To ask which songs stopped you in your tracks the first time heard you them?

[AngeloMysterioso]

Was listening to some music today and after my playlist was finished Spotify went off on its own little algorithm-y journey, and I suddenly found myself listening to a song so beautiful I had it on repeat for about an hour. That sort of thing happens to me very rarely, so I thought I’d see if anyone else could recommend songs that have struck them in a similar way.

Reckoner - Radiohead

Pink Floyd Echoes.
The live at Pompeii version might just be the most incredible piece of music ever made.
I don't take any recreational drugs but I would really like to get high, put on that album and just feel the music.

Gods and Monsters by Lana Del Ray. Not usually a fan, but that gave me an ear worm for months when I heard it on American Horror Story and I had to Google to see who sang it originally.

Good thread OP ! Sooo many....gone right down a rabbit hole !

Joni Mitchell - Blue / I Could Drink a Case of You
Joan Armatrading - Down to Zero / Fast Car
Nina Simone - Mr Bojangles / Baltimore (the strings !) / her version of Ne Me Quitte Pas
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (festival memories, nuff sed)
John Martin - May You Never (my son had just moved to the other side of the globe and I was reduced to rubble)
Dusty - Son of a Preacher Man
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Leonard Cohen - The Tower of Song

Music is indeed a wonderful thing as per PP said. Going to be busy checking some of these I don't know out 🥰

eta to add Leonard !

Tony Ann- Euphoria
Snowpatrol- Open your eyes
Britney Spears- Hit me baby one more time (I was little and loved all her music)

@HeartandSeoul I remember that broadcast ! Terry on in my bathroom as I got ready for work, yes it was spellbinding. Some songs are too difficult to return to... we played the Judy Garland version at our mum's funeral, she loved that song 🌈❤️

Great songs there, Estranged and Uninvited especially.

Saosin - You're not alone. Remember hearing the chorus and had to know what that song was immediately.

Crystal Ship by the Doors (first heard on Annie Nightingale in the 80s) was the first song that made me want to go out and buy the album!

Your Man, by Josh Turner. Sexiest man in the world!

Somewhere only we know Lily Allen version after seeing this
just beautiful

So many..
She Loves You by the Beatles. When I was a child, it came on the radio and everything lit up.
Mr Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan.
All Right Now by Free.
Azrael by the Nice.
Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin.
Sunshine of Your Love by Cream.
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane.
Gortoz a ran by Lisa Gerrard and Denez Prigent.
With a Little Help from My Friends by Joe Cocker.
I agree about Echoes by Pink Floyd..
Volcano by Damian Rice.
Stop by Sam Brown.
Helplessly Hoping by Crosby Stills and Nash.
Roundabout by Yes.
21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson.
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.
Step Right Up by Tom Waits.
I Ain't Never Loved a Man by Aretha Franklin.
Won't Get Fooled Again by the Who.
American Tune by Simon and Garfunkel.
Bring Me to Life by Evanescence.

Fuel Up by Stornaway. It is the most beautifully written song. It makes me cry.

Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult
Smells like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
Just a Shot Away- The Rolling Stones

Could choose a thousand more!

Slipping Through My Fingers - Abba

Days - Kirsty McColl

More Than a Feeling - Boston

Lava - Silver Sun

Better - Regina Spektor

Pure and Simple - Lightening Seeds

God May Forgive You (but I don't) - Iris DeMent

Oh my.... Had forgotten about this track.... Kissing on the sofa of my first boyfriend in his parents house and suddenly feeling very grown up at 15...... 😆😂

We had the same reaction, he never cries at films, but that hit home.

Some amazing tracks on here!! I've been listening to loads. I love how different music speaks to different people.

As well as some on here, I love

The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
America by Childish Gambino
Baba O Riley by The Who
March,March by Dixie Chicks

But there are so many that I can't help dancing to. Thank God for music!

The Chain is sooooo good

Kodaline - The One

Oasis - Little by little

I love Everlasting Love - never fails to put me in a good mood :)

The Whole of the Moon by The Waterboys
Give Me Your Heart Tonight and It's Raining both by Shakin' Stevens (I know, not to many people's taste these days!)
Live it Up by Mental as Anything
Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder
and
Goodnight Sweetheart by The Spaniels
All very different songs that I've loved since the very first time I heard them.
Music is such a gift and can mean different things to different people. One person's treasure is another person's trash and vice versa!

New Order - Blue Monday

Completely mesmerising, on the school bus home but transported to another realm.

@FairViewRosie25 I’m the same with American Trilogy by Elvis as we had it for my dad. Someone in our local must love it as it’s invariably played on the jukebox.

Dry Your Eyes by the Streets.

I remember in about 2001 when it was released I was in the bath listening to Jo Wiley on Radio 1 playing it for the first time. After it ended I felt like an absolute shell of myself and there was just silence on the air and Jo said 'Wow. I can't actually. I don't really have anything to say. I think we'll just go to a quick break.'

I didn't even really like the Streets but I'd never heard anything like it and still haven't to this day.

Just another one - I’ll Be Seeing You by Jo Stafford. It’s on an album of wartime songs and has such lovely and moving words. I often think of those servicemen and women and their families when I hear this. The words are as appropriate now as they were then.