What Songs Turned You Onto Music? [Archive]

Fat_Sunny

03-10-2007, 06:07 PM

Going Back To Your Childhood And Early Adolescence, What Songs Put Music On Your Radar Screen?  Fat Remembers All His (And They Go Way Back), In Chronological Order:The Wayward Wind By Gogi Grant Made Toddler Fat Aware That Music Was NiceHe's So Fine By The Chiffons Made Pre-Pubescent Fat Aware That He Loved Music, (And That He Loved Black People)Then He Kissed Me By The Crystals Made First-Love Fat All Shaky And Quaky, And Made Him Realize How Music Can Touch Your SoulSunshine Of Your Love By Cream Made Battle Of The Bands Fat Aware That There Was Music With Which You Could Become OneIncense And Peppermints By The Strawberry Alarm Clock Made Tie-Dye Teen-Hippie Fat Aware That Music Was One Of The Most Important Things In LifeWhat Songs Turned You Onto Music?

Don Stugots

03-10-2007, 06:10 PM

When the Levy BreaksNo Sleep to BrooklynRock the BellsMy AdidasPeter PiperRunaway

Fat_Sunny

03-10-2007, 06:13 PM

Wow!  That Was Fast!  Your Quick Answer Proves That You Understood The Question, As The Songs Should Be At The Tip Of Your Tongue.

docgoblin

03-10-2007, 06:16 PM

American Pie! - Don McLean Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan And I love Her - Beatles 

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Don Stugots

03-10-2007, 06:21 PM

Fat_Sunny wrote: Wow! That Was Fast! Your Quick Answer Proves That You Understood The Question, As The Songs Should Be At The Tip Of Your Tongue. yeah, those songs really did just come off my head like they were right there.  till this day, i still listen to them and i enjoy them.

Gvac

03-10-2007, 06:21 PM

"Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder   The first 45 I ever bought"With A Little Luck" by Wings   Wings Greatest Hits was the first album I ever bought.  I LOVED when McCartney screamed."Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd absolutely changed my life.  My world went from black and white to color when I discovered that song.  When I first heard it I knew music was just about the most important thing in the world.

badorties

03-10-2007, 06:24 PM

when i was 07 - van halen's running with the devil when i was 13 - r.e.m's it's the end of the worldwhen i was 16 - nirvana's smells like teen spiritwhen i was 17 - smith's death of a disco dancerwhen i was 21 - tom wait's innocent when you dreama half dozen more will pop into memory later ...

westsidechef

03-10-2007, 06:26 PM

The first song that made me take an interest in music was "El Paso" by Marty Robbins, but the first thing I really remember kicking my ass was the Master Of Puppets album.

burrben

03-10-2007, 06:26 PM

fell in love with a girl - turned me onto the white stripes and indie rock which in turn led to...in the pines - turned me onto blues andi'm so lonesome i could cry - turned me onto old countrysingin' in the rain - made me love MGM musicals and gershwin, cole porter and berlin (though it was written by none of these)   

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burrben

03-10-2007, 06:27 PM

i stink at life

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Fat_Sunny

03-10-2007, 06:27 PM

badorties wrote: a half dozen more will pop into memory later ...Nope...You Already Gave The Right Answer.  The Life-Altering Ones Popped Into Your Head Right Off The Bat, And That's What We're Looking For!

BoondockSaint

03-10-2007, 06:33 PM

The first song I can remember really liking and listening to was The Stranger by Billy Joel.  I must have been 4 or 5.  That song really got my imagination going.

FezPaul

03-10-2007, 06:34 PM

Lookin' For A Love - J Geils BandEdit: I looked it up. 1971  Hehehehe I'm old.

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Mike Teacher

03-10-2007, 06:37 PM

John Cage 4'33"

PapaBear

03-10-2007, 08:42 PM

The first song I can remeber ever loving was King of the Road by Roger Miller, but my brother told me I used to sing the Stones Satisfaction when I was two.

FUNKMAN

03-10-2007, 08:46 PM

Eli's Coming - Three Dog NightEleanor Rigby - Beatles

hydee

03-10-2007, 08:54 PM

When I was 12 I was watching Silverspoons, Ricky had just broken up with his girlfriend and called a radio station to send out a request in hopes his girlfriend would hear it.The song was Broken Wings by Mr. Mister.From that day on music has been my boyfriend. :)

hedges

03-11-2007, 12:38 AM

Earliest memories were listening to my parents limited rock collection: Simon & Garfunkel "Bookends", "The Graduate" soundtrack (this maybe more folk, but it rocked), and of course the Beatles. Then there was Billy Joel's "Glass Houses".

Then there was a shift and I was listening to stuff like ACDC and Rush. After that my tastes broadened pretty dramatically.

bootzilla6

03-11-2007, 01:45 AM

First song that made me love music was The Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Picket . I was 5 years old and found my father's 45 record collection.The song I played to death was the Wayward Wind by Gogi Grant.I drove my parents nuts with that song.

high fly

03-11-2007, 01:54 AM

First music that really turned me on would be early Elvis and the whole Memphis scene.First 45s I bought were "Dirty Water" by the Standells and that hit by the Seeds - I'm drawing a blank here, but the B-side was "With A Girl Like You."They were 88 cents apiece at Rexall on the thin rack that spun around.

patsopinion

03-11-2007, 01:56 AM

rage against the machiene-battle for lagreenday- dookie i was never really a pop music listner-instead i would buy albums based on what my much older (late teen hot chick care takers) would listen to...also sublime self titled but i didnt appreciate the music till much later so i didnt put it in

bootzilla6

03-11-2007, 01:58 AM

Highfly, the Seeds song was pushin' to hard .I loved 45's when I was a kid.Hell I still have some of mine,from when I was a kid.

sr71blackbird

03-11-2007, 03:17 AM

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Drunky McBetidont

03-11-2007, 04:47 AM

comfortably numb -pink floyd <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfortably_Numb">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfortably_Numb</a>dark star -grateful deadsympathy for the devil -rolling stonesliving in the eighties -killing jokewonderboy -tenacious d <a href="http://www.twreck.tk/">http://www.twreck.tk/</a> 

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furie

03-11-2007, 10:28 AM

I'm embarrassed to say but the band Boston. it was my first mixed tape. my sister gave it to me; i was probably 11 or so.

TheMojoPin

03-11-2007, 10:38 AM

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=JVaX7hPacIU" target="_blank">Actually, I've got home movies of me rocking out back in the day!</a>

johnniewalker

03-11-2007, 10:43 AM

I think it was Buddy Holly by Weezer when the video was on the original windows 95.

DonInNC

03-11-2007, 10:54 AM

When I was about five, I heard "Rhinestone Cowboy" on the radio. I liked the song so much that I started listening to the radio all the time so I could hear it again. That got me into music for the first time. In my mid-twenties I heard "Sam Stone" by John Prine. I couldn't believe that such a great singer/songwriter had been around my whole life, and I had never heard of him. That led me to seek out other "non-mainstream" music, whether it be folk, jazz, punk, whatever. This, by the way, eventually led me to XM and subsequently to Ron and Fez. Hiya Buddays.

johnniewalker

03-11-2007, 11:03 AM

DonInNC wrote: When I was about five, I heard "Rhinestone Cowboy" on the radio. I liked the song so much that I started listening to the radio all the time so I could hear it again. That got me into music for the first time. In my mid-twenties I heard "Sam Stone" by John Prine. I couldn't believe that such a great singer/songwriter had been around my whole life, and I had never heard of him. That led me to seek out other "non-mainstream" music, whether it be folk, jazz, punk, whatever. This, by the way, eventually led me to XM and subsequently to Ron and Fez. Hiya Buddays.He is a genius and one of my favs.  Great great pick.

torker

03-11-2007, 11:19 AM

Terry Jacks ~ Seasons on the Sun<img src="http://cwfolknet.com/image/folk_image/folk_terryjack.jpeg" border="0" width="200" height="151" />

TjM

03-11-2007, 11:21 AM

Every Rose Welcom to the JungleGirls Girls Girls Paradise City Sweet Child OMine

Leticia

03-11-2007, 11:31 AM

ok, wierdest combination    TLC -MMMmm On The TLC TipMetallica-Enter SandmanRun DMC - Walk This WayLots of spanish music I can't think of,lol.

SatCam

03-11-2007, 02:48 PM

when I was five ... Gloria Estefan's cover of Everlasting Love

when I was eight... N Sync's Tearin Up My Heart

WhistlePig

03-11-2007, 06:18 PM

Changes - David Bowie

Planet Claire - B52's

Uncontrollable Urge - Devo

Baby's on Fire - Brian Eno

Lucky Number - Lene Lovitch

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who6489

03-11-2007, 06:56 PM

I think the first song that grabbed me when I was like 4 or 5 was "In The Mood" by Glen Miller. Great swing era tune. Then The Beatles "Help". The first album that really, REALLY hooked me..... when I was 12, I was at a friends house and he said his mom was going to see this band at Shea called The WHO. He put on "The Kids Are Alright" soundtrack.THAT WAS IT!!!!!  To this day, it is still one of my all-time fave albums. "Young Man Blues" has so much power and anger. Still hum it when I'm havin' a bad day and it's one of my ring tones! Ironic, since it's a cover tune. Since that day in '82, the floodgates opened and I've been a HUGH fan of music in general with over 1000 CD's and countin' !!<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/lol.gif" border="0" />