Tinkertrain wrote: Stunned that Hallujah by Jeff Buckley hasnt been mentioned yet

Amazing song by an amazing artist. One of the best voices I have ever heard.

Couple other songs

Handful of Redemption-Boysetsfire
With Every Intention- Boysetsfire
To What End-Thrice

ernest_t_bass wrote: ^^^^^^
Add to your list, Mercy Me - Word of God Speak... you like that song?

I got their top hits cd, like alot of the songs.

tuskytuffguy wrote: The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics

Great song and video. Tears you up if you think about your dad.

Soda Popinski wrote:

cats gone wild wrote: I was surprised to see the Third Day "Love song" on here. It was one I was going to list.
My others
Casting Crowns "East to West" to uplift
Jeremy Camp "there will be a Day" to uplift
Mark Shultz "I AM" to uplift
Skillet songs to pump me up
Journey "separate ways" to pump me up
Richard Marx when I used to get sad about relationships

Good call on Skillet. Very good band.

Skillet is great in concert. Just saw them in Cleveland a month ago for their headligning tour.

Alive--Pearl Jam

salto wrote: Alive--Pearl Jam

The way "Daughter" is put together, both musically and lyrically, stops me every time. If I come across "Daughter" on my iPod, I usually repeat it more than twice.

When did youtube videos embedding come along? How do I do it?

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Tinkertrain wrote: Stunned that Hallujah by Jeff Buckley hasnt been mentioned yet

Prefer the Rufus Wainwright version, but yep. Written by Leonard Cohen, btw.
Instrumental- Your Hand In Mine- Explosions In The Sky

ALso- U2 Where the Streets Have No Name. Heard it a million times and then saw it set to a video of Dick and Rick Hoyt (Dad who marathons/trathlons with his paralyzed, now 40-year-old son in a wheelchair) and it totally changed my opinion of the song.

Gobuckeyes1 wrote: Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

Having a child makes this song even more powerful. I can't even imagine what it would be like to lose my daughter the way that Clapton lost his son.

I agree.
Also like Forever Young by Rod Stewart.
Someone listed Man In The Mirror. Also a good choice.

CenterBHSFan wrote: There are a few. This is the song I've known the most, though.

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now i'm found
Was blind but now i see

'twas grace that taught
My heart to fear
And grace that fear relieved
How precious did
That grace appear
The hour i first believed

Through many dangers
Toils and snares
I have already come
'twas grace that brought me
Safely thus far
And grace will lead me home

And when this heart
And flesh shall fail
And mortal life shall cease
I shall possess
Within the vail
A life of joy and peace

This.

I got to admit, every time I hear Cats in the cradle, I usually have to change the station. I can't make it through that song.

These are from bands I doubt anyone here has heard of...

"And the Accordions Played" - Runrig
"All the Miles" - Runrig
"Over the Mountain" - Glengarry Bhoys
"Jamie Raeburn" - Tannahill Weavers

Funky Cold Medina...Tone Loc

Kid Cudi - The Prayer

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Round Here - Counting Crows. Particulary this line:

Round here we're carving out our names
Round here we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions
But we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she's slipping through my hands

wkfan wrote:

CenterBHSFan wrote: There are a few. This is the song I've known the most, though.

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now i'm found
Was blind but now i see

'twas grace that taught
My heart to fear
And grace that fear relieved
How precious did
That grace appear
The hour i first believed

Through many dangers
Toils and snares
I have already come
'twas grace that brought me
Safely thus far
And grace will lead me home

And when this heart
And flesh shall fail
And mortal life shall cease
I shall possess
Within the vail
A life of joy and peace

This.

I really like the Todd Agnew version, grace like rain

Piecemeal - "my thoughts concerning man"
http://searchservice.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=sitesearch.results&type=Music&qry=my%20thoughts%20concerning%20man&musictype=1

"focusing my ire
my aberration
for the soul purpose.
the sole purpose of change.
for the benefit of mankind.
a sacrifice must be made by all.
to bring forth righteousness and honor to a dying world.
to truly cleanse the world with my own blood if called for
to lay down my file for the benefit of those i love.
as the blind lead the blind i walk my own path.
through abstinence and compassion that path is clear.
my thoughts, concerning man, have been, of contempt alone.
if i can not uphold my own ideals and standards, then any words mean nothing.
for my children,
for a generation unseen,
i want to offer more, than the pain of a hopeless world.
I accept this burden,
and I will be a living example"

Piecemeal - "proclamation"
http://www.myspace.com/xpiecemealx

"life is a cycle,
a path of becoming,
I will not deviate from a living ascension.
I will not be part of the senseless hatred and violence,
and i can bear witness to no more

this is my proclamation
this is my proclamation
this is my proclamation
this is my proclamation
this is my proclamation
this is my proclamation
this is my proclamation

and i am not a victim,
my path has not been chosen.
I vow to make a difference,
this is my obligation.
no one has the right
to destroy or victimize.
hate and intolerance can only bring demise.

mankind must strive for coexistence.
we are born unjaded with open futures.
I must purge myself of my fathers sins.
all out war on hatred and intolerance, no more.

this is my proclamation.
this is my proclamation
this is my proclamation
this is my proclamation

unity is the power of truth, it resolves all conflict.
false illusions of duality must be realized.
the ability to change and learn is essential to growth.
an unbending branch will crack under force, and so will we all.

mankind must strive for coexistence.
we are born unjaded with open futures.
I must purge myself of my fathers sins.
all out war on hatred and intolerance, no more

no more

set yourself free from the chains that bind you.
open your eyes before its too late.
my instincts true, the goal is set.
my will gains strength with every breath."

Firad wrote: Kid Cudi - The Prayer

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yes, kid cudi has many many powerful songs,

soundtrack 2 my life-kid cudi

sunday bloody sunday-U2

Born in the USA-Bruce Springsteen

I know it isn't powerful in the "motivational sense" that alot of these songs are, but I am going to add "Nutshell" by Alice in Chains. When you know in the end what happens to Layne Staley, you just have this sense that he knows it in advance.

UA5straightin2008 wrote:

Firad wrote: Kid Cudi - The Prayer

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yes, kid cudi has many many powerful songs,

soundtrack 2 my life-kid cudi

sunday bloody sunday-U2

Born in the USA-Bruce Springsteen

Yeah Soundtrack 2 My Life is my favorite song off of Man On The Moon.

"Come, Thou Fount"

O to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here's my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.

"Cats in the Cradle"
"Momma I'm Comming Home" - Ozzy

Subdivisons by Rush

Sprawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order
An insulated border
In between the bright lights
And the far unlit unknown

Growing up it all seems so one-sided
Opinions all provided
The future pre-decided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone

[Chorus:]
(Subdivisions)
In the high school halls
In the shopping malls
Conform or be cast out
(Subdivisions)
In the basement bars
In the backs of cars
Be cool or be cast out
Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth

Drawn like moths we drift into the city
The timeless old attraction
Cruising for the action
Lit up like a firefly
Just to feel the living night

Some will sell their dreams for small desires
Or lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights...

[Chorus]

Closer to the Heart by Rush

And the men who hold high places
Must be the ones who start
To mold a new reality
Closer to the heart, closer to the heart

The blacksmith and the artist
Reflect it in their art
They forge their creativity
Closer to the heart, yes closer to the heart

Philosophers and ploughmen
Each must know his part
To sow a new mentality
Closer to the heart, well closer to the heart

You can be the captain
And I will draw the chart
Sailing into destiny
Closer to the heart, yes closer to the heart
I said closer to the heart, yeah closer to the heart
Closer to your heart, I said closer to your heart

Youth of the Nation by P.O.D (I was a kid when this came out and they released it after Columbine)

Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would've known
Cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye

I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared

Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school

But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest

Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing

Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I don't really know this kid
Even though I sit by him in class

Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it's because

[chorus:]
We are, We are, the youth of the nation

Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel

Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself

She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces

Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better

Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool

He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide

It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then

You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat

[chorus]

Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain

That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind

I guess that's the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody's got to know

There's got to be more to life than this
There's got to be more to everything
I thought exists