Allright, Rte66, now you just stop this nonsense!
Posted on 03/01/2006 7:54:55 PM PST by Reaganesque
I was sitting here tonight listening to Mozart's Requiem and I got to thinking: what do I consider to be the best work of music ever? For my part, Mozart's work really does the trick for me when I need to be re-energized. Therefore, I believe that his Requiem is the greatest work of all time. There just isn't another work that is as powerful and passionate. When the chorus sings the final "Amen" at the end of "Lacrimosa" I get the feeling that he knew it was the last thing he would ever write. It gives me chills at times.
Other favorites are:
Handel's Messiah
The 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
"We had joy, we had fun,
We had seasons in the sun..."
YOU STOLE MY POST !!!!!!!~(...kinda....)Well, you were "first"...
IMHO, that song is a real "autonomous vein opener"....(at least with me...)
"Emerson Lake and Palmer come to mind..."
"From the Beginning" on the "Trilogy" album. Listening to it right now. :)
And as an added bonus "Kansas" is coming to town. I'm psyched. I'm officially old, LOL! ;)
Far out.
Where is my gun? And 22 hits, pahleeease.
Excellent studio album. I need to move that into my car for tomorrows drive home. Thanks.
Then it's Boomer Sooner Oklahoma, Boomer Sooner OKU. I'm Sooner born, Sooner bred, and when I die, I'll be Sooner dead. Rah Oklahoma, Rah Oklahoma, Rah Oklahoma, OK U."
Good choice, jonny. It's a hauntingly beautiful piece, no doubt.
For religious music, my choice was 'How Great Thou Art.' Several other people mentioned that one too. Battle Hymn of the Republic is another great one.
I'm now trying to think of my favorite hymn. Have to think a little bit.
Wolfstar, I loved your choices. Some great ones there. I liked yours too, ohio, but some were unfamiliar to me, so I can't judge as well.
Sinatra's puppets
Is that you, Bill? Saw ZZ during their first tour as the warm up act for Ten Years After.
We've been working on that (favorite hymns) over here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1586768/posts?q=1&&page=1
Nah! You just don't know what you want to be when you grow up! HeHe.
"Throw in Boston and Aerosmith ..."
Add: Head East; Flat as a Pancake, Some Kansas and some Bob Seger!
Fun! Man, I can just hear the 8-Track in my '68 Chevelle blarin' away. I can taste the spiked Dr. Pepper and the Lip Smackers Lip Gloss. I can smell the "Love's Baby Soft" perfume and the smell of a Benson & Hedges ciggie stolen from The Old Man's bottomless pack, LOL!
I pity people that don't have these kinds of memories of good, clean, tearin' it up fun as a teen. I think they turn into Democrats when they grow up, LOL!
Dang! You caught me in one of my uber-rare moments of lucidity
Allright, Rte66, now you just stop this nonsense!
Mozart, Wagner, Alan Copeland (and many more classical artists), Celtic, bagpipes (I know, spare the bagpipe jokes) and lots of rock and roll.
How about "T For Texas, T for Tennessee" by Jimmy Rodgers?
I bought "Trilogy" on LP twice, on 8-Track twice, on cassette twice, and on CD once...
The recording industry objects to music file swapping....
I have another view.
But, Sir, ummm, Rummy, *swoon*, the other (kind of) Aggie started it, Sir.
"ELP - Fan fare for the modern men"
That's three of us, so far. ;)
Bump for later.
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