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What is the first song: 1: that you can remember, 2. that blew your mind?

Remember: Michael Jackson's Thriller (that is honestly the first song that i remember, i don't recall any music before 5 years of age)

Blew me away: Led Zeppelin Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
 
If it "blew my mind" I must have been high and therefor don't remember it.

The first record I remember having is "Puff and Toot" which was basically the story of the little engine that could. The first actual music record I remember was a 45 my dad bought, the song was an instrumental called "Raunchy". I don't know who the artist was.
 
The first song that gave me "chills" up the spine, was "Welcome to the Machine" from Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" album. I distinctly remember hearing it as a teenager at my friend's house. His father had what was probably an audiophile setup and had "very careful" permission to use it occasionally. My friend put on the vinyl album and said "you gotta hear this really wild song"...

And I'll never forget it. Those initial buzzes and clicks of "the machine" that gathered and built up, as if you were walking through some massive machine, getting closer and closer to the heart of it. Then the vocals started. "Welcome my son. Welcome to MACHINE! Where have you been? It's alright, we know where you've been..." ;)
The basic pulsing guitar track along with the cacophony of space age synthesizer sounds... a unique sound to Pink Floyd. And of course, "Wish You Were Here", the title track, was also quite amazing, along with "Shine On You Crazy Diamond." After that, I was hooked on Pink (and always will be).

The next feeling I had that came close was listening to Dark Side of the Moon. Classic, timeless, and mesmerizing rock music...
 
There have been many mind-blowing "firsts" for me. among them:

Rush: Cygnus X-1 (from "A Farewell to Kings")

Tchaikovsky: Telarc 1812 Overture

Tool: Flood (from "Aenima")

Bob Marley: Satisfy My Soul (from "Kaya")

Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven (from "Zeppelin IV")

Mahler: Symphony No. 9, Fourth Movement (Berlin Phil., von Karajan cond.)

Marilyn Manson: The Beautiful People (from "Antichrist Superstar")

Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (from "Nevermind")

Patti Smith: Privilege/Set Me Free (from "Easter")

Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin (from "Days of Future Passed")

The Cure: "Disintegration" (THIS ENTIRE ALBUM IS GREAT!!!)

Pink Floyd: "The Dark Side of the Moon" (AS ABOVE!!!)......this album will be on many lists!

Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor
 
I can't really pin down a song that I remember per se, but the one that absolutely blew me away to a life changing point was Rush "2112", pretty much the whole bleedin thing.

It was at that point where musically I grew out of top 40 bubble gum crap of my day and realized that real music was so much more than a 3 minute ditty song by people who depended more on marketing than talent.
 
As a boy I was pretty shocked by the strange sound of Eight Miles High by the Byrds.

Then I was stunned by Purple Haze.

Then stunned again by Good Times, Bad Times.

I was lucky having grown up when I did... Yeehaw!!!!! :yes:
 
My first post on AK!

First song that blew me away? Black Sabbath, Iron Man. My older brother had the 8 track when he came back from boot camp. As a young teenager I had never heard ANYTHING like THAT!
 
The very first song i remember would probabally be "Knights in White Satin", by the Moody Blues. My mom loves the Moody Blues, and used to play their records all the time when I was a little kid.
but it could also be "I can see for miles and miles", or "The kids are alright" by the Who. My dad loves the who, and he would also play their records when I was a kid.

(And the funny thing is, this is the late '80s we're talking about haha)

First song that blew my mind though? I'm not sure, but the first song that blew my mind when I started smoking pot was "5D (Fifth Dimension) by The Byrds. That song described exactly how I was feeling at the time, and that blew the **** outta my mind.
 
First Song I recall everyone was singing was at age 3-1/2: "She Loves You" - the Beatles
First Song to blow my mind (in high school) - a tie: "The Voice" from I Robot or "The Raven" from Tales of Mystery and Imagination both by The Alan Parsons Project.
I heard these two albums at a friend's house and had to go out and get the albums of this new "group" I discovered. Been a fan of Alan's ever since!
 
First song I can remember: Probably "Jesus loves me" First record was probably an old chubby checker hit.

First song that blew my mind: Pink Floyd's "Time" on DSOTM. As I recall it there was also some sloe gin involved. The next album that made that kind of impact on me was Boston's debut album.
 
The first one I remember is "The Teddybear's Picnic" on a 78, of course. I played that one to death, although I was careful to use sharp steel needles, I didn't have access to the audiophile's choice: bamboo needles.

The one that "really got to me" is a toss-up between Vaughn Monroe's "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and later, Gogie Grant's hit "The Wayward Wind."

Best Regards,
TerryO
 
I grew up in a very musical household. My Sister, who is 7 years older than me was always buying and playing 45's, and before I was school age, My Mom was always playing music while doing chores and singing along. It's hard to say what first song I remember, but Motown sure had an impact especially being a kid in and around Detroit in those days!
But, what really blew me away was "The Green Manalishi" by the original Fleetwood Mac. My musical tastes then took new directions away from comercialized/marketed pop as I seeked out music from "the other side"!
 
iLUVanalog said:
There have been many mind-blowing "firsts" for Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin (from "Days of Future Passed")
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Ah, how could I forget?? Amazing song. The orchestral accompaniments that the Moody Blues employed were gorgeous. What a great band that sort of faded out into obscurity, like so many of them eventually seem to do.

There's another one I forgot to mention... it wasn't the first song that blew my mind, but it also had quite an impact on me when heard on a quality musical system.
Emerson Lake & Palmer: From The Beginning
 
myu701 said:
Ah, how could I forget?? Amazing song. The orchestral accompaniments that the Moody Blues employed were gorgeous. What a great band that sort of faded out into obscurity, like so many of them eventually seem to do.

There's another one I forgot to mention... it wasn't the first song that blew my mind, but it also had quite an impact on me when heard on a quality musical system.
Emerson Lake & Palmer: From The Beginning
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The Moody Blues still tour, but I don't know how many original members are still in the band? :scratch2:

ELP's From the Beginning is an absolute gem. The keyboard solo is so sublime. :music:
 
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