Re: Songs that Cut to the Bone

pogodog · Post by **pogodog** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:18 pm

1. "Guess Who I Saw Today" - Nancy Wilson / Murray Grand2. "I Only Want To Say" - JC Superstar / Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber3. "The Best Thing ..." - Gladys Knight and the Pips / Jim Weatherly4. "Joan of Arc" - Jennifer Warnes / Leonard Cohen5. "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone " - Temptations Version / Barret Strong and Norman Whitfield6. "Try A Little Tenderness" - Otis Redding / J. Campbell, R. Connelly and M. Woods7. "My Man" - Barbra Streisand / Merrill and Styne 8. " If I Can Dream " - Elvis / W. Earl Brown9. "Go Rest High On That Mountain" - Vince Gill / Vince Gill10."I Am What I Am" - Linda Eder / Jerry Herman

augustheat · Post by **augustheat** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:25 am

Quote:Songs that send a chill thru you every listen. No crass commercial Top40 allowed! Not really in order:1) Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Brudda IZ, Arlen & Harburg writers2) If These Walls Could Speak - Amy Grant, Jimmy Webb writer3) Nothing Compares 2U - Sinead O'Connor, Prince writer4) Imagine - John Lennon5) In My Room, Warmth of the Sun, Surfer Girl, God Only Knows -Beach Boys - Brian Wilson writer6) Yesterday - The Beatles, Paul songwriter7) O Holy Night - various artists - Adolphe & Cappeau8) Ave Maria - various artists - Gounod9) Vesti la Guibba - various artists - LeoncavalloFeel free to add to the list...... Shaka:Wow, I think you hit the nail on the head with this list. While I may not have thought off all of these, they would definitely make my list!Blessings,Craig

edteja · Post by **edteja** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:55 am

Umm, seems to me that Yesterday, Imagine, Surfer Girl were all top 40. And they sold a ton, so they were commercial. How are you defining your terms?

edteja · Post by **edteja** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:15 pm

Actually, I don't Shak. No kidding. I think a number of the songs mentioned were written to make money, aka crass commercialism. (Irving Berlin said he wasn't above writing for money). The Beach Boys were a great deal about money. Yap harburg was certainly a commercial writing, writing to a commercial spec. They (the ones you mentioned) are all great songs and do have the chill factor. I just am not sure what you mean by top 40 crass commercialism not allowed. If I use that criteria, I'd have to exclude most songs I love, except for some art songs.

augustheat · Post by **augustheat** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:08 pm

Quote:Actually, I don't Shak. No kidding. I think a number of the songs mentioned were written to make money, aka crass commercialism. (Irving Berlin said he wasn't above writing for money). The Beach Boys were a great deal about money. Yap harburg was certainly a commercial writing, writing to a commercial spec. They (the ones you mentioned) are all great songs and do have the chill factor. I just am not sure what you mean by top 40 crass commercialism not allowed. If I use that criteria, I'd have to exclude most songs I love, except for some art songs.Ed:Good to hear from you on this topic...I don't think the selections from Brian Wilson were purely written for profit. Certainly there are others in the list that were also written for the pure craft of writing, and not entirely motivated by commericialism. That's not to say some of these artists didn't write for money in their careers. Many of the songs listed are now considered standards or signature songs. While "Twist & Shout" may fall into the T40 realm, I don't think "Yesterday" was written to be a hit, it just became one...Blessings,Craig

walter327 · Post by **walter327** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:28 pm

Try searching up Dan Fogelberg, "River Of Souls" and try it on for size. He also did a song called "To the Morning" that is very light but beautiful. One more DF song is "Mountains to the Sea". IMO a tremendous singer/songwriter. oh,BTW, none of these, as far as I know, were top 40.Walter327

jchitty · Post by **jchitty** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:52 pm

Hey, Shaka, here's my list for top goosebumpers:Walking After Midnight--Patsy ClineMoonlight in Vermont--Billie Holiday versionRamble On--Led ZepFaithless Love --Linda RonstadtShades of Scarlett Conquering -- Joni MitchellAin't No Other Man --Christina Aquilera (sp?)---I know, kind of commercial as far as video and radio play, but killer!Georgia --Ray CharlesTubthumping--Chumba WumbaDrinking Me Lonely--Chris Youngjust too many to type them all

johnnydean1 · Post by **johnnydean1** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:08 pm

Quote:Try searching up Dan Fogelberg, "River Of Souls" and try it on for size. He also did a song called "To the Morning" that is very light but beautiful. One more DF song is "Mountains to the Sea". IMO a tremendous singer/songwriter. oh,BTW, none of these, as far as I know, were top 40.Walter327Sutters Mill!

johnnydean1 · Post by **johnnydean1** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:08 pm

Quote:Songs that send a chill thru you every listen. No crass commercial Top40 allowed! Not really in order:1) Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Brudda IZ, Arlen & Harburg writers2) If These Walls Could Speak - Amy Grant, Jimmy Webb writer3) Nothing Compares 2U - Sinead O'Connor, Prince writer4) Imagine - John Lennon5) In My Room, Warmth of the Sun, Surfer Girl, God Only Knows -Beach Boys - Brian Wilson writer6) Yesterday - The Beatles, Paul songwriter7) O Holy Night - various artists - Adolphe & Cappeau8) Ave Maria - various artists - Gounod9) Vesti la Guibba - various artists - Leoncavallo10 Breathe 2AM - Anna Nalick http://www.annanalick.com/video/AnnaNal ... ll_300.asx - I dunno, this song gets me every time, probably her vocal and simple productionFeel free to add to the list...... DEM BONES.

pogodog · Post by **pogodog** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:01 pm

Quote:Quote:1. "Guess Who I Saw Today" - Nancy Wilson / Murray Grand2. "I Only Want To Say" - JC Superstar / Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber3. "The Best Thing ..." - Gladys Knight and the Pips / Jim Weatherly4. "Joan of Arc" - Jennifer Warnes / Leonard Cohen5. "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone " - Temptations Version / Barret Strong and Norman Whitfield6. "Try A Little Tenderness" - Otis Redding / J. Campbell, R. Connelly and M. Woods7. "My Man" - Barbra Streisand / Merrill and Styne 8. " If I Can Dream " - Elvis / W. Earl Brown9. "Go Rest High On That Mountain" - Vince Gill / Vince Gill10."I Am What I Am" - Linda Eder / Jerry Herman You forgot "My Mammy" by Jerry Lewis and "Lucy in the Sky" by William Shatner, or the Tin Woodman singing "If I Only Had a Heart"Rick,It was simple carelessness on my part, and I'm sure I'll find out why just as soon as you reply. Meanwhile, I can only say in my defense that I was unaware, then and now, that those songs had actually chilled thru me. I'm not calling myself a liar... merely questioning my facts. After all , I'm not always as alert as I should be, and I seldom wear the proper coat for the right occasion. Which may or may not mean one of two things. But if I had to bet on the unknown. I'd put all my money on the remote possibility that I may have heard these songs. Hell, I might have loved these songs. Loved and listened, heard and loved, back and forth, over and over till my bones froze still, while my ears went numb, as my memory cells died off. Chilled so deep my coat wouldn't matter. Nothing matters when your love sends you into Musical hypothermia. Nothing! Brrrrrr.Is that what happened? That's what happened, right? RanG