We've had the mad/technical stuff. But what is your favourite SLOOOOW song/piece?

[4000]

No Bass? I'm with you on Adagio Bilbo. I've also fallen utterly in love with Martin Simpson's playing recently; Rose of Allendale or She Slips Away would be prime examples. Simon & Garfunkel Scarborough Fair/Canticle, KT Tunstall "Alchemy" & "Scarlet Tulip", Kate Bush "The Man With The Child In His Eyes", and loads of others that I'll have to think about (it's late and I've had wine!). My all-time favourite bit of music is the start of Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd, the fade-in keyboard single note with all the tinkly stuff behind. Nothing has ever come close to approaching that for me. It's like the Sound of the Universe! To be honest most of the music I listen to at the moment is fairly haunting, hypnotic, repetitive stuff, played on acoustic guitar and with no bass whatsoever. If I could play guitar like Martin Simpson I'd probably give up bass entirely.

Here's KT:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQKKRhYmkEI[/media]

Edited November 13, 2011 by 4000

[retroman]

Good call for Michael Manring. Always loved this piece;

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx1RccwlF5g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx1RccwlF5g[/url]

[chardbass]

Original studio recording of 'A Remark You Made' is so beautiful and moving for me.

A non-bass related winner for me is 'I Can't Make You Love Me'- Bonnie Raitt or George Michael. A hard lyric to listen to if you've ever experienced unrequited love.

[Deep Thought]

Joy Division-Atmosphere
Stranglers-Waltzinblack, la Folie
Pixies-Where is my mind?
Sisters of mercy-Something Fast
U2-One
Leonard Cohen-Everybody knows
Doors-The End
Three Johns-Lucy in the rain
Husker Du-Hardly getting over it
The Blue Nile-Tinseltown in the rain
REM-I'll take the rain, Nightswimming

[derrenleepoole]

From Gagarin's Point Of View by Esbjorn Svensson Trio. A masterclass in understatement!

http://youtu.be/H3f1Uq2jcL8

[horrorshowbass]

good call on KT Tunstall, getting an education here on slow tunes i haven't heard

[Truckstop]

Oh god, loads!!

Nine Inch Nails - The Day The Whole World Went Away/Hurt/Lights In The Sky
Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches
Mogwai - Kids Will Be Skeletons/Pathways to Helicon Pt.2
My Morning Jacket - Into The Woods/Knot Comes Loose
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Paul Simon ft. Ladysmith - Homeless

That's just stuff I've listened to in the last few days!

Truckstop

[Monckyman]

Murderer by Low.

[Dood]

Wow, i need to go through this thread post by post! So many great songs posted.

Ok, my addition is (when played properly) is Gnossiene No.1 by Eric Satie. In the right mood it is just astounding. Really.

[discreet]

'Subterraneans' by David Bowie... from the album 'Low'.

[discreet]

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Gnossiene No.1 by Eric Satie.
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That too.

[yorick]

This.........

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe0RfyVPp18&feature=fvwrel"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe0RfyVPp18&feature=fvwrel[/url]

[Chezz55]

Jeff Beck - 'Cos We've Ended As Lovers
Vaughn Williams - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
Pentangle - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Pachelbel - Canon
Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde (Album)
Gregorian Chants

But my favourite is...............................

John Tavener - Song For Athene (Ignore the diana funeral hype associated with this - it's hauntingly beautiful)

Chris.

[charic]

Dream Theater - Hollow years

[Judo Chop]

All By Myself - The La's
Take Me Away - Oasis
There's No Such Man as Crasp - Biffy Clyro (Give that a listen, it's all acapella)
The second part of Standing Here - The Stone Roses, and Vincent by Don McLean

[musophilr]

Any Tudor choral church music
Steve Hillage - Palm Trees
James Taylor - Daddy's All Gone (and probably several others of his)

[ojplaysbass]

Lil' Darlin - Count Basie

[ead]

The River - Bruce Springsteen (not certain if the jury would accept this as a "slow" song)
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Questionning Eyes - Breathing Space

Plus numerous classical pieces and slow movements within them!

[Wil]

Gershwin - Piano Prelude no 2
Tom Waits - Alice/Rainbirds
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Radiohead - A Reminder
Bjork - Anchor Song

Edited February 10, 2012 by Wil

[dincz]

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[xilddx]

John Tavener - The Protecting Veil / Mother and Child

Arvo Part - Passio

Jonathan Dove - Seek Him That Maketh The Seven Stars

Francis Pott - The Souls of The Righteous

Edited February 10, 2012 by silddx

[Chrisabian]

Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space. Love this tune, could just sit in the dark with it on repeat.

Bob Marley - Johnny Was. Fantastic piece of music.

[bobbass4k]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuzfOvIGKPg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdFv3j1yRjw

[DaveFry]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK0kffrm4I[/media]

[Thor]

Bit of an eclectic mix, but here goes:

Be My Friend - Free
Strange and Beautiful - Aqualung
Sister Luck - The Black Crowes
Black & Blue - Counting Crows
Darkest Dreaming - David Sylvian
Just the way I'm Feeling/Forget about Tomorrow - Feeder
She - Elvis Costello
Your Protector - Fleet Foxes
Virginia Moon - Foo Fighters
Only Lonely - Hootie and the Blowfish
Oh My Love - John Lennon/Jackson Browne
The Only Exception - Paramore
Country - Paul Weller
Tin Pan Alley - SRV

I'll probably get lynched for this one - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (I prefer the Bee Gees version to Al Green's), there I've said it!