Songs that converted you

[DMBfanLongliveStrongBad!]

in this thread, list the songs that converted you to fans of the band/artist.


here's mine:


dmb - "watchtower" (Listener S.)
zeppelin- "stairway"
dream theater - "changes of the seasons"
phish- "bouncing round the room"
doors - "break on through"


etc.

 

[nadroj1985]

Ooooo good thread idea

Neutral Milk Hotel- "Two-Headed Boy"
Radiohead- "Creep"
Belle and Sebastian- "If You're Feeling Sinister"
Interpol- "Obstacle 1"
Phish- "Stash"
R.E.M.- "Catapult"
Tortoise- "TNT"
The White Stripes- "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"

Probably a lot more.

 

[Key Peninsula Redneck]

Sweet Home Alabama-- Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Devil Went Down to Georgia -- The Charlie Daniels Band

Beer for my Horses--Toby Keith

Lifestyles of the Not so rich and famous-- Tracy Byrd

Joy to the World-- Three Dog Night

Red Dirt Road (Brooks and Dunn)

Anywhere But Here (Cross Canadian Ragweed)

A Country Boy Can Survive (Hank Williams Jr.)

Keep on Rockin' Me (The Steve Miller Band)

Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)

 

[Breetai]

Iron Maiden- the first song that I'd heard
Megadeth- the first song that I'd heard
Led Zeppelin- the first song that I'd heard

Actually, I think that everyone of my favorite band had me into them because of the general greatness of their music overall. It was never just one song, but the whole of them.

 

[Rosa Mystica]

My list:

"Everything Counts"- Depeche Mode
"Bring Me to Life"- Evanescence
"I Hate Everything About You"- Three Days Grace
"Can't Get You Outta My Head"- Kylie Minogue
"Things Can Only Get Better"- Howard Jones

I'll think of more later.

 

[heavenliejediofthebeach]

my fave band coldplay had me at their first song, yellow
i dont know how enya converted me yet shes my favorite singer
u2- i still havent found what ive been looking for..oh man...what a song!


i will get back to y'all( if you even care LOL ) later..still need to think about it

 

[heavenliejediofthebeach]

ok..im such a dork LOL..cant forget one of my fave bands , THE WHO..teenage wasteland did it for me

 

[DMBfanLongliveStrongBad!]

coldplay... i actually didn't like them until the scientist came out... that did it for me. i a big coldplay fan now.

and lynyrd skynyrd - freebird

 

[KristianJ]

Brilliant thread idea, Bryce!

Let's see...

U2 - With or Without You
DMB - Two Step and Nancies (Red Rocks)
Zeppelin - Stairway
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
Dream Theater - Take Away My Pain
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Coldplay - Clocks
REM - Everybody Hurts and Losing My Religion

 

[Iamthelaw]

U2 "New Years Day"
Tragically Hip "Gift Shop"
Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"
AC/DC "Back in Black"
Guns N Roses "Welcome to the Jungle"
Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over"
The Cardigans "Erase/Rewind"
Bjork "Army of Me"
Prayer Chain "I Believe"
Starflyer 59 "Hazel Would"
L.S.U. "This is The Healing"
PJ Harvey "Good Fortune"

 

[theFijian]

Interpol - NYC
At The Drive-In - Rolodex Propoganda
...Trail of the Dead - Mistakes and Regrets
Outkast - Hey Ya
Radiohead - Creep
Slint - Good Morning Captain
Pavement - Here
Yo La Tengo - Little Eyes
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Björk - Venus as a Boy
Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker

Nice idea for a thread all in all. What about songs that converted you to a band you previously disliked?
Blur - Song 2 (I previously regarged them as just another bunch of brit-popers riding a wave of chart success.)

 

[cygnusx1]

The Spirit Of Radio and it's 'B' side The Trees...........RUSH


2 days to go!

 

[twosteppin]

two step~ Dmb
the lucky one~ Allison Krauss
When you come back down~ Nickel Creek
Once in a lifetime~ Talking Heads
Ocean breathes salty, Float on~ Modest Mouse
freewill~ Rush
bouncing....,stash~ Phish

 

[DeadPoetic]

Dead Poetic - Four Wall Blackmail
afi - hmm can't really recall..maybe Girl's Not Grey
Something Corporate - Punkrockprincess
Nfg - My friends over you ^^
Disturbed - Voices
Lostprophets - shinobivsdragonninja
Linkin Park - In The End
Tsunami Bomb - Lemonade
Horrorpops - Misstake(or Where They Wander)
Asrai - Pale Light
Millencolin - No Cigar + Punk rock rebel
Zao - Exchange
ADEMA - Giving In
Atreyu - Ain't Love Grand
The Juliana Theory - If I Told You This Was Killing Me, Would You Stop?
Emery - Disguising Mistakes With Goodbyes
The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright, but I also liked Self Esteem ^^
Green Lizard - Down(2k)

 

[TheDandyMan]

kraftwerk - computer world
starflyer 59 - blue collar love
pony express - debbie's operating system, walking tall
ln - break your bones
newsboys - truth be known (Wow. That was a while ago.)
joy electric - monosynth

And, inevitably, once I post this, I will think of five more.

 

[DJ B.K.]

P.O.D.-"Rock The Party"
Mars ILL-"Love's Not"
Deepspace 5-"Stick This In Your Ear"
Blindside-"Pitiful"
Jurassic 5-"What's Golden"
Talib Kweli-"Get By"
John Reuben-"Divine Inspiration"

That's all I can think of

 

[ps139]

Bryce - wonderful thread!

"Harry Hood," "Simple" - Phish (I used to HATE this band )
"Two Step" - Dave Matthews (I used to hate him too )
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin (listened to this album incessantly at age 12)
Quadrophenia - The Who (listened to this in between my Zeppelin tape)
"Throwing Stones," "Jack Straw," "Scarlet Begonias" - Grateful Dead
"Light my Fire" - Doors
"Ebin" "Wrong Way" - Sublime
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd (I'd never heard a Floyd song until I watched Wizard of Oz with Dark Side of the Moon synched up to it...instant conversion!)
"Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix
"Its Up to You" - Steve Kimock Band (heard this one song and bought a CD, in retrospect it was a GREAT decision!)
"Sand" - Trey Anastasio Band (even as a Phish fan I used to not like them)
"Watermelon" - Leo Kottke
"From the Beginning" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
"Timmy Tucker," "Happy Hour Hero" - moe.
"Locomotive Breath" - Jethro Tull
"Down by the River" - Neil Young
"Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits
"Memories" - Dean Martin
"Al-di-la" - Jerry Vale

 

[cygnusx1]

Genesis ...........Turn it on again.


Rush 1 day to go

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Oh fun thread. I need to make this short cos someone is waiting for the computer.

DMB- #41, Two Step and Dancing Nancies... and Wearhouse (Red Rocks)
Coldplay- Politik
Phish- Bouncing Around the Room

 

[twosteppin]

Rush 1 day to go

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