To: Reaganesque
Ray Charles singing America the Beautiful.
Amazing Grace, I don't care who sings it, the song moves me every time I hear it. The lyrics dont even have to be there, it's a very moving song played on a bugle, bagpipes, even on harmonica.
The Star Spangled Banner.
357 posted on
03/01/2006 9:39:56 PM PST by
JavaTheHutt
( Gun Control - The difference between Lexington Green and Tienanmen Square.)
To: JavaTheHutt
Agree with regards to Amazing Grace. It was one of the first to come to my mind upon seeing this thread. For some reason I love it on bagpipes. And I generally can't stand bagpipes.
The other is "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
OK, bring on the flames folks...but I honestly don't find The Star Spangled Banner to be very impressive as music. Of course it gets me every time I hear it just because of what it IS and REPRESENTS but jeez, wasn't it originally an old drinking song or something?
368 posted on
03/01/2006 9:49:45 PM PST by
Nik Naym
(Ted Kennedy's Oldsmobile has killed more people than Dick Cheney's shotgun.)
To: JavaTheHutt
Amazing Grace, I don't care who sings it, the song moves me every time I hear it. The lyrics dont even have to be there, it's a very moving song played on a bugle, bagpipes, even on harmonica. It's particularly poignant when you learn that its author, John Newton, was the captain of a slave ship... and the hymn is autobiographical.
456 posted on
03/02/2006 12:06:36 AM PST by
Swordmaker
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