Most Powerful Song?

[Thewlis Dish]

Apologies if this has been done before, but what's the most powerful song you've ever heard?

For me it would have to be 'Bad' or 'Running To Stand Still', two ballads by U2 about drug addiction. When I hear live versions of these songs I get chills up my spine.

 

[M29]

"Fee Fi Fo" by the Cranberries is about child abuse. Great song.

 

[CharlieG]

When The War Is Over has to be up there.

Holy Grail on Grand Final Day takes on a new meaning.

 

[Braddock]

Well I'm not quite sure how you'd define powerful in terms of songs, I mean Ben Harper - Another Lonely Day is an extremely quiet song but it still stirs me up. Anyway, if I take it the way I think it's meant my list is: Muse - Space Dementia, Weezer - Only in Dreams, Radiohead - Wolf At The Door, Smashing Pumpkins - Zero and Tool - Stinkfist.

 

[mouldy_bread]

Placebo - My Sweet Prince


--edit--

Totally biased opinion, but isn't everyones?
Plus their piano version of Teenage Angst makes me want to cry.

 

[BomberGal]

Do I think I can go past Wonderwall?

Nup, I can't. Like mouldy_bread, biased, but still. I wouldn't love it/Oasis so much if it wasn't so good.

Edit: post below reminds me, With or Without You (how did I forget) & All I Want Is You, by U2.

 

[PeteLX]

emotional:
With or Without You - U2
Stay Together (long version) - Suede
Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley

pumped up:
Kick Out The Jams - MC5
I Was Made For Lovin You - Kiss
Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim

 

[GhostofJimJess]

"Three Days" - Janes Addiction

 

[Jeffers]

Powderfinger - These Days
U2 -All I want is you (my fave U2 song but it is pretty powerful)
U2 -With or Without you
10CC -I'm not in love

 

[mantis]

Two out of Three ain't bad - Meatloaf
Long Black Veil - The Band
It's a Heartache - Bonnie Tyler
True Colours - Cyndi Lauper

 

[Weaver]

Tomorrow Wendy - Andy Prierboy and Concrete Blonde.

 

[Stevo]

Some of my picks:

The first movement of Beethoven's 5th symphony (particularly the Kleiber/VPO recording)
Bach's keyboard concerto in D minor BWV. 1052
Sibelius' 4th symphony
Carter's 2nd string quartet (all of his string quartets are sublime)
Wagner's "Parsifal"
Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" oratorio.

(yes, I know that technically these aren't songs)

 

[TheWackedYak]

Gotta agree with jeffers on "All I want is you"

But seriously...

"Power" - Ice T
"Fight the power" - Public Enemy
"Power of love" - Huey Lewis & the News.

Now, unlike Tenacious D, that's a power trio.

 

[Jeffers]

REM - Everybody Hurts
Van Halen - Dreams

 

[Disgustipated]

46 & 2 -TOOL

Human evolution TOOL style with the greatest end to a song. The last minute is nothing short of spectacular.

Have seen them live five times and just cannot fathom the brilliance of this band.

 

[Uncle Steve]

Originally posted by Weaver
Tomorrow Wendy - Andy Prierboy and Concrete Blonde.

Good pick.

Also:

Marianne Faithfull - Why'd Ya Do It?
Iggy Pop - The Endless Sea - used to great effect in "Dogs In Space"

 

[Leaping Lindner]

"Atmosphere" by Joy Division
"Wide open road" by The Triffids
"You are just dead skin to me" by Primal Scream

 

[Buddykin]

GOD - John Lennon
Something to beleive in - Poison
Angie - Tori Amos/Rolling Stoners
Pushhhit - tool


They all affect me for one reason or another!
The Searching Kangaroos Music Jamborreee

 

[fitzmantle]

Who ever wrote "Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & the News needs bloody help fast. Im not joking thats bloody scary.

Leaping Linder, damn straight "Wide open road" what a bloody classic.
A couple other songs that leave me absolutely depressed in a good way are:
Down in spleandor - Straitjacket fits
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
At my window sad and lonely - Billy Bragg & Wilco

 

[Falchoon]

Originally posted by Weaver
Tomorrow Wendy - Andy Prierboy and Concrete Blonde.

love that song & Joey fwiw

Most powerful song

can't beat the pommie anthems

Rule Brittania, Land of Hope and Glory, Jerusalem etc last night of the proms type stuff.

 

[McAlmanac]

Originally posted by Leaping Lindner
"Wide open road" by The Triffids

You beat me to the punch there. Also "Life of Crime", "Lonely Stretch" and any number of songs from Born Sandy Devotional.

 

[catattack]

Powderfinger - These Days
Hunters & Collectors - Holy Grail
Green Day - Time of Your Life

 

[Z_K]

Originally posted by Disgustipated
46 & 2 -TOOL

Human evolution TOOL style with the greatest end to a song. The last minute is nothing short of spectacular.

Agreed.

I am not a TOOL junkie, but this song does weird stuff to my head. I can't listen to it in the car. Serious.

 

[vanders]

Frank Sinatra - My Way
REM - Everybody Hurts

 

[Angus1]

2 songs that really have a powerful feel for me are
Exit Music - Radiohead
Changes - Black Sabbath
Both songs still send shivers down the spine.

For a good dose of powerful music I listen to a lot of Muse
Feeling Good is a standout.