OK so we all read how when Madonna was interviewed on BBC, she was asked what song changed her life, and she chose "When Doves Cry" by Prince.

If you were asked what your changing track was, what would you name?

Personally, I would have to just name LL Cool J's Mama Said Knock You Out album as what changed my life. I started editing with my tape deck and making beat tapes after hearing that one in grade 5.

I can't name one song. I am bad with song lists.

Tori Amos' God. Time stood still for the 3 minutes that I first heard that song. I came from a very religious family, attending Catholic shcools and to hear the word God being used in that song that way was extremely liberating for me. It got me started reading books about agnosticsm, eastern relgions and sexuality that I had never been exposed to before. It was like the lights had been turned on. I was 14 years old. Who woulda thunk?

...i'm so excited- the pointer sisters and i wanna be your lover

and neil youngs- heart of gold
I want to live,
I want to give
I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold.
It’s these expressions I never give
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old.

I’ve been to hollywood
I’ve been to redwood
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
I’ve been in my mind, it’s such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old.

Keep me searching for a heart of gold
You keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old.
I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold.
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I, of course, have a list:

* "Are You Experienced?" turned me on to guitar in the craziest way when I was 12 or 13
* "When Doves Cry" really hit me sonically a year or so before
* Stevie's "Isn't She Lovely?" "You are the Sunshine of My Life" taught me about melody (thank God for my dad and his taste in music), as did Herp Albert's "Rise" and another popular, 1970s instrumental whose name and artist escape me...
* "The Long Day is Over" by Norah Jones. That woman's use of space and phrasing bowl me over every time. (And, she fine... )
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Head - Prince

So Cruel by U2

We crossed the line
Who pushed who over
It doesn't matter to you
It matters to me

We're cut adrift
But still floating
I'm only hanging on
To watch you go down
My love

I disappeared in you
You disappeared from me
I gave you everything you ever wanted
It wasn't what you wanted

The men who love you, you hate the most
They pass right through you like a ghost
They look for you but your spirit is in the air
Baby, you're nowhere

Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...sweetheart...
You're so cruel

Desperation is a tender trap
It gets you every time
You put your lips to her lips
To stop the lie

Her skin is pale like God's only dove
Screams like an angel for your love
Then she makes you watch her from above
And you need her like a drug

Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...sweetheart...
You're so cruel

She wears my love like a see-through dress
Her lips say one thing
Her movements something else
Oh love...like a screaming flower
Love...dying every hour...love

You don't know if it's fear or desire
Danger the drug that takes you higher
Head in heaven, fingers in the mire

Her heart is racing, you can't keep up
The night is bleeding like a cut
Between the horses of love and lust
We are trampled underfoot

Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...sweetheart...
You're so cruel

Oh...love...to stay with you I'd be a fool
Sweetheart...you're so cruel



Pulled me out of the hardest time in my life, and opened my ears to the band that has become my favorite ever.

Snow can wait
I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose, get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart
When I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove

I run off
Where the drifts get deeper
Sleeping Beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice:
"You must learn to stand up
For yourself
'Cause I can't always be around"

He says when you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
'Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change, my dear

Boys get discovered
As winter melts
Flowers competing for the sun
Years go by
And I'm here still waiting
Withering where some snowman was
Mirror, mirror
Where's the Crystal Palace
But I only can see myself
Skating around the truth, who I am
But I know, Dad, the ice is getting thin

When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
'Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change, my dear

Hair is grey
And the fires are burning
So many dreams on the shelf
You say I wanted you to be proud of me
I always wanted that myself

When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
'Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses have gone ahead
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change, my dear
Never change
All the white horses

every album "earth, wind & fire" made was the soundtrack for my family, but my grandma was crazy about the "that's the way of the world" album...lol every time she'd have a drink or be "feelin mellow" as she called it,she'd say to me "baby, turn maurice up a bissle would ya?" and i 'd play number 3 and she'd start singin "the reasons...the reasons that we're here....."

LOVESEXY

When Doves Cry

Those days two years ago when I downloaded Stevie Wonders classic 70's records.
After that I have been listening to music non stop. I will never forget the first time i listened to Golden Lady, I was totally blown away.

Bet cha dont whats goin on By Najee. I was 12 at the time and that when I had a slight intrest in jazz. Besides when I listened to this song it was relaxing and I felt "chilled out".

GangstaFam said:

chunky said:

What?

When I bought my first CD in 1995. It was "Design of a Decade". I heard "Nasty", and I knew right away where my musical tastes lay. And also what the soundtrack to my youth would be.

GangstaFam said:

This is my nomination as well

That song is a pivotal moment on that album and that album inspired me to be strong, courageous, take ownership of myself and dive in to my life head first. This song is everything Prince, everything I loved about him, Everything that inspired me. Sex, God, music, dance.....a swirl of life itself.



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[Edited 12/16/05 18:12pm]