Songs that make you cry

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hornetguy said:
You're probably correct.... I don't know if he wrote anything.. I was just thinking of his talent at playing...
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He wrote quite a few Who songs: "Whiskey Man" & "Boris the Spider" on the A Quick One album in 1966, "Doctor, Doctor" and "Someone's Coming" (1967); "Silas Stingy" from The Who Sell Out (1967); "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" (1968); and "Heaven And Hell". Entwistle wrote "Cousin Kevin" and "Fiddle About" for the Who's 1969 album Tommy because Pete Townshend had specifically requested Entwistle to write 'nasty songs' that he felt uncomfortable with. "My Wife", Entwistle's driving, comedic song about marital strife from 1971's Who's Next, also became a popular stage number. He wrote "Success Story" for The Who by Numbers (1975); "Had Enough", "905", and "Trick of the Light" for Who Are You (1978); "The Quiet One" and "You" for Face Dances (1981); and "It's Your Turn", "Dangerous" and "One at a Time" for It's Hard (1982), his final album with the Who.

Do you recognize any of them? :D That is from the same source as before.
He died of heart failure as a result of a cocaine overdose.


 
Magenta said:
I had a solo LP of his that was really quite good :D

John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician, film and music producer. In a music career that spanned more than 40 years, Entwistle was best known as the original bass guitarist for the English rock band The Who. He was the only member of the band to have formal musical training. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990.

Entwistle's instrumental approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual treble-rich sound ("full treble, full volume") created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He was nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers," the latter because his digits became a blur across the four-string fretboard.

In 2011, he was voted as the greatest bass guitarist of all time in a Rolling Stone reader's poll. According to The Biography Channel, Entwistle is considered by many to be the best rock bass guitarist that ever lived, and is considered to have done for the bass what Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Entwistle
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Oh, I know of Entwistle's legacy : p Hes credited with creating what is modern day bass guitar playing. And I like him and all, I like how he actually treated the bass guitar like a real instrument, haha. But with that, being innovative and all, I would still give Armistead the edge : p Where the vast majority of bass guitar players take a rhythm/ support stance with music, ABSIV takes a melodic position with his bass guitar, not even just on his own solo work, but even with the bands he plays in.

Like with Pinback, if you were to watch them live, or look at their tabs, youd see that the vast majority is done on Armisteads bass guitar. He mixes rhythmic bass guitar playing with chord work and fills in the sound of his music with his own harmonies on his bass guitar. (Heres a 1 minute long video of him playing live)

[VIDEO=youtube;v4v74wxLlXk]https://youtu.be/v4v74wxLlXk[/VIDEO]

On a technical standpoint, Entwistle is really awesome, and he also deserves credit for being an innovation for bass guitar playing. But on a song writing standpoint, I definitely throw my vote in for Armistead : p He may just be a small indie musician, but hes extremely talented.
 
hornetguy said:
see... I didn't know any of that.... I just remember watching/listening to him play, and watching him "picking" the guitar with all his fingers the way guitarists do an acoustic guitar.... I was impressed.
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Haha, yeah thats one advantage of playing bass guitar before guitar : p I also play guitar like that. I mean dont get me wrong, Im 100% sure Entwistle is a better musician than I am : p But learning how to pluck with your fingers on a bass guitar easily translates over to guitar for the most part. Picks arent really as useful on a bass guitar as they are on a guitar, with the strings having more space between them. The only reason to use a pick on bass guitar is if you just like the sound of the pick on a bass guitar string : p (There are pluckers out there who can double pick on their bass just as fast as pickers : p)
 
Magenta said:
He wrote quite a few Who songs: [/COLOR]"Whiskey Man" & "Boris the Spider" on the A Quick One album in 1966, "Doctor, Doctor" and "Someone's Coming" (1967); "Silas Stingy" from The Who Sell Out (1967); "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" (1968); and "Heaven And Hell". Entwistle wrote "Cousin Kevin" and "Fiddle About" for the Who's 1969 album Tommy because Pete Townshend had specifically requested Entwistle to write 'nasty songs' that he felt uncomfortable with. "My Wife", Entwistle's driving, comedic song about marital strife from 1971's Who's Next, also became a popular stage number. He wrote "Success Story" for The Who by Numbers (1975); "Had Enough", "905", and "Trick of the Light" for Who Are You (1978); "The Quiet One" and "You" for Face Dances (1981); and "It's Your Turn", "Dangerous" and "One at a Time" for It's Hard (1982), his final album with the Who.

Do you recognize any of them? :D That is from the same source as before.
He died of heart failure as a result of a cocaine overdose.


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I remember Boris the Spider..... strange song.
 
O holy night
Stand in the rain - Superchick
Beauty from pain - Superchick
Sing in Silence - Sonata Arctica
Victoria's Secret - Sonata Arctica
Laat me nu mar gaan / Sound the bugle - Spirit soundtrack

Kyrie - Oslo Gospel Choir
Eg ser - Bjørn Eidsvåg [ I see ]

Ailein Duinn - Annag Chaimbeul [ Dark- haired Alan ]

Himlen i min famn - Carola [ Heaven in my arms ]
 
wwjd_kilden said:
O holy night
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I love that song, but its hard to find a version I like : p I once heard a choir sing it alone, and it was beautiful. But most of the time I look up that song its over the top and hard to listen to : p

Its definitely my favorite Christmas song though.
 
Yeraza_Bats said:
I love that song, but its hard to find a version I like : p I once heard a choir sing it alone, and it was beautiful. But most of the time I look up that song its over the top and hard to listen to : p

Its definitely my favorite Christmas song though.
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Look up the N'Sync version.
(yeah, I know, boyband.... but they do a instrumental version of O Holy Night(
 
Don McLean - American Pie

[video=youtube;uAsV5-Hv-7U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U[/video]
 
The latest one that got to me the other night was "Need You Now by Lady Antebellum". Someone has been on my mind recently, and I'll be glad when I can put that junk away again.
 
[video=youtube;cwugjyeSKx4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwugjyeSKx4[/video]

Almost anything James Taylor....

Van Halen, crossing over.
Almost any older rock makes me nostalgic....lol.

When I get where where I'm going by Brad Paisley.
And Tim McGraw Live like you were dying.
I usually hate country but this song is really good...
 
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Corbinscam said:
[video=youtube;cwugjyeSKx4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwugjyeSKx4[/video]

Almost anything James Taylor....

Van Halen, crossing over.
Almost any older rock makes me nostalgic....lol.

When I get where where I'm going by Brad Paisley.
And Tim McGraw Live like you were dying.
I usually hate country but this song is really good...
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Yeah, James Taylor does the same to me.
 
I'm currently sogging up a tissue over "a Car, a Torch, a Death" by Twenty One Pilots.
 
One song which brought tears to my eyes this week is "Flawless" by Mercy Me (the video helped). If you need a lift, spend five minutes with this song. :)
 
Yeraza_Bats said:
Haha, yeah thats one advantage of playing bass guitar before guitar : p I also play guitar like that. I mean dont get me wrong, Im 100% sure Entwistle is a better musician than I am : p But learning how to pluck with your fingers on a bass guitar easily translates over to guitar for the most part. Picks arent really as useful on a bass guitar as they are on a guitar, with the strings having more space between them. The only reason to use a pick on bass guitar is if you just like the sound of the pick on a bass guitar string : p (There are pluckers out there who can double pick on their bass just as fast as pickers : p)
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I played guitar using just my fingers probably 99.44% of the time :D
 
Yeraza_Bats said:
I love that song, but its hard to find a version I like : p I once heard a choir sing it alone, and it was beautiful. But most of the time I look up that song its over the top and hard to listen to : p

Its definitely my favorite Christmas song though.
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I really like this version (my fave Christmas song also :))

[video=youtube;8UPar71vybk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPar71vybk[/video]

You may or may not find it "over the top" :D
 
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I realise some of the words to this are secular but this does it for me every time - it set me off at work this morning :'(

[video=youtube;qCv4MwkjE30]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCv4MwkjE30[/video]
 
it's silly, and maybe it's because i know the story behind it, but this one

[video=youtube;oT57tjz9py8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT57tjz9py8[/video]
 
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