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In contrast to all of the political/war/religious threads, this thread is about music. Specifically music that moves you or touches you in some way.

To get started:

I mainly listen to music in the middle of the night, I can't stand silence. My favorite artists for that time of day/night would have to be Evanescence, Jewel, and occasionally Sarah Mchlachlan.

Specific songs:

Whisper and My Last Breat by Evanescence
Painters and Foolish Games by Jewel
Angel and Full of Grace by Sarah Mchlachlan

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mariopiano.wmv <- that = moving music.

Well, considering that I want to make a career out of composing, I would have to say music moves me very deeply.

http://www.geocities.com/defsinfugi/finmarofresistance.html

this is something I just finished yesterday

Your anti-Mozilla website is a joke--just like most wannabe composers I've talked to (however I don't know if you've got any talent because anti-Mozilla means I can't hear).

(psst...I have "composed" some of my own stuff, but for some reason, I don't like calling it "composing")

I couldnt get your link to work, Opal Isle.

Ericadia who inspires you?

I couldnt get your link to work, Opal Isle.

Ericadia who inspires you?
Azuline Ataraxia, the link opens directly to the download of the .wmv It doesn't go to a website.

Alright then. Unfortunately it didnt download either. Or atleast not to a place that i can find.

Alright then. Unfortunately it didnt download either. Or atleast not to a place that i can find.
It should automatically open a program like Winamp or something.

I couldnt get your link to work, Opal Isle.

Ericadia who inspires you?

Cradle of Filth, Renaissance, Beethoven, and Rimsky-Korsakov are my biggest inspirations

I mainly listen to music in the middle of the night, I can't stand silence. My favorite artists for that time of day/night would have to be Evanescence, Jewel, and occasionally Sarah Mchlachlan.


I appreciate silence as much as I appreciate music. I can concentrate better in silence, or reflect on things, or read. Silence is not a bad thing. I know plenty of people who just won't stop talking, or have to have the tv or radio on in order to be happy, because they don't want the background noise to stop. If it did, they might be left to the mercy of their own thoughts, and they aren't sure that they'd like to be confronted by that.

I think both silence and music are equally important. Of course, at the moment I'm trying to deal with the loss of the bulk of my CD collection, because it was taken, along with my PC and my coin collection, last weekend when my house was burgled.

*sigh*

I think both silence and music are equally important. Of course, at the moment I'm trying to deal with the loss of the bulk of my CD collection, because it was taken, along with my PC and my coin collection, last weekend when my house was burgled.
Wow, that sucks. My house was burgled a couple years ago and 200+ of my CDs were taken. I made a list of them and distributed it to used CD shops in my area. 3 days later, I got a call that someone had turned them in. The perps were caught, pled guilty, and while I didn't get most of my CDs back, I did get restitution. So I suggest you do that.

I make a point of only listening to music that moves me. That's how I decide what kind of music I like. If a song doesn't make me shudder, it sucks. And that's the way it should be.

"Music is your only friend, in the end" - Jim Morrison

(I'm no big Doors fan but I always liked that line)

Hmm...I own about 800 CDs and about 2500 vinyl records - guess you could say music's moving and important to me.

But for me, Instrumental music is the most emotionally involving. The human voice is my least-favourite instrument, and lyrics usually get in the way of enjoying the fine details of how the music is played, constructed & produced.

All songs lack the power to move me. As far as I'm concerned, music should be music, not words. I'll decide what the music about, and I don't need someone's banal lyrics to tell me. To me, a song is like writing bad poetry on a painting. I'd rather just look at the painting.

So, that leaves instrumental and classical pieces, which, occasionally inspire me. Sometimes the mood of a piece will cause bouts of creativity when I'm feeling otherwise uninspired.

Also, nothing annoys me more than when I'm listening to a really interesting piece of music, and then some idiot starts singing over it.

Music moves me alot.

Angry Son by Indian Summer is possibly the best song ever written.

I know that music affects my feelings. If I'm listening to the radio and an upbeat pop song comes on, my thoughts turn to happier things. But when Evanesence comes on all I can think about is death and commiting suicide. I also have trouble doing things without background music. I have to listen to music when I exercise or I just can't do it. And on occasion, a song will actually make me tear up a bit.

Sometimes when the bass is very loud my chair vibrates....so it kind of moves me.

I also have trouble doing things without background music. I have to listen to music when I exercise or I just can't do it.

Me too! And I need good music too, so I always bring my DiscMan to the gym. I can't exercise to the dumb, banal crap they play in the gym. My wife calls me a music snob, and I must confess that I probably am.

Me too! And I need good music too, so I always bring my DiscMan to the gym. I can't exercise to the dumb, banal crap they play in the gym. My wife calls me a music snob, and I must confess that I probably am.

This is really weird, but I have to have the TV on when I am playing piano or I can't concentrate.

This music moves me:

www.ebaumsworld.com/hornguy.html
www.ebaumsworld.com/streetdrummer.html
media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=beatbox.wmv

Pretty much music that I can sing to moves me. I can't just have background music-I have to be singing along. And I feel music most deeply when I'm singing, especially if I'm on stage in front of a lot of people. It makes me really focus and put everything into it. One specific song that moves me: Lateralus (Tool)

In contrast to all of the political/war/religious threads, this thread is about music. Specifically music that moves you or touches you in some way.

To get started:

I mainly listen to music in the middle of the night, I can't stand silence. My favorite artists for that time of day/night would have to be Evanescence, Jewel, and occasionally Sarah Mchlachlan.

Specific songs:

Whisper and My Last Breat by Evanescence
Painters and Foolish Games by Jewel
Angel and Full of Grace by Sarah Mchlachlan


I LOVE all of the above mentioned, especially Evanescence. Amy Lee's voice is amazing. Whisper, Everybody's Fool, and My Last Breath are my favorite songs.

I also enjoy Avril Lavigne's song "Nobody's Home". Definitely not her typical 'girl power' music. It's very deep.

The lyrics are most important to me, but the voice is also important too. It's gotta sound good, at least.

Well I love music, so I put moves me deeply! But some things more than others. I listen to a lot of stuff during the day that's just background noise, there so I can sing along to it or whatever. Not there to move you.

If I want to be moved I usually turn to classical stuff, although a well-constructed and well-written song of any other genre will sometimes do the job! I love a really good piano solo e.g. Debussy 'Clair De Lune' (although I think this is more to do with my total incapacity to play anything on that instrument and the forlorn hope that maybe one day I'll be able to play something like that).

I've also tried my hand at song-writing and composing as well, although I'm not very good at it I enjoy it.

And life goes on :D

Music is my soul. That's as simple as i can put it.

Dave Matthews all the way. As well as a few others.

I'm more of a hard acid techno/breakcore kinda guy myself, but music is one of the most important primary motivating forces in my life. Also really dig Baroque era classical though.

All songs lack the power to move me. As far as I'm concerned, music should be music, not words. I'll decide what the music about, and I don't need someone's banal lyrics to tell me. To me, a song is like writing bad poetry on a painting. I'd rather just look at the painting.

So, that leaves instrumental and classical pieces, which, occasionally inspire me. Sometimes the mood of a piece will cause bouts of creativity when I'm feeling otherwise uninspired.

Also, nothing annoys me more than when I'm listening to a really interesting piece of music, and then some idiot starts singing over it.

The voice is the most natural instrument there is. Although I admit most lyricist's leave a lot to be desired, there are a lot of great singers that deserve at least a bit of credit. Dont think you're so cool cause you have a different opinion than 95% of the rest of the population. You'll just be limiting you're own possibilities.

because they don't want the background noise to stop. If it did, they might be left to the mercy of their own thoughts, and they aren't sure that they'd like to be confronted by that.

That's precisely why i listen to music in the middle of the night. When left to my own thoughts, I tend to start thinking so quickly and disjointedly (sry if thats not a word but you know what i mean) that it becomes hard to comprehend much of anything and I end throwing myself into a hysterical fit. If I'm listening to music I can atleast channel emotion from the songs, which helps me think a bit more fluid-like.

But for me, Instrumental music is the most emotionally involving. The human voice is my least-favourite instrument, and lyrics usually get in the way of enjoying the fine details of how the music is played, constructed & produced.

I find that the human voice convey's so much about emotion and their soul. I find it beautiful.

Euroslavia- have you heard Broken by Seether/feat. Amy Lee. I think you might like it.

I´m a heavy death doom black i´ll kill u all and satan will rise from the depths of the earth metal guy, but once, a long long time ago i listened to rock, pop and the likes of, and the metal affects me exactly the same way, both me and other ppl i know agree that the musik is moving if we want it to. After a few times my friends stopped complaining bout the noise, and now some of them likes it as much as i, brainwashing rules :D

All songs lack the power to move me. As far as I'm concerned, music should be music, not words. I'll decide what the music about, and I don't need someone's banal lyrics to tell me. To me, a song is like writing bad poetry on a painting. I'd rather just look at the painting.

So, that leaves instrumental and classical pieces, which, occasionally inspire me. Sometimes the mood of a piece will cause bouts of creativity when I'm feeling otherwise uninspired.

Also, nothing annoys me more than when I'm listening to a really interesting piece of music, and then some idiot starts singing over it.

Listen to songs with non banal lyrics then. Adam (Durlitz?) from Counting Crows is a master of lyrics AND voice. If you even don't like his singing you're just small-minded.

I like music when it comes from the right place. My little brother is in a band who wrote a song which is pretty crappy but I respect them for writing it the whole way (lyrics, music, everything). These songs are the ones I could call moving (some are still too crappy). It's music from the heart and balls. I hate those posers on MTV getting the credit for what others wrote by fucking it up, but dancing nicely on it. Those songs don't move me no matter how beautiful they are. From the wrong background everything is crappy.

I like Evanescence(Though Bring Me to Life has been played on the radio to the point that merely hearing it makes me feel the nigh unquenchable desire to inflict grievous harm upon electronics), the occassional Sarah Mclachlan(Fallen is nice), but mainly I listen to pseudo-classical (Rene Gruss' The Red Light is great).

While I don't know the exact publications involved (I know its UK-based) suggest that music with a pumping/thumping rhytmn can help persons resist depression. This is a regular feature of Rap/Hip Hop music.

Just a thought. Can't be bothered finding the exact journal article though.

JiangGuo

As for me personally, music moves me in a really close way.

Every woman I had ever had an intimate,romantic relationship with. I have a song for her, when ever I hear that particular song, I would think of her.

Here are some of these songs, in no particular order:

Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You
Chris deBrough - Lady In Red
Maroon 5 - Woman
Jimmy Gnecco ft Brian May - Someone to Die for
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
Dido - Here With Me

Laugh and jest. I know some of you cannot resist making fun of me about this selection, but I can't help it that these songs remind me of certain ladies.

JiangGuo

I'm very deeply moved by music, sometimes even to tears. My favorites include experimental rock (Rick Wright, Pink Floyd, Talk Talk, Sigur Ros, Radiohead to some extent), classical music and film scores (Aaron Copland, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Steve Reich, Michael Kamen, Hans Zimmer), and even a bit of metal in the form of Opeth, which is now among my favorite bands. And yes...even Opeth has had its moments that brought me to tears, they were so emotional. If there are any Opeth fans here, think "Epilogue" or "Weakness", among others. Even some of the harder songs like "Bleak" pack quite the emotional punch, too.

I just use music to amplify my moods. Most of the time, i have trash metal on to keep the blood flowing and me ready to go into a bloody frenzy...

The voice is the most natural instrument there is. Although I admit most lyricist's leave a lot to be desired, there are a lot of great singers that deserve at least a bit of credit. Dont think you're so cool cause you have a different opinion than 95% of the rest of the population. You'll just be limiting you're own possibilities.

Generally, it's not the voice, it's the words. I don't mind songs in a language I don't understand too much; then the voice is an instrument - when all it's making is music. But nearly all songs I've heard either have some banal subject matter, or are just be bad poetry combined with music.

As an aside, this 'limiting your own possibilities' crap; I'm not limiting my possibilities by ruling out STUFF I DON'T LIKE. When the day comes that I actually hear a decent song, then I'll add it to my collection of stuff to listen to. Until then, few singers get any credit from me.

The alternative is thinking you're so cool because you have the same opinion as 95% of the population. I don't even know what thinking you're cool has to do with it, but you brought that up, not me.

I'm very deeply moved by music, sometimes even to tears. My favorites include experimental rock (Rick Wright, Pink Floyd, Talk Talk, Sigur Ros, Radiohead to some extent), classical music and film scores (Aaron Copland, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Steve Reich, Michael Kamen, Hans Zimmer), and even a bit of metal in the form of Opeth, which is now among my favorite bands. And yes...even Opeth has had its moments that brought me to tears, they were so emotional. If there are any Opeth fans here, think "Epilogue" or "Weakness", among others. Even some of the harder songs like "Bleak" pack quite the emotional punch, too.
Wow, you have great taste. I love Opeth too, they're one of the most emotional bands out there. Still Life is my favourite album by them. Do you like The Gathering, Björk, Múm, or Ennio Morricone, my other favourites? All their music is very emotional.

All songs lack the power to move me. As far as I'm concerned, music should be music, not words. I'll decide what the music about, and I don't need someone's banal lyrics to tell me. To me, a song is like writing bad poetry on a painting. I'd rather just look at the painting.

So, that leaves instrumental and classical pieces, which, occasionally inspire me. Sometimes the mood of a piece will cause bouts of creativity when I'm feeling otherwise uninspired.

Also, nothing annoys me more than when I'm listening to a really interesting piece of music, and then some idiot starts singing over it.

Ditto, ditto, ditto.

Wow, you have great taste. I love Opeth too, they're one of the most emotional bands out there. Still Life is my favourite album by them. Do you like The Gathering, Björk, Múm, or Ennio Morricone, my other favourites? All their music is very emotional.

Well, I have yet to get any work by Ennio Morricone, although I've heard he's very good. Legend of 1900 is one I'm looking at getting, because it also has a song by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters...and I hear it's good, anyway. Have you got any other recommendations?

The others I've never really heard enough of their work to know if I'd like them or not.

For Opeth, my favorites are My Arms, Your Hearse and Damnation. Two very different albums, but I like them both equally for what they are. Still Life is very good too, but for some reason doesn't get to me QUITE as much as those 2 do. But hey...that's pretty tough competition it's up against. ;)

Pink Floyd definitely moves me. There's something about the song Dark Side of the Moon that makes me want to close my eyes and laugh and cry at the wonder of it all.

And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the sun
Is in tune
And the sun is eclipsed by the moon

Ahem. Sorry about that.

because they don't want the background noise to stop. If it did, they might be left to the mercy of their own thoughts, and they aren't sure that they'd like to be confronted by that.

That's precisely why i listen to music in the middle of the night. When left to my own thoughts, I tend to start thinking so quickly and disjointedly (sry if thats not a word but you know what i mean) that it becomes hard to comprehend much of anything and I end throwing myself into a hysterical fit. If I'm listening to music I can atleast channel emotion from the songs, which helps me think a bit more fluid-like.

But for me, Instrumental music is the most emotionally involving. The human voice is my least-favourite instrument, and lyrics usually get in the way of enjoying the fine details of how the music is played, constructed & produced.

I find that the human voice convey's so much about emotion and their soul. I find it beautiful.

Euroslavia- have you heard Broken by Seether/feat. Amy Lee. I think you might like it.


hehe, I have The Punisher soundtrack, with that song on it. I love it. Their voices work so well together. Have you heard their older stuff from their independent release? such as "Anywhere" back when they had a guy singer along with Amy Lee, and "Lies", "Where Will You Go?", "Fields of Innocence", and so many others. The independent release is called Origin. It's a little more industrial than Fallen.

I like Evanescence(Though Bring Me to Life has been played on the radio to the point that merely hearing it makes me feel the nigh unquenchable desire to inflict grievous harm upon electronics), the occassional Sarah Mclachlan(Fallen is nice), but mainly I listen to pseudo-classical (Rene Gruss' The Red Light is great).

Sarah Mclachlan is still very amazing. I love her music.

Pink Floyd definitely moves me. There's something about the song Dark Side of the Moon that makes me want to close my eyes and laugh and cry at the wonder of it all.

And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the sun
Is in tune
And the sun is eclipsed by the moon

Ahem. Sorry about that.

That particular song is called "Eclipse"...but then again, the whole Dark Side album does seem like one big song, and an excellent one at that. :)

And Euroslavia, I think Sarah McLachlan has an amazing voice (and excellent control over it, too).

[QUOTE=Raishann]That particular song is called "Eclipse"...but then again, the whole Dark Side album does seem like one big song, and an excellent one at that. :)
[QUOTE]

It is one big long song. All the tracks are woven together, there's no break in the music. As to it being "Eclipse", well, whatever. Close enough. ;)

I find music moving, being a big time band geek (as in school band/ marching band) I don't think words are nessicarily needed to give the music a point.

And I hate the damn english teachers who try to force you to analze music lyrics. if i enjoy it, i don't want to be picking it apart. :headbang:

Music that moves me:

Led Zeppelin
Wagner
Carl Douglas

I generally don't care for instrumentals, while I agree that music is best to provide an emotion, I need words to tell me why the singer is feeling that emotion. Otherwise, it just affects me in a generic way.

Talk Talk, Sigur Ros


*thumbs up*

Sigur Ros are by far the best band ive ever seen live, and Talk Talk's Laughing Stock is one of my favourite albums

Music affects my moods deeply.

I listen to a lot of metal/industrial because it suits my personality, though people often have to tell me to listen to something happier because they know it will pull me out of a certain mindframe!

And like others have said before, I cannot exercise without listening to music that will motivate me to move (so generally some loud fast dance/rock track that I would never normally listen too)

Some tracks however remind me of people and situations that I unconsciously shelve. Colourblind - Counting Crows, The Crawl - Placebo for instance. Helps me to verbalise or actively think about things Id never talk about.

there is alot music that moves me, but the number 1 is certainly:

Push Up - Freestylers

Almost like u are forced 2 dance :)

Sigur Ros are by far the best band ive ever seen live, and Talk Talk's Laughing Stock is one of my favourite albums

All I've heard of Sigur Rós' live performance are some low-quality recordings. In your mind, how does the live performance actually compare to their studio work? Oh, and which do you prefer: Agaetis Byrjun or ( ) ?

As for Talk Talk, I'm not really even sure which is my favorite. Colour of Spring, Spirit of Eden, Laughing Stock, and Mark Hollis' solo album all have a special place in my heart. (It's My Life is OK, but it's more of a hint of what's to come than a really strong album.)

I generally don't care for instrumentals, while I agree that music is best to provide an emotion, I need words to tell me why the singer is feeling that emotion. Otherwise, it just affects me in a generic way.

How curious; your opinion is exactly opposite to mine.

I don't know...good question....

In contrast to all of the political/war/religious threads, this thread is about music.
I find that music affects me in at least my political and religious views. Ever since I started listening to reggae, I've become a more religious person and a better Christian.
Every kind of music I love affects me differently. Reggae makes me happy, confident, and relaxed. Blues comforts me. Techno "pumps me up" so that I'm ready for action. Industrial just makes me go crazy.
I also find that I like instrumentals a bit better. Without lyrics, I think the songs--the actual music--needs to be better to keep the listener interested.

It would take a very long time to list all the bands that i like but the songs that moved me the most are:

Hurt by Johnny Cash
Acillies last Stand by Led Zeppelin
Where did you Sleep Last Night by Nirvana
Wish you were Here by Pink Floyd
Crawling King Snake by John Lee Hooker
Blackwater Side by Bert Jansch
Shame by PJ Harvey
the One i Love by REM
Behind Blue Eyes by the Who
Cemetery Gates by the Smiths

Generally, it's not the voice, it's the words. I don't mind songs in a language I don't understand too much; then the voice is an instrument - when all it's making is music. But nearly all songs I've heard either have some banal subject matter, or are just be bad poetry combined with music.

As an aside, this 'limiting your own possibilities' crap; I'm not limiting my possibilities by ruling out STUFF I DON'T LIKE. When the day comes that I actually hear a decent song, then I'll add it to my collection of stuff to listen to. Until then, few singers get any credit from me.

The alternative is thinking you're so cool because you have the same opinion as 95% of the population. I don't even know what thinking you're cool has to do with it, but you brought that up, not me.

See the problem is that most mainstream and mainstreamesque music often follows a very generic repetitive pattern. That of course includes the lyrics and the vocals. For a lot of songs there is always the chorus, which is there to get stuck in side your head.... and usually is not very profound.

However, the fact is that the vocals in some songs are very key and moving in their own right. Take a listen to say "Hallowed Be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden... it has basically no chorus in the normal sense of the words and is basically poetry in its own right. There are many such examples although sadly not enough by all accounts.

I'm definately split as far as vocals in music goes. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. Usually if you hear it on the radio its not going to have much meaning, besides the cliched themes of depression and love.