# 12 songs that make me stop cold **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458 "2010-11-12T18:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/21 "2010-11-13T21:23:05Z")
In no particular order: Simon and Garfunkel - I Am A Rock; Mrs. Robinson Carly Simon - You’re So Vain Bruce Springsteen - 10th Avenue Freeze-Out; Born To Run Prince - Little Red Corvette Eagles - Already Gone No Doubt - It’s My Life The Trammps - Disco Inferno The Gap Band - Whip It John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John - You’re The One That I Want ABC - The Look Of Love ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/22 "2010-11-14T00:54:53Z")
Sex Machine - James Brown - The Godfather! Play That Funky Music - Average White Band - I love funk. Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy - a classic Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mamas & Papas - from my mum’s collection Long and Winding Road - Beatles - just one that popped into my head from the Fab Four Get It On Bang a Gong - T Rex - Extraordinary Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Walk On By - Stranglers Denis Denis - Blondie Black Magic Woman - Santana Now That We’ve Found Love - Third World Southern Freeze - Freeze I could go on … ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/23 "2010-11-14T19:28:20Z")
Even though it feels like “Play that Funky Music” should be by the Average White Band, I believe it was actually by Wild Cherry. That minor nit-pick aside, here are my 12: 1. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison 2)American Pie - Don McLean 3)Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles 4)Somebody to Love - Queen 5)Hotel California - The Eagles 6)Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel 7)What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong and others 8)I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family 9)Heart of Gold - Neil Young 10)California Dreamin - The Mama’s and The Papa’s 11)In My Life - The Beatles 12)Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/24 "2010-11-14T20:03:49Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > [li]_Up on Cripple Creek_ - Credence Clearwater Revival. My last three days of college, I met a girl and we spent the whole three days together. And we went to see The Last Waltz. Jena was her name. I never saw her again.[/li] > Regards, > Shodan I think you will find that \*\*Up on Cripple Creek \*\*that you remember was by **The Band** not CCR. I am a big CCR fan and if they did this song, I would like a copy. > **[Up on Cripple Creek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_on_Cripple_Creek)** > > "Up on Cripple Creek" is the fifth song on The Band's eponymous second album, The Band. It was released as an (edited) single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Up on Cripple Creek" was written by Band guitarist Robbie Robertson, with drummer Levon Helm singing lead vocal. > A 1976 live performance of "Up on Cripple Creek" appears in The Band's concert film The Last Waltz, as well as on the accompanying soundtrack album. In addition, live performances o... ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/25 "2010-11-15T22:16:58Z")
1. Driver 8 - R.E.M. 2. Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie 3. Time of the Season - The Zombies 4. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins 5. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town - Pearl Jam 6. The Ballad of Curtis Loew - Lynyrd Skynyrd 7. Growing Up -Bruce Springsteen 8. London Calling - The Clash 9. I and Love and You - The Avett Brothers 10. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry 11. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads 12. I Confess - English Beat ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/26 "2010-11-15T22:58:28Z")
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel More Than This - Roxy Music La Cienega Just Smiled - Ryan Adams Don’t Think Twice - Bob Dylan Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy Coming Up Close - Til Tuesday Don’t Stop 'til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins Criminal - Fiona Apple She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult Mr. Jones - Counting Crows Young Americans - David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/27 "2010-11-16T08:35:28Z")
First 12 that came to mind: Miracles - Jefferson Starship Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young Crazy on You - Heart Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce Can’t Find My Way Back Home - Procul Harem (I think) Wild Horses - I like The Sundays’ cover Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode Night of the Swallow - Kate Bush Oldest Story in the World - the Plimsouls Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits Southern Cross - CSN Iris - Goo Goo Dolls (my wife sent me this song and it clinched me falling in love with her) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/28 "2010-11-16T14:45:58Z")
1. _Tobacco Road_, Nashville Teens version ( I had a K-Tel record with this song on it when I was a little kid and I LOVED this song): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGuZY6NVXqU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGuZY6NVXqU) 2. _Time_ by Pink Floyd. As I get older and more reflective, I find this song more and more interesting. This is a pretty amazing live performance of the song _sans_ Roger Waters if you’ve not seen it before (turn your subwoofer up!): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1YfehK7U](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1YfehK7U) 3. _Nashville Cats_ by Loving Spoonful. Love the math involved in the song (“fourteen hundred and fifty two guitar pickers in Nashville”) plus it has some really tasty guitar work. Also off that K-Tel record I had as a kid. Love this song: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4p7prURvIk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4p7prURvIk) 4. _Crimson And Clover_ by Tommy James and the Shondells. I don’t really know why but I just love the atmospheric feel of this whole song. Its trippy, and a love song. Youtube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ-P8Fgfhvk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ-P8Fgfhvk) 5. _Space Oddity_ by David Bowie. A song I would like played at my funeral. Also a song that really evinces a sense of loneliness in me. And those harmonies! Youtube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhSYbRiYwTY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhSYbRiYwTY) 6. _In The Meantime_ by Spacehog. This song just reminds me of old friends, a time in my life in the mid-1990’s and its just a cool song. I was always surprised these guys didn’t make it bigger than they did. Cool band! Channeling Bowie. Aliens among us! Youtube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9AWGc0d8ik](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9AWGc0d8ik) 7. _Say It Ain’t So_ by Weezer. Don’t really know what to say about this, but it elicits an emotional response from me every time I hear it, and the harmonies are awesome. Youtube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo) 8. _High And Dry_ by Radiohead. An example of a lonely, catchy, beautiful pop song that’s so well done and produced that I don’t know what else to say. Listening to it right now, my eyes are getting a little leaky, love lost and all that. I really like the video too: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwSIdKYZ2t0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwSIdKYZ2t0) 9. _Do The Evolution_ by Pearl Jam. I like being the first mammal to have hands (and plans!). One of the best and creepiest rock videos ever, and an interesting take on humanity’s self-destructiveness. Video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI) 10. _We Don’t Do That Anymore_ by The Sidewinders. Grow up kid, you’re in college now! Nobody remembers this band, but my friends and I used to play this song on the quad when I went (briefly) to George Mason U. Youtube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aoykSVAALc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aoykSVAALc) 11. _Burden In My Hand_ by Soundgarden. My favorite rock singer at work. I love the cynical aspects of this song, the lyrics are great (“its just a tumor in my head, its just an anchor on my heart”) and strike a chord with me. Video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmIqIVxUuKs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmIqIVxUuKs) 12. _Would?_ by Alice In Chains. Its probably my favorite rock song ever. Very dark, very brooding. I love the hopelessness conveyed during the double-stop guitar part at the end (“Have I run too far to get home?”). Extra chills due to Layne Staley the singer being dead, as he has run too far to get home. Video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nco\_kh8xJDs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nco_kh8xJDs) Live (Layne in the obvious throes of heroin addiction at this point): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31a6HQUrAz0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31a6HQUrAz0) ETA: Cool Thread! Really had me thinking, and YES I know I didn’t list a single Beatles song! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/29 "2010-11-16T14:48:51Z")
Crap, I have to add a 13th song…_My Song_ by Jerry Cantrell. Its awesome! Video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrd9pM2oxBI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrd9pM2oxBI) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/30 "2010-11-16T15:16:40Z")
Anything by Charlie Parker _Here’s Where The Story Ends_ - The Sundays These take me back to college when I was figuring out who I was going to be…and kind of giving up on it preemptively. I made a wrong turn coming out, and it seems I just kept going. Probably too late to do anything about it now, but these remind me of a time when it wasn’t. _Safety Dance_ - Men Without Hats _Fascination_ - The Human League These take me back to summer camp at a small college in Colorado. Same process as above, but I think I had a better handle on it then. _Thunder Road_ - Bruce Springsteen No explaination needed. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458/31 "2010-11-16T15:32:13Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > 1. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes. Was there ever another song like this? Otherwordly. Do not read the following unless you want to risk having this song ruined for yourself. My outstanding memory of \*Bettie Davis Eyes \*is hearing it played during the intermissions of the first curling match I ever saw. To this day, I can’t hear it without thinking of these people in blue sweatsuits frantically sweeping the ice in front of this huge stone gliding toward its target. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-songs-that-make-me-stop-cold/560458.md?page=1)