The first piece of music that got to you?

[Steve983]

First song that really hit me? Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John was an early favourite when I was about 12 or 13. That was before I discovered Yes, Genesis, Rush & Pink Floyd of course!

 

[SeattleChris]

Mine was Eagles - The Last Resort. Was about 15 years old and first realized music could challenge you intellectually.

 

[Mac202]

Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones. It was the first song that grabbed me emotionally. I can remember where I was when I first heard it - in the kitchen, aged about 11.
Two years later, A whiter shade of pale by Procol Harum was a milestone for me.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones. It was the first song that grabbed me emotionally. I can remember where I was when I first heard it - in the kitchen, aged about 11.
Two years later, A whiter shade of pale by Procol Harum was a milestone for me.

I don't know whether it's true but an ex work colleague told me a tale about an interview with the lead singer of Procol Harum and he was asked what A Whiter Shade of Pale was about. Supposedly he replied "I don't know we were stoned half the time"

 

[Lizardman]

Megadeth - Into the Lungs of Hell

 

[pepperdelarge]

Having grown up listening to my Dads Glenn Miller albums hearing the Beatles Blue and Red albums were an eye opener. Songs like we can work it out really struck a chord with me,.

 

[daytona600]

Peter Andre Mysterious Girl or Can Tago Mago

 

[Wells]

So nearly a year ago friesiansam. posted a thread about emotional response to music. On a similar vein what was the first piece of music that you remember "hitting you in the feels"? as my daughter would say and why?

For me it was Mother from Pink Floyd's The Wall album.
It was 1981 the album had been out two years but up until that point all I'd heard was the 1979 single Another Brick in the Wall part 2.
As I said it was 1981, I was 11, Margaret Thatcher was the prime minister of the UK and across the pond Ronald Reagan was the President of the USA and the whole world thought he was mad enough to push the nuclear button, the opening line of Mother really got me "Mother do you think they will drop the bomb" I remember just turning round and looking at the speakers and thinking oh boy.

Of course there were loads of songs I liked growing up listening to my mum and dad's favourite artists, But that is the first one I remember actually getting to me

Mother still is one of my favourite songs.

So what was the first song that hit you?

(7 years) I’d heard plenty of music before, but that was the first time I actually stopped and listened instead of just hearing it.