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Title: songs you love
Post by: Forth Bridges on July 31, 2006, 11:50:14 pm

I love kate bush

Title: songs you love
Post by: kevvosa on July 31, 2006, 11:53:34 pm

Same here 

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Post by: goldencup on July 31, 2006, 11:56:05 pm

I do too.  A guy I see regularly through work claims he wrote "The Man With a Child in His Eyes" but it was pinched by her agent and he never got paid.  I do believe him as he is a songwriter and used to be in several well-known bands in the 60s/70s.  He doesn't seem particularly bitter about it.

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Post by: kevvosa on August 01, 2006, 12:01:38 am

I think that's complete bollocks. Any songwriter could say they wrote a song. Anyway, the song is from a womans perspective. 

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Post by: Forth Bridges on August 01, 2006, 12:04:15 am

MEmow

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Post by: loulou on August 01, 2006, 12:20:35 am

I once met a man who said he was once Toyahs agent. He stopped at my market stall to tell me I looked like her.

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Post by: wjp666 on August 01, 2006, 12:42:05 am

any gerry rafferty or harry nilsson fans out there?

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Post by: loulou on August 01, 2006, 12:53:20 am

Who?

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Post by: wjp666 on August 01, 2006, 12:56:32 am

gerry rafferty

baker street

night owl

right down the line

get it tright next time

stuck in the middle with you

 

harry nilsson

without you

everybodys talkin'

coconut

jump into the fire

rainmaker

as time goes by

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Post by: kevvosa on August 01, 2006, 09:56:42 am

Quote from: goldencup

I do too.  A guy I see regularly through work
claims he wrote "The Man With a Child in His Eyes" but it was
pinched by her agent and he never got paid.  I do believe him as
he is a songwriter and used to be in several well-known bands in the
60s/70s.  He doesn't seem particularly bitter about it.

Another thing, Kate played The Man With The Child In His Eyes on piano to David
Gilmour (Pink Floyd) before she became famous or even had a record
contract. It's part of why she got signed by EMI in the first place,
becase Dave thought she had talent and loved that song.

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Post by: robbie on August 01, 2006, 11:12:37 am

She wrote that song in her shed when she was about 13, and played it to Dave Gilmour.

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Post by: smurfboy on August 01, 2006, 12:48:03 pm

As much as I love that song, I thought I'd mention one or two others

Choosing your favourite song ever is a nightmare, but I think the one that just about edges it for me is 'Soon As My Heart Breaks' by Taylor Dayne. She is my favourite singer and this song is just her and a piano, and it shows off her voice and vocal range perfectly.

The song I really love at the moment is 'Everything' by Anna Vissi. She's huge in Europe but has never hit it big in the UK. The song was in this year's Eurovision and should have won by a mile.

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Post by: oldspice on August 01, 2006, 03:31:51 pm

Like Smurfy, I find it impossible to pin down a favourite song because music, to me, has so many functions. For a song to really grab me, it has to be good lyrically and orchestrally (??) and also have a political or cultural dimension. I have mentioned few of my favourites before but here are a few more:

For Your Love - Yardbirds

Changes - David Bowie

Loving You - Minnie Ripperton

She - HAS to be Elvis Costello version though

More later.

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Post by: smurfboy on August 01, 2006, 04:12:44 pm

'Sweeter For Me' and 'Diamonds and Rust' by Joan Baez, 'Martha's Harbour' by All About Eve, 'Valentine' and 'I Will Be With You' by T'Pau... the list goes on. I also like songs sung in foreign languages for some reason.