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First song to "Blow You Away"...

What was the first song that hit you between the eyes and took over your mind? Something that really put you into an altered state (without the drugs).

The first time I heard "Whole Lotta Love" in 1969 I couldn't believe what my ears were hearing. Jimmy Page's guitar grabbed me by the head and turned my brain into a Denver omlette.
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boa2
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"Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder
evita
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"Running with the Devil" - Van Halen
qdrone
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Rockadanny, pick up Steppenwolf "live at the matrix" on Dunhill. It has a 20+ minute version on side 2 of The Pusher that is killer.
rlwaignwright,pick up Maximum Darkness by Mann. It is a great live offering with John Cippolina that is sure to please.
karelfd
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Another one falling prey to Led Zep, in my case "Immigrant Song". I vividly recall being in the garden on a freezing cold night (interested in astronomy, nothing else) when it burst out from somewhere in the neigbourhood. I didn't know who or what it was, just stood there mesmerized, emotions rippling down my spine. Weird enough, several months later at school the art teacher - knowing how to keep his audience interested - did a music quiz and, finally, there it was again! Yep, a school teacher taught me Led Zeppelin.

Shortly thereafter, major blows were to follow
Yes, "Heart of the Sunrise" (actually, the album "Fragile" altered my state of mind for all times, I guess)
Pink Floyd, "Careful with that Axe Eugene"
Japan, "Adolescent Sex"
Genesis, "The Knife"
Jackson Heights, "Bump and Grind"
... with many more to come until this day.
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