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bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 13:06 This is definiely not meant to be another song association thread. I have been thinking a lot about the moon lately and how it appears in our lives. Everyone has the experience of seeing it. And it's influence is strong. I've got a list of tracks here that have the moon in the title and I feel they're all pretty good. Coincidence? Big Bad Moon  Joe Satriani Red Moon  Turin Brakes ( this is so good) Moonwatch  MO ofcourse Monday Monday  The Mamas & the Papas Tres Lunas  MO Mooonlight Shadow  MO Moonshine  MO Dark Side of the Moon  Pink Floyd Whit Moon  White Stripes Moonage Daydream  David Bowie Moonshadow  Cat Stevens The Moon is Rising  Freddie King Clair de Lune  Debussy (Exceptions being Bluemoon & Moonshine Sally by Mudd, which are awful, but I confess to owning them!! any more? -------------- ....second to the right and straight on till morning.... You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again Back to top

arron11196 Group: Members Posts: 826 Joined: April 2005 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 13:20 Moonshine on TB II of course, although I believe thats only a rather tentative association via the title. Maybe though. Depends what you get from the track I suppose -------------- Arron J Eagling Everyone's interpretation is different, and everyone has a right to that opinion. There is no "right" one, I am adding this post to communicate my thoughts to share them with like-minded souls who will be able to comment in good nature. (insert the last 5 mins of Crises here) Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 13:26 Not to do any sort of song association thing out of it, there is "Children of the Moon" by Alan Parsons (a song I have been playing in my head a lot lately). -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

arron11196 Group: Members Posts: 826 Joined: April 2005 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 13:39 And Moonchild by King Crimson.... aah, here we go again... -------------- Arron J Eagling Everyone's interpretation is different, and everyone has a right to that opinion. There is no "right" one, I am adding this post to communicate my thoughts to share them with like-minded souls who will be able to comment in good nature. (insert the last 5 mins of Crises here) Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 13:44 I think we can keep this thread "Safely short" if we refer ONLY to moon songs we really love, rather than build an item consisting of 1,100 messages of nothing but "let's play a game and come up with another moon song title! I know. the "Sailor Moon" theme song!!!". -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 15:22 Dark Side Of The Moon is not a song, but an album!!!.But is still cool Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 16:09 There is no "Dark Side of the Moon", really. As a matter of fact it's all dark. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Moonwing_Shadow Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: Jan. 2006 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 16:37 Don't forget "Walking On The Moon" by The Police -------------- I'd rather be on Dragonback Back to top

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 18:14 How on this earth could I have forgotten Walking on the Moon by the Police, I love it! I have not really got into Alan Parsons (yet) so am unfamiliar with Children of the Moon. The King Crimson track, Moonchild, I had also forgotten! I would like to add Dancing in the Moonlight by Top Loader to the 'list'. I really love the sense of complete happiness and freedom in this song. So what mysterious power does the moon have or inspire in musicians? When it's used in a song there's something about it that conveys a message we all understand. -------------- ....second to the right and straight on till morning.... You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 21:13 I had come across a site just the other day of moon songs--can't remember how or why. I hadn't taken the time to explore until this very moment. Here it is, and happily, Mike's Inc and MS are listed. Even more amazing--you can listen to their interpretation of the music -- interesting that they begin Inc with part III (then go on to IV). -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

stevenmd779 Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 21:49 Under a Glass Moon by Dream Theater, Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller, Old Devil Moon by Bobby Caldwell, and of course We Like the Moon    I'm glad that the above link mentioned Under the Moon by Michael Walthius; that's a good track. -------------- "A people who would sacrifice liberty for security will lose both, and deserve neither." Ben Franklin Boogs is fo' da chode man. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 22 2006, 22:19 Any mention of Oldfield music and the moon can't be complete without pulling out your CD or LP of "Crises" and looking at the cover art. He's got some Sun in his career, too, from "Children of the Sun" to "Sunjammer". -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Jan. 23 2006, 07:46 Quote (hiawatha @ Jan. 23 2006, 04:19) He's got some Sun in his career, too, from "Children of the Sun" to "Sunjammer". If you mention Children of the Sun already, there is Mrs. Moon and the Thatched Shop on the reissue, and it's actually my favourite track on it. -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Jan. 23 2006, 18:16 Don't forget "Shooting At The Moon", album and song by Kevin Ayers and The Whole World, such a great fusion of different musical styles, well I think collectively the band members were quite diverse in their musical backgrounds , but it all really works.  Check out the track "Lunatic's Lament" from SATM, some very intense guitar playing by Mike,wonderful, beautiful   . Hiawatha loved your "We Like The Moon" link, had me in hysterics , almost ROTFL.   I'm wondering what it is about Suns and Moons, I love the imagery of them, and collect them. I think many people in these times don't realise the significance of the moon cycles, or the changing seasons, without the Sun or phases of the Moon nothing would grow. Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn have very close associations with the Moon for me personally speaking, must be to do with sitting on the balcony of The Beacon watching the Moon rise over Kington and Hergest Ridge     . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 23 2006, 22:49 sorry, that was stevenmd779 who did the "We like the moon" link! -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Jan. 24 2006, 03:42 Quote (hiawatha @ Jan. 24 2006, 03:49) sorry, that was stevenmd779 who did the "We like the moon" link! Indeed It is, Thanks Steven   , It's hilarious -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

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