Songs that have taken your mind.

I'll have a go first.



Such a magic piece of music! I can't get it out of my head since I heard it on Radio 6 two weeks ago.

Ever since I was a child. I still love it, I find it very evocative and moody.

I'm not sure exactly what "taken your mind" means here, but if we're referring to songs that have been with us at a very personal level since early childhood, I'd list The Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel), Roundabout (Yes) and Bang a Gong (T Rex).

I think it means songs that stay in your head for a long time once you hear it. This one also fits the bill for me, also since childhood.

I have a thing for waltzy melodies.

Recently listened to this again, and just like when it first came out it has stuck in my head for a while. Sweet song from a sweet girl.

Another waltzy one.

Another great band I am sad to have missed in concert, by the way.

Atypical from David Sylvian, but very beautiful.

First I heard from VN. Great band.

That band would be arrested if they dared set foot in AINO.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

That band would be arrested if they dared set foot in AINO.

What is AINO? Not familiar with that term.


Whenever I hear this, it tends to get stuck between my ears for some time.

America in Name Only

Perilagu Khan wrote:

America in Name Only

Good expression. Says it all.

Got this inserted into the brain again lately. Must have been the first I heard from Ultravox.

I feel afloat within this song whenever I listen to it.

A message to take to heart.

Another waltz.

Kansas' Borne on Wings of Steel. Heard it at a laser planetarium show in the 70s, but didn't know who did it for years and so didn't acquire on vinyl until well into the 80s.

To me it is exactly what you'd use if you used lyrics and were doing a TREK prequel (like Enterprise was supposed to be, but good.) Totally evocative of the high frontier for me. There are definitely lyrics that are open to interpretation ('higher than the birds I'm flying' could be a drug thing/reference to the rockets he rides or to aviary forms) but the idea that once you've touched the sky, you don't want to come down again just FEELS so right.

If we're talking about songs that just got in there and STUCK in a fun way, then PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC, WHITE BOY is the one. Damn, but I just love that song, always have. I like it so much -- without even knowing what the song is about -- that I don't even make up phony lyrics for it like I do for damned near everything else.