it was my dad's favorite and was sung at his funeral

YOU"LL NEVER WALK ALONE

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid
Of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song
Of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on walk on with truth in your heart
And you'll never walk alone

 

[Triatic]

It's beautiful.

My old english teacher told me a wonderful story of her father's funeral service once...they played Beethoven's Ode to Joy. I was amazed by her courage and ability to seize life and joy in the midst of mourning.

 

[Rosebud]

Thanks Triatic...and he was a beautiful man

 

[Siren]

 

[Amorphis]

The most emotional single song I have ever heard is The Wind That Shakes the Barley, by Dead Can Dance. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes. lyrics here (http://www.patleck.com/lyrics/deadcandance.htm#l3)

Really, any music that is right, such as Pearl Jams' Black, Maidens' Infinite Dreams, Metallica's Orion makes me very emotional.

Last week, I was driving back from Sacramento, cranking a SRV CD I had just purchased. The last track is a live piece with Albert King (IIRC). Listening to them fucking JAM was orgasmic. I was grinning from ear, tears streaming down my face. =)

Amorphis

 

[CreamyLady]

Rosebud, that is beautiful.

My father had a nasty trick. If he thought we were sleeping too late on a Saturday morning, he would turn the stereo up to deafening and play "The Stars and Stripes Forever."

At the end of his funeral service, the pianist played a rousing rendition of it. I thought my mother was going to explode, but everyone else just broke up and laughed.