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Eazy_EHonda t1_iy58q38 wrote

There's something about the emotions and vulnerability in Lou Reed's "Coney Island Baby" that makes the song just as amazing and powerful to me as the first time I listened to it.

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minor_thing2022 t1_iy58ysm wrote

The entirety of the album John Frusciante - The Empryean

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hellomondays t1_iy59yoc wrote

Arvo Part's Fur Alina stills sounds like something new to me. Like I finally understood those friars and priest who lock themselves away for years to obsess over a few pages of holy texts. There's something very deep and mysterious about that piece, it leaves you feeling curious. It's also one of the most difficult piano pieces you can learn because of that. here's a good video of the score lined up with someone performing to that might explain what I mean.

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PinealFever t1_iy5c1ow wrote

Hope She'll Be Happier- Bill Withers

So beautiful, sad, profound, confessional, vulnerable, noble.

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Zeera1 t1_iy5chi9 wrote

Definitely I’m On Standby by Grandaddy, it was what really got me into music in the first place

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Sebbwen t1_iy5cr9s wrote

Eels - Things the grandchildren should know

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BrandonJamal t1_iy5eo4n wrote

I Will Always Love You -Whitney's version

...changed what we knew was possible musically ...Made atheists believe in the Devine ...single greatest piece of recorded music

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Busy-Historian3390 t1_iy5hpbm wrote

It wasn't exactly heavenly, but it's definitely the most transcendent musical experience I've ever had. I left some music playing over night and at some point "Heroin" by The Velvet Underground came up. I woke up at like 3 am in the middle of the climax of the song. It absolutely terrified and amazed me and I thought my computer might've either been broken or haunted. I spent 10 minutes the next day trying to figure out what I had just heard.

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Ok_Plate_7187 t1_iy5lw7t wrote

Mother Mother - It’s Alright

Someone who loves me like family sent this song when I needed it most

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Alrighty_Jay t1_iy5o8ng wrote

I can’t say if it changed my life, but it definitely affected me a lot and ironically in a good way.

Down in a hole - Alice In Chains.

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meaty_wheelchair t1_iy5pxyw wrote

Morbid Angel - Immortal Rites.

12 year ish old me had never heard anything remotely like it before. Wasn't really into it on the first time, but it like a fucking cargo train with the wall of sound, and I had no idea what the fuck was going on. A lot more extreme than the meager melodic ""death metal"" I had been listening to.

Took me a couple re-listens to figure out what the various instruments were doing, and it took some time to grow on me. Was the first death metal song I had ever listened to, and also got me into listening to the rest of Morbid Angel's discography, as well as other old schooll death metal.

Then I started going down the rabbit hole.

Been listening to metal since I was 11. I'm 17 now and do not plan on stopping.

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Roguewave1 t1_iy5tsxy wrote

4th Movement of Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, “Pathétique”

Not a song, but…

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OrbitDVD t1_iy5ua02 wrote

Rush “Freewill” was definitely a life changer for me.

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beebs44 t1_iy5vdzi wrote

Belly - Human Child

https://youtu.be/5m9u4rp4afQ

We let ourselves be owned by things long gone

Old photographs, old songs Wrap us in ghosts

Oh human child Your face to the wind, your back to the sun

Oh human child You're digging up bones and miss all the fun

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hellomondays t1_iy5vmi8 wrote

Replying to linearised (#745,735)

She really gets it! The precision with how Every. Single. Note. Commands so much space. My piano teacher in college told me thats how to make sense of Part's works, it's really exhausting to play!

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Large-Candidate-3174 t1_iy5wzw5 wrote

The ENTIRE Blizzard Of Ozz album ( Ozzy Osbourne ) Randy Rhoads guitar playing changed my life in such a incredible way

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iwannashufflescode t1_iy5xuwp wrote

Probably Never Land (full length version) by The Sisters or Mercy. That whole song made me feel as if something had been completed in me. It still gives me that feeling every time I listen to it.

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pv505 t1_iy5y1cb wrote

Principle of joy - thom

First that comes to mind. The lyrics resonated with me at the time.

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flintriverfunk t1_iy60qvt wrote

Airbag by Radiohead. The opening song to an entire album that changed my musical life!

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KolhiiHead69 t1_iy62d93 wrote

Sometimes by My Bloody Valentine. Not only do I have a personal connection to that song, but it also opened the floodgates to listen to music that was unfamiliar and strange at first.

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Hardrock_Fan_1007 t1_iy62e51 wrote

Thunderstruck- AC/DC

This made me turn into a diehard fan of them and I have listen to all of their songs and albums and there is something about there music when I'm in a dark place that helps me and get though it.

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megalodon777hs t1_iy62z6x wrote

three days by janes addiction was big for me. it was the song that got me to appreciate the power of music, outside of the lyrics, and that music could be an epic experience. getting to see it live with eric avery on bass was worth the wait

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onelittleworld t1_iy644qp wrote

"You Are" by Built to Spill.

The entirety of the lyric is this: "Everybody knows that you are." That's the message.

Whatever it is that you are... everybody knows it. You're not fooling anyone. It's a waste of energy and time to deny it. So just be you. It's literally all you can do. And must do.

And just as that simple realization hits you, the song explodes into a revelatory, soul-enriching instrumental that takes you... there. Where you need to be.

Give it a try.

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ToPimpAYeezy t1_iy67g03 wrote

Sagaba by Blue Scholars. Such a simple but vividly painted story woven with these questions of the human condition and existentialism. The music itself is pretty simple but it perfectly complements the lyrics.

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Ooh-Rah t1_iy6cppy wrote

Pretty much anything by Kate Bush. Her voice is angelic to me.

Beethoven's 9th Symphony—Ode To Joy

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atdaysend1986 t1_iy6exml wrote

The band: The Snake The Cross and The Crown the song: Cakewalk. I’ve never ran into a song that encapsulates exactly what I want to do with my life more than this song.

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DEANGELoBAILEY69 t1_iy6f26b wrote

Since I’ve been loving you - Led Zeppelin The guitar solos are absolutely face melting.

I discovered a band called The Sadies on cbc radio when I was a teenager and I’m still obsessed with them. My favourite at the time was Oak Ridges and Tell her what I said.

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BiDonkey t1_iy6p1ke wrote

Picking Up Hands by Quadeca

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dbkeeper t1_iy6ubn4 wrote

Delerium "Window To Your Soul" on Spotify or "Koran" on YouTube.

Yes "Awaken"

Genesis "Supper's Ready" (Seconds Out version)

Burger/Ink "The Jealous Guy From Memphis"

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DJMoneybeats t1_iy75ckb wrote

The original recording of Clair De Lune from 1913 actually played by the composer Claude Debussy might be the most beautiful piece of music ever written.

Water Get No Enemy-Fela Kuti. I think the first 1:20 is the purest musical expression of joy I've ever heard.

Have You Ever Been ( to Electric Ladyland?)-Jimi Hendrix. It's so short but so amazing. I hear something new every time I hear it.

Computer Love-Kraftwerk. This song proved early on that electronic music can have feeling even if the band looks like robots.

Sometimes-My Bloody Valentine. Saw this in a previous comment. Couldn't agree more. It's like being engulfed in a warm blanket of sound.

Not Great Men and At Home He's A Tourist-Gang of Four. This band was life changing for me. These 2 songs epitomize their raw, primitive power.

Jesus Children of America-Stevie Wonder. This song literally saved my life. Not because it's about Jesus, but because it sounds like heaven!

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Background_Exit1629 t1_iy78gmb wrote

Move on up by Curtis mayfield. It’s been my battle cry every time I’ve been stuck in life.

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Mandrakey t1_iy7a6eu wrote

10,000 days by Tool, hits me really hard no matter how many times I've heard it, although I would say Descending by Tool is overall the most profound song I've ever heard.

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wowowaoa t1_iy8ewxz wrote

Aphex Twin - #3 (Rhubarb)

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b_lett t1_iy95dmq wrote

Nobuo Uematsu - To Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X Theme)

I've always listened to music of all genres and styles, but to be honest, it's video game music that really pushed my interest to explore music further. Hearing this song for the first time as the opening credits rolled was already an emotional roller coaster, but it inspired me to try and pick up and learn piano. Maybe that helped spark a lot for me, but here I am now, with a collegiate music degree, been producing music for over a decade. I feel like this might be the most literal 'life-changing' song for me.

At an earlier age, I'd say the Donkey Kong Country 1 + 2 soundtracks also hit me really hard. David Wise somehow made a game about a monkey in a necktie one crazy emotional adventure. Aquatic Ambience and Stickerbush Symphony being obvious standouts.

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