OH MY!!!
I do love that tune! I may be forced to dig through my old (very old) LPs and find Surealistic Pillow just to hear that one…more…time…
Didn’t it start- 
Lather was 30 years old today,
he put away all of his toys
farther along there was the buzzing sound…
Durn, now the tune’s playing in my head.
Lather was thirty years old today,
They took away all of his toys.
http://www.lyricsdomain.com/10/jefferson_airplane/lather.html
Denny
laura fygi (jazzy singer) and some beautiful slowwww airs…
berti
Kodaly doing Hadyn -‘The Sunrise’ is beautiful, also string quartets esp the slow passages.
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Pretty much anything by Rich Mullins, particularly “Hold Me Jesus”, “The Love of God”, “Hard to Get”, and “Bound to Come Some Trouble”.
When I just need to smile, “In the Mood” by Glenn Miller never fails.
Beth
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
Bill Evans Trio: Waltz For Debby
Joy Division: The Complete BBC Recordings
Beethoven: Symphony #6
The Beatles: Abbey Road
Belle and Sebastian: The Boy With The Arab Strap
Martyn Bennett: Grit
(Hell, most anything by Martyn Bennett, really)
Mick O’Brien and Caoimhin O Raghallaigh: Kitty Lie Over
Nightwish: Oceanborn (metal)
Lacuna Coil: Coma Lies (metal)
Vivaldi: 4 seasons (all 4 seasons) (metal… oh wait Classical)
Wagner (pron Vahg-ner): ANything (CLassical)
Metallica: The Black Album (Metal)
Gealic Storm: Special Reserve (um Rege)
Brother: This Side Up (Australian Quasi-Celtic-Rock)
I have some varied tastes in my music and have found a lot that has meaning; but on reflection, there are some songs that keep comming back over and over again.
CSN’s Define the Cost of Freedom.
Dylan’s The Times They are a Changin’
From the musical Godspell, By My Side.
The old lullaby, All Through the Night.
A tune written by our own CSkinner: Autumn Mountain Met.
Simon and Garfunkles, The Sound of Silence.
Lothlorien’s, The Black Cat.
Beethoven’s Fur Elise.
A number of Peter, Paul, and Mary songs such as. Day is Done, Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright. If I had wings, The Great Mandela, Blowin’ in the Wind, King of Names, Hymn, The Talking Candy Bar Blues Song.
From ITM: The Red Haired Boy, Morrison’s Jig, The Minstrel Boy, Leon’s Waltz, Lord Mayo, The Foggy Dew, Culloden’s Harvest.
I could probably add another 100 songs or tunes to this list.
All have restorative powers that are well practiced in my life.
My Music
I find moments,
playing or singing
whatever surfaces to mind.
In those moments the music
resolves the essentials within,
reducing the kaos that haunts
the under currents of my days.
Though listening may lighten the burden;
in the play,
the music merges
movement, thought, and feelling,
bringing with it a harmony
whereby weights are removed.
At the end of the repetoire,
quiet returns,
to ear,
to mind,
to heart,
for the harmony remains.
From that which remain, I every enjoin all to …
Yann-Faňch Kemener & Didier Squiban : Enez Eusa
Blue Murder : No-one Stands Alone
“When I just need to smile, “In the Mood” by Glenn Miller never fails.”
Beth
Another great source of smiles is “Jessica” by the Allman Brothers.
This is a guitar/piano instrumental and sunshine and smiles come pouring out of every note. A joy-check it out!
Slan,
D.
After listening to the below CD of Florence Foster Jenkins singing opera, not only will you regain your sanity but when hearing the meniton of her name, you will immediately break into a run.
"The Glorry (???) of the Human Voice
http://uk.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1078199&dm=t&recfrom=Anna+Russell+-+Again%3F-1467388
I recommedn track 4; Lakme’s Bell Song
And the story of Florence Jenkins can be found here:
http://www.maxbass.com/Florence-Foster-Jenkins.htm
MarkB
edited to add story of Florence Jenkins.
Thanks Mark, that was.., eh…, interesting.
For the time being,I’ll stick with Joni Mitchell.
Slan,
D.
ARGH!!! My ears! My ears! My precious ears!
“My heart is overcome with terror”…that was just gawdawful.
The thing is that, that Florence Jenkins took herself seriously.
See there is nothing wrong with us! Sanity and sensibility is intact and functioning.
MarkB
My heartfelt thanks for that link to the sound clips, MarkB! “Biassy” had me laughing aloud.
Dale, ever play the Aria on a whistle? With one or two half holed fingerings, it’s a terrific slow air. Reallly nice on a mid-range whistle
I’m pretty sure it was later than Surrealistic Pillow. Maybe on Crown of Creation.
Probably my alltime favorite rock band-- even better live.
Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground,
Mother Earth will swallow you,
Lay your body down.
–Stephen Stills
…who deserved some kind of prize for packing this much truth into so few words.
Let’s see. You’d have to start really high to make it down to that low note.