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[Dorrin]

Throwing out some randoms as most of the others have been listed already.


Ludwig van Beethoven-Moonlight Sonata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck

Came to post this.

 

[Ostinatto]

O FORTUNA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjH7a25H_v8

 

[jambo]

For me it would probably me Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb, especially the version from Live 8.

Probably tied with Nessun Dorma

EDIT: Actually I just watched Nessun Dorma again and that wins.

Man is it dusty in here...

;__;

 

[siddx]

Maybe not the most powerful ever, but definitely up there. Three incredibly powerful verses, the first about being an immigrant, the second about being a child of divorce, and the last about being gay in America (of which the artist is none).
The last verse especially is very powerful.

Brother Ali - Tightrope

"cause there ain't no flame that can blaze enough//to trump being hated for the way you love//cry yourself to sleep and hate waking up//its cold world ya'll shame on us"

 

[umop_3pisdn]

Arvo Pärt - Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

IDK if it's the most powerful, but it's as good of a submission as any.

 

[Fiftyeight]

The Most Serene Republic | You're Not An Astronaut -- only one I can think of at the moment...

Love them!

Fitting for this thread, too, as In Places, Empty Spaces is the song that embodied the time around a friend's death earlier this year.

 

[HammerOfThor]

Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEyOwLY3rV4

Metallica - Fade to Black or One. Possibly even Disposable Heroes. Listening to the lyrics for those songs then the music behind them its amazing.

 

[LProtag]

This song always stirs something in me.

It's that huge cathedral organ sound, along with the fact that there's two parts where more of the band kicks in. You get a few more added instruments in the song a little while in, then you get the whole orchestration joining in a bit later in a big buildup.

Arcade Fire - Intervention

 

[Everdred]

Brand New - Degausser

 

[Boogie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vUDmFjWgVo

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

There is none better.

 

[squidyj]

Brand New - Degausser

Off the same album, Limousine

Hallelujah, none of that watered down cover shit, by the actual master himself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJTiXoMCppw

To be honest I kind of prefer the Jeff Buckley version, Cohen's voice distracts me from the song.

Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day

Neither am I religious but I found Seven Swans to be crazy moving.

He will take you
If you run
He will chase you

Sigur Rós - Samskeyti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1cqn3UDmp4

Sigur Ros has a lot of tracks that would be appropriate for this thread.

Kafari
This one really kicks in when the strings start underneath the twinkling notes

Fljótavík and Straumnes back to back

 

[whatsinaname]

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

This song always gets to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orv_F2HV4gk

 

[justin.au]

This song always stirs something in me.

It's that huge cathedral organ sound, along with the fact that there's two parts where more of the band kicks in. You get a few more added instruments in the song a little while in, then you get the whole orchestration joining in a bit later in a big buildup.

Arcade Fire - Intervention

Good choice. I still reckon its the best song they've done. I'm a sucker for a good build-up.

 

[Chony]

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Otherside

So many good choices so far, so I'll go with something more current. I heard this song on the radio a few months ago, looked it up, and have been listening to this song again and again and again.

 

[.GqueB.]

Just finished up Avatar: The Last Airbender last night so right now this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFnnNijn_OI

This can be pretty spoilery because I know there are plenty of people here that havent watched yet. But in context, the song is so powerful.

 

[vesp]

Immortal Technique - Dance With the Devil

I cant think of any song that comes close to the raw feelings this song conjures. It's not the best song ever written, but I do think it is the most powerful.

 

[ScOULaris]

Some great choices already posted in here.

I'll throw these two in:

Aaron Lewis' cover of Pearl Jam's "Black"

Sigur Ros - "Hoppipolla"

 

[Discotheque]

I can't say most powerful but this shit makes me happy

Farewell Apollo

Too many to list but I would also say A LOT of the LOTR trilogy music, some john williams here and there. Oh and this

 

[DangerStepp]

...Collective Soul - The World I Know

Nice one!

Just off the cuff: Kanye's performance of 'Mama' at the Grammys moves me. It was performed not long after she passed away.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't no mountain high enough

Both singers have so much power and the song is quite upbeat. The whole story surrounding the cooperation between Gaye and Terrell is interesting, too. Because Terrell died of brain cancer at a very young age, Gaye completely went out of the public for the next years and made "What's going on", one of the greatest albums of all time.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Rewizja - Naszym Kobietom

It's very deep and poetic.

 

[Seanspeed]

This has got to be up there:

Graveworm's cover of Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rqXewg9be0

Not even a huge Maiden fan, but this is just so unrelentingly stirring. And its got bagpipes!

 

[m@gic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnkuBUAwfe0&ob=av2e

Awesome!

thanks Blame space

Here is mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbN99f9esS4&ob=av2n

 

[scoobs]

Brand New - Seventy Times Seven, Okay I believe you but my tommy gun don't, Sowing Season, Deguasser... almost everything they do is awesome

 

[Deleted member 22576]

In terms of sheer majesty something like Mount st micheals mix + saint micheals mt would probably fit my bill.

In terms of emotional resonance with songwriting lets not shit ourselves by bright eyes is also pretty damn incredible.

In terms of simplistic beauty I'd have to say Cherry by ratatat.


but, I really have no idea. i can hear a song one day and it will bring me to tears and then hear it the next day and reach for the pause button.

 

[djtiesto]

Star Traveller - Ferry Corsten
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvtIxO28oDM

I dig the Hydroid mix myself!

 

[Jill Sandwich]

There's so many out there, it's hard to pick.

The Specials and Rhoda Dakar - Old Boiler

John Lennon - Working Class Hero

Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding

Kate Bush - Mrs. Bartolozzi

Plain Gold Ring - Nina Simone

Inspiral Carpets - Niagara

Suede - The Asphalt World

Rage Against The Machine - Beautiful World

 

[CF_Fighter]

The Antler's - Epilogue - I feel the whole album in general makes this song even more powerful, but even by itself it still makes me tear up.

First time I heard that I wept, so powerful.

I would add Wake- The Antlers as well.

 

[Venfayth]

Thrice - Beggars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifh9yWG62zo

The lyrics make this song so intense.

Wow thanks for posting this, I'd never heard this song by them, it's fantastic.

This is one of my favorites that hasn't been posted yet:

God Is An Astronaut - Frozen Twilight

Also this:

Agnus Dei (Adagio For Strings, choral version) by Samuel Barber

 

[IceCold]

For me, any good (usually the classics) Fado song.

This performance of Mariza of a classic Fado song on Letterman always gives me goosebumps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7UDQDl1tcw

Amazing voice. Amazing performance.

 

[noah111]

Sia - Breathe Me.

all of you should be ashamed for not listing that song SMH

Oh my god yes, this. Some of Dido's stuff is powerful as well.

Left Outside Alone by Anastacia is awesomely powerful imo, too. Obviously there's the classics like I will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, California Dreamin, the Titanic song, etc.

Pink Floyd has some strong stuff as well, but i'm enjoying looking through this thread and finding great news songs.

[EDIT] Oh my how could I have forgotten, Rigoletto 'La dona e mobile' (performed by Nessun Dorma), O Fortuna (Carl Orf), & Lux Aeterna (Clint Mansell).

 

[Darias]

I'd likely have to think on this for hours to come up with a few, but off the top of my head I'll go with The Green Fields of France, which is sung by many - This is the Dropkick Murphys version.

 

[Fularu]

For me it would probably me Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb, especially the version from Live 8.

I came here to post the Pulse version, which is incredibly powerfull (despite so so lyrics)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSL6MdMfjfY

 

[dragonlife]

The most powerful for me are are these:

Baten Kaitos Origins - Rain on a Moonlit Night It's such a beautiful track. So beautiful. It played in one of the saddest parts of the game (I held back the tears but my throat burned). I listen to it daily. It makes me reflect about what I'm doing with my life when I'm down. It's sad and hopeful all in one.

And...

Nier - Shadowlord's Castle / Memory Also a nice track to tune out with.

 

[Barnaby_Jones]

Shane Koyczan - The Crickets have arthritis

 

[SyNapSe]

This one always got me. sad but emotional. Also, the Cats in the Cradle suggestions are good.

Ben Folds Five Brick

 

[HiResDes]

Cosmia

 

[kenssi]

Spiritualized - Broken Heart

Makes me weep every time

 

[Kattbuss]

All by myself,
Don't wanna be
All by myseeeelf!

Spoiler

Real answer: Bohemiam Rhapsody by Queen

 

[Chuckpebble]

There are some good songs here. I love some Dream Theater, been a fan of them for a while. I've also thought of some Queen, but that's too easy, Freddie Mercury could make "Happy Birthday" into a powerful song. So, here it is, I suggest these guys to the Dream Theater fans out there. The whole album is an experience, but just one song grips me, every time I hear it.

The band is Porcupine Tree
The album is The Incident
The song is Time Flies

Now listen. I'm a grown man. I sleep on a bed of gravel, eat cinderblocks for breakfast and bench press walruses. But damn it all. I had this song playing in the car and I looked in the rearview at my 3 Y.O. girl gazing out the window, kicking her feet happily and taking in the sights as they whizzed by. I'd be lying to you if I denied getting a little moist in the eyes. You would too, and if not your just a cold hearted zombie.

 

[ganbareneopokekun]

Buckethead - Nottingham Lace

 

[schroddycat]

Beautiful lyric and track that moves me emotionally:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3uatcJqt54&fmt=18

 

[RDreamer]

Tool - Wings for Marie Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XbkTTjGHSI&feature=related

This is honestly one of the most powerful, emotional songs I've ever heard. I'm not even a huge fan of Tool or anything. Listening to the lyrics and knowing the story behind it, about Maynard's mother... I honestly almost tear up every time, especially at the "Fetch me the Spirit, the Son, and the Father Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended."



Another really powerful one for me:
Sigur Ros - Popplagið
Ever since I saw this live it brings back memories of that amazing concert.

 

[shanshan310]

Rise Against - Re-education through labour

I'm not sure what it is about the song, but everytime I get to the climax of the song I start crying, mostly because I know that there's not going to be a real rebellion.

 

[The Awesomest]

You guys.

You guys.

Baba Yetu.

 

[Xun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3adFWKE9JE

Jeff Buckley - Grace

That ending. Especially the ending.

My friend can sing/perform this track nearly identically to Buckley. I'm pretty sure he's the reincarnation of Jeff... despite being 24.

Also some very good songs in this thread!

 

[overcast]

This song always stirs something in me.

It's that huge cathedral organ sound, along with the fact that there's two parts where more of the band kicks in. You get a few more added instruments in the song a little while in, then you get the whole orchestration joining in a bit later in a big buildup.

Arcade Fire - Intervention

My God yes. I was addicted to this song for months because of just how powerful it is. That climax.

 

[e_i]

Any power metal song.

If I had to pick one, I guess it would be Starchild by Wintersun.

 

[Cousteau]

Black Eyed Peas - I Got A Feeling

Perhaps you've heard it?

 

[Particle Physicist]

Power! By the Power powers. It's full of power.