# Music that you got turned on to through tv or movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923 "2011-08-08T09:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/1 "2011-08-08T09:57:25Z")
I’m guessing this topic has been done before, but a quick search turns up nothing recent. Anyway, tonight I was listening to Richard Thompson’s song, “Dad’s Gonna Kill Me,” and realized I might never have heard it if not for Sons of Anarchy. And it was a great surprise that their sountrack is so well-done. Awesome show, awesome music. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/G-yySxecVAg/hqdefault.jpg "Richard Thompson - Dad's Gonna Kill Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-yySxecVAg) And it got me thinking how many other great songs I’ve been introduced to by Sons: This great version of John the Revelator: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSolD5PQh-Q) Great version of Hey Hey, My My: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PbeIv39s04s/maxresdefault.jpg "Battleme - Hey Hey, My My (Sons of Anarchy S03E13)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbeIv39s04s) And this version of Joan Armatrading’s This Charming Life: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qxZAQ8qEtoc/hqdefault.jpg "This Charming Life. SoA Version") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxZAQ8qEtoc) And the songs done by Katey Sagal are also beautiful, of course: Son of a Preacher Man: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWZmkZGZEEE) Ruby Tuesday: https://www.youtube.com/embed/VWJg6OTESns?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLEF42470AB13A395C These are just a few examples of what I’m talking about. I wouldn’t have heard these songs without the show, and now I’m thrilled to have 'em. What songs/bands have you discovered this way? ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/2 "2011-08-08T18:34:44Z")
Half the reason I love the show **Chuck** so much is all the excellent music it has introduced me to. The Thermals- Now we can see [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaMDrv320NU) Frightened Rabbit- The Twist [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J2zFQXZxuTs/hqdefault.jpg "The Twist - Frightened rabbit (w/ Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2zFQXZxuTs) Blitzen Trapper- Furr [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqtlcHiSHTE) Slow Club- Christmas tv [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsKv1aKS0Q) In flight Safety- model homes [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mFZUbBZRDqs/hqdefault.jpg "In-Flight Safety - Model Homes video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFZUbBZRDqs) Austin Hartley-Leonard and Kendall Jane Meade- In My Sleep [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h3QKwRrhc4s/hqdefault.jpg "In My Sleep by Austin Hartley-Leonard and Kendall Jane Meade") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3QKwRrhc4s) The Accidental- Knock Knock [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXTh6xqZK48) All of those are from **Chuck** and I know there are several more that will later to occur to me. Thanks a lot Indygrrl, now I’m having a music marathon instead of working. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/3 "2011-08-08T18:38:29Z")
The first time I heard the music of Leonard Cohen was when watching “Natural Born Killers”. Since then, I’ve decided that NBK is pretty much garbage but enjoy Cohen’s complete catalog. ---
**Author:** ![Troutsqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Troutsqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troutsqueezer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/4 "2011-08-08T19:13:27Z")
I forget the movie but that was the first time I ever heard Big Bill Broonzy. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/5 "2011-08-08T19:38:20Z")
I got turned onto Tommy Guerrero via NPR. Here is a post I posted to a [music suggestions thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613741&highlight=tommy+guerrero): > [@Hey Listen to this! The Music Suggestion thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-listen-to-this-the-music-suggestion-thread/586674/3): > > [Tommy Guerrero - On the West](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4KeUsPg6TA) off his new CD. > > A tad jazzier than trip hop. > > A bit cooler than lounge music. > > A touch of Ennio Morricone spaghetti-western feel. > > You want this on the soundtrack of your movie, because you’re cool like that. 😉 \*\*Troutsqueezer \*\*- I love Bill Bill Broonzy. I am working on ripping off licks from [this youtube clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1qtX7Mz5w)lately… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/6 "2011-08-08T19:55:06Z")
I was turned on to Tori Amos through the movie “Toys,” which had a song by her that I loved called “Happy Workers.” I sought out more info on the net about the song, found out about Tori, and bought “Little Earthquakes” soon after (along with the movie soundtrack, which also has some other very cool music on it). Also, Jackson Browne’s “Lives in the Balance,” which I first heard on “Miami Vice.” ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/7 "2011-08-08T20:33:10Z")
[Sinnerman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6_BWNzThJY), by Nina Simone, from the movie The Thomas Crown Affair [Comfort of Strangers](http://www.myspace.com/skinband/music/songs/comfort-of-strangers-59427629), by Skin, from the movie Timecode [Humans Being](http://www.videodetective.com/music-videos/humans-being-video/951241), by Van Halen, from the move Twister ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/8 "2011-08-08T20:43:29Z")
I went back and reinvigorated my love for disco and funk just from two movies: Summer of Sam and Boogie Nights. Both perfect soundtracks! Also, any Quentin Tarantino movie will inevitably turn me on to something new-to-me. I think it was the Grindhouse movies that turned me on to April March’s “Chick Habit” and some other cool tunes. I tend to gravitate toward movie directors who share my passion for films and then pick apart the soundtracks every time a new movie comes out. Spike Lee and Tarantino are my favs, if only for the soundtracks (I may not like anything else about the movie). ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/9 "2011-08-08T21:31:49Z")
I started listening to classical after watching _A Clockwork Orange_, starting with Rossini and Beethoven. _The Thieving Magpie_ is still a favorite opera overture of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/10 "2011-08-08T21:33:09Z")
I discovered what was to become my very favorite piece of music when I caught the last few minutes of a movie playing on HBO. The movie was called [_Fearless_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106881/combined), and while I’d never seen it and knew nothing about it, I found those final few minutes to be incredibly intense, and the music that accompanied the scene was one of the most haunting themes I’d ever heard. It took me a couple of days to track it down, but I picked up a CD of the piece, and, on my first listening, was shaken to my very core in a way no music ever had. It’s almost fifteen years later, but I’m never had an experience to match it. The piece was Górecki’s _Symphony of Sorrowful Songs_. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/11 "2011-08-08T21:46:45Z")
_Castle_ once used [Fatboy Slim’s Wonderful Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IK7dr2nk5o), which I’d never heard before but instantly took to. It absolves Fatboy Slim of the sin he committed by releasing Praise You. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/12 "2011-08-08T22:28:30Z")
It’s probably trite, but I first became aware of Danny Elfman’s genius on account of his motion picture scores. While I enjoyed _Peewee’s Big Adventure_ quite a lot, it wasn’t until _Edward Scissorhands_ that I sat up and said to myself, “Who _IS_ that guy?” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/13 "2011-08-08T22:34:17Z")
There’s a whole class of music called _Exotica_ that I heard again & again in various movies, finally found the name of, & have enjoyed ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/14 "2011-08-08T22:38:27Z")
Heh. From South Park, Kenny was singing “Con Te Partido” by Bocelli. Got me into his whole repertoire. “So You Think You Can Dance” introduced me to Imogene Heap with Hide and Seek. Glee has turned me on to a myriad of songs, the top of which is Darrin Criss’ A Very Potter Musical, which always makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/15 "2011-08-10T05:11:26Z")
Too many to list, but I was one of the billions lured to the music of Nick Drake by the fine people at the Volkswagen car company. That was the beginning of product placement of music, I think – here was the guy nobody had heard of who just needed exposure to become a huge success. Too bad it was 20 years after his suicide, but better late than never. But once that commercial made such a splash, labels realized how directly a TV appearance could translate to album sales if the stars aligned, even if the band’s name was never mentioned. And Grey’s Anatomy was born. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/16 "2011-08-10T05:19:00Z")
> [@Noelq](#): > > Heh. > > From South Park, Kenny was singing “Con Te Partido” by Bocelli. Got me into his whole repertoire. I remember when I first heard [Bubblegoose](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZeuakaDUF4) on South Park. I didn’t know of the real song and just assumed it was something stupid made up for South Park. When I finally got to listen to Carnival for the first time hearing the real version and thinking “Wow, that’s a _real_ song” made it stick that much more. Carnival by Wyclef, to this day, remains one of my favorite albums. It’s not _because_ of South Park, but South Park certainly put an exclamation point on the first listen. ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/17 "2011-08-10T05:20:22Z")
The Powerpuff Girls got me into bis, and they’re one of my favorite bands ever. I don’t think I had ever heard “Listen Up” by Oasis (though I was already a fan of theirs) until it played in the credits of a Daria episode, but now it’s probably my favorite song of theirs. Also: 24 Hour Party People. Enough said. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/18 "2011-08-10T05:27:57Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > The first time I heard the music of Leonard Cohen was when watching “Natural Born Killers”. Since then, I’ve decided that NBK is pretty much garbage but enjoy Cohen’s complete catalog. Me too! I had heard of him from the movie Pump Up the Volume, but it was after NBK that I became a full-fledged fan. Oh, and L7. “Shit List” is one of the best scream-it-out songs ever, and turned me on to Riotgrrls. I’ve also picked up on a few songs from So You Think You Can Dance, NoelQ. The Nina Simone song they did on one of the dances this year blew me away, and there have also been a few from Adele that I like. In fact, there have been so many that I keep my notepad handy while watching so I can write 'em down before I forget. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/19 "2011-08-10T07:19:13Z")
I continue to enjoy the theme song from _Terriers_ well after the demise of the show. Just a fun little number there. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923/20 "2011-08-10T07:55:38Z")
Oh, I’ve gotten into all kinds of music through TV, starting with Bugs Bunny cartoons when I was a kid. I really got into Celtic music when I heard [Bonny Portmore](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYkg6styqfM) by Loreena McKennitt on an episode of the Highlander series. For something totally different, I really got into jazzy '20s and '30s era music after watching [Jeeves and Wooster](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s9Mlv1WkEU&playnext=1&list=PLEF68316FF5712A8D). There was also [Pennies From Heaven](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az43I5MTJoQ) with Bob Hoskins. Great stuff! And this thread had taught me that Katy Sagal is a fabulous singer. I can not believe I didn’t know that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-you-got-turned-on-to-through-tv-or-movies/591923.md?page=2)