Music to Lift Your Soul: 4 Genres & Honorable Mention

These songs get me going when I am warming up to play basketball.

These songs lift my soles:

BABYMETAL - KARATE (OFFICIAL)
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Country. Angelic voices are uplifting.

Classical: Brahms.

difalcojr said:

Classical: Brahms.

Test your sight reading too!

I do not know how Wagner's "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" was missed. Making a promise in the beginning and keeping it at the end.

gleem said:

I do not know how Wagner's "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" was missed. Making a promise in the beginning and keeping it at the end.

Beautiful. IMHO, Wagner's use of the many horns in all his compositions, to evoke such emotion and energy in listeners, is just unsurpassed.

gleem said:

I do not know how Wagner's "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" was missed. Making a promise in the beginning and keeping it at the end.

Or this one. Prokofiev, Symphony No.1, Gavotte. Also in Romeo & Juliet ballet.

A live version of Sunny

Is this the da-da-Da-da-da-Da Genre ?

(Feb 16, 2024) “Some Assembly Required”, by Jason Becker & Friends


JASON BECKER & FRIENDS - NITA MESSAGE

robphy said:

(Feb 16, 2024) “Some Assembly Required”, by Jason Becker & Friends


JASON BECKER & FRIENDS - NITA MESSAGE

Way too shredacious for me. Here's some shredding I like. To me the late Shawn Lane remains the King of Shred.

Chick Corea's Return to Forever with Al Di Meola (and his rapid guitar picking) and Stanley Clarke on bass
Album - Romantic Warrior, Tune - Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant ((Pt. 1 & Pt. 2) - funked up

Mum had an album called "Good morning America," this track was on it. She died with little fanfare in January so I did an RIP. Beautiful girl and passionate music, there is a nice live version on YT. I was actually disappointed hearing the stones version with her version in mind.

Anyway... Melanie, Ruby Tuesday

pinball1970 said:

I was actually disappointed hearing the stones version with her version in mind.
Anyway... Melanie, Ruby Tuesday

Much as I like Melanie, I prefer the Stone's version. I find Melanie's version a bit too tortured...

It's strange how sad songs can "lift one's soul", at least for me. Maybe my brain is just wired wrong.

Speaking of sad songs which nevertheless make me feel better,... in the studio version of Joan Baez's

what instrument is being used for those ultrafast trills near the start (around 0:18). They sound too fast for a normal keyboard. Maybe a Glockenspiel?

Just curious... how do people here feel about "Emerald Princess" by Two Steps from Hell, which (I gather) can be a bit polarizing? I came across it recently by accident in the following video, which is a montage from LotR even though "Emerald Princess" is not part of the LotR soundtrack. Despite this incongruence, I kinda like it.

Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells, May 1973




Still a great album. One can skip 37-42 minutes, which is some weird caveman type growling, and after 47:12, it's kind of a funky ending to a fairly mellow piece between 42 and 47 minutes.

Astronuc said:

[Tubular Bells]... Still a great album.

I never get tired of it. It's fascinating to watch young youtubers reacting to it, initially not knowing quite what to make of it, and then you see the magic gradually penetrating their soul...

Btw, I mentioned this remastered+improved version recently:

Much higher quality, plus extra little fairydust sprinklings in random places...

My only complaint about TB Pt1 is that the final all-in exultation should be repeated for a few more rounds. It ends too quickly and that makes me sad again.

How do you feel about Incantations? I love the "Diana, Luna, Lucina" segment:

but I'm not so keen on his Hiawatha stuff, except maybe near the end.

strangerep said:

what instrument is being used for those ultrafast trills near the start (around 0:18). They sound to fast for a normal keyboard. Maybe a Glockenspiel

Its an organ/key board. Not sure what setting.

strangerep said:

Much as I like Melanie, I prefer the Stone's version. I find Melanie's version a bit too tortured...

It's strange how sad songs can "lift one's soul", at least for me. Maybe my brain is just wired wrong.

Speaking of sad songs which nevertheless make me feel better,... in the studio version of Joan Baez's

It almost seemed like Melanie actually knew "Ruby Tuesday" (model Linda Keith), and it was a sad eulogy of a sort for a friend, she sang it with such energy.

Don't think it makes any difference of happy vs. sad songs. Sad songs can be inspirational for me too. Joni Mitchell's sad song "For Free" makes my eyes well up, involuntarily, every time I hear it, and has done this over many years. Something about the sound of her voice just triggers strong emotion, and it's just that one song of hers that does it. "Pilgrim's Chorus" from Wagner does it too, among others.

pinball1970 said:

[Diamonds & Rust...] Its an organ/key board. Not sure what setting.

Thanks.

I have another instrument question: Near the start of

at 0:19 there's a brief sound like a rocket launching, just before the thumping bass line drops. What's the instrument producing the rocket-launch sound? Synth? Electric Guitar?

strangerep said:

What's the instrument producing the rocket-launch sound? Synth? Electric Guitar

Synth, a couple of sounds in there. A stack of names for those sounds. I would need my mates key board to see which is closest. If it's Ga ga a decent/expensive one!