# What Song Did You Instantly Love? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528 "2007-06-18T23:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/21 "2007-06-19T03:02:23Z")
I remember first hearing Visage’s “Fade to Gray” way back in the '80’s. A few seconds into the song, I knew I would love it. This has happened many times for me even after hearing just a few seconds. Last year, my SO was flipping channels on TV and ran by a music show with a clip of a newly-released dance pop single. All I heard was perhaps 2 seconds when I asked her to switch back to that station. I totally loved the song. Just for reference, the song was “Junjou” by DJ Ozma, which is a re-make of the Korean pop song “Soon Jung” by Koyote. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/22 "2007-06-19T03:10:49Z")
Heart Break Hotel some guy named Elvis ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/23 "2007-06-19T03:17:12Z")
“She’s Doing It Again” by The Feelies. They did it on Letterman and I bought the CD the next day. ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/24 "2007-06-19T03:23:05Z")
[QUOTE=Lucky 13] Seconded. Though lately it’s been edged aside by “Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games” by Of Montreal. I found it on the latest “Favorite YouTube Videos” thread and have watched it so many times that I now mentally replace the words of the Outback Steakhouse jingle with “Let’s pretend we don’t exist…” [/QUOTE] Oh, if you like that song, you need to get the album. It’s genius, and a lot of it is bouncy and fun like “Wraith” (see particularly “The Party’s Crashing Us”). No one I’ve ever played it for has disliked it. Oddly, what really got me hooked on it was “Oslo in the Summertime.” I heard it on the local college station and was just fascinated by it… it’s just such a weird mix of eery and infectious that I couldn’t resist. On an unrelated note, another song I was immediately nuts over was “Yes! I Am a Long Way From Home” by Mogwai. Before that song I had no exposure to them or to postrock in general; I actually found it while searching for some other song starting with the word “yes”. As soon as I heard it I was so totally entranced that I forgot what the hell I’d started out searching for. I then proceeded to methodically devour each of their albums from start to finish. Yum. Now they’re my new Pink Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/25 "2007-06-19T03:37:18Z")
It’s pretty rare for me to instantly love something. But “Beautiful” by Ferry Corsten is one of the exceptions. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/26 "2007-06-19T03:43:20Z")
Absolutely, positively fell in love with “Photograph” by Def Leppard at first listen. Same goes with Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” and “Maybe I’m Amazed” from Wings. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/27 "2007-06-19T03:56:08Z")
“The Distric Sleeps Alone Tonight” by the Postal Service. It was like getting hit in the head with a brick. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/28 "2007-06-19T03:59:14Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] The whole Back In Black album by AC/DC. The DJ on a local radio station played the album without interruption the second he had it in his hands. I still remember he stopped a song that was playing at the time and all he said was "This is the new AC/DC album, enjoy. Up to that point all that had been heard was the single of “For Those About To Rock”. I bought my copy the next morning. [/QUOTE] Nitpick: “For Those About to Rock” wasn’t on _Back in Black_, it’s the follow-up from a year later. I don’t recall, but I’m guessing the pre-release single from _Back in Black_ was probably “You Shook Me All Night Long”. [End nitpick] But I agree the entire _Back in Black_ album is classic. (“Shoot to Thrill” is my personal favorite.) For me, I’d been exploring various types of rock/hard rock/heavy metal during my early high school years (and becoming infatuated in turn with all manner of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Doors, and Stones songs), but the one song I remember that I was practically addicted to when I first heard it was Van Halen’s “And the Cradle Will Rock…” from _Women and Children First_. That opening, recurring riff just captured me, and I loved the sound of it throughout the song. To this day I think it’s one of the “hardest” tracks Van Halen ever recorded. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/29 "2007-06-19T04:01:44Z")
[_Rain_ by Patty Griffin (YouTube)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbjE7NFmUI) I think I must be missing Seattle, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/30 "2007-06-19T04:11:18Z")
“Cuts You Up” by Peter Murphy. A few years ago, I was talking to a friend of mine about music, and he told me to listen to this song (Having been born in 1986, I missed this music the first time around so learned about it from my older friends). I downloaded it and gave it a listen, and I immediately loved it. At the time, I guess it was exactly what I wanted in a song. It was perfect for me. ETA: [Youtube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udQcrUY515A) ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/31 "2007-06-19T04:22:30Z")
Bah, the music video version of that song is abridged, cutting out the middle. Another song I loved at first, though not as much as Cuts You Up, it “Dancing Barefoot” by Patti Smith. The two songs I mentioned are a bit similar. They’re both melodic with a hint of darkness, and have choruses that are very catchy and give the feeling of being pulled in and twisted around. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/32 "2007-06-19T04:45:41Z")
Does it mean I’ve lost my “cool” card if I don’t know over half of the artists in this thread? Oy. I wouldn’t describe it as love but the last catchy tune I heard and instantly liked was KT Tunstall’s, Black Horse and a Cherry Tree. ---
**Author:** ![Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Traveling\_Riverside\_Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Traveling_Riverside_Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/33 "2007-06-19T04:56:39Z")
In My Life by The Beatles. It usually takes me a few listens to a song to really feel very strongly about it, (I didn’t care for Free As A Bird the first two times I heard it\*) but when I first heard In My Life, I was in love with it. The only other songs I can think of that were similar, (but not as much as In My Life) would be Black Dog by Led Zeppelin, and Moondance by the aforementioned Van Morrison. \*And I hated How Many More Times by Led Zeppelin, until I heard it live on their DVD, and loved it. Now it is one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/34 "2007-06-19T06:24:20Z")
_Mushaboom_ by **Feist** caught me instantly, though it’s not a style I normally care for. I love this song, and loved it from the moment I heard it. _Rainy Monday_ by \*\*Shiny Toy Guns \*\*was an instant hit with me, played to me by my husband who had hoped I would share his love for this cool new CD he’d just purchased. I did, and still do. From the same album, _Jackie Will Save Me_ caught my attention and held it tight after the first chorus. I’ve professed my instant and desperate love for _Dare_ by **Gorillaz** here before. Worth another mention. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/35 "2007-06-19T06:48:06Z")
[QUOTE=minlokwat] Don’t want this to dissolve into a guilty pleasure thread but this song rocked the first time I heard it and I herewith proclaim to the world that it continues to do so today. [/QUOTE] Dixie Chicks ,I’m not ready to make nice. Im not into the chicks politics, but that song eloquently put to words what I was feeling towards someone last summer. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/36 "2007-06-19T07:39:44Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] My favorite song of all time, is Van Morrison’s “Sweet Thing.” I heard it for the first time in a friend’s room one late night in college. Didn’t remember much of that evening except hearing that most excellently beautiful song. I went to her room the next day and borrowed _Astral Weeks_. Totally blew me away and still does. [/QUOTE] Oooh, great tune! I’ve got a big Van Morrison greatest hits album (which, aside from the radio, is all I know of Van Morrison). I remember hearing that one for the first time and falling in love with it. I’ve got two. One, I was driving to a student’s house for a piano lesson, and this incredible song came on the radio. It opened with a piano/vocal intro that was crisp and clear, and then proceeded to rock out. I kept driving around the block until the song was done. The DJ didn’t mention the name, but I asked some friends at school the next day what it could have been. The song: _Come Sail Away_ by Styx. I was/am a big classic rock fan, but had never heard that song until my jr. year in high school (1997). Also, maybe two years ago I was going to a friend’s house and listening to the radio, and heard an incredible version of George Harrison’s _Isn’t It A Pity_. I loved the song already, but this version was awesome. Just piano and a woman singing. I called the DJ; turned out it was Nina Simone. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/37 "2007-06-19T11:09:16Z")
_Cry if you want to_ by The Holly Cole Trio. I’m sure there are many more, but that is the one that comes to mind first. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/38 "2007-06-19T12:20:14Z")
I usually don’t care for stuff on the first listen, but… Private Eyes, by Hall and Oates. And I’ve liked it every time I heard it since. So there! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/39 "2007-06-19T13:11:24Z")
[Chelsea Dagger](http://youtube.com/watch?v=clhOnZRrmXc) by The Fratellis. I saw a video for another one of their songs (also catchy), Flathead, from a SDMB thread and searched for other stuff by them. This song has been stuck in my head since. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528/40 "2007-06-19T13:14:23Z")
_Looking at the World form the Bottom of a Well_ by Mike Doughty. First heard it on World Cafe while driving to the hardware store, made a detour into the Borders to pick up the CD. Gotta love David Dye, he’s turned me onto a bunch of good things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-did-you-instantly-love/408528.md?page=3)