If someone had never heard music...

[WrapRough]

Tubular Bells.

Then some Bob Marley with a special cigarette as a "welcome to music" gift.

Day 2: LSD and Shpongle

 

[RichardW]

Geez, I can't believe no one has mention THE BEATLES.

But if I were making a classical choice, I'd go with Brahms' Fourth Symphony. Then Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Then Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven. Then the Beatles...

 

[mongo2]

Ave Maria by Franz Shubert...in Latin.

Why? Other than it's a beautiful piece of music, I have no idea. It was the first thing that popped into my head.

 

[punchdrunk]

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

 

[WrapRough]

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Not the original Ah! vous dirais-je Maman?

 

[Shepsdad]

Probably love in vain by the Stones. My grandson would stop and stare when he was a newborn when I’d play that song on my guitar, so I found a good version on YouTube and he loved it! He’s 2 now, and still stops whatever he is doing and listens to the whole thing.

 

[punchdrunk]

Not the original Ah! vous dirais-je Maman?

Nah... English is my first language, so I’m gonna go with the latter on this one.

 

[DirtDog]

Lightnin Hopkins

 

[Lizooki]

Margaritville - Jimmy Buffet
Hoochi Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
Flirting With Disaster - Molly Hatchet
Take On Me - Aha
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Beethovens 5th

 

[Orestes Chouchoulas]

If someone had never heard music before, what's the first thing you would get them to listen to?

Depends on your goals:

• If you want to overwhelm them with how amazing music is, something rich and multivalent, like Snarky Puppy's "The Curtain", or Bach's concerto for two violins in D minor.
• If you are trying to empower them to make music, then a simple sung melody, like a lullaby.

 

[two fingers]

I don't know if I can answer this. I'm thinking of how strange music would be to someone who has never heard it. Do you want them to like it? What's the first step there? Hard to say but I think it would have to be something simple and melodic. A quiet song. What are the first songs our mothers sing to us? The first songs we ever hear are usually lullabyes.

This is exactly why I was thinking some Baroque music. Simple, melodic, beautiful harmonies, etc.

It would take a few weeks to get to Led Zep. Gotta ease into that stuff.

 

[swink]

I think Goldberg Variations or Adagio for Strings is top of my list so far... Start basic and then move through the decades and show the progression of western music

The best interpretation I've heard of the Goldberg Variations so far is by Keith Jarret. I really recommend it.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

No way on classical, no way.
There is only 1 answer:

Zappa

 

[rtslinger]

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody

 

[39-Bassist]

Well I would say start with some Doo Wop music. It has and good beat and feeling. Plus it is just fun music and not the feeling of being angry at everything like todays types of music.
Then weave in some blues and jazz, then go from there.

 

[Kipp Harrington]

Eruption!!!

 

[Skullheadrac]

mumble rap

 

[G On Bass]

Karryn Allison - O Barquinho
Oscar Peterson Trio - All Of Me
Frank Sinatra - Moon River
Some classical opus, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Beethoven, Mozart
The entire record of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (I'll just tell then it's one long "song")

 

[Aqualung60]

Arguably one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.

 

[tzohn]