not really a jazz question.

[White Knight]

For me, instrumentally it would probably be " Willow Weep for Me"--Cannonball Adderly and lyrically "Stange Fruit"--Billie Holiday. WK

[gord]

a song i always liked is ive got you under my skin, the sinatra version, from the swingin lovers album.that trombone solo by milt bernhardt is something else. gord

[OLDUDE]

Hi Man now you're talking,
I'm a great fan of Milt

[teddy]

The Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel. Mostly because of my life at the time.

teddy

[White Knight]

James Taylor--"Fire and Rain"
Joan Baez--"Children of Darkness"
Neil Young--"The Needle and the Damage Done"
CSNY--"Find The Cost of Freedom"
The Beatles--"For No One"
ELP--"Take a Pebble; " Lucky Man"

[White Knight]

Jimi Hendrix--"The Wind Cries Mary"
Jimi Hendrix--"1983...{A Merman I Should Turn To Be"}
Jimi Hendrix--"Moon, Turn The Tides...Gently Gently Away"

[gord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQWszrZHBPI
for a haunting melody, this is a main contender. i consider this the best song ever written in rock music. the guitar solo by david gilmour at the end of the record is the best i ever heard. gord

[White Knight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQWszrZHBPI
for a haunting melody, this is a main contender. i consider this the best song ever written in rock music. the guitar solo by david gilmour at the end of the record is the best i ever heard. gord

gord, absolutely spot on! That guitar solo--as you mentioned--is just unbelievably haunting memorable and beautiful! Great choice indeed. Wish I had thought of this one, as it is so eternal in its majesty!

[gord]

yes steve this is truly memorable,a great song from the best rock album ever. the only other rock songs with haunting melodies i can think of right now are, the beatles hey jude and eleanor rigby, also bob dylans, sad eyed lady of the lowlands. gord