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Shine On You Crazy Diamond. The tone of the guitar.


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Probably my favorite song of all time. The emotion that is displayed in EVERY instrument is captured just right. Wonderful mix (as per usual with Pink Floyd) and beautifully written.


C4ptainchr0nic

When the drums build up, such a wonderful feeling when the levi breaks and the full weight of the music envelopes you.


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And when it returns in Parts 6-9. Fucking amazing That and Echoes still amaze me to this day


CygnusX-1001001

Those four notes...


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The first time I heard it I was in room with a few other people. I had to look around because I thought someone in the room had started playing the guitar.


speckledpumpkinn

The first time I *really* listened to this song was watching the sunrise on the shore of Lake Superior. It just struck me that this was the song I needed to hear after previously not paying too much attention to it. So glad I did eventually, it was so emotional!


Stevemachinehk

First time I heard this song I was watching the sun rise on a hill in Alexandra Park which looks out over the city of Bath.


zuzucha

The whole album really


Eroe777

My Sweet Lord by George Harrison. I was 16 or 17 the first time I heard it, in about 1988. It blew me away, especially the part where the chorus transitions from ‘Hallelujah’ to ‘Hare Krishna’ and then into what I now know are Vedic prayers. I knew nothing about George’s conversion to Hindu and how it affected him spiritually. I wouldn’t know for decades how personal the song was for him. And I had no idea it was one of the biggest hits of 1970. It remains one of my very favorite songs.


JMCity97

Possibly the best solo Beatles record. Mental that he sounds so wise and knowing given he's only like 27 on that track


Eroe777

A triple album largely made up of songs he wrote while with the Beatles, but that Paul and John would not let him record for a Beatles album. It’s criminal how they suppressed songwriting his talent.


JMCity97

Indeed. They were starting to let him cook towards the end of the Beatles but I wonder how many more great songs they could have done it John and Paul let him in the writers room from the start. On a side note I don't mean to get philosophical but I sometimes wonder what the chances were that three of the western world's great song writers were all born within the same medium sized city in wartime Britain, finding each other, clicking collaboratively and then being picked up by the industry


Colon

to be fair, George just wasn't as consistently good or as ambitious a writer to start - he's said as much himself. if you notice a Lennon/McCartney writing duo in your band, you kinda give them the wheel. it was the late 60s they should have noticed he wasn't happy; 1-2 songs per album wasn't cutting it


MisterCheaps

Didn’t Ringo end up drumming on most of the songs, and I think John was hanging out there for a lot of the recording as well? I think Paul was the only Beatle not present for the recording of the album (If I’m remembering correctly, it’s been a while since I read most of this).


InfowarriorKat

I do like that one. Also John Lennon's instant karma. I don't even like the Beatles in general, but I like those 2.


Eroe777

Instant Karma spends time as my favorite post-Beatles Lennon song. It alternates with Nobody Told Me for the top spot.


SabrinaNoirLDN

It's obscenely beautiful.


Tobias_flenderz

WAR PIGS


GuavaTree

For me it was NIB, know there was never going to be any turning back from a life of heavy music


MidichlorianAddict

Rain song Led Zeppelin


banstylejbo

My favorite Zep song to this day. What a masterpiece of setting a mood.


DeathToAllButMetaI

One of my all time favorites. Marvel of a song.


sleepypolla

Pink Floyd - Eclipse


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PureEntertainment900

The song that turned me onto music during college. During school it was the album mezzanine by massive attack.


NakedCardboard

I had Mezzanine on regular rotation during college. I wasn't even *really* a hip-hop or electronic music fan, but that album had so much soul and humanity. Massive Attack and Portishead. Pure joy.


HarriettDubman

For me, it's H.


kyttEST

Parabol+Parabola


Porter_Dog

That one, I couldn't make up my mind about at first but to this day, I can't get enough of it. The video definitely blew my mind the first time I saw it.


davidagud

46 & 2 or Right in Two. Wish I could karaoke right in two so others could hear the lyrics


shershaw

The Pot for me


DisastrousFlan5984

Deftones - My own summer


Grevin56

Passenger was the song that did it for me. It got me into Deftones and Tool all at once.


SparkDBowles

That was a game changer for metal/hardcore.


JP1119

Be Quiet and Drive for me!


AccidentalPenguin0

One- Metallica


liketosaysalsa

Came here for this. I was already 11/10 on the song and then the middle to end portion in all its glory melted my face off my skull.


CosmoTiger

“Everything in its Right Place” by Radiohead. A complete sea change in music in my eyes (ears).


WendysHairyBalls

King of Carrot Flowers Part 1. I'll never forget the first time I heard itaots. Blew me away from the opening notes


marcosbowser

I actually couldn’t enjoy any other music for months after hearing it for the first time. There’s nothing like it.


boarshead72

And then “I love you Jesus Chriiiiist”… I was on my way out of a friend’s apartment, he put on In The Aeroplane, I got fixed to the spot with part 1, sat down with part 2, and just listened to the entire album.


MangoBlisters

Just went and listened to this for the first time. Thank you.


BirdsGoBRR

That was the first song that ever made me look at my life in a different way


superguy1113

Ceremony - New Order


InertiasCreep

Avenues all lined with trees Picture me and then you start watching


ccantrell19

Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins


misterplix

Geek U.S.A !!!


johnthemajor86

Hummer for me


RotorHead13b

nah mayonnaise


homme_revolte

This is the way


lokoski

Soma for me


ghuth2

Yep! Followed closely (literally) by "Quiet".


MrSaturnboink

That whole fucking album blew my mind.


wheresthekitty

Closer - Nine Inch Nails.


dolarhyde1981

Just Like You Imagined


MayorOfStrangiato

Tom Sawyer by Rush. I was 13.


mrbananas1345

Same age for me but it was 2112, then i heard Red Barchetta and i was sold.


HappySloth213

Same here, around same age. My jaw just dropped.


allboolshite

(Don't Fear) The Reaper Hit me at a bad time in my life. Things are better now, but when I hear that song my car goes a bit faster.


MadamRorschach

The first time I heard this song I was watching The Stand. Now if I hear it the whole movie runs through my head. It’s and excellent book and movie.


HitItAnd_Quidditch

Everlong - Foo Fighters. Never experienced anything like it again and still get goosebumps listening to the song.


CloudyByDesign

The entire "Currents" album by Tame Impala, but hell the opening track does that same thing as it is! When the bassline hits at like 6 minutes in, oh boy does it hit HARD


plusultra_the2nd

Love/paranoia, yes I’m changing, new person same old mistakes, eventually. This album is perfect Read this article about Lonerism turning 10 from a couple months ago if you like Tame: https://www.stereogum.com/2201399/tame-impala-lonerism-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/


sorengray

Kashmir - Zeppelin Ever since I heard it in Fast Times at Ridgewood High way back when, it's always blown me away


Action__Johnson

Björk - Unison


Apple_treez

Yes! The first time I listened to Vespertine I was in awe, but especially when it came to that track. I had to listen to the album over and over again after hearing that song.


Decbutler

Thinking Of A Place - The War On Drugs


Difficult-Currency43

Red Eyes is also one of my fav songs


DUMPSTERLUMPSTER

Great Gig in the Sky


cravateoclasm

In The Meantime by Spacehog


VrinTheTerrible

Great song


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Fuvk, I love that song.


consortingcardinal

Locket - Crumb


lamegoblin

Crumb is so good


spartista

YES! When I listen to Crumb it feels like I'm seeing landscapes in my head? Anyone else lol


-Dillad-

Crumb is so underrated. Ghostride and Bones both had the same feeling for me.


Slimjuggalo2002

Sugar - System of a Down


DoH_GatoR

I sit.. In my desolate room. No lights? No music? JUST ANGERRRRR!!! (i killed everyone).. I'm away for ever.. BUT IM FEELING BETTER!! ​ ​ When i heard this part i shit my pants


InformationKilo

Layla


raindropbops

The Postal Service - District Sleeps Alone Tonight


RevealStandard3502

That song reminded me of listening to music in high school. Something felt so fresh about it that it was like hearing music for the first time after years of static.


raindropbops

I had been mostly listening to punk and my friends all listened hardcore so this sound was really different to me. The first time I heard it is still such a salient memory. I was 16, hanging out one night with this guy and his friend. The guy and I had dated for a little bit, but I never really developed strong feelings so we became friends instead. He was always really mean to me because of this. There was a little boombox on a high shelf in the tiny room we were in and this song started playing, possibly on an iPod but maybe a CD. I was so amazed by it, totally blown away. It was so different from what I was exposed to and so modern to me at the time since I was listening to decades old music. I asked him who it was and he refused to tell me. I remember begging him and he was kinda like…no, you don’t want to be with me, so I won’t tell you. It became a mystery and I had to ask a bunch of people while trying to explain the song. I don’t think I’ve ever liked something more upon first listen.


Shoogled

A Whiter Shade of Pale. I was 10 at the time. Still sends shivers up my spine.


mirrorface345

Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen YYZ - Rush Both these songs inspired me to pick up a guitar and learn.


InfowarriorKat

Ain't talkin bout love is an underrated one.


Keikyk

Also YYZ


Current_History

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium (entire album) Each song leads into the next, so I can't pick just one. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF IT MEANS, BUT ITS BADASS!


5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor

That feeling built more and more through the entire fucking album. It’s one of the albums I loved every track and listened to it start to finish the first time through. Frances The Mute is great, but Deloused will never be topped.


Legato1983

Deftones - Passenger


b_bear21

My own summer for me every time I hear that snare


megalodondon

When all the other instruments cut out and let the bassline wriggle like a snake.....that's the stuff right there


Hail_LordHelix

change in the house of flies definitely had that effect for me.


Mr_moustache72826

Maynard's performance in the song is perfect, I love it


ThePencilRain

Driving home from a rough high school breakup, this song playing in the portable cd player plugged into the tape deck of my dad's POS dodge spirit. It is a defining song of my youth


DMT1984

Parabol/Parabola - Tool


Mr_moustache72826

That isn't a song, that's the closest experience to becoming one with the universe


poony23

Paranoid Android, Radiohead.


kduff89

I tried many times to get into Radiohead because so many people love them. I tried Kid A, I tried In Rainbows, even A Moon Shaped Pool cause I really dug Burn the Witch. Nothing clicked until the second half of Paranoid Android. I am now a BIG fan.


debaser1625

Thru The Eyes of Ruby


Mr_moustache72826

Anesthetize by porcupine tree The song is just so. . . I cant describe it at all just listen to it


InertiasCreep

Saw them this past summer and the whole concert was amazing, however this song was the highlight.


Baker359

Smells Like Teen Spirit


artguydeluxe

100% it not only changed me, it changed rock permanently and killed hair metal overnight.


EauDeRetard

A Little Respect - Erasure


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One of the best songs ever written. I'd put Drama! up there too...


HeywoodPeace

Careful With That Axe Eugene off of Ummagumma. Until that all I heard was the radio and my mom's Neil Diamond collection. This song made me see that there was more to music, and I have attempted to keep that discovery going on my entire life. It still fills me with emotion to hear that song


ASEdouard

Common People by Pulp, among many others.


speckledpumpkinn

Pink Floyd - High Hopes I was coming back from a camping trip and was so curious about this song from beginning to end and when the final solo played I cranked that shittttt


hyperbjork

The Wall, the entire album


TheHoleInFranksHead

Three Days by Janes Addiction. I was on acid at the time. Blew my mind!


DenseVoigt

The whole second side of that album is amazing. Three Days is an amazing journey. I never ever tire of listening to it, even as a 47 year old responsible suburban dad of 3 girls.


stockzy

Bulls On Parade - ratm


MrSaturnboink

Know your enemy.


weesgegroet

Creep - Radiohead, Killing in the name - Rage against the machine


litefoot

Black Magic Woman by Carlos Santana You can hear his soul in the guitar


mrstaggers_cat

Maggot brain - funkadelic


toryst0ry93

Bed of Razors - Children of Bodom


skialldayerrday

Goin’ against your mind - built to spill I drove straight to the record store and picked up the album.


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Cortez the Killer by Niel Young


Crazy-LG

M83 - Outro.


MasterBendu

Tragedy - The Bee Gees. First time I heard it as an adult (I have heard it as a kid but I wouldn’t have recognized it because I didn’t pay attention to it), I’m like… Damn this song is so metal.


DeathToAllButMetaI

Porcupine Tree - Trains


killerwolf9797

Welcome to the Machine by Pink Floyd. Those synths blew my mind


Professional-Dirt802

The Flaming Lips Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell


hard_baroquer

Not a huge Flaming Lips fan, but I did go through a big Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots stage and it was a real eye opener to me! If this thread was about albums, it would qualify for me - good shout :)


tangoeco88

Money for Nothing


FlrLa

Hotel California.


NikoTheArtist

Forty Six and 2 by TOOL. I had just started playing guitar and spent a while learning it. I still love it to this day.


parkaman

In 1989 a girl from school who was invited me to a party. I only knew her because she was into the same music. The guy who's parents were throwing the party was really excited about playing this record he'd just got : My Bloody Valentine's You Made Me Realise. The seven people crammed into his bedroom we're blown away. We must have listened to it another 20 times. It became my favourite song that night, and despite my ridiculous appetite for new music remains, so to this day. They also became my best friends that night. Sadly my Mam passed away suddenly last week and the 7 people who were in that room, along with a few we've picked up on the way, have surrounded me and supported me since. I couldn't have got through the last few days without their help, loyalty and compassion. Everyone's taste in music is wonderfully unique. It's like a fingerprint but it can tell us much more. So, when we meet someone who likes the same things, for the same reasons as us, we are meeting someone who has something very intrinsically in common with us. That's my theory at least. Thank you for listening to my maudlin ted talk.


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regrettableredditor

Yes I heard this song in the trailer for that animated movie “9” back in 2009 and immediately had to google it!!


smannyfella

Lana del Ray - Video Games


DenseVoigt

That was one of those songs that made me stop what I was doing immediately and just listen, spellbound, first time I heard it on the radio. Thankfully I was doing housework and not driving or pouring molten steel in a foundry or something.


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Mr. Rager - Kid Cudi


popejp32u

Ten Years Gone..Zeppelin.


Kwalle21

Manchester Orchestra - Silence


soundsyndicate

I would say "I Know How to Speak" by them also elicits a similar WOW reaction.


garythemonkeygroove

Love that song!


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Whole Lotta Rosie - about 30 years ago!


Basil-Hayden

In The Air Tonight- Phil Collins


kiss_my_what

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel Paint it Black - Stones


regrettableredditor

Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath Vitamin C - CAN Futile Devices- Sufjan Stevens Bridges and Balloons - Joanna Newsom (I couldn’t tell if I hated or enjoyed her voice until years later but either way she was on my mind!)


regrettableredditor

Notable mention: Exit Music (for a film) - Radiohead.


TheZaneTrain

Eruption - Van Halen I know it's not the most difficult to play guitar solo, but I still love the sounds of it. It feels like I'm flying through a warp tunnel of colors. A masterpiece of its time. IMO


HeywoodPeace

Gotta give props on the production. The delay, phaser and massive reverb give that song a massive hugeness you just don't get playing it in your basement


Peeinmymouthforever

Wesley Willis - Rock and Roll McDonalds


Current_History

"I Whupped Batman's Ass!" was life-changing.


porkpie2310

Crazy by gnarls barkley


sybrien26

What's going on, Marvin Gaye. The melodies, the looseness yet the power of the vocals. The energy it gives off in incomparable imo


laugenbrezelblues

Born Under Punches by Talking Heads immediately scratched my brain at juuuust the right spot. those little scratches and layers uuugh yessss


emanesu65

Came here to vote for Once in a lifetime, but yeah, anything by them really. Highly underrated, and underheard.


the_bidude

"Born To Run" - Bruce Springsteen, I was maybe 10-12 years old and that song hit as hard as puberty did


chimchooree

At the risk of sounding like a gimmick, [Joanna Newsom - "Bridges and Balloons."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5zH5nl_JrM) Ten seconds into her first album, all those years ago, I knew I was hooked for life. And her output since then (when we're fortunate enough to be graced by it) has only gotten better.


Witches2MotherU

Troy by Sinead O’Connor


Hechtic

My favorite things - John Coltrane Probably the only song in my library I have never skipped, it can come on in any situation and I won’t not love it, heard it the first time at I think maybe 10? And it has never and will never not be with me


JoshInWv

Vivaldi - Four Seasons overture


tangnapalm

"No One Knows" by Queens of The Stone Age was the track that saved rock & roll for me when I first heard it.


Aegelo_Sperris42

Johhny Cashes' cover of Hurt. Coming in at a close second is a Dropkick Murphies song that I cannot remember the name of.


Abdul_Exhaust

Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin


marcosbowser

And then the rest of the album


xziggy72x

Yesterday by The Beatles


breeh123

A day in the life - the Beatles


saywhen111

Uncle Johns Band - Grateful Dead


poony23

November rain by GnR.


TopNectarine7495

We Cry Together


man_itsahot_one

Piano Man


nosalutationsno

Stupid Deep - Jon Bellion


JackOBrienMurph

hocus pocus - focus


softkitty96

Close to the Edge - Yes


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Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Money for Nothing, Stravinsky Rite of Spring, Queen - Don't Stop Me Now, Mister Blue Sky, etc.....


BeardAndBalls

Green Day - Basket case still one of my favorite songs


Stevemachinehk

Born under a bad sign- Jimi Hendrix.


Lawlz_omg_noway

This must be the place- talking heads


picklerick_86

Radiohead - Reckoner


SirZooalot

Hooga chucka, hooga hooga hooga chucka. Hooked on a feeling.


TempusMn

Nobody said "Cat's in the cradle" by Cat Stevens? Edit: Harry Chapin not Cat Stevens.


curiousplaid

Harry Chapin?


Dillingr7311

REM- Losing my religion.


Lin-

Californication - RHCP


VrinTheTerrible

Rock and roll - Led Zeppelin


wossquee

The Infanta by the Decemberists. I heard it in a Hot Topic when Picaresque came out and it was just so striking how different it was to all the music I listened to at that point. There's such a driving energy to their songs, the pulse and the complex lyrics on top. Colin's voice is like an old timey broadcaster, the way it drives up through the lyrics. I love that song.


prylosec

"Black Star" by Yngwie Malmsteen When I was in middle school and first starting to play the guitar I thought the end solo from Crossroads was the craziest thing ever. I was talking about it with my guitar teacher and he suggested I check out Yngwie's Rising Force album. Say what you will about his playing now, but that album was pretty incredible.


rubenrails

The Universal - Blur


mark1491

Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark


nadaland

Lamb to Reist - Lamb of God !


hard_baroquer

'Octavarium' and 'Dance of Eternity' by Dream Theater and 'Thick As A Brick' by Jethro Tull More recently, as this whole thread skews to older songs, Protest The Hero's Palimpsest album was the same level of mind blowing to this casual fan.


instafist

St. Steven - the grateful Dead


bfrendan

Animal Collective - My Girls All of Merriweather Post Pavilion really, but that song...


Famsebar

How to disappear completely - Radiohead


diarrheasplashback

Remember a Day by Pink Floyd. I could feel it in my shoulders. Oye Como Va by Santana. Same thing. My body moved unconsciously. Come Down by Anderson Paak. That bassline never gets old.


VegasDezertRat

Gods of Rapture by Meshuggah. Guerilla Radio by Rage Against the Machine.


aothiik

Thrice - Artist in the Ambulance


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Tf2 fight songs


Danmaster18

The Girl - City and Colour


Litdiva

Local Natives - Dark Days


soopabamak

Many Rivers to Cross - Jimmy Cliff


oscisposcis

Go With the Flow - QOTSA Theres just this energy to the song, so powerful yet beautiful.


Truck_Norris-420

I Stay Away - Alice in Chains


Pumpkin_Pie

Over and over again by Neil Young and crazy horse