Everyone has those songs that completely changed how they think about everything. I personally have a huge array of songs that all mean something different to me, and have influenced not only my taste in music, but the music that I make.
As terrible as it is to admit this, when it came out when I was 10 or 11, Eiffel 65’s “Blue” helped me not only figure out that I enjoyed electronic/dance music, and there’s no shame in admitting that I still listen to the song.
It wasn’t until about 6 years later, though, that I really got into EDM. And that defining moment is best marked by Cosmic Gate’s “Exploration of Space.”
I know you guys have songs that changed your perception of music… let’s see 'em!
How about the first time you heard the lyric “The Brothers’ Gonna Work It Out…” or "Everything Everything Everything Everything… "
To far back for ya’ll maybe
the one tune that converted me to the side of love & light was "Dark & Long - Dark Train " by Underworld. My first tentative steps into the underworld back in the day. Or “Earth - Gaia” by the Orb.
without a doubt this tune did it for me. I was about 13/14 years old and straight up into hip hop, NWA, Puplic Enemy etc then heard this after trying smoking loads…
Massive
A year or two later I remember this completely blew my mind
I was a Senior in High School when I picked up Renaissance 2- The mix collection randomly off the shelf at a music store I worked at. I had gotten into prodigy and the chemical brothers a little before that but this album pretty much changed my life.
Moved off to college the next year 96’ and got to spend more than a few nights and mornings with Sasha and John Digweed at my favorite club of all time- “Simon’s” in Gainesville Florida.
This song makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up every time I hear it.
I was (and still am) a huge Radiohead fan, so the likes of the album Kid A were my first introduction to a more electronic sound…
Then I ran into Slam by Pendulum in my final year of high school, ended up getting Hold Your Colour and have been hooked on Drum ‘N’ Bass since, pity about Pendulum’s more recent work though.
