The One Song

[Benji]

You have ONE song to convince someone to listen to your favourite bands, which songs by them do you choose?

Audioslave - "Be Yourself"

Billy Talent - "River Below"

blink-182 - "What's My Age Again?"

Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Californication"

Queens of the Stone Age - "No-One Knows"

[YI]

I find "What's My Age Again" to possibly be the worst Blink song. Well...my least favourite on the awesome'ness that is "Enema Of The State".

"The Sound Of Settling" by Death Cab For Cutie

"I'm Ready" by Jack's Mannequin

"Solitaire" or "Mission Statement" by Strung Out

"The King Is Dead" by A Wilhelm Scream

"Turn Out The Light" by The New Amsterdams

"Soldier" by InMe

"Atoms Smash" by Weatherbox

Edited December 19, 2007 by YI

[Sick N Twisted]

Damn this is hard to chose but...

Egypt Central - "You Make Me Sick"

Breaking Benjamin - "Breath"

Insane Clown Posse - "Assassins"

12 Stones - "Photograph"

Twiztid - "Afraid of Me"

38th Parallel - "Horizon"

CRASHDÏET - "It's a Miracle"

Demon Hunter - "Thorns"

Hinder - "Better Than Me"

Ill Niño - "This is War"

Boondox - "PunkinHed"

Kids in the Way - "Phoenix with a Heartache"

Killing Heidi - "I Am"

Manic Drive - "Memories"

Mudvayne - "Happy?"

Thousand Foot Krutch - "Move"

Skillet - "Savior"

Cold - "Sad Happy"

Blaze Ya Dead Homie - "Juggalo Anthem"

i'll add more if I think (Y)

[Baddar]

Alter Bridge - Either "In Loving Memory" or "Before Tomorrow Comes".

[MalaCloudy Black]

RHCP - "Give It Away"

Metallica - "Master of Puppets"

Megadeth - "Symphony of Destruction"

Soulfly - "Prophecy"

NIN - "Reptile"

David Bowie - "Ziggy Stardust"

And fuck yooooou, I chose easy ones 'cause I can.

[NobBe Nobbs]

Iron Maiden - That's fucking tough, but I'll go with the Trooper

Metallica - Enter Sandman would be the best choice

ZZ Top - I'm going with Sharp Dressed Man because it's my favourite, fuck y'all

Coheed and Cambria - Fuck. If it were to give them an idea about the sort of thing they play, Welcome Home, but if I'm aiming for the best thing in their repetoire, it'd have to be AFHA

Muse - While I like Knights of Cydonia, my hands keep seizing up when I think about it because of watching the GHIII videos, so my vote goes to Hysteria instead

[ROC]

Rage Against The Machine - "Bulls on Parade"

Muse - "Hysteria"

Sufjan Stevens - "Chicago" or "The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders"

Secret Machines - "First Wave Intact" (for if they're able to survive the length, they will love the band )

[Twist]

"Inhabit" by Hot Rod Circuit

"Remissions" by Avenged Sevenfold

"Zzyzx Road" by Stone Sour

"Death Cab" by Fightstar (Whut?! : )

Edited December 19, 2007 by Pepsi Twist

[Steeb]

Smashing Pumpkins - 'Silverfuck'

Nine Inch Nails - 'Mr. Self Destruct'

Pearl Jam - 'Alive'

Stars - 'Your Ex-Lover Is Dead'

Say Anything - 'The Church Channel'

Jimmy Eat World - 'Kill'

Fightstar - 'Build An Army'

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

"To Cure A Weakling Child" by Aphex Twin

"5 Years" by Bjork http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ABLvsb3QU

Thought I was gonna say "Glosoli" but instead I'm gonna say "Saeglopur" by Sigur Ros http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EBTH2E5QPEE

"Friend Of The Night" by Mogwai http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K_NrZCZwlhc

"Pin" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs - short and to the point. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WTG55ML3e_4

"Run" by Air http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BZT9t6oMBhI (they'd either love 'em or hate 'em after that)

"My Sharona" performed by Polysics http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k6NIJ5r448A (This was the first year I saw 'em and I can't choose a song as their only song to introduce someone to so I'd tell them to listen to this cover - if they liked what they did with it then it's all good)

[naiwf]

I was only going to do 5 artists, but couldn't narrow them down so I went to 10.

Alicia Keys - "Karma"

Bif Naked - "Let Down"

Drain S.T.H. - "I Don't Mind"

Flyleaf - "Red Sam" the demo version, not the one on the album. All of the original recordings of what ended up on their album were far better.

Fuel - "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"

Garbage - "As Heaven Is Wide"

Incubus - "Wish You Were Here", it's not my favorite Incubus song but I think it has a little bit of everything they represent

Nine Inch Nails - "Hurt"

Pearl Jam - "Why Go"

Smashing Pumpkins - "Disarm" if I want them to hear the softer side of SP, or "Zero" if I want them to hear the aggressive one

[zero]

Garbage - "Vow"

Smashing Pumpkins - "Muzzle"

Nine Inch Nails - "Wish"

KMFDM - "Juke Joint Jezebel"

Marilyn Manson - "The Love Song"

Envy on the Coast - "Mirrors"

Social Distortion - "Bad Luck"

Rob Zombie - "Never Gonna Stop"

The Cult - "She Sells Sanctuary"

Silversun Pickups - "Future Foe Scenarios"

Not necessarily my favorite song from each of those bands, but definitely the ones that I think are most accessible, but also a good representation of what the band is about for new listeners.

Edited December 19, 2007 by Zero

[New Damage]

She Sells Sanctuary <3

Alexisonfire - Mailbox Arson

Alice In Chains - Nutshell & Man In The Box / Those two for the different sounds of the group.

Alter Bridge - Find The Real & One Day Remains / Probably the best two starting songs of an album I have, so it's difficult between the two.

Mercy Fall - Come Alive

Modern Day Zero - Sick Inside

Mudhoney - In n' Out of Grace

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

Puddle Of Mudd - Basement

Pantera - Floods

Rise Against - Paper Wings

Shinedown - Burning Bright, Simple Man, Atmosphere, Lady So Devine, I Dare You. Any one, doesn't matter. Yeah, I realize it goes beyond the 'one' song principle, but sue me.

Trapt - Echo

[OGpistolpete]

A Tribe Called Quest - "Award Tour"

Binary Star - "Reality Check"

Eric B. & Rakim - "I Ain't No Joke"

Gang Starr - "Mass Appeal"

Geto Boys - "Mind Is Playing Tricks On Me"

Handsome Boy Modeling School - "Magnetizing"

Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - "Talk Like Sex"

Main Flow - "She Likes Me (Remix)"

Organized Konfusion - "Stress"

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "They Reminisce Over You"

[JoeZarro]

Hmmm.

Apathy - "Personal Jesus"

Demon Hunter - "Infected" or "Not Ready to Die"

Dr. Octagon - "Earth People"

Jedi Mind Tricks - "Retaliation" or "Retaliation"

Louis Logic - "Mischievous"

Sage Francis - "Makeshift Patriot"

Tech N9ne - "Riotmaker"

Young Buck - "Clean Up Man" or "Buss Yo' Head"

[gunnar hendershow]

Pink Floyd - Dogs

The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect

Four Tet - She Moves She

The Smiths - This Charming Man

Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco

Daft Punk - Aerodynamic

The Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize

Sufjan Stevens - Chicago

The Beatles - Taxman

Aphex Twin - Xtal

Wu-Tang Clan - Shame on a Nigga

HORSE the Band - Cutsman

Pixies - Bone Machine

Massive Attack - Teardrop

Portishead - Glory Box

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Bad Religion - Atomic Garden

Metallica - Creeping Death

Iron Maiden - Aces High

The Misfits - Dig Up Her Bones

Green Day - She

The Offspring - All I Want

Dropkick Murphys - The Rocky Road to Dublin

Primus - Pudding Time

Dragon Ash - Glory

Twiztid - Rock the Dead

Busdriver - Unemployed Black Astronaut

The Who - The Real Me

Jedi Mind Tricks - Razorblade Salvation

[probablyoliver]

Antony and the Johnsons - "Fistful of Love"

Rufus Wainwright - "Oh, What A World"

Final Fantasy - "This Is The Dream of Win & Regine"

Patrick Wolf - "The Libertine"

Devendra Banhart - "This Beard is for Siobhan"

Million Dead - "Smiling at Strangers on Trains"

yourcodenameis:milo - "17"

Bear vs Shark - "Ma Jolie"

Broken Social Scene - "Major Label Debut"

Reuben - "Parties Break Hearts"

Bright Eyes - "First Day Of My Life"

Say Anything - "Slumming It With Johnny"

I'll throw in more later, but they're the guys getting lots of playtime right now.

[Pesci]

Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

Blur - Country House or Charmless Man

Kanye West - Gold Digger

The Fratellis - For the Girl

Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down or Fake Tales Of San Francisco

The Killers - Mr. Brightside or Read My Mind

[R.W.]

Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

Muse - Stockholm Syndrome

The Killers - Mr Brightside

The Feeling - I Want You Now

New Order - Regret