Music that Changed You...

[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!