Is it normal - is there a song that makes you stop and listen?

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Is there a song that forces you to stop whatever you're doing an listen to it because it distracts that much?

Can be ones you love....or ones you you really hate!

I'm liking Rhianna's "Stay"
Try as I may, I cannot do anything but stop and listen and can only continue what I was doing when the song has finished. There's lots of songs I like, but I've never had a song do this to me before!

Thanks for reading!

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    There are many that always make me stop what I'm doing:

    David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
    Blondie - Atomic
    Talking Heads - The Big Country (odd choice, I know)
    Madonna - Like a Prayer (shrug)
    Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
    Paul Simon - The Obvious Child
    Portishead - Glory Box
    ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
    The Beatles - A Day in the Life
    Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
    The Beach Boys - I Get Around
    The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

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    • imsoJealousofIman
      7 years ago

      do you remember a guy lesbian? hes such an earthly sod. i heard a rumour from Gran Cattral. Ono-Dozy its true. they got a message from the Action man. im out there hope your healthy too. ive laughed a long needed laugh. sod it details following. #Ashestohashes #Bowie..

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    • dodongos
      11 years ago

      Glory Box, Mr. Blue Sky, A Day In The Life, YES!

      Also, Reckoner by Radiohead <3

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      • dappled
        11 years ago

        It's a great song. It's like Radiohead unplugged!

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      ELO - Mr. Blue Sky: my favourite driving song

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      • dappled
        11 years ago

        It's my favourite five minute break from work song. When I've been concentrating hard and my brain is tired, the song kind of goes through my brain like a magnet and puts everything back point in the direction it should be, then I feel completely refreshed (and happy) and ready to roll again.

        P.S. Welcome to the site, by the way, if nobody else has welcomed you yet. Your contribution has been really positive so I hope you stick around. Oh, and Merry Christmas. :)

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        • [Old Memory]
          11 years ago

          thank you dappled, it's lovely to be here...helps me take my mind of life's everyday troubles :)

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          • dappled
            11 years ago

            Ahh, that's why most of us are here. You'd be amazed, for instance, how many people find this site after something like a relationship break-up. I certainly did. :)

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            • [Old Memory]
              11 years ago

              Can't even remember how I got on here lol, was searching for something on google about feeling lonely and ended up here, don't feel so lonely now :)

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  • Justsomejerk
    11 years ago

    Currently the Beastie Boys "Make some noise" makes me waste a lot of canned beer.

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  • bananaface
    11 years ago

    HA! I find it so funny that the song is called Stay! I've never heard it before, I'm going to Youtube to see if this song has hypnotic powers which mean that anyone who hears it has to stay and listen.:D

    I know what you mean, though. If I hear I song I like I do a bit of a double take, and then I sometimes listen to it. It make me smile when I hear music I like played and I didn't expect it. That sort of thing makes my day.

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      OMG only just released that LOL probably, just the way shes sings it and my life circumstances that 'freezes me' but i like it

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  • dodongos
    11 years ago

    Basically anything by Radiohead. Each song is a masterpiece.

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  • DEATHBRINGER1232
    11 years ago

    Ya...I find it normal...I myself cant turn away from DETHKLOKS Murmaider!

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  • IIN2?uestionlife
    11 years ago

    Cormega-Beautiful mind (rap) :]

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  • Ibelievethis
    11 years ago

    Plenty. I'll list them.
    No Air
    Tears in heaven
    Through the wire
    It'll all get better in time
    Everybody hurts
    Airplanes. The wierd thing is though I could never take to the song when it was first born and this girl group came on and sang it on x factor and I fell in love with it.
    21 questions
    The way I are. I listened to it all the way to Paris and back. x

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      Haven't heard No Air for ages! ("rushes onto youtube")
      Don't watch x factor so much now but I liked Leona Lewis

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      • Ibelievethis
        11 years ago

        The song no air got me through a dark time in my life. I think music always does!. I have more songs to put on my list
        Wherever you will go (The calling)
        Ironic
        Somebody that I used to know. It's really weird that you can be so close to a person and fall out or lose contact and then see them in the street and walk past them like you don't know them or never knew them).
        Don't cha.
        Everybody hurts. xx

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  • SangoNyappy
    11 years ago

    Yes few songs (all by same band) that just stand out from all the other ones.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    There's a few.

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  • Ldizzy1234
    11 years ago

    Of course this is normal. This happens to me a lot too.

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