Songs that make you go...

[jjcourtright]

...wow. What song(s), if any, made you say WOW the first time you heard them? Songs that made you realize that there was more out there than your little town had exposed you to. Songs that might have changed your life.

I have two:
Moondance - Van Morrison
Beautiful Disaster - 311

[Dave]

It didn't change my life, but i remember hearing PDA by....



crap, don't you hate it when your mind just goes totally blank. Bahhh!

Anyway, i liked that song so much i bought the album, "Turn on Your Bright Lights". At the time (and still today) radio sucked balls and was dominated by Creed (where as today its dominated by Creed minus Scott Stapp).

Interpol!!!! That is the band i was looking for!

(here is a tiny bit of incite into how my brain works.)

[DangerSeeker]

Through the course of my life, in no particular order:
Need You Tonight - INXS
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
Kiss Them For Me - Siouxie & the Banshees
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Istanbul Not Constantinople - TMBG

Ah, there's plenty, but those I really remember when I heard them

[FanGirl]

"Should I Stay or Should I Go" the Clash
"I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl" Nina Simone
"Istambul Not Constantinople" They Might Be Giants
"Blue Moon" Billie Holiday
"Kashmir" Led Zeplin

[BAMSS04]

Lets See.

Prayer- Disturbed....really their whole album of "Believe" was just great. A great album.

Love Song- 311's version- I like "The Cure's" but there is something about the way 311 did it.

Achilles Last Stand- Led Zeppelin

Anemia and Lateralas- Tool

Let there Be-The Children of Eden Soundtrack.

And many many more. I mean there have been a lot of times I have to stop and sit down because I am moved by songs. If I named all of those times I'd be here for the whole night.

[JK]

Gypsy Eyes by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

I was 14 and found this 8-track compilation of 70's songs in a bunch of tapes that I got from who knows where... When I heard the kick drum and that guitar slide right down into fast, bluesy riff, I nearly pissed myself- I had found one of the greatest songs ever written. Twenty eight Hendrix albums later, it's still my favorite and it stills gets my head shakin' and my foot tappin'...

[Dave]

Oh, i agree about the Tool songs!
I'd also like to add Killing in the Name Of, by RATM


But 311's Love Song? I don't want you to justify it to me, because really, you shouldn't have too. But i was hoping for something a little more from them on that. To me it was too much straight cover, not enough 311 in it.

[freetoaster]

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Songs that made you realize that there was more out there than your little town had exposed you to. Songs that might have changed your life.

[/ QUOTE ] I like to think about those kinds of tunes in the context of the actual LPs. There were many that left a lasting impression.

The Cars: The Cars
Circle Jerks: Wild In The Streets
Dead Kennedys : Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Jimi Hendrix: The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Electric Lady Land
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II and Physical Graffiti
The Beatles: Rubber Soul, Abbey Road and The White Album
Pink Floyd: Ummagumma, Meddle, Dark Side of The Moon and The Wall
The Doors: The Doors
U2: War
King Crimson: Islands
Jackson Brown: Late for The Sky
Hole: Live Through This and Celebrity Skin

I'm sure I could come up with more. Music is,for me, kind of like the sense of smell. It can remind me of things I haven't thought of in decades.

[EternalStrife]

The first act of Phantom of the Opera. Techincally not a song, but there's music and there's singing, so.......there.

[BAMSS04]

I don't know why, but when I heard that song I thought it was great, I was seeing a new side to 311. I do want them to go back to the "down" days. That was great stuff.
I mean if 311 had made it too hard core, it would have thrown the song off. I thought what they did with it was fine. Good Song, all it needed was that little touch to make it stick out in my mind which, for whatever reason, it does. Yeah I agree though It was nothing like 311, though.

[Affleckie]

Sure it's a song. It's on the soundtrack.


Mine would be The Used - I Caught the Fire.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

In no order whatsoever:
King's X - Goldilox
Anthrax - Among the Living
The Beatles - I Just Saw a Face
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
Faith No More - A Small Victory
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

These off the top of my head are a lot of the reason I first bought a bass guitar and wanted to make noise.

[TLS]

Here's a few that did it for me;

Get off, Prince
Thank You, Dido
The Very Thought of You, Billy Holiday
Yjste Jam, Dream Theatre

I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think up right now.

[bwdial]

Damn Robin Hood Daffy! You beat me to one of mine...
Folsom Prison Blues...Johnny Cash
SWLABR &amp; Tales of Brave Ulysses...Cream
Beats To The Rhyme...Run DMC
My Way...Frank Sinatra
What'd I Say...Ray Charles
Kawliga...Hank Williams
One...Metallica
Behind Blue Eyes &amp; Baba O'Reilly...The Who
Country Death Song...The Violent Femmes

Albums that have changed my life...
Tommy...The Who
Violent Femmes...The Violent Femmes
Revolver &amp; Sgt. Peppers...The Beatles
Paul's Boutique...The Beastie Boys

I'm sure there's more, but I'm drawing blanks.

[Razorback]

Cowboys From Hell.

I wasn't even a big metal fan until I heard it. In fact, the Cowboys From Hell album was my first metal purchase (I did own a few tapes from Metallica and Slayer but they had been given to me). That started me down the path of metal.

[karmattack]

Man, I don't even know where to start. I'm easily affected by music, so my list is out of control. I guess I'll have to go autobiographically.

Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
Like a Surgeon - Weird Al Yankovich
Peter Piper, It's Tricky - Run DMC
Straight Outta Compton, Dopeman - NWA
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
And Justice For All - Metallica
Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
Dirty Nursery Rhymes - 2 Live Crew
Man in the Box - Alice In Chains
KKK Bitch - Body Count
Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
Mouth For War - Pantera
Wicked Garden - Stone Temple Pilots
Breathe, Time - Pink Floyd
Head Like a Hole - NIN
Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine
My Name is Mud - Primus
Sober - Tool
Shogun Named Marcus - Clutch
Fuck and Run - Liz Phair
The End, L.A. Woman - The Doors
Big News I, Spacegrass - Clutch
Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse
Christian Sands - Tricky
On My Block - 2Pac
The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
Going the Distance - Cake
Eulogy, Third Eye - Tool
No Quarter - Led Zeppelin
Jumbo - Underworld
Hip Hop - Mos Def
Roads - Portishead
Intertia Creeps - Massive Attack
Lateralus, Disposition/Reflection - Tool
Rational Gaze - Meshuggah
End of the Day - Beck
Gravity - A Perfect Circle

Damn, and I haven't even listed where the entire Superunknown album from Soundgarden, or Mother Love Bone and Pearl Jam come in yet, and those are huge. I gotta quit before I sprain something.

[Dave]

Ohhhh, way to go with the Body Count. I had completely forgotten about them. I remember when that Album came out, Charlton Heston recited the lyrics to KKK Bitch on Capitol Hill, the results = hilarious.

[karmattack]

Was it KKK Bitch? I thought it was Cop Killer. That IS hilarious.

[freetoaster]

Nice list.
Head Like a Hole, Wicked Garden, No Quarter...

I remember the first time I heard No Quarter and the last time I heard Head Like a Hole. WOW, is right.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

I still keep Cop Killer on my hard drive, to listen to all the time! Best censored song EVER !

[Jason_Brown]

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Was it KKK Bitch? I thought it was Cop Killer. That IS hilarious.

[/ QUOTE ]

I think Heston should release a spoken-word version of that entire album. "Evil Dick", anyone?

[karmattack]

Dude, I would buy that twice!

[Dave]

I think you're right. It might have been Cop Killer, but i seem to remember a line about Tipper Gore...

And yes, Evil Dick would be hysterical.

[karmattack]

Oh, I looked it up right away. You were right. If I had an audio file of that, I would put it on every mix CD I made.

[jjcourtright]

I forgot two that usually stand out:

Given to Fly - Pearl Jam
What the Hell Have I - Alice in Chains

[Dave]

Oh, Oh, Junkhead by AIC!!!

[jjcourtright]

I could probably add all of Dirt and be comfortable!

[karmattack]

Me too. Probably Mad Season too, although that wasn't really because of the album but because of what was going on at the time -- worst breakup evar! I can barely listen to any of those songs anymore and I used to listen to that album probably three times a day.

RobinHoodDaffy made a good call with Faith No More - A Small Victory.

I have to add to my list:
Falling To Pieces, Zombie Eaters - Faith No More
Indifference - Pearl Jam
Seasons - Chris Cornell

side note: if anyone ever comes on here and says I've died, remind them to play Seasons at my funeral!

[towelie99]

In no order:

Pearl Jam - Betterman
The Doors - The End, and most of their live stuff
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Urge Overkill- Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon (no offense to Neil, but this is one cover that outdoes the original)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
Bob Dylan - Like a Rollin' Stone
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

All I can think of right now.

[Aaron]

Most of mine would be by bands that you guys would never have heard of

The Frames - Revelate
Aslan - This Is
The Bluetones - Sleazy Bed Tracks
Damien Rice - Cannonball
Snowpatrol - How To Be Dead

Theres thousands more, but those are the first ones that come to mind

[freetoaster]

Karma- You ever heard Faith No More's cover of Lionel Richie's "I'm Easy"?

I only saw the video once, but that I shall never forget.
Instead of "WOW" it was more like "eeeeewwwwwwww....."

[JK]

Easy like Sunday morning...

I've been trying to find a copy of that for years.

[FanGirl]

I have it on MP3. Awesome song. I made CDs for each day of the week. Guess which one it's one? C'mon guess. /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif

[JK]

Tuesday! Yeah, Tuesday! /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[karmattack]

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Karma- You ever heard Faith No More's cover of Lionel Richie's "I'm Easy"?

[/ QUOTE ] Yep, I have the single -- the one with a rhino massaging another rhino's back. It was worth it for that song alone, but it has a cover of the Dead Kennedys song "Let's Lynch the Landlord" too. Great songs.


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I only saw the video once, but that I shall never forget.
Instead of "WOW" it was more like "eeeeewwwwwwww....."

[/ QUOTE ] Isn't that pretty much like what Mike Patton did in the song? Lionel Ritchie sings more of an "ooh" right before the guitar solo and Mike Patton turned it into an "Ew!"

[TLS]

Ever listen to Mr. Bungle?

[karmattack]

Yepper. I have a couple albums. I still want to check out Disco Volante. They're a little spastic, but I love it when I'm in the mood. If you like Mike Patton, Faith No More, and/or Mr. Bungle you should check out Tomahawk. Mit Gas is a great album.

[TLS]

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you should check out Tomahawk. Mit Gas is a great album.

[/ QUOTE ] Cool, I will. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif


It's been long and painful, but I guess it's somewhat official. Kaput (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6659786/mrbungle?&amp;rnd=1102950513187&amp;has-player=false)

[Jason_Brown]

Yay! Mr. Bungle!

Disco Volante is good. It's their weirdest, least song-oriented album. In some ways, its more like a Boredoms album.

When I saw them play in '91 or '92, they did the whole show wearing rubber masks. They also played Nirvana's "Territorial Pissing".

[karmattack]

Well, I guess that's more motivation to get the earlier albums since there won't be new ones. That stinks. He even singled the person out who he says caused it, which is suprising even though he didn't give names.

[TLS]

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Disco Volante is good. It's their weirdest, least song-oriented album

[/ QUOTE ]
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that the album where he records himself while he's taking a crap?
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[Jason_Brown]

Nah. That was on the first album (Mr. Bungle). I always preferred to believe that they were simulating those sounds, but with Patton, you never know.

[karmattack]

Great, I thought of that album and now I have three songs all stuck in my head at once.

[TLS]

Three songs at once? It must be like listening to techno? /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

[jjcourtright]

Keep thinking of more:
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
Stars - Hum

[bwdial]

My ex-wife used to say "class" to me after the line, "Where were you when we were getting high?"
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Such a comedian.

[freetoaster]

Humping Rhinos? Sounds like the right one. I would so like to hear that again.

Anyone remember the Circle Jerks doing a lounge version of When The Shit Hits The Fan from Repo Man?

[Jason_Brown]

iTunes has "Easy".

[Aaron]

Champagne Supernova always reminds me of a trip I took with a bunch of friends from school
The only Cd that we had on the whole trip was that single
Knew the words off by heart after a day
Always more of a fan of "Wonderwall" or "Masterplan"

[DangerSeeker]

I think the official title was Songs to Make Love To. I almost bought it the only time I saw it for sale. Oddly enough, it was at a Caldor, a smaller K-Mart type place that I wouldn't have thought would carry such things.

[Robbo_the_Hood]

I won't say that these songs changed my life. I have a few songs that I classify as "chill" songs that make you forget everything. There are also a few songs that, when played in a public setting, everyone in the room connects with everyone else. So the maximum effects are not weathered away by repeated listening, I refuse to own any of the folling songs:

"Dock of the Bay"--Otis Redding
"What a Wonderful World"--Louis Armstrong
"Georgia on My Mind"--Ray Charles
"Handy Man"--James Taylor
"Long December"--Counting Crows
"Dance with You"--Live

There are a ton of chill songs that I own, but eventually they will lose their mystique as I will tend to use those songs as crutches during bouts of depression.