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.

Graceland

Was just coming on to say the same. Exquisite.

Stevie Wonder- Summer Soft
Fleetwood Mac- Gold Dust Woman
QOSTA- Go With The Flow

Yes!

Not beautiful but the opening chords of Anthem Part 2 by Blink 182 transport me instantly back to when I was 14.

Year of the Cat clan gather here!

The Vibrations ..cause you're mine.
At my first Northern soul niter a very long time ago.

What is it about?

Annies Song by John Denver
Songbird - Eva Cassidy version
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Hello by Adele - those opening chords - bliss!

2nd movement of Beethoven’s Symphony no.7. I’d have been about 10 (I grew up listening to classical music and have always listened to it voluntarily!) and simply couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

John Tavener’s Song for Athene which rendered both me and my mum speechless when watched Princess Diana’s funeral. While everyone else was talking about the people lining the streets, the young princes walking behind the coffin etc. me and mum were still on the Tavener.

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

It would spoil the song to describe what it’s about. It’s very short, so quick to listen to.

It’s a poem by a Jewish writer. You can look it up online.

But you’d miss Billie Holiday singing it!

Because I agree with you about Miracle Aligner, I’m going to seek out the others.

A few of many….

Rock’n’Roll Will Break Your Heart - The Fratellis
Home - Cavetown
Natural Woman - Aretha
Cry Me a River - Julie London
I Am the Walrus - The Beatles
School’s Out - Alice Cooper
Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello

…as you can imagine, I could go on.

Place to be - Nick Drake
Only living boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkle
Underneath the stars - Kate Rusby
To build a home - Cinematic Orchestra
Hero - Family of the year
Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole - Martha Wainwright
Sufjan Stevens - Should have wrote a letter
Demon Host - Timber Timbre
Don't forget me - Maggie Rogers
The mother we share - Chvrches
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey
Cherry Blossom Girl - Air

Oh and Ane Brun "All my tears" played in a perfect scene in Peaky Blinders.

It’s describing black people in America being hanged from Poplar trees and being described as ‘Black Fruit ‘. Billie Holliday finished with the song every time she sang.

I downloaded everything on this thread, love music, always looking for new stuff. Will attempt anything. Don't even particularly like James Blunt. Completely unravelled by this though. I know why you chose it. x

@avignon1234same. I was laying flooring in my hallway the first time I heard this and was brought to a standstill. I played it again more than once and cried.

Oh my gosh THAT bridge. I messaged my friend exactly the same the other day! 🤯😭

My mum every single time she hears this says she listened to in labour with my older sister (her first child) I wasn’t even around until a few years later and it makes me sob! 😂😭

@Bladderpool I was thinking of Wuthering Heights too, I’ll never forget that thrill.
I pounced on you here to urge you to give a listen to the fab Irish singer CMAT. She sounds like Kate Bush mixed with Amy Winehouse mixed with Dolly Parton maybe, and she’s unique and brilliant. Terrific pop music, with a brain.
I immediately bought everything she’s released after hearing only one song.
(Oh and when I saw her live she performed Wuthering Heights, which blew my tiny mind!)

So many, Id just bore you.
But one that probably beats most of my other choices is Gimme Shelter, when it was released in 1969.
That intro still thrills me to the bone, and though I’d die for the whole LP, this track is Mick and Keith in the moment they became immortal.

Oh that's a stunner (heard it first on the RTÉ tv series Love/Hate, and it’s heartstopping)