Deep and meaningful, shudder down the spine tunes..?

[Guest]

Hey all,

Just thought I'd start a thread about songs / tunes that you really dig coz they are deep and meaningful in some way...

Perhaps there's a few that send a shiver down the spine or you just have to turn up a bit when you hear them...?

Any genre you like...?

If there are any lyrics in that tune that you particularly like then feel free to post them with any explanations etc.

Just listening to shine on you crazy diamond by the Floyd and it got me thinking...

So come on think hard and let's all have some new download material.

Shanti.

 

[Guest]

"zombie" by cranberries...makes me feel strange when stoned

...also the entire "smashin pumpkins" 1st album "gish"

 

[Gruen Idear]

Thank You, Led Zeppelin

 

[Guest]

Bright Eyes!

 

[Guest]

hahaha- bright eyes burning like fire!! LOL

Brings a tear to the eye.

 

[genkisan]

Lather by Jefferson Airplane

 

[Guest]

Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself *one of my fav songs*

Does he kiss your eyelids in the morning when you start to raise your head?
And does he sing to you incessantly from the place between your bed and wall?
Does he walk around all day at school with his feet inside your shoes?
Looking down every few steps to pretend he walks with you.
Does he know that place below your neck that is your favorite to be touched
and does he cry through broken sentences like I love you far too much?
Does he lay awake listening to your breath?
Worried that you smoke too many cigarettes.
Is he coughing now on a bathroom floor?
For every speck of tile there are a thousand more
that you won't ever see but most hold inside yourself eternally.

I drug your ghost across the country and we plotted out my death.
In every city, memories would whisper: "Here is where you rest."
I was determined in Chicago but I dug my teeth into my knees
and I settled for a telephone and sang into your machine.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

I kissed a girl with a broken jaw that her father gave to her.
She had eyes bright enough to burn me. They reminded me of yours.
In a story told she was a little girl in a red-rouge,
sun-bruised field and there were rows of ripe tomatoes where a secret was concealed.
And it rose like thunder, clapped under our hands.
And it stretched for centuries to a diary entry's end where I wrote,
You make me happy when the skies are gray
You make me happy the skies are gray and gray and gray.

Well the clock's heart it hangs inside its open chest with its hands
stretched towards the calendar hanging itself but I will not weep for those dying days.
For all the ones who have left there are a few that stayed.
And they found me here and pulled me from the grass where I was laid.

 

[I Used To Grow]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge, Road Trippin, Dosed, By The Way, Don't Forget Me

 

[sproutco]

Children of the Sun by Billy Thorpe

People of the earth can you hear me
Came a voice from the sky on that magical night
And in the colors of a thousand sunsets
They traveled to the world on a silvery light

The people of the earth stood waiting
Watching as the ships came one by one
Setting fire to the sky as they landed
Carrying to the world children of the sun, children of the sun

All at once came a sound from the inside
Then a beam made of light hit the ground
Everyone felt the sound of their heartbeat
Every man, every woman, every child

They passed the limits of imagination
Through the door to the world of another time
And on the journey of a thousand lifetimes
With the children of the sun, they started to climb

Children of the sun, children of the sun

No more gravity, nothing holding them down
Floating endlessly, as their ship leaves the ground
Through the walls of time, at the speed of light
Fly the crystal ships on their celestial flight, on their celestial flight

Children of the sun, children of the sun...

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

Vision of Shiva man hello.
it is pretty hard to top Pink Floyd when it comes down to contemporary music.
there's a lot of old music i like (old as in from 150 years to the oldest music we know of 5000 years??) but serious music is hardly made anymore. Pink Floyd is one of the few exceptions. Have you tried Book of Saturday by King Crimson? that is a song you would be interested in perhaps.
A personal favorite at the moment is a song called Philosophy Of Horror by Jedi Mind Tricks

peace!

 

[Guest]

Hey - thanks for all the input so far - I'm downloading a few suggestions right now

Hey Paz bro...what up?

I'll check those tunes out shortly - my download speeds are a bit crap at the minute!

The Floyd - what can i say? A purple om trip and some Pink Floyd when I was 15 - the rest is history!!

I know we've all got different tastes and what not but I like to keep an open mind and try not to get too boxed in.

On the reggae tip - if anyone likes reggae?

Here's a few:

Hard Times - Pablo Gad
Sons of slaves - Junior Delgado.

Some tunes that I've always had to turn up a bit...there are loads more too - just can't think of 'em at the mo.

Keep 'em coming.

Peace.

 

[buckeye-leaf]

A song I really like is Cemetary Gates by Pantera, being that Dimebag was killed on stage it makes the song very chilling but yet sad.Hey Vision

 

[pieceofmyheart]

People Get Ready - Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck

 

[Guest]

Children of the Sun by Billy Thorpe

People of the earth can you hear me
Came a voice from the sky on that magical night
And in the colors of a thousand sunsets
They traveled to the world on a silvery light

The people of the earth stood waiting
Watching as the ships came one by one
Setting fire to the sky as they landed
Carrying to the world children of the sun, children of the sun

All at once came a sound from the inside
Then a beam made of light hit the ground
Everyone felt the sound of their heartbeat
Every man, every woman, every child

They passed the limits of imagination
Through the door to the world of another time
And on the journey of a thousand lifetimes
With the children of the sun, they started to climb

Children of the sun, children of the sun

No more gravity, nothing holding them down
Floating endlessly, as their ship leaves the ground
Through the walls of time, at the speed of light
Fly the crystal ships on their celestial flight, on their celestial flight

Children of the sun, children of the sun...

Oh hell yes! One of my favorite tunes of all times for that very reason.

Since Rush is my fav. I would have to pick a song like Cygnus X-1 or Xanadu or La Villa Strangiato....oh hell. I would have to list most of their songs for a question like this.

 

[Tarkus]

Cathedral, by Crosby, Stills and Nash (hell, ALOT of their songs are favorites)
Major Tom, the one by Peter Schilling. Awesome when I am high and especially good when tripping.
The Only Way (hymn), by Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
But if there is anything that will calm me down and relax me no matter what, it would have to be Down by the River and Cortez the Killer by Neil Young. I love Neil Young, with Buffalo Springfield, and with Crazy Horse, and especially by himself. The man is the best in my opinion. We jammed about 5 Neil albums on a rock beach in Pedernales Falls state park, near a river in the middle of the night. It was freezing, we took our jack daniels out of the ice chest so it would get colder! Perfect. Just like Neil Young.

 

[Laxpunker]

Elliot Smith gives me a serious "Holy shit I think I want to hang myself" kinda shudder down the spine, that's how damn sad his music is. Shame he offed himself while he was still young, guarantee he would of become something amazing.

Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 Lyrics

First the mic then a half cigarette
singing cathy's
clown
that's the man that she's married to now
that's the girl that he takes around town
she
appears composed, so she is, i suppose
who can really
tell?
she shows no emotion at all
stares into space
like a dead china doll
i'm never gonna know you now,
but i'm gonna love you anyhow
now she's done and
they're calling someone
such a familiar name
i'm so glad that my memories remote
'cos
i'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note
here it
is the revenge to the tune
"you're no good,
you're no good you're no good you're no
good"
can't you tell that it's well understood
i'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you
anyhow
i'm here today and expected to stay on and on
and on
i'm tired
i'm tired
looking out
on the substitute scene
still going strong
XO, mom
it's ok, it's alright, nothing's wrong
tell mr. man with impossible plans to just leave me alone
in the place where i make no mistakes
in the place where
i have what it takes
i'm never gonna know you now, but
i'm gonna love you anyhow
i'm never gonna know
you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow
i'm never
gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow

Kings Crossing Lyrics

The King's crossing was the main attraction
Dominoes falling in a chain reaction
The scraping subject ruled by fear told me
Whiskey works better than beer
The judge is on vinyl, decisions aren't final
And nobody gets a reprieve
And every wave is tidal
If you hang around you're going to get wet
I can't prepare for death any more than I already have
All you can do now is watch the shells
The game looks easy, that's why it sells

Frustrated fireworks inside your head
Are going to stand and deliver dark instead
The method acting that pays my bills
Keeps the fat man feeding in Beverly Hills
I got a heavy metal mouth, it hurls obscenity
And I get my check from the trash treasury
Because I took my own insides out

It don't matter cause I have no sex life
And all I wanna do now is inject my ex wife
I've seen the movie
And I know what happens
It's Christmas time
And the needle's on the tree
A skinny Santa is bringing something to me
His voice is overwhelming
But his speech is slurred
And I only understand every other word

Open your parachute and grab your gun
Float down like an omen, a setting sun
Read the part and return at five
It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive
But I don't care if I fuck up
I'm going on a date
With a rich white lady
Ain't life great?
Gi'me one good reason not to do it
(Because We love you)
So do it.

This is the place where time reverses
And dead men talk to all the pretty nurses
Instruments shine on a silver tray
Don't let me get carried away
Don't let me get carried away
Don't let me be carried away

 

[Gangabiss]

Pretty much anything by Pink Floyd really.

To pick a few...

Saucerful of Secrets (live version where Gilmour sings the harmonic bit at the end)

Time

Fat Old Sun

Echoes

 

[Guest]

Damn Bright eyes and ELliot smith in a thread at ICMAG?!?! I'm fuckin amazed! I thought I was the only one on the site that like those 2.

 

[Guest]

Damn Bright eyes and ELliot smith in a thread at ICMAG?!?! I'm fuckin amazed! I thought I was the only one on the site that like those 2.

I ABSOLUTLY LOVE BRIGHT EYES TO DEATH~~~~~ I have all the cds, even the crappy holiday one lol. I also have Obersts previous bands Commander Venus and Desaparecidos, I really like them a lot, sometimes I think its better than bright eyes.

 

[Laxpunker]

Eh, not a big fan of Bright Eyes...his older stuff is ok, but I think he's kinda pushed the teenage angst thing a bit too far.