If You Could Recommend ONE Song...
 

...what would it be? If you had to give a recommendation for one song to a person who had never heard music before, what would it be? You can only pick one. And the person isn't a neanderthal or anything, just someone who has been "shielded" from music. Just as intelligent and smart as the public.

This can be your favorite song, one that changed your life, or just one that puts you in a good mood! But remember: this person will only listen to that one song, nothing else!

BT - Somnambulist

Good choice

I think I would have to go with Orange Crush by R.E.M.

Philip Glass, "Rubric"

That'll get them thinking.

The Rain Song- Led Zeppelin
Always sends chills down my spine!

June by RJD2 ft Copywrite

cuz that's my goddamn song right there

Love Minus Zero/No Limit by Bob Dylan
Hard to beat the melody and lyrics of this one.

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

Dvorak - Slavonic Dance #8

Billy Idol - Cradle of Love

Edwin Starr - War

probably stairway to heaven - led zepplin

it has different music geners mixed into the same song... and one of the best guitarists in the world..

I think it would be unfair to introduce the person to any good music as it's like giving them a tiny bit of something and then taking it away by not letting them listen to music ever again. Therefore i would let them listen to Guy Sebastian's "Angel's brought me here". This way there is no way they will ever have to worry about what they are missing.

Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 "Air" by Bach

Good call...you beat me to it.:)

The Divine Comedy - Here comes the flood

I'm taking this too literally, of course, but if this person were truly shielded from all music, I would start with something really really simple, like you would with an infant.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat, perhaps, or Simple Gifts.

Just one?

4th of July... Aimee Mann

free bird by lynard skynard
or bro hymn by pennywise

Joe Satriani- Big Bad Moon

Might as well go in headfirst, right? :)

good choices

I'll go with the first non-kids music song I ever really liked.

Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

well, i really couldn't narrow it down to one.

so probably;

Mass No. 19, K626 'Requiem' - Lacrimosa (mozart)
au fond du temple saint (bizet)
Rite of Spring (stravinsky)
Bohemian Rhapsody (queen)

in that order.

but, if i had to cut that list down to one... it'd be the mozart.

I would preface it with something like, "You'll never hear a worse song than this, so everything you'll ever hear from now on will be far superior" then subject him or her to "We Built This City" by Starship.

that's funny as hell :)

I have some choices I would put in there as well :)

"In the Meantime" by Spacehog

Maybe not the whole song, just the first minute or so. It always gives me chills.

that's classic, man. Definitely a good suggestion.

Drapery falls by OPETH. Great mix of prog/death metal with some clean vocals and even acoustic thrown in..

"Fish Heads" by Barnes and Barnes, I wish that was the first song I had heard.

holy crap, that might be the best suggestion so far. I forgot about that song. It's one of my favorites. The beginning is quite possibly the best beginning in any song ever. I like the whole song too, just because it builds up to where it plays the beginning part again over and over :)

"Song of the Dispossessed" by Dead Can Dance. I think this song would make the music-less person excited about the thought of music.

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

I rest my case.

Thursday - "War All The Time"

all good choices

but i like the thursday and queen songs

gotta love them

TheJig, "In the Meantime" by Spacehog - thanks for reminding me of that song, havent heard it in ages its a very good song.

mystmarimatt, "Bohemian Rhapsody" - that song rocks.

Oh man it's so hard to pick a song...after all there are so many diferent genres...closing my eyes...enee, meenee, minee, mo....

"A Kiss to Build A Dream On" by Louis Armstrong.

hmm, probably either "Let there be Rock" or "Whole Lotta Rosie" both by ACDC

i'd go with bohemian rhapsody, or faith no more - easy

Holy crap, good thinkin'.

I'd have to recommend Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge.

Jeremy by Pearl Jam