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The six songs survey which was worth it.
Jun. 7th, 2005 10:47 pmSince I've been tagged twice, I'm more than happy to share with you six of my favorite songs, now with wonderful explanations! To the hit list of no particular order!
Track 1: "Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos It was either this or "Your Cloud". That song came to me at a time when I was considering quitting music and going into something else entirely. I asked the Universe that if I weren't to quit making music, show me a sign. I get the point.
The song itself is a walk through the mind of a person who is finding her own voice despite someone else not wanting to deal with it. Poignant with a hook that isn't a hook and a song with a creeping soul that easily becomes part of your own melodic structure. A classic.
Track 2: "Stoned Soul Picnic" by Laura Nyro The most perfect pop song. Yes, it's indicative of the era -- it's from 1966, full of the optimism of the decade. There'll be trains of blossom, trains of music, surrey on sweet trains of thought." This song has everything, taking you to an alternate universe of gardens, fancy tonal colors, horns like breathing, and quadruple-tracked Lauras. wonderful. It segues perfectly into...
Track 3: "Penny Lane" by the Beatles Another song where a world is neatly packed into three minutes of a delight of a tune. Possibly, the last time Paul and John truly wrote a song together in the same room.
Track 4: "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder This has been a song I've lived though, from the first time I heard it when I was five years old. This song hits hard, horns, groove, everything. Quincy Jones, ever the master of sonic feng shui arranges everything perfectly from drums to the little shouts and yelps Stevie adds to the background during the verses. My G-d! How can this get any better?
Track 5: "Serra Pelada" by Philip Glass This is not the comissioned-by-Twyla-Tharp stuff some of you hate so much (yet I like anyway). This is the opening track to his best soundtrack ever, Powwaqatsi. Western Minimalism returns to its roots, that being tribal eastern and African music. The result is a rousing thrilling, exciting score... and that's just the first track.
Track 6: "Now" by NoMeansNo Also a great example of an opening track to an album. Aw hell, the entirety of Zero Plus Two Equals One is an amazing hard rock album. I thank![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
maxomai for introducing me to this band and getting me this album for my birthday a few years ago.
I'd add more, but they only wanted six.
Sokando, starwolf67, tidesong, and spirit_dragon, maxomai and monkeykiss, what are your top six picks?
Track 1: "Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos It was either this or "Your Cloud". That song came to me at a time when I was considering quitting music and going into something else entirely. I asked the Universe that if I weren't to quit making music, show me a sign. I get the point.
The song itself is a walk through the mind of a person who is finding her own voice despite someone else not wanting to deal with it. Poignant with a hook that isn't a hook and a song with a creeping soul that easily becomes part of your own melodic structure. A classic.
Track 2: "Stoned Soul Picnic" by Laura Nyro The most perfect pop song. Yes, it's indicative of the era -- it's from 1966, full of the optimism of the decade. There'll be trains of blossom, trains of music, surrey on sweet trains of thought." This song has everything, taking you to an alternate universe of gardens, fancy tonal colors, horns like breathing, and quadruple-tracked Lauras. wonderful. It segues perfectly into...
Track 3: "Penny Lane" by the Beatles Another song where a world is neatly packed into three minutes of a delight of a tune. Possibly, the last time Paul and John truly wrote a song together in the same room.
Track 4: "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder This has been a song I've lived though, from the first time I heard it when I was five years old. This song hits hard, horns, groove, everything. Quincy Jones, ever the master of sonic feng shui arranges everything perfectly from drums to the little shouts and yelps Stevie adds to the background during the verses. My G-d! How can this get any better?
Track 5: "Serra Pelada" by Philip Glass This is not the comissioned-by-Twyla-Tharp stuff some of you hate so much (yet I like anyway). This is the opening track to his best soundtrack ever, Powwaqatsi. Western Minimalism returns to its roots, that being tribal eastern and African music. The result is a rousing thrilling, exciting score... and that's just the first track.
Track 6: "Now" by NoMeansNo Also a great example of an opening track to an album. Aw hell, the entirety of Zero Plus Two Equals One is an amazing hard rock album. I thank
maxomai for introducing me to this band and getting me this album for my birthday a few years ago. I'd add more, but they only wanted six.
So
kando, starwolf67, tidesong, and spirit_dragon, maxomai and monkeykiss, what are your top six picks?
