Give some famous (or boring or overplayed) songs a fantastic context in which you liked them in some new way.

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I ask this because on a Jon Carter Breezeblock mix I downloaded he was playing Inner City Good Life (a basement jaxx remix I think). It's a song I really like and it's got those big synths kind of washing in and out. And then towards the end of it he fucks around with the sounds and all you hear is kind of static and a slow beat. Then this voice starts kind of wailing through the static and it gets clearer and it's like cheering "woooooooooooohooooooooo", it sounds like some kind of spectral cowboy or something. And then as all this is going on it segues into a kind of gentle guitar strumming, and then it goes "wooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooo" again and that main riff from George Harrison's My Sweet Lord comes in. It seems like the most poignant and perfect tribute to the man. I don't even like the Beatles, I own no Beatles material, I own no George Harrison material but this moment is one of the greatest things I've heard this year. (it's recorded from last year, the week GH died I think).

So what experiences like this have you had?

― Ronan, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Also music making you think about death in general and its effects on the work itself, I don't know if songs which are actually specifically about death would ever do this to me as much as the above.

― Ronan, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

cher. believe. shipley train station. coming out of an aerobics class across a deserted car park. didn't like the song. sounded wonderfully odd and affecting like this. cannot work outside of this context for me. before or after.

― gareth, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ALcazar - Crying at the discotech ,.. live at New Look clothes shop waiting for my girlfreind to try on some cheap garments.. a perfect saturday shopping pop music song..

― jk, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

driving from Minneapolis to the west coast in a van w/two friends, going through the Montana mountains in the middle of summer, sundown happening behind the mountains in our view, the Doors' LA Woman playing full blast. absolutely perfect. I've felt a lot more kindly toward that band ever since

― M Matos, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Gary Jules' piano-led rendition of "Mad Mad World" at the end of Donnie Darko nearly did me in.

For that matter, the use of "Head Over Heels" during an earlier sequence in the film was also pretty exceptional...

― Mark, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Blue Velvet in Blue Velvet, or pretty much any of those old songs in David Lynch movies. They suddenly go from the pleasent old- time sound to a creepy sound.

― A Nairn, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I guess since the talk has moved on to films, I can sum my feelings up in two words:

"Layla". Goodfellas.

― Nate Patrin, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I've got CRAP on the left, SHIT on the right, here I am right in the middle of a stinking pile of Tarantino POOP. hahah

― nathalie, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The best example from my experiences involves that hopelessly cheesy Yes classic "Your Move". I've never really liked the band, or most prog-rock for that matter, and would flip stations if any song of theirs with the possible exception of "Roundabout" came on the radio. But there's a scene in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous that rescued "Your Move" for me. Those who saw the movie will remember its placement in the scene where William meets Stillwater and manages to charm them enough so they invite him backstage. ("Hey man, I'm incindiery, too!") Cameron Crowe usually makes great movies, but in addition has a great gift (i.e. Scorcese) for making musical cues that enhance the song and the scene.

As for "Your Move", I'm calling it that cause I still don't really like the "I've Seen All Good People..." part, but now absolutely adore the middle part. And I think I can trace that back to Almost Famous.

"Send that instant karma to me..."

― Ryan, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That Scene in Resivor Dogs has changed the context of "Stuck In The Middle With You" forever.

― brg30, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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