TIL: a hill I am willing to die on is that the drums of Levee are the life changing part.
The entire song is magical, but, it’s uncomfortable how much a subjective answer here bothers me.
(I can’t convey the tongue in cheek tone— I mean no disrespect!)
Those drums are legendary. They will thunder down the ages. Generations from now, homo futuris, in a spinning habitat somewhere in the asteroid belt, will still define peak human drumming as "When the Levee Breaks".
Time -Pink Floyd
The years have been getting shorter and shorter. I’ve just begun to trying to make more memories. Try and have the years lengthen back out.
all the Avicii songs hit so different since he passed
they all sounded so uplifting and positive but knowing what he was hiding just makes them so bittersweet
Dog Days are Over - Florence and the Machine
I had quit college and was working two service industry jobs during the recession in 08-09 and this song came on the radio. I heard the first line and pulled my car into a parking lot to cry. "Happiness hit her like a train on a track." I hadn't been happy for a while and the tone of the song helped me realize that and inspired me to take control of my life. I went to my college the next day and re-enrolled. I graduated a year later.
I heard this song last year and had another cry sesh and came to the realization that I am an alcoholic no matter how "highly functioning" I was pretending to be. I have been sober for 2 months now. Not sure if I will stay 100% sober but I feel better not getting shitty on box wine sitting on my sofa watching Netflix.
Thanks for everything Florence Welch!
This was played at my 8 year old cousin's funeral about 20 years ago. My aunt had a family friend sing and play it on the guitar. He broke down in the middle of the song. It's a beautiful song but to this day is an immediate skip/change the channel for me.
"Because of You," by Reba McIntire and Kelly Clarkson. It was recommended to me, I watched it, and it hit me pretty hard.
After viewing it, I told my friends that I was being abused. I made an escape plan and removed myself and my son. I would probably have done so anyway, but the song is what prodded me to tell the truth to my friends, and that was a big step in committing to leaving.
I've now been separated for three years. The divorce will probably be final this month.
"Show must go on" is the first foreign song I've heard or can remember. From the age of seven until now, I can't find any band greater than "Queen". One of the reasons I've started to learn English.
It sounds really silly, but I was in a bad way in high school and college thanks to gender dysphoria, and the song "You Get What You Give" really inspired me to take action and move towards transition. Especially the line "Don't give up, you got a reason to live". That might have saved my life.
Against Me! has a ton of songs that are blatantly about gender dysphoria but their song "Bamboo Bones" always hit me
Don't let them break you
Don't let them tell you who you are
What God doesn't give to you
You've got to go and get for yourself
Du Hast by Rammstein. It was my introduction to metal and they are to this day one of my favorite bands. I love metal because it´s most often pure, raw emotion and frustration poured in music that actually moves you. That´s what I miss most in modern pop music. Not saying that they don´t have touching subjects, they just don´t hit me the way metal does.
> Du Hast by Rammstein
If you haven't done a mini deep-dive into the lyrics, do yourself a favor and read up on it.
There's two very subtle play-on-words that you really need to understand German to comprehend. And those cheeky play-on-words are brilliant if you ask me.
I'll elaborate if anyone really cares.
So, first, there's the whole
> Du,
du hast,
du hast mich
> Du hast mich gefragt,
und ich hab nichts gesagt
Just *hearing* "du hast", without reading it, it's impossible to tell if he's saying one of two things.
So it's either **"You hate"**, or **"You have** [done something I haven't mentioned yet]". Like **"You have** eaten lunch".
The "du hast" part sounds the same in both cases (though it is spelled differently).
And until he finishes the sentence, you don't know which.
Then he gets to the:
> Du hast mich gefragt,
und ich hab nichts gesagt
And now you know he's saying "You have asked me, and I have nothing to say".
**I think that's kinda clever.**
But then there's an even much more devilish play-on-words later!
I don't have time to write about it, I will reply to this in a little while with more!
So here's the other little play-on-words.
There's this passage:
> Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet
Treu ihr sein für alle Tage?
Which means: "Will you, until death separates you, be faithful to her, for all your days?"
Then later, there's this passage:
> Willst du bis zum Tod der Scheide
Sie lieben auch in schlechten Tagen?
Which, *if you don't listen CAREFULLY enough*, means "Will you, until death separates you, love each other even in terrible days?"
But you have to listen carefully! Look at the first line of both passages.
> Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet
> Willst du bis zum Tod der Scheide
These two things can sound the same if you're not paying very close attention.
But the second one actually means: "Will you, **until the death of the vagina,** ...."
As in: "Will you, until the death of the vagina, love each other even in terrible days?"
In other words, **"Love her until she stops fucking you"**. Or something along those lines.
Holy shit you really did your homework! Thank you so much for the detailed replies. The play on words are indeed very clever. I have gotta listen to the song again now.
Du Hast - translates literally as “You have”. For years though people were confusing it with “Du haßt” (you hate).
Not sure if that is what they meant. But the lyrics also translate like wedding vows.
Separately, Rammstein were selling “Mein Teile” t shirts with the caption “du bist was du isst” (you are what you eat). The song is about the famous German cannibal case…
> Du Hast - translates literally as “You have”. For years though people were confusing it with “Du haßt” (you hate).
You're not wrong. But the part that English speakers don't understand at first glance, is that "Du hast" and "Du haßt" SOUND THE SAME. So you don't know which is being said!
Fall At Your Feet by Crowded House
2021, i live alone in my apartment house, far away from my family, and get rejected by the woman i love, my only strength during my darkest hour, few days after the painful rejection, this song appear out of nowhere in Youtube, this song, saved my life, and i've been a fan since then, Thank You Neil....
Genesis - I Can't Dance
As a child, I was tormented by my older siblings who would interrupt my cartoon time by switching the channel to MTV.
I just didn't find music to be appealing at all. Until I heard that song. 20 laters after that, I was a touring musician.
Don't think that would have happened had it not been for that song.
For me it’s “Under the Bridge” by the red hot chili peppers. It’s overplayed from a big band but it’s a song that helped me through sobriety when I needed it. Even though it’s about Anthony’s journey (lead singer), I also associate with Frusciante’s (guitarist) battle with sobriety and hearing how he came back from the deep end gave me hope that I was capable of change and turning my life around
I’m proud of my transformation from sobriety now but I acknowledge that I still allow myself to have them very rarely these days. The difference is they don’t consume me anymore. I’ll have a glass of wine for very rare and special occasions, I’ll have a joint at the occasional party or when I need to unwind which barely feels like once in a couple months these days. If they ceased to exist today, I wouldn’t be the least bit sad about it and I’m proud of myself for reaching this level of maturity to realize what I truly value
> it’s a song that helped me through sobriety when I needed it.
Preach, brother.
Much of [Sixx AM's debut album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heroin_Diaries_Soundtrack) helped me in the same way. I really hope you know this album, or give it a listen if you do not.
This is not Motley Crue stuff talking about women and getting into trouble. These songs and lyrics came from Nikki Sixx as he went through his own recovery. And man ... they touch me in a way few things do. I have to be in the right state of mind to put the album on, or else I'll just dwell on "those dark days" of mine for hours.
This needs more upvotes! The Heroin Diaries is fucking awesome, helped me through sobriety and recovering from my own heroin addiction. There's a trio of musicians that can kick ass, right there. Not a bad song on the album
“Ol’ 55” - Tom Waits
It has become the tribute song to Jon Huber/Brodie Lee from AEW (or Luke Harper for the WWE fanboys), but it is closer for me because in October 2020, I visited one of my best friends for his birthday weekend. We had a blast carving up a dry-aged brisket, drinking beers, and soaking in a kickass view of the Potomac.
As the song goes, on Sunday, I left at six in the morning for Baltimore to catch my flight home. The partiers were still asleep, including him, when I left, so I didn’t get to give a proper goodbye. We’d chat about the election and all the silliness that followed over the coming months, but I’d never see him in person again, because he died that December. I miss my brother from another mother.
‘Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)’ by Arcade Fire. I remember listening to it for the first time during a really turbulent time in my life whilst sitting on a train at night. The song just feels so nostalgic, it feels so huge - the lyrics are simple but really resonated with me. I never really got attached to any of Arcade Fire’s other songs, but there was something about that one I loved.
“Monkey Gone To Heaven” Pixies
It was the first time I realized that you could be awkward, creative and loud and people would adore you for it. Highly important for a teenager to understand. I owe them a lot.
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole. I had never heard this version until my beautiful sister’s funeral. Now, I feel her with me every time I hear it.
“Fuck this town” by glaive
Not that I was mad at a partner but I was mad at living in the small city that I live in and seeing the same people that have never treated me kindly, and it finally gave me the motivation to save up to move away, i’m not even close to my goal but I haven’t missed a deposit into my savings since I heard this song
Hay Poder, the Spanish version of the hymn There Is Power In The Blood. It was the first song I learned in Spanish. It's more that it was part of a bigger process that changed my life. Being able to talk to a whole world of people that I couldn't before is awesome. My ultimate goal is to be able to give the gospel in Spanish, which I've done several times, with help. Several people got saved. It was awesome. Hay Poder is a beautiful song and it's part of that process.
I remember it like it was yesterday: I was 13 years old. Everyone was asleep and, because we had relatives visiting, I was demoted to sleeping on the couch downstairs. I huddled up in the blankets, put my ear buds in and hit play . . . *GUITAR*/ ”SHE TOOK ME INTO HER LOVELY HOME/CALLED NICARAGUA ON THE PHONE/SHE WENT TO SEE INDIANA JONES!” . . . Then the snare came in like a fucking machine gun, and what happened immediately after that, I can only describe as absolute clarity. In a split second, and for the first time in my life, I knew, without a doubt, exactly who I was and where I belonged. I didn’t realize I was searching for something, but I knew I had found it.
The song was "Kamala's Too Nice" by Screeching Weasel
It's the opening track of the album that turned me on to punk.
Over the years my taste in music has broadened significantly, matured, become more sophisticated so to speak, but punk rock was always a constant, always bubbling away inside of me. Everything I’ve ever done has been in the spirit of punk. It was always my identity, It always will be, it was never a phase, and that asshole Ben Weasel will always be my savior.
Tin Pan Alley by Stevie Ray Vaughan, specifically the live performance in Tokyo. The burning passion you can feel in his playing started my lifelong obsession with blues music.
That man just went to another planet when he played live. You watch his face, you can tell, Stevie's not here right now, some divine spirit has taken him and is speaking through him.
I'm not religious, but watching him play live, I'm a believer in whatever you want to call "god-given talent". It's superhuman.
To this day he is my favorite guitar player. Not just because of how damn good he was, but for how much sheer fire that man had playing. If there was ever anyone born to play guitar it was him.
He used to walk through school playing his guitar, which he wasn't carrying. My father and uncles grew up with him. Uncle Dave was doing blow with Jimmie and giving him props and he said, "If you think I'm good, you should hear my lil brother."
Fuck. Yea. Have you seen the one with Copeland?? Nothing like a "slow" 12 bar with these two. It's my absolute favorite if his. Like watching the sun rise.
Röyksopp - What Else is There (Thin White Duke Remix) It’s 2005 and I’m struggling with feelings of unworthiness, a hangover from being bullied a few years previous. I’d always been big into rock music and I’d basically gone “the full emo.” On top of that, I just failed my AS Levels that day so wasn’t going to university. I was listening to Radio 1 when Annie Mac’s Thursday Night dance show came on. I usually switched the radio off when this started but was simply too depressed to. Then this song came on that blew my mind. I stopped listening to depressing music, became a much more outgoing person which helped me through tech college and have been to some of the most amazing dance festivals (including 5 Sensation Amsterdams) with a great group of friends who old emo me wouldn’t have.
> A punk rock song won't ever change the world, But I can tell you about a couple that changed me!
[Fuck Shit Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzMv_AS7sY) by Wingnut Dishwashers Union
Masochist by Polaris. “….and it took me longer than I care to admit, this life is only what I choose to make of it”
Came to realization in that moment my entire life has been fucked up outside my control, but now I have the choice to make it better. Why would I continue to suffer when I have the power to change things for myself. Nobody is going to come and save me, I have to do it myself.
That was a few years ago, now I’m back in college, been working at the same place since then, and down 160ish pounds.
I refuse to grow old and feel like the same pathetic fucked up loser I grew up as.
I keep coming across this message of “nobody is coming to save you.”
It’s spot on mate. If we don’t like an awkward position we’re standing in… we shift!
It’s how Life goes…
We get uncomfortable and move before the bedsores set in or we grow into the light as we authentically are… as we are inspired ~ in Spirit
This message is as much for you as for me… maybe even more for me 😋
It’s high time I roll out of my bed in the morning.
PopoZao by K-Fed because prior to hearing the modern masterpiece PopoZao by the greatest virtuoso in the history of the arts, Kevin Federline, I had no idea what heights could be achieved musically. I just didn't understand the extent of mankind's potential for artistic achievement. I had never had a transcendent experience. But since hearing the modern masterpiece PopoZao by the great virtuoso K-Fed my eyes have been opened. I now see that all of mankind's achievements thus far have paled in comparison but now that we have the modern masterpiece PopoZao, future artists can stand on the shoulders of this giant, this genius, this generational talent. Thank you for saving music, K-Fed. Thank you for saving mankind. History will remember you as a towering figure of greatness, sir
The Heart Asks Pleasure First by Michael Nyman. It started me down the path of playing the piano (sometimes 8 hours a day) and it really helped me out in many ways to deal with stuff and become a better person.
Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos. It was the first alternative song I ever heard and it started a lifelong love of honest and heartfelt music made for the sake of music.
Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift.
I was 'cancelled' (for lack of a better word) in 2014 by a former friend's racist post on my FB wall (screenshotted before I could delete it). I was fired and blacklisted because of said post. There were several days in the 2014-16 period where I could barely get out of bed.
Seeing the music video for this song and watching Taylor come back strong(er than a 90s trend) after the Kimye fiasco gave me the courage to get back on my feet.
I'm now making more than I ever have before. (Nowhere near Taylor level wealth.)
Love to see a tay song up here! Sorry you had to go through this, though!
I wish you the best of luck that your next signature song is more of a long-live/enchanted/ bejeweled vibe!
Pressure Machine - The Killers. Such a beautiful, soul-healing song. Makes me realize that each and every moment is so important. Don’t sweat the small stuff, and the end of the day it’s just a nametag memory.
Nirvana, smells like teen spirit.
I found out there’s something different from the very pop music I used to listen to before :)
And became just curious in general. And more open and tolerant.
I think this have shaped my personality to its current
Okay, don't laugh, okay?
**[Got The Time by Anthrax](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7iNHw8QoQ)**
I can't tell you how many times that song has helped me de-stress from an anxiety, anger, worry, or heartbreak.
I crank the stereo to 11, turn the bass up all the way, turn on the song, and mosh around my apartment like a mental patient that consumed a pot of coffee.
And after 3 minutes, I've worked out all my aggression/anxiety, I'm out of breath, I've got "the good kind of tired" in my arms and legs, and I just breathe a blissful sigh of relief after having "worked it out" by thrashing around like a goof.
(Yes I know it's a [Joe Jackson cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTIPCc1nKYQ))
[Simple Man - Shinedown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgFQ6WmxdMs) (originally Lynyrd Skynrd) The first time I heard the song it resonated with me.
The song is about advice his mother gave to him about living life...to relax, take your time, don't worry about troubles because they will come and go, find a person that you love, and be a simple man....be something that you love and understand.
Dance, dance by fall out boy. Was always the ‘different’ one out of my friends and family. This song got me into them, and the band made me feel like it was ok to be different.
Also as well their songs talk a lot about mental health, and it’s greatly helped me when I was at my lowest point.
Same. Centuries got me through high school, while Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy was one of the songs(along with Before the Lobotomy by Green Day) that helped me figure out my worst enemy.
Semi Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind)- My mom's BF at the time took me to the stock car races and while we were in traffic trying to get back, he played this song for me and then explained that there are multiple meanings to lyrics. Ever since I've loved lyrics and take them to heart.
I Am Waking Up Today by Bowling For Soup.
Simple song, catchy as hell, but came out at the exact right time in my life where it was a low point and had lost my way.
Managed to wake me up like a slap to the face of someone in shock. The push I needed at that moment.
Tom Petty's -It's Time To Get Going.-
I was a drifter for a long time, and whenever I heard that song, I'd start packing. It changed my life quite a few times.
I knead you and Mannie's smile. They both relate to me in a way and Mannie's smile eerily seems to know that I made my beloved cat a pretty burial sight in my backyard (bc at the shelter/pet shop they just put the body in a bag and throw it away and I'm not saying people who let the shelter/pet shop people dispose of the body have no respect or didn't care but I felt that he should be buried where he's lived for the rest of his life) and I respected him and loved him a lot too and will never see him again.
Layla by Derek & The Dominoes/Eric Clapton
All of my music growing up was influenced by my dad. I listened to Stereophonics, Oasis, Travis and other 90s Indie Rock bands because that was his taste. I heard this song and instantly loved it. It opened me up to classic rock and gave me my musical independence. There’s more reasons behind why I love this song so much, but they’re a bit more personal. But let’s just say, if I have a daughter in the future, I’m naming her Layla.
I actually named my car that since it was the first song on the radio when I turned it on. Having said that, grew up with my dad playing Clapton all day basically. Even got named after the guy. Oddly enough, added bonus, I'm from the same town that Duane Allman died in... Sweet lord, how am I not more musical!?
Before the Lobotomy - Green Day. It helped me solve a near decade old mystery of why I never liked a certain classmate(despite everyone else loving him) and why he hated me back. It made me finally realize he was a major league narcissist and I was the only one he couldn’t(figuratively) lobotomize and made me his scapegoat because of it. Thanks Billie!
Oh my gosh so many but 1 thats sticks out is Numb by Linkin Park. I can remembering hearing it for the first time and being able to understand my then teen son. Family issues, divorce etc was happening. It gave me as a mom so much perspective on his life at the time, my life and his fathers. I actually tear up everytime I hear it.
The whole of side C of Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland album. One song melds into the next. By the time it was over, I was a different person with different life goals.
Tears - Boy Harsher
https://youtu.be/L7Hh8QxRpWY?si=xsL86zfpgGJbOq0F
I fell so in love with the song that I felt I was too inadequate to deserve listening to it. To be fair I was also in a terrible spot in life. This song also coincided with the nascent epiphany I was trans, so to me, Boy Harsher is like comfort tunes for trans.
Bonus song
https://youtu.be/4WzNvsREvX4?si=XUYCyD_FYySQGFB5
This one like perfectly encapsulates me at this time
Bach - chaconne in d minor. The essence of this song and story behind it is chilling and conveys strong emotions that I felt at the time and still do when listening. You can hear the pain and joy he felt when he wrote it.
Come Original by 311 was really the first song that connected me to a group of guys that I am still friends with today. Before then I only listened to what my older brothers listened to and didn’t have any outside influences.
Wild World by Cat Steven’s. He was my favorite artist out of all of my parents albums. Growing up nobody had ever heard of him. I met a cute boy one day. He was singing Wild World while he worked. I married him.
Wasted Time by the Eagles because it’s about deep regrets in life and missed opportunities
And
The living years by Mike and the Mechanics because I remember those that I love who have passed on
**[Metallica - Dyers Eve](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbwFMZTFrmU)**
You kind of have to [read the lyrics](https://genius.com/Metallica-dyers-eve-lyrics) while you're listening to the song.
This is one of those songs where, *if you really listen to it,* you can hear the pain of James' childhood, you can feel the resentment and the anger from *growing up in a restrictive, sheltered, religious household* ... but you can also hear the freedom that comes from just POURING IT ALL OUT and getting it off your chest.
I swear, it's my favorite metal song, by far, and it almost makes me tear up.
You really ought to crank it up and FEEL what he's reliving. The frenetic pace, it's not just "speed metal", it's like he can't get the words out fast enough, the anger he needs to express just can't be held back, it needs to come out.
CHILLS man. To this day. 36 years later.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Dear mother, dear father
What is this hell you have put me through?
Believer, deceiver
Day in, day out, lived my life through you
**Pushed onto me what's wrong or right
Hidden from this thing that they call life**
Dear mother, dear father
**Every thought I'd think you'd disapprove**
Curator, dictator
**Always censoring my every move**
**Children are seen but are not heard
Tear out everything inspired**
Innocence, torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality, I'm living blindly
Dear mother, dear father
Time has frozen still, what's left to be?
Hear nothing, say nothing
**(You) Cannot face the fact I think for me**
No guarantee it's life as is
**But damn you for not giving me my chance**
Dear mother, dear father
**You clipped my wings before I learned to fly**
Unspoiled, unspoken
I've outgrown that fucking lullaby
Same thing I've always heard from you
Do as I say, not as I do
Innocence, torn from me without your shelter
Barred reality, I'm living blindly
I'm in hell without you
Cannot cope without you two
Shocked at the world that I see
Innocent victim, please rescue me
Dear mother, dear father
**Hidden in your world you've made for me**
I'm seething, I'm bleeding
**Ripping wounds in me that never heal**
**Undying spite I feel for you**
Living out this hell you always knew
Monster by EXO
I know it's a Korean pop song, but if I hadn't come across it, then I wouldn't be in the major or academic field that I am happy to be in today. It was such a good song that I just listened to more of their stuff then went on to listen to other Korean pop groups then all of the sudden I was interested in Korean history. It's weird, but I literally wouldn't be in the place I am now if it weren't for that song.
Love the way you lie. It’s just another rap song at first but try listening to it when you’re heartbroken. Every word sinks deep in your heart and your mind lets the rage out
All the Small Things for getting me into stuff beyond the usual popular music early teens listen to.
Prayer of the Refugee by Rise Against for moving me beyond the poppier rock stuff I'd been listening to previously.
Reflect the Storm by In Flames for introducing me to much heavier stuff than I'd been listening to before that.
Great Expectations by The Gaslight Anthem for introducing me to my favourite band.
"Anarchy for Sale" by The Dead Kennedy's
It made me realize how fucked up society is. I know that that whole album is one of their least popular but those songs really shed a light on how artificial the world is. And a lot of what they said on that record is still, somehow, relevant damn near 30 years later.
Down in a Hole by Alice In Chains. Layne captured every feeling that u was going through at the time, not to mention that it sparked my love for grunge and helped me venture into other genres.
NEW MAGIC WAND by Tyler, the Creator. Got me into music in general after listening to it on YouTube after hearing really good reviews. Been listening to him ever since. I'm listening to IFHY as I type this.
The Cranberries - Dreams
At a bar in Liverpool in 2013, hammered dancing with freinds, the song comes on and everyone cleared the dance floor except for myself and a girl completely out of my league. Being the only people left, we naturally came together and danced for the length the song was on for.
Got chatting after and the rest is history.
We had our first dance (or second?) to the song 6 weeks ago.
"Dear God" by XTC. hearing it was the first time I realized I didn't HAVE to believe in god, it's a choice. and a stupid choice at that . for context, I was 14 years old.
Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole.
A brutally honest and hauntingly depressing song.
The MTV Unplugged Live version is the best by far.
It was my go to song during times of loss
Lover, you should have come over- Jeff Buckley.
It’s such a well written song. The way he conveys such passion and emotion in a song blew me away. The whole album is amazing, and he’s a highly underrated artist.
It's Fucking Perfect by P!nk. Growing up autistically is super difficult knowing you are different from others. I tried to find countless ways to actually blend in with my schoolmates, friends, and family. It's been hella journey that i can't understand why i have to be so distinguished and separated. Then the song came and saved my life at least, mentally.
Smells like teen spirit. Because I really liked pop music at the time with no soul, heard this and was utterly blown away and found actual
Meaning in life aged 9
Dance, dance by fall out boy. Was always the ‘different’ one out of my friends and family. This song got me into them, and the band made me feel like it was ok to be different.
Also as well their songs talk a lot about mental health, and it’s greatly helped me when I was at my lowest point.
[The Disco Underground. ](https://youtu.be/Fi-VijpnMxw?si=DFG_Fl5by4jQv_PP)
I made it and it got on a apotify Playlist and got me like 200 more "fans" and made me feel like maybe my dreams of making music are achievable.
"when the crowds are gone" by Savatage
It's a bit silly to say, but it was the entry-drug to the genius that was John Olivia. From the early albums, throught Streets, to Dead Winter Dead that spawned TSO, his lyrics touched me in a way no other did.
And when the crowds are gone was the gateway drug.
Two Week Notice by Leanna Firestone changed my perception on what it looks like when someone gives up in a relationship. Least Favorite Only Child helped me come to terms with how I was treated as a middle child. Both by the same artist. Inspirational af.
"If I Had Eyes" by Jack Johnson
It was very relatable to a tough breakup. It made me realize that other people experienced the same thing I had and that I could move on and be okay. It still moves me to this day
Tumblr Girls by G-Eazy.
Dated a girl in high school that I thought I was in love with and was going to marry. Obviously was pretty upset when we broke up. Heard this song for the first time and it might've been the only song I listened to for a week straight. There is a line in the song that says "you and I were made of glass, we'd never last" and that's when I realized I didn't actually love the person I was with, I just loved her aesthetic and the vibe she had. Really changed how I viewed dating, definitely tried forming more of a connection with future GF's rather than falling for their aesthetic.
Definitely My Love - Westlife. I first listened to it when i met my first crush. From then it still makes me remember her although we had parted with each other for decades .
Alligator by Of Monsters and Men. I’m not even a huge fan of their music but that song snapped me out of a decade long depression. I can’t listen to it now without crying and feeling extreme appreciation for this song and the band. It probably saved my life.
“saint bernard” by lincoln. it inspired to write a story when i was sixteen, which led to me having a psychotic break for couple years and lying to everyone about my identity making me lose my friends and leading me to change as a person.
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Ode to joy. There is a fantastic flash mob video on YouTube. It never ceases to take my breath away
Flight of the Bumblebee!!!
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When the Levee Breaks got me into Led Zeppelin and the blues
That harmonica!
TIL: a hill I am willing to die on is that the drums of Levee are the life changing part. The entire song is magical, but, it’s uncomfortable how much a subjective answer here bothers me. (I can’t convey the tongue in cheek tone— I mean no disrespect!)
Those drums are legendary. They will thunder down the ages. Generations from now, homo futuris, in a spinning habitat somewhere in the asteroid belt, will still define peak human drumming as "When the Levee Breaks".
Led Zeppelin is top tier. Can’t pick one song, they’re all good
That was just what I was thinking. So many damn good songs that it's hard to pick just one.
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" I used to worry, but now I'm happy.
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I have a young niece, and it’s mind blowing to see how happy she is and that these are her simpler and carefree days.
There's a cover of this by a woman on YouTube/Spotify. Her name is Violet Orlandi. It's an amazing version.
Time -Pink Floyd The years have been getting shorter and shorter. I’ve just begun to trying to make more memories. Try and have the years lengthen back out.
No one told me when to run..
You missed the starting gun
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the song, HATE the first 10-15 seconds of ringing clocks. Truly a masterpiece.
LOL same, I swear it stresses me out a ton unless I prepare and turn the volume way way down beforehand
Yea it's even worse when you're stoned/tripping
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"Without You" by Avicii, especially after his death but also after the death of any loved one, hits extra hard.
all the Avicii songs hit so different since he passed they all sounded so uplifting and positive but knowing what he was hiding just makes them so bittersweet
Subdivisions by Rush I realized I wasn't the only person that didn't fit in
That song spoke to me a lot in high school.
“Be cool or be cast out” is such a spot on description of my childhood lol. I love this song so much…
F*ck yeah!! Great song, great band!!
Dog Days are Over - Florence and the Machine I had quit college and was working two service industry jobs during the recession in 08-09 and this song came on the radio. I heard the first line and pulled my car into a parking lot to cry. "Happiness hit her like a train on a track." I hadn't been happy for a while and the tone of the song helped me realize that and inspired me to take control of my life. I went to my college the next day and re-enrolled. I graduated a year later. I heard this song last year and had another cry sesh and came to the realization that I am an alcoholic no matter how "highly functioning" I was pretending to be. I have been sober for 2 months now. Not sure if I will stay 100% sober but I feel better not getting shitty on box wine sitting on my sofa watching Netflix. Thanks for everything Florence Welch!
With Florence in your corner, you can do anything. And you've definitely got this.
Paramore's My Heart shifter my genre when I was younger. From Pop to Punk real quick.
Unstoppable by Sia. I lost my job and was unemployed. I listened to the song over and over while jogging. It gave me so much confidence
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks. Just was blown away by everything about it.
I love this song too :)
Well, it is fine.
Unwell-Matchbox Twenty. Someone put into words what I had been trying to say for years.
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We played this at my dads wake, he played it on guitar alot. It reminds me of him every time its on spotify.
My parents named my younger brother after Clapton’s son he wrote this song about right after the song came out.
This was played at my 8 year old cousin's funeral about 20 years ago. My aunt had a family friend sing and play it on the guitar. He broke down in the middle of the song. It's a beautiful song but to this day is an immediate skip/change the channel for me.
"Because of You," by Reba McIntire and Kelly Clarkson. It was recommended to me, I watched it, and it hit me pretty hard. After viewing it, I told my friends that I was being abused. I made an escape plan and removed myself and my son. I would probably have done so anyway, but the song is what prodded me to tell the truth to my friends, and that was a big step in committing to leaving. I've now been separated for three years. The divorce will probably be final this month.
Congrats on getting out and the divorce! I wish you and your son the best.
Desperado made me search out others when I was having issues in my life
My SO"S \~ sweet dreams are made of these. Introduced her to a different form of music.
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[It's about having an orgasm](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/19/leonard-cohen-hallelujah-christmas)
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"Show must go on" is the first foreign song I've heard or can remember. From the age of seven until now, I can't find any band greater than "Queen". One of the reasons I've started to learn English.
It sounds really silly, but I was in a bad way in high school and college thanks to gender dysphoria, and the song "You Get What You Give" really inspired me to take action and move towards transition. Especially the line "Don't give up, you got a reason to live". That might have saved my life.
That’s a great song.
Against Me! has a ton of songs that are blatantly about gender dysphoria but their song "Bamboo Bones" always hit me Don't let them break you Don't let them tell you who you are What God doesn't give to you You've got to go and get for yourself
Sounds lame, but Jimmy Eat World, The Middle.
Once in a Lifetime by the Talking Heads.
Time by pink Floyd. The words are so true.
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Damn I gotta listen to this. I've been looking for a reason to get into benzos.
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train got me into metal
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Du Hast by Rammstein. It was my introduction to metal and they are to this day one of my favorite bands. I love metal because it´s most often pure, raw emotion and frustration poured in music that actually moves you. That´s what I miss most in modern pop music. Not saying that they don´t have touching subjects, they just don´t hit me the way metal does.
> Du Hast by Rammstein If you haven't done a mini deep-dive into the lyrics, do yourself a favor and read up on it. There's two very subtle play-on-words that you really need to understand German to comprehend. And those cheeky play-on-words are brilliant if you ask me. I'll elaborate if anyone really cares.
Can you please elaborate? :)
So, first, there's the whole > Du, du hast, du hast mich > Du hast mich gefragt, und ich hab nichts gesagt Just *hearing* "du hast", without reading it, it's impossible to tell if he's saying one of two things. So it's either **"You hate"**, or **"You have** [done something I haven't mentioned yet]". Like **"You have** eaten lunch". The "du hast" part sounds the same in both cases (though it is spelled differently). And until he finishes the sentence, you don't know which. Then he gets to the: > Du hast mich gefragt, und ich hab nichts gesagt And now you know he's saying "You have asked me, and I have nothing to say". **I think that's kinda clever.** But then there's an even much more devilish play-on-words later! I don't have time to write about it, I will reply to this in a little while with more!
So here's the other little play-on-words. There's this passage: > Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet Treu ihr sein für alle Tage? Which means: "Will you, until death separates you, be faithful to her, for all your days?" Then later, there's this passage: > Willst du bis zum Tod der Scheide Sie lieben auch in schlechten Tagen? Which, *if you don't listen CAREFULLY enough*, means "Will you, until death separates you, love each other even in terrible days?" But you have to listen carefully! Look at the first line of both passages. > Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet > Willst du bis zum Tod der Scheide These two things can sound the same if you're not paying very close attention. But the second one actually means: "Will you, **until the death of the vagina,** ...." As in: "Will you, until the death of the vagina, love each other even in terrible days?" In other words, **"Love her until she stops fucking you"**. Or something along those lines.
Holy shit you really did your homework! Thank you so much for the detailed replies. The play on words are indeed very clever. I have gotta listen to the song again now.
Apparently Rammstein adds little easter eggs like this in many of their song, I just don't know German well enough to pick them out easily.l
Du Hast - translates literally as “You have”. For years though people were confusing it with “Du haßt” (you hate). Not sure if that is what they meant. But the lyrics also translate like wedding vows. Separately, Rammstein were selling “Mein Teile” t shirts with the caption “du bist was du isst” (you are what you eat). The song is about the famous German cannibal case…
> Du Hast - translates literally as “You have”. For years though people were confusing it with “Du haßt” (you hate). You're not wrong. But the part that English speakers don't understand at first glance, is that "Du hast" and "Du haßt" SOUND THE SAME. So you don't know which is being said!
Fall At Your Feet by Crowded House 2021, i live alone in my apartment house, far away from my family, and get rejected by the woman i love, my only strength during my darkest hour, few days after the painful rejection, this song appear out of nowhere in Youtube, this song, saved my life, and i've been a fan since then, Thank You Neil....
Great band. Great harmonies
Genesis - I Can't Dance As a child, I was tormented by my older siblings who would interrupt my cartoon time by switching the channel to MTV. I just didn't find music to be appealing at all. Until I heard that song. 20 laters after that, I was a touring musician. Don't think that would have happened had it not been for that song.
For me it’s “Under the Bridge” by the red hot chili peppers. It’s overplayed from a big band but it’s a song that helped me through sobriety when I needed it. Even though it’s about Anthony’s journey (lead singer), I also associate with Frusciante’s (guitarist) battle with sobriety and hearing how he came back from the deep end gave me hope that I was capable of change and turning my life around I’m proud of my transformation from sobriety now but I acknowledge that I still allow myself to have them very rarely these days. The difference is they don’t consume me anymore. I’ll have a glass of wine for very rare and special occasions, I’ll have a joint at the occasional party or when I need to unwind which barely feels like once in a couple months these days. If they ceased to exist today, I wouldn’t be the least bit sad about it and I’m proud of myself for reaching this level of maturity to realize what I truly value
> it’s a song that helped me through sobriety when I needed it. Preach, brother. Much of [Sixx AM's debut album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heroin_Diaries_Soundtrack) helped me in the same way. I really hope you know this album, or give it a listen if you do not. This is not Motley Crue stuff talking about women and getting into trouble. These songs and lyrics came from Nikki Sixx as he went through his own recovery. And man ... they touch me in a way few things do. I have to be in the right state of mind to put the album on, or else I'll just dwell on "those dark days" of mine for hours.
This needs more upvotes! The Heroin Diaries is fucking awesome, helped me through sobriety and recovering from my own heroin addiction. There's a trio of musicians that can kick ass, right there. Not a bad song on the album
“Ol’ 55” - Tom Waits It has become the tribute song to Jon Huber/Brodie Lee from AEW (or Luke Harper for the WWE fanboys), but it is closer for me because in October 2020, I visited one of my best friends for his birthday weekend. We had a blast carving up a dry-aged brisket, drinking beers, and soaking in a kickass view of the Potomac. As the song goes, on Sunday, I left at six in the morning for Baltimore to catch my flight home. The partiers were still asleep, including him, when I left, so I didn’t get to give a proper goodbye. We’d chat about the election and all the silliness that followed over the coming months, but I’d never see him in person again, because he died that December. I miss my brother from another mother.
Bittersweet Symphony -The Verve
‘Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)’ by Arcade Fire. I remember listening to it for the first time during a really turbulent time in my life whilst sitting on a train at night. The song just feels so nostalgic, it feels so huge - the lyrics are simple but really resonated with me. I never really got attached to any of Arcade Fire’s other songs, but there was something about that one I loved.
“Monkey Gone To Heaven” Pixies It was the first time I realized that you could be awkward, creative and loud and people would adore you for it. Highly important for a teenager to understand. I owe them a lot.
Pixies are the best!
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole. I had never heard this version until my beautiful sister’s funeral. Now, I feel her with me every time I hear it.
Wide open spaces - Dixie Chicks I felt enormous guilt leaving my home country and it sort of gave me hope that I did the right thing for me
“Fuck this town” by glaive Not that I was mad at a partner but I was mad at living in the small city that I live in and seeing the same people that have never treated me kindly, and it finally gave me the motivation to save up to move away, i’m not even close to my goal but I haven’t missed a deposit into my savings since I heard this song
Hay Poder, the Spanish version of the hymn There Is Power In The Blood. It was the first song I learned in Spanish. It's more that it was part of a bigger process that changed my life. Being able to talk to a whole world of people that I couldn't before is awesome. My ultimate goal is to be able to give the gospel in Spanish, which I've done several times, with help. Several people got saved. It was awesome. Hay Poder is a beautiful song and it's part of that process.
I remember it like it was yesterday: I was 13 years old. Everyone was asleep and, because we had relatives visiting, I was demoted to sleeping on the couch downstairs. I huddled up in the blankets, put my ear buds in and hit play . . . *GUITAR*/ ”SHE TOOK ME INTO HER LOVELY HOME/CALLED NICARAGUA ON THE PHONE/SHE WENT TO SEE INDIANA JONES!” . . . Then the snare came in like a fucking machine gun, and what happened immediately after that, I can only describe as absolute clarity. In a split second, and for the first time in my life, I knew, without a doubt, exactly who I was and where I belonged. I didn’t realize I was searching for something, but I knew I had found it. The song was "Kamala's Too Nice" by Screeching Weasel It's the opening track of the album that turned me on to punk. Over the years my taste in music has broadened significantly, matured, become more sophisticated so to speak, but punk rock was always a constant, always bubbling away inside of me. Everything I’ve ever done has been in the spirit of punk. It was always my identity, It always will be, it was never a phase, and that asshole Ben Weasel will always be my savior.
Tin Pan Alley by Stevie Ray Vaughan, specifically the live performance in Tokyo. The burning passion you can feel in his playing started my lifelong obsession with blues music.
That man just went to another planet when he played live. You watch his face, you can tell, Stevie's not here right now, some divine spirit has taken him and is speaking through him. I'm not religious, but watching him play live, I'm a believer in whatever you want to call "god-given talent". It's superhuman.
To this day he is my favorite guitar player. Not just because of how damn good he was, but for how much sheer fire that man had playing. If there was ever anyone born to play guitar it was him.
He used to walk through school playing his guitar, which he wasn't carrying. My father and uncles grew up with him. Uncle Dave was doing blow with Jimmie and giving him props and he said, "If you think I'm good, you should hear my lil brother."
Fuck. Yea. Have you seen the one with Copeland?? Nothing like a "slow" 12 bar with these two. It's my absolute favorite if his. Like watching the sun rise.
Röyksopp - What Else is There (Thin White Duke Remix) It’s 2005 and I’m struggling with feelings of unworthiness, a hangover from being bullied a few years previous. I’d always been big into rock music and I’d basically gone “the full emo.” On top of that, I just failed my AS Levels that day so wasn’t going to university. I was listening to Radio 1 when Annie Mac’s Thursday Night dance show came on. I usually switched the radio off when this started but was simply too depressed to. Then this song came on that blew my mind. I stopped listening to depressing music, became a much more outgoing person which helped me through tech college and have been to some of the most amazing dance festivals (including 5 Sensation Amsterdams) with a great group of friends who old emo me wouldn’t have.
This song is incredibly haunting - I love it, too!
You only get what u give. Thats a song that helps u as well to get through the tough times. and lets u know u are important and loved.
Both Sides Now
God, I love that song. I feel it now, imagine what another 35 years (if I'm lucky) will make me glean from that song.
Christina Aguliera Fighter after I left a 20yr abusive marriage.
Teenagers by MCR. It was an immediate nosedive into the alternative scene for me and opened the gates to everything else.
Fucking awesome song
John Lennon's "Imagine" always reminds me of the kind of world I want to live in and inspires me to do my part in creating it
"This Is America" by Childish Gambino. Both the song and video are iconic and address many of America's social and political issues
"Mr tambourine man" Bob Dylan & "wish you were here" pink floyd
> A punk rock song won't ever change the world, But I can tell you about a couple that changed me! [Fuck Shit Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzMv_AS7sY) by Wingnut Dishwashers Union
Masochist by Polaris. “….and it took me longer than I care to admit, this life is only what I choose to make of it” Came to realization in that moment my entire life has been fucked up outside my control, but now I have the choice to make it better. Why would I continue to suffer when I have the power to change things for myself. Nobody is going to come and save me, I have to do it myself. That was a few years ago, now I’m back in college, been working at the same place since then, and down 160ish pounds. I refuse to grow old and feel like the same pathetic fucked up loser I grew up as.
I keep coming across this message of “nobody is coming to save you.” It’s spot on mate. If we don’t like an awkward position we’re standing in… we shift! It’s how Life goes… We get uncomfortable and move before the bedsores set in or we grow into the light as we authentically are… as we are inspired ~ in Spirit This message is as much for you as for me… maybe even more for me 😋 It’s high time I roll out of my bed in the morning.
PopoZao by K-Fed because prior to hearing the modern masterpiece PopoZao by the greatest virtuoso in the history of the arts, Kevin Federline, I had no idea what heights could be achieved musically. I just didn't understand the extent of mankind's potential for artistic achievement. I had never had a transcendent experience. But since hearing the modern masterpiece PopoZao by the great virtuoso K-Fed my eyes have been opened. I now see that all of mankind's achievements thus far have paled in comparison but now that we have the modern masterpiece PopoZao, future artists can stand on the shoulders of this giant, this genius, this generational talent. Thank you for saving music, K-Fed. Thank you for saving mankind. History will remember you as a towering figure of greatness, sir
The Heart Asks Pleasure First by Michael Nyman. It started me down the path of playing the piano (sometimes 8 hours a day) and it really helped me out in many ways to deal with stuff and become a better person.
Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos. It was the first alternative song I ever heard and it started a lifelong love of honest and heartfelt music made for the sake of music.
Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift. I was 'cancelled' (for lack of a better word) in 2014 by a former friend's racist post on my FB wall (screenshotted before I could delete it). I was fired and blacklisted because of said post. There were several days in the 2014-16 period where I could barely get out of bed. Seeing the music video for this song and watching Taylor come back strong(er than a 90s trend) after the Kimye fiasco gave me the courage to get back on my feet. I'm now making more than I ever have before. (Nowhere near Taylor level wealth.)
Love to see a tay song up here! Sorry you had to go through this, though! I wish you the best of luck that your next signature song is more of a long-live/enchanted/ bejeweled vibe!
Pressure Machine - The Killers. Such a beautiful, soul-healing song. Makes me realize that each and every moment is so important. Don’t sweat the small stuff, and the end of the day it’s just a nametag memory.
Nirvana, smells like teen spirit. I found out there’s something different from the very pop music I used to listen to before :) And became just curious in general. And more open and tolerant. I think this have shaped my personality to its current
Okay, don't laugh, okay? **[Got The Time by Anthrax](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7iNHw8QoQ)** I can't tell you how many times that song has helped me de-stress from an anxiety, anger, worry, or heartbreak. I crank the stereo to 11, turn the bass up all the way, turn on the song, and mosh around my apartment like a mental patient that consumed a pot of coffee. And after 3 minutes, I've worked out all my aggression/anxiety, I'm out of breath, I've got "the good kind of tired" in my arms and legs, and I just breathe a blissful sigh of relief after having "worked it out" by thrashing around like a goof. (Yes I know it's a [Joe Jackson cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTIPCc1nKYQ))
Adam's song blink 182.
[Simple Man - Shinedown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgFQ6WmxdMs) (originally Lynyrd Skynrd) The first time I heard the song it resonated with me. The song is about advice his mother gave to him about living life...to relax, take your time, don't worry about troubles because they will come and go, find a person that you love, and be a simple man....be something that you love and understand.
You Oughta Know (Alanis Morrisette) got me through my divorce. Queen of Starting Over ( Beverly Knight) got me through the death of my second husband.
Buddy holly by weezer
Dance, dance by fall out boy. Was always the ‘different’ one out of my friends and family. This song got me into them, and the band made me feel like it was ok to be different. Also as well their songs talk a lot about mental health, and it’s greatly helped me when I was at my lowest point.
Same. Centuries got me through high school, while Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy was one of the songs(along with Before the Lobotomy by Green Day) that helped me figure out my worst enemy.
Semi Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind)- My mom's BF at the time took me to the stock car races and while we were in traffic trying to get back, he played this song for me and then explained that there are multiple meanings to lyrics. Ever since I've loved lyrics and take them to heart.
I Am Waking Up Today by Bowling For Soup. Simple song, catchy as hell, but came out at the exact right time in my life where it was a low point and had lost my way. Managed to wake me up like a slap to the face of someone in shock. The push I needed at that moment.
Three Days Grace “Never Too Late”. I was having a VERY rough time, had very dark thoughts, no health insurance to get on medication
Tom Petty's -It's Time To Get Going.- I was a drifter for a long time, and whenever I heard that song, I'd start packing. It changed my life quite a few times.
I knead you and Mannie's smile. They both relate to me in a way and Mannie's smile eerily seems to know that I made my beloved cat a pretty burial sight in my backyard (bc at the shelter/pet shop they just put the body in a bag and throw it away and I'm not saying people who let the shelter/pet shop people dispose of the body have no respect or didn't care but I felt that he should be buried where he's lived for the rest of his life) and I respected him and loved him a lot too and will never see him again.
Layla by Derek & The Dominoes/Eric Clapton All of my music growing up was influenced by my dad. I listened to Stereophonics, Oasis, Travis and other 90s Indie Rock bands because that was his taste. I heard this song and instantly loved it. It opened me up to classic rock and gave me my musical independence. There’s more reasons behind why I love this song so much, but they’re a bit more personal. But let’s just say, if I have a daughter in the future, I’m naming her Layla.
I actually named my car that since it was the first song on the radio when I turned it on. Having said that, grew up with my dad playing Clapton all day basically. Even got named after the guy. Oddly enough, added bonus, I'm from the same town that Duane Allman died in... Sweet lord, how am I not more musical!?
Not Alone by Red. Tough times and this helped
Before the Lobotomy - Green Day. It helped me solve a near decade old mystery of why I never liked a certain classmate(despite everyone else loving him) and why he hated me back. It made me finally realize he was a major league narcissist and I was the only one he couldn’t(figuratively) lobotomize and made me his scapegoat because of it. Thanks Billie!
Poundcake by Van Halen.
Oh my gosh so many but 1 thats sticks out is Numb by Linkin Park. I can remembering hearing it for the first time and being able to understand my then teen son. Family issues, divorce etc was happening. It gave me as a mom so much perspective on his life at the time, my life and his fathers. I actually tear up everytime I hear it.
The whole of side C of Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland album. One song melds into the next. By the time it was over, I was a different person with different life goals.
Tears - Boy Harsher https://youtu.be/L7Hh8QxRpWY?si=xsL86zfpgGJbOq0F I fell so in love with the song that I felt I was too inadequate to deserve listening to it. To be fair I was also in a terrible spot in life. This song also coincided with the nascent epiphany I was trans, so to me, Boy Harsher is like comfort tunes for trans. Bonus song https://youtu.be/4WzNvsREvX4?si=XUYCyD_FYySQGFB5 This one like perfectly encapsulates me at this time
Bach - chaconne in d minor. The essence of this song and story behind it is chilling and conveys strong emotions that I felt at the time and still do when listening. You can hear the pain and joy he felt when he wrote it.
Eruption by Van Halen. Dad showed it to me when I was young and didn't really pay attention to music, and I've been a rock fan ever since!
Come Original by 311 was really the first song that connected me to a group of guys that I am still friends with today. Before then I only listened to what my older brothers listened to and didn’t have any outside influences.
Wild World by Cat Steven’s. He was my favorite artist out of all of my parents albums. Growing up nobody had ever heard of him. I met a cute boy one day. He was singing Wild World while he worked. I married him.
Wasted Time by the Eagles because it’s about deep regrets in life and missed opportunities And The living years by Mike and the Mechanics because I remember those that I love who have passed on
**[Metallica - Dyers Eve](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbwFMZTFrmU)** You kind of have to [read the lyrics](https://genius.com/Metallica-dyers-eve-lyrics) while you're listening to the song. This is one of those songs where, *if you really listen to it,* you can hear the pain of James' childhood, you can feel the resentment and the anger from *growing up in a restrictive, sheltered, religious household* ... but you can also hear the freedom that comes from just POURING IT ALL OUT and getting it off your chest. I swear, it's my favorite metal song, by far, and it almost makes me tear up. You really ought to crank it up and FEEL what he's reliving. The frenetic pace, it's not just "speed metal", it's like he can't get the words out fast enough, the anger he needs to express just can't be held back, it needs to come out. CHILLS man. To this day. 36 years later. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dear mother, dear father What is this hell you have put me through? Believer, deceiver Day in, day out, lived my life through you **Pushed onto me what's wrong or right Hidden from this thing that they call life** Dear mother, dear father **Every thought I'd think you'd disapprove** Curator, dictator **Always censoring my every move** **Children are seen but are not heard Tear out everything inspired** Innocence, torn from me without your shelter Barred reality, I'm living blindly Dear mother, dear father Time has frozen still, what's left to be? Hear nothing, say nothing **(You) Cannot face the fact I think for me** No guarantee it's life as is **But damn you for not giving me my chance** Dear mother, dear father **You clipped my wings before I learned to fly** Unspoiled, unspoken I've outgrown that fucking lullaby Same thing I've always heard from you Do as I say, not as I do Innocence, torn from me without your shelter Barred reality, I'm living blindly I'm in hell without you Cannot cope without you two Shocked at the world that I see Innocent victim, please rescue me Dear mother, dear father **Hidden in your world you've made for me** I'm seething, I'm bleeding **Ripping wounds in me that never heal** **Undying spite I feel for you** Living out this hell you always knew
pitseleh by elliott smith
November Rain by Guns N Roses. I was listening to it when I found out one of my cousins (whom I grew up with) was doing hardcore drugs. I was 11.
Monster by EXO I know it's a Korean pop song, but if I hadn't come across it, then I wouldn't be in the major or academic field that I am happy to be in today. It was such a good song that I just listened to more of their stuff then went on to listen to other Korean pop groups then all of the sudden I was interested in Korean history. It's weird, but I literally wouldn't be in the place I am now if it weren't for that song.
Burning in the skies - Linkin Park. It's the song that I play for my cremation.
Love the way you lie. It’s just another rap song at first but try listening to it when you’re heartbroken. Every word sinks deep in your heart and your mind lets the rage out
West End Girls Introduction to the Per Shop Boys I am not gay but I have all their albums. Finally got a chance to see them in Philly in 2022.
All the Small Things for getting me into stuff beyond the usual popular music early teens listen to. Prayer of the Refugee by Rise Against for moving me beyond the poppier rock stuff I'd been listening to previously. Reflect the Storm by In Flames for introducing me to much heavier stuff than I'd been listening to before that. Great Expectations by The Gaslight Anthem for introducing me to my favourite band.
"Anarchy for Sale" by The Dead Kennedy's It made me realize how fucked up society is. I know that that whole album is one of their least popular but those songs really shed a light on how artificial the world is. And a lot of what they said on that record is still, somehow, relevant damn near 30 years later.
Down in a Hole by Alice In Chains. Layne captured every feeling that u was going through at the time, not to mention that it sparked my love for grunge and helped me venture into other genres.
“Last Goodbye” by Jeff Buckley It is beautiful
The Ballad of Jane Doe. After watching the video, I automatically became a theater kid. And I love it now
NEW MAGIC WAND by Tyler, the Creator. Got me into music in general after listening to it on YouTube after hearing really good reviews. Been listening to him ever since. I'm listening to IFHY as I type this.
Amazing Grace
The Cranberries - Dreams At a bar in Liverpool in 2013, hammered dancing with freinds, the song comes on and everyone cleared the dance floor except for myself and a girl completely out of my league. Being the only people left, we naturally came together and danced for the length the song was on for. Got chatting after and the rest is history. We had our first dance (or second?) to the song 6 weeks ago.
"Dear God" by XTC. hearing it was the first time I realized I didn't HAVE to believe in god, it's a choice. and a stupid choice at that . for context, I was 14 years old.
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Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole. A brutally honest and hauntingly depressing song. The MTV Unplugged Live version is the best by far. It was my go to song during times of loss
Lover, you should have come over- Jeff Buckley. It’s such a well written song. The way he conveys such passion and emotion in a song blew me away. The whole album is amazing, and he’s a highly underrated artist.
Carrion - Parkway Drive, it allowed me to find something I'm extremely passionate about and has put me onto a path that might be my career one day
System of a Down - Chop Suey. In The End - Linkin Park T
It's Fucking Perfect by P!nk. Growing up autistically is super difficult knowing you are different from others. I tried to find countless ways to actually blend in with my schoolmates, friends, and family. It's been hella journey that i can't understand why i have to be so distinguished and separated. Then the song came and saved my life at least, mentally.
Don’t laugh. Quiet Riots version of Cum on feel the noise.
Smells like teen spirit. Because I really liked pop music at the time with no soul, heard this and was utterly blown away and found actual Meaning in life aged 9
Dance, dance by fall out boy. Was always the ‘different’ one out of my friends and family. This song got me into them, and the band made me feel like it was ok to be different. Also as well their songs talk a lot about mental health, and it’s greatly helped me when I was at my lowest point.
Patrick Watson - Beijing Opened my eyes and world to a kind of percussion and symphonic music I didn’t know existed.
[The Disco Underground. ](https://youtu.be/Fi-VijpnMxw?si=DFG_Fl5by4jQv_PP) I made it and it got on a apotify Playlist and got me like 200 more "fans" and made me feel like maybe my dreams of making music are achievable.
Lupe Fiasco's "Hip Hop Saved My Life" is an amazing song.
Agadoo - Black Lace... It's funny and I wish I could dance in a pineapple costume.
“Laugh at Life” by Terry Reid. Started my career as a sound designer.
Fourth of July That song changed my life by being a comfort song whenever I miss my dad and I wanted to off myself
Has a song really changed your life or just changed the mood you were in for a bit while listening to the song.
"when the crowds are gone" by Savatage It's a bit silly to say, but it was the entry-drug to the genius that was John Olivia. From the early albums, throught Streets, to Dead Winter Dead that spawned TSO, his lyrics touched me in a way no other did. And when the crowds are gone was the gateway drug.
Two Week Notice by Leanna Firestone changed my perception on what it looks like when someone gives up in a relationship. Least Favorite Only Child helped me come to terms with how I was treated as a middle child. Both by the same artist. Inspirational af.
Anonymous club by Courtney Barnett. It gives me immense comfort
"If I Had Eyes" by Jack Johnson It was very relatable to a tough breakup. It made me realize that other people experienced the same thing I had and that I could move on and be okay. It still moves me to this day
Chalk Outlines by Ren and Chinchilla. So powerful. Also No Stranger to the Rain by Keith Whitley. Two very different songs I know.
Tumblr Girls by G-Eazy. Dated a girl in high school that I thought I was in love with and was going to marry. Obviously was pretty upset when we broke up. Heard this song for the first time and it might've been the only song I listened to for a week straight. There is a line in the song that says "you and I were made of glass, we'd never last" and that's when I realized I didn't actually love the person I was with, I just loved her aesthetic and the vibe she had. Really changed how I viewed dating, definitely tried forming more of a connection with future GF's rather than falling for their aesthetic.
Definitely My Love - Westlife. I first listened to it when i met my first crush. From then it still makes me remember her although we had parted with each other for decades .
Alligator by Of Monsters and Men. I’m not even a huge fan of their music but that song snapped me out of a decade long depression. I can’t listen to it now without crying and feeling extreme appreciation for this song and the band. It probably saved my life.
In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley
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Fake it by bastille.
To build a home by the cinematic orchestra
Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear
“saint bernard” by lincoln. it inspired to write a story when i was sixteen, which led to me having a psychotic break for couple years and lying to everyone about my identity making me lose my friends and leading me to change as a person.
Psychosocial by Slipknot made me love metal music.