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Originally Posted by ckissick
"Awaken" by Yes. Easiest way to leave the planet for a while.
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"Turn of the century" for Yes.
"Fearless" for Pink Floyd.
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Originally Posted by BE911SC
"Appalachian Spring" by Aaron Copeland and performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
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"Appalachian Waltz" by Mark O'Conner/Edgar Meyer. One of the finest songs of the twentieth century if you ask me!
edit- there are a lot of good songs listed here- like traffic or turn of the century(well I'm listing my own), but a lot of them trap me in a place in time, and make me wish I was back there- then- reliving something that has passed, or something that happened even before my time. This song is timeless, like a realllllllly good wine that I was too stupid sh#$ to appreciate in the first freakin' place, is still giving up secrets and inspiring 20+ years later. This whole album does that. It just grows and grows. I hear that in the Appalachian Spring as well!
fascinating- for the wilkopedia article on Appalachia Waltz reads:Appalachia Waltz is the first album from the trio of fiddler and composer Mark O'Connor, double-bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Sony Classical released the disc in 1996. The album announces a new kind of Americana-styled Western art music, with ancestry in old-timey, bluegrass, folk, and traditional European classical styles. It was recorded over three days, 14 August-17 August 1995. It is possible that the titles of these albums imply a continuity of the American classical tradition begun by Aaron Copland in Appalachian Spring.[citation needed]
Small world indeed!