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Subject: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 08 Sep 09 - 05:38 PM For me, it's got to be Bruce's 'When I Cannot Sleep At Night' The touching emotion inside that song moves me so deeply, every time I hear it. "...When the words get in the way And my soul feels all undone When I don't know what to say Not to God or anyone I turn my head up to the sky And stare at outer space It's then I'd trade the Universe Just to touch your face When the words get in the way..." (Taken from 'When I Cannot Sleep At Night' by Bruce Murdoch) |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Stower Date: 08 Sep 09 - 05:39 PM Without a doubt, Hugh Lupton and Chris Wood's 'One In A Million'. I blub every time I hear it. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Tug the Cox Date: 08 Sep 09 - 07:10 PM 'The first time ever I saw your face ' ain't bad, but my best must be Paxton's 'My lady's a Wild Flying Dove'. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Herga Kitty Date: 08 Sep 09 - 07:12 PM I think I'm with Stower on this one, because it's such a brilliant story. Kitty |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Peace Date: 08 Sep 09 - 07:15 PM Thanks, Liz, BUT, imo it's gotta be "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" by Dylan. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Jack Campin Date: 08 Sep 09 - 08:04 PM The Maid in Bedlam. (BTDT, twice. Not with a happy ending like in the song). |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: frogprince Date: 08 Sep 09 - 08:49 PM No way on Earth can I pick just one. Bruce's "When I Cannot..." is now on my list along with: Ewan's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face "The Dutchman", by Michael Smith "Home to Me", by Saint Thomas Paxton "If Tomorrow Never Comes", the only Garth Brooks song that really speaks to me. Personally, I've written just one love song so far. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Ebbie Date: 08 Sep 09 - 09:09 PM frogprince, those are great lyrics, not to mention great sentiments. However, Bruce's When I Cannot Sleep at Night has been my favorite - so far - of all. It has stayed with me from the first time I heard it. (Thanks, Peace) |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Azizi Date: 08 Sep 09 - 09:26 PM frogprince, I'd love to hear your song. Is it on the Internet? ** My favorite love song by Bruce Murdoch-that I know has been recorded-is "Come Across To You". ** One of my favorite love songs was Unchained Melody But that scene with Whoopi Golberg channeling the deceased character played by Patrick Swazye in the movie "Ghost" kinda messed that song up for me. For those who may be interested, here's some information about the song "Unchained Melody". Notice that it doesn't give the name of the song writer, an all too frequent practice that is discussed on this Mudcat thread: Forgotten writers of well-remembered songs But I digressed. Here's that excerpt about "Unchained Melody": "Unchained Melody" was written for the 1955 prison movie, "Unchained". The original recordings that came out soon after the movie were by Al Hibbler and by Roy Hamilton. Both were big radio hits that year. There was also a popular instrumental recording out by Les Baxter at the same time. In 1963, a New York doo-wop group called Vito & The Salutations did an uptempo version of the song which got a lot of airplay, though it's very different from the usual ballad interpretations. The most popular version of the song came out in 1965 by The Righteous Brothers. Though the label bore the duo's name, it was actually a solo vocal by the late Bobby Hatfield. That recording resurfaced in 1990 when it was prominently featured in the Patrick Swayze/Demi Moore/Whoopi Goldberg movie, "Ghost". The song has been done by everyone from Willie Nelson to you name it but these are the most popular hit versions of the song". http://en.allexperts.com/q/Oldies-2943/2009/8/unchained-melody.htm |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Neil D Date: 08 Sep 09 - 10:56 PM These subjective superlative questions are difficult. One's own opinion is likely to be elusive and changeable. There are many types of love songs just as love itself takes on many forms. It may not be what you have in mind but this one's a corker. "To Sir, With Love" |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: KenM Date: 08 Sep 09 - 11:03 PM An interesting thread...I will certainly not dispute that Murdoch's "When I Cannot Sleep at Night" is an incredible song and certainly ranks up there with "Most Moving Love Song" distinction. I do disagree, however, with his submission of Love Minus Zero/No Limit as a "moving" love song......if I was going for a Dylan song, I would suggest, "To Make You Feel My Love", from Time Out of Mind. Other folk contributions would include some Eric Andersen songs including: "Is It Really Love At All" , "Come To My Bedside My Darling" and "Lie With Me." Contributions to this thread have mentioned Tom Paxton and one should not forget the incredible library of songs he has composed/written for his wife, Midge, including: The First Song is for You You Are Love Me & A Couple of Angels You're So Beautiful (my favorite) If you want to hear a great love song, listen to Mary Chapin Carpenter's version of John Lennon's song, Grow Old With Me, from Party Dolls and Other Favorites. Finally, this thread is dedicated to "non-folk contributors" who would include Sinatra: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" "Angel Eyes" And, "The Nightingale sang in Barkeley Square" |
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Subject: Lyr Add: ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE + AE FOND KISS From: Barry Finn Date: 09 Sep 09 - 02:01 AM This somehow disappeared One of my favorites ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE (Dave Van Ronk) When first I met you years ago, in another time and place, The thought came to my mind I'd never seen a kinder face, Nor warmer smile, nor gentler laugh, nor eyes so full of light. I'd be a fool if I didn't fall in love with you that night. We tramped around the world, my dear, our fortune was to roam. And each place I have been with you, that place has been my home. But as I wonder on alone with no place to abide, I'll be content for I was sent your wanderings by my side. Love that blossoms in the night can't stand the test of time. It comes and goes it ebbs and flows, no reason reach nor rhyme. But as each day becomes another day, each year another year, I'd trade a year in heaven for a day with you, my dear. The miles flow on and I am gone, to a wild and empty land, Where time is like an empty room and space an empty hand; And the things we did and the jokes we made are just echoes in the waste; But we'll meet again where those hills are green, in another time and place. Yes, we'll meet again where those hills are green, in another time and place. one of my other favorites is Ae Fond Kiss (Robert Burns) Ae fond kiss, and then we sever! Ae farewell, and then forever! Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, Warring sighs and goans I'll wage thee. Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him ? Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me, Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy: Nae thing could resist my Nancy! For to see her was to love her Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met, never parted, We would ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare-thee-well, my first and fairest! Fare-thee-well, my best and dearest! Thine be ilka joy and treasure, Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure! Ae fond kiss, and then we sever! Ae farewell, alas, for ever! Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. Barry |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: rich-joy Date: 09 Sep 09 - 03:49 AM "The Heart" as sung by Kate Wolf. R-J |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GREEN WELLIES Date: 09 Sep 09 - 03:54 AM Sarah by Bob Dylan. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GREEN WELLIES Date: 09 Sep 09 - 03:55 AM Nancy Spain by Christy Moore. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GREEN WELLIES Date: 09 Sep 09 - 03:59 AM 45 Years by Stan Rogers. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: melodeonboy Date: 09 Sep 09 - 04:07 AM "The Blacksmith" (But only the Shirley Collins version!) |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Bryn Pugh Date: 09 Sep 09 - 04:49 AM What Tug the Cox said. This might be thread rift - it's a poem, rather than a song : "Liegewoman", John Drinkwater. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST Date: 09 Sep 09 - 05:58 AM The traditional song 'I live not where I love' is as beautiful an evocation of love as I have ever heard. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 09 Sep 09 - 06:14 AM << Thanks, Liz, BUT, imo it's gotta be "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" by Dylan. >>> 'Love Minus Zero' - Youtube - Dylan (being watched by Donovan) You should do a cover version of it, Bruce. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Bryn Pugh Date: 09 Sep 09 - 06:57 AM The Eriskay Love Lilt - Bheir mi O - ain't bad. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Ref Date: 09 Sep 09 - 06:59 AM "Lies" by Stan Rogers. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,John Flynn Date: 09 Sep 09 - 08:27 AM Tommy Makem's "Gentle Annie" for me |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Terry McDonald Date: 09 Sep 09 - 08:37 AM Home Thoughts from Abroad and/or The Best is Yet to Come, both by Clifford T. Ward. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: clueless don Date: 09 Sep 09 - 09:11 AM By gosh, I'm going to throw in a mention of "I think of you" by Fred Rogers (of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.) Mr. Rogers was, in my opinion, quite a good songwriter, and I particularly like this one. Don |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,John from Elsie`s Band Date: 09 Sep 09 - 09:15 AM Ella Fitzgerald singing "Every Time We Say Goodbye". |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: SINSULL Date: 09 Sep 09 - 09:19 AM "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" sung by Sandy Paton. Always brings tears to my eyes. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Jonny Sunshine Date: 09 Sep 09 - 02:19 PM As traditional songs, I'd say The Turtle Dove / Ten Thousand Miles / My Love is Like A Red Red Rose and other variations on the theme. "The tides may cease to beat the shore, and the stars fall from the sky/ but I shall love you more and more, until the day I die..." Doesn't get more loving and devoted than that. My wife and I did actually consider having it engraved on our wedding rings, but realised it would have to be very very small. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Joe_F Date: 09 Sep 09 - 05:44 PM It would be a close call among: Lies Dink's Song My love comes rolling down La vie en rose |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Dave Hunt Date: 10 Sep 09 - 06:20 AM Rather in reverse - ie like 'Ae fond Kiss' - a parting song. 'Go leave' from the McGarrigles first LP has to be the one! |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST Date: 10 Sep 09 - 07:23 AM Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: oldhippie Date: 10 Sep 09 - 07:28 AM I'm glad "ggreen wellies" mentioned "45 Years" by Stan Rogers because thet's second on my list. Number 1 being (sorry, R-J) another Kate Wolf tune "The Trumpet Vine". We used both as backgground for our wedding video, along with "Plain And Simple Love" (Holly Near). |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Morris-ey Date: 10 Sep 09 - 08:57 AM That Australian one - Tie me kangaroo down, Sport. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Mr Happy Date: 10 Sep 09 - 09:19 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BDj4mr0fBc |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Acorn4 Date: 10 Sep 09 - 10:02 AM "Kathy's Song" by Paul Simon -the one that made me want to play the guitar! |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: MGM·Lion Date: 10 Sep 09 - 10:33 AM Back to Burns - 'John Anderson, my jo'. It's THE song of old-age love that has lasted. I lost my ½-century wife not long since & wish she was back to tolerate & bless my frosty pow. So, to me, moving? You might say so... |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Elmore Date: 10 Sep 09 - 10:38 AM "Do You Think that I do not Know?" Words by Henry Lawson, Music by Slim Dusty. Either the Priscilla Herdman or Martyn Wyndham-Read version. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Two of a Hind Date: 10 Sep 09 - 10:42 AM I thought for irreplaceable and enduring love Harvey Andrews Margarita should deserve a mention |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: autoharpbob Date: 10 Sep 09 - 10:59 AM Lennon - Love is real Linda Thompson - No telling Donovan - Catch the Wind ... there are just too many to choose from. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: ced2 Date: 10 Sep 09 - 11:05 AM Mr Tom Lehrer's most excellent " I Hold Your Hand in Mine". Such heartfelt emotion! And in such good taste I might say! |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Arkie Date: 10 Sep 09 - 11:47 AM Looks like there's a lot of songs to add to the "I must hear list". Amen to the Dutchman Like a Coat from the Cold Old Lovers Rose of My Heart |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: cptsnapper Date: 10 Sep 09 - 11:49 AM The Everlys singing Let It Be Me coupled with Judy Collins singing In My Life |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,John Hartford Date: 10 Sep 09 - 03:20 PM hi Tug I'm with you with The First Time ever I saw Your Face...my preferred version is the Roberta Flack one. My Lady is a High Flying Dove just has to be Paxton...no-one else gets near him on this IMHO. Cheers John |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Bill D Date: 10 Sep 09 - 04:25 PM choose ONE? Nope...can't be done...Since 'love' takes so many forms and affects everyone in so many ways, and songs are written at different ages, there are so very many eloquent expressions. but 'guest' mentions "Do You Think That I Do Not Know"...everyone should find a copy of THAT one. also, "I Live Not Where I Love is truly great. put 'love' in the DT search and be overwhelmed. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 10 Sep 09 - 04:50 PM Tricky one as I'm not a big fan of love songs. But perhaps my favourite for the story it tells of two ordinary people seizing their fill of joy in an otherwise oppressive world, would be The Beatles She's Leaving Home |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: lefthanded guitar Date: 10 Sep 09 - 05:57 PM "Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Peace - PM Date: 08 Sep 09 - 07:15 PM Thanks, Liz, BUT, imo it's gotta be "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" by Dylan" I thought I'd be the only one to pick this one! This is probably the first Dylan song I ever loved, and I still feel the same affection for the song to this day. (Not JUST b/c it recaptures a time in my life that was so young and loving). There is something so sincere, so aching, so poignant and so gentle in this song, it is like being touched by a kiss. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Linda Kelly Date: 10 Sep 09 - 06:13 PM Exercise 77 Graham Miles is breathtaking |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Joe G Date: 10 Sep 09 - 06:51 PM Has to be Jez Lowe's 'Greek Lightning'! |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Helen B. Date: 10 Sep 09 - 07:35 PM I Gave My Love a Cherry. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Joe_F Date: 10 Sep 09 - 07:39 PM Oh, yes, and "Love's Old Sweet Song". |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Mad Spaniel Date: 11 Sep 09 - 11:53 AM Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Jeri Date: 11 Sep 09 - 12:46 PM Li'l ol' cynical me loves "I Can't Make You Love Me," which I first heard from this group in that quirky little love story "Boxing Helena". Here's Bonnie Raitt singing it (with Bruce Hornsby on KB, I believe). There's something about popping a CD in your car and belting this out at the top of your lungs that just makes you feel better. At least until you realize your windows are down and your stopped at an intersection. When I'm not being cynical, I like Dave Carter's "Lancelot". No Dave Carter, but here's a version I found (some changes to the lyrics and tune). I mostly think that to listen to the smitten variety of love songs, you either have to be in love or masochistic. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: LANCELOT (Dave Carter) From: Jeri Date: 11 Sep 09 - 12:57 PM LANCELOT (© Dave Carter) Lancelot rode on a swayback mare He won in a card game up north somewhere He was bottom-out lonesome, he was too tired to care, Keepin' one step ahead of the rain Well, he blew into Broken Bow late last year, Talkin' up the vision of his lost Guinevere But he couldn't tell a grail from a glass of beer So he settled for Lady Elaine Singin' "yodelayhee, I ain't no untarnished Galahad Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head But gentle lady lend me the true heart I never had And I'll wash the years from your bed With all the salt tears I have shed," Lancelot said Well, mornin' came sleepy and mornin' came slow And the mirror revealed a face she didn't know And the last autumn robin was packin to go As another year slipped by the way So she rose and she dressed and she pushed back the night She put up her hair by the dawn's early light And the man in her bed was an eagle in flight And a crooked old crow in the hay Singin "yodelayhee, I ain't no untarnished Galahad Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head But gentle lady lend me the true heart I never had And I'll stain the lavenders red, With all of the good blood I've shed," Lancelot said Now bugles blow golden and banners fly blue But these days the castle's just drywall and glue And tiltin' at windmills is the best you can do With the black knight of time on your lawn So I wouldn't know if he left or he stayed, Prospered or starved by the promise he made Or maybe he straggled or maybe he strayed And the bright world went barrellin' on Singin "yodelayhee, I ain't no untarnished Galahad, Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head But gentle lady lend me the pure heart I never had, And I'll bring you roses and bread And we'll fashion gold out of lead, With all the illusions we shed," Lancelot said From daveandtracy.com |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: MGM·Lion Date: 11 Sep 09 - 01:45 PM Of course, depends on what you feel like being *moved* by at any given moment. There are times when Marie Lloyd's 'The Boy I Love Is Up In The Gallery' can bring tears to the eyes... |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: autoharpbob Date: 12 Sep 09 - 06:26 AM "He gave her his Vincent ........to riiiiiiiiide" Richard Thompson, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Eye Lander Date: 12 Sep 09 - 06:54 AM Agree with: The Dutchman Harvey Andrews Margarita Harry Neilson's 'Without You' Poignant for me as it was in the charts when my Dad left home for someone else. Brings goose bumps whenever I hear it. Andy used to sing 'I live not where I love' to me when we first met. Jillie |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Dave Hanson Date: 12 Sep 09 - 07:12 AM These Foolish Things, just wonderful, Some dirty knickers and an old French letter, A dose of syphilis that won't get better, These foolish things, Remind me of you. Dave H |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Bobert Date: 12 Sep 09 - 07:31 AM Wow... Surprised that no one has mentioned Mark Cohn's "True Companion"... Very moving song... B~ |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Sean O'Shea Date: 12 Sep 09 - 03:27 PM Antony And The Johnsons,HOPE THERE'S SOMEONE redefines beauty in song. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Alice Date: 12 Sep 09 - 03:28 PM Give My Love To Nell |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Alice Date: 12 Sep 09 - 03:31 PM I was going to say, I've made people cry when I sing Give My Love To Nell, but I don't know if that comes across right. Alice |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Georgiansilver Date: 12 Sep 09 - 05:28 PM Someone mentioned Justin Hayward.. I love the Moody Blues song "Want to Be With You" and "Nights in White Satin" and they are both on the same video on Youtube Nights in White Satin and Want to be With You. Best wishes, Mike. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Dave Hanson Date: 13 Sep 09 - 04:12 AM Seriously now, Ewan MacColls ' The Joy Of Living ' Dave H |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: ced2 Date: 13 Sep 09 - 05:00 AM Ha but Dave, do you know verse 2 to that 'orrible little ditty you submitted above? Ced |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Ben Date: 13 Sep 09 - 08:42 AM John Gorka's Love is our cross to bear. Sung by the late John Wright. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Dave Hanson Date: 13 Sep 09 - 09:43 AM Verse 2 ? ced2 I couldn't even remember all verse 1, enlighten me. Dave H |
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Subject: Lyr Add: I SAW HER ON THE BUS (R. Knight) From: BobKnight Date: 13 Sep 09 - 06:31 PM Here's one with quite a few Scots words, but hopefully you'll get the general idea. I SAW HER ON THE BUS Copyright R. Knight 23/1/08 I saw her on the bus yesterday, As she got on and sat twa or three seats in front o' me. And I wondered if I spoke what she micht say, But I thocht better o' it and sat there quietly. As she looked oot I studied her reflection in the glass, And thocht sometimes an auld love, is best left in the past. This wis the face that I once kent sae weel, The face o' my first love, that once meant everything tae me. And here the lips that kissed me tenderly, That smiled on me sae sweetly, and spoke o' love tae me. As bonnie as she ever wis, the years had been sae kind, But sometimes auld regrets, are best left far behind. And sitting there I cast my memory back across the years, And wondered how a love like oors had come tae end in tears. For even efter a' the years gone by, There's a special place, within my hairt, I'll keep for her until the day I die. I could see a wee bit grey in her hair, The hair sae dark and lustrous, that once framed her face sae fair. And I wondered whit she'd think if I sat there, Wi' her twa seats behind me, but wid she really care. Or wid her hairt beat faster as mine did fin I saw her, And think sometimes auld memories are best left whaur they were. Then a' too soon she got up tae leave, I watched as she got aff the bus and stood there in the street. As the bus began tae move she noticed me, A casual glance, that caught my eye, surprised, she smiled sweetly. Then she reached oot her hand and touched the glass as I passed by, And I watched her in the distance, 'til she faded oot o' sight. I dinna s'pose ye'll understand, it's so hard tae explain, But I couldnae tak the chance that I micht fa' in love again, For even efter a' these years gone by, There's a special place, within my hairt, I'll keep for her until the day I die. Repeat: Until the day I die. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: A DAISY A DAY (Judd Strunk) From: kendall Date: 13 Sep 09 - 07:39 PM Phoebe Snow is one of my all time favorites, but here is another: A DAISY A DAY by Judd Strunk He remembers the first time he met her He remembers the first thing she said He remembers the first time he held her And the night she came to his bed He remembers her sweet way of saying "Honey, has something gone wrong"? He remembers the fun and the teasing And the reason he wrote her this song. Chorus I'll give you a Daisy a day dear I'll give you a Daisy a day I'll love you until the rivers run still And the four winds we know blow away. They would walk down the street in the evening For years I would see them go by And the love that was more than the clothes that they wore Could be seen in the gleam in their eye As a kid they would take me for candy And I loved to go tagging along We'd hold hands as we walked to the corner And the old man would sing her his song. repeat chorus Now he walks down the street in the evening And he stops by the old candy store And I somehow believe he's believing He's holding her hand like before He feels all her love walking with him And he smiles at the things she might say Then the old man walks up to the hilltop And he gives her a Daisy a day. Repeat chorus. I get all sniffy when I hear or read this. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: ORDINARY LOVE SONG (Charlie King) From: sing4peace Date: 13 Sep 09 - 09:29 PM I love this one by Charlie King. I've sung it for a few weddings. So far they're all still going strong. ORDINARY LOVE SONG I grew up on love songs Great undying love songs I thought finding love would make all things new But now I find that love can be hidden in the day Or lying quiet in the nights that I spend with you In ordinary love with you. They say love can move mountains I'm very bad at mountains I never thought my love could fill this earth Instead it trickles slowly In habits plain and lowly In common kitchen measures I gauge its worth This ordinary love for you. Bridge: No one's writing ballads to ordinary love I wonder if it can be true Yet it seems to grow this ordinary love That's why I wrote this song for you. Great lovers are romantic I'm not very romantic I find it hard to tell you what I hope you know It's just that when you're present It's comfortable and pleasant And I thought that it was time that I told you so I ordinarily love you With an ordinary love for you. ------ Joyce |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: kendall Date: 14 Sep 09 - 04:32 AM I like Daisy a day because it's about love that has lasted through the years. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: MGM·Lion Date: 14 Sep 09 - 04:38 AM Like the man in that song, I lost my darling wife of half-a-century a couple of years ago - she still gets the daisies from me. So it was a song that moved me right enuff. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: kendall Date: 14 Sep 09 - 12:20 PM Young lovers always think it's going to last a lifetime. Well most don't. Hell, some don't last longer than the life of a house fly. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Sookite Date: 14 Sep 09 - 01:45 PM Though there are so many great love songs out there, I have to agree with KenM on a earlier post; Dylan's "To Make You Feel My Love" sure does it for me and Bruce's "When I cannot Sleep at Night" gets my vote as well. DG |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: bradfordian Date: 14 Sep 09 - 04:22 PM First time ever I saw your face & Every time I say goodbye, have stood the test of time in this category for me; but a current favourite is Kathy Mattea singing her husbands song Where've You Been? |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Smokey. Date: 14 Sep 09 - 06:40 PM Wild Horses (Rolling Stones) |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: autoharpbob Date: 15 Sep 09 - 06:43 AM "Help me make it through the night" - Kris Kristofferson or Gladys Knight version |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,old salty Date: 15 Sep 09 - 04:42 PM Briar & The Rose--- Tom Waits Its my favorite ! salty x |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: fat B****rd Date: 18 Sep 09 - 03:02 PM Martha -Tom Waits You Don't Know me -Ray Charles Natural Woman - Carole King Passing Strangers _ Eckstein & Vaughan Crying Time -Buck Owens I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Ron Davies Date: 18 Sep 09 - 09:58 PM My nominee, and an unorthodox love song, to be sure, would be "I Remember It Well" from "Gigi". He remembers all the details from their affair wrong--and she still loves him. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 19 Sep 09 - 02:36 PM From "folk" (so to speak) sources: Robert Burns's John Anderson, My Jo And from popular sources (although this may get me lynched by some here): Honey, I miss you Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: Lyr Add: YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY (Queen) From: Rockhen Date: 19 Sep 09 - 08:53 PM So many beautiful songs...one of my favourites is Queen's YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY but there are so many songs which make me blub, (in a good way!) :-) If you are not a music lover, I wonder if songs have the same overpowering and amazing impact... Without the music, the words are not quite the same but I still love 'em! Words and music by Freddie Mercury Oooh oooh take it take it all away Oooh ooh take my breath away Oooh ooh yoooo take my breath away Look into my eyes and you'll see I'm the only one You've captured my love stolen my heart Changed my life Every time you make a move you destroy my mind And the way you touch I lose control and shiver deep inside You take my breath away You can reduce me to tears with a single sigh Ev'ry breath that you take Any sound that you make is a whisper in my ear I could give up all my life for just one kiss I would surely die if you dismiss me from your love You take my breath away So please don't go Don't leave me here all by myself I get ever so lonely from time to time I will find you anywhere you go I'll be right behind you Right until the ends of the earth I'll get no sleep until I find you To tell you that you just take my breath away I will find you anywhere you go Right until the ends of the earth I'll get no sleep until I find you To tell you when I've found you I love you Take my breath take my breath ... away |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: PSzymeczek Date: 19 Sep 09 - 11:36 PM Either "Sometimes When We Touch" by Dan Hill, or "Song for a Winter's Night" by Gordon Lightfoot. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Peter Laban Date: 20 Sep 09 - 06:03 AM Nobody for this one ? Surprising. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: kendall Date: 21 Sep 09 - 04:08 PM Here's one from a shy mud catter who wishes to remain anonymous. I wished for roses from my dearie, A gift to show your love is true, An amber ring to say you love me. You only kissed me tenderly. The night is cold and I am weary I watch you dream the long night through. I lie awake and sleep escapes me And so I listen to you breathe. And as you sleep I say, "I love you" There is no star I'd place above you. When you awake I'll work beside you. You are my darling dear, goodnight. The years have bloomed for us more sweetly Than all the fragrant roses do. Your tender kiss suits me completely You hold me close to comfort me. Your callused hands grow flowers and berries, Ripe apples, pears and peaches too. You gather up the garden bounty: All that you have you give to me. And as you sleep I say, "I love you" There is no star I'd place above you. When you awake I'll work beside you. You are my darling dear, goodnight. A steadfast heart is what you give me, Upon my hand a wedding ring. The songs I have your courage brings me I need no jewels from the sea. What price the light that only joy sees; The loving trust that gives me wings? You are my true love here beside me. I hold your hand and fall asleep. And as we sleep I say, "I love you" There is no star I'd place above you. When we awake I'll work beside you. You are my darling dear. Goodnight. maeve Copyright 2009 Reply - P |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: frogprince Date: 21 Sep 09 - 05:28 PM I started to get hung up on the first line, with the dark angel on one shoulder saying "dearie?...how corny". By the time I read through it, I'm ready to say it's stone beautiful. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 21 Sep 09 - 06:28 PM Kendall (and Anonymous), I have one thing to say: Wow! Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: giles earle Date: 22 Sep 09 - 02:22 AM Whether it's absolutely my favourite love-song depends on how I'm feeling, but one song that never fails to move me deeply is by Ivor Gurney, to a poem by Yeats: One that is ever kind said yesterday: "Your well beloved's hair has threads of grey, And little shadows come about her eyes; Time can but make it easier to be wise, Though now it's hard, till trouble is at an end; And so be patient, be wise and patient, friend." But heart, there is no comfort, not a grain; Time can but make her beauty over again, Because of that great nobleness of hers; The fire that stirs about her, when she stirs Burns but more clearly. O she had not these ways, When all the wild Summer was in her gaze. O heart! O heart! if she'd but turn her head, You'd know the folly of being comforted. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: maeve Date: 22 Sep 09 - 06:29 AM Thank you, Kendall, frogprince, and Uncle DaveO. Kendall posted "Roses and Amber" for me. I didn't think there would be any interest, so I appreciate your encouragement. maeve |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Joe Nicholson Date: 22 Sep 09 - 10:52 AM Just the way you look tonight |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: topical tom Date: 22 Sep 09 - 12:16 PM "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" written by Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: RobbieWilson Date: 23 Sep 09 - 10:33 AM I would have to go with those who pick Burns from the old songs but my favourites are " My love is like a red red rose" and Bonny Doone", for live and past love respectively. Talking of John Anderson my Jo, Eric Bogle's "Belle of Broughton"is my favourite song of love enduring into old age, perhaps because it resonates so well with my own Grandparents. And, as for modern love songs, can you imagine someone writing "the first time ever I saw Your face" for you? |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: RoyH (Burl) Date: 24 Sep 09 - 08:26 AM My darling and I have been together for fifty two years. As we grow older every day grows sweeter and more precious. With our ages in mind the words of 'Silver Threads among the Gold' seem so appropriate they bring me to tears. Since we are in the autumn of our lives 'September Song' does the same. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,HiLo Date: 24 Sep 09 - 12:49 PM Leonard Cohen..Dance Me The End of Love, Dylan..Wedding Song..Kate MacGarrigle..Heart like A Wheel |
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Subject: RE: Ae Fond Kiss - Eddi Reader Version From: Gwynno Date: 13 Nov 10 - 06:32 PM I've been working on the chords for this and this is what came up with (in the order of the stanzas) C G (with B bass) Am Am(G bass) F Dm C F Dm C AM C G (B bass) F G C Any comments?? |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: kendall Date: 13 Nov 10 - 07:22 PM Old Love Three years we lived as one, I, the Master, she the Mistress, She did my bidding, answered my call- Enveloped me in the long nights Gave my days purpose. A being apart-yet part of my being. I met her as a boy, left her as a man. Time passes....calendars turn Ten years, twenty, twenty five. We met once more, She is bedraggled, unkempt, uncared for A bag lady, the smell of age about her. I remain in her presence for a few minutes And, as I turn to leave, I know she doesn't remember me. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: ACROSS THE MILES AND OVER THE YEARS From: Amos Date: 13 Nov 10 - 08:00 PM An unpolished DYlan does Love Minus Zero (the earlier link is now broken) while Donovan looks on jealous. ANd although I have many favorites (including My Love is Like the Red Red Rose done by Seamus ) here's a little known one I really like: ACROSS THE MILES AND OVER THE YEARS From the hills of the Highlands To the deep Yalu valleys, And the spice caravans, That we rode long ago; From the high Delphic temple, To the bullet-stained trenches To the bright cusp of morning On the far polar snow Over ages of failure Over triumphs undimming From the gutters of Paris To the castles of Rome On the far Berber hilltops, And the wild Indian Ocean I have heard you forever, Always calling me home. Cho: Across the miles and over the years, I hear you call: "When will you come home? When will you come home?" Over And over. From the ancient beginnings On a forgotten planet To far hills where Arcturus Brings the light of the dawn From a lifetime of wonder To the dead steaming jungle One sure note has continued Always, calling me on. Cho: Across the miles and over the years, I hear you call: "When will you come home? When will you come home?" Over And over. Bridge: I need no journey other than simply finding you The wildest place or time cannot undo me A single thread of knowing you are true Will always renew me From the galaxy's center To a small sleepy planet Where the song of the ocean Meets the dreams of the dew Over light years and aeons Over battles and dying Still your voice sweetly calls me, Always strong, always new Cho: Across the miles and over the years, I hear you call: "When will you come home? When will you come home?" Over And over. Coda: Over, And over Again. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: BrooklynJay Date: 13 Nov 10 - 09:08 PM Several already mentioned would definitely be on my list: Dink's Song (I like Glenn Yarbrough's version) The Song of Old Lovers (Judy Collins) Kathy's Song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack) Unchained Melody To these I'll add: For Emily... (sung by Art Garfunkel) Maggie (De Dannan; I believe it's in the DT) The Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler) The last three will always remind me of my dearest love, my late wife. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: robomatic Date: 13 Nov 10 - 09:46 PM If they asked me I could write a book If they asked me, I could write a book; About the way you walk, and whisper; And look. I could write a preface; On how we met; That the world will never forget. And the simple; Secret of the plot; Is just to tell them; That I love you, alot. Then the world discovers; As my book ends; How to make two lovers of friends. from "Pal Joey" by Rodgers and Hart a beautiful song from a cynical show |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: MGM·Lion Date: 14 Nov 10 - 01:22 AM This is a Folk site; so I find a certain irony in the attribution just above of a song by one of most leading-ever folkies, Ewan MacColl ~The 1st Time Ever...~, to Roberta Flack. I know her performance of it in a film is what most brought it to wide attention & popularity, but still... |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Dave Hanson Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:12 AM Michael, I think Brooklynjay is crediting the performer not the author , incidently in his book Journeyman, Ewan credits Roberta Flack with providing him with some real money for the first time in his life [ it went to number one in the US charts ] Dave H |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: MGM·Lion Date: 14 Nov 10 - 06:17 AM Yes, indeed, Dave, I certainly know Journeyman well, having reviewed it for The Times! I take these points; but still I think Ewan should get some credit in this context, no? ~Michael~ |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,chinmusic Date: 14 Nov 10 - 06:34 AM I'll go with Richard Thompson's, The Dimming of the Day. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,kendall Date: 14 Nov 10 - 07:07 AM Ashes on the sea. (Utah Phillips) |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Desi C Date: 14 Nov 10 - 07:14 AM As an Irish singer my favourites would be Tommy Makem's Gentle Annie written for his wife Annie, no pain or sorry just a lovely poetic love letter to his wife The Rose of Tralee, because of the great true love story behind the song And Raglan road by Frank Kavanagh, because I believe it's not about a woman at all, but an Irish fable to the country he loved but didn't love him enough in return Apart from Irish songs, Ewan McColl's The First Time is beautiful and again a true love story behind it |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Stewie Date: 14 Nov 10 - 07:20 AM 'Mourning Dove' by Steven Sellors. lyrics here. --Stewie. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Taconicus Date: 14 Nov 10 - 07:54 AM Beyond any doubt, the most moving love song has got to be "Embraceable Ewe." Who can forget the haunting first verse and chorus... I met my love in the meadow She was with her Ma. I had her there in the clover Her mother just said, "Baaaaa!" Some men like the ladies Some men like the boys My love's warm and beautiful And makes the baaa'in noise. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: maeve Date: 14 Nov 10 - 08:36 AM Stewie, 'Mourning Dove' is lovely. Of course so are all the other Steve Sellers songs I've heard! Maeve |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: BobKnight Date: 14 Nov 10 - 08:59 AM My song, "I Saw Her On The Bus," is now on youtube. www.youtube.com/bobknightfolk |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 14 Nov 10 - 09:00 AM 'I Just Seem To Keep On Loving You' Bruce Murdoch |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Commander Crabbe Date: 14 Nov 10 - 09:54 AM Ralph McTell's "Summer Lightning" CC |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Runkster Date: 14 Nov 10 - 09:57 AM Mostly a lurker here, but no love for Chapin's "Corry's Comin'"? |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Dave Hanson Date: 15 Nov 10 - 03:28 AM Desi C, Raglan Road by FRANK Kavanagh ? Patrick must be spinning in his grave. Dave H |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie Date: 15 Nov 10 - 05:54 AM I wandered by a brookside. (And variations on a theme, but the version Eva Cassidy released was wonderful.) A past girlfriend and I once argued over this question. She liked Don McClean's "And I love you so." Whereas I was musing over Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay." Another day, a different song in my case. (Harvey Andrews's "The gift of a brand new day" springs to mind too.) |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST Date: 10 Dec 11 - 09:07 AM " I Find Your Love " & " There's Still My Joy " as sung by Beth Nielsen Chapman |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: kendall Date: 10 Dec 11 - 09:18 AM By the way, my poem, Lost Love, is about the boat I captained back in the early 60's. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Arkie Date: 10 Dec 11 - 10:24 AM Beth Nielsen Chapman is an excellent writer and singer and deserving of much wider recognition. She has a lot of really good songs to her credit. A few more suggestions. Sweetest Waste of Time - Kasey Chambers Master Kilby - Gordon Bok Roseville Fair - Bill Staines |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: kendall Date: 11 Dec 11 - 04:54 AM Fond Affection. This one used to break my heart after a serious break up. The world is so wide I can not pass over, The sea so deep I can not wade, I'll just go hire me a little boat man, To row me across the stormy tide. I'll give you back your ring and letters, And the picture I love so well, And henceforth we will meet as strangers, But, I will never say farewell. There's only three things that I could wish for, That is my coffin, shroud and grave, And when I'm dead please don't weep o'er me, Or kiss the lips you once betrayed. The world is so wide I can not pass over, The sea so deep I can not wade, I'll just go hire me a little boatman, To row me across the stormy tide.... I like those unresolved endings. sniff. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: kendall Date: 11 Dec 11 - 12:04 PM Not much action here. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Max Johnson Date: 11 Dec 11 - 12:51 PM Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Say a Little Prayer. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: kendall Date: 11 Dec 11 - 02:32 PM Circle of friends by David Mallett |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Taconicus Date: 11 Dec 11 - 03:11 PM Does it have to be romantic love? I Still Can't Say Goodbye is very moving. For romantic love songs, I think you need at least two categories: songs where one or both of the lovers die, and songs where they both live. Death always makes it more moving. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE KIND OF LOVE YOU NEVER RECOVER FROM From: Amos Date: 11 Dec 11 - 05:23 PM Christine Lavin "THE KIND OF LOVE YOU NEVER RECOVER FROM" I know a couple; she sits in a rocking chair Working puzzles; he watches TV upstairs. She's got a secret she has never let out; A man she thinks he never knew about. She hasn't seen him in thirty years. The mention of his name doesn't bring on tears. If you ask her, "Are there any regrets?" She'll tell you, "No," but she never forgets. It was the kind of love you never recover from. Even though she found another one To take his place, She never will escape the truth. At times like this when the moon is right, When the air is foggy like it is tonight, She'll think about what might have been If she had just held on to him. I know a man who has done it all; He has sailed the oceans; climbed the mountains of Nepal. He lives high upon the avenue With a beautiful wife, lovely children, too. But there's a woman he still dreams about; Certain things he has learned to live without. If you ask him, "Are there any regrets?" He'll tell you, "No," but he never forgets. It was the kind of love you never recover from. Even though he found another one To take her place, He never will escape the truth. At times like this when the moon is right, When the air is foggy like it is tonight, He'll think about what might have been If he had not let her slip away from him. I read about a woman who said she never regretted anything she'd ever done. Such arrogant words always seem to be spoken by those who then die young. So here am I looking at you. Oh, tell me, what are we gonna do? Am I destined to be your regret? Are you that one I'll never forget? Years from now, will we curse the day You let me let you walk away? Isn't this too dear a price to pay For the freedom of going separate ways? This is the kind of love you never recover from. Don't tell me that I'm gonna find another one To take your place, I never will escape the truth. At times like this when the moon is right, When the air is foggy like it is tonight, I'll think how sweet life could be If you would stay with me, oh stay with me. This is the kind of love you never recover from. Don't tell me that I'm gonna find another one To take your place, And try to face the truth. Let me hold you close tonight. The fog has lifted, the moon is so bright. Think how sweet life could be If you would stay with me, oh, stay with me. This is the kind of love you never recover from. This is the kind of love you never recover from. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: WHERE'VE YOU BEEN From: deepdoc1 Date: 11 Dec 11 - 05:51 PM As I get older, songs like this and Tim O'Brien's "Like I Used To Do" speak a stronger message about knowing a lifelong love than about finding new love. WHERE'VE YOU BEEN Claire had all but given up When she and Edwin fell in love She touched his face and shook her head In disbelief, she sighed and said, "In many dreams I've held you near Now, at last, you're really here." "Where've you been? I've looked for you forever and a day Where've you been? I'm just not myself when you're away." He asked her for her hand for life And she became a salesman's wife He was home each night by eight But one stormy evening, he was late Her frightened tears fell to the floor Until his key turned in the door. "Where've you been? I've looked for you forever and a day Where've you been? I'm just not myself when you're away." They'd never spent a night apart For sixty years she heard him snore Now they're in a hospital In separate beds on different floors Claire soon lost her memory Forgot the names of family She never spoke a word again Then one day, they wheeled him in He held her hand and stroked her hair In a fragile voice she said, "Where've you been? I've looked for you forever and a day Where've you been? I'm just not myself when you're away. No, I'm just not myself when you're away." Jon Vezner; Don Henry (c) 1989 |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Pete MacGregor Date: 11 Dec 11 - 06:04 PM Dove sono |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Joe_F Date: 11 Dec 11 - 09:22 PM My Old Dutch: We've been together now for forty year, And it don't seem a day too much, And there's not a lady living in the land As I'd swap for my dear old dutch. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: GUEST,Colin Holt Date: 12 Dec 11 - 06:33 AM "It didn't Matter Anyway" By Hatfield and the north |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: saulgoldie Date: 12 Dec 11 - 10:34 AM Funny how this thread should come up. I was just listening to a John Denver CD that I rediscovered. And on it was "Lady, My Sweet Lady." Schmaltzy, perhaps. But it really "sang" to me. Lots of other great mentions here. Another one that I like a lot is "Roseville Fair." Guess love is one of our most important feelings and pursuits. BTW, could anyone give me the lyrics and chords to "One In A Million?" I couldn't decipher either from the video. Thx. Saul |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 12 Dec 11 - 11:26 AM Stan Rogers "45 Years" is a great love song but I am more moved by "Lies". My subjective list: #1 I Love You Because You're You (Leon Payne) #2 A Daisy A Day (Judd Strunk) #3 Maggie (as sung by Foster & Allen) #4 The Dutchman (as sung by Liam Clancy) #5 Lies (Stan Rogers) |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: fat B****rd Date: 12 Dec 11 - 11:52 AM "The way you look tonight" and "Some other time" by Tony Bennett. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: KathWestra Date: 12 Dec 11 - 08:21 PM Ettrick, as sung and recorded by Archie Fisher, completely undoes me every time I hear it. A world of love in three short verses. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: BK Lick Date: 14 Dec 11 - 04:10 AM Hard to believe no one's mentioned Jacques Brel's "Ne Me Quitte Pas" -- perhaps because most Americans are familiar only with the wretched Rod McKuen version. Watch this video and this video and prepare to shed some tears. Wikipedia tells us tells us: The lyrics [...] are sung to a theme borrowed from the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 by the composer Franz Liszt. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: NE ME QUITTE PAS From: BK Lick Date: 14 Dec 11 - 04:20 AM Here's a pretty fair translation: Ne me quitte pas Il faut oublier Tout peut s'oublier Qui s'enfuit déja Oublier le temps Des malentendus Et le temps perdu A savoir comment Oublier ces heures Qui tuaient parfois A coups de pourquoi Le coeur de bonheur Ne me quitte pas (4X) Moi je t'offrirai Des perles de pluie Venues de pays Ou il ne pleut pas Je creuserai la terre Jusqu'apres ma mort Pour couvrir ton corps D'or et de lumiere Je ferai un domaine Ou l'amour sera roi Ou l'amour sera loi Ou tu seras reine Ne me quitte pas (4X) Ne me quitte pas Je t'inventerai Des mots insensés Que tu comprendras Je te parlerai De ces amants-la Qui ont vu deux fois Leurs coeurs s'embraser Je te raconterai L'histoire de ce roi Mort de n'avoir pas Pu te rencontrer Ne me quitte pas (4X) On a vu souvent Rejaillir le feu D'un ancien volcan Qu'on croyait trop vieux Il est paraît-il Des terres brulées Donnant plus de blé Qu'un meilleur avril Et quand vient le soir Pour qu'un ciel flamboie Le rouge et le noir Ne s'épousent-ils pas Ne me quitte pas (4X) Ne me quitte pas Je ne vais plus pleurer Je ne vais plus parler Je me cacherai la A te regarder Danser et sourire Et a t'écouter Chanter et puis rire Laisse-moi devenir L'ombre de ton ombre L'ombre de ta main L'ombre de ton chien Ne me quitte pas (4X)
Don't leave me Let's forget For all can be forgotten Which is gone by already Forget the time Of misunderstandings And the time lost Finding out how To forget those hours Which sometimes killed By blows of why The heart of happiness Don't leave me (4X) I will give you Pearls of rain Come from countries Where it never rains I will dig up the earth Even in death To cover your body With gold and with light I will make a kingdom Where love shall be king Where love shall be law Where you shall be queen Don't leave me (4X) Don't leave me I shall invent for you Senseless words Which you will understand I shall tell you About those lovers Who saw twice Their hearts go up in flames I shall tell you The story of this king Dead for not having Succeeded in finding you Don't leave me (4X) One has often seen Burst anew the fire Of an old volcano Believed to be spent There are, it is said, Scorched lands Yielding more wheat Than the best of April And when evening comes To make the sky flare up The red and the black, Do they not wed? Don't leave me (4X) Don't leave me. I won't cry any more I won't talk any more I'll hide over there Watching you Dance and smile And listening to you Sing and laugh Let me become The shadow of your shade The shadow of your hand The shadow of your dog Don't leave me. (4X) |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Banjiman Date: 14 Dec 11 - 06:57 AM Folk - Annachie Gordon Non-folk Ring On The Sill - Cowboy Junkies |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Backwoodsman Date: 14 Dec 11 - 07:12 AM Equal First AFAIC are:- "Ne Me Quitte Pas" - Flossie Malavialle's version "The Call and The Answer" (Phil & June Colclough) - Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher's version. |
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Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Backwoodsman Date: 14 Dec 11 - 07:41 AM And coming in a very close second is Richard Shindell's "Cancion Sencilla". As with "Ne Me Quitte Pas", it's unneccessary to understand the language, it utterly exudes the deepest love. |
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