I would have to say that the most moving song in my life would have to be a song that I can still remember quite vividly as to where and when I first heard the song. And that song would have to be#1- "Can You Handle It" by G.C.S., and #2 "Cosmic Slop" by Funkadelic.#3 thur 100 will be coming up soon!

buttcheeks said:

If you ever need anything just ask...Im there for you.

Freespirit said:

Yeah..its gotta be the unplugged version if its Maxwell. Man,what that song did...

Aerogram said:

Contains maybe Aretha's most subtlely intense suggestive phrasing on any of her recordings. Good call, Aero.

Oh, and End Of The World by Skeeter Davis...damn I love that song way too much for someone that hates country...

Aerogram said:

I was just thinking about adding Whats going on by Marvin. Also, Harvest For The World by The Isley Brothers.

Yeah, Aero "What's Goin' On" and "Electric Intercourse" always get me everytime. It's really silly be moved by a sleazy sex ballad, but who am I to judge my deepest emotions?

Another oddity is Marilyn Manson's "Tourniquet". Don't exactly know why.

SkletonKee said:

It's about the women in Chile who dance to mourn and honor their husbands, fathers and sons who were killed under the Pinochet dictatorship...the song is beautiful even without that knowledge...but you're so right, knowing the very true story behind the words and melody just makes it intensly moving...

Most Moving song...How bout

"The wheels on the bus" (go round and round)

Now thats moving right?

billysparxxx said:

Jesus H Ch-!! Oh HY BILLSTER!!!


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These are ABSOLUTELY the most moving songs ever.

Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the death of children)
Music by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), 1902
Texts by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866)

The lyrics are actually in German, so this translation might not be exact.

1. Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgehn (Now the sun will rise as brightly)


Now the sun will rise as brightly
as if no misfortune had occurred in the night.
The misfortune has fallen on me alone.
The sun - it shines for everyone.
You must not keep the night inside you;
you must immerse it in eternal light.
A little light has been extinguished in my household;
Light of joy in the world, be welcome.


2. Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen (Now I see well why with such dark flames)

Now I see well why with such dark flames
your eyes sparkled so often.
O eyes!
It was as if in one full glance
you could concentrate your entire power.
Yet I did not realize - because mists floated about me,
woven by blinding fate -
that this beam of light was ready to be sent home
to that place whence all light come.
You would have told me with your brilliance:
we would gladly have stayed near you!
But it is refused by Fate.
Just look at us, for soon we will be far!
What to you are eyes in these days -
in future nights shall be stars.


3. Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein (When your mother steps into the doorway)

When your mother steps into the doorway
and I turn my head to see her,
my gaze does not alight first on her face,
but on the place nearer to the threshhold;
there, where your dear face would be
when you would step in with bright joy,
as you used to, my little daughter.
When your mother steps into the doorway
with the gleam of a candle, it always seems to me as if
you came in as well, slipping in behind her,
just as you used to come into the room!
O you, a father's cell,
alas! how quickly you extinguish the gleam of joy!


4. Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (Often I think that they have only stepped out)

Often I think that they have only stepped out -
and that soon they will reach home again!
The day is fair - O don't be afraid!
They are only taking a long walk.
Yes: they have only stepped out
and will now return home!
O don't be anxious - the day is fair!
They are only taking a walk to those hills.
They have simply gone on ahead:
they will not wish to return home.
We'll catch up to them on those hills
in the sunshine!
The day is fair on those hills.


5. In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus

In this weather, in this storm,
I would never have sent the children out;
They were carried outside -
I could say nothing about it!
In this weather, in this roaring storm,
I would never have let the children out.
I was afraid they had falllen ill,
but these thoughts are now idle.
In this weather, in this cruel storm,
I would never have let the children out;
I was worried they would die the next day -
but this is now no concern.
In this weather, in this roaring, cruel storm,
they rest as they did in their mother's house:
they are frightened by no storm,
and are covered by the hand of God.

IceNine said:

Hard to get happy after that one.

2the9s said:

You aren't joking... I listen to Kindertotenlieder all the time and it ALWAYS makes me feel like crying...

Here is a little background on these songs:

Friedrich Ruckert was a German poet/university professor of the nineteenth century. Among his many literary works, the Kindertotenlieder collection (Songs on the Death of Children) survives the world's oblivion because of Gustav Mahler's decision to use part of it as text for his symphonic Lieder.
The verses of the poems are very touching, as they recorded the poet's spiritual agony trying to come to terms with the painful loss of two of his children. Initially, Gustav Mahler used Ruckert's verses for his Lieder only to commemorate the trauma caused by the deaths of his younger brother and sister back in his own childhood. But eventually, the composition acquired added meaning when Mahler's own daughter died of scarlet fever at a very young age.

EDIT: From - http://www.arts.cuhk.edu....intro.html
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DAMN, Sparkle! NICE avvy...

:::moisture:::

This Woman's Work - Kate Bush
China - Tori Amos
I Love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore -
The Life - Wendy & Lisa
Still Life - Suede
Jealous - Sinead O'Connor
No Suprises - Radiohead
The Last Time I Saw Richard - Joni Mitchell
"Heroes" - David Bowie
Yes - McAlmont & Butler
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Imagine - John Lennon
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Sometimes It Snows In April - Prince and the Revolution

Jealous Guy - John Lennon's original version.

Forever~*~*by,KAI

I'll be loving you forever
Deep inside my heart you'll leave me never
Even if you took my heart and tore it apart
I would love you still forever

You are the sun, you are my light
And you're the last thing on my mind
Before I go to sleep at night
You're always 'round when I'm in need
When trouble's on my mind
You put my soul at ease

There is no one in this world
Who can love me like you do
So many reasons that I
Want to spend forever with you

We've had our fun, and we've made mistakes
But who'd have guessed along that road
We'd learn to give and take
It's so much more than I could have dreamed
You make loving you
So easy for me

There is no one in this world
Who can love me like you do
That is the reason that I
Want to share forever with you


'Cus this is a world
Where lovers often go astray
But if we love each other
We won't go, won't go that way
So put your doubts aside
Do what it takes to make it right
'Cos I'll love you forever
No one can tear us apart

It had to be Butterfly kisses.. That sounds moves me to tears every time i hear it.. It is a song between a father and a daughter during the years of her growing up!

I just heard Jagged Edge
sing this song by air supply
and it mad me cry
it was so good



All out of love
---

I am lying alone with my head on the phone
Thinking of you till it hurts
I know you hurt too but what else can we do
Tormented and torn apart

I wish I could carry your smile and my heart
For times when my life seems so low
It could make me believe what tomorrow could bring
When today doesn't really know, doesn't really know

CHORUS:
I 'm all out of love
I 'm so lost without you
I know you were right
Believing for so long
I 'm all out of love
What am I without you
I can be too late
Just say that I was so wrong

I want you to come back to carry me home
Away from this long lonely night
I 'm reaching for you , are you feeling it too
That's the feeling say O so right

And one word you say if I call on you now
Say that I can't hold on
And it's no easy way It gets harder each day
Please love me or I 'll be gone, I 'll be gone

Crazy You, by Divinity

My stab at this thread


- The Fool on the Hill - Beatles
- Until the end of the world - U2 (in my dreams i was drowning my sorrows, but my sorrows learned to swim)
- Rock 'n Roll Suicide - Bowie
- Couild it be Magic - Barry Manilow
- Empty Room - Prince
- i hate U - prince
- the beautiful Ones - Prince
- Anytime you need a friend - Mariah Carey
- 4th of july, ashbury Park - bruce Springsteen
- Love is Blindness - U2
- Negative - Mansun
- Suddenly - Billy Ocean
- Anna Stesia - Prince
- While my guitar gently wheeps - Beatles
- Margherita - Elvis
- 1000 years - Sting

I'll keep some options open 4 I'll be sure 2 add more in due time

Peace

Just one word;

M A C A R E N A


It moved the whole planet

"Friend,Lover,Sister,Mother/Wife" - Prince
"Eye Love U But Eye Don't Trust U Anymore" - Prince
"Adore" - Prince
"The Beautiful Ones" - Prince
"Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry" - Chicago

'The love we make' is a very moving song.

Don't Worry Be Happy & Wind Beneath My Wings.

'El Concierto De Aranjuez' a classic instrumental song from a Spanish compositor 'Joaquín Rodrigo (1901)'

Here's the link in the case of...
www.joaquin-rodrigo.com

I don't think it's the song that's moving so much as the moment you're experiencing it. I remember the music playing when I first made love with with my girlfriend of three years. I remember the song playing when I heard that my brother died in a car accident. I remember the song playing at my high school prom that my date & I left the building to. Each of these experiences was what was truly moving, the music was just incidental...background.

I would have to say, "Let The Sun Shine In". I just love the vocals, especially when he screams out "...when you feel like you've been mistreated, and your friends turn their back on you. you've gotta open up your heart and let the sun shine on in..."

Yeah i know, bit generic, but the way he delivers it give me shivers.


I also go to tears over Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now". Don't know why, they're sappy and flowery lyrics, but they're piercing at the same time.