Songs About Wistful, Beautiful Moments, Things, or Times Past

[Hoops66]

 

[Scud49]

Spanky and Our Gang:

 

[Scud49]

Paul McCartney can truely write one very aching, beautiful, love song:

 

[64Zcode]

Ray Price - For The Good Times

 

[Monte]

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

Phil Collins IN THE AIR TONIGHT


George Michael CARELESS WHISPER


Berlin TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Official Video - Top Gun)

 

[Cuango]

 

[Cuango]

 

[Cuango]

 

[Cuango]

 

[Puppy Love]

 

[Hoops66]

Haunting melody and lyrics. The Windmills of Your Mind.

 

[Hoops66]

Still resonates ...

 

[Kaizen]

I wanna go home, I wanna go home, oh how I wanna go home
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother
I dreamed about that girl, who's been waiting for so long
I wanna go home, I wanna go home, oh how I wanna go home
Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
By day I make the cars, by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines

 

[Kaizen]

I just love Bobby Bare's songs, Miller's Cave



Way down in the state of Georgia
Amongst the swamps and the everglades
There's a big ol' hole in Tiger Mountain
God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave
I had me a girl in Waycross, Georgia
But she had unfaithful ways
She made me feel I was unwanted
Like the bats and the bears in Miller's Cave
I caught her out Sunday morning
With some guy they called Big Dave
The meanest man in Waycross, Georgia
I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miller's Cave

 

[Bigboote]

This is an old American ballad that’s become part of the Irish canon. I first heard it at an Andy Irvine show, this is Andy singing it with Planxty.

The thing that I love about this song is that he has the fondest memory of the girl even though she was committed to someone else.

 

[Scud49]

Michael Franks paints a beautiful wistful image of the golden era of Hollywood - Key Largo, Bogie, Lauren BaCall:

 

[Bigboote]

This is the coolest song. I was torn between posting the original by Chris Caswell and Danny Carnahan, but opted for the golden voice (and dulcimer) of Kate Price since I just posted a male singer. The song is about a time/space traveler who falls for a young woman, but he doesn’t have enough power left to stay in her place and time.

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[Aluminny69]

the finale of Notting Hill

 

[Aluminny69]

More Judy Collins, sings Ian and Sylvia song

 

[Scud49]

This song touched my soul - he was singing about my grandfather....

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[Aluminny69]