Re: Song so powerful it blew you away

bbluesman

Song so powerful it blew you away
November 17, 2007 09:52PM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 45

I know there are many that did this to me but the one that I can really say almost knocked me off my feet due to combo of powerful guitar, beat and lyrics was Stiff Little Fingers Suspect Device. Very curious to see what connections everyone else comes up with.

Reply Quote

Aitch

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 18, 2007 10:26PM

Registered: 18 years ago
Posts: 2,090

.....And the intro

Reply Quote

STEVE

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 18, 2007 11:59PM

Registered: 20 years ago
Posts: 4,000

I heard the sex pistols record in '79ish on concert speakers (stolen Eagles gear I think) that sent me thru the neighbors wall.

Reply Quote

bbluesman

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 19, 2007 12:07AM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 45

Buzzcocks Autonomy pretty good too with marching guitar intro. To demonstrate this is not punk specific- Brian Eno-baby's on Fire-Robert Fripp incendiary guitar solo.

Reply Quote

diskojoe

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 19, 2007 12:22PM

Registered: 18 years ago
Posts: 675

Eton Rifles by the Jam, especially the ending

Reply Quote

erikalbany

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 19, 2007 09:03PM

Registered: 18 years ago
Posts: 2,590

Freebird, Kumbayah, Stairway....there are so many.

But Soundtrack of Our Lives' "Instant Repeater '99" truly blew me away, even though I discovered it as an all-growed-up a-dult.

Reply Quote

mats84

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 19, 2007 11:54PM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 1,066

"Turn on the News" by Husker Du is the first one that comes to mind.

Reply Quote

satchmykels

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 20, 2007 01:40AM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 944

> "Turn on the News" by Husker Du is the first one that comes to
> mind.
>

seconded

Reply Quote

nosepail

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 20, 2007 12:28AM

Registered: 18 years ago
Posts: 2,043

Some that come to mind:

Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl

Slayer - Angel of Death

Superchunk - Slack Motherfucker

Public Enemy - Black Steel In the Hour Of Chaos

Post Edited (11-19-07 20:32)

Reply Quote

Paganizer

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 20, 2007 12:31AM

Registered: 20 years ago
Posts: 1,909

Davy Jones - Rainy Jane

Reply Quote

blasmo

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 20, 2007 01:46PM

Registered: 20 years ago
Posts: 1,141

Memphis, Egypt -- The Mekons
Actually pulled the car off the road to listen to it.

Reply Quote

Delvin

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 20, 2007 02:20PM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 7,330

I love those gotta-pull-over songs. I can think of twice it's happened to me: "When Doves Cry" and "The Fly."

Other overwhelming-on-first-listen songs:

Virginia Plain – Roxy
Problems – Sex Pistols
Born Under Punches – T. Heads
In the City – The Jam
Chartered Trips – Hüsker Dü

Also, the first time I heard "Mystery Dance" was when a local band played it at a garage party. Man, I'd love to go back and relive that moment again ... except without the curfew and the zits.

Reply Quote

Kevin S.

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 21, 2007 02:26AM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 43

Bob Dylan, "Blind Willie McTell"

Reply Quote

michael baker

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 25, 2007 12:12AM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 919

i hallucinated through music twice, which is the number also of shitty marriages i have suffered through, which come to think of it, seem like hallucinations:

All Tomorrow's Parties (dark room, empty house, music real loud)
Ornette's Dacing In Yr Head LP: dark room, a few beers, headphones)

i must say calvary cross, blind willie mctell, blank frank, needle and the damage done, beethoven's mid quartets, i'm not like everyone else, talk, talk, the GD Norma opera, well shit, this list is too long...

Reply Quote

skook

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 25, 2007 12:50AM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 105

It Makes No Difference The Band
Last Night Tom Verlaine
The Scientist Writes A Letter Tom Verlaine
Into The Sun King Black Acid
Hung Upside Down Buffalo Springfield
I Talk To The Wind King Crimson
No Face, No Name, No Number Traffic
the live Calvary Cross and Night Comes In from Live More Or Less
Now Be Thankful Fairport
I'll Keep It With Mine Dylan Biograph
about 20 Kinks songs, god I'm sappy.

Reply Quote

Kevin S.

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 27, 2007 02:00AM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 43

How did I forget 'that live version' of "Calvary Cross" by R. Thompson?

Reply Quote

Kevin S.

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 27, 2007 02:02AM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 43

Bob Dylan's "Foot of Pride." The Lou Reed live version is pretty good too.

Reply Quote

larryepke

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 26, 2007 09:02PM

Registered: 17 years ago
Posts: 74

"If I Had a Rocket Launcher" by Bruce Cockburn

Reply Quote

breno

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
November 27, 2007 12:06AM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 5,876

Great song, and an even better literal interpretation of the topic!

Reply Quote

dj45rpm

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
December 08, 2007 05:47PM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 653

Public Image Ltd - "Public Image"

Reply Quote

Jermoe

Re: Song so powerful it blew you away
December 16, 2007 03:48AM

Registered: 17 years ago
Posts: 1,610

"Round Eye Blues" - Marah

Reply Quote