# What's the last song you heard and liked instantly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037 "2011-12-04T17:27:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/101 "2011-12-07T21:33:27Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > This cover version is possibly better than the original, and I love the original. I agree. I found it on Cracked where they were saying the same thing. The original is super-trendy and fun, but Shatner really gets the rage and frustration of the common people into his voice. Ironic since Shatner isn’t a “common person” by any means! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/102 "2011-12-07T22:50:20Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Kane West’s “Power” – they started playing an instrumental version at Dodger Stadium this year to begin games, and I ended up having to email a stadium rep to find out what it was. > > Sent from my AT100 using Tapatalk That happens to me almost every time I go to a lacrosse game - there’s a song played that I really want to buy, but I don’t know the name. I need that song recognizing app. > [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > [Shake it Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbN0nX61rIs&ob=av2e) by Florence + the Machine. I’ve had Florence + the Machine on my list of bands to look into after I saw them perform [“Dog Days Are Over”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWOyfLBYtuU&ob=av2e) on David Letterman. The last song I heard and instantly liked was [Bruno Mars’ “It Will Rain.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-w3WfgpcGg&ob=av2e) I have a lot of new stuff to look into from this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/103 "2011-12-07T23:00:33Z")
That’s what I get for coming in at the end and not looking at the first page first - I see we have done “Dog Days” already. Oops. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/104 "2011-12-07T23:38:23Z")
‘You Raise Me Up’ by Josh Groban. I first heard at a Super Bowl halftime. Really liked it immediately. You Tube link: [Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up (Official Music Video) | Warner Vault - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxrX42WcjQ) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/105 "2011-12-08T00:14:33Z")
[Dikta - Thank You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx4KoRbh0cE). Icelandic band, good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/106 "2011-12-08T00:45:16Z")
“Fuck You” by Cee Lo Green. Damn that guy knows how to write a catchy song. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/107 "2011-12-08T03:50:54Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Me too. Great song. I got a free download from Amazon and I used it for this. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/108 "2011-12-09T06:05:10Z")
[Kashmir](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL51Rv1Lmr4&feature=related)- I think it’s likeable only to an Orchestrician. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/109 "2011-12-11T21:51:08Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > “[Sail](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvK78jHUnA)” by AWOLNATION. It haunts me. > [@Krav\_Manga](#): > > The Gabriel-esque [Somebody That I Used To Know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY&feature=youtube_gdata_player) Awesome 🙂 These will now be on my song recs for December. I’m listening to the others too, slowly but surely. > [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Also “Percussion Gun” by White Rabbits, which was getting a lot of airplay at the same time. Wait, what? Why would that song have gotten a lot of airplay this spring? The cd came out in May of _2009_. It’s been about six years since I stopped listening to commerical radio, but I continue to look at their Best Of [Year] lists every year. I especially liked the list that contained Silversun Pickups’ “Well Thought Out Twinkles” two and a half years after the “add” date on my music player…Anyway have you heard “Rudie Fails” off the same White Rabbits cd yet? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/110 "2011-12-12T03:24:47Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > “Shots on the Hood of My Car” by Kesha. A very upbeat song about what she’d do if the world was coming to an end. > [@Ponch8](#): > > Last song I heard and liked instantly, non-Kesha division: maybe “Pumped Up Kicks” or “Rolling in the Deep”, as so many others have said A new one in the Kesha division: Just yesterday I came across “Only Wanna Dance with You” (rumored to be a leaked song from her upcoming album). ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/111 "2011-12-12T03:31:20Z")
This year: “Moves Like Jagger” by **Maroon 5** when I herd it during a CNN entertainment report this summer. Last year: “Marry You” by **Bruno Mars** when I heard it in an episode of **Glee**! ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/112 "2011-12-12T04:04:05Z")
> [@Krav\_Manga](#): > > The Gabriel-esque [Somebody That I Used To Know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY&feature=youtube_gdata_player) I like that a lot, so it’s my new answer. I had thought of a few others: [“Waking Up” from Bitter:Sweet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DtVKPAlcpI) from a C25k podcast [“I Love You Ono” by Stereo Total](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXtjdal0SY), from an indy website where you could download mp3. I tormented people for months with this one. Warning, it’s weirdly addictive. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/113 "2011-12-13T00:38:38Z")
[Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk),](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA) by Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esq. Just the right amount of silly. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/114 "2011-12-13T05:02:58Z")
> [@Krav\_Manga](#): > > The Gabriel-esque [Somebody That I Used To Know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY&feature=youtube_gdata_player) Fantastic! Thanks! ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/115 "2011-12-13T16:04:14Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Fantastic! Thanks! Yeah, you had me at “Gabriel-esque.” I listened to the song and immediately had to go buy it from iTunes. Didn’t care for the video, though. He’s a nice-looking guy, but I think I could have seen a little less of him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hazynlazy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hazynlazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazynlazy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/116 "2011-12-15T17:48:22Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’ve had Florence + the Machine on my list of bands to look into after I saw them perform [“Dog Days Are Over”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWOyfLBYtuU&ob=av2e) on David Letterman. If you like Florence and the Machine, check out The Gossip. Here’s the song Standing in the Way of Control: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRur9D354W0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRur9D354W0) ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/117 "2011-12-15T20:01:52Z")
The Humble River by Puscifer, i.e. the song from the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/118 "2011-12-15T20:44:47Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > [Pumped Up Kicks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTZ7iX4vTQ&ob=av2e), of course. That song is catchy as hell. I actually came here to post “Pumped Up Kicks.” My iPhone’s Shazam was out within seconds the first time I heard it. Every time it plays on the radio when I’m driving it gets cranked up and sung along badly to. (You ever hear the version where the words “gun” and “bullets” are blanked out? WTF??) YouTube is blocked here at work but when I get home I’ll be checking out all the links. I need more running playlist tunes. Awesome idea for a thread, **Elfkin477** , thank you. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/119 "2011-12-16T03:05:57Z")
Man, I can’t believe how many people said “Pump Up the Kicks” by Foster the People. I hate that song. I’ve hated every one of their songs that I’ve heard so far. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037/120 "2011-12-16T03:17:56Z")
Positively ancient by the time I heard it, but the most recent randomish hearing that I had to have was [Brackish by Kittie](http://youtu.be/3t7fCKzKenw) (…don’t read the comments, if you want to retain some faith in humanity. _sigh_) - I generally prefer Kittie’s newer stuff, and find Spit (the album Brackish is on) to be disappointing on the whole, but Brackish rocks pretty hard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037.md?page=7)