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Which Song brings back special memories for you?
Which song and what version of that particular song?
Please share as much of your special memory as you dare?
Mention multiple songs and the memories they invoke if you wish.
Or if you'd like to generalise out, share what impact music has had on your life?
Do you play, is it a passion, do you relax with it, clean to it, collect it .....
Closing Statement from Kate Blake
What an amazing eclectic collection of songs! I urge everyone to click on any of the links below and enjoy a vast variety of other peoples special memories.
Much thanks to all who participated, those who have read and listened - this was a very joyful conversation!
Also thanks to TED for providing the forum and allowing this collection to happen.
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Mary M. 100+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I33R3woDeFs
A music teacher at University put a name to the piece I had loved many years before while visiting Epcot and enjoying the France circlevision movie.
In the circlevision movie you are taken down the Danube river listening to this piece....simply beautiful.
Enjoy
I love music and singing.
I love to cook while hearing music and drive while hearing music and clean while hearing music.
Sometimes I sit and participate in TED conversations while hearing music on my computer.
Great question Kate.
Any Australian groups or singers you like in particular?
Here is a favorite of mine....so very funny.....incredible what the human voice can do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao2_PmitMrM
Kate Blake 50+
I guess I really enjoy all genres but often prefer silence too. My big love is Johann Strauss and jazz, and in Australia we have many great jazz musicians, singers and bands; rock, devo, Gordon Lightfoot, Yanni, etc. you can see by the varied collection above that music inspired this conversation.
Probably Peter Paul and Mary, The Carpenters, were a well known Australian group that had some good originals.
Here is a link to my favourite Aussie jazz band, I grew up with these guys, they are amazing! Given you a few to choose from, enjoy!
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=galapagos+duck+jazz+band&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#q=galapagos+duck+music&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&tbo=u&source=univ&tbm=vid&ei=dCYbUea4J4STiAeEjIGwDg&ved=0CDkQqwQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&bvm=bv.42261806,d.aGc&fp=6a99e99d0e0b558&biw=1024&bih=672
Mary M. 100+
I love when a singer introduces humor into songs.
Kate have you seen the songs by Nellie McKay on TED?
http://www.ted.com/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_the_dog_song.html
(Check out her cool shoes at about 1:32...heeheehee)
I also love music from other countries. Another TEDster introduced me to this piece:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyNBvJ_R6Vg
You can feel the passion in the voices of the singers, and look at the facial expressions on the guitarist....they love what they are doing.....that makes me enjoy the piece all the more.
Oh, and don't ask me what they are saying....because even though they are Spaniards....and I speak spanish.....I believe the expressions are whimsical in nature and have no true meaning...of course, I could be wrong.
Mary M. 100+
I think we all love to luxuriate in silence now and again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-JQ1q-13Ek
Kate Blake 50+
specs 2
Well what do you know!
I made a video of my niece's performances in a school version of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. I downloaded the prologue music and used it as the background music for the DVD main menu page so I got very familiar with the piece. Thanks for the very pleasant memory
Mary M. 100+
You are most welcome.