Music that touches your soul

[Hadrian Elephant Ugly Custard Find all posts View Profile Close Hadrian Elephant]

Hello all

I've spent the best part of this Evening lying on my bed listening to Ella Fitzgerald's 'Sings Gershwin' and it never fails (along with The Rogers & Hart and Porter songbooks) to move me.

I wondered what songs touch your soul? As I'm just about to go down the pub, my writing is not at it's most spiritual, but you get my meaning I hope.

Here's a few from me off the top of my head:

The Beach Boys - Till I Die
Yusef Lateef - Love Theme From Spartacus
The Dells - Make Sure
Ray Pollard - The Drifter
Almeta Latimore - These Memories
A lot of Scott Walker songs
Billie Holiday - Lover Man Oh Where Can You Be/My Man
Ice T - Lets Get Butt Naked And Fuck

Ok I lied about the last one, but what are yours?

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Good thread Hayd, off the top of me 'ed -


Bobby Womack - Harry Hippy
Jesse James - If you want a love affair
Bobby Reed - The time is right for love
Barbara Hall - Drop my heart off at the door
Inner Life - Moment of my life
Pockets - Come go with me
Penny Goodwin - Too soon you're old
Leon thomas - The Creator has a masterplan
Lou Bond - To the establishment
Pharoah Sanders - You've got to have freedom
Sam Dees - Good guys

a few for starters that most definately move me in one way or another

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I like where you're commin' from Mr Elephant, Rock on sir!, so here are some random choice nuggets that would melt a heart 'o' stone.(seem to be a few of these kind of threads about at the mo&#39
Shelby Flint-Moonlight.
XTC-Chalkhills and children.
Ennio Morricone-A fistfull of dynamite (one of his most sensetive film scores-beautifull&#33
Donny Hathaway-Love Love Love
Marvin Gaye-Here my Dear lp (difficult to single out any particular track as the whole lp is sublime, and i had to put Marvin in somewhere&#33
Durrutti Column-Tommorrow (another artist that's difficult to single out tracks from as this guy's done some special stuff.)
Big Joe Turner-Chains of love.
Crosby Stills Nash and Young-Guinnevere.
Nick Drake-At the chime of the city clock.
The Associates-Gloomy sunday
The Beach Boys-Our prayer

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Some music that never fails to move me deeply -

Rogier van Otterloo - The Eternal Triangle
Gustav Holst - The Planets Suite
Debussy - La Mer
Mozart - Piano Concerto no.21
Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On (entire album)
Roy Budd - Fear Is The Key/Diamonds/The Final Option (entire albums)
James Clarke - Summer Dreams/Tenderly Yours/Soft Memories
Syd Dale - San Francisco Bay
Woody Herman - Reunion at Newport '72
Laurie Johnson - 'Synthesis' symphonic suite

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Ella Washington - Sit Down & Cry/I'm Losing The Feeling
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (all of it)
The Jam - English Rose
Sam Cooke - You Send Me (and Aretha's version, too)
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Tim Buckley - Sweet Surrender

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Four Tops - If I were a Carpenter
Tim Buckey - Blue afternoon
John Martyn - Stormbringer
Joyce - Feminina

[Blighty Lonely Jelly Find all posts View Profile Close Blighty]

Linda Lewis 'Reach For The Truth' is doing it for me at the minute. Anything by Beth Orton is always needed. That Melba Moore track that's just been reissued. Lots of obvious stuff like Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, etc. Seventies Michael Jackson stuff too, some of it at least. And Girls Aloud.

[Belson Lonely Jelly Find all posts View Profile Close Belson]

OK, to bring this up to date, a little;

New recordings that are touching the soul - go no further than the Abstract Blue label.

Their output at the moment is phenomenal.

Look for the Break Reform album 'Fractures', the 12" of D'Nell, and Low Budget Soul.

Low Budget Soul 'Fills my heart', features Simon S on production and the extraordinary vocal talent of Randolph Matthews. Probably the finest vox talent I've heard for ages.

Break Reform features Simon S with mate Joel producing, and features Nana Verporrian on vox. Probably the 2nd finest vox talent I've heard for ages.

It's all on the down low, and it's all made with superb emotion with an ear for the history of their music.

Go get it.........now!

[Hadrian Elephant Ugly Custard Find all posts View Profile Close Hadrian Elephant]

I've got the D'Nell and I like that, so I'll make sure and check out the other two...

Thanks for the tip off Belson

[Nick Cope Lonely Jelly Find all posts View Profile Close Nick Cope]

Sir Mixalot's 'Put 'Em on the Glass' often brings a tear to my eye...

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