Music to Lift Your Soul: 4 Genres & Honorable Mention

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The thread explores various music genres and personal favorites, focusing on selections that evoke strong emotional responses. Participants share their favorite songs across genres such as classical, country, hard rock, fusion, and folk, while also discussing the significance of certain pieces and their connections to personal experiences.

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  • One participant lists their favorite songs in four genres, including classical and hard rock, and mentions notable artists like The Beatles and Bob Marley.
  • Another participant expresses difficulty in narrowing down song choices, suggesting they would create longer lists for each category.
  • Discussion includes reflections on the song "Ashokan Farewell," with one participant sharing a personal connection to it and another correcting the timeline of its use in Ken Burns' Civil War series.
  • Some participants discuss the impact of copyright and monetization on YouTube music videos, speculating on the motivations behind song selections in media.
  • Several participants share additional song recommendations and express admiration for specific artists and their contributions to music.
  • One participant highlights the lyrical depth of Joni Mitchell's songs and connects them to broader themes of existence and identity.

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The discussion features a variety of personal preferences and interpretations of music, with no clear consensus on the best songs or genres. Participants express differing opinions on song significance and the impact of certain artists.

Contextual Notes

Some discussions reference personal experiences with music, while others touch on the complexities of song selection in historical contexts. There are unresolved questions regarding the motivations behind specific song choices in media.

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Music enthusiasts, fans of specific genres, and those interested in the emotional and cultural significance of songs may find this discussion engaging.

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Looked thru the pages, but did not see this one. Uplifting rock song, high energy, and still sounds relevant, apparently. Edgar Winter's White Trash Band.

 
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Here is music to lift your soul. It did for lots of souls in a past generation. Probably could be called the theme song of the peaceniks and hippies. "Get Together" by The Youngbloods.

 
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last one with strong emotions. stretching the genre list a bit. maybe call this Irish country?

 
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OK, my girlfriend wants this in. One she played to lift her soul up every day on her stereo. It's country.

 
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a favorite classical: Jean Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande / Boian Videnoff - Mannheimer Philharmoniker

 
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Nice folk-rock. Liked her voice better than her sister's warble. Nice duet they were. Your description of Butterfield and the Chicago blues band arriving with the cows in the background from another post. I still can't get that image out of my mind. Would've loved to have seen the expression on his face when he saw the cows! Great story!
 
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difalcojr said:
"Get Together" by The Youngbloods.
The song was written by Chet Powers, who also went by the stage name Dino Valenti, lead singer of Quicksilver Messenger Service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Powers

Power also wrote and sang two of QSM's better known songs, "Fresh Air" and "What About Me?". Great tunes!
 
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Great tunes, for sure. Chet Powers, here he is with the full band at '67, Monterey Pop, a good viewing. Before he was forced to leave the band!! Looking sharp in white slacks and sports coat. Playing his "Dino's Song". The sounds of Cipolina's lead guitar were so amazing! He is underrated, I always thought.

 
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Astronuc said:
The song was written by Chet Powers, who also went by the stage name Dino Valenti, lead singer of Quicksilver Messenger Service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Powers

Power also wrote and sang two of QSM's better known songs, "Fresh Air" and "What About Me?". Great tunes!
Chet Powers deserves one more. RIP. "Have another hit of sweet California sunshine." Cipolina was already gone from the band by this recording. Think that's Powers' image up in the clouds there on the album cover.
Great voice. Of all the great first albums by the SF groups: Grateful Dead, Big Brother, Quicksilver, Country Joe &: the Fish, Moby Grape, Steve Miller, Jefferson Airplane, I think Quicksilver's first album was even the best.

 
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BWV said:

Never heard of these two till fairly recently, I really like her voice. My friend is a big country fan and has educated me on the different types.
Some nice stuff
The circumstances surrounding Gram Parsons death and subsequent "cremation" were more rock and roll than country.
 
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A classical soul tune.

 
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difalcojr said:
A classical soul tune.


Think everyone knows this version better ;)

 
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country rock: uplifting musical advice for hard times

 
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This is uplifting
 
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Eric Clapton, Let it Rain on his eponymous album (August 1970)


My favorite piece by Alan Parsons, Voyager (June 1978)

 
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Great album. So many other known musicians backing him up on it. One more old Clapton song about that same period perhaps fits OK here. Billy Preston on organ.



Also, perhaps one more Gram Parsons is good fit still. When he was with the Byrds with a song that he wrote and sang on their "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" album. An excellent album also, no banjo in the album version.

 
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Eric Clapton playing with Los Lobos. Always uplifting to know that even Los Lobos liked the Beach Boys music.

 
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I don't know if Doo Wop made it to Europe and the UK
 
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That's me rolling on Sherman Way
 
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Comments above say Doo Wop did not have much effect on the British Invasion. The British Invasion sure had an effect on Doo Wop - it disappeared. Now it is a cult type music only with the Mexican low riders.
 
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morrobay said:
Comments above say Doo Wop did not have much effect on the British Invasion. The British Invasion sure had an effect on Doo Wop - it disappeared. Now it is a cult type music only with the Mexican low riders.
Agreed, but probably only because the access and availability of doo-wop to them was so much less than our access to their music. I think doo-wop may be becoming more popular again today. For me, anyway: from your posts on this forum, from even more groups seen on the English forum, and on KPFA Berkeley 94.1 FM, every Saturday, 11am-2pm. Or KPFA.org. Mostly American blues, but always some doo-wop too. Today heard the Jive Bombers, Del Vikings, groups I never knew of, and more of the great Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, stuff like you have been posting. Melody and harmony, rhythm and beat, always a good combo.
 
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