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...
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