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.

Thought of a couple of other randoms that just hit hard every time, instant favourites

Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
Say Something - Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
Dancing on my Own - Callum Scott

That’s an incredibly moving song - — as I think is ‘one of us ‘

I think one that always sticks in my mind and really got in my brain as it was a big hit when I was getting divorced in my late 20s was - A little time- Beautiful south

I work in music and am a huge Kate Bush fan but strangely that’s one of her songs im
not that keen on - give me ‘man with the child in his eyes’ or ‘running up that hill ‘ or hounds of love etc

Very beautiful song

My immortal by Evanescence. Was driving with tears steaming down my face the first time I heard it.

Ok here’s my list of songs that get me everytime

beautiful south- a little Time
The Who - behind blue eyes
prefab sprout - when love breaks down
kinks- Waterloo sunset
Simon and Garfunkel - sounds of silence
joni Mitchell - Both sides Now
Crosby stills and Nash - our house
10cc - I’m not in love
manfred Mann- Bob Dylan - just like a woman
Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Genesis - carpet crawlers
pink Floyd - comfortably numb

The man singing is Dan Smith of Bastille, he wrote the song 🙂 I just found the melody and vocals so haunting (background vocals too) and lyrically so heartbreaking and poignant - “who’d have known that I’d be carrying our babies and our sins” - I mean what a line! It really speaks to Dan’s talent that he is able to write from a woman’s perspective in that way.

Bastille are great- happy to be of service! Enjoy!

Edge of 17 - Stevie Nicks
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Know How - Young MC
Fools Gold - Stone Roses
Escapism - Raye

Lost on You by LP… I heard it recently for the first time (late to the party).

This one for so many reasons

Totally agree, so many of he ABBA songs are fabulous, winner takes it all is another

"one more light"

So for context I was a huge Linkin Park fan during my teens, I related heavily the topics they sang about and for the first time in life felt others understood what I was going though

I actually got to see them live at Download fest 2014 where they played Hybrid Theory (my favourite album!) in full. Which is a memory I'll always treasure.

It unfortunately wasn't long after that the singer Chester committed suicide and One More Light was the last song he did that they released just after.

It haunted me. It hurt to know the man whos music I think genuinely think helped an entire generation deal with their teenage years and their mental health ultimately died of suicide..I felt so sad that in a way his music saved me, but we couldn't save him if that makes any sense?

Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
It’s all about her relationship with Bob Dylan. Such a haunting melody and beautiful lyrics. I was definitely stopped in my tracks the first time I heard it, which was decades after it was released.

The smiths- how soon is now
stone roses- I wanna be adored

Just beautiful ethereal melodies and heavy bass that cuts through to my bones

Wuthering Heights- KB
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Alive - Pearl Jam
Plush - STP
Toxicity - SOAD
Epic- Faith No More
Pink Cigarette - Mr Bungle
Thunderclouds - Sia, Labrinth & Diplo
Temptation - Heaven 17

Memories, Memories
All did make me stop in my tracks but for different reasons, but the start of Temptation ....wow

Came here to say this one 🫶

Also…Happy Ending by Mika. Sublime.

I don’t like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats.
It was the sad story behind it that made me prick up my ears, plus I was a fan.

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

Frou Frou, A New Kindle of Love, stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it & still a big favourite.

So many of these are songs of loss and regret- do they stop us in our tracks because they are the shortcut to feelings we spend so much effort burying? There are songs about exultant joy but I find it easier to allow those to accompany whatever I'm doing in that moment rather than stop for a wallow.

Daylight Katy Gordon Lightfoot

Rockets fall on Rockets by God Speed you Black Emperor. The soundtrack to the end of the universe.
Fireworks Night by New Model Army. A eulogy for a lost friend.
Overkill by Motorhead. An entrancing wall of noise.

Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Pride (in the name of love) - U2
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straights

Sign O The Times by Prince always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Spem in Allium by Thomas Tallis, performed in a cathedral with 24 parts had me in floods of tears