Understand?
First song I heard from Dream Theater was Hollow Years.
First song from Opeth was Harvest.
Porcupine Tree was Deadwing.
Atmosphere was Guns and Cigarettes.
3 was Wake Pig.
Children of Bodom was Needled 24/7.
So, basically, what song got you into them? I suppose that works.
i'm not the only one who remembers this stuff, right
Party Time - DJ Splash
Tommy Gun - The Clash
Comfort Eagle - Cake
Tessie - Dropkick Murphys
Snow - RHCP
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
Funny Little Feeling - Rock N Roll Soldiers
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
The Doors - Touch Me
The Beatles - Hard Day's Night
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Pink Floyd - Mother
Van Halen - Jump
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Queen - We Will Rock You
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Most of these are pretty predictable. When it comes to the first time ever hearing a new band/artist, it's usually going to be a big hit of theirs. Many of the above are because of my mother or the radio from when I was much younger.
Cocorosie was Armageddon
Madeline Adams was either Bella's Song* or I Left the Light On
Rilo Kiley was The Execution of All Things
Whispertown2000 was Through A Hole
The Cure was something I could never guess... probably some hit on the radio when I was a kid.
Can't really say what the first song I heard from my favorites were, I'm sure I heard songs from half my favorite bands before I cared about them.
Caesars was Jerk It Out
Kasabian was Club Foot
Futureheads was La Garage
Idk about Spoon.
The Used - the bird and the worm
The Offspring - Pretty Fly for a White Guy (or maybe Self Esteem)
Alkaline Trio - Good Fucking Bye
She Wants Revenge - These Things
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Quote from: skylark on September 14, 2008, 03:24:23 PM
Rilo Kiley was The Execution of All Things
Do you know who Jenny Lewis is by any chance?
Quote from: Sam on September 14, 2008, 07:09:28 PM
The Used - the bird and the worm
The Offspring - Pretty Fly for a White Guy (or maybe Self Esteem)
Alkaline Trio - Good Fucking Bye
She Wants Revenge - These Things
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Do you know who Jenny Lewis is by any chance?
Duh :) Rilo Kiley is one of my favorite bands naturally I would know their lead singer. Are you a fan?
Quote from: skylark on September 14, 2008, 07:19:38 PM
Duh :) Rilo Kiley is one of my favorite bands naturally I would know their lead singer. Are you a fan?
Um.. I actually had no idea she was their lead singer, as I've never listened to Rilo Kiley. I probably will within the next few days.
My friend got some front row tickets for Jenny Lewis and asked me to go with him, so I guess I'm going to see her in October. I've listened to all of Acid Toungue, but only that new stuff so far. She's got a nice voice and some of her music is entertaining, but I can't say I love it all. Some of it just seems boring and.. off somehow.
Recommendations for songs?
Quote from: steal on September 14, 2008, 07:22:26 PM
that song was awesome live but not as awesome as Clenching the Fists of Dissent was. that was fuckingepic.
i haven't listened to machine head in ages ;-;
Quote from: steal on September 14, 2008, 07:29:22 PM
You should get The Blackening because if you don't already have it because it's their best album and a modern classic. It will get you back into them.
I've got The Blackening and Burning Red, I just haven't listened to either in a while.
i am now though :|
i have burn my eyes also, but i cant find it
jesus christ lol
Quote from: Sam on September 14, 2008, 07:22:48 PM
Um.. I actually had no idea she was their lead singer, as I've never listened to Rilo Kiley. I probably will within the next few days.
My friend got some front row tickets for Jenny Lewis and asked me to go with him, so I guess I'm going to see her in October. I've listened to all of Acid Toungue, but only that new stuff so far. She's got a nice voice and some of her music is entertaining, but I can't say I love it all. Some of it just seems boring and.. off somehow.
Recommendations for songs?
okay, sorry this is so long. I didn't realize.
okay, me and my BFF (franny) have serious beef with J. Lewis. Alright, so we've both been Rilo Kiley fans for a really long time (Rilo Kiley is an incredible band, I will leave my recommendations at the bottom) and we love the band and it's members (my Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett trivia knowledge tramples all). Jenny Lewis and Blake dated (blake created Rilo Kiley, Jenny is the primary singer, they both write the songs) and during the time they dated their music was really exceptional (not to say it was BAD after they broke up, but there was a difference). So, in 2004 they came out with More Adventurous and there was a considerable amount of hype around the album ("Portions for Foxes" played on the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy) and it was good, not to say it wasn't good but it was really different from their other stuff (oh yeah, "I Never" was in John Tucker Must Die..).
SOOO Jenny Lewis
Jenny Lewis started her solo project with Rabbit Fur Coat (a good album with deep country influences, she'll probably play some stuff off of it) and it was very different from Rilo Kiley but still very good... and then something terrible happened. It is called Under the Blacklight and it came out last August. I was so upset when I bought and listened to it.. It's... Oh, I don't even know. It's not enjoyable and the quality of music (instrumentals are interesting, but so different but the LYRICS are terrible and with an indie rock band good lyrics are something you're sort of banking on) EVEN worse they came out with this terrible video for "Silver Lining" wherein Blake left at the alter by Jenny Lewis. This is sad because if you even read RECENT articles you can see that Blake is still hurting. Or if you listen to his solo project the Elected it's really evident that he is. So sad.
But I haven't really heard anything off of the new album so I can't say anything on it. She'll put on a great show, she always does and she's quite beautiful, really something to look at.
For Rilo Kiley I recommend:
albums:
The Execution of All Things
The Initial Friend (it's hard to find but if you can)
songs:
The Good That Won't Come Out
So Long
A Better Song/Daughter
With Arms Outstretched
Salute My Shorts!
August
The Frug
More Adventurous
Also, if you want to check out the Elected (which I highly recommend)
I would download Me First. It's an album really worth having.
you can really just pick and choose from those songs, they're all very good.
Uh, here:
Thelonious Monk - Rhythm-A-Ning
Deerhoof - Flower
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Type O Negative - Love You To Death
John Coltrane - Equinox
Wow, I definitely forgot to add Neutral Milk Hotel to mine... hm.
Song Against Sex was the first song I ever heard by them. I remember it very well.
I suppose I can add more.
The Mountain Goats -- This Year
I just started listening to them recently but I love it.
The Misfits -- Hybrid Moments
I love this shit.
The Offspring -- Pretty Fly For a White Guy or whatever
I've been listening to the offspring for years and i love them
Dropkick Murphys -- Sunshine Highway
take another ride down sunshine highwaaay
Gravediggaz -- 1-800-Suicide
horror rap lol
Radiohead - Karma Police. I was about 12 when I heard it the first time and I was like 'cool song bro.' but I didn't think much of it. I listened to it casually from time to time until about 14. About 15.5 I learned my taste in music was shitty, so I decided to start over my entire music collection and a friend recommended OK Computer, and I downlaoded it and burned it to a CD and listened to it while I did some homework. Needless to say not much shit got done, but oh god I fell in love. Karma Police is my favorite song ever now, and OK Computer is somewhere near, if not the, best albums evar (IMO lolol)
Animal Collective - Grass. It was like getting high without smoking something, sticking things up my nose or poking myself in the arm.
Quote from: C Mongler on September 14, 2008, 09:22:50 PM
Radiohead - Karma Police. I was about 12 when I heard it the first time and I was like 'cool song bro.' but I didn't think much of it. I listened to it casually from time to time until about 14. About 15.5 I learned my taste in music was shitty, so I decided to start over my entire music collection and a friend recommended OK Computer, and I downlaoded it and burned it to a CD and listened to it while I did some homework. Needless to say not much shit got done, but oh god I fell in love. Karma Police is my favorite song ever now, and OK Computer is somewhere near, if not the, best albums evar (IMO lolol)
Animal Collective - Grass. It was like getting high without smoking something, sticking things up my nose or poking myself in the arm.
I love Radiohead too.
That and Paranoid Android are the best of OK Computer, which is the best one.
But all of their CDs are good after OK Computer.
In Rainbows is awesome
So is Amnesiac
So is Kid A
I don't have Hail to the Thief, can't find a working torrent.
I like Kid A slightly more than OK Computer, but OK Computer is still an amazing album, and Karma Police is also my favorite off that album.
Steal was the one that introduced me to Radiohead by getting me to listen to "Street Spirit (Fade Out)."
The Kid A vs OK Computer thing is so beaten to death lol. Me and my friend argue about it nearly everyday.
in my book Kid A is a 10/10 its just that OK Computer is 10.1/10
Quote from: C Mongler on September 14, 2008, 09:33:26 PM
The Kid A vs OK Computer thing is so beaten to death lol. Me and my friend argue about it nearly everyday.
in my book Kid A is a 10/10 its just that OK Computer is 10.1/10
Yeah I think so too.
But Anmesiac is a 9.5
In Rainbows is a 9.8
Quote from: C Mongler on September 14, 2008, 09:33:26 PM
The Kid A vs OK Computer thing is so beaten to death lol. Me and my friend argue about it nearly everyday.
in my book Kid A is a 10/10 its just that OK Computer is 10.1/10
Yeah the difference in quality is pretty miniscule for me too.
Quote from: Kaz on September 14, 2008, 09:36:46 PM
Yeah the difference in quality is pretty miniscule for me too.
Kid A is like Ok Computer Part 2.
Quote from: Hiro on September 14, 2008, 09:39:02 PM
Kid A is like Ok Computer Part 2.
Not really. They're way too different to be considered related.
Quote from: Kaz on September 14, 2008, 09:40:09 PM
Not really. They're way too different to be considered related.
Nah uh.
They're both really good, a few similar tunes, and the album art... and stuff.
Quote from: Beastman on September 14, 2008, 08:00:19 PM
Dropkick Murphys -- Sunshine Highway
take another ride down sunshine highwaaay
Where'd you first hear it?
Quote from: Hiro on September 14, 2008, 09:41:46 PM
Nah uh.
They're both really good, a few similar tunes, and the album art... and stuff.
They're only "similar" in that they still sound like Radiohead. The construction of the songs and the inclusion of other genres in Kid A is completely different from OK Computer and I really don't understand how you can even begin to consider them "connected." Quality and album art have nothing to do with it.
Quote from: Kaz on September 14, 2008, 09:44:33 PM
They're only "similar" in that they still sound like Radiohead. The construction of the songs and the inclusion of other genres in Kid A is completely different from OK Computer and I really don't understand how you can even begin to consider them "connected." Quality and album art have nothing to do with it.
oh okay
it's cool
OK Computer is alternative Radiohead turning into cool artsy Radiohead. Its a big grab bag of the weird ambient stuff and their alternative roots, but its why I love it.
Kid A pretty much drops the whole alternative thing and its really out there, its really unique, and its really awesome.
Amnesiac takes the whole 'guys, our sound is different and weird dont you like it?' thing too far I think, in fact its my least favorite Radiohead album, even behind Pablo Honey. Thus MATH
OK Computer> Kid A> The Bends> In Rainbows> Hail to the Thief> Pablo Honey> Amnesiac
thats how i see it anyway
Ok Computer > amnesiac > in rainbows > kid a (only by a little) > the bends. I don't have the other two
Kid A > OK Computer
...I don't have any other albums by them yet. :'(
I think I accidentally made this a Radiohead thread
anyway uh the first Joy Division song I heard was Love Will Tear Us Apart and I thought they were boring but now I like Joy Division caterpie;
Yeah me too with them. But they're still boring, but i kinda like them a little
Quote from: Hiro on September 14, 2008, 11:09:42 PM
Yeah me too with them. But they're still boring, but i kinda like them a little
I'm so surprised that you have even listened to Joy Division. Oh, Ian Curtis <3 so not boring to me
first Joy Division song was also "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and I thought they were fantastic.
Quote from: skylark on September 14, 2008, 11:14:03 PM
I'm so surprised that you have even listened to Joy Division. Oh, Ian Curtis <3 so not boring to me
first Joy Division song was also "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and I thought they were fantastic.
well the first time i listened was right after listening to some generic twee pop so i wasnt expecting that
but one day when i was depressed it hit the spot
Okay? love will tear us apart is good, but the few songs i have are just so damn repetitive
Quote from: C Mongler on September 14, 2008, 11:22:44 PM
well the first time i listened was right after listening to some generic twee pop so i wasnt expecting that
but one day when i was depressed it hit the spot
Hha I could imagine that Joy Division after twee pop would be a bit hard to appreciate because of how big a sudden change that is.
When I first listened to Joy Division it was when I was pretty much only listening to artists like The Cure, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Smiths so it fit in quite well. I really like Joy Division.
Quote from: Hiro on September 14, 2008, 11:23:24 PM
Okay? love will tear us apart is good, but the few songs i have are just so damn repetitive
Oh you, there you go again <33 living up to yourself what a sweetie
I don't get it... Ok and echo and the bunnymen rules
The first song I heard from Depeche Mode was Precious. Then that grew into a obsession...
The first song I heard Talking Heads was Once in a Lifetime.
Green Day - When I Come Around
Linkin Park - Numb
Rise Against - Ready to Fall
Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop Drop and Roll!!!
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Michael Stanley Band - He Can't Love You
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 14, 2008, 09:43:59 PM
Where'd you first hear it?
driving down the highway with some friends
one guy was like, "Hey put this cd in"
ok lol
Quote from: Hiro on September 14, 2008, 10:34:22 PM
Ok Computer > amnesiac > in rainbows > kid a (only by a little) > the bends. I don't have the other two
I think of it more like In Rainbows = Kid A = Ok Computer > Hail to the Thief = Amnesiac = The Bends > Pablo Honey.
Quote from: C Mongler on September 14, 2008, 11:06:56 PM
I think I accidentally made this a Radiohead thread
anyway uh the first Joy Division song I heard was Love Will Tear Us Apart and I thought they were boring but now I like Joy Division caterpie;
Same thing happened to me. At first I thought Love Will Tear Us Apart was really boring and comically overrated, but then I listened to my brother's copy of Closer and realized how good Joy Division is.
Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down
Bat for Lashes- Horse and I
Interpol- Evil
The Libertines- Up The Bracket
Oasis- Wonderwall
Radiohead- Creep
Vampire Weekend- A-Punk
I get introduced to bands by their popular songs and then I dig deeper into their music.
Daft Punk - Around the World. I could listen to that for hours.
Pearl Jam was Jeremy. But the song never really got to me right away. I saw the music video for it and I thought it was so unique. I then found out what the music video was more about and then I started liking the song a lot more.
Yes - Close to the Edge. I'm not usually a fan of long ass songs. But this one has some catchy riffs in it that make me think of some good times.
Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain. WHO YOU TRYIN' TO GET CRAZY WITH ESE? DON'T YOU KNOW I'M LO-CO
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell. Again, I wasn't quite into it at first. Dimebag was very good with his work. RIP, you will be missed.
AC/DC - Thunderstruck. This being the very first band I ever liked, The Razor's Edge was the first album I've ever gotten.
Sublime - What I Got. Love at first listen.
Outkast - Roses. I thought they weren't a very creative group at first. To be quite honest, I've never grown quite fond of Hey Ya, but I still like a lot of their songs
Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy. At least I believe it was
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue. Never got into them until later on.
I was first introduced to Arcade Fire through Neighborhood #1, which I actually performed at a summer program I was at. We got a pretty good and wide-ranged instrumentation and some great vocals, so the song actually struck a chord at the time (I played Clarinet, which worked on the major seventhy-lick which piano and strings play with sometimes). And now I spend my days searching for the Christmas EP and the Bowie Live EP.
In fact, that program is where I was introduced to Radiohead, Muse and Wilco. Hmm.
Wilco used to be a favorite but I haven't listened to them in a very long time (I'm unsure why) but I know the first song I heard was She's a Jar and I remember it so well.
Quote from: skylark on September 16, 2008, 07:25:43 PM
Wilco used to be a favorite but I haven't listened to them in a very long time (I'm unsure why) but I know the first song I heard was She's a Jar and I remember it so well.
The highlight of their covers was probably of "Walken," except add a huge horn section to it and increase the distortion a little. Other stuff they've done was "Climbing up the Walls," "The National Anthem," "Starlight," "Hysteria," "Neighborhood #3: Power out," "Wake up," "Keep the Car Running," etc. I can't remember our other Wilco covers, though.
Quote from: Pqqu on September 16, 2008, 07:28:18 PM
The highlight of their covers was probably of "Walken," except add a huge horn section to it and increase the distortion a little. Other stuff they've done was "Climbing up the Walls," "The National Anthem," "Starlight," "Hysteria," "Neighborhood #3: Power out," "Wake up," "Keep the Car Running," etc. I can't remember our other Wilco covers, though.
That sounds like a really good thing to do with your Summer. I imagine it was really fun
Quote from: skylark on September 16, 2008, 07:31:19 PM
That sounds like a really good thing to do with your Summer. I imagine it was really fun
Oh god it was. I ended up singing on "Hysteria" which broke my voice for a while, and I never got to play on a lot of the covers. I remember, though, for "Climbing up the Walls," the director told me to do a low and esoteric solo a half-step down from everybody else, and occasionally jump up to help.
Oh, I remember now, I did drums on "Jesus etc." I wish I could've done "Heavy Metal Drummer," but oh well :3
A Perfect Circle-"Sleeping Beauty"
Tool- Prison Sex
Mars Volta - Televators
Beatles - Help!
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
hawthorne heights - ohio is for lovers
fall out boy - sugar we're goin' down
panic at the disco - the only difference between martyrdom and suicide is press coverage
taking back sunday - liar
tally hall - good day or the bidding baddood;
john williams - hedwig's theme powerofone;
hellogoodbye - dear jamie...sincerely me
boys like girls - the great escape
DJ FRESH
[spoiler=pink panther]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJUuqBa46SA&feature=related[/spoiler]
Prefuse 73
[spoiler=one word extinguishers]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bti3cdaJdMo[/spoiler]
Andre Nickatina
[spoiler=ayo for yayo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ToFhp62Dfo[/spoiler]
The Grouch
[spoiler=artsy]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IycKJpWyH-4[/spoiler]
edIT
[spoiler=ants]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGT8VnHy34g[/spoiler]
Ratatat
[spoiler=seventeen years]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUkszjvJfLU[/spoiler]
At the Drive In
[spoiler=one armed scissor]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpdZMuDFEt0[/spoiler]
Calyx & Teebee
[spoiler=the shape of things to come]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKryaFfBPJA[/spoiler]
Yppah
[spoiler=again with the subtitles]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDskMdpb7JI[/spoiler]
These are just lesser known artists.
Of course I could have put Zion I, Gorillaz, Aesop Rock, The Mars Volta and a bunch more that I can't think of at the moment.
oh and I forgot Why? which is one of my new favorites.
[spoiler=The Hollows]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr-N4AH_TIw[/spoiler]
Quote from: MethreE on October 08, 2008, 02:18:01 AM
DJ FRESH
[spoiler=pink panther]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJUuqBa46SA&feature=related[/spoiler]
You should try some DJ Splash
Quote from: Flying Circus on October 08, 2008, 06:35:12 PM
You should try some DJ Splash
sorry dawg, I don't really like happy hardcore. >.<
more dj fresh
[spoiler]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8aO9u_927g&feature=related[/spoiler]
Quote from: MethreE on October 08, 2008, 09:34:48 PM
sorry dawg, I don't really like happy hardcore. >.<
Oh well, worth a shot :(
Dethklok is my current favorite band so uhhh....
Thunderhorse
Quote from: Geno on October 08, 2008, 09:37:29 PM
Dethklok is my current favorite band so uhhh....
Thunderhorse
... really? befuddlement
Quote from: steal on October 08, 2008, 10:19:41 PM
it's a cartoon novelty band. doodthing;
There are still real people who play concerts and shit though.
And it's music.
I always think It's dethlok not dethklok... did i post in here already?
Quote from: Hiro. on October 08, 2008, 11:13:29 PM
I always think It's dethlok not dethklok... did i post in here already?
why are your posts so shitty