A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain

[isabelle]

Barb, I hadn't thought of "Here comes the rain again", but how fitting!
"Walking on broken glass too".

[ednbarby]

Barb, I hadn't thought of "Here comes the rain again", but how fitting!
"Walking on broken glass too".

I love how both reference the wind.  So fitting for Jack.

Here's another one that makes me think of him in a way:

Give Me Novacaine ~ Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong)

Take away the sensation inside
This bittersweet migraine in my head
It's like a throbbing toothache of the mind
I can't take this feeling anymore

Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
Give me your kiss goodnight
and everything will be all right
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
Give me Novacaine

Out of body and out of of mind
Kiss the demons out of my dreams
I get the funny feeling, then it's all right
Jimmy says it's better than here
I’ll tell you what

Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
Give me your kiss goodnight
and everything will be all right
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
Give me Novacaine

[Becky]

I know this doesn't define the whole film but I was inspired by the 90s cds I am making and I recently found out that this song was number 1 in Britain when I was born. Plus I also found out that it was used on a chocolate advert, so it was fate that I was to be a chocoholic...aswell as a brokaholic!
What scene do you think this song defines?

Show Me Heaven- Maria McKee

There you go
Flashing fever from your eyes
Hey babe
Come over here and shut them tight
I'm not denying
We're flying above it all
Hold my hand
Don't let me fall
You've such amazing grace
I've never felt this way
Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please

Here I go
I'm shaking just like the breeze
Hey babe
I need your head to steady me
I'm not denying
I'm frightened a much as you
Though I'm barely touching you
I've shivers down my spine, and it feels divine
Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please

Do you know what it's like to dream a dream
Baby hold me tight and let this be
Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please

If any of you want to know what was number 1 in the UK went you were born I would be happy to look it up, just ask.

[nic]

  Thanks for the offer but I have to laugh as that makes me feel old!  The music was terrible when I was born, early 70s.  So I am old enough to be your mother, just!  I do know the song you have posted & like the lyrics but don't remember it from the time.  I was probably too into being rebellious & miserable at that time!

Great suggestions earlier - especially the Eurythmics & can't live, if living is without you... heard them on the radio  & totatlly thought of you know who. 

[Becky]

Thanks for the offer but I have to laugh as that makes me feel old!  The music was terrible when I was born, early 70s. 

Go on try me! And btw my mum is much older than you: she was a teenager in the 70s.

[David In Indy]

Go on try me! And btw my mum is much older than you: she was a teenager in the 70s.

Ewww.... Ouch!

That's how old I was in the 70s. 

[Becky]

Sorry I will reword myself: My mum is older than you, she was a teenager in the 70s. So David: Don't you want to know what was number 1 in the UK went you were born? It is random and useless information that you can bore people with! Pm me if you don't want to release your age...although you pretty much have.

[Rayn]

For me, no lyrics have reminded me of Ennis or Jack or BBM, but there is an instrumental song on the CD "The High Road" by Joe Euro that makes me remember the movie every time I hear it. 

I must admit I heard it first on Brokeback Mt. Radio and I'm sure whoever is selecting music for the station felt something like I did:  There is a mysterious quality of loneliness and quiet longing in the song, "Midnight Watch" with a western quality in the guitar that makes me think of the whole movie.  It actually evokes a sweet sorrow...something like the look on Jack's face the morning after the tent scene when he says, "See ya fer supper..." and watches Ennis ride off, or like the undercurrent of tension and confusion in Ennis' first farewell to Jack, "Well, I guess I'll see ya around then."  It also makes me remember how they held each other in the Motel scene: sweaty tenderness, smoky secrecy, love held long, longed for, released and fulfilled, filled with difficulty from the beginning, but true.   

The whole CD is great and I'm glad I bought it.  I hope to meet Joe Euro this summer when I visit the US.  The town where he has a shop is very near where my folks live.  It’s just another thing to be thankful for when thinking of Brokeback Mt.  I highly recommend the album for anyone who loves guitar music.

Yours truly,
Rayn

[JennyC]

Not sure if someone has already mentioned this song.  I love this song and used to play it over and over before BBM.  This song makes me think of Brokeback Mountain.

One More Time by Laura Pausini

Nothing I must do
Nowhere I should be
No one in my life
To answer to but me

No more candlelight
No more purple skies
No one to be near
As my heart slowly dies

If I could hold you one more time
like in the days when you where mine
I'd look at you 'till I was blind
So you would stay

I'd say a prayer each time you'd smile
Cradle the moments like a child
I'd stop the world if only I
Could hold you one more time
(hmmmmmm)

I've memorized your face
I know your touch by heart
Still lost in your embrace
I'd dream of where you are
(hmmm)

If I could hold you one more time
Like in the days when you were mine
I'd look at you 'till I was blind
So you would stay

I'd say a prayer each time you'd smile
Cradle the moments like a child
I'd stop the world if only I
Could hold you one more time
One more time

Click the following link to listen to the song.  I have the MP3, but the file is too large to be attached.
http://www.world3a.com/bbs/UploadFile/2005-10/20051021204149918.mp3

[Lumière]

I dont know if this has already been posted, but I love this song by DIDO;
It makes me think of our boys.




"My Lover's Gone"

My lover's gone
his boots no longer by my door
he left at dawn
and as I slept I felt him go
Returns no more
I will not watch the ocean
My lover's gone
no earthly ships will ever bring him home again
bring him home again

My lover's gone
I know that kiss will be my last
no more his song
the tune upon his lips has passed

I sing alone
while I watch the ocean
My lover's gone
no earthly ships will ever bring him home again
bring him home again.