Haunting melodies

by **Triple S** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:46 am

INXS - Searching
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=TdL3NMjsdfI

I don't much care for the studio version of this song, but this performance gets me every time. Hutch doesn't even look like himself in this - story is he was going through some major crap the very day of this perfomance - you can see it in his face.

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:57 am

Triple S wrote:INXS - Searching
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=TdL3NMjsdfI

I don't much care for the studio version of this song, but this performance gets me every time. Hutch doesn't even look like himself in this - story is he was going through some major crap the very day of this perfomance - you can see it in his face.

Any idea where that was?

Inxs - Beautiful Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQpJslYiooY

by **Triple S** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:06 am

StoneCold wrote:
Triple S wrote:INXS - Searching
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=TdL3NMjsdfI

I don't much care for the studio version of this song, but this performance gets me every time. Hutch doesn't even look like himself in this - story is he was going through some major crap the very day of this perfomance - you can see it in his face.

Any idea where that was?

Inxs - Beautiful Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQpJslYiooY

At the Aria awards in Australia ('late '96, I think).

by **tammy** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:08 am

Definitely Journey "Send her my Love" and "Little Girl" (actually I find a lot of their songs have a hauntingly beautiful quality).
Also, Keane has a lot, especially this one: "Atlantic": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkG7a3GQnSg

Now what exactly defines "haunting melody"? Is it a feeling of isolation? associated with a sad event? the way the instruments are played? I've been thinking about this and the songs that would come to my mind I'd listen to on youtube and then they didn't seem as "haunting" as I always thought. So is sad & haunting the same thing? Because there are many songs I find sad but not exactly with a haunting quality.

Anyway, here's another that I always felt falls somewhere in there:
Christopher Cross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYEWeBarLww

Another one I always think of as haunting is a Beatles song and I can't for the life of me figure out the title! It sounds very ethereal/dreamy (or drug induced -lol) with the lyrics something like, "someone calls out my name"...and then a female voice says "John".....somebody help me cuz it is gonna drive me batty now.

by **stevew2** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:11 am

Michigan Girl wrote:ick~ I do not like, but here you have it~Kim Carnes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Al9blQOhNw

She sings like she swallowed razor blades

by **Triple S** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:17 am

tammy wrote:Definitely Journey "Send her my Love" and "Little Girl" (actually I find a lot of their songs have a hauntingly beautiful quality).
Also, Keane has a lot, especially this one: "Atlantic": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkG7a3GQnSg

Now what exactly defines "haunting melody"? Is it a feeling of isolation? associated with a sad event? the way the instruments are played? I've been thinking about this and the songs that would come to my mind I'd listen to on youtube and then they didn't seem as "haunting" as I always thought. So is sad & haunting the same thing? Because there are many songs I find sad but not exactly with a haunting quality.

Anyway, here's another that I always felt falls somewhere in there:
Christopher Cross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYEWeBarLww

Another one I always think of as haunting is a Beatles song and I can't for the life of me figure out the title! It sounds very ethereal/dreamy (or drug induced -lol) with the lyrics something like, "someone calls out my name"...and then a female voice says "John".....somebody help me cuz it is gonna drive me batty now.

#9 Dream (Lennon, not the Beatles)
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=CEsB3-SMr5s

by **finalfight** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:32 am

Ayreon - Comatose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zj8ihXM4CM

Ayreon - Beneath the Waves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYEzZyLyzlM

Great video too.

by **Deb** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:39 am

Triple S wrote:
StoneCold wrote:
Triple S wrote:INXS - Searching
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=TdL3NMjsdfI

I don't much care for the studio version of this song, but this performance gets me every time. Hutch doesn't even look like himself in this - story is he was going through some major crap the very day of this perfomance - you can see it in his face.

Any idea where that was?

Inxs - Beautiful Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQpJslYiooY

At the Aria awards in Australia ('late '96, I think).

Another one.......

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=PZZGwENyUNs

by **tammy** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:49 am

Natasha Bedingfield: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbITxYgtlAY (love this one - she has a certain something that to me sounds haunting)

by **finalfight** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:50 am

Dido - Here With Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y95-Vipi ... annel_page

I love this one. It reminds me off someone very, very special.

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:53 am

Eddie Vedder

Society
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy6iwP9Ux3A&

Guaranteed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWgxntibBtE&NR=1

by **Gin and Tonic Sky** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:56 am

These three tunes haunt the hell out me .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZJSW_7YLVs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4uxIo4t7xM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MOJl4MQXCE

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:01 am

finalfight wrote:Dido - Here With Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y95-Vipi ... annel_page

One of the most haunting songs. Dido's voice, Eminem's anger, tragic story.

STAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DZtFa8hSts

by **tammy** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:39 am

Imogen Heap "the dumbing down of love": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdBF_mdSnGE

Fleetwood Mac "Little lies": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGZ0tEdhob4

Tori Amos "Toast": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMdMXD_HqK0 and "Seaside" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkKzN2182I

Kate Bush "This woman's work": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm901CXu ... re=related

Jewel "angel standing by": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61XkGntx ... re=related

(maybe it's all their ethereal voices)

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:46 pm

Gideon wrote:"Still She Cries" ftw. Good pick, StoneCold.

Cool G, thanks.

After The Fall - Concert version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V32jQZvTAEg

Robbie Roberston - Broken Arrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmIaT9sAtoc&

Showdown At Big Sky by Robertson (couldn't find a clip)

by **Carla777** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:02 pm

One of the haunting voices for me is from Geoff Tate (Queensryche)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQvGyokz ... re=related

and this song from Alice in chains in particular Nutshell.. tu legado siempre vivirá Layne Staley!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqecDfQsjIE

by **squirt1** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:13 pm

Stonecold- please put up When I'm old & wise . It is the Alan Parsons project. I heard the song on the radio when my mom died in Aug of 1983. The words fit the circumstances perfectly.

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:23 pm

squirt1 wrote:Stonecold- please put up When I'm old & wise . It is the Alan Parsons project. I heard the song on the radio when my mom died in Aug of 1983. The words fit the circumstances perfectly.

Here ya go Squirt1. Thanks for mentioning this one, I've never heard it before.

Old and Wise - Alan Parsons Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJiAnmJI3mM

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:49 pm

Carla777 wrote:One of the haunting voices for me is from Geoff Tate (Queensryche)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQvGyokz ... re=related

and this song from Alice in chains in particular Nutshell.. tu legado siempre vivirá Layne Staley!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqecDfQsjIE

Good tracks Carla, you're from Chile right?

Any South American music fit the bill?

I'll throw in a couple Journey that haven't been added. STR especially.

Still They Ride - Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jubogiBaUhQ

Patiently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCGz7Khpms&NR=1

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:56 pm

Check out 1:37 to 2:31 in this one.

Downbound Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhtdX1CMlJE

by **Don** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:31 pm

Roxy Music - More than this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgU4iQr8PU

by **Don** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:33 pm

The Fixx - Stand or fall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HRUSX-XW0s

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:47 pm

Gunbot wrote:Roxy Music - More than this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgU4iQr8PU

Great song, whenever I hear it I'm "haunted" because I remember this version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZA5aRDjwmM

:lol:

by **Don** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:49 pm

StoneCold wrote:
Gunbot wrote:Roxy Music - More than this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgU4iQr8PU

Great song, whenever I hear it I'm "haunted" because I remember this version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZA5aRDjwmM

I love that movie, it was spot on with how Japan is, Sophia Coppola didn't doctor it up at all.

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:54 pm

Revved up the wayback machine for this one. Loved it as a kid. Who knew Ringo could do such a great song. Even with his deadpan delivery the lyrics and music make up for it.

Photograph - Ringo Starr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o60QWYUBL6c

and another Roxy

Avalon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxFGHU7Brxo&

Good vid too and at 2:28

BABE ALERT!

by **Don** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:59 pm

StoneCold wrote:Revved up the wayback machine for this one. Loved it as a kid. Who knew Ringo could do such a great song. Even with his deadpan delivery the lyrics and music make up for it.

Photograph - Ringo Starr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o60QWYUBL6c

No matter which Beatle, when ever you hear them solo, you know they were part of the group. They can't escape the Beatles sound.

Dobie Grey - Drift Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaPnOASOWIU

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:10 pm

Andrea Bocelli - Con Partiro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrfvP11Hbo

Bandalero - Neal Schon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd-QucDMz9I

Anyway - Steve Perry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJE8Ogmr3CY

(note for Stevew2, watch the Anyway clip at 3:09 - 3:12, you'll get a kick) :lol:

You Better Wait - Steve Perry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TaSuWUdKCU&

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:28 pm

Second Chance - 38 Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYvYgcYFLis

Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY2WxSNuU_8

It Must Have Been Love - Roxette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_IKzasp8jw&

Loved By You - Journey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0_7C7ea7gY

by **StoneCold** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:43 pm

Save Our Souls - Happy Rhodes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPJ2HRgtquo

Witch Hunt - RUSH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydq_sb0yhMc

How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3G53Rwi0W8

Life Without You - Stevie Ray Vaughan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAv5ZuuSxSI

by **tammy** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:12 am

Carla777 wrote:One of the haunting voices for me is from Geoff Tate (Queensryche)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQvGyokz ... re=related

and this song from Alice in chains in particular Nutshell.. tu legado siempre vivirá Layne Staley!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqecDfQsjIE

Carla, thanks for the Queensryche one...I really liked it, esp. his voice...think I need to buy their music.

Here's one from Jeff Buckley "Grace": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siNsgbIWhAQ

and of course, Enya is the epitome of haunting quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1L8uRApYeQ

and just remembered another from my playlist by Clannad (from the movie Patriot Games, which we've seen a zillion times): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugwzL-YHIk4

MR

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