The following is a list of those rare things that walloped me right between the eyes the first time I encountered them, a moment in each case of being transfixed by its effectiveness & utter relevance:
1. Sweet Sir Galahad by Joan Baez, performed at Woodstock.
2. The film Le Feu Follet ,directed by Louis Malle.
3. A Heart Needs A Home by Richard & Linda Thompson, performed on The Old Grey Whistle Test.
This experience is infrequent & extremely personal. A major part of the impact is precisely that the impact is unforeseen, unanticipated.
This puts these particular items in a special category for me all of their own. The initial contact, the lightning-strike, is beyond enjoyment; it is about absolute recognition.
Before, I am sitting down just to give them a go, see if they're any good or not, but something quite different happens ....
.... do you know the feeling ? What are your equivalents ?
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