Unusual ways you discovered your favorites

[gerbilfacedgeek]

Crystal Gayle I became a fan of because I remembered her with Big Bird.

Dusty Springfield because of My Best Friend's Wedding having a Wishin' and Hopin' cover.

Petula Clark because my mom asked if she was Dusty Springfield.

[mcmahonfan85]

i discovered indy wrestling due to the Ultimate Warrior. after watching "Self-Destruction" when it came out, i thought it was really harsh of WWE to create an entire dvd dedicated to burying him out of spite for him turning down their offer to participate in a documentary about his career. so i went online to learn about Warrior, and after reading some of the stuff he was doing and saying at the time ("queering"), i did a 180 on the documentary and liked it. but one of the things i came across was an Ultimate Warrior forum, which marked the first time i ever visited a wrestling message board. until the late 2010s with things like the Snyder Cult and a prominent political figure with his own extremely dedicate group of zealots, these were the most delusional people i'd ever come across. for example, they had a poll asking who was most responsible for the Attitude Era. instead of the usual suspects like Steve Austin, The Rock, Mick Foley, DX, Vince McMahon, Vince Russo, etc, the clear winner by a large margin was the Ultimate Warrior (if you're wondering why, it's because in 1996 he told Jerry Lawler "I'm gonna kick your ass", thus starting the entire Attitude Era). anyway, after escaping that site in a space ship they had thankfully already loaded with the rocket fuel, i found regular wrestling forums (such as this place) were at the time a lot of people were talking about ROH, PWG, CHIKARA, etc., which is when i started following indy wrestling. so a dvd burying the Ultimate Warrior as one of the worst wrestlers of all time led to me discovering Bryan Danielson and CM Punk.

[Mandarin Dessert Version 0]

My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic I discovered through the image macros and meme pictures that were running rampant in 2010/11 and also through Friskey's infamous first thread back in April of 2011. Led me to check out the show itself and I enjoyed it immensely.

[thechase]

Power Rangers ended up being lifelong comfort food for the day I was told I needed my first operation.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

I discovered my favorite film Hot Fuzz because my buddy worked at the theater and we were going to hang out after he was done work and I had a couple hours to kill so I decided to watch a movie.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Worked at a video store. It was the second store I worked in, part of a franchise, and the selection of old movies were old stock from other stores, thrown in a box and shipped to us unlabeled, so we didn't have a choice on what was on the shelf. Night before opening was a frantic rush to get everything in place.

About a year later, someone rents and then returns a movie from the Western section, complaining that it isn't a western. Checked the history on the film and it hadn't rented once since opening. The box had three guys on loincloth standing on a hill, so I suppose someone could have reasonably guessed that natives = western.

So I put it into thw store VCR and played the first few minutes.

In a modern hospital, a team of doctors help a woman give birth to sextuplets, then the lead doctor leaves, drives into the country to a lake, strips naked and smears mud on himself, praying, while a giant head rises out of the lake.

It's a Dutch horror movie called "The Johnsons" and it's a hell of a lot of fun.

[Ultimo Gallos]

It's 1979 I am 4 or 5. Sunday and I'm sitting on the floor playing with some toys or reading a comic. Parents got the TV on The Sha Na na TV show.

Then this band comes out. All in leather jackets and plays a few songs.

I love it. Weeks later in the truck with dad and I heard one of those songs on the radio.

That song Rock n Roll High School and hthe band The Ramones.

Who have been my favorite band since I was a young kid.

But if my parents hadnt been watching that show I doubt I would have discovered the Ramones at a young age.

[Mrs. Potato Dick]

Got into Waylon Jennings because of Follow That Bird.

[Paul]

Aug 17, 2024 16:45:16 GMT -5 Mrs. Potato Dick said:

Got into Waylon Jennings because of Follow That Bird.

Me too!

[Bobeddy]

I discovered The Dresden Dolls through a YouTube video that was some sort of tribute to Nergal Jr from the Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.

[The Legend of Groose]

Found this while in a friend's car who had the soundtrack to the game. Got to this song and loved it so I asked about ICO. Ended up playing thought the game a few weeks later and yeah... it's a good game.

Still one of my all time fav video game songs.

Got into Undertale because someone in a chat room I was in who really liked spiders posted a fan animation set to Spider Dance around the time the game came out. Thought the song and video was cute so I checked out more about the game... then I feel in love with the gay robot oops.

[Vampiro138]

Oasis through a MTV countdown show of the best music videos ever where a side quest was "Wheres Jesse Camp?" where Jesse was put into different music videos. That was also the first time I actually saw the November Rain music video too but I was already into GnR by that time.

[tirtefaa]

I think it's cheating, but Weird Al was a beginner for a lot of kids in the 90's when it came to music, so a lot of times I would find a band due to a parody Yankovic did of them.

[mountaindew]

The Offspring- In 1999, I heard Self Esteem on the radio for the first time. I thought it was incredible. The DJ said it was by The Offspring, but didn't say the name of the song. I started buying Offspring albums, and by the time I found the song, I had 3 of their albums and they grew on me. 

Simon and Garfunkel- Saw The Graduate in 2018. Their music is all over it, and I just got into them.

[ERON]

I discovered psychedelic rock, by far my favorite genre of music, through all the documentaries that aired in the late 80s celebrating the 20th anniversaries of the Summer of Love, the Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock, et al.

I wouldn't touch horror movies with a ten-foot pole after being scared shitless by Poltergeist as a kid. Then one year in my early 20s, I was sick in bed with the flu for several days. It happened to be around Halloween, so there was hardly anything on TV but horror movies, so I started watching some and got hooked.

I got into wrestling after one of my brother's friends let him borrow some old WWF magazines, which led us to checking out Saturday Night's Main Event the next time it aired.

[Alexander The So-so]

Years ago, a friend and I were just trying to pass the time for a bit before our dinner plans, and we go on Crunchyroll to see if any anime strikes our fancy. We stop on one that says something about Aztec masks and vampires, which sounded pretty cool.

And that’s how, years, later, I became the person who annoys my spouse by doing the meme and making incessant JoJo references.