Which song got you hooked?

[YungYave]

I'm curious if anyone else out there can point to one song that made them fall in love with this band. I was introduced to them several months before Evil Urges came out so I'm a pretty late bloomer, and the first exposure I got was listening to Okonokos. Wordless Chorus/It Beats 4 U kick it off and I knew I wanted more, but it was DONDANTE that really blew my balls off. The guitar work in that song followed by the jazzy ending sealed the deal and I've been a dedicated fan ever since. I wouldn't even say it's necessarily my favorite song anymore, I just know it's the one that got me hooked. What about y'all?

[johnnYYac]

Lay Low was the clincher at the start.  The first songs I heard of their's were I'm Amazed, followed by Evil Urges, on SNL (May 10, 2008).  I had a month until EU was released and picked up all previous albums (TF, AD, ISM, Z), Okonokos CD and DVD, and downloaded some shows.  Lay Low rose to the top as the best song front to back, in and out.  Not sure that's the case anymore, but I can't wait to see a complete Lay Low live this summer/fall, after a year of jam exerpts.

[Cameron]

OBH on conan...really ISM as a whole though.

[tdb810]

Lay Low>OBH>Dondante. 

Late 2005-Early 2006.  Introduced to the band by a young whipper snapper med student in my department.   Forever in his debt :)

[Tennessee Jed]

The Way That He Sings...saw alot of hype about the band, but stayed away because I hated the band name. But decided to put At Dawn in the CD player and soon realized what I had been missing.

But it was Mahgeetah that really turned me into a full-time fan...

[BigHerm]

ISM, but Steam Engine if I had to pick one specifically.

[Crispy]

O Is the One That Is Real is the one that hooked me when first checking them out, then it was I Will Sing You Songs after I got ISM. And then, it was Lowdown at the first show that I saw that completely blew me away. Something went wrong with the input on Jim's guitar, an while they were fixing that (by getting him going on the Flying V), the rest of the band fell into a little jam for several minutes, then Jim came in and they just fucking ROCKED it. (If you have George Savage's video from 9-17-2004, you can see this)

Every time I see them play  O Is the One That Is Real live, it still hits me. Especially at T5 last year: UNBELIEVABLE.

[capt. scotty]

Hard to say. First heard OBH in 03 on some hard rock/metal website of all places. Buddy burned me ISM not too long afterwards. Always like it, but it wasnt til a few years later, after Z was already out, where it hit me how great of an album it really was, and how much I liked both albums, and they quickly became my favorite band in late 07/early 08 as I got all their other material that I didnt have.

[walterfredo]

I knew none of their music the first time I saw them, late night at High Sierra, showed started a little after midnight.  I was hooked by the first 2 songs.

2006-06-30 High Sierra Festival - Quincy, CA    

1. Steam Engine
2. Gideon
3. The Dark
4. Lowdown
5. One Big Holiday
6. Off The Record
7. Evelyn Is Not Real
8. What A Wonderful Man
9. Heartbreakin? Man
10. Golden
11. Dondante
12. Lay Low
13. Phone Went West
14. Mahgeetah
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15. Bermuda Highway
16. The Bear
17. O Is The One That Is Real
18. Anytime

[Crispy]

I knew none of their music the first time I saw them, late night at High Sierra, showed started a little after midnight.  I was hooked by the first 2 songs.

2006-06-30 High Sierra Festival - Quincy, CA   

1. Steam Engine

Steam Engine first?! WOW, that'll do it.  :o

[jaye]

Lay Low.  Then watching the video of Gideon on Letterman.

[Ruckus]

I knew none of their music the first time I saw them, late night at High Sierra, showed started a little after midnight.  I was hooked by the first 2 songs.

2006-06-30 High Sierra Festival - Quincy, CA    

1. Steam Engine
2. Gideon
3. The Dark
4. Lowdown
5. One Big Holiday
6. Off The Record
7. Evelyn Is Not Real
8. What A Wonderful Man
9. Heartbreakin? Man
10. Golden
11. Dondante
12. Lay Low
13. Phone Went West
14. Mahgeetah
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15. Bermuda Highway
16. The Bear
17. O Is The One That Is Real
18. Anytime

That setlist is AMAZING!


1st three songs to At Dawn are what got me hooked

[The DARK]

Hearing Off The Record on the radio got me interested... the entirety of Z got me hooked, in particular Dondante and Oxen.

[WSS2]

Good Intentions

Kidding - Wordless Chorus.  Was in Cabo with my best friends, after several adult beverages, we're sitting out on a balcony, circa 3 AM, view of the lagoon at night, friend put on MMJ Z...album had just come out.  Hooked. 

[Penny Lane]

I will be there when you die.

[kotchishm]

Stragulation! Blew my mind when I first got At Dawn.  Still my favorite to this day.

[e_wind]

Z, specifically Anytime.

[Tracy 2112]

2002 At Dawn

Lowdown > The Way That He Sings

Driving across the high plains of South Dakota with that big, big sky listening to that big, big sound  :)

[firesofcanning]

for me it was definitely Lay Low. Those guitarmonies in the second half of the song are sooo amazing.

[Randall]

not sure which songs, but seeing them open for Pearl Jam in Albany, Hartford and Boston did it for me.