Your all-time favourite piece of music?

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Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by LoveCurryPies » Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:39 am

Desert Island Discs got me thinking....if you had to chose a single piece of music what would it be?

The sheer amount and variety of music makes it an Incredibly hard decision. So what is the piece that you never tire of?

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:51 am

Sebastian by Steve Harley....moody and magnificent.
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Dyched » Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:53 am

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty
People
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it
Made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and
Things
You'd better take your diamond ring,
You'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags with the language that
He used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't
Refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to
Lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to
Conceal
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Bosscat » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:02 am

Depends on my mood

The Immigrant Song by Led Zep is up there....

Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd is up there....

Paint it Black by the Stones is right up there....

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff....

I love the soundtrack to Gladiator......

Like I say it depends on my mood

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Tricky Trevor » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:12 am

Thunder Road...Springsteen

1812 Overture...Tchaikovsky, for classical.
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by 1968claret » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:46 am

God only knows by the Beach Boys. Just a beautiful piece of music
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:59 am

My sister says Castles in the Sky by Ian van Dahl often reminds her of me, as I used to play it all the time, until it got commercialized and then you'd hear it every day anyway. So perhaps that one. Or 'One and One' by Robert Miles.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Longside » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:01 am

Papua New Guinea, by the Future Sound of London.
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by IanMcL » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:01 am

Amazing Grace, sung by Judy Collins.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Corky » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:50 am

Terry Callier Bowling Green.
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Belial » Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:01 pm

Depends on mood, but Appetite for Destruction was the first album I ever owned and go back to it time and time again, so I'd go with Rocket Queen

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:03 pm

Thunder Road from the Born to run album. Springsteen 1975
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by houseboy » Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:50 pm

Very hard to pin down one particular piece but I've always said my favourite song/piece is Awaken by Yes, of course that is a 20 minute album piece that is closely run by several other 'long' songs from albums.

If pinned down to singles there is a shortlist:
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Days - The Kinks (with a great big nod in the direction of the Kirsty McColl version)
Vincent - Don McLean
Come up and see me (Make Me Smile) - Cockney Rebel
Oddly, McArthur Park by Richard Harris is up there but I think as much for the memories as anything else,

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by jdrobbo » Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:56 pm

Loads of obvious ones but for me I’m going to go back to the sound of brass.

The greatest sop player that has ever graced our nation.

Peter Roberts
Flowerdale

Give it a chance!

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Tread Warily » Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:02 pm

EMPTY ROOMS by Gary Moore.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:23 pm

Love everything Music....But.Doris Days "Move over Darling" captured my imagination at 11 years old Like she was singing it to me.....

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:26 pm

tim_noone wrote:Love everything Music....But.Doris Days "Move over Darling" captured my imagination at 11 years old Like she was singing it to me.....
Someone with taste liking Doris

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:40 pm

Mozart 40 in G minor.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Pstotto » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:46 pm

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Finley Quaye: 'Ultra Stimulation'

Says it all...

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Better Call Saul » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:56 pm

'Shine on you Crazy Diamond' by Pink Floyd.
Closely followed by 'Wade in the Water' by Ramsey Lewis.
Now there is a contrast!!!

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by levraiclaret » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:57 pm

Joni Mitchell - A Case of You

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:04 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Someone with taste liking Doris
:D "Like"

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:11 pm

Ben E King - Stand By Me.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by CombatClaret » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:12 pm

Better Call Saul wrote:'Shine on you Crazy Diamond' by Pink Floyd.
If literally stuck on an island then this is a great pick as it's both a long song at 13mins and contains both a chill and rockier vibes in one song.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by levraiclaret » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:12 pm

Or maybe Emmylou - Boulder to Birmingham

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Stalbansclaret » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:13 pm

Two people have already said this, remarkably on a relatively short thread, but Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen, for sheer cinematic, lyrical romanticism has everything. Funeral song for me.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by levraiclaret » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:18 pm

I love "Thunder Road" but it's Elvis for me

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:18 pm

Stalbansclaret wrote:Two people have already said this, remarkably on a relatively short thread, but Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen, for sheer cinematic, lyrical romanticism has everything. Funeral song for me.
Just listened to that out of curiosity..not a fan of BS,but that's a pretty damn good track.
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:30 pm

Another 2 all time favourite's of mine...
Anybody seen my baby The Stones
Dream on Aerosmith

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by exilecanada » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:20 am

“If you go away” Julio Iglesias

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by jackmiggins » Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:22 am

Have several, but the one that really hits the spot on many levels is Ruby by Kenny Rogers. Dinah moe humm, Zappa for very different reasons.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Vegas Claret » Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:00 am

best piece of electronic music ever written, nothing comes close
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQqYFNK50M
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by longhair » Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:07 am

A touch of grey by the gratefull dead

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Claretlad » Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:59 am

Stairway to heaven by Led Zepplin Like a rolling stone by Bob Dylan The lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Herts Clarets » Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:28 am

Script for a Jesters Tear Marillion

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by The Enclosure » Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:29 am

While my guitar gently weeps.The Beatles

Halleluja...Leonard Cohen

Sultans of Swing...Dire Straits

Just three of many many more.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music? Apart from Baker Street.

Post by fatboy47 » Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:10 am

Fixed the title for you.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Siddo » Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:12 am

Surprised no ine has said Message in a Bottle if we are stuck on an island.

Mine would be Stevie Wonder singing I Hear a Symphony. Simply the best record ever made made.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by CharlieinNewMexico » Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:21 am

Vegas Claret wrote:best piece of electronic music ever written, nothing comes close
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQqYFNK50M
Is that Dead Can Dance getting sampled?
Never heard this ...

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by CJW » Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:34 am

The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:06 am

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Claret Till I Die » Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:38 am

Imagine- John Lennon

Thunder Road is my favourite Springsteen track and I'd also give mentions to Dream On by Aerosmith along with the pure rawness of Paradise City- G n R..

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by COBBLE » Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:46 am

Dirty old town sung by the Pogues. Though written about Salford it fits the spirit of the town of Burnley that I loved being a teenager in in the 60s. When my sister was dying from cancer many years ago I noticed my brother in law was playing this too. It reminds me of her too.

Bring him home and Fix you reminds me of the love my wife has for her family.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by SalisburyClaret » Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:52 am

Landed by Ben Folds or Tangled up in Blue - Dylan

Just can’t decide, may need another island

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by UpTheClaretsFCBK » Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:03 am

Probably not a popular choice for someone in there late 20s, but Roundabout by Yes

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by basil6345789 » Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:14 am

Groovin' Young Rascals. Makes me so happy.

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Whatsupdoc » Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:33 am

Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones

I’d rather go blind Chicken Shack

Afterglow Small Faces
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Jambounchained » Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:09 am

Paul Shane - You've Lost That Loving Feeling

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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by Selby Claret » Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:31 am

SalisburyClaret wrote:Landed by Ben Folds or Tangled up in Blue - Dylan

Just can’t decide, may need another island
Another Ben Folds Claret! Who da thunkit!

I would have to say The Lonely Shepherd by Zamfir - tingles every time I hear it.

For pure light entertainment value though I never tire of Spanish Flea by Herb Alpert :)

And then anything else by Ben Folds / Ben Folds Five
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Re: Your all-time favourite piece of music?

Post by KateR » Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:00 pm

Cold November Rain Guns N Roses

Dazed & Confused/You Shook Me/Your time is Gonna Come/Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Led Zep

The Hurricane Bob Dylan

You're No Jesus Christ Seether

Romeo & Juliet Dire Staits

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