I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where people could send in examples of a song that changed something. It could be a big world shattering thing, if songs are capable of that or a small personal thing, or just a special song.

My example would be: A Different Kind of Love Song, by Dick Gaughan.

When I heard this song in the mid 80s, I was living in the Shetland Isles and I had thought that this type of song was a thing of the past. A past for me that involved visiting clubs in London and hearing songs by people like Nick Drake, Paul Simon, John Martyn, Roy Harper and all the other fine writers and musicians that were around then. On hearing this song I realised that the process was still current and people with a conscience were still writing from the heart. It started me off playing again and I discovered that I could write too, mainly because I now had something to say (now I was too old to actually do anything).