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Daniel Eboli Wrote:I think I cannot post links yet but one song that comes to my mind is:
Yes - Close to the edge
18 minutes (yes, an eighteen minutes song) of pure beauty.
I love it!
I have to say that there is a piece of JS bach wich must be obligatory for everyone. The man is a genius:
J.S. Bach - Tocata et Fuge in D minor
Amazing piece. I recomend it played by the famous organist Otto Winter. You shouldn't have any problem posting links now. You should be out of your probationary period.
I like the Yes track also.
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YouTube - The Ballad of the Green Beret
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"Ballad of the Green Berets" is a patriotic song in the ballad style about the Green Berets, an elite special force in the U.S. Army. It is one of the very few songs of the 1960s to cast the military in a positive light and yet it became a major hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Charts for five weeks in 1966. It was also a multi-market smash, reaching #1 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, and #2 on Billboard's Country survey.
The song was written by Robin Moore and Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, while the latter was recuperating from a leg wound suffered as a medic in the Vietnam War. Moore also wrote a non-fiction book, The Green Berets, about the force.
The recording of the song was the number one hit in the United States for five weeks in 1966 and was the number twenty-one song of 1960s, despite the later unpopularity of the Vietnam War. Refer to United States Army Special Forces in popular culture
It has sold over nine million singles and albums. It was the top single of a year in which the British Invasion, led by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, dominated the U.S. charts.
It is currently used as one of the four primary marching tunes of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band.
The song is heard in a choral rendition by Ken Darby in the 1968 John Wayne film The Green Berets, which was based on Moore's book. The score of the movie was never released as an album until Film Score Monthly released it in 2005. A film tie-in featuring artwork from the film and a cover version by Ennio Morricone was released in Europe, though the other tracks on the album were soundtracks from A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More.
The song appears in the films More American Graffiti and Canadian Bacon. It can be heard in the gun show scene from the 2002 film Showtime, and in the film Jesus' Son, in a scene that features a hitch-hiking Jack Black.
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If Everyone Cared by Nickelback and Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down.
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YouTube - THE ARCHIES - SUGAR SUGAR
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"Sugar, Sugar" is a pop song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. It was a four-week 1969 number-one hit single by fictional characters The Archies. Produced by Jeff Barry, the song was originally released on the album Everything's Archie. The album is the product of a group of studio musicians managed by Don Kirshner. Ron Dante's lead vocals were accompanied by those of Toni Wine (who sang the line "I'm gonna make your life so sweet"), Andy Kim, and Ellie Greenwich. Together they provided the voices of the various Archies using multitracking. Ray Stevens, the comic singer, provided the hand claps to the song[citation needed].
The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" was the 1969 number-one single of the year. It spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 from September 20, 1969 and eight weeks at the top of the UK singles chart. The song lists at #63 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time. It also peaked at one in the South African Singles Chart. On February 5, 2006, "Sugar, Sugar" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, as co-writer Andy Kim is originally from Montreal, Quebec.
Rumors have circulated that the song was earlier offered to The Monkees, even sparking additional rumors that it was recorded using session musicians with Davy Jones providing all the vocals, but never released. Don Kirshner himself says in an interview on "Popular Song: Soundtrack of the Century episode Modern Pop" that Mike Nesmith put his fist through the wall of the Beverley Hills hotel refusing to do "Sugar, Sugar." Jones confirmed that Kirshner had offered it to them, but stated they turned it down, and he never recorded it. The band thought it seemed cheesy and at that point they were looking to mature their sound.
On September 4, 2006, Dante and Wine performed the song together on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. This was the first time they had publicly performed the song together. They performed it again at one of Toni Wine's performances at the Genghis Cohen in West Hollywood.
Former President George W. Bush has said "Sugar, Sugar" is one of his favorite songs. The song played in Jenna Bush's wedding party in May, 2008.[6]
In the TV Movie Archie: To Riverdale and Back again (VHS reissued title, Return to Riverdale), the now-older Jughead plays the original version of the song to his son; later he uses it to bridge the 'age gap' between them when he finds out his son is shy around girls â the two perform a 'rap' version of the song.
The song was featured in the episode That's All There Is in the 1998 HBO Mini-Series From the Earth to the Moon. Astronauts Al Bean and Dick Gordon are seen singing the song in their Command Module during their 4 day trip to the moon on Apollo 12 in November of 1969.
Millions upon millions of copies of this record were distributed through an unusual distribution mode. A record of the song was embossed directly onto the backs of Kelloggs breakfast cereal boxes (Sugar Pops & Sugar Smacks) and the cardboard record could be cut out and played on a turntable.
The song is featured in The Simpsons episodes "Boy-Scoutz N the Hood" and "Sweets and Sour Marge". In the former, Homer has a hallucination about dancing ice cream cones while trapped on a raft; he was listening to the song on Rod Flanders' personal stereo, but as the batteries run down, the song gradually slows down and stops and the ice creams melt, ending his dream.
English hard rock band Def Leppard got the idea for their 1987 hit "Pour Some Sugar on Me" from the song.[citation needed]
The original recording can be heard in the Dreamworks Film Bee Movie while Barry, played by Jerry Seinfeld, is dreaming.
The song was adapted for a TV commercial for Equal brand artificial sweetener in the late '80s -- "Sugar (no no no no no no)/Now there's Equal (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)".
The song is adapted for a TV commercial for table sugar product called "Gulaku" in Indonesia. They're using many different version of the song, depends on the storyline that is being depicted in the commercial. One of the most expensive advertisements in Indonesia, the TV commercial also reintroduced the song to the public's psyche.[7][8]
This song was played in the 1996 movie A Very Brady Sequel when Greg saw a beautiful girl coming out of the swimming pool and later on saw that it was Marcia.
This song was song by Richie in an episode of Family Matters when he and 3J were trying to win affection of a girl to be their Valentine on Valentine's Day who was related to Maxine but 3J thought this song was too childish and it hurt Richie's feelings. So the girl decides to pick him over 3J.
The gingerbread man in Dreamworks Film Shrek 2 sings this song in the DVD's special feature "Far Far Away Idol".
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Fishing in the dark"
I can't say why but this song has been stuck in my head for way too long now, this is the only song by that band that I like 
The Coasters - "Down in Mexico"
I think there are three different versions of this song, and I taught two of them were amazing. Check it out!
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YouTube - Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces
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"I Fall to Pieces" is a single released by Patsy Cline in 1961, and was featured on her 1961 studio album, Patsy Cline Showcase. "I Fall to Pieces" was Patsy Cline's first #1 hit on the Country charts, and her second hit single to cross over onto the Pop charts. It was the first of a string of songs that would be written by Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard (not always collaborating together) for Cline.
"I Fall to Pieces" became one of Patsy Cline's most-recognizable hit singles. It has also been classified as a country music standard.
Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard met in California, and became songwriting partners. One night, Cochran was mulling over song ideas, when he thought of a title, "I Fall to Pieces." Cochran met up with Howard at his house the next day, where they finished writing the song. The demo version of the song was recorded at Pamper Music in Goodlettsville, Tennessee by Howard's wife and country singer, Jan Howard. Harlan Howard pitched the song to Decca producer, Owen Bradley, who tried to find the right artist to record it. The song was turned down numerous times, first by Brenda Lee, who found the song "too country" for her pop style. Bradley then asked rising country star, Roy Drusky to record it but he turned it down stating that it's not a man's song. Patsy Cline, who overheard Drusky's argument with Bradley about the song, asked if she could record it instead. Bradley then accepted her offer.
When Cline began recording the song in November 1960, she had second guesses after she discovered popular Nashville session group, The Jordanaires would serve as the background vocalists. Cline was afraid the Jordanaires would drown her sound out and as a result, she was not very friendly upon meeting them. Cline also felt that the Pop ballad style Bradley wanted it recorded in didn't suit her own style. Bradley was trying to make the song appeal to the Pop market, an idea that was not well-liked by Cline. She had several arguments with Bradley, however the ending result led to Cline recording it in the style that Bradley wanted it. After listening to the playback of "I Fall to Pieces," she ended up liking the song, stating that she finally found her own identity.
"I Fall to Pieces" was released 30 January, 1961. Upon its release, it was virtually ignored by radio stations. However, Hal Smith of Pamper Music, who had faith in the song's songwriters hired a promotion man, Pat Nelson to promote the single. Nelson's strategy was to attempt to explain to DJs that "I Fall to Pieces" was a departure from any of Cline's previous singles. Soon a Pop radio station in Columbus, Ohio began playing the single. After finding this out, Bradley saw that the song was being fanned by record distibutors across the country. Within four months, momentum was building on both the Country and Pop charts. On April 3, the song debuted on the Billboard Country Chart and began its ascent. By August 1961, "I Fall to Pieces" peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Chart and reached number twelve on the Billboard Pop Chart. It would be one of several Country-pop crossover hits that Cline was to have over the next couple of years. Cline was able to prove that a solo female artist could have major hits on both the country and pop charts. That year, she was acclaimed as one of the nations leading recording artists, along with Jimmy Darren and Bobby Vee.
However, due to a major car accident in June 1961, Cline was kept in the hospital for two months, which cut into promoting "I Fall to Pieces." Therefore, by the time Cline had left the hospital, "I Fall to Pieces'" popularity began to decrease. The success of the song helped get Cline a invitation to become a regular cast member the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1980, the song was re-released and overdubbed on a Patsy Cline compilation album, Always. The new version contained new instrumentation and new female background vocalists. The song even charted among the Billboard Country Chart that year, peaking at #61. An electronically-produced duet of the song with deceased country star, Jim Reeves was released in 1982, and charted at #54 on the Billboard Country Chart.
In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "I Fall to Pieces" at #238 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was also ranked at #7 on CMT's television special of the 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. Another Patsy Cline song, "Crazy" was ranked four positions higher at #3 on the countdown. It was also ranked at #107 on RIAA's list of the Songs of the Century.
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carbon_psycho Wrote:Great stuff everyone...
here's mine
YouTube - Fairport Convention ~ Meet On The Ledge nice one carbon
thanks
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YouTube - Theme From A Summer Place (1960)
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The "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film, A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It was recorded for the film by Hugo Winterhalter. It is one of the most well-known examples of beautiful music.
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the tune, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one on the still-young Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960[1]. It remains the longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the chart. It reached number two in the UK. It hit number one in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole".
Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.
Faith re-recorded the song twice â first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place 76".
In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at number eighteen on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first fifty years of the Hot 100 chart.
The song was the title cut to Billy Vaughn's 1960 number-one album. The song was well-accepted by R&B audiences of the day, reaching number two on the Billboard R&B singles chart.
"Theme from A Summer Place" was also covered by Dick Roman, The Tornados (both in 1962), The Lettermen in 1965 (placing at number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100) and The Ventures in 1969.
Andy Williams sang a deft, authoritative, and sublime rendition of "Theme from A Summer Place" on his 1962 Gold-certified album Moon River.
A very impressive jazz version of the song was recorded by the legendary singer Julie London. It appeared on her album, Our Fair Lady in 1965.
American pop singer Eamon sampled "Theme from A Summer Place" for his 2006 song "Elevator". The melody serves to illustrate the song's exploration of "elevator music" as an aphrodisiac.
A version with lyrics was recorded by Bobby Vinton.
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YouTube - Neil Diamond_Sweet Caroline
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"Sweet Caroline" is a pop song written and performed by Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single. There are three distinct mixes of this song. The original mono 45 mix had a loud orchestra and glockenspiel compared to the stereo version on the Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show LP. The third version was a remix found only on the initial CD release of Neil Diamond's "His 12 Greatest Hits". This version has the orchestra mixed down very noticeably and has the background vocals mixed up. It has a longer fade as well. The song reached #4 on the Billboard chart and eventually went platinum for sales of one million singles.
In the fall of 1969, Diamond performed "Sweet Caroline" on several television shows. It later reached #8 on the UK singles chart in 1971. In a 2007 interview, Diamond revealed the inspiration for "Sweet Caroline" was President John F. Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, who was eleven years old at the time. Diamond sang the song to her at her 50th birthday celebration in 2007.
"Sweet Caroline" is popular at sporting events. Sherrie Levy, Neil Diamond's press agent, remarked, "I'm not sure how it happened, but we're very pleased that it happened". The song has been a tradition at Boston's Fenway Park since at least 1997, and it has been played at every game in the middle of the eighth inning since 2002 by the influence of Amy Tobey, a production agent responsible for the audio played over the park's loudspeakers.
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