The ONE Song that Opened a New Musical Genre to You

[Loyal]

I was watching an old CMT Crossroad's episode and remembered a pleasure that I had in 1983. I was training to be an electronic technician at Great Lakes Naval Station when on a weekend, my buddies and I ended up in a bar in Wisconsin when I heard it. The jukebox played "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams Jr.
I was 19 years old and able to drink beer legally for the first time in my life because Wisconsin in those years allowed it. Before this I liked some Top 40 songs, but was mostly a heavy metal head. I loved me some AC/DC, The Who, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, ZZ Top, and Van Halen

Now, Hank Williams Jr?

I was born near LA and never lived in the country. I had fished, but have never hunted. Hell, I never fired a shotgun until 1983. I loved the song's message of self sufficiency and independence and it opened me to more Hank Williams Jr music, along with Johnny Cash. I used to mock cry in your beer country, but this Outlaw Country was different. Give it a listen and post the song that took you in a different direction, musically.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQNkIrg-Tk

 

[CGI_Ram]

@Merlin shared the story the other day how “Hey Mickey” opened up years of him following girl bands The Go Gos, The Bangles, and Bananarama.


View: https://youtu.be/X7ZIA41yfF4

 

[thirteen28]

I can't think of one song, but when I saw Yes in concert for the first time in 1979, I was so blown away that it completely opened up prog rock to me and I've been a huge fan ever since.

 

[HX76]

I’ve got three. The first is baggy.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBsazIACpYM


the second grunge.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg


and the third britpop


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJKpUH2kJQg

 

[Riverumbbq]

Born in 1952, I was pure rock n roll in the 60's/70's, ... I could barely stand most 'country', but when Linda Ronstadt was transitioning from folk-rock, she helped place the final stamp on the establishment of country-rock into play with huge popularity. This fusion of musical styles opened up a whole new cultural listening experience, with dozens of top bands following in her footsteps.

 

[Merlin]

@Merlin shared the story the other day how “Hey Mickey” opened up years of him following girl bands The Go Gos, The Bangles, and Bananarama.


View: https://youtu.be/X7ZIA41yfF4

You bastid. I did attend a Bon Jovi concert once admittedly.

 

[Angry Ram]

This was playing in the very first raid they showed in Vikings season 1. The youtube algorithm showed me all the stuff from Wardruna, which pretty much all ended up in the show. Plus Wardruna also showed up in the Assassin's Creed Valhalla game a couple years ago.
View: https://youtu.be/wgRb9EvMamg

 

[IowaRam]

Culture Club - Karma Chameleon introduced me to the , What The

Is This Genre


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw


Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil introduced me to Glam / Hair bands Genre


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztYWE_Ns4d8

 

[Loyal]

You bastid. I did attend a Bon Jovi concert once admittedly.

Merlin loves him some HAIR METAL!

 

[Merlin]

Motley was always the best concerts man. They had the hottest chicks by far. I mean I admit Bon Jovi was loaded but the chicks at the Motley concerts were downright insane. Leather miniskirts and fishnet stockings everywhere.

 

[Loyal]

Motley was always the best concerts man. They had the hottest chicks by far. I mean I admit Bon Jovi was loaded but the chicks at the Motley concerts were downright insane. Leather miniskirts and fishnet stockings everywhere.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJSRfztl_tc

 

[Memento]

Culture Club - Karma Chameleon introduced me to the , What The

Is This Genre


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw


Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil introduced me to Glam / Hair bands Genre


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztYWE_Ns4d8

Fuck the first song. So annoying. One of my friends used to blare it all the time, and it drove me up the wall.

Anyways, I never thought I'd enjoy metal because of the voices. But then I got introduced to metalcore. Maybe you can call it soft metal, but still, I liked it a hell of a lot more than heavy metal (although I grew to like it a fair bit more over the years). Funny thing, it was a punk-gone-pop song that introduced me in the first place. Here it is:

 

[TSFH Fan]

RIP Chester Bennington.
Call it whatever genre you wan to call it.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVTXPUF4Oz4

 

[RhodyRams]

have been a fan of many different genre's of music since I was in my my teens... so can't pin point any one song or artist


ABBA to ZZ TOP

 

[Loyal]

have been a fan of many different genre's of music since I was in my my teens... so can't pin point any one song or artist


ABBA to ZZ TOP

Dang, that include Milly Vanilly?

 

[Tano]

@Merlin shared the story the other day how “Hey Mickey” opened up years of him following girl bands The Go Gos, The Bangles, and Bananarama.


View: https://youtu.be/X7ZIA41yfF4

You forgot Expose.

 

[Selassie I]

Motley was always the best concerts man. They had the hottest chicks by far. I mean I admit Bon Jovi was loaded but the chicks at the Motley concerts were downright insane. Leather miniskirts and fishnet stockings everywhere.

Damn it man. You just gave me a flashback.

I dated a girl on and off for years. She wanted to be permanent but I just wasn't ready for that. I'd break up with her and she'd hit me up out of the blue and we'd get together for a while or for just a booty call... but she wouldn't give up. This went on for years. She had a normal job when we first met...

Time goes by and I meet some friends at a titty bar here in O-Town. We're having a normal good time... then guess who happens to stroll out on the stage. My friends didn't know her. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. BUT... she was even more shocked when she finally saw me. I didn't say anything to my friends about her. Oh... and just to tie in the Crue to this... she pretty much only danced to their songs.

You should have seen my friends' faces when this little Czech blond ran off stage and proceeded to damn near rape me at our table without saying anything to me. It was so over the top that the club manager came running over because he didn't want to get in trouble with code for the scene that was being made. Horny dudes in this club were going to think that this place was a whore house. She got in trouble but she told the manager she would just quit if he didn't like it. I looked like some kind of Mob Kingpin or something and my friends still didn't know what the fuck was happening. Needless to say, it was fucking very cool for me.

Anyway... after that, she always sent me any new Crue album in the mail whenever they put one out. She'd mail em anonymously to my house. She still to this day will call my office out of the blue trying to hook back up.

So Motley Crue has a place burned into my skull that will never go away.

 

[Merlin]

There's a strip club down in Jax which was one of the spots Motley filmed their "Girls Girls Girls" vid. Forget the name of the joint. They have a plaque outside the club on the wall proclaiming this, which I thought was funny given that I don't recall them being mentioned in the song. It's not "the Dollhouse in Ft Lauderdale" but I have a feeling there's a lot of Florida clubs those boys hit, they're serious partying foos.

 

[Selassie I]

There's a strip club down in Jax which was one of the spots Motley filmed their "Girls Girls Girls" vid. Forget the name of the joint. They have a plaque outside the club on the wall proclaiming this, which I thought was funny given that I don't recall them being mentioned in the song. It's not "the Dollhouse in Ft Lauderdale" but I have a feeling there's a lot of Florida clubs those boys hit, they're serious partying foos.

Yeah... I'm not familiar with any clubs up in Jax. But the Doll House here in O-Town and the one down in Fort Liquordale... those are (2) that I have been to more than once. lol

No doubt that the Crue has probably been to most of them for sure. Here in FL... The ones in Tampon are the wildest... followed by the ones in South FL. We had a couple of real good ones here in O-Town for a long time... but a lot of them are no longer open.

I plan on cranking up some Crue on my ride home later btw. I'm thankful that you guys brought it up.

 

[snackdaddy]

I liked Classic Rock long before it was considered Classic Rock.