Music and the circumstances under which you hear it?

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Q. How important is circumstance to you when, say, you hear a song for the first time? Or a song that you've heard a million times?

Does it change the original mood for example, like if you heard a happy song in a sad film, does it forever change your perspective on that song?

Example,
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCeD_6Y3GQc it's a really upbeat song, but when I heard it in Vanilla Sky during that whole Tom Cruise going insane, eh, more insane realisation scene, haha, it changes the sound of the song for me -
- you know, the two contrasting moods mesh together...?

Also, that song Only You by The Platters, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2pEdc1_lI I heard it in a really sad scene of a film, can't remember what, but now it makes me really sad when I hear it. D:
But it's great still..

Anyway, didn't mean to go on that much, what about you? :D

Answer
Hi Ladytron,
This is an interesting question. There are certain songs that, when I heard them the first time, just IMMEDIATELY made an impression on me. I still remember the thrill of hearing Zeppelin's Immigrant Song when I was just 7. The excitement I felt at hearing that guitar riff, Plant's wail, then Jones zooming in with the bass is....it's as if my ears still remember that moment, you know?
In 1977, while disco was still dominating the pop airwaves, I retreated to Chicago FM album-rock radio. I can recall hearing, in almost total disbelief that something so cool could still be created in the disco age, the riff to kick off Van Halen's Runnin' with the Devil. That incredibly heavy guitar riff was like a shot in the arm for my rock'n'roll ears. Who was this new band? Where can I get the record!?
On the other hand, The Stones' song Sympathy for the Devil was a familiar & friendly album track in my LP collection; maybe not in my all-time top 10 Stones song list, but still welcome. Then when I saw the film "Gimme Shelter" for the first time - what happened at Altamont when the Stones were playing that song - almost forever changed how I feel about it. For at least 20 years I couldn't listen to it at all. Now, I'm able to endure hearing it if someone else is playing a Stones Greatest Hits CD, for example, but I don't have it on my iPod and I skip the track if I'm playing a CD on the home stereo. Too psychologically disturbing, even after all these years.

I am looking for new Beach Boys songs to get. Any recommendations?

Q. I Have the greatest hits album "Made in the U.S.A."
1. Surfin' Safari
2. 409
3. Surfin' U.S.A
4. Be True To your School
5. Surfer Girl
6. Dance, Dance, Dance
7. Fun, Fun, Fun
8. I Get Around
9. Help Me, Rhonda
10. Don't Worry Baby
11. California Girls
12. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
13. Barbara Ann
14. Good Vibrations
15. Heroes And Villains
16. Wouldn't It Be Nice
17. Sloop John B.
18. God Only Knows
19. Caroline, No
20. Do It Again
21. Rock And Roll Music
22. Come Go With Me
23. Getcha Back
24. Rock 'N' Roll To The Rescue
25. California Dreamin'

Pet Sounds
1.Wouldn't It Be Nice
2.You Still Believe in Me
3.That's Not Me
4.Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
5.I'm Waiting for the Day
6.Let's Go Away for Awhile
7.Sloop John B
8.God Only Knows
9.I Know There's an Answer
10.Here Today
11.I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
12Pet Sounds
13.Caroline No
14.Hang on to Your Ego

That's Why God Made The Radio
1.Think About the Days
2.That's Why God Made the Radio
3.Isn't It Time
4.Spring Vacation
5.Private Life of Bill and Sue
6.Shelter
7.Daybreak Over the Ocean
8.Beaches in Mind
9.Strange World
10.From There to Back Again
11.Pacific Cost Highway
12. Summer's Gone

Other assorted Songs I have are
In My Room
Hawaii
Warmth of the Sun
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Do You Wanna Dance
Then I Kissed Her
You're So Good To Me
Surfin'
Forever
Cotton Fields
Shut Down
All Summer Long
Little Honda
& Wendy

Answer
"Darlin"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6xoJeq-rto
"I Can Hear Music"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqyx4TW4Ptw&feature=related
"Surf's Up"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ2OKoLpNBM
"Sail on, Sailor"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLxYwcfR6QY&feature=related
"Catch a Wave"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGYC5Kyq9U
"You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkiWBl8ihjw&feature=related

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