Music that moves you?

I have to say that almost any music that I've heard that was 'Buddhist' has failed to strike a chord with me...but sometimes I think I pick up some almost-Buddhist thoughts in the lyrics of various pop songs.

"That was that and this is this,
you tell me what you saw,
Then I'll tell you what you missed,
When the ocean met the sky,
(you missed, you missed)
When time and I shook hands and said 'goodbye',
(you missed)
When the earth folded in on itself
(you missed)
and said 'good luck',
For your sake I hope heaven and hell,
(you missed, you missed)
Are really there but I wouldn't hold my breath,
(you missed, you missed)
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?
(you missed, you missed)
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?"

And also:

"Everyone's afraid of their own life,
If you could be anything you wanna be you'd be disappointed, am I right?
No one really knows the ones they love,
If you knew everything they thought about you'd wish that they'd just shut up"

(Both of those are Modest Mouse songs)


On another note, some music just strikes a chord with some other part of me:

"Your father made fetuses with flesh-licking ladies,
While you and your mother were,
Asleep in the trailer-park,
Thunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums,
The music and medicine you needed for comforting,
So make all your fat fleshy fingers to moving,
And pluck all your silly strings and bend all your notes for me,
Soft silly music is meaningful, magical,
The movements were beautiful,
All in your ovaries,
All of them milking with green fleshy flowers,
While powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines,
Smelling of semen all under the garden,
Was all you were needing when you still believed in me,
Say what you want to say!
And hang for your hollow ways!
Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracles,
For me,"

AND also:

"And you mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder,
And dad would throw the garbage all around the floor,
As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for,

And this is the room one afternoon I knew I could love you,
And from above you how I sank into your soul,
Into that secret place where no one dares to go,

And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking,
And dad would dream of all the different ways to die,
Each one a little more than he could dare to try...."

(Those were both from 'Neutral Milk Hotel')

Lastly, some just appeal very powerfully to Borderline Personality Disorder:

(Sung rapid-fire in one breath with ukuleles and a music box as accompaniment)
"Don't fall in love with me yet
We only recently met
True I'm in love with you but
you might decide I'm a nut
Give me a week or two to
go absolutely cuckoo
then, when you see your error,
then, you can flee in terror
like everybody else does
I only tell you this cause
I'm easy to get rid of
but not if you fall in love
Know now that I'm on the make
and if you make a mistake
my heart will certainly break
I'll have to jump in a lake
and all my friends will blame you
There's no telling what they'll do
It's only fair to tell you
I'm absolutely cuckoo"

And:

"I don't wanna get over you,
I guess I could take a sleeping pill,
And sleep at will,
And not have to go through what I go through,
I guess I should take prozac, right?
And just smile all night at somebody new,
Somebody not-to-bright but sweet and kind,
Who would try to get you off my mind,
I would leave this agony behind,
Which is just what I'd do,
If I wanted to,
But I don't wanna get over you

Cause I don't wanna get over love,
I could listen to my therapist,
Pretend you don't exist,
And not have to dream of what I dream of,
I could listen to all my friends,
And go out again,
And pretend it's enough,
Or I could make a career of being blue,
I could dress in black and read Camus,
Smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermuth,
If I was seventeen,
That would be a scream,
But I don't wanna get over you.."

So...what music hits you where you can't hide?

(Both of those were 'The Magnetic Fields' from the excellent album 3 disk album "69 Love Songs")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHNtKL6CadM[/video]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHNtKL6CadM

Day, end of day
Each hanging spiral
Where is the shore
From this clear blue silence?
Up to the heavens that you daydream,
Remembering the sun and the deep green ivy

I know that sleep walking too
In trying to be free
Of all this damage in my eyes
Making confusion in my mind
When I hear a resurrection song

Night lays me down when I'm fading
When I can't go home because they hate me
To sing that resurrection song

Day, end of day
Each hanging spiral
What do you make
Of this clear blue silence?

Now that the engine driver
Has grown to be a deep sea diver
And the street has got no end,
You'd better keep your heart strong, little friend
Thought I heard a resurrection song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpU1oA0NVak[/video]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpU1oA0NVak

I'm on my way up to Canaan land
I'm on my way up to Canaan land
I'm on my way, glory hallelujah, I'm on my way

Had a mighty hard time, but I'm on my way
It's a mighty hard climb, but I'm on my way
I'm on my way, glory hallelujah, I'm on my way

All along the way, Satan lies a waitin'
Every night and day, Satan lies a waitin'
Hear me shout and pray: "Get behind me, Satan,"
I'm on my way, glory hallelujah, I'm on my way

Fight the Devil and pray: Lord, I want to climb higher
Chase the Devil away--Lord, I'm caught in his fire
Fight the Devil and pray: Lord, I want to climb higher
I'm on my way, glory hallelujah, I'm on my way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWRVhcQ_r9g[/video]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWRVhcQ_r9g

Don't let the darkness eat you up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGdlpm-D044[/video]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGdlpm-D044

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue72gvJvpi8[/video]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue72gvJvpi8

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Originally Posted by disastermouse

I have to say that almost any music that I've heard that was 'Buddhist' has failed to strike a chord with me...but sometimes I think I pick up some almost-Buddhist thoughts in the lyrics of various pop songs.

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I recently heard a trio of Buddhists via the 'Net who wrote exclusively Buddhist songs, but...... :roll: .....I just didn't get into it.

But. I agee with you. Just recently, a Mexican pop singer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqU3iknmj9E[/video]]Julieta Venegas, came up with a new CD and one of her songs just gave me that Buddhist tingle. :mrgreen:

Her song "El Presente" ("The Present").

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El presente es lo único que tengo
el presente es lo único que hay
es contigo mi vida con quien puedo sentir
que merece la pena vivir

Con el mundo como va
se nos acaba todo
ay, ay, ay, ay
La tempestad y la calma
casi son la misma cosa
ay, ay, ay, ay

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The present is the only thing I got
The present is the only thing that is
Is with you my love with whom I can feel
That it's worth living.

With the world as it goes
everything will come to an end
ay, ay, ay, ay
The tempest and the calmness
they are almost the same thing
ay, ay, ay, ay

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Wait, were we supposed to be sharing songs we found particularly Buddhist, or songs that resonated with our particular emotional natures and spiritual journeys? Perhaps I need to dig up some more uplifting Buddhist anthems to post :mrgreen:

Here's a video with the song 'Absolutely Cuckoo' from youtube:

http://<a href="http://youtube_share...re=related</a>

And now 'I don't want to get over you'

http://<a href="http://youtube_share...re=related</a>

Neutral Milk Hotel: "King of Carrot Flowers Pt
http://<a href="http://youtube_share..._0HK9Xx8n4</a>

Modest Mouse 'lives'

http://<a href="http://youtube_share...re=related</a>

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Originally Posted by Stephanie

Wait, were we supposed to be sharing songs we found particularly Buddhist, or songs that resonated with our particular emotional natures and spiritual journeys? Perhaps I need to dig up some more uplifting Buddhist anthems to post :mrgreen:

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Whatever strikes you.

(I posted some youtubes of most of the songs I posted - they're better digested when heard).

Don't Worry be Happy by: Bobby Mcferrin

Here is a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy......

Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The land lord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy
LooK at me I am happy
Don't worry, be happy
Here I give you my phone number
When you worry call me
I make you happy
Don't worry, be happy
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style
Ain't got not girl to make you smile
But don't worry be happy
Cause when you worry
Your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy (now).....

There is this little song I wrote
I hope you learn it note for note
Like good little children
Don't worry, be happy
Listen to what I say
In your life expect some trouble
But when you worry
You make it double
Don't worry, be happy......
Don't worry don't do it, be happy
Put a smile on your face
Don't bring everybody down like this
Don't worry, it will soon past
Whatever it is
Don't worry, be happy

I still like "Heart Sutra", and various other Buddha-diddies from one Will Barry ...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=6273880

The drum playing on the Treeleaf theme song. Man that guy can bust out those beats.

W

Hello!

Michael Tiernan's "You hide" from his album "Spaces".

Someone edited some clips from the movie "Baraka" and made a nice homemade videoclip to accompany this tune.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdRKQhnbR1U[/video]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdRKQhnbR1U

Gassho, Hans

Hi Hans,

I just wanted to say that I really like the video you posted. I have to say that is was very "moving" - I'd heard the song before but it was paired nicely with the other clips.

Thank you!

Kelly Rok

Very nice Hans.

Thank you.

Ron

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Originally Posted by will

The drum playing on the Treeleaf theme song. Man that guy can bust out those beats.

W

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yes, i must agree, the drummer for the band "Treeleaf" really is exceptional

as far as being moved, theres moved, and theres moved -- depending on the situation -- when the neighbor kid starts beating on his drums(he really can't play, unlike the treeleaf drummer), and i am out on the boat sanding, in 80 farenheit, in direct sunlight, i give in to the need to escape, and put on my mp3 player -- for such occasions, i will confess vintage ac-dc does the deed(i know, "this guy is the father to 3 daughters?!" -- you should have seen way back when i introduced my 15 yr old to red hot chili peppers -- the rest of the parents loved me) -- of course, this gets old very fast

well, at least my mp3 player is a "zen stone" :D

but for what i think you're looking for, i like the song "big music", by the waterboys

"i will always climb the mountain
because i have heard the big music
and i'll never be the same
something so pure has called my name"

but for "love", of the romantic kind, theres only one song: "i only have eyes for you", by the flamingos

gassho, bob

I've mentioned this one before, but I think it stands to be mentioned again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnXTi0wzfyQ[/video]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnXTi0wzfyQ

The lyrics make me think of some of Dogen's perspectives on time:

She lives--no fear
Doubtless in everything she knows
Her time--unchecked
The sureness of her flows
She leaves herself inside you when she goes

She lives in a time of her own

You have always heard her speaking
She's been always in your ear
Her voice sounds a tone within you
Listen to the words you hear
Her time has no past or future
She lives everything she sees
Her time doesn't spin outside her
It's in every breath she breathes

She lives in a time of her own

Her love whips hard like wind and stabs in eager pains
She wins your thoughts and drives your inner planes
She clears and shares a love that never strains

She lives in a time of her own

You have always heard her speaking
She's been always in your ear
Her voice sounds a tone within you
Listen to the words you hear
Her time has no past or future
She lives everything she sees
Her time doesn't spin outside her
It's in every breath she breathes

She lives in a time of her own

Her eyes bring light, reflect the aura of her hair
She sends, attends, behind an alpha stare
She seeks the stars and spirals up their stairs

She lives in a time of her own

And how about this one? :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feHgfmQeNQQ[/video]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feHgfmQeNQQ

All these nights have made me crazy
I can't seem to come around
Days of hiding in the sunshine
Feeling nighttime's falling down
Oh, I see another moon over me

All these lies have got me thinking
"Maybe this is just a thought"
Soon my ship of thought is sinking
Slipping through the thinking knot
Pulling back the veil are monkeys
Hidden there are monkeys more
Someone spills a jar of honey
Sticky monkeys crawl the floor
Oh, I see another moon over me

I have always enjoyed Stuart Davis for "Buddhist music", he is a little raw sometimes.
Being from a gothic industrial background however I have always liked the song " We are" by Din Fiv...
One world, two sides
Who is wrong, who is right
What's yours, what's mine
Only shades of black and white

One self, two minds
One desires, one decides
What is wrong, what is right
Only shades of black and white

We are young
We are old
We are helpless
We are strong
We are islands in an endless sea

We are lost
We are found
We are hunter and the hunted
We are objects of obscurity

One life, little time
No one knows the reason why
People come, people go
Here today, gone tomorrow

We are alive
We're not alone
We can survive
If we are one
In a million years
Are we still victims of our fear

We are free
What we are to believe
Is what we will become
We are day, we are night
We are death, we are life
We are skin, we are blood
We are hate, we are love

We are fire, we are stone
We are flesh, we are bone
We are moon, we are sun
We are tool, we are gun
We are rain, we are snow
We are reap, we are sow
We are rich, we are poor
We are peace, we are war

We are Heaven
We are Hell
We are


Gassho,
Damian

thanks, steph, for picking my favorite early roky song -- i suspect the great lyrics were in fact done by tommy hall -- who, if i recall, wound up on skid row in san francisco -- but roky's delivery was incredible

"we are all one animal"
heath ulshafer, one animal

gassho, bob

this isnt a song that moves me so much but it is a nice song non the less

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Van Morrison - Enlightnment

Chop that wood
Carry water
What's the sound of one hand clapping
Enlightenment, don't know what it is

Every second, every minute
It keeps changing to something different
Enlightenment, don't know what it is
Enlightenment, don't know what it is
It says it's non attachment
Non attachment, non attachment

I'm in the here and now, and I'm meditating
And still I'm suffering but that's my problem
Enlightenment, don't know what it is

Wake up

Enlightenment says the world is nothing
Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion
And nothing is real

Good or bad baby
You can change it anyway you want
You can rearrange it
Enlightenment, don't know what it is
Chop that wood
And carry water
What's the sound of one hand clapping
Enlightenment, don't know what it is

All around baby, you can see
You're making your own reality, everyday because
Enlightenment, don't know what it is

One more time

Enlightenment, don't know what it is
It's up to you
Enlightenment, don't know what it is
It's up to you, everyday
Enlightenment, don't know what it is
It's always up to you
Enlightenment, don't know what it is
It's up to you, the way you think

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Not exactly a Buddhist song, but still...

The Jam (Paul Weller)-- That's Entertainment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv55WsedLYI[/video]]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv55WsedLYI

police car and a screaming siren
pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete
a baby wailing and a stray dog howling
the screech of brakes and lamplights blinking

that's entertainment

a smash of glass and the rumble of boots
an electric train and a ripped up phone booth
paint splattered walls and the cry of a tom cat
lights going out and a kick in the balls

that's entertainment

days of speed and slow time mondays
pissing down with rain on a boring wednesday
watching the news and not eating your tea
a freezing cold flat with damp on the walls

that's entertainment

waking up at 6 a.m on a cool warm morning
opening the window and breathing in petrol
an amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard
watching the telly and thinking 'bout your holidays

that's entertainment

waking up from bad dreams and smoking cigarettes
cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume
a hot summers day and sticky black tarmac
feeding ducks in the park and wishing you were far away

that's entertainment

two lovers kissing at the scream of midnight
two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude
getting a cab and travelling on buses
reading the grafitti about slashed seat affairs

that's entertainment