In the choral theme, Samuel Barber's 'Agnus Dei' gets me every time...
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvT03pxhe58
Agreed, Nina Simone's 'Strange Fruit' is deeply moving. Her voice is one of the wonders of the world. I was fortunate to see her in concert; her mobility was restricted but there was passion in the voice.
But for the full-on neck tingling experience, I cannot think of anything more powerful than the opening bars of Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart"
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvT03pxhe58
Agreed, Nina Simone's 'Strange Fruit' is deeply moving. Her voice is one of the wonders of the world. I was fortunate to see her in concert; her mobility was restricted but there was passion in the voice.
But for the full-on neck tingling experience, I cannot think of anything more powerful than the opening bars of Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart"