First song to "Blow You Away"...

Sweet Leaf by Black Sabbath. In eighth grade Ozzy Ozbourne's first two solo albums were a big deal (although they are really clownish in retrospect). I was a guy in our gang who discovered Sabbath and introduced with something like, "Yeah, Ozzy is cool, but check THIS out."

And I haven't tried to kill myself even once in the ensuing twenty five years.

"Comfortably Numb."

"La Fiesta" Maynard Ferguson when I was just a budding young impressionable trumpet player. Also hearing "Give It One" being played live by Maynards band was a real kick in between the ears.

When I was a kid I was obsessed with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. I must have made my mother play that Lp until you could see through it. My recollection is that it was by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy. I also saw the original Santana band play Soul Sacrifice live, which rearranged my molecules but good.

California Dreamin': I just had to find out who that was played that song and find the album it was on. The line "I take a walk on a winter's day" was the hook.