The Song That Gets You

[qjamesfloyd]

We all know and love Mark's songs, but what other song can you listen to that just gets to you, you can play it at anytime and it just uplifts you, even if you can't explain why, or it's by some artist you are not normally into, for me it's This is Love by George Harrison, it may not be his best known or most celebrated song, but I can listen to it again and again, I just really like, it doesn't matter why.

[superval99]

We all know and love Mark's songs, but what other song can you listen to that just gets to you, you can play it at anytime and it just uplifts you, even if you can't explain why, or it's by some artist you are not normally into, for me it's This is Love by George Harrison, it may not be his best known or most celebrated song, but I can listen to it again and again, I just really like, it doesn't matter why.

I have a few from the 50s that I have always loved.

Sea of Heartbreak  Don Gibson
La Mer - Charles Trenet
Out of Time - Chris Farlowe
Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttleton

[dustyvalentino]

We all know and love Mark's songs, but what other song can you listen to that just gets to you, you can play it at anytime and it just uplifts you, even if you can't explain why, or it's by some artist you are not normally into, for me it's This is Love by George Harrison, it may not be his best known or most celebrated song, but I can listen to it again and again, I just really like, it doesn't matter why.

I have a few from the 50s that I have always loved.

Sea of Heartbreak  Don Gibson
La Mer - Charles Trenet
Out of Time - Chris Farlowe
Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttleton

Out of Time was 60s but a great track indeed

[quizzaciously]

We all know and love Mark's songs, but what other song can you listen to that just gets to you, you can play it at anytime and it just uplifts you, even if you can't explain why, or it's by some artist you are not normally into, for me it's This is Love by George Harrison, it may not be his best known or most celebrated song, but I can listen to it again and again, I just really like, it doesn't matter why.

Don't have any particular songs in my mind, too many to choose from. And it always changes... Recently, I stumbled across this version of "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, " which moved me beyond belief. So I don't have go-to songs per se but always keep discovering gems like this. Classical music always works too, when you have monumental things like Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, it's a 50-minute "song" but it always moves me.

The "As Time Goes By" album by Bryan Ferry is also a good candidate. Timeless songs, timeless recording: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Time_Goes_By_(Bryan_Ferry_album)

[superval99]

We all know and love Mark's songs, but what other song can you listen to that just gets to you, you can play it at anytime and it just uplifts you, even if you can't explain why, or it's by some artist you are not normally into, for me it's This is Love by George Harrison, it may not be his best known or most celebrated song, but I can listen to it again and again, I just really like, it doesn't matter why.

Don't have any particular songs in my mind, too many to choose from. And it always changes... Recently, I stumbled across this version of "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, " which moved me beyond belief. So I don't have go-to songs per se but always keep discovering gems like this. Classical music always works too, when you have monumental things like Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, it's a 50-minute "song" but it always moves me.

The "As Time Goes By" album by Bryan Ferry is also a good candidate. Timeless songs, timeless recording: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Time_Goes_By_(Bryan_Ferry_album)

Rachmaninoff No. 3 is fantastic.  The pianist needs a lot of energy! 

[KnopfleRick]

We all know and love Mark's songs, but what other song can you listen to that just gets to you, you can play it at anytime and it just uplifts you, even if you can't explain why, or it's by some artist you are not normally into, for me it's This is Love by George Harrison, it may not be his best known or most celebrated song, but I can listen to it again and again, I just really like, it doesn't matter why.

I have a few from the 50s that I have always loved.

Sea of Heartbreak  Don Gibson
La Mer - Charles Trenet
Out of Time - Chris Farlowe
Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttleton

Out of Time by Chris Farlowe came to my mind immediately after reading this topic. What a great voice, what a great song. I never get tired of it!

[quizzaciously]

Rachmaninoff No. 3 is fantastic.  The pianist needs a lot of energy! 

Just found this video about Rach 3, so good!

[dustyvalentino]

Series of Dreams - Bob Dylan
Sylvia - Focus

[superval99]

Rachmaninoff No. 3 is fantastic.  The pianist needs a lot of energy! 

Just found this video about Rach 3, so good!

I find this version mesmerising:

[quizzaciously]

Rachmaninoff No. 3 is fantastic.  The pianist needs a lot of energy! 

Just found this video about Rach 3, so good!

I find this version mesmerising:

My absolute favourite version was played by video game composer Paul Romero here: https://soundcloud.com/paul-anthony-romero/romero-plays-rachmaninov

As I understand, this recording was a grand prize in an amateur pianist competition. Not bad for an amateur, right? But he's an incredible pianist actually, and composer. He composed some outstanding pieces of music for the Heroes Of Might And Magic series, influenced by Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss and many others.

[Robson]

I'm listening to "Miracle" Willy'ego DeVille'a right now. "Nightfalls" beautiful song , one of my favorites with MK.

[KnopfleRick]

I'm listening to "Miracle" Willy'ego De Ville'a right now. "Nightfalls" beautiful song , one of my favorites with MK.

 

Another outstanding voice and musician. Love all of his music!

[Robson]

I'm listening to "Miracle" Willy'ego De Ville'a right now. "Nightfalls" beautiful song , one of my favorites with MK.

 

Another outstanding voice and musician. Love all of his music!

That's true. Me too.

[Pottel]

Series of Dreams - Bob Dylan
Sylvia - Focus

nice 1 song choice. belongs to my top 3 fave BD songs. the other being "Things have changed" which also fits to this "poll" and another which is not relevant here
another song that always gets me is "Echoes - Pink Floyd" but mayb even more it's predecessor, "nothing part 14" from the Early Years box. man, that buildup,....epic...

[dustyvalentino]

Series of Dreams - Bob Dylan
Sylvia - Focus

nice 1 song choice. belongs to my top 3 fave BD songs. the other being "Things have changed" which also fits to this "poll" and another which is not relevant here
another song that always gets me is "Echoes - Pink Floyd" but mayb even more it's predecessor, "nothing part 14" from the Early Years box. man, that buildup,....epic...

Amazing that it wasn't released initially, Bob was nuts sometimes.