Songs That Changed Your Life

[Shane Standlea]

I know it's cliche, but I'm sure many people can relate to the topic. And if there was already a thread about this, shoot me.

"Sweetness" by Jimmy Eat World is what essentially made me get into music.

"I'll Catch You" by The Get Up Kids moves me everytime I hear it.


What about you?

[PaperLantern]

I don't have anything on topic to say, but Colin Mochrie is AWESOME.

[Formatfun]

I don't think I've ever really had a song that changed my life, but lots of albums. The Format, Fall Out Boy, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Dresden Dolls, and of Montreal have changed my life.

[mwY10]

Idioteque by Radiohead. i saw them play it on snl when i was like 11 or 12. i had no idea music like that existed. changed my life for sure.

[katiebaima]

"don't forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life..." how soon is now - the smiths, coincidentally.

[cinderandsmoke]

"Flying At Tree Level" by Brand New

[Charles777]

Taking Back Sunday - MakeDamnSure

It was the song that got me into them.

[:-)]

Idioteque by Radiohead. i saw them play it on snl when i was like 11 or 12. i had no idea music like that existed. changed my life for sure.
I just looked up that video you mentioned.
Incredible. I don't blame you.

[DylanCa]

John Mayer's Gravity gets me every time.

[partisanpunk]

mcrad - weakness gets me pumped up all the time.

[zion the lion]

Smells Like Teen Spirit, I heard it as a wee little lass, and it got me in to music.

Also, Black Hole Sun...for the same reason as the first song.

[loudpunkguitar]

artist in the ambulance by thrice encouraged me a lot through a rough patch of life

[sleepyseanzzz]

all my best friends are metalheads - less than jake (digimon the movie soundtrack, yeah i know im embarrassed too)
superman - goldfinger (on the tony hawks pro skater demo i got from pizza hut for playstation)
fat lip - sum 41 (on the mx 2002 ft. ricky carmichael soundtrack for ps2)
basket case - green day (summer camp)
all the small things - blink 182 (now 4)

never knew of these bands but heard the songs and collectively they changed my life and got me into music

[k1guitar]

Idioteque by Radiohead. i saw them play it on snl when i was like 11 or 12. i had no idea music like that existed. changed my life for sure.

absolutely. heard this song about a year ago and easily ranks in my top ten.
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but the song that CHANGED my life is easily The Artist In the Ambulance by Thrice. The second verse is my versions of the ten commandments.

[pleasedontpanic]

Better Off Dead by New Found Glory

That song singlehandedly got me into music.

[bstthngunvrhd7]

Taking Back Sunday - MakeDamnSure

It was the song that got me into them.


Agreed--I had heard of them before and had listened to a few of their cds, but nothing really 'clicked' (if that makes any sense) with them for me until I heard 'MakeDamnSure'--the song just rocks and says some of the things I would really like to say to a few people...oh and it's one of my favorite songs to karaoke too as well.

[bstthngunvrhd7]

Hmm..off the top of my head.....

'Save Yourself'-Sense Field

'Mixtape'-Butch Walker

'Just a Girl'-No Doubt

[iheartmusic043]

The Mixed Tape by Jack's Mannnequin. Such an amazing song.

[CalRahhh]

None that really changed my life, but a few albums have definitely had a huge impact on me, two of those being The Cure's Disintegration and Converge's Jane Doe.

[jessieee123]

konstantine by something corporate

such a great song.

[Smeee]

To Whom It May Concern - Underoath

Dare You To Move - Switchfoot

[onepartloss]

I have to credit songs from early in the Beatles catalog as changing my life as they were the first band I can remember falling in love with. My Dad used to play them for me constantly when I was young.

Later an introduction to The Get Up Kids, Death Cab, Thursday, From Autumn to Ashes, and Poison the Well got me into emo/indie and metalcore/hardcore which definitely changed my life as it would lead to me jumping in a van and touring.

[cuzimlefthanded]

"Ex-Miss" by NFG
"Going Away To College" by Blink
"First Date" by Blink
"Sincerely Me" by NFG

All these songs were on a mix CD a buddy of mine burned for me (back in the Walk Man and CD player days haha). Those songs got me into NFG and Blink, which got me into pop punk, etc.

[Back_in_Anger]

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[only the clouds]

"For Miles" by Thrice and "In Circles" by Sunny Day Real Estate both helped get me through some tough times.

[bard]

mewithoutYou - bullet to binary

i had been into music for a good 3 to 4 years, saw them live as an opener, had no clue who they were, and their energy/performance/music blew me away. immediately picked up the [A->B] Life album after their set, and never looked back.

favorite band of all time.

[zonto]

Skater Girl by Avril Lavigne.

[notdeadyet]

I just ranted for ages on The Cure thread, but whatever... "Disintegration" and "Maybe Someday" and "Siamese Twins" and "Plainsong". All by the Cure. Amazing tracks...

[Yellowcard2006]

Yellowcard-Ocean Avenue

Fall Out Boy- A Little Less Sixteen Candles

[oliviaemmer]

Where's The Weed At? - Kottonmouth Kings,
haha.

[re7ard1337]

the king beetle by mewithoutyou made me cry. and the devil and god has changed me.

[me.and.the.moon]

artist in the ambulance - thrice
way away - yellowcard
konstantine - something corporate

these definitely were the songs that started to shape my music preferences

[werealldudes19]

To Whom It May Concern - Underoath

Dare You To Move - Switchfoot

such a great song

[rettigrocker]

gonna sound lame here, but mxpx's cover of bryan adam's summer of '69 ....


before that the only cd's I owned were the space jam sound track and something from whitney houston

[Mosh]

Schmack! by Steriogram.

[dancelukedance]

I gotta a feeling - Black eyed peas

[sammyboy516]

all my best friends are metalheads - less than jake (digimon the movie soundtrack, yeah i know im embarrassed too)
superman - goldfinger (on the tony hawks pro skater demo i got from pizza hut for playstation)
fat lip - sum 41 (on the mx 2002 ft. ricky carmichael soundtrack for ps2)
basket case - green day (summer camp)
all the small things - blink 182 (now 4)

never knew of these bands but heard the songs and collectively they changed my life and got me into music

holy crap, i remember that. i was just thinking about that a few days ago, but i forgot it was from pizza hut!

[fishingthe_sky]

all my best friends are metalheads - less than jake (digimon the movie soundtrack, yeah i know im embarrassed too)
superman - goldfinger (on the tony hawks pro skater demo i got from pizza hut for playstation)
fat lip - sum 41 (on the mx 2002 ft. ricky carmichael soundtrack for ps2)
basket case - green day (summer camp)
all the small things - blink 182 (now 4)

never knew of these bands but heard the songs and collectively they changed my life and got me into music
"All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" is the reason why I'm on this website. I can't believe I first heard that song almost 12 years ago...

[fightinirish217]

Green Day - Dookie on cassette tape, first time I heard it my life was changed.

[SophGod]

Brand New - Degausser
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Grim Goodbye
Taking Back Sunday - A Decade Under The Influence

[jake13]

All the small things

[sleepyseanzzz]

Better Off Dead by New Found Glory

That song singlehandedly got me into music.

such an awesome song. cant wait for the 10 year anniversary tour of that album, its definitely in my top 5 albums of all time

[Viva Sonata]

The Cambiata:
Shards of Pornography
The First Positivism
Roswell
Purple

Why Hello:
Leaves

[pleasedontpanic]

such an awesome song. cant wait for the 10 year anniversary tour of that album, its definitely in my top 5 albums of all time

I'm pretty much going to be singing every word at that show. Pretty sure that I know that album by heart. It's kind of funny, because this is also my 10th anniversary of me seeing them for the first time. It was just around this time. Anyways, I'm rambling, but have fun man!

And sweet avatar by the way. Gotta love Frank.

[sleepyseanzzz]

I'm pretty much going to be singing every word at that show. Pretty sure that I know that album by heart. It's kind of funny, because this is also my 10th anniversary of me seeing them for the first time. It was just around this time. Anyways, I'm rambling, but have fun man!

And sweet avatar by the way. Gotta love Frank.

lucky, ive seen them once and it was fall of 08 on the easycore tour, it was amazing. but ive always loved to hear the entire self titled as it is my favorite from them and one of my favorites of all time. and hell yes frank is the best, im a huge jerry stiller fan i just started getting into king of queens too, he's great. also, gonzo from a muppet christmas carol ftw!