Do you have a favorite piece of music?

by MorpheuzX 39 Replies latest social entertainment

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  MorpheuzX

  I don't know if this thread has been covered before; do you have a favorite song or piece of music or performer? I know the question seems juvenile. But, I'm curious.

  Mine, I think, is a tie between Wladyslaw Szpilman's performance of Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor and Angela Hewitt's version of Bach's Goldberg Variations -- the Aria is divine!

  I don't mean for this thread to be just about baroque or classical music, anything. For instance no. 3 for me would probaby be Blind Melon's Mouthful of Cavities.

  So what are some of your favorites?
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  talesin

  Hey Morph

  My favorite classical piece is by Mozart - I can't tell you the name, cause I taped it along with a bunch of other Mozart I borrowed from the library.

  It is a piano piece, I think # 37 is part of the name ...

  For sad times, it's gotta be Billy Holiday, Everything Happens to Me and Sophisticated Lady.

  For fun, I'll take Def Leppard double CD, a greatest hits collection.

  And I LOVE The Pogues, London Lullaby in particular, and

  Henry Rollins Band, Liar

  ANYTHING by Johnny Cash, but specially the Folsum Prison Blues Album

  and, of course, Elvis is the KING (closely followed by John Lennon RIP we luv ya johnny)

  tal
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  blueyes

  'Scotland the Brave' and 'Amazing Grace' in bagpipes of course. To hear either a lone bagpiper or a full complement of pipers play those tunes will sometimes cause me to well-up, unless I'm distracted by a beautiful woman, good conversation, or both.
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  LyinEyes

  Rhaposdy by Chopin.
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  Love_Truth

  I have so many types of music I truly enjoy. So I'll just pick one of each type, and a favorite of that style. Here goes:

  Reggae- Bob Marley, Redemption Song (The album/CD "Legend" is a must have in any collection)

  Classical- Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

  Heavy Metal- Metallica, Wherever I May Roam

  Ballad Metal- Queensryche , Silent Lucidity

  Soft Rock- Sting, Fields of Gold

  Bluegrass Instrumental- Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Dueling Banjos

  Bluegrass- Harry McClintock, Big Rock Candy Mountain

  Traditional- Dan Tyminski, Man of Constant Sorrow

  Celtic Folk- Chieftans, The Green Fields of America

  New Age- Enya, La Soñadora

  Jazz- Torcuato Mariano, Last Look

  Country- John Anderson, Seminole Wind

  Country Rock- Lynyrd Skynyrd, Simple Man

  Crossover- Neil Young, The Thrasher

  Weird- They Might be Giants, Triangle Man

  Love Song- Tesla, Love Song

  Blues- Muddy Waters, Mannish Boy

  Spiritual- Led Zeppelin, In the Light

  Geez, I could go on and on and on, but I?ve got one day to add to this post, eh?

  Love_Truth- Truly appreciates the gift of good music.
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  shotgun

  If your happy and you know it clap your hands...4yr old sings it..she also likes to sing Shania stuff
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  DanTheMan

  Stairway to Heaven of course!
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  Gopher

  19th century -- "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg

  20th century -- "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin

  21st century -- "Who Let the Dogs Out" by the Baha Men
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  MorpheuzX

  Talesin, I agree the Rollins Band totally rocks, lol. I listen to their 'The Only Way to Know for Sure' concert album all the time.
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  Cicatrix

  Schubert's "Ave Maria" for guitar Erik Satie's Gymnopedies and Gnossienne No. 4 Vivaldi's Four Seasons Everything Enya Creed's "What If"-I will forever be greatful to the band for that song-it's one that really made me THINK Evanescence's "My Immortal" Pink Floyd's album The Wall, and the song, "Dark Side of the Moon" Tori Amos' "Carnival" Queensryche's "Silent Lucidity" And, gearing up for St Patty's day- Metallica's "Whiskey In a Jar";) There is also a piece that I heard in my history of music class that I keep thinking about.It's been driving me NUTS for the past few weeks, because little bits of it keep running through my head, but I can't remember the name of it!