Re: Re: Elbow "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver". Request of a list of deeply moving songs.

[Philip Conway <Philip.Conway@bristol.ac.uk>]

'The Seldom Seen Kid' is an amazing album.  Every song it is brilliant.  My 
favourite is probably this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL4mywCOJXA

They're surely the most unlikely of stadium rockers but that's what they 
are on this side of the Atlantic.



--On 09 December 2012 22:47 -0800 Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:

> On 12/9/2012 8:46 PM, Art Simon wrote:
> > Wow, I hadn't heard of elbow before, but I was blown away. Thanks!
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Sergio Girardi <simpliflying@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Ok, this is serendipity :)
> > >
> > > In the last two days I am totally obsessed with this song:
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX0B9ZpdZEA
> > >
> > > I must say, I am a bit emotional lately, because I am in love. And this
> > > song get to move me deeply.
> > > So I am at first willing to make them know to more people because no
> > > idea if they did other good songs but only for this they would deserve
> > > the nobel for emotionality.
> > > And, second, I would like to ask you, beloved musician of this list, for
> > > suggestions of other songs which can move as much as this can.
> > > I remember to have been moved by many song till the point of tears.
> > > In this moment, though, I can't think to another more powerful than
> > > this.
> > >
> > > But, in order to create a true, sincere, pure, elevated, deeply
> > > emotional tracklist, which would never ever ever ever ever include
> > > things like "all by myself" please, I ask you to contribute to my
> > > knowledge of highly emotional songs/themes, so that I can feed my
> > > struggling, and my cradling ;)
> > >
> > > And I confirm, love is the only thing which moves me more than music.
> > >
> > > Ser
> Art,   their first three albums are AMAZING!!!!!     Frankly,  I've not
> been as impressed with the last one but
> it still is better than 95% of the swill out there in pop these days.
>
> Listen to the album "Leaders of the Free World"...............just
> awesome!
>
> To me, they are not unlike the Beatles if the Beatles had been from far
> Northern Britain and
> had been a little darker and more melancholic.    Their productions are
> amazing and they take lots
> of chances with found sounds and weird production techniques.   I think
> that their singer also has one
> of the most beautiful voices in pop today.    He sings BETTER in concert
> than on record if you can believe that.
>
> yours,   Rick