# I heard a song by X so now I have to binge listen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319 "2014-11-02T02:25:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/1 "2014-11-02T02:25:44Z")
For me, there are a few artists that if I hear one thing from them I have to go binge listen to them: Dolly Parton and David Bowie are the two that spring immediately to mind for me. I heard a Dolly Parton song and have been listening to her for the past while. “After the Goldrush” with Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstadt is playing right now. What artists (if any) cause this reaction for you? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/2 "2014-11-02T02:31:19Z")
For me it’s more about hearing a new artist and then I’m hooked… so to barf out a few… Warpaint, Tycho, Heavenly Beat, Recondite, Shigeto, Hakobune, Mogwai, Washed Out, Stereolab… that should be plenty to chew on for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/3 "2014-11-02T02:52:21Z")
Aside from the obvious (Kesha), Tom Petty and Eminem are the answers. Under certain circumstances, there are others like Michael Jackson, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and Ray Charles. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/4 "2014-11-02T03:28:34Z")
Friday, it was Warren Zevon. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/5 "2014-11-02T04:10:16Z")
I assumed this was about hearing a song by the band X and having to binge-listen to them. So I’ll pick them. Not that they necessarily affect me that way, but I’ll listen to their first four albums all the way through if given the choice. My first choice for the actual question would probably be The Replacements and The Smiths. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/6 "2014-11-02T04:12:02Z")
Violent Femmes, Belle & Sebastian, The Dead Milkmen, The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/7 "2014-11-02T04:16:38Z")
After reading the title of this thread, I have the urge to listen to a bunch of X. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/8 "2014-11-02T04:22:59Z")
Billie Holiday. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/9 "2014-11-02T04:52:33Z")
Big Wreck. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/10 "2014-11-02T12:11:42Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > I assumed this was about hearing a song by the band X and having to binge-listen to them. So I’ll pick them. Not that they necessarily affect me that way, but I’ll listen to their first four albums all the way through if given the choice. > > My first choice for the actual question would probably be The Replacements and The Smiths. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > After reading the title of this thread, I have the urge to listen to a bunch of X. American [X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(American_band)) or Australian [X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(Australian_band))? Oh well, I’m going with [The xx](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_xx) (it’s true, even). ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/11 "2014-11-02T12:33:36Z")
I assumed this was about the band X, too - and a worthy choice for the OP. I tend to buy CD’s, still - get off my lawn! So if I get a CD for a new artist, I play the heck out of it. Recently, I have been playing a ton of Tommy Guerrero, a skateboarder who has an urban, cool, almost-jazz groove to his overall sound. I played Vampire Weekend, Phoenix and a bunch of other bands like that when they came out with new albums… ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/12 "2014-11-02T12:45:22Z")
The other day I popped over to YouTube to listen to a Stone Temple Pilots song. I was just trying to kill time during a commercial break of a show I was watching. And the whole reason I had STP on my mind is because a clip of one of their songs was played on that show. I wound up staying on YT for the next hour because somebody went and downloaded the entire STP “Core” album on there and I couldn’t stop listening! ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/13 "2014-11-02T13:23:09Z")
Death Cab for Cutie. ---
**Author:** ![Abracadebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Abracadebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abracadebra)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/14 "2014-11-02T15:48:36Z")
I listen to the entirety of “Abbey Road” every day, but beyond that, I’ve been on a Glen Campbell, Alison Moyet, and Hozier kick lately. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/15 "2014-11-02T16:37:49Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > After reading the title of this thread, I have the urge to listen to a bunch of X. Aye, I thought this was gonna be about listening to the band **X** ; one of my favs. Billy Zoom taught me that guitarists look cooler on stage with a wide stance. Fuck it, I’m gonna go binge on **X**. "Johnny hit and run Pauline… Johnny hit and run Pauline…"♩♫ ♪ ♬… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/16 "2014-11-02T17:11:21Z")
I must not think bad thoughts… But seriously, the last time I can recall doing this was for Spoon, a late-90s-to-today, mildly alt-rock Austin band. I really liked the one song I’d heard of theirs (“Trouble Comes Running”), then later heard they were coming to my town…so I spent some time over a weekend hearing a sampling of their music from different albums. Came across a few tracks I liked, but nothing spectacular. They put on a pretty good show (I stayed for about half of it). ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/17 "2014-11-02T18:42:03Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > American [X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(American_band)) or Australian [X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_(Australian_band))? I usually don’t presume to speak for everybody, but in this case I’ll go ahead and say we’re all talking about American X. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/18 "2014-11-02T18:49:04Z")
Yes, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Carly Simon, Herb Alpert, the Baja Marimba Band, Sergio Mendes, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Beatles, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Carole King, Carpenters… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/19 "2014-11-02T22:59:43Z")
Reverend Payton’s Big Damn Band. Someone on the board raved about it and linked to a song. I was skeptical, but I became a fan at once and had to listen to as much as I could find. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319/20 "2014-11-02T23:53:41Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Reverend Payton’s Big Damn Band. Someone on the board raved about it and linked to a song. I was skeptical, but I became a fan at once and had to listen to as much as I could find. **gaffa** is a Rev fanatic and knows him personally… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-a-song-by-x-so-now-i-have-to-binge-listen/703319.md?page=2)