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Songs that blew you away

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Songs that when you first heard them, absolutely stopped you in your tracks and blew you away.

Had Virgin Radio on this morning and this nugget came on and it reminded me of how I felt the first time I heard it.

Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads

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A cherished twelve that I still to this very day hear coming through the walls of my son's bedroom.

Captured a moment perfectly.
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As soon as I heard the drop D, first fret intro riff I was like "wtf"! It was on some late night rock programme on TV, just got back from the pub, was round a mates. I'd just started learning guitar, and we were jamming on unplugged in electrics (mine was a cheap StarForce strat copy, his was a squire) and the song was introduced.

My jaw hit the floor and the following five mins were spent in reverential silence, followed by a deep exploration of Panteras back catalogue over the next few weeks.

I was lucky enough to see them live at Donington in 1994.

Rest easy Vinnie and Dime...sorely missed.
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The first time I ever heard this was over the PA of an Oddbins off licence. I had no idea who it was, I just knew that I loved it. A week later I bought Orbital's Green album, and was delighted to find that the final track was That Tune From Oddbins.:

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Opening track on Vulgar. Within seconds of the main riff dropping, I distinctly remember thinking “this is EXACTLY what music is meant to sound like”. Seemed so much more focussed and potent than a lot of the thrash stuff my mates were into at the time, and was my gateway to legit hardcore.
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First heard on a 'sampler' LP shortly after its release, late 1969
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In the sense that you hear something for the first time, end up playing it over and over again and it has a profound (sometimes life-changing) impact... in chronological order... eight of many.
















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Another one for my funeral playlist.

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prophet:marginal wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 3:16 pmAnother one for my funeral playlist.
Beautiful. I have this somewhere (but not on the Ambient Works album as I thought!)
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Heard this being played on a record player in a department store when I was 14 years old and bought it straight away, the single, not the record player!
It was my introduction to The Cure

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I was 18 when this came out:

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Macca1973 wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:22 pm I was 18 when this came out:
I was in the gym when I first heard this. It came on the TV and gave me feels on the treadmill. Generally not a big Nirvana fan but it was a real "I'll always remember....." moment.
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I was 8 when my big sister bought this home. I didn't really know what was going on but the guitars seemed to talk to me and I played the album end-on-end for yonks, and still give it a whirl every now and then.....

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From the same time and same source......




After that she got into George Benson and everything was ****ed.
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:lol: come on MB, I like George Benson.
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Queen: Keep yourself alive.

Changed my musical outlook for the good...........
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Just perfect ...

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The Night-Frankie Valli
Chaos - 4skins(studio version)
Fu man chu -Desmond Dekker
The Selecter - The Selecter
One life to live - Phyllis Dillon
Where have all the bootboys gone -Slaughter &the Dogs
Dry Acid-The Upsetters
Greatest story ever told -Cockney Rejects
Don't look back in anger -Oasis

Not necessarily my favourite ever tunes,(though a couple on that list are up there)But all these still make the same impact when I hear them now as they did when I first heard them
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Prodigy No Good start the dance
Depeche Enjoy the silence
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