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mvansand76

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #190 on: July 28, 2006, 10:06:15 am »
Does it ever end?  :laugh:

Anybody else LOVE Alison Krauss?


Stay
Where have you been,
My long lost friend?
It's good to see you again.
Come and sit for a while
I've missed your smile
Today the past is goodbye.
Time can't erase
A lover's embrace.
Can't you hear it calling?
A new day dawning
You were longing to find.

Love's taken you far
Away from my heart,
And I've been here all alone.
Have your eyes failed to find
What took you from mine,
A vision that's faded through time?
But you sailed away,
A fine summer's day,
Cause you heard it calling,
A new day dawning,
You were longing to find.

There is a way to make you stay.
Darlin don't turn away
Don't doubt your heart
and keep us apart
I'm right where you are
Stay

There is a way to make you stay.
Darlin don't turn away.
Don't doubt your heart
and keep us apart
I'm right where you are
Stay.


Ghost in this house
I don't pick up the mail
I don't pick up the phone
I don't answer the door
I'd just as soon be alone
I don't keep this place up
I just keep the lights down
I don't live in these rooms
I just rattle around

I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
As quietly as a mouse I haunt these halls
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
You took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house

I don't care if it rains
I don't care if it's clear
I don't mind staying in
There's another ghost here
He sits down in your chair
And he shines with your light
And he lays down his head
On your pillow at night

I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
I'm living proof of the damage
Heartbreak does
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
And took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house
Oh, I'm just a ghost in this house

Dixie Chicks - A Home
I mistook the warnings for wisdom
From so called friends quick to advise
Though your touch was telling me otherwise
Somehow I saw you as a weakness
I thought I had to be strong
Oh but I was just young, I was scared, I was wrong

Not a night goes by
I dont dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home

Guess I did what I did believing
That love is a dangerous thing
Oh but that couldnt hurt anymore than never knowing

Not a night goes by
I dont dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home
A home

Four walls, a roof, a door, some windows
Just a place to run when my working day is through
They say home is where the heart is
If the exception proves the rule I guess thats true

Not a night goes by
I dont dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home
A home

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #191 on: July 28, 2006, 10:21:58 am »
I do, I do, MV.  I think she has the voice of an angel.

One last one from the Phil Collins/Genesis oevre for Saucy.  The coup de grace of the BBM reminiscent songs from their collection, and one I'm sure has been posted before here:

Against All Odds

How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace
When I stand here taking every breath with you?
You're the only one who really knew me at all.

How can you just walk away from me,
When all I can do is watch you leave?
We've shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears.
You're the only one who really knew me at all.

So take a look at me now, there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me,
Just the memory of your face.
Take a look at me now, well there's just an empty space.
And you coming back to me is against the odds and that's what I've got to face.

I wish I could just make you turn around,
Turn around and see me cry.
There's so much I need to say to you,
So many reasons why.
You're the only one who really knew me at all.

So take a look at me now, there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face.
Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space
But to wait for you is all I can do and that's what I've got to face.

Take a good look at me now, cause I'll still be standing here.
And you coming back to me is against all odds
It's the chance i've gotta take.

Take a look at me now.

« Last Edit: July 28, 2006, 10:24:31 am by ednbarby »
No more beans!

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #192 on: July 29, 2006, 02:33:10 pm »
I already posted this in another topic, but I noticed this topic a bit later and since it seems that more people share songs that remind them of Brokeback Mountain in this one I post it over here as well. I don't think a lot of you know this song (but I don't know how many of you come from Holland as well).

This is a song by a Dutch band named Kane. I translated the 'she' from the original song into a 'he', but this song just gets to me whenever I hear it.

Where do I go now

With my head against the window
Seal the letter which I did not sign
Should I wait for you for one last time
There's no end and no beginning
Every word comes like a silent scream
He told all the things I did not see
How could I know that he would lift me up to let me down
How could I know that you are all that really matters now
How could I know that forever wasn't quite so long
So where do I go now
Where do I go yeah, now
Where do I go yeah
he says nothing's everlasting
I'm so confused, I don't know what to do, what to say
I forgive you but I can not stay
How could I know I thought you'd wait for me but I was wrong
How could I know that you are all that really matters now
How could I know that forever wasn't quite so long
So where do I go now
Where do I go yeah, now
Where do I go yeah
Oh, yeah Where do I go now
Where do I go yeah, yeah
Where do I go yeah (2x)
He says nothing's everlasting

Lynda
it's better to have loved and lost, than not to have loved at all

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #193 on: July 30, 2006, 11:40:59 pm »
Unbelievable - Craig David
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac
Annie's Song - John Denver
Everything I Own - Bread
What I Don't Know - Dwight Yoakam
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Man of Constant Sorrow - old Bluegrass standard
Angels Brought Me Here - Guy Sebastian
Helplessly Hoping - Crosby, Stills, N & Y
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
All I Have to Offer You is Me - George Jones

imagine many of those have been mentioned long before now, but for what it's worth

w
« Last Edit: August 02, 2006, 10:50:59 pm by wolf »

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #194 on: July 30, 2006, 11:53:11 pm »
mvansand76 ,

I love Alison Krause!!!
Here's a song that makes me think of Ennis and Jack...not so much the lyrics but the sing songy mellow , almost lullaby-ish way the song is sung...it's got a vaguely country feel to it.  Just a beautiful song..

here's part of the lyrics:


When you say love is a simple chemical reaction
Can't say I agree
'Cause my chemical, yeah, left me a beautiful disaster
Still love's all I see...

So I'm taking these pills for to fill up my soul
And I'm drinking them down with cheap alcohol
And you'd be inclined to be mine for the taking
And part of this terrible mess that I'm making
But you, you're the catalyst

You'll be the vein
You'll be the pain
You'll be the scar
You'll be the road, rolling below
The wheels of a car
And all of the thoughts, on God
Don't know if I'm strong enough now
You'll be the vein
You'll be the pain
You'll be the
Catalyst...
"hunh?!" ~ Ennis Del Mar

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #195 on: July 31, 2006, 07:04:11 am »
mvansand76 ,

I love Alison Krause!!!
Here's a song that makes me think of Ennis and Jack...not so much the lyrics but the sing songy mellow , almost lullaby-ish way the song is sung...it's got a vaguely country feel to it.  Just a beautiful song..


Her voice is like that of an angel, isn't it?

What is the name of the song you posted?


This is a song by a Dutch band named Kane. I translated the 'she' from the original song into a 'he', but this song just gets to me whenever I hear it.

Lynda

Hi Lynda, I love Kane too (also from Holland!  ;D)! What do you think of "Before you let me go" and "Damn those eyes" (the acoustic live version?

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #196 on: July 31, 2006, 11:51:05 am »
Oops mvansand76 !

The song I posted is "Catalyst" by Anna Nalick.  Check it out!

And yeah, Alison does have the voice of an angel.

:-)
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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #197 on: July 31, 2006, 11:55:50 am »
I loved that k.d. laing song, mvansand76! Another song that reminds me of BBM is "I'll follow you into the dark" by Death Cabs for Cutie (sorry, don't have the lyrics).
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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #198 on: July 31, 2006, 12:50:34 pm »
"Ride on" (sung by Christy Moore, written by Jimmy MacCarthy) kind-of-works for both Jack and Ennis's viewpoints.  The song as a whole made me think of Jack's feelings on Ennis riding away at the end of the Dozy Embrace scene - and all the other times they leave each other.  The chorus and second verse fit Ennis's viewpoint at the end of the story (especially the 'stinging tears' in the story).  I think it's a lovely song - both romantic and sad - that fits perfectly with that BBM sense of unfulfilled longing...

Polly

Ride on

True you ride the finest horse I have ever seen,
Standing sixteen, one or two. With eyes wild and green,
You ride the horse so well, hands light to the touch,
I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to.

Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to.
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to.

When you ride in to the night without a trace behind,
Run your claw along my gut one last time.
I turn to face an empty space where you used to lie,
And look for the spark that lights the night
Through a teardrop in my eye.

Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to.
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to.
No matter how I wanted to.

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #199 on: August 02, 2006, 06:41:24 am »
"Ride on" (sung by Christy Moore, written by Jimmy MacCarthy) kind-of-works for both Jack and Ennis's viewpoints.  The song as a whole made me think of Jack's feelings on Ennis riding away at the end of the Dozy Embrace scene - and all the other times they leave each other.  The chorus and second verse fit Ennis's viewpoint at the end of the story (especially the 'stinging tears' in the story).  I think it's a lovely song - both romantic and sad - that fits perfectly with that BBM sense of unfulfilled longing...

Polly

Beautiful song, Polly, I will make sure to listen to it on itunes! Welcome to the board, by the way!  :)