"If I Needed You" by Townes Van Zandt.....the "best damn songwriter in America", according to Steve Earle, and "I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee-table and say so" The wonderful medodies and poetry of TVZ continue to enthrall me...I have almost all of his stuff on both CD and vinyl. Covered by a multitude of major artists. Another who passed on too soon @ 51 years of age.
One Song That Still Causes...
You to stop what you are doing to listen because of the memory or emotion that it evokes. For me it is "Sentimental Journey," sung by Doris Day (with the Les Brown Orchestra). As I mentioned on another thread, upon my Dad's release from a WWII German POW camp at Stag Luft III -- he was liberated by General Patton -- he heard this song for the first time on a troop train during his return to the States. This day also happened to be his 21st birthday. My Dad is still alive and I thank God every day for his health. Each time I hear this song, it causes me to stop in my tracks and listen, picturing the skinny, golden haired former POW heading home to his mother, father & sister.