I'm Sure I've Linked This Before ...

[granfire]

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I made that video for a friend, a WOW buddy, who has lost her daughter to SIDS a couple of years ago. (hence the reference at the end)
I know I linked it before, but I really like that tune, still somewhat upbeat while reflective (the story is the composer wrote the piece in memory of one of his band students who left the ensemble much too soon)

 

[Sukerkin]

A fabulous band from twenty years ago that, as with so many, deserved more success than they had:

[video=youtube_share;JVQufgx-K2M]http://youtu.be/JVQufgx-K2M[/video]

 

[Sukerkin]

Surely one of the best game opening soundtracks of all time?

[video=youtube_share;UWNhTSiDS3w]http://youtu.be/UWNhTSiDS3w[/video]

 

[granfire]

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[Sukerkin]

:chuckles: I can so hear the MIDI roots of that .

 

[granfire]

LOL, then you should ride in the car with me and Junior...he has the actual gameboy 'soundtrack' on his MP3....

 

[Sukerkin]

[video=youtube_share;1Cw1ng75KP0]http://youtu.be/1Cw1ng75KP0[/video]

One of those songs that was always a shared moment for me and my wife. She knew that Ann Wilson had been a passion of mine since I first saw her on the cover of Little Queen and every time we listened to this song I would add a soto voce "Just ask" to the "How do I get you alone?" question ... to which my missus would give me one of her "Oi! You're mine!" finger pokes.

 

[granfire]

We need to find you some happy tracks, me thinks!


brb

 

[Sukerkin]

Don't fear that that is not a happy memory, my friend. It was one of the ways in which we bonded with each other and every time we went through that little 'play' it refreshed the bond. It just makes me sad to remember it now for it brings forth what I have lost but I know that in the future I will recall more the warmth and comfort of how we felt for each other.

 

[Sukerkin]

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This reminds me of a long ago night in the early 80's when my best mate Dave and I rode out to 'somewhere' (Alderley Edge I think) in the post midnight hours and sat on a hillside getting drunk and gazing up at the stars listening to a ghetto blaster with Stormbringer on loop whilst our arrogant young minds set the world to rights. Each time this one came on we would belt it out as a bellicose duet to the heavens .

 

[Sukerkin]

Came across this . Now that was brave, David - hats off

[video=youtube_share;k4zNssKDbHY]http://youtu.be/k4zNssKDbHY[/video]

 

[Sukerkin]

A personal favourite song that says exactly why it means something to me

[video=youtube_share;oNL-xnnIWz4]http://youtu.be/oNL-xnnIWz4[/video]

 

[granfire]

the .Dot/Hack series had a lot of wonderful music to go with it.
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[Sukerkin]

I ever enjoy it when rock and orchestra join forces to make music with a grander scale. Altho' the singer of Within Temptation is always a little too high pitched for my ears, to the extent that I cannot listen to a whole album in one sitting, there is no denying the purity of her 'instrument:

[video=youtube_share;mj0xGS7uS98]http://youtu.be/mj0xGS7uS98[/video]

 

[arnisador]

I'm so-so on the rock/orchestra fusion idea--it seems like it's more intended to overwhelm with raw power than anything else. I see what you mean about her voice!

 

[granfire]

A soprano in rock is always a bit off, I think, but she has a good voice! (she might be a good addition to my Evanesence albums though...)

But a full symphonic orchestra IS supposed to blow you away. I don't think that sound and the effect can be duplicated with recordings, since it is a full body experience! (It's also the reason I can tolerate some music life I would not bother for a second as recording)

On the other hand, I felt the need to walk out of a church service with modern 'worship music'
The ladies did not sing sour notes, but the sound lacked depth and strength (and yes, their angel like sopranos got to me)
It seemed unfair to want to pull a Rodney Dangerfield on them: tossing some money at them 'Here, take some lessons' but yes, it was somewhere a kin to purgatory...

 

[Sukerkin]

A rather nice duo that I stumbled across this evening:

[video=youtube_share;g6dpHI6bmas]http://youtu.be/g6dpHI6bmas[/video]

 

[Sukerkin]

I truly cannot recall if I have either linked this here or told that I had this song played at my wife's funeral, at her request but it sounded wonderful as it came over the churches sound system and even through my tears I could feel the warmth of the light she ever brought wherever she was:

[video=youtube_share;w9TGj2jrJk8]http://youtu.be/w9TGj2jrJk8[/video]

 

[Sukerkin]

This one reminds me of a time in my youth (mid-20's a bit after my bike accident) when it seemed every time I was air guitaring my heart out to this in the rock club I used to go to, the same girl would come and dance with me. This went on for a month or so ... until, one night, she finally got fed up of waiting for me to catch on, leaned in and kissed me :lol:. I was one very surprised fellow I can tell you . Nothing much came of it as it turned out that, altho' she loved the way I looked playing an imaginary guitar, we didn't actually have much in common. But it's a memory that makes me smile still and so one to be treasured.

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[Sukerkin]

A song the underlying emotion of which resonates deeply in my soul at present, altho' it is about the general struggles of life rather than the personal sense of loss that it speaks to for me right now, especially as I hit fifty next Sunday:

[video=youtube_share;Uob1CTeqlik]http://youtu.be/Uob1CTeqlik[/video]