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A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
Sheyne:
--- Quote from: JCinNYC2006 on April 21, 2006, 08:05:35 pm ---I associate the movie very strongly with my favorite moody music. For anyone who hasn't had a chance to listen to the radio station Philip set up, give it a try. Really good selection of tunes.
I love the lyrics posted, they remind me of different aspects of the film. One song that really gets me that feels in synch is How Will You Go by Crowded House. The leisurely pace, the Finn brothers' amazing harmonies, and the "fell over on the couch" part, oy, gets me every time:
Escape is on your mind again
Escape to a far away land
At times it seems there is no end
To long hard nights of drinking
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I’ll find you a shelter to sleep in
I fell over on the couch again
But you know not all sleep is wasted
Your dreams are alcohol inspired
I can’t find a better way to face it
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I’ll find you a shelter to sleep in
And you know, I’ll be fine
Just don’t ask me how it’s going
Gimme time, gimme time
’cos I want you to see
’round the world, ’round the world
Is a tangled up necklace of pearls
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I’ll find you a shelter to sleep in
Just put the pillow over my face now....j/k.
Juan
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Juan, I can't believe you like this song too!!! I'm a confessed Crowd-a-holic as well. Neil Finn is one of the best songwriters of the modern age, he is brilliant. This song, and the whole Woodface album is always in my playlist!! *beaming* Love it!!! ;D ;D ;D
JCinNYC2006:
Oh excellent, another CH fan! Yeah, Woodface was really such a high point of their's for me. Everyone loves Weather With You, and deservedly so, but How Will You Go got me through a few crises. And yeah, Neil Finn is an amazing singer/songwriter. Shame his solo stuff hasn't had the same response.
I was lucky enough to see them on the tour for Woodface, what an excellent show. They had such a kooky sense of humor. Shame about Paul Hester eh? At least the music will always live on....
Juan
FuzzyChanny:
I have a whole playlist of songs on my iPod which remind me of Brokeback but I can't remember all of them right now and my battery's flat and I left my charger at my Dad's and blah blah blah...
Anyway, here are two I can remember:
Fix You - Coldplay
When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
High up above or down below
when you're too in love to let it go
but If you never try you'll never know
Just what your worth
Lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face and I
Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face and I
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
and
Eternity - Robbie Williams
Close your eyes so you don't feel them
They don't need to see you cry
I can't promise I will heal you
But if you want to I will try
I sing this summer serenade
The past is done we've been betrayed
It's true
Someone said the truth will out
I believe without a doubt
in you
(chorus)
You were there for summer dreaming
and you gave me what I need
and I hope you'll find your freedom
for eternity, for eternity
Yesterday when you were walking
We talked about your mom and dad
What they did that made you happy,
What they did that made you sad
We sat and watched the sun go down
Picked a star before we lost
the moon
Youth is wasted on the young
before you know it's come and gone
too soon
You were there for summer dreaming
and you gave me what I need
and I hope you find your freedom
for eternity, for eternity
I sing this summer serenade
the past is done we've been betrayed
it's true
youth is wasted on the young
before you know it's come and gone
too soon
you were there for summer dreaming
and you are a friend indeed
and I hope you'll find your freedom
for eternity
you were there for summer dreaming
and you are a friend indeed
and I know you'll find your freedom
eventually
For eternity, for eternity
I love the line "Youth is wasted on the young" (hence why I used it for my avatar) because what always struck me when I watched the movie was how, as they got older, so their visits became colder. The were no longer young and carefree, they had individual struggles and it always saddened me when I compared it to how happy they were that first summer on Brokeback (shown so clearly in the flashback).
Anyway, I'll put the rest up once Jake's charged (I said I was a big Jake fan on the Intro board, I even named my iPod after him).
isabelle:
Fuzzy, those songs are great and really reminiscent of BBM, even though I've never heard them. Just reading them does it, thanks!
Toast:
Here is a song from an album that I have been listening to since the seventies.
There are so many songs on Windsong that fit with the Brokeback theme, that I sometimes think it should have been "the soundtrack" for Brokeback.
It would have softened the movie, though.
Song of Wyoming
as performed by John Denver.
This song appears on three albums,
and was first released on the Windsong album
Well, Im weary and tired, Ive done my days ridin
Nighttime is rollin my way
The skys all on fire and the lights slowly fading
Peaceful and still ends the day
Out on the trail night birds are callin
Singin their wild melody
Down in the canyon cottonwood whispers
A Song of Wyoming for me
Well, Ive wandered around the town and the city
Tried to figure the how and the why
Well, Ive stopped all my schemin
Im just driftin and dreamin
Watching the river roll by
Here comes that big ole prairie moon risin
Shinin down bright as can be
Up on the hill theres a coyote singin
A Song of Wyoming for me
Now its whiskey and tobacco and bitter black coffee
A lonesome old dogie am I
But wakin up on the range
Lord I feel like an angel
Free like I almost could fly
Drift like a cloud out over the badlands
Sing like a bird in the tree
The wind in the sage sounds like heaven singin
A Song of Wyoming for me
A Song of Wyoming for me
Words and music by Kent Lewis
"The wind in the sage sounds like heaven singin"
lovely
I think I should make a list of John Dnver
songs that fit with Brokeback.
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