The Rover Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Listening to Led Zep II for the first time in October 1969, I'd say WLL and HEARTBREAKER opened my ears like they had --never-- been before. I suppose you could say that at the age of 14, with a pair of Koss Headphones on, I experienced my very first eargasm. Music has changed my life.... But no "song" ie no "words" written down and sung have ever alone changed my life. Singer/songwriters have "touched" my life, but music has "changed" my life. There are times and seasons in one's life when songs touch you, that would not otherwise. Like when you experience a break-up. But, when I discovered Led Zeppelin, there wasn't anything out the ordinary going on... other than the puberty of a 14 year old male-- SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE D.O.A. -- BLOODROCK GODS OF WRATH -- METAL CHURCH SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION -- MEGADETH SOMETHING FOR NOTHING -- RUSH KASHMIR -- LIVE IN 1977 DAZED AND CONFUSED -- LIVE IN 1975 ----------------------------------------- CLASSICAL/SOUNDTRACK MUSIC ----------------------------------------- SIEGFRIED'S FUNERAL MUSIC AND FINAL SCENE FROM "GOTTERDAMMERUNG", FROM THE MOVIE EXCALIBUR -- RICHARD WAGNER FIRE ENGINE, FROM THE MOVIE FAHRENHEIT 451 -- BERNARD HERRMANN GAYANE BALLET SUITE (ADAGIO), FROM THE MOVIE 2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY -- ARAM KHACHATURIAN NOON, FROM THE MOVIE LEON THE PROFESSIONAL -- ERIC SERRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissandra Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 There's only one song that affected my life dramatically and that's Mariah Carey's 'Always Be My Baby'. That song got me into music in general and also helped me discover that I loved singing and that I had a singing talent. I was nine years old when I first heard that song. "Daydream" is still my favorite album of hers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetTheLedOut Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Led Zeppelin - Black Dog Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks Oasis - Live Forever Pearl Jam - Alive Radiohead - Karma Police White Stripes - Ball & Biscuit The Who - My Generation The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Klu Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Adagio in G minor, Albioni Revolution, Beatles Ten Years Gone, LZ The Clampdown, Clash Eye of The Beholder, Metallica Have a Talk with God, Stevie Wonder Heart and Soul, Joy Division 1983, Jimi Hendrix Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Neil Young Fuck Her In The ASS!!, Hendrix/Morrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadScreamingGallery Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Only one: "Dazed and Confused" - by putting me on the road to Zeppelin, that was the one musical track that truly changed my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Lane Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Let's spend the night together- rolling stones, live 98 Perfect Sense - Roger watters live in 2002 Athom Heart Mother- Pink Floyd WLL- I was 7 when i finally got hold of a record player and I tried my father's old records, zepII changed my life and made me the person I'm today. Immigrant Song Misty Mountain hop Post Crucifixión- Pescado Rabioso ( I really encourage all of you to download this track if you don't know it) There are lots of songs that changed my life, but i can't just name 10, if i continue I'll go on for ages, so have those few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Wow, this is insanely hard to do... I'll give it a go, but, no doubt i'll be cursing myself later for missing out certain songs... Free - Fire And Water Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Soundgarden - Outshined or Slaves & Bulldozers Pearl Jam - Alive Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well The Beatles - Abbey Road Medley (what a cheat! ) Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You Freddie King - Have You Ever Loved A Woman Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Carry On I cheated a couple of times and there's still so many songs that have had a profound affect on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarlaxle 56 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Ramble On- Led Zeppelin Fight Test- The Flaming Lips er...can't really think of any others! Sorry =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow_Plant Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 We Are the Champions - Queen Baba O'Riley - the Who Imagine - John Lennon Black Dog - Led Zeppelin Caribbean Blue - Enya Seven Nation Army - the White Stripes Taxman- the Beatles Walk Idiot Walk - the Hives Nights in White Satin - the Moody Blues Don't Bring Me Down - ELO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kith Kannan Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Lithium - Nirvana Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin Brain Damage/Eclipse - Pink Floyd Metropolis Pt.1 - Dream Theater Where is my Mind - Pixies Starálfur - Sigur Ros When the Music's Over - The Doors Idioteque - Radiohead God Called in Sick Today - AFI Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash (or The Magnificant Seven....I dunno, picking a Clash song is hard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levee Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 The Funeral March written by Frédéric Chopin in 1837 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 First and absolutely foremost: Honky Tonk Woman Toys In The Attic Back In The Saddle Sympathy For The Devil Gimme Three Steps-Live The Ballad Of Curtis Loew Folsom Prison Blues-Live Sunday Morning Comin' Down (God have I been there!!) Midnight Rambler Dead Flowers-I once had this song stuck in my head for a week straight;before I memorized all the lyrics,I walked around all week singing just the chorus.... Honorable mention-Sister Morphine (I've been there too;but that was much later) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninthwave Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love The Cure - The Kiss Dead Can Dance - Cantara Pink Floyd - Time Bloc Party - Banquet Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Nitzer Ebb - Join in the Chant Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday Violent Femmes - Add it Up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyMerkin Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man I just need to hear the opening chords and I'm transported back in time....to a very special place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the fool Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Ten songs that have changed my life? Christ... I can think of about 50, maybe even 100... But here are ten... 10: Turn to Stone by Joe Walsh 09: Hard Monkeys by Ten Years After 08: Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull 07: I've Had Enough by the Who 06: Apeman by the Kinks 05: How Many More Times by Led Zeppelin 04: Friend of the Devil by the Grateful Dead 03: The End by the Doors 02: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue by Bob Dylan 01: Childhood's End by Pink Floyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I can't say that any specific song "changed my life", but of course, there are a few key tracks that got me hooked in different directions when it comes to music genres. When I was a kid, about 5 years old, my dad used to play "Big Hits and High Tides" (if I remember the correct title) by the Rolling Stones. On that record were "The Little Red Rooster", and it sort of led me into the blues when I got a little older and discovered Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf and the likes. The blues has always had a special place in my heart, and the Stones verison of "The Little Red Rooster" were definitely a part of it. In my teens, I was a sucker for anything 60's, Kinks, Yardbirds, Them, Doors, Janis, anything, you name it. And when I thought I had heard it all, a friend of mine, came up with a tape he'd got from another friend. That tape was a collection of undiscovered 60's nuggets, bands that only relaesed a couple of singles or LP's that never got the big audiences attention. Bands like Music Machine, The Litter, Standells, The Sonics etc etc. Their songs, "Action Woman", "The Witch", "Try It" and "Ain't No Friend Of Mine" opened up a new door for me. Ever since I have collected and discovered a lot of great 60's music, music with a different attitude and power then most of the typical 60's band had. Great f'n punk rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeyedrichard Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 2. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven 3. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 4. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water 5. Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues 6. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings 7. Bert Jansch - Angie 8. Pearl Jam - Jeremy 9. Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying 10. Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat I had to really rack my brain to get some of those out. The defining ones were definitely the first seven. The last three were just ones that affected me profoundly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noora Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 AC/DC - Thunderstruck (I loved it when I was little) Spice Girls - Wannabe (yea I know but I was a kid and LOVED Spice Girls) Michael Jackson - Earth Song Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal PMMP - Rusketusraidat Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused The Doors - Alabama Song The Yardbirds - Train Kept A-rollin' Placebo - One of a Kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 The Yardbirds - Train Kept A-rollin' That's one hell of a great song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 4. Rocks Off/Rip This Joint-Stones...They kinda blend into each other on Exile On Main Street. Dammit;now I want to hear this...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Number One: Pineapple And The Monkey-The Faces. I lost my virginity as this played. Cream In My Jeans-Wayne County Lonely Planet Boy-New York Dolls Who Loves The Sun-Velvet Underground Windfall-Son Volt One Of These Things First-Nick Drake Wicked World-Sabbath Ten Years Gone-Zep Forget The Swan-Dino Jr Gimme Shelter-Stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Damn `59, I am surprised you didn`t list Rocks Off. I wanted to list the entire LP Sticky Fingers but didn`t since it is about songs. I purposely avoided listing "Rocks Off" because if I had started to;I would've listed the whole album. I wouldn't have been able to stop at ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilovejimmypage92 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Goodbye Touloose - The Stranglers Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Don't Stop Believin' - Journey Comfortable Numb - Pink Floyd God of Thunder - Kiss Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin Jump - Van Halen Girls, Girls, Girls - Motley Crue Suicide Is Painless - Manic Street Preachers Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford All in the order they affected me. I had heard some before, but this is just when I really heard them and they meant something to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mona Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin Life Without You - Stevie Ray Vaughan In My Life - The Beatles Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Take It Easy - The Eagles Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - the White Stripes Somebody to Love - Queen Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots What I'm Looking For - Brendan Benson Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan (cover of Hendrix) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstickbonzo Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Early Days Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry The End Titles for Jaws - John Williams The Endless Summer Theme - The Sandals Hava Nagila - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Ticket to Ride - The Beatles Doing It All For My Baby - Huey Lewis & The News Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett Take Me Home - Phil Collins Green Onions - Booker T. & The MGs Latter Days That's the Way - The Knobs I Know There's An Answer - The Beach Boys Dogs - Pink Floyd Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan 1983 (A Mermain I Should Be) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream Live With Me - The Stones Faithful - Pearl Jam Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers Bulls On Parade - Rage Against the Machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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