Songs that left you speechless

[overdrivethree]

"O Superman" by Laurie Anderson. I've never heard anything like it, and it's incredibly eerie and moving at the same time.

The closest thing I can think of is "Hide And Seek" by Imogen Heap. Both songs are based on the use of a vocoder, but "O Superman" is still a piece unto itself.

 

[champbassist]

Unfamiliar Wind- Brian Eno
When The Angels Fall- Sting
The Unforgettable Fire- U2
The Only Mistake/The Eternal- Joy Division
Bleed- Meshuggah
The bizarreness of my list just struck me.

 

[thetawaves]

New Order - Elegia (full 12 minute version)

Bleak as hell, but brilliant.

 

[Bernin]

Havona- Weather Report

 

[Frank Tuesday]

Man Man - Harpoon Fever (Queequeg's Playhouse)
Andrew Bird - Spare Ohs
Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Sour Patch Kids
Flaming Lips - Moth in an Incubator
Ad Astra Per Aspera - Voodoo Economics

 

[Ayliffe]

Blackwater Park - Opeth

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

"Woman In Chains" Tears For Fears
"Badman's Song" Tears For Fears
"Cantus In Memory of Benjamin Britten" Arvo Part
"Some Children See Him" James Taylor
"Last Plane Out" Toy Matinee
"Late In The Evening" Paul Simon
"I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" Beach Boys
"Blink Of An Eye" Michael McDonald

 

[xray]

Everything I've heard tonight on American Idol down there in Georgia.

 

[foq1978]

Oh My Lord - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
and many others. But right now, that's the one I remember.

 

[jbl71004]

Tunnels-Arcade Fire
I'll Believe in Anything-Wolf Parade
Mississippi-Bob Dylan
I Summon You-Spoon
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea-Neutral Milk Hotel

 

[neurotictim]

Grace - Gordian Knot - every note counts.
The Last Baron - Mastodon - Huge song, epic.
Ghost Love Score - Nightwish - perhaps their best single work ever.
...Arriving Somewhere But Not Here - Porcupine Tree
Got Tuh B - Tribal Tech

And almost anything by John Mayer, lately. What a lyricist!

And the list goes on...

 

[tycobb73]

She's Leaving Home - Beatles (first moved me at about age 10)
Amazing Grace - played by a bunch of bagpipers
O Holy Night - sung by a choir
Angel Doves - Mindy Smith

Didln't realize I was so religious.

 

[PJSShearer]

Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen. It was their first hit in the UK and I recall wondering WTFWT after it had finished.

I just got home from work and played it on YouTube and I'm still impressed!!

 

[SIXXAM]

a few of mine:

cemitary gates - pantera
hallowed be thy name - -iron maiden
steady as she goes - the racontours
alone with you - the suney boys
mamma i'm commin home - ozzy ozbourne
layla - derick and the dominoes


there are more but that'll do

 

[your idol]

hobo humpin slobo babe- Whale
wish- NIN
Binge & Purge- Clutch (first time i heard it was a long time ago an LIVE)
Lonesome Town- Ricky Nelson
My War-Black Flag (only left me speechless the first time i heard it)
Epic- Faith no More
Come to Daddy- Aphex Twin

 

[Peg_legs]

Little Wing - SRV version
Breathe - Breaking Benjamin
Daniel - Elton John
Drown - Son Volt (this should be right under Little wing)
I aint the one - NWA
Angie - Rolling Stones
Under My Thumb - Rolling Stones
Angel - Sarah Mclachlan
Tax Man - The Beatles (my mother had this on plastic and I played it over and over as a child)
In a White Room? - Cream

 

[LuxFero]

Opeth - The Drapery Falls
Devin Townsend Project - Lady Hellen and Ki
Kent - Dom andra (swedish)

 

[iwannalearnbass]

Bohemian Rhapsody. I don't particularly like it, but it did leave me speechless...

 

[AnchorHoy]

Cruise Missile - Steve Morse

I'd never even heard the name Steve Morse in my life, when this geeky dude I knew slightly decides to put this CD (The Introduction) on at a party

Morse's monster chops definitely got my attention right from the get-go and Jerry Peek's bass line was pretty impressive, especially when he was playing the unison section with Morse, but towards the end of the bass solo.........

I'd never heard the two-handed tapping style applied to bass before that moment. Dumbstruck is exactly the right word to describe my reaction

 

[ack]

Telegraph Road by Dire Straits.
In my opinion, one of the best songs/stories ever written.