February 4, 2006

Hmmmmm?

What song leaves a little lump in your throat?

17 comments:

Unknown said...

Church song or "Secular"?

I'll just do both.

The 23rd Psalm - Church
When I Get Where I'm Going - Brad Paisley - Secular witha churchy undertone

fa-so-la-la said...

Oh dear...so many, so many. But the lumpiest would probably be 'My Love' by Bebo Norman (although for the full effect you really need to hear this one in context of the whole CD) and God Moves in a Mysterious Way.

van Danne said...

I Would Not Live Alway

Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy

Simon - Lifehouse

Hosea - Shane and Shane
Psalm 145 - Shane and Shane

Puccini. oh man, Puccini.

fa-so-la-la said...

Oh, and I Have Dreamed and No One's Gonna Harm You-- Barbara Striesand at her very bestest.

Owl of the Desert said...

Blest Be the Tie That Binds

Christmas Shoes - I'm not sure who sings it.

But like FSLL said, there are so many!

Nomos said...

Just my imagination - The Temptations.

LaceyP said...

Pretty much any song sung during a meeting at Grace Chapel puts a lump in my throat...gotta love em'...

joe4444 said...

I'm sure nobody has heard of it, but mine is:

Endless Love - Luther Vandross

Androphenese said...

when I am leading "It Is Well With My Soul" at our meeting...

DrSmyth said...

big fish, when i'm singing

Cal-el of Krypton said...

"Sara Beth" by Rascal Flatts and "I need the prayers of those I love" in our hymnal

Lynn Bruce said...

Triumphal Feast
It Is Well With My Soul
Do Not I Love Thee

Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs, from Handel's Messiah, sung by Larnelle Harris, Steve Green and Michael English -- wipes me out.

I Know You By Heart by Eva Cassidy

Trees Stand Still - Bebo Norman

rachel tsunami said...

No contest:
Ashokan Farewell--the version in which Sullivan Ballou's letter to his wife is read. Ask my kids. It's automatic.

A song Robert wrote for me and presented on my 50th birthday. Can't get through it.

Parting Hand -- all the verses, and really meaning it.

Nessun Dorma. Yes Dan, Puccini. I just know M. Butterfly in a Cliff Notes sortof way, and I certainly don't know what exactly is being sung, but the sheer brilliance of the music conveys enough without the storyline and literally moves me to tears when I hear it.

And then...several favorite Sacred Harp numbers and hymns.

Lynn Bruce said...

Oh, Rachel - I forgot that song Robert wrote for you. Blubber city. ::melts::

rachel tsunami said...

Ha! Brain Cell Freeze!

Just remembered that Nessun Dorma is indeed by Puccini, but it's from Turandot and not M. Butterfly. Further proof that the music transcends the language and the storyline.

Oh well.

Anonymous said...

The National Anthem.

ithchick said...

Hymns too numerous to mention, and "These Days" by Rascal Flatts.