If by powerful you mean changing perception and mood then a top contender is Pink Floyd's : 'Is There Anybody Out There' from 'The Wall'............by itself it doesn't do much and is only just over 2 and a half minutes long with nothing more than an acoustic guitar arpeggio and a single line lyric. However, in the context of the album and where it's been placed, it changes the entire mood of the album from one of rebellion to one of self-reflection.
Another 'powerful' piece would have to be Led Zeppelin's 'In My Time Of Dying' off the 'Physical Graffiti' album.........if you want thunderous, precise drumming, a slide guitar created somewhere between hell and hades and a voice stating his case for being allowed into the 'hereafter' then this is the track.
Even after 11 minutes, you're left wanting more.
For raw powerful emotion from the instruments involved in the song, I would have to go with Guns and Roses 'Estranged' off 'Use Your Illusion 2'....the weeping melancholic guitar lines send shivers and the bass, piano and percussion fill the holes perfectly.
Venus, I have to agree with Danzig, heheh but I would go with 'How The Gods Kill'..........switching from soft, mellow, baritone and sweeping to raw, loud and angry at the flick of a switch.
Parisienne Walkway by Phil Lynott and Gary Moore
Theres too many to mention............
Performed properly :
Adagio for strings
Flight of the Valkyries
Carmina Burana
are extremely powerful.
Another 'powerful' piece would have to be Led Zeppelin's 'In My Time Of Dying' off the 'Physical Graffiti' album.........if you want thunderous, precise drumming, a slide guitar created somewhere between hell and hades and a voice stating his case for being allowed into the 'hereafter' then this is the track.
Even after 11 minutes, you're left wanting more.
For raw powerful emotion from the instruments involved in the song, I would have to go with Guns and Roses 'Estranged' off 'Use Your Illusion 2'....the weeping melancholic guitar lines send shivers and the bass, piano and percussion fill the holes perfectly.
Venus, I have to agree with Danzig, heheh but I would go with 'How The Gods Kill'..........switching from soft, mellow, baritone and sweeping to raw, loud and angry at the flick of a switch.
Parisienne Walkway by Phil Lynott and Gary Moore
Theres too many to mention............
Performed properly :
Adagio for strings
Flight of the Valkyries
Carmina Burana
are extremely powerful.