We each have a list of songs that for one reason or another stay in our heads. They can inspire us, understand us, or simply say what we never can. Whatever the reasons...share a few and if you're bold enough the reason why. Keep it on a SONG level...no favourite albums or bands...we've had those talks before.
I think you can learn a lot about a person by what songs they hold close. Plus at the very least you may expose people to songs they never would have listened to or glossed over.
I'll kick it off...
Guns N' Roses - "Sympathy For The Devil" - Everyone heard it at the end of Interview With The Vampire and I gotta admit...I hated it. I just didn't think it was all that great...years later though I started to grow on me. Now it's one of those songs I have to listen to at stressful times or when I need to clear my head. It has such a fun energy to it and as much as some may see this as heresy...it surpasses the original Rolling Stones version...the lyrics pack more of a punch and the imagery created with the arrangement and vocals push it to a level the original creators never hit. The song always puts me in the frame of mind I want to be.
Tin Machine - "Tin Machine" - This David Bowie side project was one of his biggest gambles. He did old skool rock n roll at a time when NO ONE was doing it. Listening to the song (and album really) now does not have the same effect though I'd dare you to say it does not sound fresh and alive. The song always managed to keep my pulse up and pull me from what ever self created misery I tortured myself with. It's like an injection straight to the core of who I am and waking me up...a bit like taking massive amounts of sugar with ones expresso shots.
David Bowie - "Shapes of Things" - Anytime this pops up on my playlist I find myself daydreaming. It has a really good way of making me tackle a creative problem from a new angle...so it makes my playlist pretty regularly. Added to this is the fact it's jsut a fun song to listen too. It has such life and energy to it you can't really feel down, tired, or fatigued when you hear it...a perfect song for those after midnight work sessions that seem to drag on into forever.
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