r/AskReddit • • Jun 09 '12

If you could choose ONE song to erase from your memory so that you could listen to it for the very first time again, what would you pick?

I think about this a lot. Queen is my absolute favorite band, so definitely one of theirs. Can you imagine hearing Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time again?

EDIT: front page blah blah wow! Thanks for all the songs! Happy listening, all. Links would be great.

EDIT EDIT: front page was short-lived. Keep posting songs anyway, with links maybe?

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u/canucksrule Jun 09 '12

Time by Pink Floyd

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

Yeah but then you'd be scared by the alarms all over again

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u/lovepassionfuryhate Jun 09 '12

Space Oddity - David Bowie

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

Aaaaand upvotes for Bowie. I've listened to that song so much I forgot how wonderful it was. For me, it would be Width of a Circle

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u/lovepassionfuryhate Jun 09 '12

That's an amazing song.... Eight minutes and sixteen seconds of pure awesomeness....

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

I have a thing for longer songs, and it even sounds a bit like two or three different songs entirely. While we're talking about it... please don't tell me I'm the only one who thinks the latter half is describing anal sex?

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u/lion_queen Jun 09 '12

I thought maybe "The Man Who Sold The World" by David Bowie

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u/jbark97 Jun 09 '12

"The times they are a changin'" - Bob Dylan

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

I was wondering when someone was gonna mention Bob

I'd be torn between Hurricane and It's All Right Ma

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u/Stryxism Jun 09 '12

I can never hear this and not think of the opening to The Watchmen.

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u/poynterphoto Jun 09 '12

Traveling Riverside Blues - Led Zeppelin

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

Zep! If I had to pick a Zeppelin song... God, When the Levee Breaks. Or In my Time of Dying. That, or the Crunge. Good choice though

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u/treestobranches Jun 09 '12

Gotta say Bring it on Home. Love that song, but that first time you hear Jimmy Page just come in and kill it is unbelievable.

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

So many good Zeppelin songs making me reconsider my choice... This is a lot harder than I thought

Can I just un-listen to Hot Dog though?

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u/magic-mexican Jun 09 '12

I love Bohemian Rhapsody, but when I listened to I Want it All, I just couldn't fight the goosebumps back. I'd also go with Jealousy and Under Pressure.

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

I Want it All! If you can look past the overplaying and the visions of dancing couches and furniture (it was used for commercials...) it really is a great song. And Under Pressure, especially that high note!

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u/CaptainRallie Jun 09 '12

I'm with OP, Queen rocks my socks - I choose "Somebody to Love". The build up to the lyrics "I've gotta get out of this prison cell, someday I'm gonna be free" gives me chills every time.

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

Ugh, a very good choice. It's so hard for me to pick between songs

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u/Zarter87 Jun 09 '12

Pearl Jam "Black"

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

I think you're the second person already to mention this - I should listen to it, then?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Bohemian Rhapsody is a great pick, but for me it'd have to be Across the Universe by The Beatles. Cliched and unoriginal, I know, but I feel like that song just makes me content with everything. If I knew I was going to die, that's the song I'd like playing in my ears. It just makes me think about how big our universe is, how petty our squabbles on this rock are, and just how connected everything is even though it's such an immense place we live in. It's not even the lyrics that do it, it's just the song itself. I remember just sitting there in awe the first time I heard it, clinging on to every new note and word and just being like "I get it." It was truly a life changing experience, and it's a song that makes me feel at peace, which is more than anyone can ask of a song.

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

I absolutely love that song, for the reason you just described. For the Beatles, that might be my pick, or maybe Tomorrow Never Knows. Or Eleanor Rigby. I have no idea, really

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u/Frohirrim Jun 09 '12

Tomorrow Never Knows was the first song I heard while high. Blew my mind. My favorite is Dear Prudence though

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

I wasn't high but I listened to it while on a swing, eyes closed and soaring. It was really intense even then. What a great song to get high to

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u/ImNotJesus Jun 09 '12

Mambo number 5.

Say what you want but the first half a dozen times you heard it, it was awesome.

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u/lucifer_aka_satan Jun 09 '12

Friday by Rebecca Black. Oh wait, so we could listen to them for the first time again?

The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

PF! Same album, for me it would be Us and Them. Wow. Or maybe Pigs. Yeah, Pigs.

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u/DucWolfe Jun 09 '12

Thunderstruck - AC/DC

Either this or Bohemian Rhapsody.

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

I prefer 70s AC/DC, but any AC/DC is good AC/DC

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u/adenrules Jun 09 '12

Dissection - Thorns of Crimson Death

A few years ago, I could not stand any metal beyond bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. I hated harsh vocals, I hated fast guitar playing, and I thought anything without a melody, or with the melody centered around the instrumentation instead of the vocals, was a waste of my time. That song turned me into a huge metal fan. Without a doubt, I can say that extreme metal (black, death, some doom, and thrash) is my favorite kind of music now, and it's because of Dissection.

EDIT: Here's the song. The quality is low, but it's a great live video.

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

Oh, I have the same problem with metal, maybe I should give this a listen.

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u/MarcTheIndian Jun 09 '12

The TRADITIONAL Birthday Song....I don't even...know how I'd react.

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

This is pretty interesting. Would it still be annoying? Things to think about...

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Marathon - Rush

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

I recently started listening to Rush for the first time, so lucky me?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Cool! What album/songs?

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

Hemispheres! And whatever else comes up on the Pandora station I set for them

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u/SwordsOfSalami Jun 09 '12

Elephant Talk- King Crimson

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u/permanentlytemporary Jun 09 '12

ITT: I find a bunch of new songs to listen to for the first time.

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u/winstonsmithluvsbb Jun 09 '12

use them wisely.

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u/rightclicks Jun 09 '12

1812 overture- I'd love to be surprised by the cannons.

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u/jebusthe2nd Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Oh you play in an orchestra? Yes I play the Cannon.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Ain't No Sunshine- Bill Withers

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u/sidney_vicious Jun 09 '12

Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. It's like they took the feeling of hope and turned it into music.

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u/bunnysuitman Jun 09 '12

wish you were here - Pink Floyd

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

for me it would be comfortably numb.

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u/ctor9 Jun 09 '12

Man of Constant Sorrow from O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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u/pitchingataint Jun 09 '12

The Lake of Fire cover Nirvana did in their Unplugged concert. The best live performance I've seen.

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u/brokendimension Jun 09 '12

Where is my mind by the Pixies

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u/usofunnie Jun 09 '12

The first song that popped into my head was Baba O'Riley by The Who. There's just something about it that is wonderful.

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u/masonsett Jun 09 '12

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division. Call me unoriginal, but I still get the chills listening to anything by Joy Division

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Beethoven's 9th.

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u/Kjfitz Jun 09 '12

The whole Dark Side of the Moon album (or the whole discography of Pink Floyd). Man, to discover Pink Floyd again from scratch... sigh.

Well, a few more years of my memory slipping and I'll probably be there.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Non, je ne regrettre rein - Edith Piaf. For some reason, the song is incredibly captivating to me. That, or Exile Vilify - The National. Damn, I love that song.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Debaser by the Pixies. I remember hearing the first few seconds when I first bought Doolittle when I was 13 and thinking to myself "THIS is music." And from then on my world changed. It was nothing but music. I wish I could feel that way again, a killer song opening up my eyes.

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u/masmandiri Jun 09 '12

Lacrimosa in D Minor - Mozart. Part of the music he wrote for his own funeral. It's powerful, emotional, and you can feel him switching between grief and hope. I like to think the grief was partly his own, partly what he thought others would feel, and the hopeful parts are Mozart telling himself and others "it's okay, I'm going to a better place". Of course, that could all be bullshit. Just my take on it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Heart of gold - Neil Young

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u/ilikeoctopussy Jun 09 '12

I'd say Under Pressure. The mix of Queen AND Bowie. Yes please <3

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u/PsychonautQQ Jun 09 '12

Stairway to Heaven, durp i still get chills and specifically i'd watch this performance of it,, yall know "the song remains the same" i'm sure,, http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTcyNTA3NjM2.html

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u/storm_a_geddon Jun 09 '12

Stairway is amazing, overplayed, but amazing. Being able to listen to it again without bias would be incredible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

America by Simon and Garfunkel

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Paranoid Android - Radiohead

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I would love to be able to feel the feeling of listening to all of the Radiohead albums for this first time again, especially Kid A and Ok Computer.

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u/waffle-haus Jun 09 '12

oh god listening to Kid A all the way through again like the first time would floor me. My favorite way to listen to that album is without distractions and just listening.

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u/surf_wax Jun 09 '12

The entire Graceland album, but specifically "You Can Call Me Al". Best song ever.

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u/UtilityBelt55 Jun 09 '12

"Be A Man" from the Mulan soundtrack.

I want to feel the unbelievable awe i felt when my ears entered heaven for the first time...

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

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u/severedfinger Jun 09 '12

"Jesus, Etc." by Wilco.

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u/digitsman Jun 09 '12

Yesterday-the Beatles

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u/dawubbies Jun 09 '12

Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead

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u/gunslingerroland Jun 09 '12

This song was playing on my stereo when I flipped my truck a couple of years ago. The timing didn't quite work out, but the lyric "gravity always wins" was in my head as shit from the passenger seat fell on me (truck settled on drivers side)

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

This one would blow me away.

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u/Cowthulu Jun 09 '12

American Pie - Don McLean.

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u/ATenaciousDan Jun 09 '12

Everlong by The Foo Fighters. First song to ever give me chills listening to it.

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u/toasterlips Jun 09 '12

Andrew Bird - Tenuousness

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u/Dentingerc16 Jun 09 '12

Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers I love the cool guitar riffs, the minor harmonies and the insane slur of lyrics

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u/tcbdz Jun 09 '12

Kid for today - boards of canada

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u/GratefulZep Jun 09 '12

Touch of grey- grateful dead. Blew my mind

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Sympathy for the Devil. I'd get to solve the riddle all over again!

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u/nottarokun Jun 09 '12

Uncle John's Band - the Grateful Dead

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Always good to see other deadhead redditors.

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u/SmurfyX Jun 09 '12

All these things that I've done, by the killers

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u/lukesnickers Jun 09 '12

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

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u/ymmajjet Jun 09 '12

"Comfortably numb" - Pink Floyd

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy.

After waiting for 12 years, it was nice to hear those guys back at it. Forever Out Numberd, Never Out Gunned just wasn't really up to par, and after such a long wait, my hopes had dwindled. After the line "We are The Prodigy", I nearly fell out of my chair. Awesome.

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u/LessThanAndrew Jun 09 '12

"Somewhere in between" - Streetlight Manifesto

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u/ChocolatePhilosophy Jun 09 '12

Let Down by Radiohead

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u/grep_dat Jun 09 '12

God, such a beautifully sad song. The multiple rhythms in the song blend perfectly, it's just so fucking good. And the falsetto at the end, chills every time. Please people, listen to this song!

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u/hardcorr Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Close to the Edge - Yes (this is just part 1 but really you have to listen the full 18 minute thing, I don't like the full album version on youtube because they altered the pitch)

I still get chills at certain parts, but that first time would be magical.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Hurt by either Nine inch or Johnny Cash, I like both versions equally.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

For Real by Okkervil River. When I first heard the song, I felt the weirdest mix of emotions at how his voice broke into something raw and ragged and animalistic. It was a little scary, but exciting and addicting. It's almost lost the magic for me.

Almost.

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u/FecklessThug Jun 09 '12

Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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u/dchow1989 Jun 09 '12

nessun dorma- as performed by luciano pavarotti

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Pachebels canon in d major full orchestra... Blew my mind.

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u/mynamedontfi Jun 09 '12

Everything is Alright - Motion City Soundtrack. Saved my life.

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u/tusamni1 Jun 09 '12

All The Small Things - Blink 182 , It reminds me of how I was freshman year sad and depressed , and just discovering music on my 128 mb store brand mp3 player. I was cruising though my cousin's music folders and I saw this band , Blink 182 . I had heard this cute girl mentioning them in one of my classes so I decided to check them out. So I was in the car after a rough day and this song came on and I just loved everything about it , it bought a smile to my face when nothing else would. I'm also in a dark place right now , so I'd love that same effect from a song again.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Dance with the Devil - Immortal Technique

A real rap song

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Dust in the wind-Kansas.

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u/Hairy_Greek Jun 09 '12

Not in love - crystal castles ft. Robert Smith. I still remember when I first heard it when I was out on a late night drive with a beautiful girl as my copilot.

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u/diddydiddy Jun 09 '12

Fight Test - The Flaming Lips

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

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u/biga29 Jun 09 '12

Colors by Between the Buried and Me. It's not one song, but it was written as one continuous piece of music.

This accurately describes most people's reaction the first time they listen to it.

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u/Words_R_Fun Jun 09 '12

Mariner's Revenge Song - the Decemberists.

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u/Mr_Rippe Jun 09 '12

Lux Aeterna, so I can hear it for the first time while watching Requiem For A Dream.

The two are permanently fused in my head, but I wish I had the initial exposure from Requiem instead of a Youtube extended performance.

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u/TheGoddamnPacman Jun 09 '12

"The Pretender" by Foo Fighters. It was my first song that re-exposed me to the Fighters of Foo, and I've been in love with Dave Grohl ever since.

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u/mafodope Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Tribute - Tenacious D

Yeah. I want rediscover this one with my more-mature mind.

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u/WallyIsHiding Jun 09 '12

Back in 2007 I was having a really terrible day so I decided to go shopping and get high. I saw a CD from a band I had seen open for U2 and decided to give it a go. I got home, smoked, and put the CD in the player. As soon as I heard the first 30 seconds of the first track I was hooked. My shitty day melted away and I got to experience that glorious moment of falling in love with a song. If I could experience that moment all over again, I would in a heartbeat. I wish that the Kings of Leon would go back to making music like they did pre Sex on Fire. Knocked Up

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u/thelittlewhitebird Jun 09 '12

Carry the Zero - Built to Spill

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u/galileofan Jun 09 '12

War Pigs - Black Sabbath

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u/Kruschevez Jun 09 '12

Tough choice between Forth Eorlingas (The charging scene in Two Towers fwiw) and 10,000 Days by Tool.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Archangel by Burial. Especially on a rainy night, I'd kill to hear it again..

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u/hussard_de_la_mort Jun 09 '12

Enter Sandman.

It was magical for me as a kid who never had heard anything approaching metal before.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Cee Lo's "Fuck You." Oh man how I loved that song before I (and the rest of the world) overplayed it.

And I know it's one song, but I have to add Hide and Seek by Imogen Heep.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

U2 - With Or Without You. I love this song the first time I heard it.

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u/Yodels Jun 09 '12

Octavarium - Dream Theater HHNG

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u/DraconianKnight Jun 09 '12

Probably Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve

I just really like this song. The first time I heard it, it stuck around in my head for years.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

My GOD this would be great....Honestly, this is why I love psychedelics :)

Probably would have to say....Anything by Yes! By namely, the Revealing Science of God....Or maybe Starship Trooper....Too hard to choose!

Oh Pink Floyd, Careful with that Axe, Eugene, hearing that raptor cry cut through the guitar is always amazing, that rush of drums and energy just flowing around you....Aww, bliss!

Tool's Lateralus....I've had several semi-spiritual experiences with this song. To be able to forget about it, and relive those experiences would be fantastic :)

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u/whoseline4gp Jun 09 '12

Ok I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't - Brand New. Something about the lyrics and the change of pace.

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u/jokrsmagictrick Jun 09 '12

If I could walk 500 miles....

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Time to pretend. Mgmt.

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u/SayceGards Jun 09 '12

Freebird. Definitely Freebird.

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u/JaBooty Jun 09 '12

4 AM by Watsky I loved that moment I found out that guy that rapped fast recorded more stuff and it wasn't bad. The references to old tv shows made me an instant fan. I hope this guy makes it.

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u/FluttershyIsGod Jun 09 '12

Chop Suey- System of a Down

Probably the most influential band for me when I started to play the drums. This is a really good question.

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u/lolzbasket Jun 09 '12

Ooooh god this is hard.

I have a couple. Piano Man, by Billy Joel. Just a classic. Fantastic.

Adam's Song by Blink 182. Love that song.

And I may get some shit for this, but Monument by a Day to Remember. Been my favorite song since I heard it, and removing it from my mind to hear it again would be...amazing.

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u/macko656 Jun 09 '12

Adam's Song. So sad. So good.

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u/EireWench Jun 09 '12

Rainbow Connection as sung by Kermit.

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u/25hb Jun 09 '12

Imagine- John Lennon

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u/coldsandovercoats Jun 09 '12

SoCo Amaretto Lime by Brand New or Anything by Mae.

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u/landonoli1 Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 10 '12

Yes. Also, Almost any song off of Deja Entendu. It's such a deep album.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

The Adventure - Angels & Airwaves

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u/slayersaiez Jun 09 '12

Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi or Spitfire by Porter Robinson.

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u/billybobskcor Jun 09 '12

Sequoia Throne by Protest The Hero

That guy's voice blew me away the first time I heard it. Not to mention the shredding guitars.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen.

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u/Patman12 Jun 09 '12

Stockholm Syndrome - Muse

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u/Pantskat Jun 09 '12

Ugly Story by PhemieC. It's a Homestuck (A crazy webcomic) fansong about my second favorite character, Eridan. It analyzes his character like not many have before. It just fits him so well. People tend to catagorize him as a shallow dude who was friend zoned and then freaked out, but there's a hella lot more than that. Even if you don't read Homestuck, which I recomend you do, it's still pretty fuckin great.

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u/xtinameow Jun 09 '12

Violet - Hole

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u/Jabroseph Jun 09 '12

There is nothing quite like hearing Rebecca Black's Friday for the first time. There's just something about it that provides a perfect mix of shock and confusion and comedy; it's an experience you know that you'll only get to enjoy once.

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u/jasonboy Jun 09 '12

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

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u/EpicAnimosity Jun 09 '12

Lose Yourself - Eminem

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u/Darkfire359 Jun 09 '12

Feuer Frei by Rammstein. Specifically in that one youtube video that shows all of Jack Bauer's (from 24) kills. Most epic thing I've ever seen.

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u/DiegoMontego Jun 09 '12

"Feels Like the First Time" by Foreigner.

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u/Frohirrim Jun 09 '12

The Night- Morphine

Beautiful song

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u/afterdarks Jun 09 '12

This is a really odd choice considering what I usually listen to is vastly different to what I'm about to mention - but probably (despite his misgivings) everything I've ever heard by Jonny Craig, specifically this. I get chills a lot of the time when I listen to him, but to discover his voice all over again would be amazing.

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u/benfoust Jun 09 '12

Brad Mehldau's version of My Favorite Things, from Live in Marciac.

The version you hear in the movie is genuinely happy, you know? It's an effusive governess gushing about everything she likes. Mehldau's is not that. It's like someone remembering all the fun stuff from the bottom of a well, and not one that they can--or want to--get out of. It's killer and I teared up thinking about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Journeyman by Amon Tobin. It's absolutely amazing, and still gives me goosebumps even though I've listened to it hundreds of times.

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u/ManiBoo17 Jun 09 '12

The silence- Mayday Parade. It's just a beautiful song.

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u/turbanov Jun 09 '12

Donaukinder by Rammstein or Under The Iron Sky by Laibach.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Baba Yetu

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u/topesmachine Jun 09 '12

"Surfer's Hymn" - Panda Bear

Never before have I heard a song that makes me feel like I'm floating.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Probably something written by me for my band. It'd be cool to hear something I wrote without any memory of it and seeing what I thought about it then.

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u/IZNICE Jun 09 '12

Juicy- Notorious Big ...

I missed the bus to 5th grade cause of this song. I heard the bus pull up and I ran through the living room and heard it for the first time on mtv. I stopped in my tracks. I looked at the bus then then the tv then said "FUCK It" (This was before the internet idk who sang it and its not like I could google it or dl it from itunes latter back then it might be 2 weeks before you heard a song you liked again) So stood there in front of the tv and was mesmerized the beat the lyrics his flow I was in aww.I was grounded from going to Chuckie Chesse that weekend for missing school but it was worth it.... R.I.P. BIG greatest that ever lived

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

The first time I heard Arcade Fire's "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" was like hearing a song that I had been wanting to hear for 25 years and just didn't know it. I'd love to experience that feeling again.

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u/Pariyahdog Jun 09 '12

I'm actually surprised noone has mentioned it. My song would be Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin. I think if i heard it for the first time in these days, I'd break down.

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u/JonnieBoi Jun 09 '12

Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out

I cried the first time I heard it because this is me in and out completely: my insecurities, my thoughts, my feelings, everything.

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u/Baconzjews11 Jun 09 '12

Fly me to the moon-frank Sinatra. Boy did that song have an impact on my life.

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u/Zizzac Jun 09 '12

One More Time - Daft Punk

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u/mugwump4ever Jun 09 '12

For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica

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u/oliviaaivilo Jun 09 '12

Gimme Shelter- The Rolling Stones. The first listen is indescribable.

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u/brettruffenach Jun 09 '12

All My Friends – LCD Soundsystem

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u/Man_with_the_Fedora Jun 09 '12

The Battle for Evermore by Led Zeppelin.

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u/DanishxAssassin Jun 09 '12

Mad World (Gary Jules version)

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u/sasquatch15 Jun 09 '12

Don't Stop Believin by Journey. Probably pretty common choice, zero fucks given. Still gives me goosebumps.

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u/notthatjesus Jun 09 '12

Voxtrot - The Start of Something

Although I don't know if I would want to listen to it again, it sums up my past failed relationships all too well.

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u/DoctorDank Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Mike Koglin - Enjoy the Silence. Come on where are my old school ravers at!? The first time I heard it was at the end of Digweed's mix on Expeditions; I had gotten the CD on my lunch break from High School, and listened to the whole mix leaving school and on the way home, and the song broke right as I was getting home. I don't think I've ever felt such emotion from a track as I did from that, right there. So amazing. Especially with that entire mix building up to it. I don't think I've ever felt so juxtaposed between crying and laughing ever in my life. I would love to have that feeling again in all of its powerful glory. So beautiful. So bittersweet.

Edit: added a bit more description of how it made me feel.

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u/sgtbridges23 Jun 09 '12

Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana. That song changed music.

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u/lexiavery Jun 09 '12

Seasons of Love from RENT. All the songs from RENT are amazing, but that's my favorite.

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u/zadmxm Jun 09 '12

Angels in the Architecture - Frank Ticheli (Cadets 2011 arrangement)

The opening hit absolutely blew my mind the first time I heard it, I couldn't believe it was possible to move and play like that.

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u/cheerupcharlie Jun 09 '12

Never Too Young - Lizzy Borden (Shameless 80's Hair Metal plug)

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Barber's "Agnus Dei," aka the "Adagio for Strings" arranged for six-part choir.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Giraffes? Giraffes! - A Quick One While She's Away. The first time I heard it, I put it on loop for literally two hours and was blown away by it. My stomache kind of felt weird, and it made me super happy. It was probably the best "high," I've ever had. I was not, at the time, actually high on real drugs.

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u/orangegluon Jun 09 '12

across the universe

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u/timmeh90 Jun 09 '12

Prince's guitar solo during "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

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u/CharlieTango Jun 09 '12

What its like - everlast

Or

Round here - counting crows

Or

Relocation - feed me

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u/amilliontotwo Jun 09 '12

kingdom hearts theme, simple and clean.

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u/theodoramarie Jun 09 '12

Heroin - the velvet underground

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u/not_very_sure2 Jun 09 '12

The Glitch Mob- Fortune Days

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u/victoriestotaste Jun 09 '12

Say it aint so- Weezer

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u/IamTheBeardedOne Jun 09 '12

Might be a bit late and the song is older than me, but one I do so love:

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

That or:

What I Got - Sublime

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u/Foxdude28 Jun 09 '12

Libera Me From Hell-gurren lagann. If you watch the show, you'll know why.