Old Songs You JUST Discovered

[Omniscient One]

I live for Nina Simone and anything bluesy and jazzy. I also love finding great old forgotten songs.

I recently just "discovered" Barbra Streisand's "When The Sun Comes Out" and according to iTunes i've heard it 72 times today.:blush:

Seriously download this song its pretty brilliant. I also recommend Nina Simone's version of the Beatles "Here Comes The Sun". I just noticed both songs are about the sun. :lol:

I'd love to discover more older songs. Any suggestions?

[Virgil]

I'd love to discover more older songs. Any suggestions?

You might like Frank Sinatra. You can play 30 sec clips of 40 of his songs here: http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Frank-Sinatra/dp/B000002NFI

I for one love many of them.

[Pensive]

You might like Frank Sinatra. You can play 30 sec clips of 40 of his songs here: http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Frank-Sinatra/dp/B000002NFI

I for one love many of them.

I second Virgil. You must hear his song "As Time Goes By." It is wonderful. :)

[jon1jt]

Nina - 99 Luft Balloons

[toni]

The one I dug from my mom's old CD collection, "One Voice" by Barbra Streisand
Especially the songs "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "Send In The Clowns":thumbs_up

[Shalot]

Moon River - Henry Mancini

[SummerSolstice]

Nina - 99 Luft Balloons

I love this song. Napster doesn't have Nena's version, so I learned it from others and lyric sheets. My favorite verse is the one they replace with German in the Nena version, I think. I was singing and playing air-guitar to it one time, and I got to that verse, which starts:

Ninety-nine knights of the air
Ride super high-tech jetfighters
Everyone's a superhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk

As I got to the beginning of the fourth line, I jumped up onto a chair, intending to do a loud, mike-swinging solo. As soon as I landed, though, the chair slid out from under me, and between "a" and "Captain" I landed flat on my back, hard.

Me: Ow.

My brother: (looking over me, grinning) Nice. Was that the "superhero" part, or the "Captain Kirk" part?

Me: *clobbers brother*

[jon1jt]

I love this song. Napster doesn't have Nena's version, so I learned it from others and lyric sheets. My favorite verse is the one they replace with German in the Nena version, I think. I was singing and playing air-guitar to it one time, and I got to that verse, which starts:

Ninety-nine knights of the air
Ride super high-tech jetfighters
Everyone's a superhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk

As I got to the beginning of the fourth line, I jumped up onto a chair, intending to do a loud, mike-swinging solo. As soon as I landed, though, the chair slid out from under me, and between "a" and "Captain" I landed flat on my back, hard.

Me: Ow.

My brother: (looking over me, grinning) Nice. Was that the "superhero" part, or the "Captain Kirk" part.

Me: *clobbers brother*


Ouch! well i hope you didn't hurt yourself too much. :)

it's right after she says, "I think of you and let it go..." there's that crescendoing synth key that always gets me to imagine a big red balloon floating in the sky...ah :lol:

[Nightshade]

Well a couple of months a go I 'discovered' Nina simone... and tonight I 'discovered abba courtesy of Mamma Mia! which is FYI AMAZING! I might just go again after Xmas, although it turns out I recognised most of the songs :D

[ShoutGrace]

I love this song. Napster doesn't have Nena's version, so I learned it from others and lyric sheets. My favorite verse is the one they replace with German in the Nena version, I think. I was singing and playing air-guitar to it one time, and I got to that verse, which starts:

Ninety-nine knights of the air
Ride super high-tech jetfighters
Everyone's a superhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk

As I got to the beginning of the fourth line, I jumped up onto a chair, intending to do a loud, mike-swinging solo. As soon as I landed, though, the chair slid out from under me, and between "a" and "Captain" I landed flat on my back, hard.

Me: Ow.

My brother: (looking over me, grinning) Nice. Was that the "superhero" part, or the "Captain Kirk" part?

Me: *clobbers brother*




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If you'd like, SummerSolstice, I have both versions and I can email them to you. I unabashedly enjoy this song.

I remember the first time I heard "Solisbury Hill." That is an awesome song (though I don't know how old it is).

[Idril]

I remember the first time I heard "Solisbury Hill." That is an awesome song (though I don't know how old it is).

1977 and I know that because I have the album. ;) It is a great song, very powerful. Have you ever heard the song Biko by him? Another incredibly powerful song, I highly recommend it.

I'm going through a phase right now where I'm rediscovering the joy of 90's alternative music. I was getting married and having babies in the 90's, I wasn't paying attention to the music scene so I'm just now getting into bands like Queens of the Stone Age and Garbage and Veruca Salt and I'm so sad I missed it all the first time around.

[dramasnot6]

Stephanie Says- Velvet Underground. I really love it now.

[thevintagepiper]

Leaving on a Jet Plane-John Denver

I heard a cover of this song by Becky Lou Filip (my hero :P) and absolutely loved it, so I dug up all my dad's John Denver CDs that we listen to on road trips. It's so beautiful!

[Scheherazade]

Stephanie Says- Velvet Underground. I really love it now.'Lisa Says' by VU is a great song as well (the Live version).

[Nightshade]

Leaving on a Jet Plane-John Denver

I heard a cover of this song by Becky Lou Filip (my hero :P) and absolutely loved it, so I dug up all my dad's John Denver CDs that we listen to on road trips. It's so beautiful!

YAY!! :banana: excellent taste:nod::thumbs_up Although of course John Denver's version is actually a cover Cant think who sang it originally without my denver collection but I do prefer Denvers version. Follow me is a bit like that one, :nod:
A current favouirte with me Poems , prayers and promises, Bread and Roses is great too....very feminist :p.


As we go marching, marching
In the beauty of the day
A million darkened kitchens
A thousand mill lofts grey
Are touched with all the radiance
That a sudden sun discloses
For the people hear us singing
Bread and roses, bread and roses

As we go marching, marching
We battle too for men
For they are womens children
And we mother them again
Our lives shall not be sweetened
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Give us bread, but give us roses

As we go marching, marching
We bring the greater days
For the rising of the women
Means the rising of the race
No more the drudge and idler
Ten that toil where one reposes
But the sharing of lifes glories
Bread and roses, bread and roses

[jon1jt]

1977 and I know that because I have the album. ;) It is a great song, very powerful. Have you ever heard the song Biko by him? Another incredibly powerful song, I highly recommend it.

i have Peter Gabriel's double cd, wow! Biko, now that's a great song! i've been a long-time fan and even liked the later stuff like digging in the Dirt and Steam. Solisbury Hill and Red Rain are terrific. One worth checking out is his largely unknown Growing Up tune, which i heard in a bar in NYC recently. song rocks.

you mentioned 90's---ah! and i just downloaded Machine Head from Bush.

[Shalot]

'Lisa Says' by VU is a great song as well (the Live version).


ahhh high school and the Velvet Underground! I used to play the Velvet Underground greatest hits in my room. I can hear White Light as I type but I think I liked Pale Blue Eyes the most.

Heroin was a good song also, and is on the Doors soundtrack.

[Jean-Baptiste]

ahhh high school and the Velvet Underground! I used to play the Velvet Underground greatest hits in my room. I can hear White Light as I type but I think I liked Pale Blue Eyes the most.

Heroin was a good song also, and is on the Doors soundtrack.

I've never heard anything to compare to Heroin. I love that song!

I recently found a song by Hank Williams Sr., whom I have been a fan of for one decade: "Crazy Heart". I can't believe I've gone so long without hearing it.

You thought she'd care for you and so you acted smart
Go on an break, you Crazy Heart
You lived on promises I knew would fall apart
Go on and break you Crazy Heart

That's the first verse.

Ah... I didn't think he could get any more sad and depressing! Isn't that great? :lol: It actually sounds twenty-five degrees more mournful than any of his other songs.

[Idril]

you mentioned 90's---ah! and i just downloaded Machine Head from Bush.

Oh! I love Bush and Machinehead is a great song. :thumbs_up I love the distorted and 'fuzzy' guitars and Gavin Rossdale has a great voice. I try to forget he's married to Gwen Stefani because for some reason, for me, that takes away from his street cred but he wasn't married to her in the 90's so I've decided it's ok. :p :lol:

And about Peter Gabriel, one of the things I love about him is that he keeps evolving, trying new things, different styles of music, he's never stagnant. And I don't think I've ever listened to Biko without getting a lump in my throat and I'm not a particularly sentimental person but that song just destroys me every time I hear it.

[jon1jt]

Oh! I love Bush and Machinehead is a great song. :thumbs_up I love the distorted and 'fuzzy' guitars and Gavin Rossdale has a great voice. I try to forget he's married to Gwen Stefani because for some reason, for me, that takes away from his street cred but he wasn't married to her in the 90's so I've decided it's ok. :p :lol:

And about Peter Gabriel, one of the things I love about him is that he keeps evolving, trying new things, different styles of music, he's never stagnant. And I don't think I've ever listened to Biko without getting a lump in my throat and I'm not a particularly sentimental person but that song just destroys me every time I hear it.

oh gawd the marriage helped gwen stefani's career but hurt his big time---after they married whenever i listened to his music all i kept seeing in my head was that annoying video of her rolling on the bed like a wanna-be madonna. :lol:

[jon1jt]

old songs i dug out of the cd dungeon today:

Tempted
and
Black Coffee In Bed
by
Squeeze
:)

[Idril]

I have to say, you have very good taste in music, both of those you just mentioned are old favorites of mine. :thumbs_up

[Virgil]

old songs i dug out of the cd dungeon today:

Tempted
and
Black Coffee In Bed
by
Squeeze
:)

Yes, I love those. There are also other Squeeze songs which are great. I used to have a cassette with their greatest hits, but who plays anything that's not digital anymore? I need to get it in CD form.

[Virgil]

90's?? You guys talking 90's as old songs? Good Lord, that was just a few years ago. :eek: I think we need to define old and whatever panel we pick to define it I want someone my age representing me. ;) Old is prior to the sixties. I'm not old, damn it.:D

[jon1jt]

Yes, I love those. There are also other Squeeze songs which are great. I used to have a cassette with their greatest hits, but who plays anything that's not digital anymore? I need to get it in CD form.

lol virg! i know what you mean about the cassette thing---and still have a whole box of them stored away in my closet---i found Quiet Riot's Metal Health :eek: under a shoe the other day! can't seem to part with them just yet!

i forgot that i even had some Squeeze CDs---i was a big fan too.

VIRG and IDRIL: you gotta love the opening lyrics to Tempted: (sing along don't be shy now!) :lol: :eek:

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste
A flannel for my face
Pyjamas, a hairbrush
New shoes and a case
I said to my reflection
Lets get out of this place
Past the church and the steeple
The laundry on the hill
Billboards and the buildings
Memories of it still
Keep calling and calling
But forget it all
I know I will

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
Whats been going on
Now that you have gone
Theres no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

[Virgil]

Yes, great lyrics, Jon. :)

[alhara]

I love stephanie says but know has ever mentioned that song since i last heard i didn´t know it was old, it was in the royal tenebaums or something thats not old. I find most music i like is old and i discovered it by liveing with my parents so I can´t say i just discovered anything, but i just listiend to simon and garfunkle for the first time in a year or two so maybe that counts for something:)
my friend introduced me to that fruit of another song in 8th grade can´t even say that ones a first, good song though.

[Shadowsarin]

I live to hunt down old(Ish) music that I love. My recent finds include:

Men Without Hats
Kim Wilde
Headgirl
Girlschool

I adore old music! People who call the 80's the era of no taste are obviously fans of the 90's trying to make up for something! (I.E. how awful most of their music was!)

[Idril]

VIRG and IDRIL: you gotta love the opening lyrics to Tempted: (sing along don't be shy now!) :lol: :eek:


Oh, I won't be shy, I can't help but sing when that song comes on...come to think of it, I can't help but sing when ever a song I like comes on much to the chagrin of my children. :p :D

[jon1jt]

I live to hunt down old(Ish) music that I love. My recent finds include:

Men Without Hats
Kim Wilde
Headgirl
Girlschool

I adore old music! People who call the 80's the era of no taste are obviously fans of the 90's trying to make up for something! (I.E. how awful most of their music was!)




right on, shadow!

Men Without Hats---didn't they sing that song "Safety Dance"? keool tune!!!!

Kim Wilde---sings that 80s rebellious adolescent anthem, "Kids in America"? can anyone remember the name of that coming of age 80s flick this song shows up in? about the introvert with abusive alcoholic father from the poor side of town who drives off with rich sexy gal on his motorcycle in the end. :D


Does anyone remember the song,

What Do All The People Know
by
The Monroes

[raincloud]

Although as virgil said, these songs im going to mention dont pass as "old" id still like to mention them.

You probably wont believe me when i say ive just discovered the great music that is Led Zepplin/zeppelin (however you spell it, people seem to be of two minds). stairway to heaven is possibly the most beautiful song ever. i love it. dancing days is another great, immigrant song, over the hills and far away. so many, too many to count.

some other things to listen to is any Elton John from his early albums such as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and Honky Chateau. amazing.

[byquist]

Well, somebody who's reading tell me the title and the singer for this old song I've heard a couple times recently while flipping stations:

This guy, who works in a grocery store, runs into his girlfriend from the past and they go out in the afternoon to have some booze. She's since married, not all that happy. Maybe something about Christmas because I think they play it on the station now playing Christmas songs.

What's the song?

[Shalot]

Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzerus

[B-Mental]

Well, somebody who's reading tell me the title and the singer for this old song I've heard a couple times recently while flipping stations:

This guy, who works in a grocery store, runs into his girlfriend from the past and they go out in the afternoon to have some booze. She's since married, not all that happy. Maybe something about Christmas because I think they play it on the station now playing Christmas songs.

What's the song?

Dang, I can see all the imagery from the song, but can't place it...Let me think on that one byquist

[byquist]

Well, somebody who's reading tell me the title and the singer for this old song I've heard a couple times recently while flipping stations:

This guy, who works in a grocery store, runs into his girlfriend from the past and they go out in the afternoon to have some booze. She's since married, not all that happy. Maybe something about Christmas because I think they play it on the station now playing Christmas songs.

What's the song?

It's Dan Fogelberg's "Old Ang Zine" (phonetic spelled)

[Shalot]

Although as virgil said, these songs im going to mention dont pass as "old" id still like to mention them.

You probably wont believe me when i say ive just discovered the great music that is Led Zepplin/zeppelin (however you spell it, people seem to be of two minds). stairway to heaven is possibly the most beautiful song ever. i love it. dancing days is another great, immigrant song, over the hills and far away. so many, too many to count.

some other things to listen to is any Elton John from his early albums such as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and Honky Chateau. amazing.

I love Led Zeppelin but I've listened to Stairway to Heaven so many times that I just can't listen to it much anymore.

Led Zeppelin was before my time but I did see Page and Plant in concert and they played No Quarter and it was just so great. And I bought their albums (except I no longer have IIII -- or the one with the Hermit on the inside sleeve and I need to get Physical Graffiti and I haven't bothered with Coda) and I listen to them at work.