Haunting Songs

[steveffisher]

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I have to agree about Soft Cell 'Torch', something strange about it.

Yes, of course. Good catch. Forgot about that one.

[silverbirch]

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yes Marc Almond was a good looking guy when he first hit
the scene... his music very decadent but distinctive and he
had a good voice.
He made a big impact... a bit like Gary Numan when he first hit the scene

Marc had a bad accident a few years ago.. a crash riding pillion on
a motorbike through London.............!
Make it your rule........ never ever ride pillion on a motorbike !

[mazzer]

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"Amelia" by The Mission. Very uncomfortable listening!

[jander]

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Goldley and Creme - Under Your Thumb is my favorite

[robstanley1]

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A couple that always bring me out is goosebumps are:

Ultravox - 'Hymn' & 'Dancing With Tears In My Eyes'
Stan Ridgeway - Camoflage

[patrickblue]

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One of the first songs I ever 'felt', I'd have been about 7, was probably 'Bright Eyes' by Art Garfunkel and Mike Batt, so that will always have a place in my heart.

However, the music that haunts me....

Michael Nyman Band - The Heart Asks Pleasure First
YouTube - Michael Nyman Band - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly
YouTube - Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Nomadic Revery
YouTube - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Nomadic Revery, Cph 2007-03-23

Must agree with you about Blonde Redhead, although most of their stuff is quite haunting. Hardly do you remember though, I saw them at Shepherds Bush last year. Another one I saw last year, who I think has the most haunting lyrics of all is Regina Spektor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCluJ1jhYQk

[vanhelsing]

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O, Superman by Laurie Anderson still makes me paranoid

[silverbirch]

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WOT about that tv series with Herbert Lom playing a kind of psychiatrist detective....
was it called........ the human jungle ?
very haunting theme music .....
Im sure the david bowie song.......... after all........ is a steal from that haunting theme !

[silverbirch]

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go here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJtMH...layer_embedded

[FLYING SAUCER]

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Enigmatic music yes, what was that flight testing for, scimitar?

[silverbirch]

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go here............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqwJo...layer_embedded

was this really the theme of Follyfoot ?

[Austin Maxi]

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I tried to put the piece of music I'm about to mention on the main DYR site, but it never appeared.

Worth mentioning though - Rondo Veneziano - 'La Serenissima' - Which might not ring a bell written down, but it was the piece of pop/classical music that came with the video of an animated classical orchestra with featureless metal faces, rising out of the sea in a Venetian storm. In the video, some of Venice's buildings and the orchestra themselves were teleported in bubbles into a spaceship. It was all over the TV in 1983.

[silverbirch]

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any chance of a U tube link ?

[Austin Maxi]

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O.K. - hope this works.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_wRgBS5lI

[sixtyten]

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Haunting songs??

Ghostbusters?

The Walker Brothers - The Electrician (just Scott Walker in reality, doubt the others had anything to do with it.. scarily prescient of his later work)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnLfST5Avqs