# What songs hypnotize you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555 "2008-10-18T20:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/21 "2008-10-19T19:41:42Z")
_Lullaby_, by The New Music of [Reginald Foresythe](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0nfexqtgldde~T1), featuring [Toots Mondello](http://www.collateralworks.com/linernotes/tootsmondello.html) on alto sax. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/22 "2008-10-19T19:55:40Z")
[Astral Traveling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmL1da8VhiE&feature=related), by Pharaoh Sanders ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/23 "2008-10-19T19:56:41Z")
[Kraftwerk - Europe Endless](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKiPtBbBQY) Wiederholung is gut, ja?\* - More gut than my German, I bet. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/24 "2008-10-19T20:33:00Z")
Just a few off the top of my head… [Fujiya & Miyagi, _Ankle Injuries_](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N5XVeENmLMk) [Cerrone, _Supernature_](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=V112pTo--Js) Gruff Rhys, _Skylon!_ [Tindersticks, _My Sister_](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zmI6GrO3Y) ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/25 "2008-10-19T20:58:00Z")
**[Popol Vuh - Wehe Khorazin](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8ttQ4dhRgbY)** ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/26 "2008-10-19T21:06:10Z")
Usually while high Bittersweet symphony Zombie by Cranberries ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/27 "2008-10-19T22:06:17Z")
Moments In Love - Art Of Noise tracks 8-11 of **Low** - David Bowie Koyaanisqatsi - Phillip Glass (the whole album passes by in a blur for me) lots of others, but those are among my favorite “zone out” pieces ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/28 "2008-10-19T22:45:54Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLhgb2ZntDw&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLhgb2ZntDw&feature=related) I’ve never done this kind of thing before, highlighted my own post and begged for a response; I’ve always figured, if someone wanted to respond, they’d’ve responded. However. I’ll make an exception for Eddi. Has anyone listened to this? Anyone care to comment? I love sharing music with people, but half of the fun is their reaction when it’s something really great. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/29 "2008-10-19T22:46:10Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > [Fade Into You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWvEXChflEE) by Mazzy Star Seconded. Also, Rush’s [Tom Sawyer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZru4JG_Uo). ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/30 "2008-10-19T23:00:22Z")
“The End of It All” - John Tejada This one sends me to another universe. Beautiful and gives me the chills. And “Comfortably Numb” - Pink Floyd This song just absorbs and mystifies me. It’s my prayer, every time I listen to it, I understand the lyrics in a different way. Oh, the solo’s are good too. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/31 "2008-10-20T00:21:55Z")
The main instrumental theme from the end of the film Sunshine. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/32 "2008-10-20T01:03:05Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > I’ve never done this kind of thing before, highlighted my own post and begged for a response; I’ve always figured, if someone wanted to respond, they’d’ve responded. I’ve never heard her before (I’ve heard _of_ her), but that’s a great song. When I get some time I’m going to have to search for more. It reminds me a bit of the Damon and Naomi live album mood wise, but I have a feeling I should be saying that the other way around. Anyway, to the OP, there’s a certain guitar sound which always hypnotises me, which I can’t describe without referring to examples - The Aints live album (Strictly Limited Sound Quality, or S. L. S. Q.), and the Wipers’ ‘Youth Of America’ define it. I see stars whenever I hear that roar. Also, the new David Gilmour version of ‘Echoes’, from Live in Gdansk (either audio or video). ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/33 "2008-10-20T01:27:27Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > I’ve never heard her before (I’ve heard _of_ her), but that’s a great song. When I get some time I’m going to have to search for more. It reminds me a bit of the Damon and Naomi live album mood wise, but I have a feeling I should be saying that the other way around. > > Anyway, to the OP, there’s a certain guitar sound which always hypnotises me, which I can’t describe without referring to examples - The Aints live album (Strictly Limited Sound Quality, or S. L. S. Q.), and the Wipers’ ‘Youth Of America’ define it. I see stars whenever I hear that roar. > > Also, the new David Gilmour version of ‘Echoes’, from Live in Gdansk (either audio or video). Cool. FYI, she has one great album, _Mirmama_–a desert island disc–one good album, _Candyfloss and Medicine_, and a bunch of heartbreakingly, disappointingly, mediocre albums. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/34 "2008-10-20T01:32:34Z")
North Mississippi gone on yond legend Jr. Kimbrough’s [_All Night Long_](http://www.last.fm/music/Junior+Kimbrough/_/All+Night+Long). A five minute recording of what was often a half hour dance tour de force at his juke joint. Hypnotic West African via Mississippi music at it’s best. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/35 "2008-10-20T07:06:14Z")
“How Soon Is Now?” by The Smiths. I still can’t believe that song, even more than 20 years later. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/36 "2008-10-20T07:29:45Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Has anyone listened to this? Anyone care to comment? I love sharing music with people, but half of the fun is their reaction when it’s something really great. Long time fan since _Fairground Attraction_. My contribution [Trashcan Sinatras, **Weightlifting**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hezQofamyUY&feature=related) coincidentally features her brother on guitar and vocals. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/37 "2008-10-20T08:56:29Z")
I forgot to mention [Cliff Martinez’s amazing soundtrack](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hpftxqlaldde) to the film _ **Solaris** _. You can hear some of this music with visuals from the film [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxofXahX1DQ). ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/38 "2008-10-20T09:38:26Z")
Huh. I figured I wouldn’t be the first, but… [http://www.leekspin.com/](http://www.leekspin.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/39 "2008-10-20T09:50:33Z")
“1983 … A Merman I Should Turn To Be” by Hendrix. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Comfy\_Chair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@The\_Comfy\_Chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Comfy_Chair)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/40 "2008-10-20T09:52:16Z")
\Vangelis - Ask The Mountains\ Holds me captive every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555.md?page=3)