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n3ptne
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Location: Poh*A*ng City
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Rue the day I take over the world because I'm shooting everybody who feels they are defined by a song.
Damn simpletons. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| I cannot make a top 10 I'm afraid because it's too difficult. I can however choose just ONE. That song is Iron Maiden's 'Strange World' from their 1980 eponymous debut album. I cannot say it's my FAVORITE song exactly, but I can say it's the only song that defines me. If you wanna know what makes SPIN tick, in every possible way, listen to this song. The lyrics, the music, the sound effects, the melody.....everything. It's all in there. |
Hm! I never expected anyone to choose that song. I remember when I first got that album on tape I would listen to that very song repeatedly imagining that if I listened to it just right I would be able to directly tap into whatever it was that came over me whenever I heard it. That thing that disappears as soon as you realize what's happening to you, if you know what I mean.
In the same way I'm not sure whether I could call it my favourite, but that's probably because once I do that it feels like the song itself would lose something so I dare not do that. |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 10:36 am Post subject: ... |
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Rue the day I take over the world because I'm shooting everybody who feels they are defined by a song.
Damn simpletons. |
Not a song. 10 songs. 
VanIslander,
Sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. Do come back and post whoever you want. That was only intended as a poke. Who am I to attack what defines you?
My bad.
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:59 am Post subject: |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| SPINOZA wrote: |
| I cannot make a top 10 I'm afraid because it's too difficult. I can however choose just ONE. That song is Iron Maiden's 'Strange World' from their 1980 eponymous debut album. I cannot say it's my FAVORITE song exactly, but I can say it's the only song that defines me. If you wanna know what makes SPIN tick, in every possible way, listen to this song. The lyrics, the music, the sound effects, the melody.....everything. It's all in there. |
Hm! I never expected anyone to choose that song. I remember when I first got that album on tape I would listen to that very song repeatedly imagining that if I listened to it just right I would be able to directly tap into whatever it was that came over me whenever I heard it. That thing that disappears as soon as you realize what's happening to you, if you know what I mean.
In the same way I'm not sure whether I could call it my favourite, but that's probably because once I do that it feels like the song itself would lose something so I dare not do that. |
You know what? Transylvania has to be heard first; makes it just that much better. Hearing it again I just remembered that. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Rue the day I take over the world because I'm shooting everybody who feels they are defined by a song.
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A-ha! Prince's I would die 4 U is your song, isn't it, 13375p34k�? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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These five came quickly to me, and are definitive in lyrics or sound or emotion or just overall strikes a central chord in me.
10. When Doves Cry, Prince
9. Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday
8. I Want You, Elvis Costello
7. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Elton John
6. Have you ever been in love, Celine Dion
But the most definitive songs I'd say are those that work on every level:
5. Summertime, Diana Ross
4. If you love somebody, set them free, Sting
3. Life uncommon, Jewel
2. Dear Jesse, Madonna
1. What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
Yet the most definitive music for me aren't "songs" per se: from classical music and jazz. |
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