Best Imagery?

Western Deity · Feb 23, 2005

What songs do you love, not because of a message, lyricism, or instrumentalism (necessarily [sp?]), but because listening to them takes you somewhere else... perhaps to a certain scene you constantly play out in your mind, or an exotic locale?

Neenie · Feb 23, 2005

I'm going to have to say "City of blinding lights" by U2 (sorry about the predictable choice ) The start of it takes me to a large city at night or looking over a city skyline and being at awe of the blinding lights. Sort of what the song is about.

I hope that was what you meant

Nico · Feb 23, 2005

hah. i think nearly all music does this for me, as i have a tendency to get lost in my own fantasy worlds. this is one of the main reasons i like to play music as i walk to school--it takes me away from the world that is crazy around me. but. obviously, some music does it more for me than others. sigur ros definitely does that for me. not just cause i can't understand the lyrics, but the lead singer's voice and the way they use their voices has a transcendental quality. man, this is really hard, cause as i said, it all transports me to some other place than the here.....maybe the stuff that's more ethereal has a stronger effect--cocteau twins, shoegazer stuff....

symphonyb · Feb 23, 2005

moody blues knights in white satin makes me leave this place in my mind..

funyun · Feb 23, 2005

Cello Song- Nick Drake

WhenFinallySetFree777 · Feb 23, 2005

Neenie said:
I'm going to have to say "City of blinding lights" by U2 (sorry about the predictable choice ) The start of it takes me to a large city at night or looking over a city skyline and being at awe of the blinding lights. Sort of what the song is about.

I hope that was what you meant

I love that song. My personal fave off of HTDAAB. My favorite song in respect to imagery...oh boy. There are a ton of songs I love for their imagery, but the two I like most, in pure respect to imagery, are Emaline by Ben Folds and For Me This Is Heaven by Jimmy Eat World.

Z500 · Feb 23, 2005

Xzoriath - Intermezzo II. it kind of reminds me of a dream i had

Skymon · Feb 24, 2005

Five Iron Frenzy's "Dandelions"...I have such a vivid mental picture of the field, boy, and mother.

gizmo03 · Feb 24, 2005

I'd have to say 'Love Shack' only because it was the first song I sang by myself during karoake. No one ever thought I would have the guts to do so. So whenever I play that song it always makes me laugh.

Labrador · Feb 24, 2005

pretty much anything by King Diamond, because each CD is a horror story, each track is like a chapter.

also "Falling Up" by Petra

drew.dominguez · Feb 24, 2005

2112.

That opera gave me the most vivid picture in my head. First I heard it I was half asleep, and it was like watching a movie!

ps139 · Feb 24, 2005

Many Phish songs do this to me. For me, there is no better reason to listen to music than to have the music take you somewhere....

I saw the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra play the Scheherezade by Rimsky Korsakov, and almost the whole time I had this vivid movie playing in my head. That was amazing!!! It was like watching a dream... hard to describe.

Arwen Undomiel · Feb 24, 2005

Nico said:
hah. i think nearly all music does this for me, as i have a tendency to get lost in my own fantasy worlds. this is one of the main reasons i like to play music as i walk to school--it takes me away from the world that is crazy around me. but. obviously, some music does it more for me than others. sigur ros definitely does that for me. not just cause i can't understand the lyrics, but the lead singer's voice and the way they use their voices has a transcendental quality. man, this is really hard, cause as i said, it all transports me to some other place than the here.....maybe the stuff that's more ethereal has a stronger effect--cocteau twins, shoegazer stuff....

I definitely can relate, Nico, I thought of Sigur Ros right away as well. When I want to kind of drift off with the music I'll put on some ambient or downtempo stuff. Or My Bloody Valentine.

Arnold_Philips · Feb 25, 2005

Joanna Newsom and Songs: Ohia.

absolutely_lost_86 · Feb 25, 2005

Dream Theater is certainly great.

ummm 4 me it is the lyrics too for great imagery, a christian band called Acoustic Torment the imagery from the lyrics is awesome, im not much of a fan of the music coz im not really into death metal. barren cross another good one.

NINGirl · Feb 25, 2005

I have alot of emotional, poignant songs that place me back in certain times in my life or remind me of locations and people. Sometimes a band as an entirety can do this.

The odd thing is, some of the time these songs remind me of stores. Take "Blow away" by Staind. It reminds me of Target on a rainy day. A Backstreet Boys song I hate reminds me of an Albertsons in my old city. Why songs take me to stores, I do not know. Maybe it's a sign of some sort.

Macewindu77815 · Feb 26, 2005

Where The Streets Have No Name and Vertigo give me very strong mental pictures....Vertigo gives me that picture of the night club Bono talks about the song being about...Streets just takes me to another place. Thief by Third Day is another one, it takes me back to when Jesus died on the cross, very powerful song...

Chi Ro · Feb 26, 2005

Labrador said:
pretty much anything by King Diamond, because each CD is a horror story, each track is like a chapter.

Hmm my band played with King Diamond back in the 80's - they were a little more extreme than just a "horror story". But whatever flies your boat~

Me?
I would have to say anything Jeff Buckley live - the dude paints a picture just with his voice - my fave being "Satisified Mind"

SparkyMaddie · Feb 26, 2005

the song "don't stop dancing" was played at a funeral for a school mate of mine,so every time i hear it i have the same picture of him in my head...

Bargainfluger · Feb 28, 2005

NINGirl said:
The odd thing is, some of the time these songs remind me of stores. Take "Blow away" by Staind. It reminds me of Target on a rainy day. A Backstreet Boys song I hate reminds me of an Albertsons in my old city. Why songs take me to stores, I do not know. Maybe it's a sign of some sort.

Definitely. Whenever I hear a pop song from the mid-late 90's, it almost always brings me back to the van I was riding to and from middle elementary/middle school. The girls I carpooled with would always have the local pop music station on, so they were basically the soundtrack of my school life, whether I liked it or not.

But I would have to say the piece of music that brings the most images into my head would be Dark Side of the Moon album as a whole. Dark room + DSOTM turned up maximum volume with headphones = phychadelic trip across the space-time continuuum. I've been told it's even better while under the influence of certain illicit substances, but I can't attest personally to that

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