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Re: Re: Elbow "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver". Request of a list of deeply moving songs.



Hey Rick,

Thanks for the album recommendations, will check them out pronto. Very 
cool!

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On 12/9/2012 8:46 PM, Art Simon wrote:
>>
>> Wow, I hadn't heard of elbow before, but I was blown away. Thanks!
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Sergio Girardi <simpliflying@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, this is serendipity :)
>>>
>>> In the last two days I am totally obsessed with this song:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX0B9ZpdZEA
>>>
>>> I must say, I am a bit emotional lately, because I am in love. And this
>>> song
>>> get to move me deeply.
>>> So I am at first willing to make them know to more people because no 
>>> idea
>>> if
>>> they did other good songs but only for this they would deserve the 
>>> nobel
>>> for
>>> emotionality.
>>> And, second, I would like to ask you, beloved musician of this list, 
>>> for
>>> suggestions of other songs which can move as much as this can.
>>> I remember to have been moved by many song till the point of tears.
>>> In this moment, though, I can't think to another more powerful than 
>>> this.
>>>
>>> But, in order to create a true, sincere, pure, elevated, deeply 
>>> emotional
>>> tracklist, which would never ever ever ever ever include things like 
>>> "all
>>> by
>>> myself" please, I ask you to contribute to my knowledge of highly
>>> emotional
>>> songs/themes, so that I can feed my struggling, and my cradling ;)
>>>
>>> And I confirm, love is the only thing which moves me more than music.
>>>
>>> Ser
>>
>>
>>
> Art,   their first three albums are AMAZING!!!!!     Frankly,  I've not 
> been
> as impressed with the last one but
> it still is better than 95% of the swill out there in pop these days.
>
> Listen to the album "Leaders of the Free World"...............just 
> awesome!
>
> To me, they are not unlike the Beatles if the Beatles had been from far
> Northern Britain and
> had been a little darker and more melancholic.    Their productions are
> amazing and they take lots
> of chances with found sounds and weird production techniques.   I think 
> that
> their singer also has one
> of the most beautiful voices in pop today.    He sings BETTER in concert
> than on record if you can believe that.
>
> yours,   Rick
>
>



-- 
Art Simon
simart@gmail.com