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Ever been truly blown away by a piece of music?
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I remember being blown away by something I'll never play, Fanfare for the Common Man. It's a modern classic in classical music.
Yeah he's the only composer of that time period who really "speaks" to me. To this day every time I hear the 9th symphony it takes me back to the day I first heard it, and very few pieces of music do that for me.
Shoot me some more suggestions of symphonies you like!
Uhh.. What immediately came to mind was, (Sorry, old school Metaler) the first Van halen album! or more specific Eruption! but every time I hear it. Im 14 years old again, thinking how does he do it! mouth a gape! I know its cliche, but true to Me!! I'm lucky my brother & BFF had Great musical taste! I remember laying in a bunk bed staring at those album covers in Amazement! Rushs' Moving Pictures, VH 1&2, Police Zenyatta mondata! were in heavy rotation!
ThisI really miss used Record stores! there were a couple in my area. I loved browsing through the bins looking at all the artwork& photos. & you could go to a player & listen before purchasing! I usually bought Movie soundtracks,of movies I liked because of the art/promo work! I found an old Godzilla record with that horrible trumpet music & sound effects! And Zombie movie ST, creepy music! man, I really miss spending a whole saturday in there!
My usual answer is Bill Evans’ “Peace Piece,” since it still brings me to tears. But TBH, there are many many tunes with that level of power and beauty.
(sorry if I have posted this story before)
When I was growing up my parents had about five records: Johnny Cash, John Denver, Neil Diamond, and the one with the chick in the whipped cream on the cover. My older brother listened to Cat Stevens and CSNY, and I thought that was "rock". Then one day in high school my friend asked me if I liked hard rock. I said "Like Neil Young?" He said "Um, no. Like Black Sabbath." I went to his house and he put on "Paranoid".
I went
I had never heard such power. It blew my mind. I had no idea music could sound like that. Still crank it if I hear it on the radio, 40 years later.
When I was growing up my parents had about five records: Johnny Cash, John Denver, Neil Diamond, and the one with the chick in the whipped cream on the cover. My older brother listened to Cat Stevens and CSNY, and I thought that was "rock". Then one day in high school my friend asked me if I liked hard rock. I said "Like Neil Young?" He said "Um, no. Like Black Sabbath." I went to his house and he put on "Paranoid".
I went
I had never heard such power. It blew my mind. I had no idea music could sound like that. Still crank it if I hear it on the radio, 40 years later.
What's funny is for me, I had the same experience once I found my dad's secret vinyl stash behind the console. (I was raised in a super conservative home). This was around '78, give or take. The vinyl in question? Isaac Hayes' "Theme from Shaft." It's so NOT my dad, so NOT the culture we were in, but hearing "Theme from Shaft" felt so powerful, almost 'dirty' to me, even to this day over 40 years later it still floors me. The way Hayes wrote that song - to me, just a big crescendo - is still the way I like to hear music written.
Seeing Roy Clark on Hee-Haw or other programs in the 70s and 80s was jaw-dropping to me. That dude was one with the guitar (or banjo).
Although it's cheesy, "Breakin' the Law" always gives me goosebumps. "Breakin' the law, breakin' the law!"
Although it's cheesy, "Breakin' the Law" always gives me goosebumps. "Breakin' the law, breakin' the law!"
Even though I was playing punk rock at the time, the first time I heard " And You and I" by Yes and "Clare de Lune" by Debussy I was absolutely floored. Both those pieces of music still kill me.
My #2, after Dvorak's 9th symphony.
I think "Breathe (Reprise)" as the coda for "Time," where they go back to the "Breathe" motif and use the lyrics "Home, home again // I like to be here when I can // when I come home cold and tired // it's good to warm my bones beside the fire" take me to a cold rainy plain somewhere and I can feel what the band put into it.Plus all the other great aspects of that album...
I was completely blown away by the first Animals as Leaders (self-titled) album. Up until that point I had never heard such bizarre arrangements and combinations of guitar/drum patterns. I listened to that album exclusively for several months if I recall. And I hadn’t yet been introduced to Meshuggah or anything of the ilk at that point.
Some of those songs became very contemplative for me and the melodies just gripped me up by the lapels and still haven’t let go.
And many years ago I stumbled upon that Maggie Rogers video in the class with Pharrell where the students were given a limited time to put together a song. Her song Alaska (along with most of her other tunes) just completely disarms me from top to bottom. Not sure what it is. Her more indie-ish tracks do this for me, not so much her more dancey stuff.
Some of those songs became very contemplative for me and the melodies just gripped me up by the lapels and still haven’t let go.
And many years ago I stumbled upon that Maggie Rogers video in the class with Pharrell where the students were given a limited time to put together a song. Her song Alaska (along with most of her other tunes) just completely disarms me from top to bottom. Not sure what it is. Her more indie-ish tracks do this for me, not so much her more dancey stuff.
It happens to me a lot. Not too long ago I was listening to some Charlie Mingus albums. I was totally floored with how progressive that music was back in the 50’s with multiple time signatures, dissonance, and some of the most incredible horn, bass, and other instrument solos that I never knew existed.
That’s the fun. You don’t expect it or maybe even anticipate not liking it (especially for very old or very new music) but you love it and then it stays on your playlist for weeks.
That’s the fun. You don’t expect it or maybe even anticipate not liking it (especially for very old or very new music) but you love it and then it stays on your playlist for weeks.
