Top Ten Musicians I want to listen to on the Camino Frances...

[CaminoDebrita]

Sorry, purists, but I will be listening to some music during my walk. I respect you and thank you in advance for not raining on my parade, but these are musicians that "I" would like to listen to as I walk (on occasion, when I'm not meditating, praying, chatting, or listening to birdsong, wind, and water):

1. U2--one of my favorites from the 80's, this band reminds me of Joshua Tree in California, of the Baja Peninsula, and of driving through the Southwest (in the USA). Just for old times' sake.

2. Coldplay--some clever lyrics, and I'd like to know their music--albeit commercial--better.

3. Tony Bennet--go figure. I just love his voice and lyrics, the sweeping orchestral introductions, and the smoothness of the melody lines.

4. Nat King Cole---for the same reasons. Unforgettable, Ramblin' Rose, Lazy Crazy Days of Summer....I love it all.

5. Seals and Crofts--harmonies that I love so dearly.

6. Cat Stevens--just because.

7. The Beatles--for their clever lyrics and absolute familiarity. I was raised on their music, for heaven's sake!

8. Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Carole King, The Mamas and Papas: more old favorites. Yes, I'm aware that I just put four entertainers in one area here. I can do that

9. Spanish classical guitar, by anyone. I love to listen to it on Pandora, and it is a stunning accompaniment to my viewing of your posts and photographs, which I love to view while the music runs up and down my soul!

10. What would YOU include for a list, or just for a number 10? Again, I apologize, purists.

----Buen Recalcitrant Music Lover Camino--

 

[MickMac]

Viva la Quinta Brigada - Christy Moore

Ay Carmela- Rolando Alarcon

 

[Former member 42123]

Look up "Santiago" by the Chieftains and in particular the final track"Dublin in Vigo" a great celebratory mix of Irish and Spanish singing,pipe playing and dancing to end your Camino.God guide your footsteps.Buen Camino.

 

[Ian Afloat]

Not the following:
U2
The Beatles
Coldplay

Yes to:
Beethoven piano sonatas
Clifford Brown
Lee Morgan
Ella Fitzgerald
Amelia Rodrigues
ABC
The Pogues
Ray Charles
Sonny Rollins
Charles Mingus

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Not the following:
U2
The Beatles
Coldplay

Yes to:
Beethoven piano sonatas
Clifford Brown
Lee Morgan
Ella Fitzgerald
Amelia Rodrigues
ABC
The Pogues
Ray Charles
Sonny Rollins
Charles Mingus

I love Ella Fitzgerald...I play Beethoven on the piano and plan to rehearse before Camino, so I can entertain if a piano is available Glad you shared. Thank you.

 

[KinkyOne]

@AugustCaminodeb
Although I prefer to walk without musical deterrioration I'm huge fan of music. So, are we bond to "just 10" preferred performers/songs. Well, my list could be like War and peace novel lenght for me
Enjoy it!

 

[CaminoDebrita]

@AugustCaminodeb
Although I prefer to walk without musical deterrioration I'm huge fan of music. So, are we bond to "just 10" preferred performers/songs. Well, my list could be like War and peace novel lenght for me
Enjoy it!

No, please list away! How about "bound" to twenty groups or performers?

 

[GerFol]

I'm with you on U2, I first saw them live as an up and coming band in 1981 when they played to an audience of 200 at a run-down venue in the south of Ireland.

At the beginning of the Meseta last year I couldn't resist listening to the Doors 'riders on the storm'. as it was such a wild day.

Diana Krall is also on the menu along with Dire Straits, Eurythmics, and a compilation of 80's electric..

Can't wait to get going again, roll on April.

 

[KinkyOne]

No, please list away! How about "bound" to twenty groups or performers?

Let's see (and it's right now and here and not on the Camino!!!). It's different, when I walk I listen only to natural sounds, and while resting:
- Pietro Mascagni - Cavaleria Rusticana (Intermezzo) - ideal for Meseta for me, at least that's how I feel about it (

),
- Peter I. Tschaikowsky - Piano Concert No.1 (

) - late afternoon lights on Meseta, especially when the storm is coming in!!!,
- Frederic Chopin - "Spring Waltz" (for early risers -

)
- see link in my signature
- Sex Pistols - My Way (OK, Sinatra is nice, but he's only NICE, Sid Vicious is "only" VICIOUS -

) - recommended when burned out,
- Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild (need I say more -

)
- Jules Dassin - A toi (and almost all of him - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpXDUkUOGok)
- Paolo Conte - Via con me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o_rGhcBgME - it's wonderful indeed if you make it)
- Johnny Cash - The Beast in Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8tGCVavS5s)
- Calexico (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iWo8nEvkpo) & Friends of Dean Martinez (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le0mq6D4bFY)
- Chris & Carla (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKmrRhYYdq0) - it's a must, I also feel drown to it even more after meeting Chris Eckman in Ljubljana (he's former frontman of The Walkabouts with his ex-wife Carla Torgerson)
- Madredeus - O Paraiso (maybe more for those on Caminho Portugues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcxU7WG9Lw&list=PLOR9dZ0lqZtpmQvhWIChQwmHwhLGQYoKJ)
- some of national Slovenian performers like Vlado Kreslin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzB5BrjjtP0), Orlek (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AEAlP1Cd8s),
- Kombinatke women choir - songs from Spanish Civil War (Dime donde vas morena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AEAlP1Cd8s, El pueblo unido: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UczS5sEUXAA, Bella ciao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBkbNKX_3ms etc.)
- Motorhead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjwhHcIcKAc & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B53qMo5KXkc & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkZHlqk98g etc. etc. etc.)
- Eleni Mandell - You're All Bad (album Country for True Lovers )
- MC5 - Ramblin' Rose (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONGBe0QLj_M)
- Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHCiH-4I_T4)
- Cesaria Evora - again more for those on Caminho Portugues maybe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOzcMzCaFWo)
- Velvet Underground - I found a Reason (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2_2Z2u74Tk)

Huh, had some tough time extracting those since there's so much "..............." music

 

[Con Palos]

Bob Dylan, Boots of Spanish Leather

I don't think there's such a thing as a purist any more, apart from a poor donkey I saw one day

It's all good

Buen Camino

 

[KinkyOne]

The more I think Johnny Cash came to my mind:

or maybe Lou Reed:

Oh, that's endless I guess....................

 

[Chacharm]

Joan Manuel Serrat
Willie Nelson
Dwight Yoakum
Sun Volt
YoYo Ma
Vivaldi
Patty Griffin
Dixie Chicks
Beatles
Spoon
the Gourds
Los Lonely Boys
Lyle Lovett
Lucia Williams
Itzhak Perlman
Harry Belafonte
Hozier
Guardians of the Galaxy soundtracks
the Pogues
Townes Van Zandt
Jerry Jeff Walker
Simon and Garfunkel
Peter Gabriel
Benjamin Biolay

 

[KinkyOne]

I can't help myself to post another link to the song that says so much about (us) here&now:

....................

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Let's see (and it's right now and here and not on the Camino!!!). It's different, when I walk I listen only to natural sounds, and while resting:
- Pietro Mascagni - Cavaleria Rusticana (Intermezzo) - ideal for Meseta for me, at least that's how I feel about it (

),
- Peter I. Tschaikowsky - Piano Concert No.1 (

) - late afternoon lights on Meseta, especially when the storm is coming in!!!,
- Frederic Chopin - "Spring Waltz" (for early risers -

)
- see link in my signature
- Sex Pistols - My Way (OK, Sinatra is nice, but he's only NICE, Sid Vicious is "only" VICIOUS -

) - recommended when burned out,
- Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild (need I say more -

)
- Jules Dassin - A toi (and almost all of him - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpXDUkUOGok)
- Paolo Conte - Via con me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o_rGhcBgME - it's wonderful indeed if you make it)
- Johnny Cash - The Beast in Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8tGCVavS5s)
- Calexico (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iWo8nEvkpo) & Friends of Dean Martinez (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le0mq6D4bFY)
- Chris & Carla (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKmrRhYYdq0) - it's a must, I also feel drown to it even more after meeting Chris Eckman in Ljubljana (he's former frontman of The Walkabouts with his ex-wife Carla Torgerson)
- Madredeus - O Paraiso (maybe more for those on Caminho Portugues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcxU7WG9Lw&list=PLOR9dZ0lqZtpmQvhWIChQwmHwhLGQYoKJ)
- some of national Slovenian performers like Vlado Kreslin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzB5BrjjtP0), Orlek (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AEAlP1Cd8s),
- Kombinatke women choir - songs from Spanish Civil War (Dime donde vas morena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AEAlP1Cd8s, El pueblo unido: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UczS5sEUXAA, Bella ciao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBkbNKX_3ms etc.)
- Motorhead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjwhHcIcKAc & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B53qMo5KXkc & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkZHlqk98g etc. etc. etc.)
- Eleni Mandell - You're All Bad (album Country for True Lovers )
- MC5 - Ramblin' Rose (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONGBe0QLj_M)
- Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHCiH-4I_T4)
- Cesaria Evora - again more for those on Caminho Portugues maybe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOzcMzCaFWo)
- Velvet Underground - I found a Reason (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2_2Z2u74Tk)

Huh, had some tough time extracting those since there's so much "..............." music

You're so fun! It's going to take me so ********* long to listen to what you like but I am so fascinated. Thank you for the amazing investment in time. I have already listened to MC5, who I had never heard of. Interesting!

 

[KinkyOne]

You're so fun! It's going to take me so ********* long to listen to what you like but I am so fascinated. Thank you for the amazing investment in time. I have already listened to MC5, who I had never heard of. Interesting!

I like so much more. I'm not nearly done yet, but don't want to go to much off-topic
Enjoy!

 

[KinkyOne]

If you don't know MC5 maybe this would be in the same cathegory after finishing your Camino:

 

[KinkyOne]

If you don't know MC5 maybe this would be in the same cathegory after finishing your Camino:

Have to add (due to very long "song") that if bored you should start to listen at approx.08:30.
Maybe it's interesting, because not many knows, that Woodstock documentary was directed by Martin Scorsese!

 

[CaminoDebrita]

If you don't know MC5 maybe this would be in the same cathegory after finishing your Camino:

His guitar playing is spectacular. Big fat WOW.

 

[KinkyOne]

His guitar playing is spectacular. Big fat WOW.

Agree
After Bo Didley's concert (I was about 10yo), Alvin Lee's concert was the first one I attended solo. I was about 12 as I remember and it's still in my memory because me and my friends managed somehow to get in the backstage. Did touch Alvin's hand, hahaha. And that was still in socialist Yugoslavia at that time

 

[C clearly]

The song that has come to epitomize the Camino for me, very personally, is Joan Baez singing "Forever Young". I rarely listen to music while walking, but found myself on the meseta listening to her singing Bob Dylan's words.

To read the lyrics and my personal description, see my blog post at http://tritetales.com/2014/11/08/forever-young/

 

[CaminoDebrita]

The song that has come to epitomize the Camino for me, very personally, is Joan Baez singing "Forever Young". I rarely listen to music while walking, but found myself on the meseta listening to her singing Bob Dylan's words.

To read the lyrics and my personal description, see my blog post at http://tritetales.com/2014/11/08/forever-young/

I love playing Joan Baez on the piano. I absolutely love her voice. She published a book of her music, with sketches she did herself. It is very special to me, as my mother bought it for me in the late 60's/early 70's. I played piano very well for a young girl, and she bought me books and books and sheets of music. I still have Joan Baez's music. Exquisite. I will read your lyrics and description, very gladly.

For me, music is pain medication. When I need to just stop thinking and go into a different space, I listen. Also, certain songs bring people back to me.

 

[CaminoDebrita]

The song that has come to epitomize the Camino for me, very personally, is Joan Baez singing "Forever Young". I rarely listen to music while walking, but found myself on the meseta listening to her singing Bob Dylan's words.

To read the lyrics and my personal description, see my blog post at http://tritetales.com/2014/11/08/forever-young/

C Clearly: I am honored that you shared that with me. It meant such a great deal, and to be honest, you tapped a very deep well.
Interesting that J. Baez's music means our mothers to the both of us. Really, I'm very moved by your words, and so proud of your strength. I aspire to it.

 

[Chacharm]

I love playing Joan Baez on the piano. I absolutely love her voice. She published a book of her music, with sketches she did herself. It is very special to me, as my mother bought it for me in the late 60's/early 70's. I played piano very well for a young girl, and she bought me books and books and sheets of music. I still have Joan Baez's music. Exquisite. I will read your lyrics and description, very gladly.

For me, music is pain medication. When I need to just stop thinking and go into a different space, I listen. Also, certain songs bring people back to me.

Funny..."my" Camino song is Cantares by Joan Manuel Serrat. My mother adored him and Antonio Machado (who wrote the poem the song is based on). I grew up hearing it constantly throughout the 70s. It is a beautiful song and it is perfect for the Camino and for walking. But mostly I just feel like she is walking with me a little bit.

 

[Chacharm]

 

[CaminoDebrita]

My. That is beautiful, and so special. Our "mother" songs--such a testament to good, beloved women.

 

[CaminoDebrita]

I'm attaching this from an online translation. I am very interested in Machado: in a thread I started some weeks back (Poetry for the Camino or something like that), someone posted this poem that you have attached as the song. I was fascinated by it, as it is so ephemeral and perfect for the camino. Camacho writes beautifully. Thank you for sharing the song.


28 de noviembre de 2005
Antonio Machado - Cantares

Antonio Machado
Cantares Antonio Machado
Singings
Todo pasa y todo queda, Everything passes and everything stays,
pero lo nuestro es pasar, but our fate is to pass,
pasar haciendo caminos, to pass making paths,
caminos sobre el mar. paths on the sea.
Nunca persequí la gloria, I never looked for glory,
ni dejar en la memoria nor to leave in the memory
de los hombres mi canción; of mankind my song;
yo amo los mundos sutiles, I love subtle worlds,
ingrávidos y gentiles, lightnessful and gentile,
como pompas de jabón. like soap bubbles.
Me gusta verlos pintarse I like to watch them painting
de sol y grana, volar of sun and garnet, to fly
bajo el cielo azul, temblar under the blue sky, tremble
súbitamente y quebrarse... suddenly and break...
Nunca perseguí la gloria. I never looked for glory.
Caminante, son tus huellas Walker, your treads are
el camino y nada más; the path and nothing more;
caminante, no hay camino, walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar. the path is made when walking.
Al andar se hace camino When walking the path is made
y al volver la vista atrás and when looking back
se ve la senda que nunca you see the path that never
se ha de volver a pisar. has to be walked again.
Caminante no hay camino Walker, there is no path,
sino estelas en la mar... but trails in the sea...
Hace algún tiempo en ese lugar Some time ago in that place
donde hoy los bosques se visten de espinos where woods dress with hawthorns today
se oyó la voz de un poeta gritar the voice of a poet was heard, screaming
"Caminante no hay camino, 'Walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar..." the path is made when walking...'
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso... Stroke by stroke, verse by verse...
Murió el poeta lejos del hogar. The poet died far away from home.
Le cubre el polvo de un país He's covered by dust of a neighboring
vecino. country.
Al alejarse le vieron llorar. When going away, they saw him crying.
"Caminante no hay camino, 'Walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar..." the path is made when walking...'
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso... Stroke by stroke, verse by verse...
Cuando el jilguero no puede cantar. When the goldfinch cannot sing.
Cuando el poeta es un peregrino, When the poet is a pilgrim,
cuando de nada nos sirve rezar. when praying has no use.
"Caminante no hay camino, 'Walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar..." the path is made when walking...'
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso. Stroke by stroke, verse by verse.

 

[Chacharm]

My mother wrote her dissertation on Machado and Lorca , so I am at least familiar with a lot of each poet's work. One night on Camino after sharing a little too much wine a bunch of us started singing it. Very loudly. So fun!

 

[Chacharm]

I'm attaching this from an online translation. I am very interested in Machado: in a thread I started some weeks back (Poetry for the Camino or something like that), someone posted this poem that you have attached as the song. I was fascinated by it, as it is so ephemeral and perfect for the camino. Camacho writes beautifully. Thank you for sharing the song.


28 de noviembre de 2005
Antonio Machado - Cantares

Antonio Machado
Cantares Antonio Machado
Singings
Todo pasa y todo queda, Everything passes and everything stays,
pero lo nuestro es pasar, but our fate is to pass,
pasar haciendo caminos, to pass making paths,
caminos sobre el mar. paths on the sea.
Nunca persequí la gloria, I never looked for glory,
ni dejar en la memoria nor to leave in the memory
de los hombres mi canción; of mankind my song;
yo amo los mundos sutiles, I love subtle worlds,
ingrávidos y gentiles, lightnessful and gentile, (weightless and gentle)
como pompas de jabón. like soap bubbles.
Me gusta verlos pintarse I like to watch them painting
de sol y grana, volar of sun and garnet, to fly
bajo el cielo azul, temblar under the blue sky, tremble
súbitamente y quebrarse... suddenly and break...
Nunca perseguí la gloria. I never looked for glory.
Caminante, son tus huellas Walker, your treads are
el camino y nada más; the path and nothing more;
caminante, no hay camino, walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar. the path is made when walking.
Al andar se hace camino When walking the path is made
y al volver la vista atrás and when looking back
se ve la senda que nunca you see the path that never
se ha de volver a pisar. has to be walked again.
Caminante no hay camino Walker, there is no path,
sino estelas en la mar... but trails in the sea...
Hace algún tiempo en ese lugar Some time ago in that place
donde hoy los bosques se visten de espinos where woods dress with hawthorns today
se oyó la voz de un poeta gritar the voice of a poet was heard, screaming
"Caminante no hay camino, 'Walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar..." the path is made when walking...'
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso... Stroke by stroke, verse by verse...
Murió el poeta lejos del hogar. The poet died far away from home.
Le cubre el polvo de un país He's covered by dust of a neighboring
vecino. country.
Al alejarse le vieron llorar. When going away, they saw him crying. (From a distance not when going away)
"Caminante no hay camino, 'Walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar..." the path is made when walking...'
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso... Stroke by stroke, verse by verse...
Cuando el jilguero no puede cantar. When the goldfinch cannot sing.
Cuando el poeta es un peregrino, When the poet is a pilgrim,
cuando de nada nos sirve rezar. when praying has no use.
"Caminante no hay camino, 'Walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar..." the path is made when walking...'
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso. Stroke by stroke, verse by verse.

 

[CaminoDebrita]

My mother wrote her dissertation on Machado and Lorca , so I am at least familiar with a lot of each poet's work. One night on Camino after sharing a little too much wine a bunch of us started singing it. Very loudly. So fun!

I WILL be learning that song...I LOVE to sing!!

That said, my voice is not beautiful, but I will sing anyway, and loudly! Can't wait to meet you and sing it with you

 

[NualaOC]

Eddie Vedder - soundtrack to the movie 'Into the Wild'. The track ''Rise' is very Camino-themed.

 

[newfydog]

The Rolling Stones "Beast of Burden" is always welcome on long hot climbs!

 

[BamaVol]

You'd better believe I'll be listening to music! The first 10 songs I will listen to on my camino - haven't finalized the order yet. All remind me why I'm walking.

Blue Sky - Allman Brothers, the studio version -this one puts me in high gear
Four Strong Winds - Neil Young's version of the Ian Tyson song
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
Urge for Going - Tom Rush's version of a Joni Mitchell song
Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown
Ol' 55 - the Tom Waits original version
Sailing Down this Golden River - Sara Lee (Arlo's little girl) Guthrie's recording of Pete Seeger's song
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
These Days - Jackson Browne
Waterloo Sunset - Ray Davies

 

[Staggerlee]

Some great stuff there. Never thought to see the mighty MC5 on this forum
My camino album is Van Morrison's 'Veedon Fleece'.
You know it makes sense.

 

[DurhamParish]

Try a Galician musician, Carlos Nunez from Vigo. He loves the Camino and always talks about perigrinos in his performances. Have been to see him three times now here in Maryland. Will see him the next time he returns.

He's good friends with the Chieftains. Sometimes called the "7th Chieftain". He's a remarkable musician and human being.

 

[DurhamParish]

You'd better believe I'll be listening to music! The first 10 songs I will listen to on my camino - haven't finalized the order yet. All remind me why I'm walking.

Blue Sky - Allman Brothers, the studio version -this one puts me in high gear

Allman Brothers!!!!!! I came of age in northern Florida in the early 70's . . . . . . . not all that far from Macon.

 

[BamaVol]

Joan Manuel Serrat
Willie Nelson
Dwight Yoakum
Sun Volt
YoYo Ma
Vivaldi
Patty Griffin
Dixie Chicks
Beatles
Spoon
the Gourds
Los Lonely Boys
Lyle Lovett
Lucia Williams
Itzhak Perlman
Harry Belafonte
Hozier
Guardians of the Galaxy soundtracks
the Pogues
Townes Van Zandt
Jerry Jeff Walker
Simon and Garfunkel
Peter Gabriel
Benjamin Biolay

You missed Steve Earle! Tell me it was an oversight, please.

 

[waveprof]

I didn't take music but if I did, Bob Dylan times ten

 

[SabsP]

Tallest Man on Earth....King of Spain...My favourite on my CF in 2011

 

[mike mcbroom]

Sorry, purists, but I will be listening to some music during my walk. I respect you and thank you in advance for not raining on my parade, but these are musicians that "I" would like to listen to as I walk (on occasion, when I'm not meditating, praying, chatting, or listening to birdsong, wind, and water):

1. U2--one of my favorites from the 80's, this band reminds me of Joshua Tree in California, of the Baja Peninsula, and of driving through the Southwest (in the USA). Just for old times' sake.

2. Coldplay--some clever lyrics, and I'd like to know their music--albeit commercial--better.

3. Tony Bennet--go figure. I just love his voice and lyrics, the sweeping orchestral introductions, and the smoothness of the melody lines.

4. Nat King Cole---for the same reasons. Unforgettable, Ramblin' Rose, Lazy Crazy Days of Summer....I love it all.

5. Seals and Crofts--harmonies that I love so dearly.

6. Cat Stevens--just because.

7. The Beatles--for their clever lyrics and absolute familiarity. I was raised on their music, for heaven's sake!

8. Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Carole King, The Mamas and Papas: more old favorites. Yes, I'm aware that I just put four entertainers in one area here. I can do that

9. Spanish classical guitar, by anyone. I love to listen to it on Pandora, and it is a stunning accompaniment to my viewing of your posts and photographs, which I love to view while the music runs up and down my soul!

10. What would YOU include for a list, or just for a number 10? Again, I apologize, purists.

----Buen Recalcitrant Music Lover Camino--

try some JJ Cale best album is 5

 

[Albertagirl]

I don't think that I shall be listening to music when I walk, but at other times, yes. I am making a selection from music that I can borrow on my ipad through my public library. So far, I have chosen mostly classical and religious music, including Holst's "The Planets", Beethoven's Cello Sonatas, Vivaldi"s The Fours Seasons, Spanish guitar classics; Hildegard von Bingen, Cantos Gregorianos and 99 Essential Chants by the monks of the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, Classics for Choir (choir of Trinity College, Cambridge), Stanford: Sacred Choral Works. I was delighted to discover the recordings by the monks of Silos, as I plan to visit and hear them sing.

 

[NoQ]

I don't think that I shall be listening to music when I walk, but at other times, yes. I am making a selection from music that I can borrow on my ipad through my public library. So far, I have chosen mostly classical and religious music, including Holst's "The Planets", Beethoven's Cello Sonatas, Vivaldi"s The Fours Seasons, Spanish guitar classics; Hildegard von Bingen, Cantos Gregorianos and 99 Essential Chants by the monks of the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, Classics for Choir (choir of Trinity College, Cambridge), Stanford: Sacred Choral Works. I was delighted to discover the recordings by the monks of Silos, as I plan to visit and hear them sing.

That's a great selection and my choice would be similar.

 

[CaptBuddy]

Springsteen and Estrella Galicia will get you through almost anything.

 

[waveprof]

someone posted this poem that you have attached as the song.

I think that was me! It's my signature quote on this forum actually. I love that poem.

 

[CaminoDebrita]

I think that was me! It's my signature quote on this forum actually. I love that poem.

I love it that you love that poem!

I seem to remember hearing the song on the radio quite a lot when I was really, really young. I'm really digging deep into those memory banks, mind you!

 

[jenny hall]

that is so beautiful I don't understand a word but it is beautiful anyway

 

[jenny hall]

there seems to be something I like in almost everyone lists my list of artists is long here a few I will be listening to
Led Zeppelin
Bee Gees
Carol King
James Taylor
Pavorotti
The Righteous Brothers
Leonard Cohen
Cat Stevens
Edith Piaf
Dean Martin
Garth Brooks etc, etc, etc

 

[CaminoDebrita]

there seems to be something I like in almost everyone lists my list of artists is long here a few I will be listening to
Led Zeppelin
Bee Gees
Carol King
James Taylor
Pavorotti
The Righteous Brothers
Leonard Cohen
Cat Stevens
Edith Piaf
Dean Martin
Garth Brooks etc, etc, etc

I'm currently listening to Allison Krauss...again. I love her voice.

 

[DurhamParish]

I'm currently listening to Allison Krauss...again. I love her voice.

Her live album is arguably one of the top ten albums in DurhamParish history.

Do you ever look at her videos on YouTube? Works of art!!! Beautiful lady, beautiful music.

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Her live album is arguably one of the top ten albums in DurhamParish history.

Do you ever look at her videos on YouTube? Works of art!!! Beautiful lady, beautiful music.

Her song "When You Say Nothing at All" is one of my all-time favorite songs, and was to have been my wedding dance. Instead, my husband serenaded my father with Thoroughgood's "Bad to the Bone". It has been an issue for us for ten years, and he hopes to redeem himself at our daughter's (my stepdaughter's) wedding in September!

 

[DurhamParish]

Her song "When You Say Nothing at All" is one of my all-time favorite songs, and was to have been my wedding dance. Instead, my husband serenaded my father with Thoroughgood's "Bad to the Bone". It has been an issue for us for ten years, and he hopes to redeem himself at our daughter's (my stepdaughter's) wedding in September!

"Old Mr. Webster could never define,
What's being said between you heart and mine"

Two of the most moving lines of poetry ever written. Robert Burns couldn't have done better.

It had to have been disappointing to have this substituted by George and the Delaware Destroyers . . . . . . yet, if there had to be something to be disappointed by, at least it was Thoroughgood . . . . . .

 

[CaminoDebrita]

"Old Mr. Webster could never define,
What's being said between you heart and mine"

Two of the most moving lines of poetry ever written. Robert Burns couldn't have done better.

It had to have been disappointing to have this substituted by George and the Delaware Destroyers . . . . . . yet, if there had to be something to be disappointed by, at least it was Thoroughgood . . . . . .

I love that couplet too, as a matter of fact. It is humorous, subtle, and intimate, all at the same time. Of course, as an english teacher, I also love the dictionary allusion to Daniel Webster. I'm so glad you like those lyrics.

To be honest, I find most people on this forum to be pretty cerebral. It's very refreshing! Much, much nicer than Facebook.

 

[DurhamParish]

I love that couplet too, as a matter of fact. It is humorous, subtle, and intimate, all at the same time. Of course, as an english teacher, I also love the dictionary allusion to Daniel Webster. I'm so glad you like those lyrics.

To be honest, I find most people on this forum to be pretty cerebral. It's very refreshing! Much, much nicer than Facebook.

I find peregrinos, on the whole, to be a wonderful group of people. They are not whiners (given that they can walk all day as well as enjoy their self-reliance and freedom) nor are they selfish (given that they can co-exist with fellow pilgrims in albergues).

 

[NualaOC]

Thanks @AugustCaminodeb for starting this great thread!
I've just spent a happy 30 mins updating my spotify playlist Camino. Lots more Celtic influence - so thanks @DurhamParish and others for the prompts.

Edit - I'm now working my way through @KinkyOne 's suggestions - brilliant stuff! My 5 hour bus journey from Madrid to Ponferrada will be a musical feast.

 

[Chacharm]

that is so beautiful I don't understand a word but it is beautiful anyway

Here is a (rather clumsy) translation:

Everything passes and everything stays,
but our thing is passing,
passing making paths,
paths over the sea.

I never pursued the glory,
nor leaving in the memory
of men my song;
I love the subtle worlds,
weightless and gentle
like soap bubbles.
I like to watch them paint themselves
of sun and garnet, soar
under the blue sky, tremble
and suddenly crumble.

Walker, your footprints are
the path, and nothing more;
walker, there is no path,
the path is made while walking.
By walking a path is made,
And looking back
you see the path that will
never be trod again
Walker, there is no path,
only trails on the sea.

Some time ago, in that place
where today the forests are dressed in Pine
the voice of a poet shouting was heard:
Walker, there is no path,
the path is made while walking,
stroke by stroke , verse by verse.

The poet died far from home,
The dust of a neighboring country covers him.
From a distance they saw him crying,
walker, there is no path,
the path is made while walking,
stroke by stroke , verse by verse.

When the goldfinch cannot sing,
when the poet is a pilgrim,
when praying gives us no use,
walker, there is no path,
the path is made by walking,
stroke by stroke , verse by verse.



Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/cantares-singings.html#ixzz3V7n750QC

 

[Chacharm]

You missed Steve Earle! Tell me it was an oversight, please.

Yes - an oversight. I also left off SRV, Susan Tedeschi, Buddy Holly, some naco music I like, Dale Watson, Hal Ketchum and ...well a few others. These past two weeks have been SWSX in Austin! Hard to keep up!

 

[joe g texas aggies]

Sorry, purists, but I will be listening to some music during my walk. I respect you and thank you in advance for not raining on my parade, but these are musicians that "I" would like to listen to as I walk (on occasion, when I'm not meditating, praying, chatting, or listening to birdsong, wind, and water):

1. U2--one of my favorites from the 80's, this band reminds me of Joshua Tree in California, of the Baja Peninsula, and of driving through the Southwest (in the USA). Just for old times' sake.

2. Coldplay--some clever lyrics, and I'd like to know their music--albeit commercial--better.

3. Tony Bennet--go figure. I just love his voice and lyrics, the sweeping orchestral introductions, and the smoothness of the melody lines.

4. Nat King Cole---for the same reasons. Unforgettable, Ramblin' Rose, Lazy Crazy Days of Summer....I love it all.

5. Seals and Crofts--harmonies that I love so dearly.

6. Cat Stevens--just because.

7. The Beatles--for their clever lyrics and absolute familiarity. I was raised on their music, for heaven's sake!

8. Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Carole King, The Mamas and Papas: more old favorites. Yes, I'm aware that I just put four entertainers in one area here. I can do that

9. Spanish classical guitar, by anyone. I love to listen to it on Pandora, and it is a stunning accompaniment to my viewing of your posts and photographs, which I love to view while the music runs up and down my soul!

10. What would YOU include for a list, or just for a number 10? Again, I apologize, purists.

----Buen Recalcitrant Music Lover Camino--[/QUOTE

For number 10, I would add Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I particularly like, "Learning to Fly."

 

[SabsP]

My random list at moment would be
1. Luka Bloom

2.Wovenhand

3. Elvis Costello

4. Kate and Anna Mcgariggle

5. Capilla Flamenca ...flemish polyphony

6. Submotion Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlBZGFu9vc
7. Some good old Pixies of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iC0YXspJRM
8. My local favourites Marble Sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQE8Z3vJ_4
9. Something light funky like Deelite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etviGf1uWlg
10. The best Eurovision song ever Mocedades with Eres tu....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s3BIX0duKs

 

[BamaVol]

Ten more songs for my camino:

Who Knows Where the Time Goes - Sandy Denny
Wall of Death - Richard Thompson: probably belongs in my first ten
Sometimes - Jonathan Edwards
Wide River to Cross - Levon Helm
Safety Rope - Mick Flannery
High Horse - Graham Parker
No Blue Sky - The Thorns
Mama Told me Not to Come - the orginal Randy Newman verion
I Was in the House When the House Burned Down - Warren Zevon
Cakewalk Into Town - Taj Mahal: to accompany my entrance into Santiago

 

[SabsP]

Bamavol ..good one...! How could I forget Zevon!!
The Hula hula boys.....

 

[celebi]

1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - for those bleaker days
2. Joanna Newsom - for lazy mornings in the sun
3. Aphex Twin - for any longer days approaching cities in the twilight
4. Dead Can Dance - for exploring the rolling hills and ruins of the Spanish countryside
5. Kanye West - for times when you need something to get you through
6. Fleetwood Mac - to put a spring in your step
7. Swans - for the days you just need to grind out
8. Air France - for warm, blissful days
9. Taylor Swift - when you need a singalong to pick you up
10. Stars of the Lid - when you need some ambience at night to mask the sound of the dude snoring next to you

 

[KinkyOne]

My random list at moment would be
1. Luka Bloom

2.Wovenhand

3. Elvis Costello

4. Kate and Anna Mcgariggle

5. Capilla Flamenca ...flemish polyphony

6. Submotion Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlBZGFu9vc
7. Some good old Pixies of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iC0YXspJRM
8. My local favourites Marble Sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQE8Z3vJ_4
9. Something light funky like Deelite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etviGf1uWlg
10. The best Eurovision song ever Mocedades with Eres tu....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s3BIX0duKs

How could I forgot Pixies??? Shame on me

 

[Thirstywork]

Lot of folk saying Bob Dylan and I would agree.
I'd take a bit of Neil Young and some spainish music.

 

[AudTrekker]

Joan Manuel Serrat
Willie Nelson
Dwight Yoakum
Sun Volt
YoYo Ma
Vivaldi
Patty Griffin
Dixie Chicks
Beatles
Spoon
the Gourds
Los Lonely Boys
Lyle Lovett
Lucia Williams
Itzhak Perlman
Harry Belafonte
Hozier
Guardians of the Galaxy soundtracks
the Pogues
Townes Van Zandt
Jerry Jeff Walker
Simon and Garfunkel
Peter Gabriel
Benjamin Biolay

Great to see Hozier on your list. He has an amazing voice.
Always good to see a local guy doing well.

 

[Castilian]

I guess I could make a different list each time I thought about it but here's a list in a random order:

Cantares by Serrat

Color esperanza by Diego Torres

African Praise (A Tanzanian Gospel group)

Traditional tuna songs. (If someone doesn't know what's a tuna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuna_(music)). Among them, there's a well-known one that refers to Santiago de Compostela and that you might have heard: Pasa la tuna en Santiago cantando muy quedo romances de amor...

Gregorian chants by the monks of Silos

Some jotas. (If someone doesn't know what's a jota: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jota_(music))

Jammu Africa by Ismaël Lô

Canto a la Libertad by José Antonio Labordeta

Los Inhumanos (just for the fun, not for their musical quality)

A Rianxeira (a traditional Galician song)

P.S.: Those are songs and/or singers/groups and/or types of music I'd like to hear on the camino but not when walking because I too prefer to walk without music (other than natural music like the one made by birds...).

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Ten more songs for my camino:

Who Knows Where the Time Goes - Sandy Denny
Wall of Death - Richard Thompson: probably belongs in my first ten
Sometimes - Jonathan Edwards
Wide River to Cross - Levon Helm
Safety Rope - Mick Flannery
High Horse - Graham Parker
No Blue Sky - The Thorns
Mama Told me Not to Come - the orginal Randy Newman verion
I Was in the House When the House Burned Down - Warren Zevon
Cakewalk Into Town - Taj Mahal: to accompany my entrance into Santiago

I like your list.

Randy Newman has such an unusual voice, and his songs are so creative. I can remember when he came out with his song "Short People."

I didn't realize that the song that I thought was 3 Dog Night originally was Randy Newman--is that the song you mean?

Taj Mahal: one of my best friends got me listening to that group years ago. I look forward to listening to all these songs. Thanks so much.

 

[BamaVol]

I like your list.

Randy Newman has such an unusual voice, and his songs are so creative. I can remember when he came out with his song "Short People."

I didn't realize that the song that I thought was 3 Dog Night originally was Randy Newman--is that the song you mean?

Taj Mahal: one of my best friends got me listening to that group years ago. I look forward to listening to all these songs. Thanks so much.

Yes, Randy Newman wrote the song that 3 Dog Night also recorded. Try YouTube for Randy's version, just him and his piano.

Most of these artists are well past 60, or gone from this earth but that's what I like to listen to. I've got an iPod full - can't even weigh an ounce. Well worth the weight.

 

[bystander]

Could, but won't, post a very long list
BUT
Top of anybody's list should be

Tom Lehrer's Vatican Rag

If unacquainted with it: Google/youtube it

 

[Edith Frost]

I love this song, I heard it on somebody's Camino vid on YouTube...

 

[CaminoDebrita]

A Santiago voy!

 

[Jacobus]

Sorry, purists, but I will be listening to some music during my walk. I respect you and thank you in advance for not raining on my parade, but these are musicians that "I" would like to listen to as I walk (on occasion, when I'm not meditating, praying, chatting, or listening to birdsong, wind, and water):

1. U2--one of my favorites from the 80's, this band reminds me of Joshua Tree in California, of the Baja Peninsula, and of driving through the Southwest (in the USA). Just for old times' sake.

2. Coldplay--some clever lyrics, and I'd like to know their music--albeit commercial--better.

3. Tony Bennet--go figure. I just love his voice and lyrics, the sweeping orchestral introductions, and the smoothness of the melody lines.

4. Nat King Cole---for the same reasons. Unforgettable, Ramblin' Rose, Lazy Crazy Days of Summer....I love it all.

5. Seals and Crofts--harmonies that I love so dearly.

6. Cat Stevens--just because.

7. The Beatles--for their clever lyrics and absolute familiarity. I was raised on their music, for heaven's sake!

8. Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Carole King, The Mamas and Papas: more old favorites. Yes, I'm aware that I just put four entertainers in one area here. I can do that

9. Spanish classical guitar, by anyone. I love to listen to it on Pandora, and it is a stunning accompaniment to my viewing of your posts and photographs, which I love to view while the music runs up and down my soul!

10. What would YOU include for a list, or just for a number 10? Again, I apologize, purists.

----Buen Recalcitrant Music Lover Camino--

My top ten
From 1 to 10
Loreena Mckennit. PERIOD!

 

[Adhemar78]

Sorry, purists, but I will be listening to some music during my walk. I respect you and thank you in advance for not raining on my parade, but these are musicians that "I" would like to listen to as I walk (on occasion, when I'm not meditating, praying, chatting, or listening to birdsong, wind, and water):

1. U2--one of my favorites from the 80's, this band reminds me of Joshua Tree in California, of the Baja Peninsula, and of driving through the Southwest (in the USA). Just for old times' sake.

2. Coldplay--some clever lyrics, and I'd like to know their music--albeit commercial--better.

3. Tony Bennet--go figure. I just love his voice and lyrics, the sweeping orchestral introductions, and the smoothness of the melody lines.

4. Nat King Cole---for the same reasons. Unforgettable, Ramblin' Rose, Lazy Crazy Days of Summer....I love it all.

5. Seals and Crofts--harmonies that I love so dearly.

6. Cat Stevens--just because.

7. The Beatles--for their clever lyrics and absolute familiarity. I was raised on their music, for heaven's sake!

8. Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Carole King, The Mamas and Papas: more old favorites. Yes, I'm aware that I just put four entertainers in one area here. I can do that

9. Spanish classical guitar, by anyone. I love to listen to it on Pandora, and it is a stunning accompaniment to my viewing of your posts and photographs, which I love to view while the music runs up and down my soul!

10. What would YOU include for a list, or just for a number 10? Again, I apologize, purists.

----Buen Recalcitrant Music Lover Camino--

Good for you, AugustCaminoDeb. I actually took my iPod with me thinking that I would listen to a lot while walking - I walk to and from work most days (an hour trip each way) and most days I listen to my iPod while I do so. It turned out that I didn't listen to it at all while I was walking each day - I found myself talking to people most of the time. Funny how these things turn out. On the nights I stayed in a hotel or pension, however, I always spent an hour or so lying on the bed and listening to music before I went to sleep.

What I did do sometimes, when I was walking on my own and there wasn't anyone else around, was sing to myself. When I was walking in the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles, I found myself singing 'King and Lionheart' by the Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men. Another time I can remember singing 'Temptation' by New Order, one of my absolute favourite bands.