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28 Jul 05 - 11:46 PM (#1530894) Subject: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: GUEST,Ana Melodies always catch me before I hear the words. Once the tune is 'caught' I then just have to 'own' the lyrics... and then I sadly find I've added another wrist slitter to the repertoire. I seem to be getting a reputation - help! So - names of happy songs please - must be beautiful melodies, preferably able to be sung in the unaccompanied style Ana |
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29 Jul 05 - 12:36 AM (#1530920) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Dave Hanson Rank Stranger, the Stanley Brothers. eric |
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29 Jul 05 - 12:39 AM (#1530924) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: M.Ted Reputations build careers, so just keep playing what sounds good to you!! |
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29 Jul 05 - 12:56 AM (#1530932) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: GUEST,Ana Thanks Eric - 'smelly' strangers is a good one (great melody) ..and it doesn't involve blood, dead babies or lost lovers. A poignant song though...if it's the happiest we can come up with, I'm off to have a drink! (thanks too Ted) Ana |
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29 Jul 05 - 07:14 AM (#1531058) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Dave Hanson An Everley Brothers song, The Lightning Express, worst song I've ever heard in my life. eric |
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29 Jul 05 - 07:32 AM (#1531063) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Grab Leonard Cohen: "Take this waltz" and too many others to count. Graham. |
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29 Jul 05 - 07:49 AM (#1531069) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Le Scaramouche The Prickle-Eye Bush. Go to the Spiers & Boden website, you can listen to it for free. |
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29 Jul 05 - 05:46 PM (#1531470) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Bunnahabhain 'And the band played Waltzing Matilda', and alot more Eric Bogle. Plus much of Leonard Cohens work, as above. |
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29 Jul 05 - 05:50 PM (#1531472) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Bonnie Shaljean Randy Newman's "The God Song", especially as sung by Etta James. (I know you asked for happy, but razor-bladers are much more fun...) |
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30 Jul 05 - 12:53 PM (#1531574) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Le Scaramouche The Gallant Hussar. The Maid on the Shore. Dance to Thee Daddy (the lyrics without everyone being drunk witless). |
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30 Jul 05 - 03:43 PM (#1531661) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: GUEST,leeneia Flow gently, sweet Afton A very precious love I could have danced all night Seeing Nellie Home Spring has now unwrapped the flowers |
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30 Jul 05 - 03:55 PM (#1531671) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Amos "My love is like a red, red rose" "Abide with Me" "Lili Marlene" "Dink's Song" "The Water is Wide" are all tunes I think of as immortal. A |
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30 Jul 05 - 05:13 PM (#1531732) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Le Scaramouche Searching for Lambs. Wraggle Taggle Gypsies. Warlike Lads of Russia. O'er the Hills. |
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30 Jul 05 - 06:01 PM (#1531752) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Lanfranc "Love's Return" Gordon Lightfoot "Lord Bateman" (can be sung to "Searching for Lambs") "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Ewan MacColl "Circle Game" Joni Mitchell "Here, There and Everywhere" Lennon & McCartney Good tunes, positive lyrics. But you're right, wrist-slitting predominates Alan |
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30 Jul 05 - 08:31 PM (#1531803) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Mudlark As beautiful melodies and wrist slitter words are my stock in trade also, I dont have much to offer...but what about a couple of Michael Smith songs...The Dutchman and I Brought My Father With Me...poignant but def. not "sad." Also, from Small Potatoes: Quartzite and 1,000 Candles, 1,000 Cranes; Kate Wolff's Give Yourself to Love. In a more trad. vein: The May Carol, John Riley, Carlton Weaver, Blow the Candle Out. And...arrrrrr...songs of the sea: Farewell to Tarwaithe, The Coast of Peru, Bonny Ship the Diamond, We"ll Rant and We'll Roar...hard times but they all make it home again. I think all these songs have great melodies and above average lyrics. |
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30 Jul 05 - 09:15 PM (#1531828) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Amos Not much to offer? Listen to the lass sing sometime. A |
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31 Jul 05 - 01:31 AM (#1531904) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Dave Hanson Kilkelly, aaggghh. Dreary song, dreary tune. eric |
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31 Jul 05 - 06:17 AM (#1531945) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Chris Green Sweet Thames Flow Softly by Ewan MacColl. |
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31 Jul 05 - 07:30 AM (#1531958) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: van lingle Wild Mountain Thyme might qualify and sounds good sung slowly without accompaniment. It really is tough to think of beautiful songs that don't have sad lyrics. |
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31 Jul 05 - 07:35 AM (#1531959) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: van lingle ... also Down to the Valley to Pray (Doc Watson) and Diamonds in the Rough (Carter Family). |
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31 Jul 05 - 09:06 AM (#1532011) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Dave Hanson Don't Put Your Tongue In My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Goodbye . eric |
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31 Jul 05 - 09:51 AM (#1532023) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: bfdk Jim Malcolm's Lochs of the Tay Dorothy Hewitt's words to Martyn Wyndham-Read's tune Sailor Home From Sea and Nick Keir's Portnahaven might all fit your bill - beautiful tunes, but nowt to slit your wrists about in the lyrics ;-) Also check out Harvey Andrew's song "La Jeusseliniere" from the CD Somewhere in the Stars. Bente |
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31 Jul 05 - 03:53 PM (#1532196) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Mudlark Thank 'e kindly, Amos! Just thot of a couple more: John o'Dreams and Bok's Quiet Faith of Man. What a fun challenge this has been! |
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31 Jul 05 - 06:01 PM (#1532247) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: GUEST,sajumikey kathys song simon and garfunkle powerful lyrics and can be sung unaccompanied |
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31 Jul 05 - 06:07 PM (#1532251) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Justa Picker "Only Women Bleed" -- Alice Cooper |
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31 Jul 05 - 07:32 PM (#1532279) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Tootler Lovely Joan Brigg Fair Brigg Fair is one of the few songs that has a classical arrangement that works IMO. Percy Grainger really captured the soul of the song in his arrangement. |
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01 Aug 05 - 04:22 AM (#1532455) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Grab "Almaz" - Randy Crawford |
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01 Aug 05 - 04:44 AM (#1532463) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: nager Can't remember the name of the song but.. one of those wonderful Tom Lehrer ones where he sings: ``Let's all go sliding down that razor blade of life.." |
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01 Aug 05 - 11:22 AM (#1532654) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Ferrara Here are some more suggestions. Kate Wolff's "Trumpet Vine" Three happy endings set to very beautiful melodies: Crooked Bawbee Jock O' Hazeldean Lass of Glen Shee A lot of Scottish melodies are quite gorgeous actually. Jean Redpath sings a lot of them. A few Civil war songs and stephen Foster songs are beautiful without being tearjerkers.... Broom of the Cowdenknowes (barely makes it, but it's sad not morbid) Rolling Hills of the Border Annie Laurie Dumbarton's Drums (sung by the Beers Family among others) Lassie With the Yellow Coatie Beautiful Dreamer; I Dream of Jeannie; Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair; Open Thy Lattic, Love (all Stephen Foster) Flow Gently, Sweet Afton Andy's Gone With Cattle Gentle Annie (the Australian one, not the Stephen Foster one) Rose of Allendale Turning toward the Morning (Bok) Bheir Mi O (Bok) When You and I Were Young, Maggie Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (sailors song, I think the Copper Family sang it) Will You Come to the Bower (Thomas Moore?) Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms (T. Moore) It's tricky to find songs that are beautiful and cheerful but are NOT schmaltzy. Some of the above are schmatlzy but so beautiful that I like them anyway. - Rita F |
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01 Aug 05 - 11:36 AM (#1532666) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: Le Scaramouche A couple of racing ones: Creeping Jane. Skewball. |
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01 Aug 05 - 01:20 PM (#1532723) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: GUEST,Arkie Master of the Sheepfold Loch Tay Boat Song Fair Flower of Northumberland Lady Mary (Palace Grand) (Sad Song) |
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01 Aug 05 - 05:04 PM (#1532874) Subject: RE: Beautiful Melodies & wrist slitter words From: GUEST,Arkie These have nice tunes but are not weepers. Cannery Shed (Mary Garvey) Cornflower Blue (Kate Wolf) Girls of Neil's Harbor (Sam Moon) |