The Blood of Cuchulainn

[monadhrionnag]

The above song I want in the soundtrack of my life (it is from the opening credits of "Boondock Saints" and can be found at the bottom of this page). And no, I do not want to become a religious vigilante. The song is a marvelous work of Irish music, the melody is inspirational, proud, defiant...but there is an underlying hint of tragedy, a hint

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[liberalnun]

Rachmaninoff's Concerto #2. All of it.
Ani DiFranco - Fuck You, Not A Pretty Girl
Lamb - Gorecki
Riverdance
Slainte Mhath - VA
Lunasa - Mike Donough's First August, etc.
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Guillame Dufay - Ave Maris Stella
Biebel - Ave Maria
Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium
Ubi Caritas
Tori Amos - Winter
Loreena McKennitt - Snow
Gackt - Sayonara, White Eyes
Handel - Messiah - He Was Despised, He Trusted in God, Comfort Ye, But Who May Abide, And He Shall Purify
Evanescence - My Immortal
Joni Mitchell - River
Wicked - Defying Gravity
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei (and I know EXACTLY what part of my life this would be - the Balkans trip!)
The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Holly Valance - Kiss, Kiss (Germany. They played that in the clubs all the time.)
Frou Frou - Let Go
Amelie - Comtine D'un Autre Ete: L'apres Midi
Alanis Morrissette - All I Really Want

Do you think that's enough? ;)

[aardvarklf]

Woohoo, another Messiah fan!

You shoulda gone to Duke...I would be willing to put the Chapel Choir's version up against anyone else's, and the annual "Three days...three performances...three hours each: The Messiah Marathon - CAN YOU HANDEL IT?" experience is second to none.

Eh well. You pays your money and you takes your choice.

I like "Worthy Is The Lamb." And the Amen canon at the end is...sublime. Except I started crying the last time I sang it.

[mona_lisa_73]

It is funny that you mention Boondock Saints because I just saw that movie for the first time a few weeks ago...I don't remember the song, but from what you say it sounds like you.

Oh, and make sure you have "Hedwig's Theme".

[aardvarklf]

I think I'll have to do my own post about this at some point, but here are three for your consideration:

"Are You Out There" by Dar Williams is a song for coming messily undone late at night a) in a hotel room in a strange city or b) down a highway as fast as possible.

"Libre" by El Chaval de la Peca I have earmarked as my song for when I finish my PhD, because one lyric (translated) runs "Free...like the bird who flees its prison and can fly at last." Handel's "Zadok The Priest" will also feature at this time.

"I Don't Want To Live On The Moon" is a song from Sesame Street and is a good song for homesickness.