Posted on 08/01/2006 12:20:52 PM PDT by pissant
For whatever the reasons, some songs have an innate ability to alter ones mood from the moment the first chords are strummed (or blasted as the case may be).
Likely, they are tied to distant memories or romances, but it is the song istelf that holds sway. No matter how many times I've heard and enjoyed the Beatles' I Wanna Hold your Hand or the Stones' Honky Tonk Women, they do not set off a chemical reaction in my head to alter the landscape in front of me.
But other songs, especially if driving by yourself, with no distractions, can take you to another time and place and completely subdue all current thoughts and temperments and change your mood for the rest of the day.
So here are the top 7, as detemined by meticulous scientific research:
7. Time - Pink Floyd: Yes, all Floyd music has an ethereal quality to it, but Time is downright depressing. Brings back memories of listening to it when you were stoned or depressed. Can literally ruin your day.
6. Maggie May - Rod Stewart: Brings back those memories of being in love with a girl who decided to treat you like poop, but you just could not get over her.
5. La Grange - ZZ Top. No matter what the stress of the day, hearing this classic Top blare out from the radio makes you need to find the nearest biker or cowboy bar and tip back a few cold Buds....even if it's 9:00 AM.
4. Dust and Diesel - Bruce Cockburn. If this does not make you feel like you should be driving on a dirt road in the Australian outback or in rural Texas, nothing will.
3. The End - Doors. Along with Pink Floyd, no one can cause you to listen to depressing suicidal music like Jim Morrison. As much as you try, you cannot turn the station and subject yourself and your day to this psychosis.
2. Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues. Not sure how they came up with their name, but boy did these guys live up to it. Lilting melodies with haunting lyrics. Another downer of course. Turns a sunny summer day into a hazy mess.
1. Tnagled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan. has the same effect as Maggie May, just multiplied by a factor of 10. Lost love and the yearning to get it back. The good news is that it is a great song as well.
"Talkin bout mudflaps, my girls gottem..."
That bear saying is EXACTLY what my costumer friend said, and that's why I have a) the biggest hoop going, b) sleeves that touch the ground, and c) a flamingo corset!
"My first attempt at an Inagaddadivida remix hit 40 some odd (very odd) minutes and my ultimate goal is to get it up to 80'!. I'm easily amused."
Glutton for punishment sounds more like it! :-)
No matter how miserable I am, Everybody Plays the Fool(by Main Ingredient) makes me smile.
"Sweet Jane" (Rock and Roll Animal?)
Lou Reed by a mile.
"I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues" by Hoagy Carmichael.
"Those first few guitar cords (or whatever they're called) of Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd..."
Turn it up!
" The Pilgrim" Kris Kristofferson among my favorites
"September 15th" - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (A tribute to Bill Evans)
Simply the most beautiful composition ever. Then followed by "It's For You" from the same CD.
Mom and Dad live in Hollywood...
Hang myself when I get enough rope...
Just danced through my head when I read your post
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Hold Tight"
...and anything else by the Andrew Sisters!
Great album...The song "Heroin" always left me somber
"when I'm rushin' on my run and I feel like Jesus' son
and I guess, I just don't know...
and I guess I just don't know
7 off the top o' my head
Led Zeppelin- Going to California
Led Zeppelin- Immigrant song
Rush- Limelight
U2- If God would send His Angels
Jimi Hendrix- Cross Town Traffic
Jimi Hendrix- The Wind Cries Mary
Jimi Hendrix- Little Wing
Peter Gabriel- Solsbury Hill
Van Halen- Dirty Movies
Van Halen- Sinners Swing!
Genesis- Abacab
Jefferson Airplane- White Rabbit
Chris Cornell- Sunshower
Oh yes. That is a great workout tune.
Waylon and Willie, "If You Can Touch Her at All"
sigh...anyone have it?
U2's All I want is You
Light my Fire -Doors
LA Woman - Doors
Eight Miles High - Byrds
Feel a Whole Lot Better - Byrds
-Here it is on youtube -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxjEP_yWPjA&search=Feel%20a%20Whole%20Lot%20Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyuyRLw1bqM&search=Feel%20a%20Whole%20Lot%20Better
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