What's "the" song that changed it all for you?

gezabelle · Post by **gezabelle** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:02 am

underworld - two months off.

still gives me goosebumps.

AlexG · Post by **AlexG** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:21 pm

Bug powder dust by Bomb the Bass / Justin Warfield

This was the one that still sticks, irresistible bass, clever lyrics, mental scratching...big beat before the phrase was coined!

As everyone else is naming others,

Inspection by Leftfield

and

Valley of the shadows by Origin Unknown.

David · Post by **David** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:09 pm

Slam - Positive Education (Soma)

That was the one that did 'it' for me...

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:38 pm

First song I remember rocking out to was Slade, "Cum on Feel the Noize" everyone was more into The Sweet at that time so as a kid I took a lot of shit over that.

Hard choice, but that's the one that sticks out, I remember listening to bands like The Sweet, Suzy Quatro, and of course Abba, but "Cum on Feel the Noize" wins out.

kabuki · Post by **kabuki** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:41 pm

Hello - Pink Floyd: made want to LISTEN to music.

The Choice is Yours - Black Sheep: made me want to DANCE to music

Building Steam with a Grain of Salt - DJ Shadow: made me want to MAKE music.

All 3 were life-changing experiences the first time I heard them

quandry · Post by **quandry** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:44 pm

well, its way to hard to pinpoint one song that made me want to take up any of the instruments I play, or made me want to produce or write in a certain way, but I can remember three songs distinctly that I heard on the radio from ages 3-4--Kool and the Gang's celebration, George Benson's Breezin', and Chuck Mangione's Feels so Good. fwiw.

snowtires · Post by **snowtires** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:48 pm

when i was a kid, it was han and leia's theme from the empire strikes back, but as a teenager it was disappearing one by chris cornell, which is still my favorite song, seven years later.

xuoham · Post by **xuoham** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:23 pm

Jon Hassell/Brian Eno, 4th world vol.1, "Chemistry", 1980 (!!!).

Slapped my face in 1981, i was 17yo, into punk and new wave. After this shock, i turned to all the richness of 70s jazz funk (Hancock, etc...), electronica (Eno, Reich, LMYoung, Fripp,...), ethnic music (Gbaya pygmies, indian music, middle east).
I discovered Jon Hassell because i just loved My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
by Eno/Byrne , and since then i've always been blown away by this guy (a little less with the two last ones, Fascinoma and Maarifa Street).
And as for Eno, i think he had his best time in the early 80's with so many unbelievable productions: Eno/Byrne, Eno/Hassell, Eno/Devo (Devo's 1st album),
Eno/Talking heads (More songs... great white funk, Remain in Light... one of the best albums of the 80s, imo). Early 80's were amazing...

defmut · Post by **defmut** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:43 pm

Nirvava "Smells Like Teenspirt"

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:59 pm

few just one, that's hard but no. 1 being probably ramble on by led zepp. and no. 2/3 sing a simple song / if you want me to stay by sly and the family stone.

and both bands / artists are my greatest musical influences in general.

tokyojoe69 · Post by **tokyojoe69** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:27 pm

LJ Martin wrote:Song for Life - Leftfield, the day I discovered dancing. (for electronic... which is how I got into production/spinning. I could list so many, for very genre I've been into.. California Uber Allles... Rhymin' And Stealin'... Redemption Song)

Ditto. I remember hearing that song for the first time when I was 12 ( was my mothers album), sitting in my lounge on a hot summers' day thinking what an absolute emotional overflow the sense of hearing can cause.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:33 pm

Gotta be two tracks:
Biggest general musical inspiration
Weather Report: Black Market - I believe it was a live recording my parents had. Awesome synth stuff and a wonderful funky, world vibe throughout.
Biggest geek/electronica inspiration
SquarePusher: Beep Street (on Hard Normal Daddy) - bought it back in 98 on a trip to Berlin... I had been into breakbeat for a while, but that one really had a deep impact on my musical style - even to this day. It has that "Inner City Life" epic feel to it, and contrary to a lot of the early jungle I was listening to this track had very little repetition. I love that.... OOH, and the segue into Rustic Raver is just fucking awesome.[/i]

quandry · Post by **quandry** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:01 pm

Machinate wrote:Biggest general musical inspiration
Weather Report: Black Market - I believe it was a live recording my parents had. Awesome synth stuff and a wonderful funky, world vibe throughout.

maybe the version from their live LP "8:30" ? Absolutely love that cut--Jaco in his prime on bass just ripping some disgustingly killer bass grooves, the drum 'n sax solo part--spectacular. I'm a total Jaco freak and have lots of videos from the 76-77 weather report era--check out some of the ones on youtube--Zawinul's keyboard setup is huge--walls of keyboards and modules!

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:18 pm

quandry wrote:
Machinate wrote:Biggest general musical inspiration
Weather Report: Black Market - I believe it was a live recording my parents had. Awesome synth stuff and a wonderful funky, world vibe throughout.
maybe the version from their live LP "8:30" ?

yeah, I figure it must be - although the original version is a killler as well.

(BTW, big jaco fan (at the time, not so much now) but Live at 8:30 has the added bonus of being the first album where I recognized a musical quote - in the bass solo when J.P. plays the Sound of Music phrase... floored me.

jamesp · Post by **jamesp** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:54 pm

Whole Lotta Love by Led Zep. I really don't even like the song, but it made me realize that recorded music didn't have to sound like it had happened in a room somewhere, some amount of time ago and thousands of miles away.