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For me, if I were judging on emotional/ sentimental reasons alone, it'd be "Black Water" by the Doobie Bros. But I think "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the best all around. As far as being both well crafted and hitting an emotional nerve.

It has elements from many genres like gospel, classical, folk & country. The lyrics are very heartfelt and Art's voice is beautiful & ethereal. 

But I'm curious what you guys think is the best song(or two) ever. And is it mainly because it's so well crafted or mainly cause it hits an emotional nerve from your past? 

 

 

 

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For me, if I were judging on emotional/ sentimental reasons alone, it'd be "Black Water" by the Doobie Bros. But I think "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the best all around. As far as being both well

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"Ticking" by Elton John / Bernie Taupin. It's an obscure one but I love it. Lyrics - AMAZING! Piano playing - GREAT (Elton is rumored to have sung / played it in one take live!?) The ly

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Yup. Pretty hard to name anything that tops that. Every time I hear it I can't help but wonder how amazing it must have been to have actually been in the room when it was recorded and to be among

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"Ticking" by Elton John / Bernie Taupin. It's an obscure one but I love it.

Lyrics - AMAZING!

Piano playing - GREAT (Elton is rumored to have sung / played it in one take live!?)

The lyrics paint such a great story, and the (solo) performance by Elton is top notch as well.

Give it a listen if you've never heard of it...

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19 minutes ago, Sal Sorice said:

Give it a listen if you've never heard of it...

I love Elton but I hadn't heard this song. I just listened and yeah, it's beautiful. I see why u love it. 

 

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Such a hidden gem. At over 7 minutes it was probably considered "too long" for mainstream. Bleh.

As much as I love Elton's playing/singing, it's Bernie's lyrics that really shine. What a great story.

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25 minutes ago, craigb said:

Can't decide between Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the Alphabet Song... 

When I said "from your past", I didn't mean quite THAT far. Come on craig, surely u have a favorite song or two?

Btw I do know some people don't have a favorite and never cared to narrow it down. If ur in that camp, I can respect that too👍

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9 hours ago, T Boog said:

For me, if I were judging on emotional/ sentimental reasons alone, it'd be "Black Water" by the Doobie Bros. But I think "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the best all around. As far as being both well crafted and hitting an emotional nerve.

It has elements from many genres like gospel, classical, folk & country. The lyrics are very heartfelt and Art's voice is beautiful & ethereal. 

But I'm curious what you guys think is the best song(or two) ever. And is it mainly because it's so well crafted or mainly cause it hits an emotional nerve from your past? 

 

 

 

I could not possibly pick one, but Bridge Over Troubled Water would certainly be one of the top contenders.

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6 hours ago, T Boog said:

When I said "from your past", I didn't mean quite THAT far. Come on craig, surely u have a favorite song or two?

Btw I do know some people don't have a favorite and never cared to narrow it down. If ur in that camp, I can respect that too👍

Nope!  Can't pick just one!  

(But was waiting for someone to point out that both of those are the same song! 😁)

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11 minutes ago, craigb said:

was waiting for someone to point out that both of those are the same song

Oh... Sory craig. That one flew right over me ✈️ 🙄

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39 minutes ago, pwallie said:

impossible to answer!

Fair enough.

Maybe next thread I'll keep it simple. Like "Ginger or Mary Ann?" 😉

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21 hours ago, T Boog said:

I think "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the best all around. As far as being both well crafted and hitting an emotional nerve.

Yup. Pretty hard to name anything that tops that.

Every time I hear it I can't help but wonder how amazing it must have been to have actually been in the room when it was recorded and to be among the first to ever hear it.  They had to have known, right?

 

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31 minutes ago, paulo said:

how amazing it must have been to have actually been in the room when it was recorded and to be among the first to ever hear it

Cheers paulo. Here's a couple vids I think u might like. They give some peeks behind the curtain of the writing & recording of it...

 

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22 hours ago, Sal Sorice said:

"Ticking" by Elton John / Bernie Taupin. It's an obscure one but I love it.

Lyrics - AMAZING!

Piano playing - GREAT (Elton is rumored to have sung / played it in one take live!?)

The lyrics paint such a great story, and the (solo) performance by Elton is top notch as well.

Give it a listen if you've never heard of it...

Whoa, hadn't listened to that one in decades, forgot how great it was. Thanks for mentioning it.

Caribou came out at the height of my appreciation for Elton John.

50 years ago, the hidden-in-plain-sight clue of "grow up straight and true blue" sailed right over my head. Adds more poignancy and clarity to the mystery of what triggered the tragedy. Now the picture it paints of this kid maybe just trying to have a beer in peace at a blue collar bar and maybe getting shoved around for his mannerisms....the story is more complete.

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Wow, @Sal Sorice, my mind can't shake the idea of "Ticking" being a Sidney Lumet picture.

Guy who was bullied in school comes home from....maybe military service. He visits the neighborhood bar and grill because he hears that one of the few people he got along with, a black kid, is waiting tables there. The old crew who used to push him around shows up. Things go downhill, he pulls a knife. His friend tries to get it away from him, somehow gets stabbed. He remembers that the club owner used to keep his WWII service weapon underneath the till in case of robbery.

Taupin fit a 2 hour movie into a 7-minute song.

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