Post a tune that made you stop breathing the first time you heard it

[merello]

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnpyCEUESEw[/media]

[b] The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines[/b]

[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]by Joni Mitchell [/size][/font][/color][url="http://jonimitchell.com/music/printsong.cfm?id=TheDryCleanerFromDesMoines"][/url]

[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I'm down to a roll of dimes[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I'm stalking the slot that's hot[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I keep hearing bells all around me[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Jingling in the lucky jackpots[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]They keep you tantalized[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]They keep you reaching for your wallet[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Here in fools' paradise[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I talked to a cat from Des Moines[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]He said he ran a cleaning plant[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]That cat was clanking with coin[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Well he must have had a genie in a lamp[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]'cause every time I dropped a dime I blew it[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]He kept ringing bells[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Nothing to it![/size][/font][/color]

[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]He got three oranges[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Three lemons[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Three cherries[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Three plums[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I'm losing my taste for fruit[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Watching the dry cleaner do it[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Like Midas in a polyester suit[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]It's all luck![/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]It's just luck![/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]You get a little lucky and you make a little money![/size][/font][/color]

[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I followed him down the strip[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]He picked out a booth at Circus Circus[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]where the cowgirls fill the room[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]With their big balloons[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]The cleaner was pitching with purpose![/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]He had Dinos and Pooh Bears[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]And lions pink and blue there[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]He couldn't lose there![/size][/font][/color]

[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Des Moines was stacking the chips[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Raking off the tables[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Ringing the bandit's bells[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]This is a story that's a drag to tell[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3](In some ways)[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Since I lost every dime[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I laid on the line[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]But the cleaner from Des Moines[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Could put a coin[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]In the door of a John[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]And get twenty for one[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]It's just luck![/size][/font][/color]

Edited July 16, 2015 by merello

[Raymondo]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5xMBflnJqY[/media]

I remember being absolutely mesmerised by this when I first saw it on Top of the Pops....many,many moons ago.

Edited July 16, 2015 by Raymondo

[discreet]

http://youtu.be/PwXai-sgM-s

[kendall]

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsmcDLDw9iw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsmcDLDw9iw[/url]


Iron Maiden - The Number of The Beast.

This did it for me. I was about 10 years old and when I saw it, my mind was made up. Grow hair, get a guitar and be like Steve Harris. I did grow my hair, I did get a bass. I have never been like Steve Harris.

Bruce's scream at the start of the song, those guitar solos and the imagery still work for me.....scared my parents at the time as Iron Maiden posters started appearing in my bedroom. Happy days.

Edited July 16, 2015 by kendall

[Dad3353]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hziG-cLZW1Y[/media]

... amongst many others. Not just first listen, either; the magic still operates, all these decades later.

[i]The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long[/i]
[i]The winter looked the same, as if it never had gone[/i]
[i]And through an open window where no curtain hung[/i]
[i]I saw you, I saw you, comin' back to me[/i]

[i]One begins to read between the pages of a look[/i]
[i]The shape of sleepy music, and suddenly you're hooked[/i]
[i]Through the rain upon the trees, that kisses on the run[/i]
[i]I saw you, I saw you, comin' back to me[/i]

[i]You can't stay and live my way[/i]
[i]Scatter my love like leaves in the wind[/i]
[i]You always say you want to go away[/i]
[i]But I know what it always has been, it always has been[/i]

[i]A transparent dream beneath an occasional sigh[/i]
[i]Most of the time I just let it go by[/i]
[i]Now I wish it hadn't begun[/i]
[i]I saw you, yes I saw you, comin' back to me[/i]

[i]Strolling the hills overlooking the shore[/i]
[i]I realize I've been here before[/i]
[i]The shadow in the mist could have been anyone[/i]
[i]I saw you, I saw you, comin' back to me[/i]

[i]Small things like reasons are put in a jar[/i]
[i]Whatever happened to wishes wished on a star?[/i]
[i]Was it just something that I made up for fun?[/i]
[i]I saw you, I saw you, comin' back to me[/i]

Edited July 16, 2015 by Dad3353

[Graham]

I'd never experienced a song literally taking my breath away before, but that's what happened the first time I heard this

This Will Destroy You - A Three Legged Workhorse: http://youtu.be/0BSHAXpNey0

[FinnDave]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1437042582' post='2822998']
[media]http://youtu.be/PwXai-sgM-s[/media]
[/quote]

Mr Discreet, as always a chap of impeccible taste, mainly for avoiding the temptation of posting 'Constipation Blues'!

I can still remember how I felt the first time I heard The Great Society's (later Jefferson Airplane's) White Rabbit, and it still goes down a storm when my current band plays it. Immodestly, I therefore offer The Wirebirds and the amazing Jenny Haan's version: [url="https://thewirebirdswithjennyhaan.bandcamp.com/track/white-rabbit"]https://thewirebirds...ck/white-rabbit[/url]

Edited July 16, 2015 by FinnDave

[timmo]

Probably something like The Wombles when i was about 3

[Dad3353]

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1437045287' post='2823048']...
I can still remember how I felt the first time I heard The Great Society's (later Jefferson Airplane's) White Rabbit, and it still goes down a storm when my current band plays it. Immodestly, I therefore offer The Wirebirds and the amazing Jenny Haan's version: [url="https://thewirebirdswithjennyhaan.bandcamp.com/track/white-rabbit"]https://thewirebirds...ck/white-rabbit[/url]
[/quote]

Yes, indeed; the magic still operates. Thanks for posting; great job.

[Highfox]

Not sure about stopped breathing, but the hairs on the back of the neck stood up and still get the vibe when I'm out anywhere and hear it.
Pretty Vacant! 15 and at the youth disco..

[FinnDave]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1437045774' post='2823057']
Yes, indeed; the magic still operates. Thanks for posting; great job.
[/quote]

Thank you, the studio version is rather tame compared to playing it live, at one recent gig the audience insisted on hearing it 4 times!

[Rich]

Still does.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjUkjpJa6bY[/media]

[Rich]

Makes me cry. I have no idea why, but it does. Every time.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhnMd1Jl7SA[/media]

[Skol303]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7K72X4eo_s[/size][/font]

[Dad3353]

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1437048164' post='2823105']
Thank you, the studio version is rather tame compared to playing it live, at one recent gig the audience insisted on hearing it 4 times!
[/quote]

I'll have to see if my lot would have a go at it. Our PA is quite minimalist, though; our singster sings 'dry', so I don't know how we'd be able to create, live, those excellent delays without having an engi on the desk.
We're, apparently, roughly the same generation, it would seem, with some similar influences. This could explain my keen interest in your Casady bass, still, surprisingly, available in the 'Basses For Sale' section. I doubt that such a fine instrument would still be there in October, it's bound to find acquirer before then, but I can hope, can't I..?

Edited July 16, 2015 by Dad3353

[FinnDave]

Unfortunately in this case our hopes are not exactly compatable! Just listening through some recent gig recordings for a good version of 'Rabbit', last gig had a couple stood by the recorder for that one song! If you enjoyed hearing Jen sing Rabbit then you might also like our 'Move Over' https://thewirebirdswithjennyhaan.bandcamp.com/track/move-over We usually hold this one back for the final encore as Jen can barely talk or stand after it, she puts [i]everything [/i]into it.

[ead]

Not a song, but a moment in a song. And more hair on back of neck than asphyxiation...but in Firth of Fifth by Genesis there is a moment about a third of the way through when Steve Hackett comes in with the main guitar solo...just wonderful (ymmv, imho and other caveats apply).

[DorsetBlue]

I still sometimes have to skip past this one, when I listen to ABIII:

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn1RwwcfqJ4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn1RwwcfqJ4[/url]

[FinnDave]

Reading this thread made me [url="http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2K-fx3uoeo"]seek this out again[/url]. Still makes my heart race and the hairs on the back of the neck stand up, especially the section starting 08.50 and the two guitar solos (Steve Hillage) at 12.10 and 13.08. Loud, through headphones, for best results

[Dad3353]

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1437052773' post='2823175']
Reading this thread made me [url="http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2K-fx3uoeo"]seek this out again[/url]. Still makes my heart race and the hairs on the back of the neck stand up, especially the section starting 08.50 and the two guitar solos (Steve Hillage) at 12.10 and 13.08. Loud, through headphones, for best results
[/quote]

Duff link, I'm afraid...

[FinnDave]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1437053975' post='2823201']
Duff link, I'm afraid...
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OOps, let me try again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2K-fx3uoeo

[Dad3353]

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Yowzah..!

[Bilbo]

Ravel's Bolero. Age 10 in a school music lesson. The teacher played a film of the piece being performed as a means of introducing us to the various instruments of the orchestra. I can still picture the room I was in whilst we were watching the film. I knew then I wanted to be a musician.

The lovely thing was that I ran home to tell Mum what I had seen/heard and she rifled around in her (tiny) record collection and found a copy of Bolero. I was elated!!

[FinnDave]

This also takes my breath away, especially as the first time I heard it was being played live, and I was in a somewhat altered state of mind. Some wonderful bass playing in here too: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWak6bfPS_U"]https://www.youtube....h?v=zWak6bfPS_U[/url]

My second wife couldn't bear to be in the house when I listened to it, she said it was the music of the madhouse, it really disturbed her to hear it.

Edited July 16, 2015 by FinnDave

[FinnDave]

One track leads to another, for a long time I had this one track on permanent play in my car. Certainly held my attention for a very long time, and still does it for me.
More rather good bass playing, I reckon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiIJhzkVwio