Songs that Inspire or Move you

Randy Newman "Baltimore"
Dire Straits "You @ Your Friends"
Lyle Lovett "If I Had A Boat"
ZZ Top "Blue Jean Blues"
Neil Diamond "Red,Red Wine"
PF "Wish You Were Here", "Have A Cigar" "Mother" "Hey You"
Led Zeppelin "Tangerine"

Wilco "Impossible Germany"
Alice n Chains "Nutshell"
Dusty Springfield "Son Of a Preacher Man"
Lenny Kravitz "Mr.Cab Driver"
Bill Withers "Use Me".......

This thread is really the essence of what this community is all about! I'm surprised there are no more than this so far.
This thread should fill up easily and be the longest thread here very soon.

The lack of participation here, may be a sign of who/what this hobby is/has become? Is it more about the equipment or the music?

I ask myself, Why... why aren't the answers flooding in from all of the members here? Really, it's kind of amazing!

This hobby, this thread, is boiled down to "the music". Therefore, why should it be so difficult for us to express the music that "moves us"!?

This should be The one thing that binds us all together.

...and the "Beat Goes On"...

I've had stages in life where little music moved me. Lots of things can contribute to that. But I have been into audio now for so many years only for that reason ie in order to be affected by the music as much as possible.

A couple from Todd Rundgren:

Pretending to Care
Love is The Answer

Interestingly, both songs would benefit tremendously IMO from a singer with more range than Todd. Love has been covered by England Dan and John Ford Cooley, but that's probably a step in the wrong direction. There are a few wonderful covers of Pretending (notably by Fred Froom and by Jennifer Warnes), but those are pretty obscure.

Richard Thompson is another songwriter who, like Rundgren, is an excellent singer but lacks the pipes to fully do justice to his own songs. Walking on a Wire is one example.

Interestingly, both guys are hugely skilled and expressive guitarists, so maybe the vocal limitations find outlet in their fingers.