The first song you think of.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:29 am

I'm going to name a list of famous, or infamous, bands and I want to know the first song that comes to your head for each band. Not necessarly your favorite but the very first that pops in.

Ready? Huh? Ready?

Boston
Supertramp
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Queen
Lynard Skynard
Molly Hatchet
Jethro Tull
Styx
Police
Talking Heads
Pretenders.
Stray Cats
Rolling Stones
Jefferson Airplane
Blue Oyster Cult

missy · Post by **missy** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:37 am

Boston - "More than a Feeling"
Supertramp - nothing......
Led Zeppelin "Black Dog"
Black Sabbath - nothing........
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Lynard Skynard -"Freebird"
Molly Hatchet - ah......... was "Flirtin' With Disaster" theirs?
Jethro Tull - "Aqualung"
Styx - hmmmm...
Police - ah.......
Talking Heads - nothing........
Pretenders. - "I'm Special" (or whatever the title of it is)
Stray Cats - nope.........
Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"
Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"
Blue Oyster Cult - ah..........

Well, it's evident I wasn't an headbanging rocker!!

Missy

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:42 am

Boston nuffink springs to mind except the airport.
Supertramp "Living in a Fantasy"
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"
Black Sabbath "Iron Man"
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Lynard Skynard "Freebird" duh.
Molly Hatchet Never 'eard of 'em
Jethro Tull "Aqualung"
Styx Never 'eard of 'em
Police "Roxanne" because I hated it.
Talking Heads Nothing
Pretenders. "I'll Stand by you"
Stray Cats Never 'eard of 'em
Rolling Stones "Can't get no (satisfaction)"
Jefferson Airplane can't remember anything offhand
Blue Oyster Cult[/quote] "Don't fear the reaper"

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:19 am

Boston - um
Supertramp - er
Led Zeppelin - That tune of Top of the Pops
Black Sabbath - dum dum didi something
Queen - Dancing Queen (No, that was Abba wasn't it)
Lynard Skynard - tip o' me tongue honest
Molly Hatchet - Nope, ya got me with that one
Jethro Tull - that flutey one
Styx - something dyslexic?
Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (Yay, I got one)
Talking Heads - The hairdresser's song?
Pretenders. - are they the ones with Chrissie Hind in?
Stray Cats - I'll come back to this one
Rolling Stones - Little Red Rooster. (Doubles score)
Jefferson Airplane - Leaving on a Jefferson Airplane
Blue Oyster Cult - probably some new agey hymn.

I didn't do very well, did I?

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:22 am

Bonsoir London. Here are the votes from the Nooveegian jury: Jbarter, neel pwant...

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:26 am

All the ?'s mean I'm sure I recognize most of their songs, but I was too much of a geek as a teenager to necessarily be able to match the band names to the songs.

Boston ?
Supertramp- The Logical Song
Led Zeppelin ?
Black Sabbath ?
Queen- We Are the Champions
Lynard Skynard- Free Bird
Molly Hatchet ?
Jethro Tull ?
Styx- Lady
Police- Every Breath You Take
Talking Heads- And She Was
Pretenders.-?
Stray Cats- Stray Cat Strut
Rolling Stones- Satisfaction
Jefferson Airplane- (actually, Miracles, by Jeff. Starship, sorry.)
Blue Oyster Cult-?

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:53 am

Boston - More than a Feeling
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Queen - We are the Champions
Lynard Skynard - Freebird
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster
Jethro Tull - (tie) Locomotive Breath, Aqualung
Styx - Lady
Police - Roxanne
Talking Heads - Burnin' Down the House
Pretenders. - Brass in Pocket (what else?)

Stray Cats - (tie) Stray Cat Strut, Rock This Town
Rolling Stones - Miss You
Jefferson Airplane - (tie) White Rabbit, Somebody to Love
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:00 am

Boston - more than a feeling
Supertramp - logical song
Led Zeppelin - whole lotta lovin'
Black Sabbath - ?
Queen - crazy little thing called love
Lynard Skynard - freebird (what else)
Molly Hatchet - (never heard of them)
Jethro Tull - Bouree
Styx - ?
Police - Roxanne
Talking Heads - Psycho killer
Pretenders. - ?

Stray Cats - stray cat strut
Rolling Stones - beast of burden
Jefferson Airplane - saturday afternoon (from the woodstock triple album)
Blue Oyster Cult - who fears the reaper

Slan,
D.

PS. ...interesting, if somewhat strange post Fly.
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Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:11 am

Here was the list I came up with before posting the thread.

Boston - More than a feeling.
Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Queen - Killer Queen
Lynard Skynard - Gimme Three Steps
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin with Disaster
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Police - Message in a Bottle
Talking Heads - The building song, whatever that was.
Pretenders. - (Couldn't think of one)
Stray Cats - Rock this Town
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the Reaper.

Slan,
D.

dubhlinn wrote:PS. ...interesting, if somewhat strange post Fly.

I was curious if most people would post the same songs for some of the bands. Because most "classic" rock stations only play one or two songs from a given band, over time people will begin to associate those songs with that band unless they were a fan of that group before.
I deliberately picked this pop-40 crap because it has a wider listening audience.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:15 am

Ah..I get it now.
Very true though that outside of the hard core fan base most people will associate a band with the standard playlists of their local radio stations.
Shame really,so much good stuff goes unheard.

Slan,
D.

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:25 am

Flyingcursor wrote:Queen - Killer Queen

That's the one! I knew it had a queen in it somewhere.

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:38 am

Boston: Something with high-pitched male voices and heavily processed guitars

Supertramp - ?

Led Zeppelin - Rock N Roll

Black Sabbath ?

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama

Molly Hatchet - ?

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

Styx - Mr. Roboto

Police - Dont stand so close to me

Talking Heads - And she was

Pretenders - Chain Gang

Stray Cats - ?

Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

Blue Oyster Cult- Dont fear the reaper

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:41 am

emmline wrote:All the ?'s mean I'm sure I recognize most of their songs, but I was too much of a geek as a teenager to necessarily be able to match the band names to the songs.

Same here. I recognize most of the group names, and looking at your answers I kind of recognize some titles, but I couldn't put the two together.

Now if this had been a list of folk singers - for example: Peter, Paul, and Mary, John Denver, the Irish Rovers, Donovan, the Kingston Trio - or even older country-western like Marty Robbins or the Sons of the Pioneers -- THOSE I could name!!

ChrisA · Post by **ChrisA** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:22 am

Boston - We built this city
Supertramp - The logical song
Led Zeppelin - stairway
Black Sabbath - crazy train
Queen - bohemian raphsody
Lynard Skynard - southern man
Molly Hatchet - uhm....
Jethro Tull - thick-as-a-brick
Styx - mr. roboto
Police - Every breath you take
Talking Heads - water-moving-under-over-whatever.
Pretenders. - standing-in-the-middle-of-the-road-with-my-past-behind-me
Stray Cats - stray cut strut
Rolling Stones - mother's little helper
Jefferson Airplane - white rabbit
Blue Oyster Cult - imaginos

ChrisA · Post by **ChrisA** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:33 am

Flyingcursor wrote: over time people will begin to associate those songs with that band unless they were a fan of that group before.

That should be 'even if' they were a fan before... in the past, I've had all kinds of
led zeppelin, black sabbath, jethro tull, police, and jefferson airplane albums (well,
mostly cassettes, see, that's why 'had' is the operative word... ) But if you let the
collection sit on the shelf (or it gets eaten by malfunctioning cassette players and
you don't replace it) the radio quickly fixes you back onto the one-or-two songs
that they play, at least as the first-association. As much as possible, I just don't listen
to commercial radio anymore, but still, they play it everwhere, so you can't just
-not- listen to it, unless you do all your shopping by mail order.

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