What band did you hear one song of, check the rest of their music, and find it was a one-off and none of their other music sounds like that?
2026-04-20 02:22 UTC
Replies (40)
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@tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-20 23:17
“BROKEN ENGLISH” by SCHAFT. The rest of their work is great, but still.
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@0ops@piefed.zip 2026-04-26 15:39
Honestly radiohead - Paranoid Android
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@3holly3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-20 04:04
Chumbawamba - Tub thumping. I had no idea they’ve always been an anarchist sea shanty band and that song was the outlier and a total piss take. I am here for it.
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@obviouspornalt@fedinsfw.app 2026-04-20 03:16
Chris Isaac, Wicked Game
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@Davel23@fedia.io 2026-04-20 03:30
Rockit by Herbie Hancock. It's a great hip-hop/electronica track, but the rest of his work is mostly jazz.
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@smeg@infosec.pub 2026-04-20 08:46
25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago Everything else is more of a soft jazz rock. But this song is such a high energy banger
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@Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 17:08
Outkast - Hey Ya! Mrs Robinson is the only other Outkast song I can stand. Also Blur - Song 2, but in a good way. Song 2 is great, but their other music is very different but also great.
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@Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-20 03:51
I Can't Decide ... by The Scissor Sisters
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@prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-20 13:08
Pretty much any individual Ween song
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@MalMen@masto.pt 2026-04-20 06:36
[@TheDoozer](https://lemmy.world/u/TheDoozer) Last Resort - Papa Roach
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@humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2026-04-20 20:59
90s glam hair rock bands all had a hit ballad, despite rock tempo wall of main sound. Then there's Extreme. "More than words" is one of the best ballads of the time. They had the glam hair look. The rest of their music is jazz fusion funk. Decent, but no real hits/bangers.
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@HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 2026-04-20 07:40
The whole Gran Turismo album by The Cardigans. I was a angsty teenager, listened to that album and found it excellent for my angst sessions. Then I got all the other albums and they were not at all good for my angst sessions. Luckily I got over myself and realized that the other albums are excellent as well, just different. Pikebubbles<3
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@GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 04:06
Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey
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@sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-20 03:59
Modern English - I Melt With You is a catchy new wave pop tune. The rest of their work is much, much darker [Mesh and Lace](https://youtu.be/VFtWFDzNJ-M)
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@videogamesandbeer@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 10:29
My introduction to Cake was *Arco Arena*. Now I enjoy Cake, but Arco Arena is not a great representation of their music, even though that song rules in its own right.
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@AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 14:48
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen ::: spoiler Tap for spoiler /s :::
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@Scrollone@feddit.it 2026-04-20 21:04
Hoobastank, The Reason
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@finalarbiter@piefed.social 2026-04-20 04:13
Basically how I feel about Poppy. She's done a few collabs that I really enjoy, like _End of You_ with Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox and Amy Lee of Evanescence or _Suffocate_ with Knocked Loose. I don't think she's bad or anything, but I just don't really jibe with her work.
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@ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2026-04-20 07:21
Morcheeba - Rome wasn't built in a day ? I think they chose the most pop song for the single and rest of their songs are very varied and less catchy.
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@Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 21:29
Peter Schilling, "Major Tom" (German and English versions).
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@EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2026-04-20 03:28
Love and Rockets - So Alive
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@Akasazh@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 06:27
Elbow. I first heard their song 'grounds for divorce' which is a very cool, gospel rock kind of song and sound. Then I gotta into their you other work, which is very beautiful and ethereal. But I kind of wish for Guy to run into new marital problems to have another song of them that goes into that darker, grittier rocking feel.
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@Generica@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 22:28
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
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@scytale@piefed.zip 2026-04-20 03:18
Maybe Tomorrow by Stereophonics. That song causes a lot of frission when I hear it. Now I admit I haven’t heard their entire discography yet, but any other song of theirs I’ve listened to hasn’t given me the same effect.
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@hactar42@lemmy.ml 2026-04-20 19:37
[Slash - Beautiful Dangerous (feat. Fergie)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X85UUDhZaCw) I was shocked when I found it was Fergie singing. Apparently Slash thought she would make a good rock signer and wrote the specifically with her in mind. And he wasn't wrong.
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@angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 2026-04-21 03:06
Talking Heads (Once in a Lifetime) and Joy Division (Love Will Tear Us Apart)
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@sturmblast@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 14:04
Sugar Ray... a long time ago lol
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@MrPnut@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 00:21
Not so much song but album. First, listen to Ministry - With Sympathy Next, listen to any other ministry album
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@favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 2026-04-21 01:35
MGMT, although it’s more like 3 songs with a more electronic vibe and then everything else they’ve done since is pretty different. I remember them even saying they liked a different sound than what made them famous.
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@eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-21 00:31
Lo Fidelity Allstars "Battle Flag" is awesome, the rest is not for me
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@Burninator05@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 11:49
Harder to Breathe by Maroon 5 got me to buy the album only to find that rest of the album was completely different.
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@MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 11:11
7 Mary 3. They had a hit that sounded dark and grungy. "Cumbersome". The rest of the album was much less angsty/original/grungy. Disappointing.
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@BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 12:57
The La's - There She Goes Pretty much everyone knows this song and they're considered a one-hit wonder, but that album thoroughly impressed me and I'd say There She Goes is one of my least favorite songs of theirs. The rest are still catchy as hell but the lyrics aren't quite as accessible, hence the "singular success".
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@Inucune@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 04:27
Fantasy by Aldo Nova
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@spirinolas@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 04:04
The opposite happened with Extreme. Their hits (More than words and Hole Hearted) were OK but nothing to go crazy about. One day I was in the mood for that type of music so I looked into them. Blew my mind, their catalog is nothing like their hits, it's awesome!
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@SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 17:42
Possibly the last album i bought before streaming. Girl with a violin, guy with a guitar doing English folk songs, some traditional, some original. The ad for the album featured a song which featured those instruments as well as beatboxing and blues harmonica. There were quotes from music journalists gushing over how original and innovative the album was Instant buy Then i listen to the album and literally every other track sounds exactly how you’d think a song would sound if you were told it was s girl with s violin and a guy with a guitar singing English folk songs I’m still annoyed, although i do still listen to that one song
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@nyctre@piefed.social 2026-04-20 08:00
Hmmm.. Not discovered in that order, but Satyricon's [Phoenix ](https://youtu.be/i5GhFL0OWq8). I love their stuff, really.. but phoenix is unlike anything they've done and it's actually unlike most other stuff that I could find.. those blast beats comboed with Sivert's vocals are just... There's things that come close but nothing quite gets there.. it's so powerful and chill at the same time... Like being inside during a blizzard or something, I dunno. A bit more on topic, however, I've recently discovered Måneskin's [The loneliest ](https://youtu.be/odWKEfp2QMY) and I've really enjoyed it. Went to listen to some of their other stuff and I was quite disappointed. Have only listened to like a dozen songs so maybe there's more stuff to my liking in there.. I'll say that my wife really enjoyed [Coraline ](https://youtu.be/dyk1ScMc6Gc).. and while I didn't like it that much (especially the chorus seems kinda silly and ruins the vibe for me).. when I looked up the lyrics.. damn. Powerful stuff. Props to the guy.
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@whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 13:26
Weezer’s Hash Pipe came to mind for me. The rest of the green album and much of their stuff is distinctly different.
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@gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-20 11:19
Dethroned by Bad Omens That song drew me into their other music, which I liked, but just wasn’t on the same level. Artificial Suicide comes closest but still doesn’t go as hard as Dethroned.
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@Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 18:27
The song Jogger by Nephicide is the absolute penultimate example of this. The song is a weird black metal electronic mashup up happy beats and growling vocals. Nothing they ever made sounded at all like it. The song was a complete one-off.