If you could go back in time and relive that one moment that will never be and hear a song for the first time again, what songs would you wish to hear?
Oh to hear a song for the first time, again
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I'm sure there are a bunch, but the one that immediately springs to mind is Comfortably Numb. The fraught madness of Waters's piece giving way to Gilmour's angelic vocals and then into the guitar solo...greatness.
C@LAg said:
too many, for different reasons - whether the music, the lyrics, a relationship I was in, etc.
Overall - Probably "Save a Prayer" - Duran Duran
I remember seeing Rio on MTV first time. Watched the entire video...turned TV off...rode bike to Memorial City Mall and bought that cassette! Will never forget that moment.
Mars, The Bringer of War
Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'N Roses
Takes me back to a better day when life was easy and so were the girls. It was before I became a fulL fledged adult.
Takes me back to a better day when life was easy and so were the girls. It was before I became a fulL fledged adult.
I don't ever remember my first time hearing a song.
Probably "More Than A Feeling" by Boston. That was the first LP my brother bought. They sold LP's at the Safeway where we lived, kind of by the magazine section.
He bought it because he liked the album cover. He bought Van Halen I the same way.
We wore that record out.
He bought it because he liked the album cover. He bought Van Halen I the same way.
We wore that record out.
The first time I heard that song - it was Jim Carrey lip syncing.80s Guy said:
Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'N Roses
Takes me back to a better day when life was easy and so were the girls. It was before I became a fulL fledged adult.
When alzheimers sets in i think i'll get a real kick out of the eagles.
MGS said:The first time I heard that song - it was Jim Carrey lip syncing.80s Guy said:
Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'N Roses
Takes me back to a better day when life was easy and so were the girls. It was before I became a fulL fledged adult.
I know that movie!
Without looking it up, blue star this if you do, too.
C@LAg said:it is truly an exceptional album that sounds as modern as it did when released 40 years ago. Plus every song had a video and they were all incredible.AgTrip said:C@LAg said:
too many, for different reasons - whether the music, the lyrics, a relationship I was in, etc.
Overall - Probably "Save a Prayer" - Duran Duran
I remember seeing Rio on MTV first time. Watched the entire video...turned TV off...rode bike to Memorial City Mall and bought that cassette! Will never forget that moment.
Adding a second song:
"How Soon is Now" by the Smiths.
Very simplistic in structure and in lyrics, but it creates such an impact and aural construct that you still listen to every damn second of it.
What Difference Does it Make by The Smiths was one for me. That guitar hook penetrated my soul.
Smells Like Teen Spirit came out my Freshmen year in college and was nothing like I had heard, but felt like it was everything I was trying to be.
In High School it was definitely Gouge Away by the Pixies
Stairway To Heaven
I know it's cliche to pick it and it's not even my favorite Zeppelin song but it's legendary in the history of rock & roll.
I know it's cliche to pick it and it's not even my favorite Zeppelin song but it's legendary in the history of rock & roll.
Rocket Queen - Guns n Roses. Just to hear the outro song. "I see you standing, standing on your own. It's such a lonely place for you to be."
Devoted 15+ years of my life looking for these mythical easy girls. Never found them.80s Guy said:
Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'N Roses
Takes me back to a better day when life was easy and so were the girls. It was before I became a fulL fledged adult.
I used to sit by my stereo and make mix tapes on cassettes off the radio. I had recently switched my "goto" station from KRBE (pop rock) to KLOL (hard Album Oriented rock). Spirit of Radio came on and I recorded it the first time I ever heard it. The guitar and drums intro just blew me away. As it continued to play and just got better and better, I was SO glad I was recording it for many future listens. Still one of the best songs ever!
I went to school the next day and had no idea who the band was, or even the name of the song. I told the kids sitting next to me in English class about this great song, and I thought it was called "Invisible Airwaves". Amy Williams took great pride in correcting me and telling me it was " The Spirit of Radio" by Rush.
I went to school the next day and had no idea who the band was, or even the name of the song. I told the kids sitting next to me in English class about this great song, and I thought it was called "Invisible Airwaves". Amy Williams took great pride in correcting me and telling me it was " The Spirit of Radio" by Rush.
"Don't Look Back" by Boston has what I call "the riff of my childhood," because I remembered it so vividly and yet it wasn't on one of the tracks from the only Boston album I knew existed. I remember hearing it again on the bus at A&M and racing back to my dorm to Google the lyrics I could remember so I could track down the song.
So in a way I wouldn't want to hear it for the first time again, but the first-time-since-I-was-5 again.
So in a way I wouldn't want to hear it for the first time again, but the first-time-since-I-was-5 again.
"Riders on the Storm" by The Doors. Still my favorite.
I know it's cheesy, but the first A&M game I really remember - Strategic Air Command. It just totally captured the moment for me.
There are so many it'd be fun to rediscover, but I think that one stands out for me.
There are so many it'd be fun to rediscover, but I think that one stands out for me.
rhutton125 said:
"Don't Look Back" by Boston has what I call "the riff of my childhood," because I remembered it so vividly and yet it wasn't on one of the tracks from the only Boston album I knew existed. I remember hearing it again on the bus at A&M and racing back to my dorm to Google the lyrics I could remember so I could track down the song.
So in a way I wouldn't want to hear it for the first time again, but the first-time-since-I-was-5 again.
You didn't hear Don't Look Back until Google had been invented?
Id like to go back and pop Siamese Dream into the CD player and hear Cherub Rock again for the first time. Either that, or Weezer's Blue Album and listen to my name is Jonas. Those two tracks started my love affair with music more than any others.
Red House by Jimi Hendrix. I think it was the first song that ever gave me goosebumps.
Bruce Almighty said:
Red House by Jimi Hendrix. I think it was the first song that ever gave me goosebumps.
That's a good one.
Dreamweaver by Gary Wright.
Children Of The Sun by Billy Thorpe.
Recall both of those.
Children Of The Sun by Billy Thorpe.
Recall both of those.
BenTheGoodAg said:
I know it's cheesy, but the first A&M game I really remember - Strategic Air Command. It just totally captured the moment for me.
There are so many it'd be fun to rediscover, but I think that one stands out for me.
For the FTAB, wish I could go back and see the sousaphone extraction during a drill with Them Basses again for the first time. Wasn't expecting it the first time I saw it. Fortunately they do not have an extraction every time so it is still cool when it happens
Interesting take. I was and remain a huge GNR homer. But Welcome to the Jungle for us was rowdy, fight mode, get ready for kickoff music.80s Guy said:
Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'N Roses
Takes me back to a better day when life was easy and so were the girls. It was before I became a fulL fledged adult.
Paradise City was party mode with the girl fun
Sweet Child of Mine was putting in a little bit of work, same result
Patience was back seat somewhere, get there but take your time
Def Leppard's Love Bites was audio panty remover, late 80's to early 90'sTibbers said:
If you could go back in time and relive that one moment that will never be and hear a song for the first time again, what songs would you wish to hear?
1985, I was 10 years old. I would go to my grandparents' house to watch MTV because we didn't have cable. Anyway, this music video came on and I knew right then I wanted to make music. BTW, if you haven't listened to their new album you're missing out.
What about Night Train?
Sorry trooper, B side extra and not a fan of cheap ripple.tk for tu juan said:
What about Night Train?
You hearin' me trooper?
How many good memories associated with this song?
All the songs that come to mind I heard for the first time back in junior high.
The most profound one I can remember is when I got the soundtrack to The Crow. I was a fan of STP and the only song I had heard before I got that album was "Big Empty." When I put on that album the first time I was greeted with "Burn" by The Cure and it was mind-blowing. Also on that album were songs by RATM, NIN, Pantera, Helmet, Violent Femmes, etc. But to this day I remember listening to that album for the first time on the way to a soccer tournament and basically nonstop for months.
Other songs/albums that I have similar feelings/experiences hearing the first time.
"Cherub Rock" from Smashing Pumpkins from when I heard Siamese Dream the first time at my friends house when we were all playing basketball.
"Mr. Self Destruct" from NIN on The Downward Spiral. I had heard "Closer" and "March of the Pigs" and liked them well enough but the aggression and intensity of "Mr. Self Destruct" was on a completely other level. One of the most underrated NIN songs ever.
"Stinkfist" by Tool the first time I heard the album Aenima at my friend's house.
"I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" from Cypress Hill from the first time I listened to Black Sunday. That album changed the way I thought about rap music. I had borrowed it from a friend of mine, not sure if I ever got my own copy or if I just kept his.
The most profound one I can remember is when I got the soundtrack to The Crow. I was a fan of STP and the only song I had heard before I got that album was "Big Empty." When I put on that album the first time I was greeted with "Burn" by The Cure and it was mind-blowing. Also on that album were songs by RATM, NIN, Pantera, Helmet, Violent Femmes, etc. But to this day I remember listening to that album for the first time on the way to a soccer tournament and basically nonstop for months.
Other songs/albums that I have similar feelings/experiences hearing the first time.
"Cherub Rock" from Smashing Pumpkins from when I heard Siamese Dream the first time at my friends house when we were all playing basketball.
"Mr. Self Destruct" from NIN on The Downward Spiral. I had heard "Closer" and "March of the Pigs" and liked them well enough but the aggression and intensity of "Mr. Self Destruct" was on a completely other level. One of the most underrated NIN songs ever.
"Stinkfist" by Tool the first time I heard the album Aenima at my friend's house.
"I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" from Cypress Hill from the first time I listened to Black Sunday. That album changed the way I thought about rap music. I had borrowed it from a friend of mine, not sure if I ever got my own copy or if I just kept his.
I wish I could go back and listen to that whole album for the first time. I remember buying the cassette tape of Appetite for Destruction from my cousin. Such a good album front to back.80s Guy said:
Welcome to the Jungle- Guns 'N Roses
Takes me back to a better day when life was easy and so were the girls. It was before I became a fulL fledged adult.
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