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This will be a tough listen for most (and undoubtedly most will get bored) but I was transfixed by this at the time c.1993 when I first heard it as I was always (and still ) mesmerised by historic and real life recordings and the fact this was a recording of homeless folk around Waterloo station in the early 70s just took me right there... It's a slow burner but it also reminds me of my late grandpa (1912-1994) so just makes me drift to that time.. strangely Mungo Jerry's video for In the Summertime shot at Marble Arch does exactly the same...
But slightly more modern (2005) I was always transfixed by this track inspired by a needless argument and murder:
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Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 23:59 - Nov 24 with 7938 views
This is glorious melancholy for me. Wistful....I remember where I first heard it, sitting in my bedroom on a wet night, full of teen angst, finger hovering over the 'play' button of the tape recorder, counter number remembered, as I listened to the John Peel show. Oh for youth, romance, hope....
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Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 00:13 - Nov 25 with 7915 views
Was going through a tough time some years ago because of a close death in the family and this randomly played on my iPhone causing me to cry my guts out after not having done so throughout.
When I hear it now it does the same:
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Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 00:26 - Nov 25 with 7900 views
Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 23:59 - Nov 24 by distortR
This is glorious melancholy for me. Wistful....I remember where I first heard it, sitting in my bedroom on a wet night, full of teen angst, finger hovering over the 'play' button of the tape recorder, counter number remembered, as I listened to the John Peel show. Oh for youth, romance, hope....
God, yes, The Chameleons - all of that. Very 80s. How do kids cope now without cassette recorders?
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Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 00:36 - Nov 25 with 7883 views
Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 00:26 - Nov 25 by CiderwithRsie
God, yes, The Chameleons - all of that. Very 80s. How do kids cope now without cassette recorders?
Mate, when I was 15 I got a summer job working with Karl in a fish factory. £1/hr, I worked and saved and bought a beige sanyo record player, radio and tape deck for £100. I could make tapes off the radio and off records! I loved that thing, and the fact that I earnt the money for it made it even more special. I was 16 when I first heard the Chameleons song. Within the year my youthful hope and zest would have me living the dream - squats, drugs, nights in cells, Rangers etc, Oh well! I'd do it all again, though.
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Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 00:37 - Nov 25 with 7885 views
Played this pretty randomly on the way back from dropping my daughter off at university in Aberystwyth last autumn. It's the loveliest drive. Sun going down behind me on the Irish Sea and lighting up the hills in front of me; half moon as it happens rather than full, but in the sky in front off me; heading home alone, knowing it'd be dark by the time I got in, thinking how proud of her her mum would be and the opening just got to me: "Everybody else has gone, But you're still here with me." Which she wasn't and was, if you see what I mean.
"I miss you more than I can say. I can't remember how I pass the time (with you away), Wondering if you'll ever know How much you mean to me."
And then the sax solo...the bloody thing stayed with me for weeks
Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 00:37 - Nov 25 by CiderwithRsie
Played this pretty randomly on the way back from dropping my daughter off at university in Aberystwyth last autumn. It's the loveliest drive. Sun going down behind me on the Irish Sea and lighting up the hills in front of me; half moon as it happens rather than full, but in the sky in front off me; heading home alone, knowing it'd be dark by the time I got in, thinking how proud of her her mum would be and the opening just got to me: "Everybody else has gone, But you're still here with me." Which she wasn't and was, if you see what I mean.
"I miss you more than I can say. I can't remember how I pass the time (with you away), Wondering if you'll ever know How much you mean to me."
And then the sax solo...the bloody thing stayed with me for weeks
This won't be to everyone's tastes but I've been a Pat Metheny fan for over 30 years. This piece reminds me of so much that's been and gone over that time.
I'll have it played at my funeral!
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Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 08:47 - Nov 25 with 7711 views
Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 00:36 - Nov 25 by distortR
Mate, when I was 15 I got a summer job working with Karl in a fish factory. £1/hr, I worked and saved and bought a beige sanyo record player, radio and tape deck for £100. I could make tapes off the radio and off records! I loved that thing, and the fact that I earnt the money for it made it even more special. I was 16 when I first heard the Chameleons song. Within the year my youthful hope and zest would have me living the dream - squats, drugs, nights in cells, Rangers etc, Oh well! I'd do it all again, though.
This brings back memories of hours spent recording tracks
When I first went travelling in 1990, I borrowed a tape-to-tape and recorded loads of songs from tapes and the radio. Took planning and time and you always had that agonising situation of having 33 left on the tape counter and wondering what you could put on to max out the tape's capacity. Then with your walkman, that was your music for the next year!
Subsequent travels saw me rock up with an iPod, and hours spent taping evaporated to a near meaningless transaction. Now, I am sure I am behind the curve with spotify on my phone.
'Always In Motion' by John Honney available on amazon.co.uk
Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 07:00 - Nov 25 by dmm
This won't be to everyone's tastes but I've been a Pat Metheny fan for over 30 years. This piece reminds me of so much that's been and gone over that time.
I'll have it played at my funeral!
Big PM fan here, going back at least as long as you. Love this track, but no melancholic thoughts at all when I hear it. I'll post links to the two that really knock me sideways.....
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Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 09:46 - Nov 25 with 7672 views
This film and particularly this song has so many memories for me and even when I saw the play 'Local Hero' at Chichester theatre last week, I found I had something in my eye when it was played.
One of my most poignant and haunting memories is when it was played at my friend's memorial service. He was in the UTA plane blown up over Niger in 1989
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Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 11:41 - Nov 25 with 7599 views
Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 08:47 - Nov 25 by PlanetHonneywood
This brings back memories of hours spent recording tracks
When I first went travelling in 1990, I borrowed a tape-to-tape and recorded loads of songs from tapes and the radio. Took planning and time and you always had that agonising situation of having 33 left on the tape counter and wondering what you could put on to max out the tape's capacity. Then with your walkman, that was your music for the next year!
Subsequent travels saw me rock up with an iPod, and hours spent taping evaporated to a near meaningless transaction. Now, I am sure I am behind the curve with spotify on my phone.
I remember I used to tape the top 40 chart show off of the radio sometimes on a Sunday afternoon. Most of it was Tiffany and Belinda Carlisle but I remember one time it had Prefab Sprout - King of Rock n Roll. I’d never heard anything like it and I played and rewound it over and over until I’d learned all of the words.
Anyway they say some singers have a throaty voice and some have a nasal voise. The singer in this band sounds like he’s singing through the tear ducts in his eyes.
Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 07:00 - Nov 25 by dmm
This won't be to everyone's tastes but I've been a Pat Metheny fan for over 30 years. This piece reminds me of so much that's been and gone over that time.
I'll have it played at my funeral!
Jesus fcuking christmas stay alive David I never want to hear that shit again …
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Songs that make you all flipping melancholy on 06:13 - Nov 26 with 7346 views
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