Music that has moved you. — Page 3

I LOVE Susannah McCorkle's recording of "The Waters of March"

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Plum, I loved that!

Ok, now you can laugh at ME: Hugh Jackman singing "I Still Call Australia Home" in Boy From Oz.

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Okay so now that we're gonna put ourselves out there to be laughed at then I must confess that Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were" sometimes gets a tear or two outta me.


STOP LAUGHING!!!

Updated On: 7/5/05 at 11:54 PM

The Way We Were always gets me but I thought that's because it is in my Jewish genes to just feel affected by anything that woman sings.

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Well, if you want sappy, there's always Arik Einstein's "Uf Gozal."

*watches as absolutely no one recognizes it*

I don't know that one, Plum.

Dame, it is!

Puff the Magic Dragon always gets to me.

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He's an Israeli singer, Addy. As far as I know he's totally unknown in the States. The song is basically from the point of view of a parent whose child is leaving home. Very sappy, but I have a soft spot for it.

Me too, Marquise...I love "Yesterday."

Almost everything Idina Menzel's written has really moved me. Especially "Heart On My SLeeve" and "Still I Can't Be Still."

"I'll Cover You (Resprise)" and the finale from Rent
"Finale" and "One Day More" from Les Miz

"Candle on the Water" - Helen Reddy Love it!

Updated On: 7/6/05 at 12:05 AM

"Candle In the Water" Oh my god.. thank you Marquise. Gotta add that to the ipod.

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I'll be your candle on the water
My love for you will always burn
I know you're lost and drifting
But the clouds are lifting
Don't give up you'll have somewhere to turn

I'll be your candle on the water
'Till ev'ry wave is warm and bright
My soul is there beside you
Let this candle guide you
Soon you'll see a golden stream of light

A cold and friendless tide has found you
Don't let the stormy darkness pull you down
I'll paint a ray of hope around you
Circling in the air
Lighted by a prayer

I'll be your candle on the water
This flame inside of me will grow
Keep holding on you'll make it
Here's my hand so take it
Look for me reaching out to show
As sure as rivers flow
I'll never let you go
I'll never let you go
I'll never let you go...

Billie Holiday I find emotionally wrenching, especially the "Lady In Satin" album.

Jimmy Scott KILLS me. Not just his recordings (which are extraordinary -- "Imagination," "The Folks Who Live on the Hill," and "Nothing Compares To You" can reduce me to tears), but live as well. I saw him perform "All the Way" once in nightclub filled with jaded New Yorkers and he literally reduced the entire room to tears -- including the bartender and the waitress (who had to set down her tray of drinks, wipe her eyes and compose herself before she could get back to her job afterwards).

Nina Simone is another one I've seen wipe out a room full of people. I saw her in Boston back around 1990 give her first concert in America in over a decade. She was absolutely brilliant and for an encore she emerged to the standing ovation, dismissed her band with a wave of her hand, sat down at the piano and gave the most intense rendition of "Ne Me Quitte Pas" imaginable. I don't think anyone breathed for the four minutes of the song. When she finished, another standing ovation (with most of the audience in tears) and she left the stage and didn't return for another bow.

I was also just listening to Dorothy Loudon's recording of "50 Percent" and could barely breath by the end.

I should mention Maria Callas (especially Norma, Traviata, Tosca, Puritani, and Lucia) and Leontyne Price (Aida, Butterfly, Trovatore, and Porgy & Bess) as two from the opera world who give me chills every time I hear them.

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Margo,
i am writing al these songs down and getting them

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