Uncontrollable

[GreenEyedGodess]

OK, we all know there is that one song, or one style of music, that just takes over your body, and you can't help but get up and dance, without a care for what others around you think. Currently anything Techno or House is the style that I find so powerful, I'll jump up just about anywhere and start dancing.

What I want to know is what kind of music has that effect on you? Experiences? I'm very curious, so let me know...

 

[riff]

Most stuff by The Cure seems to make things happen for me.

 

[curious2c]

Hmmm...

Artist? Aerosmith...no comparison for me. Music and lyrics are hot.

single song? The Eagles, Hotel California. That song seems to be in my blood, partof my soul. I hear it start and I can not stop myself from airguitar/singing. I have been known to embarrass people close to me by my antics, but I just can't help myself.

at times, Guns and Roses or Ozzy does it for me too. If I am in that kind of mood...look out!

 

[Cuckolded_BlK_Male]

I have a very organic response to the music of folky White chick singer/song-writers who play acoustic guitar ... e.g. Ani "the goddess" DiFranco & Sheryl Crowe

Ditto, for old Black acoustic country/Blues men from the Mississippi Delta. e.g. Blind Lemmon Jefferson & Robert Johnson

Also Icelandic techno ... e.g. Gus Gus & Björk

Early 1990s grunge/alt-rock e.g. Nirvana & The Smashing Pumpkins

Motown Music e.g. Marvin Gaye & Smokey Robinson

1980s pop e.g. Duran Duran & Prince

1980s modern rock (new wave) e.g. Depeche Mode & The Cure

Beethoven's ninth symphony in D minor, opus 125 (especially the Gustav Mahler arraignment)

Carl Orff's Carmina Burana - O Fortuna!

Richard Strauss' "Thus Spake Zarathushtra" (oh my god! it's full of stars)

George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" (which reminds me of Manhattan -- the movie and the island)

And most of all ...

Paula Abdul's "Vibeology"

 

[MechaBlade]

No one genre has this effect, but good rap and techno will make me want to at least bob my head.

 

[ithaqua]

Dating myself.

I love that 80's beat.

Gawd how I love that.

 

[eagleyez]

right now,

Tom Waits first album

"Closing Time"

I hadnt heard it in too long. I had it on vinyl when it came out in the 70's. Been a fan since he arrived in stores...

Tom's a poet who speaks to me in a lot of ways
And this album is just so bluesy and smoky and heartfelt-

just what I need (like a hole in the head?) today.

I think I'll listen to Beck next,
Another poet that speaks to this bird...

 

[Ljbonobo]

Actually I have to be in the mood. I'm much more likely to bust out singing along then dancing but that's just b/c I don't have a lot of confidence in my abilities as a dancer...I know I can sing to a point so its easier for me to do that. However, when I'm at a track meet and pysching myself up for the long jump I have specific music that I listen to. AC-DC thunderstruck (live), metallica astronomy, one, fade to black, nothing else matters, fuel, whiskey in the jar, die die die my darling, enter sandman and a few others. When I'm back there on the runway and everything else just fades away as i get into the zone and such I bounce around, and just according to one coach "make a fool of myself", I don't care it is just me going with the music and I use those specific songs because their beat is extremely close to the rhythm of my steps down the runway.