# Songs, whose sonic "aura" are integral to them?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** music
**Created:** [September 19, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363 "2023-09-19T13:31:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/21 "2023-09-20T20:31:31Z")
The [Cocteau Twins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIZ8l4q12Qg&list=PLI6kLIhBBwmTsjbaY44VGO6ryIQ_DU8kP&index=2), but especially [with Harold Budd](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV2bO40zL0I&list=PLdB2qly-JTgCFK8VxLkRT1Fq45uxAAf1Q&index=5)
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### Author:  [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/22 "2023-09-20T20:45:14Z")
To paraphrase the liner notes from the cassette that I have not seen in decades, this was “recorded live to two track in Dexter Romweiber’s garage”
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euB-o0yTfE4)
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/23 "2023-09-21T01:11:27Z")
_Macarthur Park_ gets a lot of hate, but IMO it fits the bill nicely.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/24 "2023-09-21T02:55:25Z")
Never saw it before now. But how cute(not)
The _Sonic_ aura thing got me.
I need me some Corndogs now,
Dang it.
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/25 "2023-09-21T16:53:51Z")
Thinking about it, a lot of Portishead songs could qualify. For example:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ylDDs3mdJE)
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/26 "2023-09-21T18:34:40Z")
Oh yes, Portishead are a good example. As are Massive Attack. Their “Inertia Creeps” is all sonic aura. Creepy and dark, but great:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3mn7EC-skg)
ETA: and as we’ve drifted into electronic music, this thread can’t live without the pioneers of that genre. I choose “Tour de France”, as it’s the attempt to capture the atmosphere of a sports event in sound and music, successfully. The whole album is great and my favorite Kraftwerk album.
> **[KRAFTWERK - TOUR DE FRANCE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt3p-F2x7rY%251)**
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> France Version / 1983
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### Author:  [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/27 "2023-09-21T19:54:18Z")
Touch, 1968: Alesha and Others\>Seventy-Five
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3M-AAYu6Yo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3M-AAYu6Yo)
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/28 "2023-09-21T20:24:47Z")
“Loveless” was the first to come to mind, but, that being taken, how about “Mezzanine” by Massive Attack? That album just sucks the light out of any room.
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### Author:  [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/29 "2023-09-21T20:30:08Z")
Possibly everything touched by Brian Eno?
Roxy Music and Bowie were already mentioned and when you consider the “feel” of other work he has been involved in there is a case to be made that he is 99% “aura”.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/30 "2023-09-21T20:55:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#):
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> how about “Mezzanine” by Massive Attack? That album just sucks the light out of any room.
Also already taken 😉, just scroll to a few posts above. Great minds think alike and all that…
ETA: and another producer comes to mind (while actually listening to “Mezzanine”), Lee Scratch Perry. Listen to what sonic auras he could produce:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZky936vtU)
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/31 "2023-09-21T21:16:16Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> Also already taken 😉, just scroll to a few posts above.
How did I miss the big preview? But yeah. Definitely one.
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### Author:  [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/32 "2023-09-21T21:44:01Z")
Reading just the thread title, the first thing I thought of was _Autobahn_. In fact, it’s their only song I know, so thanks for the link.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363/33 "2023-09-21T21:51:55Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#):
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> Reading just the thread title, the first thing I thought of was _Autobahn_. In fact, it’s their only song I know, so thanks for the link.
You’re welcome! As a further recommendation (really, all of their albums are great) and a third example of expressing moving by vehicles with music, here’s “Trans Europa Express” (train):
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMVokT5e0zs)
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