# Songs that knocked your socks off **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486 "2007-12-01T21:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/41 "2007-12-03T19:24:20Z")
Minor buzz-kill: Didn’t we [do this already?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=443526) ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/42 "2007-12-03T19:41:47Z")
I recently discovered this [guy.](http://youtube.com/watch?v=CXdcbdfz-hk&feature=related) He just blows me away. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/43 "2007-12-03T20:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=phungi] Minor buzz-kill: Didn’t we [do this already?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=443526) [/QUOTE] So we did. Thanks for the link ..I gotta check all them out now too! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/44 "2007-12-03T20:02:08Z")
I probably haven’t a song blow me away more than five times in my life - I tend to appreciate music on repeated listenings. So the last example would probably be OutKast’s “Hey Ya!” That’s a hell of a song, brilliantly made, and insanely catchy. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/45 "2007-12-03T20:04:15Z")
This song blew me away when I first heard the album version. I listened to it over and over. [Cirque du Soleil - Alegria](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YjtozRX1o) ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/46 "2007-12-03T20:39:37Z")
Madeleine Peyroux’s [Dance Me To The End Of Love](http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pl-cVgAU8K8). ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/47 "2007-12-03T20:50:14Z")
Just curious about the Zevon song I posted…what did ya’ll think of it? Haven’t seen any comments about it. Couple more that made me lose my socks; [Las Palabras de Amor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asZ5xB3K3VE) [Julia Dream](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed0fHvLkYVw&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/48 "2007-12-03T20:51:54Z")
A dozen years back, the only time I’d ever dropped acid (chased by some really nice tequila), the lights were down and we were digging on how good the music sounded. Then the host put on _Waiting in Vain_ from Annie Lennox’s Medusa, a cover of the old Marley song. Socks, shoes… they all went in different directions. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/49 "2007-12-03T20:53:38Z")
Corinne Bailey Rae - [Put Your Records On](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVNK_VDQY8I) ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/50 "2007-12-03T21:07:53Z")
I downloaded CSS’s [Music is My Hot, Hot Sex](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N3OrZzPud8) the moment after I heard it on the Apple commercial. It’s just a fun, unique song. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/51 "2007-12-03T21:13:13Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] A dozen years back, the only time I’d ever dropped acid (chased by some really nice tequila), the lights were down and we were digging on how good the music sounded. Then the host put on _Waiting in Vain_ from Annie Lennox’s Medusa, a cover of the old Marley song. Socks, shoes… they all went in different directions. [/QUOTE] Jeez..don’t know how I did this, but I youtubed Annie and thought the song was _Whiter Shade of Pale_ .Check that out! Liked _Waiting in Vain_ also. Similar videos…love the outfits. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/52 "2007-12-03T21:15:13Z")
That was my second favorite on the album, the Procul Harem cover. Magnificent, eh? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/53 "2007-12-03T21:23:04Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] That was my second favorite on the album, the Procul Harem cover. Magnificent, eh? [/QUOTE] Yup,never thought a bear costume could be so sexy. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/54 "2007-12-03T21:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] Just curious about the Zevon song I posted…what did ya’ll think of it? Haven’t seen any comments about it. [/QUOTE] I loved it. I can’t say it knocked my socks off, but it’s very very good. I think I may have mentioned this in the previous thread, but the one I really remember is the first time I heard [Tom Traubert’s Blues](http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ZmqbcBsTAw) by Tom Waits. Truly sublime. (I prefer the album version to this live performance, though). ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/55 "2007-12-03T21:55:18Z")
[QUOTE=SaharaTea] I downloaded CSS’s [Music is My Hot, Hot Sex](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N3OrZzPud8) the moment after I heard it on the Apple commercial. It’s just a fun, unique song. [/QUOTE] Thank you for posting this, I’d been trying to find out who this is and what the song was called! Love it, very fun. Checking them out on MySpace right now, and “Alala” is very good as well. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/56 "2007-12-03T23:00:46Z")
[Kim Richey’s song _A Place Called Home_ was used over the ending montage of the episode “Shells” during the fifth season of _Angel_.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Alkfe7gBE) It struck me then, and is still my favorite song of hers. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/57 "2007-12-04T01:00:24Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Joe Cocker: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=NPP5LNohI68](http://youtube.com/watch?v=NPP5LNohI68) [/QUOTE] Then there is the awesome Joe Cocker/John Belushi [duet](http://youtube.com/watch?v=v7bFtvsYcnQ). ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/58 "2007-12-04T01:36:01Z")
[Dear God](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk41Gbjljfo) by _XTC_ did, does, and likely will continue to blow me away… ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/59 "2007-12-04T02:41:20Z")
**ShadowFacts** that clip of Tom Waits has become one of my favorite sights on YouTube. I’ve been listening to Waits my whole life and sometimes I forget how young he was when I first heard him. And speaking of young, let me nominate **[Madame George](http://youtube.com/watch?v=y4svGlZDS8A&feature=related)** by Van Morrison. The whole song just moves me along in like a sigh of wind and it astonishes me that it’s the work of such a young man. That link above is just a rip of the song from the album. Here’s more about “Madame George” at Wiki - [link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_George) ---
**Author:** ![Trathena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Trathena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trathena)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486/60 "2007-12-04T02:52:14Z")
I came across [this guy](http://youtube.com/watch?v=CO7AvObQ1Hk&feature=related) about a year ago have not been the same since. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-knocked-your-socks-off/428486.md?page=4)