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What does your favourite SONG mean to you? (max. 500 words, can be review to)
GertGettler
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Hello everyone. I thought this would be a great topic to get to know each other a bit better. As you might know we already have a 'General Music' topic, in which we post countless of YouTube video's. This topic is different, as I ask everyone to post not just music, but to put some personal perspective on your favourite song. It's perhaps a difficult task for some, but by doing so we could perhaps discuss 'general music' in a more thought-provoking way. Become a bit more empathic with others, and less superficial.
So, as I am the topic starter, let me start with this song:
Review / Personal Story (303 words): Many people might find this song a ridiculous example, because it's a Eurovision song! And Eurovision we don't take seriously, do we? For me it's a different story though. 2019 has been quite a difficult year for me. As some of you might know, I left this forum last year. One of the reasons behind it, is that I am suffering from severe mental depressions (Bi-Polar, Borderline, the whole shabang). It's also one of the reasons I was fired for a 2nd time in only 9 months time. Hard moments in life indeed. But during such moments I truly find solace and joy in two of my biggest passions: James Bond 007 and Eurovision. Without them....I would not even know where to start. So for years and years one of my biggest wishes in life was The Netherlands to win Eurovision. A bucket list treat so to say :-). I never believed this could happen anytime soon. And not even with a song like this, which lyrics do represent some of the hardships I have encountered in life. The song 'Arcade' is about a woman who fell in love with a guy, but never got into a love relationship. Then this woman got terminally ill (cancer) and she died without ever having had a love relationship. 'Love is a losing game' for some apparently. From the moment I heard the song late winter, early spring of this year, the song gave me shivers, both lyrics-wise as well as due to the melody. And then...it won! It gave The Netherlands the 5th Eurovision victory. Sadness was replaced by uttermost joy. Hence for me it's a song with a meaning, a song that encapsulates my lows and highs in my life. And on top of that, I think it's a wonderfully crafted, perfectly produced song.
Now, that was my story. On to your story, or review if you would like to keep things more to yourself. I'd love this topic to become a vivid, empathic environment in which we can really get to know each other a bit better, in which we therefore can create some empathy for our music choices. And to create some respect for our diversity of personalities. Because I think music is important for all of us :-).
So, as I am the topic starter, let me start with this song:
Review / Personal Story (303 words): Many people might find this song a ridiculous example, because it's a Eurovision song! And Eurovision we don't take seriously, do we? For me it's a different story though. 2019 has been quite a difficult year for me. As some of you might know, I left this forum last year. One of the reasons behind it, is that I am suffering from severe mental depressions (Bi-Polar, Borderline, the whole shabang). It's also one of the reasons I was fired for a 2nd time in only 9 months time. Hard moments in life indeed. But during such moments I truly find solace and joy in two of my biggest passions: James Bond 007 and Eurovision. Without them....I would not even know where to start. So for years and years one of my biggest wishes in life was The Netherlands to win Eurovision. A bucket list treat so to say :-). I never believed this could happen anytime soon. And not even with a song like this, which lyrics do represent some of the hardships I have encountered in life. The song 'Arcade' is about a woman who fell in love with a guy, but never got into a love relationship. Then this woman got terminally ill (cancer) and she died without ever having had a love relationship. 'Love is a losing game' for some apparently. From the moment I heard the song late winter, early spring of this year, the song gave me shivers, both lyrics-wise as well as due to the melody. And then...it won! It gave The Netherlands the 5th Eurovision victory. Sadness was replaced by uttermost joy. Hence for me it's a song with a meaning, a song that encapsulates my lows and highs in my life. And on top of that, I think it's a wonderfully crafted, perfectly produced song.
Now, that was my story. On to your story, or review if you would like to keep things more to yourself. I'd love this topic to become a vivid, empathic environment in which we can really get to know each other a bit better, in which we therefore can create some empathy for our music choices. And to create some respect for our diversity of personalities. Because I think music is important for all of us :-).
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Can you please wait a bit longer? Obviously I know those other music threads. But there is almost no discussion in those. No context, no personal stories. Just mainly YouTube dump places. Let's see what happens. Slightly niche topic always tend to be visited less...but it doesn't mean they deserve a chance and can be of interest in a more longer term period :-).
My first ever memory is hearing this on the radio. Took me years to discover who it was by. They ended up becoming one of my favourite ever bands and I've seen them live twice.
There you go! :)>-
I'm afraid I can't pinpoint my single favourite song. There are far too many. I probably have literally thousands that I would count among my favorites (that includes "Rosanna", @BondStu), at least 1,000 of which I know the lyrics by heart, and several hundreds of which I would be able to recall the basic guitar chords if I chose to finally pick up my instrument again which I pretty much abandoned fifteen years ago or so (and no, I couldn't play more than the chords).
I'd just like to point out a couple of songs that touch me the most emotionally, if I ever feel the need or at least have the desire to become sentimental when the circumstances give a reason for that. Don't get me wrong, I'm not depressive, and I definitely have no death wish at all, but these are among the songs that I could imagine being played at my funeral, once it happens much as I try to postpone the event. (And even then I obviously wouldn't really care, would I?)
My top choice would be the following one, which irritates me in fact, because I am definitely an atheist. But for all it's worth, the "master" mentioned may well be just nature and need not be divine IMO, and the lyrics show that Bob Dylan truly deserved being awarded that Nobel Prize. Emmylou Harris sang this song at Johnny Cash's funeral.
Without trying to become truly morbid, the other one also seems to be a funeral classic, looking at the comments on Youtube...while I find the lyrics to be really optimistic.
Hope I'm not being too sentimental/depressing/negative about this, but that instead some of you may share my feelings about those songs. I probably wouldn't wish to sing them around a campfire if I still sat around campfires strumming my guitar, but felt this thread should be about special emotions.
Here are two more which mean a lot to me. But I prefer the live versions to the studio ones.
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I grew up a lot listening to Steely Dan cause my Dad was really into them. Here's (what I THINK is) my favourite track by them
And this is a solo track from their lead singer Donald Fagen. I remember Dad used to play this in the car a lot.
I'll link to some more another time.
I sort of missed out on Steely Dan in the 70s although I venture to say that I'm rather your father's age. It's not entirely my cup of tea, judging from your clips. Certainly no candidate for "favourite song" so far, I'm afraid.
For me it go about escaping.
Long time before a Dutch singer and DJ make this...
Don't be too sure my friend! My Dad would be 80 this year if he were still with us!
Yes, ok...that's about 17 years of age difference, but at least I'm close to retirement age... And I certainly was half-way aware of the things going on in the 70s.
I would have loved to live in the 1970's. Must have been great to visit disco's in those days. Not to mention the fact that there wasn't social media yet and the fact that we simply...listened to our teachers and journalists and were not questioning ever single bit of stuff :-).
By the way @j_w_pepper , that song from Emmylou Harris is truly amazing. A wonderful bit of americana/neo-country if you ask me. It's kinda weird, but for me as a progressive-minded human being, I am surprised how much country music can touch me. It's one of the things the US of A is great in if you ask me. Perhaps it's because my childhood was quite troubled. I grew up in the countryside too. And how much shit can happen there, you can still indulge in the wonderful bits of quiet nature:
And let's enhance that feeling a bit with some pictures of my parent's farm ;-):