Music that really stirs your emotions


ok, I know all music is suppose to stir your emotions . . . but stick with me.

I put the original Boz Scaggs album on the TT this morning. This has always been one of my favorites - I played it constantly while in college in the mid-70's, but haven't listened to it in over a year. Side 2 is one of the best album sides aver recorded IMO - the sequence of songs is perfect. Anyway, It's unavoidable to get sucked into "Loan me a Dime" from the beginning (foot tapping, head bobbing, etc), but about 3/4's of the way through Duane Allman's solo I begin to giggle uncontrollably. Then after all that, it goes into "Sweet Release", which really does help release all that energy from the prior track.

What music most stirs emotions for you - whether it's giggling, crying, or ?
bdgregory
"talk to me of Mendicino" - Kate and Anna McGarrigle.

I love when Emmylou Harris sings and her voice cracks-gets me every time.

kd lang - hallelujah
I have a some more more . . .

Mike Oldfield "Ommadawn" always puts me in a trance, although recently not as deep of a trance as I experienced when I was young (and had some chemical help).

Andrew Lloyd Weber - Requiem - especially "Pie Jesu"

Verde - Requiem. I get numb.

Jan Hammer - First Seven Days - "Darkness/Earth in Search of a Sun" My response is similar to the outburst I have with "Loan me a dime" during the climax cymbals crashing and bass notes shaking the house.
Shirley Horn - Here's to Life
Glass Harp - Look to the Sky
Rory Gallagher - A Million Miles Away
Al Stewart - Road to Moscow
Paul Simon - Papa Hobo
Joni Mitchell - Little Green
Jennifer Warnes - First I'll Take Manhatten
Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Foo Fighters - Summers End
Porcupine Tree - Time Flies
Otis Redding - Dock On The Bay
Steve Hackett - Hoping Love Will Last
Steve Hackett - How Can I?
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
BB King - The Thrill Is Gone
John Prine - Angel From Montgomery
Grant-Lee Phillips - Sadness Soot
Grant-Lee Phillips - See America
Soundgarden - My Wave
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Nick Drake - River Man
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Simon and Garfunkel - America
Yes - America
Todd Rundgren - Mad
Todd Rundgren - Gun
Shawn Colvin - Witchita Skyline
dc Talk - Jesus Freak
Chris Whitley - Living With The Law
Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun
and on and on ... .
"The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Corn", Allison Krause and Union Station, off the "New Favorite" release. I don't know what it is about it that gets me going. Great vocals with great guitar. It just touches me deeply.