There was a fanfare blowin' to the sun
That was floating on the breeze
"After The Gold Rush," by Neil Young, still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, even after hearing it several hundred times.
Something about the piano and french horn, and the burned-out basement, the full moon in my eye, thinking about what a friend had said, hoping it was a lie.
Does anybody else get that?
A few songs do that to me.
"In My Life," by the Beatles does it. There are places I remember. People and things, I still can recall.
Actually, I have requested that song be played at my funeral.
Kurt Cobain singing, "In The Pines," for their Unplugged show.
At the end, he sings, "In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine,"
And he looks up and opens his eyes before he belts out, "I will suffer the whole night through."
That moment, when he looks up.
It's haunting.
If you have seen it, you know.
Hmmmm.
What else?
Coltrane doing "My Favorite Things."
That'll knock your dick in the dirt.
"Moonlight Mile?"
Check it, like I said yesterday.
Scenes in movies do that to me as well, no matter how many times I see them.
In Saving Private Ryan, at the very end, when Tom Hanks grabs Private James Francis Ryan, from Iowa, and with his last breath, tells Private Ryan, "Earn this."
That always does it.
In Braveheart, when he rides his horse up and down the lines, yelling,
"Fight and you may die.
Run and you will live...
At least a while.
And dying in your bed many years from now,
would you be willing to trade all the days
From this day to that,
For one chance,
Just one chance, to come back here as young men and tell our enemies that they may take our lives...
But they will never take
our freedom!"
That does it.
When I make the turn, and see Lone Peak, covered in powder... that does it, too. Big Time.
Seeing a bear does it.
Seing the sun rise over the Bridgers does it.
I have more examples, but what does it for you?
This?
Well, it damn well should.
No, but seriously.
An ass-load of people are reading this.
Leave a comment.
Don't be scared.
You can do it anonymously.
What gives you goosebumps?
P.S. Remembering last Christmas also gives me goosebumps.
Ain't nothin' wrong with a powder day. Especially on Jesus' birthday.
Something about the piano and french horn, and the burned-out basement, the full moon in my eye, thinking about what a friend had said, hoping it was a lie.
Does anybody else get that?
A few songs do that to me.
"In My Life," by the Beatles does it. There are places I remember. People and things, I still can recall.
Actually, I have requested that song be played at my funeral.
Kurt Cobain singing, "In The Pines," for their Unplugged show.
At the end, he sings, "In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine,"
And he looks up and opens his eyes before he belts out, "I will suffer the whole night through."
That moment, when he looks up.
It's haunting.
If you have seen it, you know.
Hmmmm.
What else?
Coltrane doing "My Favorite Things."
That'll knock your dick in the dirt.
"Moonlight Mile?"
Check it, like I said yesterday.
Scenes in movies do that to me as well, no matter how many times I see them.
In Saving Private Ryan, at the very end, when Tom Hanks grabs Private James Francis Ryan, from Iowa, and with his last breath, tells Private Ryan, "Earn this."
That always does it.
In Braveheart, when he rides his horse up and down the lines, yelling,
"Fight and you may die.
Run and you will live...
At least a while.
And dying in your bed many years from now,
would you be willing to trade all the days
From this day to that,
For one chance,
Just one chance, to come back here as young men and tell our enemies that they may take our lives...
But they will never take
our freedom!"
That does it.
When I make the turn, and see Lone Peak, covered in powder... that does it, too. Big Time.
Seeing a bear does it.
Seing the sun rise over the Bridgers does it.
I have more examples, but what does it for you?
This?
Well, it damn well should.
No, but seriously.
An ass-load of people are reading this.
Leave a comment.
Don't be scared.
You can do it anonymously.
What gives you goosebumps?
P.S. Remembering last Christmas also gives me goosebumps.
Ain't nothin' wrong with a powder day. Especially on Jesus' birthday.
posted by Joe at
8:46 PM
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Air on the G String by Bach. Damn, the sound of that lonely violin.
Seeing my 4 dogs, content, healthy, happy, all sound asleep together in the bed.
Seeing a whale. Being out in the ocean, and seeing a whale. Not being able to see the whole whale, just what she wants to show you. I look at that and I think surely, there is a God.
The reading of "Twelve Songs" by W.H. Auden in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Seeing a bald eagle.
Getting kissed on the neck.
The military flyover.
In the airport - seeing soliders in their desert fatigues.
The reception they get when they arrive home.
When Nick says to Jennifer Beals in the movie, Flashdance... "When you give up your dream, you die"
The final scene in Dances with Wolves when Dunbar's Native American friend yells his goodbye.
The final scene in Smoke Signals when Victor tosses his father's ashes over the bridge and this poem is read:
How do we forgive our Fathers?
Maybe in a dream
Do we forgive our Fathers for leaving us too often or forever
when we were little?
Maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage
or making us nervous
because there never seemed to be any rage there at all.
Do we forgive our Fathers for marrying or not marrying our Mothers?
For divorcing or not divorcing our Mothers?
And shall we forgive them for their excesses of warmth or coldness?
Shall we forgive them for pushing or leaning
for shutting doors
for speaking through walls
or never speaking
or never being silent?
Do we forgive our Fathers in our age or in theirs
or their deaths
saying it to them or not saying it?
If we forgive our Fathers what is left?
Songs: Old Man by Neil Young...Landslide by Stevie Nicks...to name just a couple.
songs: Tom Waites-one thing you can't lose
also by T.Waites& Co.:
"pale face said..to the eyeball kid ....machine just goes KLANK..and boom and steam...Her halo wings,horns and a tail....shovelin' coal inside my dreams ther are no laws...She's made of cream...She's such a scream..."
the whole freakin' song gives me chills...im listening to it right now and can barely type.
The man is wayy gone
i agree with all references that indicate shivers and Niel Young in the same sentence.
castles made of sand had a similar effect on me and does still from time to time
im a very huge Patricia Arquette fan as well so the whole roll (all the rolls) she played in her David Lynch movie
wow
True romance was heavy for her too
her and james Gandolfini that fat bastard how dare he touch a hair she has left behind much less have fun doing it
great scene though
tears me up every time
the most visceral;literally and figuratively is also Bravehart
do i even need to say which scene..FREEDOM!!!
later
dude, harvest moon by neil young.veronica, totally about Air on a G String, also Pachelbel's canon, p. OMG about dances with wolves "Do you see that I am your friend? Can you see that I will always be your friend?" sob & Smoke Signals, I can't believe anyone else has seen that movie!!!
The Boston Pops performing the 1812 Overture with full canon and church bells on July 4th.
and
The sound of the TARDIS materializing again after 20 years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKopbQKi5LE
Interesting... never heard of the song.. but it is well done, very emotional.
JT
for me it's mothers in movies
1. When Mom sends the kids to the professor's house in the country in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. All those moms... the only protection they can offer their children is in sending them away, with their names and destinations written on papers pinned to their collars. I sobbed loudly and with much snot when I first saw that.
2. In Boys on the Side, when estranged mom hears from Whoopi that Mary-Louise is in the hospital and Mom bustles down the hospital corridor to be at her daughter's side. No matter what.
3. Oh, any scene in Joy Luck Club, but esp. when the one mom drowns her infant son just to get revenge on her cheating husband. OH!
...and the mother who wasn't even a mother
4. When Ripley challenges Queen Alien, who's preparing to skewer Newt. The door rises on Ripley driving the loader, she takes a few steps forward and says, with much feeling: "Get away from her, you BITCH!" Possibly my favorite scene from a movie. Ever.
yeah that is a great song! did you ever hear that song live? i just saw neil young a year ago and it was unbelievable! if you need tickets though its hard to get them from ticketmaster. i had to buy mine through www.ACheapSeat.com but they had really great prices! check them out!
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