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~ |
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. |
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) |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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'"? |
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 |
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.) |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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. |
Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: kendall Date: 11 Dec 11 - 12:04 PM Not much action here. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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 |
Subject: RE: Most Moving Love Song - folk or non-folk From: Pete MacGregor Date: 11 Dec 11 - 06:04 PM Dove sono |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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) |
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 |
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. |
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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