'Impressive' songs
 

By 'impressive' I don't mean the best song ever made in the world etc. (there are already plenty of other such threads in this forum :D) This thread is more thought-provoking :)

Say, if you have to recommend your favourite artist to your friend (assuming he doesn't know about the artist), you normally make him listen to one or two songs by the artist, to create an impression about the artist in him.

Now, this song is very important in the sense that it creates a lasting impression in him: if he likes it, it creates a good impression & he will start liking the artist too (or even become a big fanatic of him). On the other hand, if the song is bad, he will despise the artist probably till the end of his life!

If you were to recommend an artist, what songs would you specifically choose for this purpose? Say, I would like to listen to 'The Cure', what song or two would you recommend me to first listen to? :)

Mention some your favourite artists and their 'impressive' songs - they don't necessarily have to be their biggest hits, but more of your personal opinion - and who knows, I may end up liking them as well! :)

Okay then Triton....

Curve - Coast Is Clear

I bet £1,000,000 you wouldn't like it.:D Despite the fact it's my favourite ever track.... By anyone....

OK then... I'm downloading it right now ;)

Any more suggestions? Anyone?

I just listened to it & I admit it's pretty good, but somehow not as awe-inspiring as I had expected.

But a very good song none the less, and I'll check them out soon :up:

Ok, I can mention one but will you ever bother to listen to it? I feel nobody in this forum will ever try to listen to my recommendations:(
Anyways, its Someday-Michael Learns to Rock(considering you are not into typical slow-pop songs)

@apola - Try again! Have you got any darkwave or dreampop?

@Triton - It's all personal taste (also depends on your circumstances at the time). Some songs are more than just music...

@Cylob - As long as the genres are the same, personal tastes don't really matter ;)

BTW, it's my turn to recommend one for you :) What genre?


@Apola - I've heard it, good but not awe-inspiring.

Lunachicks - Don't Want You

Kashmir - Surfing the Warm industry

Annie Lennox -- Bitter Pill (since thats what i just recommended to a friend a couple of mins ago)

Led Zeppelin - Black Dog

Pink Floyd - Sheep

Virgil Donati - Trencherman

Derek Sherinian - Astroglide

Eva Cassidy - Somewhere Over The Rainbow (best version probably ever recorded)

While I take some time to listen to the songs you've listed, here are a few of my impressive songs:

1. FGTH - Relax
2. Van Halen - Jump
3. Van Halen - Right Now (yes, both of them)
4. Alphaville - Forever Young

BTW, can anyone recommend me an impressive song by the artist 'Rage against the Machine'?

Autechre - Foil (from the Amber E.P)

Killing in the Name Of

Renegades of Funk. Not sure how "awe inspiring" it is, but I'm impressed by the song, especially the (although blatantly obvious) message it delivers, and the music it's delivered with.


Some songs that I find awe inspiring (warning, occasional instances of cheese :D ):

Chantal Kreviazuk ~ In The Life
Pink Floyd ~ Dogs
Synergy ~ Delta Four
LeAnn Rimes ~ Please Remember
L7 ~ Pretend We're Dead
Hole ~ Awful
Liz Phair ~ Flower :D
The Police ~ Voices Inside My Head
Poe ~ Haunted

Sandra - Maria magdalena

works out a whole lot better if your friend's an 80s freak

one song that I do enjoy is Faithless - Salva Mea

Been awhile. Enjoying the thread resurrections Triton?

Anyways, Virgos Merlot - The Cycle, is one song that I think would classify as very impressive.

Derek & The Dominoes - Layla

Interesting thread...
Alanis is a hard one to do. Her Jagged Little Pill album is different than her Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie one...

So, for her JLP one:
Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want

For SPIJ album:
Alanis Morissette - Your Congratulations


A band a lot of people here probably haven't heard (except those who've seen the TV crime series "Cold Case". The theme is called "Nara") of. All of their songs are named after ancient cities (Pompeii, Ebla, Isfahan, Tikal, et cetera... All very tribal stuff; drums, chanting. Makes you feel as if you're in a music session 2000 years ago (or with the song "Tikal", being chased through a jungle by headhunters).) E.S. Posthumus has some of their music used in movie trailers (Spider-Man (pretty sure), Planet of the Apes, I Robot).

E.S. Posthumus - Pompeii

Same prob as Alanis with this group. Their Fush Yu Mang album is way different than their Astro Lounge album. Can't say I really enjoy the former, but I love the Astro Lounge album.


Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth - Defeat You

Yanni. Yes, Yanni. He has a few good songs I like.
Yanni - Santorini

Juno Reactor (If you've seen the Matrix Trillogy, you've heard these guys.)
Juno Reactor - Masters of the Universe (either full size, or Eternal Basement Remix)
Juno Reactor vs Don Davis - Navras (9 minutes long. Credit-rolling song for The Matrix Revolutions)

The Union Underground. Another group you haven't heard of...
The Union Underground - Untill You Crack

Numeriklab. You haven't heard of them, either, unless you've at least watch an episode of "NCIS" on TV. They did the opening theme.
Numeriklab - Losing Faith

Eiffel 65 (You know 'em.. "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba dye da ba dee da ba dye...)
Eiffel 65 - Europop
For you gamers: Eiffel 65 - My Console

Fatboy Slim - Kalifornia

most impressive song I know

Eagles - the last resort

Three off the top of my head -

Mike Keneally - We'll Be Right Back
Frank Zappa - Inca Roads
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Meeting of the Spirits

you said earlier that you're into cure try listening the alubum wish in its entirety or standing on the beach you'd definitely be impressed with the sound lyrics and the way the tracks are arranged great band

Muse - New Born

"Open", the final track on:
http://stat.discogs.com/R/135743-001.jpg

Strangely, it conjures up images of Berlin (1945). I think "harrowing" is the word.

THAT SONG ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolute HOWLING, SCREAMING, ANGRY guitar work that is unrelenting throughout the course of the song.

Kosheen - Hungry
Leftfield - Song Of Life (listen to the original before listening to ANY of the remixes)
Ott - Joyful Wonder (although "Splitting An Atom" would be time well spent also)

Old New Order Songs from Substance are quite remarkable considering that its made way back in the 80s

I'd say the most impressive song of all time is Imagine by John Lennon. His message of global unity is timeless.

Oh yes. :) A sexy voice gliding on a wall of feedback. What impresses me most is the originality, to this day those first few EP's are still a unique sound.

I'm expecting (another) kid soon, the first track it'll hear is Blue Monday. Start as you mean to go on.......

Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov...733094e5ln.jpg

This album (as a whole) blazes a trail across the sky. The killer has to be "Souvlaki Space Station", 6 mins of rolling guitars and subtle washes of noise. :p

Well, I can't make up my mind. I'll just put my fav song in the 2004.

The Walkmen - The Rat (the intro + the drumming + the drumming in the intro)

Morrissey - Suedehead :)

Dream Theater - Fatal Tragedy
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Terrible Canyons of Static (specifically the part named "World Police and Friendly Fire", which starts maybe halfway through the track)
Björk - Cvalda

knockin' on heaven's door (e clapton)
cloudy day, cherry, cajun moon, ... (jj cale HIMSELF)
dream gerard, feelin' good, hidden treasure (traffic)
the rhythm of the heat, biko (p gabriel)
carpet crawlers, dancing with the moonlit knight (genesis)
libertango (a piazzola)
como la cigarra (m sosa)
heavy horses (jethro tull)
old man (n young)
anything at all (d crosby)
cut my hair, drowned (the who)
homburg (procol harum)
"meddle" (pink floyd)
going to california (led zeppelin)
l.a. woman (the doors)
let it be (the beatles)
50 ways to leave your lover, ...(p simon HIMSELF)
...
...

meddle ftw.

Elliott Smith - Coast to Coast

Louis Armstrong - Black and Blue

Metallica - Fade to Black