Songs that still blow you away

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:09 pm

The living years..Mike & the Mechanic's....beautiful chilling song.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:19 pm

bpgburn wrote:The list would go on forever, great shout though with Canned Heat and On the Road Again.

One you seldom hear but always gets the hair on the back of the neck to stand as brings back specific memories is In a Broken Dream, Python Lee Jackson (Rod Stewart Vocals).

Edit. Also
All day and all of the night...Kinks.

Did some reading on Python Lee Jackson a little while ago because despite the classic song I knew very little about them. First off although Rod sang the vocals on that song (and another that never saw the light of day apparently) he was NEVER a member of the band but just happened to be knocking around the studio when it was recorded (they needed a singer due to their own 'disappearing'). He was paid with a couple of car seat covers rumour has it. Secondly they were a little known Australian band who never took off in England and who had numerous members on and off, not one of whom ever became famous in their own right.
Strange old world eh?

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:22 pm

Cirrus_Minor wrote:Imagine - John Lennon
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Let's Spend the Night Together - Rolling Stones
Hello Goodbye - Beatles
The Times They Are a Changing - Bob Dylan
Rave On - Buddy Holly
Nervous Breakdown -Eddie Cochran
Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry

And of course
Cirrus Minor - Pink Floyd

I actually wondered if there was a connection there mate. A very early and beautiful song by them (from Saucerful of Secrets I think wasn't it?).

bpgburn · Post by **bpgburn** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:38 pm

Samba Pa Ti - Santana...

kentonclaret · Post by **kentonclaret** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 4:09 pm

Gust of Wind - Pharrell Williams

Cubanclaret · Post by **Cubanclaret** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 4:14 pm

The Knife - Heartbeats
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Billy Bragg - A New England

ashtonlongsider · Post by **ashtonlongsider** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:43 pm

Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale. Blew me away when I first heard it in May 1967 and still sounds as fresh today. Quite simply the best record ever made.

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:11 pm

A love like blood....Killing Joke
Backstreets....Springsteen (Also can't disagree with Badlands)
American Girl...Tom Petty
Thick as Thieves...The Jam
Where the Streets Have No Name....U2 (also love Red Hill Mining Town from The Joshua Tree)
Hanging on the Telephone...Blondie
Message in a Bottle...The Police
There There my Dear...Dexy's Midnight Runners
Slide Away...Oasis
all fall into this category for me I would say in that no matter how many times I hear them I always feel better for it. Many others no doubt but things to do !!

Pimlico_Claret · Post by **Pimlico_Claret** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:17 pm

Knights of Cydonia - Muse.
No one's going to take me alive..... absolutely brilliant, seen them play this live loads, never fails to make your heart beat faster

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:22 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Dont like it any more.

Cant abide it now?

Cheeseontoast · Post by **Cheeseontoast** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:23 pm

Never let me down again....Depeche Mode

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:25 pm

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:42 pm

Who knows where the time goes - Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention.
Go now Moody Blues - such haunting tone on the vocals
The Promise Tracy Chapman
Souvenirs - John Prine
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
Argus - the whole Album - Wishbone Ash
The way it is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Better Days / Drive all Night / Thunder Road / The River and most Burce to be Honest.
Nessun Dorma - Pavarotti
Somewhere over the rainbow - Eva Casssidy
Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Could make endless lists all different. I guess we're just lucky living in the times we do in terms of the music -

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:44 pm

Amazing Grace - Judy Collins
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson
Why me Lord - Kris Kristofferson
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Success - Loretta Lynn

You were always on my mind - Willie Nelson

Daydream Believer - The Monkees

Cheeseontoast · Post by **Cheeseontoast** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:47 pm

Let There Be Rock.....AC/DC
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IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:58 pm

aclaretinstevenage wrote:Who knows where the time goes - Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention.
Somewhere over the rainbow - Eva Cassidy

Good shout

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:10 pm

This always gets me pumped up
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Shore claret · Post by **Shore claret** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:13 pm

Breathe-prodigy
Tiesto-adagio for strings
Paul van dyke- for an angel
Hendrix- all along the watchtower
Marley - redemption song
Daft punk- around the world

List could go on

cloughyclaret · Post by **cloughyclaret** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:14 pm

So many as others have said but..

Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
How Soon is Now - The Smiths
Hard to Handle - The Black Crowes
Right Down the Line - Jerry Rafferty

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:14 pm

SammyBoy wrote:Bob Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man
Queen - Under Pressure
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Eminem - Stan
The Streets - Has It Come To This

Just thinking about Dylan singing "to dance beneth the diamond sky" give me goosebumps.

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:16 pm

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Wish you were here - pink floyd
Iris - goo goo dolls

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:16 pm

Great shout above. Johnny cash hurt

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:29 pm

I'd Rather Go Blind - Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa (live at Amsterdam is the best version)
High Hopes - Pink Floyd
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
Sandstorm - Darude
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Barcelona - Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

SingaporeClarets · Post by **SingaporeClarets** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:21 am

Slightly off topic as its a new song but worth a listen:

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Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:54 am

houseboy wrote:I actually wondered if there was a connection there mate. A very early and beautiful song by them (from Saucerful of Secrets I think wasn't it?).

Correct on both points.

Heathclaret · Post by **Heathclaret** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:03 am

Numb - Linkin Park.

Emma - Hot Chocolate.

Racing in the street - Springsteen.

Heathclaret · Post by **Heathclaret** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:11 am

Jesamine - The Casuals. First heard it on the Juke Box at the Mermaid pub near the harbour Ramsey Isle of Man. Happy days.

Harbour lights - Boz Scaggs.

Truly, madly, deeply. - Savage Garden. Reminds me of Mrs Heathclaret.

Carport · Post by **Carport** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:16 am

Voodoo Chile - Hendrix
Kashmir - Led Zep
Granchester Meadows -Floyd

LAM · Post by **LAM** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:30 am

Lucky Man - Verve
Whatever - Oasis
Don’t look back in anger - Oasis

A new one that has blown me away this year ; ‘walls’ by Kings of Leon

Rammy1968 · Post by **Rammy1968** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:40 am

Slide Away - Oasis
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Let's Spend the Night Together - Rolling Stones
Butterfly Collector - The Jam
The Times They Are a Changing - Bob Dylan
Sunflower - Paul Weller
Saturday Kids - The Jam
Seventeen - Sex Pistols
Sally Cinnamon - Stone Roses
This Is The One - Stone Roses
Brain damage - Pink Floyd
Smithers Jones - The Jam

So many more could be here for hours

SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:05 am

Dyched wrote:Just thinking about Dylan singing "to dance beneth the diamond sky" give me goosebumps.

Some of my favourite lyrics ever in that song, the Byrds version was absolutely crap though.

Longside4evr · Post by **Longside4evr** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:27 am

Baker street gerry Rafferty

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:50 am

Still my favourite Jam song ever

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THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am

And a bit of John Martyn

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THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:53 am

And some I Am Kloot

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Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:35 pm

SammyBoy wrote:Some of my favourite lyrics ever in that song, the Byrds version was absolutely crap though.

The only thing wrong with The Byrds version is it isn't long enough. I like it.

SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:43 pm

Dyched wrote:The only thing wrong with The Byrds version is it isn't long enough. I like it.

It probably is alright when listened to in isolation, I just think it's not a patch on Dylan's version, and I still can't fathom why they omitted most of the lyrics.

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:52 pm

Dyched wrote:The only thing wrong with The Byrds version is it isn't long enough. I like it.

The parasites on Bob Dylan's back

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:53 pm

SammyBoy wrote:It probably is alright when listened to in isolation, I just think it's not a patch on Dylan's version, and I still can't fathom why they omitted most of the lyrics.

True, To me its what Dylans would have sounded like had he recorded/wrote it few years later, Blonde on Blonde era.

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:54 pm

Glad to say tons of songs still do but 5 that spring to mind straight away and in no particular order..

Don't worry Baby - The Beach Boys
Hotel California - Eagles
Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols
Young Hearts run free - Candi Staton
You never can tell - Chuck Berry

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:53 pm

The Motown Song...Rod Stewart
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I'm A Man...Chicago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPZUgfOqAdg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:09 pm

Jingle bells?

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:44 pm

The Only Ones-Another Girl Another Planet
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Yazoo-Too Pieces
https://youtu.be/M1UU_c0_gr0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Younghearts-A Little Togetherness
https://youtu.be/Ojzmm5pg_xA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Go Go's-Our Lips Are Sealed (Live)
https://youtu.be/luxX5DNFKMc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jackie Wilson-Because Of You
https://youtu.be/u-cndP9Ubyk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

RMutt · Post by **RMutt** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:17 pm

The Modern Lovers. Roadrunner

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:20 pm

Pink Floyd-On The Turning Away
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Slade-My Oh My
https://youtu.be/AlwA5GLBmJM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Force & Styles ft Jenna-Heart Of Gold
https://youtu.be/srDJLEAZSZg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sigala-Sweet Lovin'
https://youtu.be/qj5zT4t7S6c" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Kungs & all that-This Girl
https://youtu.be/2Y6Nne8RvaA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Zom Zom · Post by **Zom Zom** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:27 pm

Svenster wrote:Can't believe this is 38 years old. From 1979 Tubeway Army - 'Are Friends Electric'

Revolutionary then, still powerful now.

What are your killer tracks that still pack a punch today?

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I didn't expect Mr Numan to be leading the thread.
Cheered me up that Svenster.

One track that makes me feel melancholic is I Believe by Tears For Fears from the Songs from the Big Chair album. Not too many tracks that have that kind of effect on me.

T.Rex's Jeepster has that blown away quality you asked about though.

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:47 pm

One track that makes me feel melancholic is I Believe by Tears For Fears from the Songs from the Big Chair album. Not too many tracks that have that kind of effect on me.

I have both "The Hurting" & Big Chair Albums both are fantastic but the track that 'does It' for me is the title track"The Hurting"