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Powerful Songs That Make You Uneasy? (closed)
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Matt_R Date: 21 Feb 01 - 11:36 PM Ugh that Alison Krauss? Is she ever going to to sing something original? "I'm Just A Ghost" was originally by Shenandoah...a very very sad song. I listened to Mary Ellen Carter for the first time ever today. Granted, it was good, but I found it too fast to be that powerful. And I didn't really make me uneasy. Guess I don't have the right mind set... |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: granny Date: 21 Feb 01 - 11:30 PM Here's a few: (Though I'm not really a huge fan/listener to either) I was very moved (to tears) by the haunting loveliness of Alison Krause's "I'm Just A Ghost In This House," -- don't know about name spelling -- And, I'm always rendered beautifully melancholy by The Beatles "Yesterday." There's others, but...that's what comes to mind at this time. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Susanne (skw) Date: 21 Feb 01 - 09:29 PM Apart from many of the songs already mentioned, there is 'The Glen Cinema', a song by the late Danny Kyle about a cinema fire in Paisley on Hogmanay 1929 in which 69 of the town's children died. I found the story in a 1930 copy of the Weekly Scotsman magazine. Also, as Iain MacKintosh has been mentioned, the long list of songs by Harry Chapin he does: Flowers Are Red, Why Do Little Girls Grow Crooked, Cat's in the Cradle, When Music Came From Wooden Boxes, A Better Place To Be (a real tour de force!), Sure Sounds Like Society To Me. I think it's the understatement that allows you to concentrate on the story. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Hotspur Date: 21 Feb 01 - 08:58 PM The Flowers of the Forest and Culloden's Harvest both make me cry, as does Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from Les Miz. I Am A Rock, by Simon and Garfunkel, is creepy "I touch no one and no one touches me." Eek. Collin Raye, the country singer, does a song called What if Jesus Came Back Like That? which is uncomfortable to listen to, especially if you're Christian. It makes the point that prejudice doesn't die out, it just changes addresses. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: GUEST,CMorwood Date: 21 Feb 01 - 08:24 PM I agree. There are a lot of Stan Rogers songs that do that. Have you heard Laidlaw's Last Lament by David Kilpatrick? Very good. He does this on MP3 for any who care. Chuck |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: kendall Date: 21 Feb 01 - 07:58 PM Let's not forget Rick Fieldings The Margins of my neighborhood. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Lady McMoo Date: 21 Feb 01 - 06:51 PM A couple of Richard Thompson's spring to mind as well like "Down where the drunkards roll" and "The Great Valerio". "Hard Love" by Bob Franke. Several Ani DiFranco songs. I agree with many of the suggestions above also. mcmoo
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: kendall Date: 21 Feb 01 - 06:40 PM The Jeannie C.Stan Rogers. The Old Blue Ox... dave mallet The Band played waltzing Matilda. E. Bogle No time to say goodby..Tom Paxton The wheelhouse door..Sean Gagne |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: MarkS Date: 21 Feb 01 - 06:32 PM Isn't it amazing how the name Stan Rogers keeps coming up in this thread? What a loss his passing was. MarkS |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: GUEST,Phil Cooper Date: 21 Feb 01 - 06:28 PM From the Tabor catalogue I have to put "Joe Peel" in as a song that's hard to sing without choking up. Other songs, not in the folk genre that are powerful to me would be Patty Loveless singing "How can I Help you Say Goodbye" or Martina McBride singing "Independence Day." Back in my favorite realm of folk, when I heard Andrew Calhoun singing "Lord Gregory" and the line "She stood all last night at our gates, but I wouldn't let her in." Got me. Jez Lowe's "Last of the Widows" is also a powerful song. When I first heard Martin Carthy singing "Famous Flower of Serving Men" I thought that was brilliant and disturbing story (would make a great Ingmar Bergman type film). I've tried singing that around the house and it falls flat. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Mr Red Date: 21 Feb 01 - 02:30 PM Mollificent Last Leviathan was written by Andy Barnes. He lives somewhere in the Berkshire region of UK. Haven't seen him for a couple of years but I bet he is still a regular at Towersey festival.
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: ruthie-a Date: 21 Feb 01 - 02:26 PM 'The Drover's Boy', as sung my Nancy Kerr and James Fagin. That song is full of so many beautiful emotions - it's had me in tears the last few times I've heard it. Most embarassing for my friends, who have to try and console me whilst looking like they don't know me. Ruthie |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Bat Goddess Date: 21 Feb 01 - 01:13 PM As mentioned several times before, "Dancing At Whitsun." It took a long time to learn because I'd tear/choke up about the third verse. There is also a song from the musical "1776" called "Mama, Look Sharp." First verses sung by wounded soldier, last verse ("I'll close your eyes, my Billy, those eyes that cannot see...") sung by the mother. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: GUEST,Russ Date: 21 Feb 01 - 12:44 PM Kate Long's "McNamara's Tear" hits me so hard that I get emotional just thinking about the song. The first song I thought of when I read the thread title was "Hollis Brown." "The Railroad/Butcher Boy" didn't start affecting me until I became a parent. I can't always get through the verse in "Little Musgrave & Lady Barnard" that goes "He's taken out his long long sword to strike the mortal blow." |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: GUEST,Lonesome Cannuck Date: 21 Feb 01 - 12:38 PM The Moose Song brings me to tears everytime I hear it. It describes perfectly the special love me and my girlfriend have. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Kim C Date: 21 Feb 01 - 12:31 PM Metchosin, I can't speak for any other city, but stations in Nashville played the bejeezis out of "Rocket Launcher." SOB and all. Still hear it once in awhile. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: LR Mole Date: 21 Feb 01 - 12:21 PM "They Say That the Battle is Over", by Mr. Mallett. Also "Crucifixion" by Phil Ochs, but I'm not sure if that's just because it's so long and complicated. Come to think of it, the latter would be a better theatre piece, or at least ensemble choral reading. "With the speed of insanity, then, he dies." |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 21 Feb 01 - 11:50 AM "Seasons in the Sun". No, really. It gives me the creeps. I find it very uncomfortable listening, and I don't like it. And not just because it's crap. Ian MacIntosh's version of "My Old Man". |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Snuffy Date: 21 Feb 01 - 08:35 AM D-Day Dodgers |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: English Jon Date: 21 Feb 01 - 04:02 AM Prince Heathen is a rare and strange piece of unnecesary violence. It does truly strange things to you, but you have to sing it, otherwise you won't see what I mean. The cruel ship's carpenter is quite unsettling too. Mary Ellen Carter, I love singing, but it has a profound effect on audiences. Good old Stan. Like McGrath, Dancing at Whitsun. Currently, Turtle Dove gives me real problems. (Why do women do that, eh?) Weird isn't it? Just words and notes... English Jon
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Sarah the flute Date: 21 Feb 01 - 03:40 AM Anything and everything by Dick Gaughan and referring to the earlier Muppet Show quote and at the other end of the spectrum there was a wonderful version of "if I could store time in a bottle" Sarah |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Amergin Date: 21 Feb 01 - 03:00 AM Poisoning Pigeons In The Park always brings back fond memories.... |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Feb 01 - 02:48 AM Nope Metch... these are the hours I keep... sorta vampirespacefolky hours... sleep late and stay up later! ;-) |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Metchosin Date: 21 Feb 01 - 02:31 AM Old Main Drag - The Pogues |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Metchosin Date: 21 Feb 01 - 01:52 AM insomnia Clinton? |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Feb 01 - 01:47 AM 'The Jeanne C' by Stan Rogers as well... ;-) |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: savindwales Date: 20 Feb 01 - 11:58 PM i favor another stan rodgers tune. "mary ellen carter".i always think i should beleive in something stronger and larger than myself when i hear it. always have to go out and do something. savindwales |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Little Hawk Date: 20 Feb 01 - 11:20 PM "Lies" by Stan Rogers. "Stones In The Road" and "This Shirt" by Mary Chapin Carpenter (and several others by her as well). "Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" when sung by Dylan on the 2nd album. "My Country Tis of Thy People You're Dying" by Buffy Sainte-Marie and also "Moonshot" by Buffy. "Christmas In The Trenches". Plus one or two of my own, till I got used to them... "Bob Dylan's Dream" is an amazing song, but doesn't make me uneasy exactly...I have sung it many times. Good choice, Spaw. - LH |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: MarkS Date: 20 Feb 01 - 10:51 PM The all time winner has to be Stan Rogers, "Harris and the Mare." This will make you question a whole lot of assumptions. MarkS |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Matt_R Date: 20 Feb 01 - 07:00 PM Oh yes, and "Nothing But The Same Old Story" by Paul Brady |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 20 Feb 01 - 06:47 PM The Whitsun Dances. Especially that first couplet in the fourth verse:
Down from their green farmlands and from their loved ones
(Incidentally, I don't agree with Grab that Come out you Black and Tans celebrates racial hatred. I wouldn't be likely to sing it, but for other reasons. The quarrel with England hasn't ever been about race, it's been about nationality, and that's not the same thing.)
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: GUEST,Carol's Friend Don Date: 20 Feb 01 - 06:32 PM "The Partisan" by Leonard Cohen. If you don't have the balls to fight, they will take yours when they come for you... |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Matt_R Date: 20 Feb 01 - 06:12 PM Grab...I do an acoustic version of "One" by U2. That song always gets me worked up to. I can't remember how many times I've cried listening to it. It's even more powerful to sing it. Other powerful ones:
What's This Life For --Creed
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: cujimmy Date: 20 Feb 01 - 04:41 PM Eric Bogle wrote "The Leaving of Nancy", about his mother who was crying as she was waving goodbye to him from the railway station platform as his train moved off on the day he emigrated to Australia from Scotland. I only moved a few hundred miles down to London in 1985 but my mum didn't stop crying for days and I have faithfully phoned her every Sunday since. And so every time I sing that song the tears start welling up and I have to stop - compose myself - then carry on, well done Eric, I bet there are hundreds of people who react similarly to that song for similar reasons. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: harpmolly Date: 20 Feb 01 - 04:18 PM Hmmmm, I'm noticing a trend here... (gee, only took me 36 posts to figure that one out ;)) M P.S. Peace on earth and good will to men is all very well and good, but then what the hell would we all sing about? |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: GUEST,Amergin@work Date: 20 Feb 01 - 04:06 PM I would have to agree that Christmas in the Trenches is very powerful...so is Faded Coat of Blue and Balinderry and There Were Roses... |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Megan L Date: 20 Feb 01 - 04:02 PM Matt Miggin's 'Ibrox Disaster' I very rarely manage to get right through it, i start rembering friends |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Jim Krause Date: 20 Feb 01 - 03:56 PM I can't bear to hear John McCutcheon sing Christmas in the Trenches. Not because it is a bad song, but because it is so emotional, I can hardly keep from crying. I don't think I will ever learn it. Jim |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: harpmolly Date: 20 Feb 01 - 03:53 PM I have to agree with KimC about "Christmas In The Trenches" and with Grab about "One" (U2's "Running To Stand Still" has the same effect on me.) To these I would add; "There Were Roses," Tommy Sands "The Story of Isaac" Leonard Cohen "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" as sung by Lisa Gerrard, a cappella "The Last Leviathan"...can't remember the author, but Solas sings it on their new CD (and it was incredible in concert too). Lots and lots more, too. Moll |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: SINSULL Date: 20 Feb 01 - 03:48 PM BillD Bert and I were listening to Utah Phillips doing Enola Gay. First came shivers then a sheepish look at each other of "Gee that was fun". So simple; so devestating. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Amergin Date: 20 Feb 01 - 03:04 PM Peter, Paul, and Mary covered this song some years ago about homosexuality and AIDS called Home Is Where the Heart Is... |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: GUEST Date: 20 Feb 01 - 02:49 PM sorry guys, that was me.....cookie's gone and got et,somehow Morticia |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: GUEST Date: 20 Feb 01 - 02:48 PM Silent all these years by Tori Amos does it for me every time, also Eric Bogle's Singing the Spirit Home... |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Bill D Date: 20 Feb 01 - 02:37 PM "Enola Gay" by Bruce Phillips..also "Yuba City" and several others |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Metchosin Date: 20 Feb 01 - 01:27 PM Hollis Brown is also a bloody hard listen. |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Metchosin Date: 20 Feb 01 - 01:26 PM Bruce Cockburn's If I Had A Rocket Launcher. Doesn't make me uneasy, but I believe it made enough US radio stations uncomfortable that it received little airplay. It's OK to sing about trees falling in north and south America on your beautifully bound Brazillian rosewood guitar Bruce, but US intervention in central American politics ..uh uh.....or it could have been just the words "son of a bitch". |
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Grab Date: 20 Feb 01 - 01:25 PM "Come out you Black and Tans". It's a cheerful, rousing song, but I'm damned if I'm going to sing along to a song celebrating racial hatred. "Woman in the wall" by Beautiful South is another odd one. It sounds so cheerful, except it's not. "One" by U2 - I can't play it, but it gets me every time I hear it. If anyone does work out an acoustic version of that, I'd love to know. Grab.
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Mark Clark Date: 20 Feb 01 - 01:10 PM "Song Of My Hands" is such a song. Wherever I've sung it or heard it sung, it also "...brings an audience to a dead stop." - Mark
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Mark Clark Date: 20 Feb 01 - 01:07 PM "Song Of My Hands" is such a song. Wherever I've sung it or heard it sung, it also "...brings an audience to a dead stop." - Mark
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Subject: RE: POWERFUL SONGS THAT MAKE YOU UNEASY? From: Rick Fielding Date: 20 Feb 01 - 01:07 PM Grit Laskin's song "In the Blood" (from his Borealis album "A few simple Words") Brilliantly written in a 17th century ballad style. Tells a story so full of conflict that it's hard to listen to. The story happened a few years ago when an African man knowingly infected many Canadian women with the HIV virus. A few of these women are still alive, as are the people THEY infected. I've never heard a song that brought more of my emotions to the surface. Hope to never hear it again. Rick |
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