Post by richard on Oct 3, 2020 17:56:55 GMT
This forum is just 'treading water' at the moment, and maybe it will continue this way until the new ABBA songs appear. In the meantime, I think this section offers the best opportunity to discuss some music.
I was listening to Don Black, the great lyricist, doing his 'Tracks Of My Years' segment of the Ken Bruce Show (BBC Radio 2), and his final choice was the standard song, The Party's Over, sung by Anthony Newley, which I found quite poignant. It made me think of the songs that really move me.
To be honest, with ABBA, for me, it's more about straightforward, uncomplicated enjoyment, rather than being moved, as such, although LAAPTMR can affect me that way.
The one song that does spring to my mind, now, that does move me is Army Dreamers by Kate Bush. It's not just the words: the young soldier who never got to his twenties - "What a waste". It's that beautiful lilting melody that Kate sings, and the wonderful arrangement, including that little four-note motif - de-dum, de-dum - such a characteristic and memorable feature of the recording.
Of course a song doesn't have to be a slow sad ballad to be moving, and there might any number of musical/lyrical/vocal reasons why it has that affect.
Would you care to mention any non-ABBA songs that move you?
I was listening to Don Black, the great lyricist, doing his 'Tracks Of My Years' segment of the Ken Bruce Show (BBC Radio 2), and his final choice was the standard song, The Party's Over, sung by Anthony Newley, which I found quite poignant. It made me think of the songs that really move me.
To be honest, with ABBA, for me, it's more about straightforward, uncomplicated enjoyment, rather than being moved, as such, although LAAPTMR can affect me that way.
The one song that does spring to my mind, now, that does move me is Army Dreamers by Kate Bush. It's not just the words: the young soldier who never got to his twenties - "What a waste". It's that beautiful lilting melody that Kate sings, and the wonderful arrangement, including that little four-note motif - de-dum, de-dum - such a characteristic and memorable feature of the recording.
Of course a song doesn't have to be a slow sad ballad to be moving, and there might any number of musical/lyrical/vocal reasons why it has that affect.
Would you care to mention any non-ABBA songs that move you?
