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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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jameswei
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Two more that I've really felt: Santana's Evil Ways and Steely Dan's Do It Again (my personal theme song for two decades).
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shadorne
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Ken Dodd and the Diddymen...I must have played that on my old hand me down gramophone about 10,000 times...that and an old Chet Baker album of my Dad's....I was only five years old, I guess I started collecting vinyl at quite a young age. Danny Kaye and Tubby the Tuba was another favorite...as well as TV themes including "Joe 90", Stingray and Thunderbirds.
valinar
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Many songs have "blown me away", but the first one was when I was in high school around 1970. "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf.
henryhk
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Probably Hey Jude when it first came out
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drubin
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Blues Project, "Steve's Song", live. First time I heard a really loud band.
Also, We Can Work It Out by those British lads.
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