Haunting Songs

[glam_racket]

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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

[Richard1978]

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Soft Cell's Torch always sends a shiver up my spine, I love the sound of a breathy trumpet.

I really liked it when it first came out, & was on my list of favouries for years after, even though I never heard it after it dropped out of the charts.

Years later my Dad borrowed a copy of Soft Cell's greatests hits from the library & it was just like I remembered it.

[curmudgeon]

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Soft Cell's Torch always sends a shiver up my spine, I love the sound of a breathy trumpet.

[Richard1978]

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Laurie Andersons o superman is one very haunting song,seems to draw you in.
YouTube - Laurie Anderson

That's totally freaky, Marc Lemar compaired the intro to John Major getting turned on.

[jimexe]

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Laurie Andersons o superman is one very haunting song,seems to draw you in.
YouTube - Laurie Anderson

[Marine Boy]

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oh and Samuel Barber's 'Adaggio For Strings'...

I completely agree about this amazing piece of music. There is also a setting for voices which sounds incredible too. I have tried to find it on YT but the one I used to listen to seems to have gone. Worth searching out though.

[Derekflint]

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Thanks for that - even more powerful than I remembered.

Not a big fan of modern instruments/music in period pieces - very few people can pull it off - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence is one of the exceptions (in terms of entertainment, nothing annoys me more than the current fad for World War 2 games with rock music in the trailers - with the exception of the Daily Mail).

[rossobantam]

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a late (forgotten) entry:

Lulu..To Sir With Love..scroll forward to 3mins 53secs (there are other clips but this is from the film itself)
YouTube - To Sir, With Love - final

oh and Samuel Barber's 'Adaggio For Strings' as played in Platoon, or -far more memorably - the last scene of 'The Elephant Man'..to sleep just once like the little boy in the picture on his wall...'don't lie down John!' ...makes me blub every time
YouTube - The Elephant Man - Last Sleep Scene

this version builds soooo beautifully & reaches such a pitch by the 6-7 min mark
YouTube - Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, op.11

Derek,agree with you 100% on Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence....just for you.....
end scene

oh, and Callas of course:
O Mio Babbino Caro

[ArchStantonsGhost]

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Ghost town (sorry, couldn't resist)

I like it Branny.

[Derekflint]

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I would have to go with the instrumental version of Forbidden Colours (must track down the DVD - last shot of that film just floors me) - a beautiful piece of work.

Requiem from the Akira soundtrack - covers the lot.

O Mio Babbino Caro - utter perfection.

[rossobantam]

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David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto:

Forbidden Colours
YouTube - Sylvian & Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours

and a fantastic film too Merry Xmas Mr Lawrence

ALSO: Jon & Vangelis: I Hear You Now (1979..memories of one of my first girlfriends, I was 13yrs old)
YouTube - Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now


ALSO: quite a few of (the breathtakingly gorgeous & talented) Kate Bush:including...And Dream of Sheep
YouTube - Kate Bush, And Dreams of Sheep.
and Breathing YouTube - Kate Bush - Breathing
and.....The Man with the Child in His Eyes
live version..original video remove from yourube ggrrrrrr YouTube - Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes (1979 Xmas Special)

anyone remember this Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel stunner?
YouTube - Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel - Another Day

a late (fogotten) entry:

Lulu..To Sir With Love..scroll forward to 3mins 53secs (there are other clips but this is from the film itself)
YouTube - To Sir, With Love - final

[KromeDome]

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Julee Cruise (debut album Floating Into the Night) and also her work on "Falling" on the Twin Peaks soundtrack. Kate Bush - definitely - this one she has about a sound weapon getting loose really gives ya the willies. One of my haunting favorites is "The Ghost in You" by the Psychedelic Furs. Oninawa Song by Ryuichi Sakamoto also sticks with me - makes me think about what happened on Okinawa during WWII.

[Flash Gordon]

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This is very uncool to admit, but Bodicea by Enya has a haunting quality I love

[Flash Gordon]

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I love Bush.
No, seriously.
Um, how do I get out of this innuendo cul-de-sac?

[kazboot]

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I think Kate Bush has a hauntingly beautiful voice. I remember being stunned by 'Wuthering Heights' when it I first heard it.