Music that Changed You...

[Wolf Kanno]

So I was in a discussion about music and how it affects us and how we tend to identify ourselves with certain songs. So I thought it would be interesting to see what songs (or albums) have changed you. Detail is appreciated...:D

For me, I would say it's the Gorillaz Demon Days album. I love this album and I feel pretty connected to it's theme about looking past the mundane and seeing the world for how it really is. I love the albums rather positive message and the beauty it inspires.

One of the most powerful moments in the album is listening to the final three tracks back to back and in order. "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" a wonderful musical fable about the dangers of greed and innocence ending in an apocalyptic mutual destruction. It goes straight into "Don't Get Lost In Heaven", a whimiscal satirical song that sounds rather happy and cute until you beginto listen to the lyrics which have much darker meaning. A song that represents the foolishness of "blind optimism" and even a hint of the dangers of apathy from pessemism. This beautifully goes into the final track of "Demon Days", a song with a message of "the world may be nothing but a living hell, but as long as we keep trying and looking at tomorrow, we can make it a heaven..." The whole album is beautiful from start to finish:love:

[Meat Puppet]

I was changed by these Ramones, man. They really got to me. I’m too lazy to go into anymore detail than this, but I can assure you that I am not lying.

[Resha]

Uhm. I guess I got changed by my daddy's old LPs. Started listening to them one day; Pink Floyd and the like, and I really got into it (I started with "The Wall" album, and Jethro Tull's "Minstrel in the Gallery"). I'm so glad I was saved from being a music-less denizen.

I got into Janis Joplin thanks to Meat Puppet (he sent me "Summertime", Joplin and Hendrix) :D And it was the search for a particular Janis Joplin song that led to my finding a song by Bob Dylan (it would have to be that "Blowin' in the Wind" one :p).

The rest, as they say, is history. And I am a new woman.

[Bunny]

Tool got me interested in music and Radiohead made me stay. Then I just started picking up other artists and enjoying them.

[ReloadPsi]

A very large amount of Iron Maiden, in particular Stranger In A Strange Land, as well as my guilty pleasure, Linkin Park.

Also, Burn It Down by Avenged Sevenfold made me more assertive and I even have a date named after it for that reason :/

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Well, their are so many Hip Hop/Rap and R&B songs that I have heard that can really grab your heart and make you see things that you would never imagine was there in the first place. Here's a two artist in particular that has really change my views on life and other things that ultimately effect my well-being...

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Crossroads
Breakdown
Days OF Our Lives
Get up, Get Out
Home
Do It Again
If I Fall
Everyday
Change The World

Eminem
Sing For The Moment
Till' I Collapes
Halle's Song
Stan

[Alex151]

I'd say that a lot of Tupac songs get to me
Letter 2 my unborn
Until the end of time
Changes
Thugz Mansion
are just a few to name, I listen to that stuff when I'm feeling down or depressed

But if I gotta get pumped up, for a football game or a fight or something then I'll throw some metal or something that's just crazy, a lot of it gets me going

All That remains - six

There's some rap that gets me pumped up but I gotta have a sub to get the full effect.

A cd that actually gets to me though, is Coheed and Cambrea - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3. When I listen to that I just sit in harmony and listen. And Another is Incubus Morning View, and Also Blackstar's cd, its soothing, but coheed is the one that really gets to me.

[Renmiri]

Uhm. I guess I got changed by my daddy's old LPs. Started listening to them one day; Pink Floyd and the like, and I really got into it (I started with "The Wall" album, and Jethro Tull's "Minstrel in the Gallery"). I'm so glad I was saved from being a music-less denizen.

I got into Janis Joplin thanks to Meat Puppet (he sent me "Summertime", Joplin and Hendrix) :D And it was the search for a particular Janis Joplin song that led to my finding a song by Bob Dylan (it would have to be that "Blowin' in the Wind" one :p).

The rest, as they say, is history. And I am a new woman.

QFT

:love: :love: :love: Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Janis , Dylan , David Bowie, Rolling Stones :love: :love: :love:

On the new stuff I'm pretty fond of Spineshank, Il Nino and other screamo stuff :D

EDIT: Linkin Park & Radiohead are great!!

[Bloodline666]

I would have to say that heavy metal music, in general (in particular, bands like Pantera, Slayer, early Metallica, Megadeth, Testament, and Exodus), changed me, because early in my childhood, I had quite a bit of anger management problems. This music gave me such a release, and gave me inspiration to want to make similar music as a means to vent out my anger, instead of resorting to physical violence. Had it not been for this kind of music, my anger problems from my childhood would've landed me behind bars. It also made me realize that there's far more important things to be angry about than just childish stuff, too.

[Wolf Kanno]

QFT

:love: :love: :love: Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Janis , Dylan , David Bowie, Rolling Stones :love: :love: :love:

On the new stuff I'm pretty fond of Spineshank, Il Nino and other screamo stuff :D

EDIT: Linkin Park & Radiohead are great!!

Lord how could I forget David!:eek: "Ashes to Ashes", "Space Oddity", "Lady Stardust", and of course all the music from the movie Labyrinth.

I guess I should mention Billy Joel as well, since he was the first artist to introduce me to rock n' roll when I was but a wee lad. "Piano Man", "Only the Goog Die Young", "New York State of Mind", and "Summer Highland Falls":love:

[Momiji]

To be completely honest, if it wasn't for My Chemical Romance's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, I would probably still be listening to Green Day and classic rock. Thankfully, I broadened my musical horizons after hearing MCR. After that, I found myself to be a bit more outgoing, and more comfortable around other people. Before then, I was extremely shy and introverted. I can't really explain it.

[Kanshisha]

Hmm prob the song in FF8 at balamb garden... made me feel my emotions and weaknesses in life..

[Odaisé Gaelach]

There are two for me.

For the life of me, I can't remember what the first song is called. It's a sort of African, or Carribbean. Lots of chanting, and steel drums. It's the kind of song that sticks in your head long after you hear it. It has with me.

The second is Xpander Edit, by Sasha. I don't know why, but it moves me so. Makes me think of stars and champagne...

[Renmiri]

Lord how could I forget David!:eek: "Ashes to Ashes", "Space Oddity", "Lady Stardust", and of course all the music from the movie Labyrinth.

Cat People's soundtrack is awesome too. The title song rocks :D

Billy Joel is cool but isn't Piano Man better by Elton John ? (EJ is another good oldie).

PS: PP Greenday music is great but it makes me sad :( so I avoid it.

[Jebus]

First it was Pink Floyd, which broke me away from the nu rock crap I was listening to when I was 13 or so. Then the Beatles, which started me on the road to hippiedom.

It was then I started listening to Simon and Garfunkel. I thought they were great at first, then I listened to their song "America" and it was like something inside me clicked. Suddenly, I would get this overwhelming desire to just drop everything and travel across the country, seeing things, finding myself, all that.

And then I discovered Bob Dylan. Every new song I hear by him seems to further unlock some inner part of me. Apathy and an overbearing sense of ennui used to dominate my life, but after I started listening to Dylan I started having the desire to actually do things, and I started to care about stuff. I would go so far as to say he was the single most influential person in my life. *nods*

[Renmiri]

"How does it feel ? To be on your own...."

Dylan rules. Cat Stevens, from the same era is pretty good too.

[Rostum]

There have been two major artists that have changed my life dramatically.

- Everything of Jeff Buckley's.
- Alex Lloyd's Black the Sun.

And most recently, The Shins.

[Mirage]

I don't think music has changed anything besides my taste in music.

[Wolf Kanno]

Lord how could I forget David!:eek: "Ashes to Ashes", "Space Oddity", "Lady Stardust", and of course all the music from the movie Labyrinth.

Cat People's soundtrack is awesome too. The title song rocks :D

Billy Joel is cool but isn't Piano Man better by Elton John ? (EJ is another good oldie).

PS: PP Greenday music is great but it makes me sad :( so I avoid it.

Don't forget "Life on Mars" was a good Bowie track. I love his Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album personally. But I love most of his music.

I don't think I've ever heard EJ's cover of Piano Man... Elton's pretty good too but Billy is closer to my heart cause he was my first intro into music that wasn't old country and church hymns.


First it was Pink Floyd, which broke me away from the nu rock crap I was listening to when I was 13 or so. Then the Beatles, which started me on the road to hippiedom.

It was then I started listening to Simon and Garfunkel. I thought they were great at first, then I listened to their song "America" and it was like something inside me clicked. Suddenly, I would get this overwhelming desire to just drop everything and travel across the country, seeing things, finding myself, all that.



God I love Simon and Garfunkle, "Kathy's Song", "Flowers Never Bend in the Rainfall", "The Boxer", and who could ever forget "America"

"Kathy I'm lost" I said,
Though I knew she was sleeping,
"I'm empty and aching,
and I don't know why..."

Counting the cars off the New Jersey turnpike
They all've come,
to look for America...

[Resha]

It was then I started listening to Simon and Garfunkel. I thought they were great at first, then I listened to their song "America" and it was like something inside me clicked. Suddenly, I would get this overwhelming desire to just drop everything and travel across the country, seeing things, finding myself, all that.



...and who could ever forget "America"

"Kathy I'm lost" I said,
Though I knew she was sleeping,
"I'm empty and aching,
and I don't know why..."

Counting the cars off the New Jersey turnpike
They all've come,
to look for America...
Absolutely. I first heard it in that movie, "Almost Famous", when his sister leaves home; loved it ever since. It's a really, really beautiful song :-) <3

[Renmiri]

Hello darkness my old friend...

Sounds of silence also rules. :D

:love: Weee! I thought I was the only one that liked "oldies" here. Now I know I have lots of company :love:

PS: Talking about Bowie, did anyone see Aqua Teen Hunger Force do the skit of "Ground Control To Major Tom" ? I was lol'ing out loud :p

[Rocket Edge]

2Pac.

[Mitch]

Led Zeppelin taught Mitch how to rock!

[Ishin Ookami]

Seize the Day by Carolyn Arends
Final verse

One Thing I notice
wherever I wander;
everyones got a dream they can follow
or squander.
You Can do what you will
With the days you are given
I'm trying to spend mine on the business
of living
So I'm singing my songs,
of a ratty old stage
You can laugh if you want,
I'll still say...

Seize the day
Seize whatever you can
The days they slip by
just like hourglass sand
Seize the day.
Pray for grace from gods hand
Than nothing will stand in your way.
Seize the day.

And as a fan of Don Quixote I've always been a fan of The impossible dream.

To Dream, The impossible dream.
To fight, The unbeatable foe.
To Bear, with unbearable sorrow.
To Run, Where the brave dare not go.

To Right, The unrightable wrong.
To Love, Pure and chaste from afar
To Try, when your arms are too weary
to Reach, that unreachable star.

Other great that have touched and inspired me.

The Warrior is a child: By Gary Valenciano
The River, The Dance, We Shall be Free, Beallu Wood: By Garth Brooks
Love, Pain, The whole Damn Thing: By Amy Sky
Good Guys Don't Always Wear White: Bon Jovi
I think About You: Colin Raye
Melodies of Life: Nobuo Uematsu
My Way: Frank Sinatra
O Siem, Hina na ho, Susan Aglukark

[Griff]

Two Linkin Park songs, Pushing Me Away and Points Of Authority, made me realize that I was spending too much time in the servitude of others and that I had to start taking control of my own life.

[Mythra]

I would have to say hearing Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" at a Velvet Revolver concert. That single song got me started listening to Pink Floyd which in turn got me really into music as a whole, then I started playing guitar and have been loving it ever since. So I give thanks to that single song for all the music I listen to nowadays.

[Zeldy]

The Rasmus led me to stumble upon the wonders of Finnish music. If it wasn't for "In The Shadows" way back in '03 Id probably be an entirely different person.

For that, I am greatful :]

[Renmiri]

And as a fan of Don Quixote I've always been a fan of The impossible dream.

Those lyrics bring a chill to me until today! :love: :love: :love:

[_Einhänder]

Dvorak really changed me. The guy's a classical music composer from the 1800s and some of his symphonies sounded really modern from his time. His stuff always made me feel like I was flying. Or something like that :P

[Wolf Kanno]

Hello darkness my old friend...

Sounds of silence also rules. :D

:love: Weee! I thought I was the only one that liked "oldies" here. Now I know I have lots of company :love:

PS: Talking about Bowie, did anyone see Aqua Teen Hunger Force do the skit of "Ground Control To Major Tom" ? I was lol'ing out loud :p

No, but I do remember the Venture Bros. episode that reinacts the final verse:D They even have a character named Action Man, who may be a reference to "Ashes to Ashes" Bowie's other song about Major Tom.


Dvorak really changed me. The guy's a classical music composer from the 1800s and some of his symphonies sounded really modern from his time. His stuff always made me feel like I was flying. Or something like that :P

I love the "Romantic Era" composers. I love my Franz Listz;) though I'm not sure if I've heard anything by Dvorak...

[Shoeberto]

For me, I would say it's the Gorillaz Demon Days album. I love this album and I feel pretty connected to it's theme about looking past the mundane and seeing the world for how it really is. I love the albums rather positive message and the beauty it inspires.
Very interesting interpretation. I've always had trouble finding much meaning in Gorillaz songs; the lyrics are usually hard to interpret, seeming more like they're just for aesthetics in the soundscape than meaning. But I don't think I've really just sat and thought a lot about them either. Great album, either way.

Pink Floyd changed my tastes a lot when I picked up The Wall on a whim; from there I went into Radiohead, and my musical taste has been very broad ever since. Prior to that, I listened to a very set group of pop punk groups and didn't broaden out very much.

[daggertrepe]

Keane's music really moves me!

[TyphoonThaReapa]

2Pac.

A'yo traffic son, you know I've got 2Pac in mind big time. Check the list out...

2Pac
Thug Mansion
Life Goes On
Only God Can Judge Me
I Ain't Mad At Cha'
Mama
Shorty Want To Be A Thug
Me Against The World
So Many Tears
Young N*****
Lord Knows
It Ain't Easy
Old School

[Wolf Kanno]

For me, I would say it's the Gorillaz Demon Days album. I love this album and I feel pretty connected to it's theme about looking past the mundane and seeing the world for how it really is. I love the albums rather positive message and the beauty it inspires.
Very interesting interpretation. I've always had trouble finding much meaning in Gorillaz songs; the lyrics are usually hard to interpret, seeming more like they're just for aesthetics in the soundscape than meaning. But I don't think I've really just sat and thought a lot about them either. Great album, either way.

I generally agree about the lyrics, especially concerning the first album but the second actually seems to have quite a bit of symbolism in it's lyrics. "Dirty Harry" and "Kids With Guns" are two songs lyrically entrenched with a message about youth violence and how society plays a role in it. Especially clever is the title for "Dirty Harry" being used to show societies "romancing" of violence and guns with a very iconic figure. Other tracks like "Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head" and "Don't get Lost in Heaven" are pretty straight forward.

My favorite track is Demon Days which I feel really tells the overall message of the album...

In these demon days
It's so cold inside
So hard for a good soul to survive
You can't even trust the air you breathe
Because mother earth wants us all to leave
When lies become reality
You numb yourself with drugs and T.V.
So pick yourself up, it's a brand new day
So turn yourself round
Don't burn yourself, turn yourself
Turn yourself around
To the sun!