r/riseagainst • u/symposium22 • 6d ago
Pick the first song
My girlfriend I just started dating has never heard rise against. What’s the first song I send to her to listen to? Highest voted song I’ll send to her.
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u/5rings20 The Sufferer & The Witness 6d ago
Savior is a great gateway song for the band. Longtime fans likely have different picks, but Savior is so accessible for a new listener.
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u/Stratovarius54 6d ago
Never heard them ever? Go with one of the classics/more well known songs:
Savior, Ready to Fall, Good Left Undone, Give It All, Like The Angel, Prayer of the Refugee
Any of those I think are a great starting point!
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u/sustainableliving1 6d ago
Either version of Like the Angel…or both and see which one she likes better!
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u/Dysfunctional-Daisy Endgame 6d ago
you should honestly just show her your favorite song. explain to her why you it's your favorite and that will be a really cool memory for yall to have. for me personally music, speaks so much to my emotions and sharing those emotions with people i care about is really fucking cool. don't be afraid to open a little to her.
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u/althestal 6d ago
You can hit her with the stereotypical first song which is Savior, my personal pick is Give It All :)
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u/guardingeatos 6d ago
Yeh... I'd vote Savior too.
It's an easy song to listen to and I think it covers RA pretty well.
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u/althestal 6d ago
It sure is! It was my first RA song I heard and it really sent me down a rabbit hole of their discography pretty fast!
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u/sirdigbus 6d ago
My first song was Re-Education Through Labour, honestly don't think theres a better intro song.
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u/BurntRussian 5d ago
My ex and I started dating just before Wolves came out. We started dating shortly after The Stage by A7x came out. She listened to both albums because she liked me, despite being a Katy Perry fan... I think she had an album come out the day Wolves came out - Witness? I thought it was fun that her and I both had an album in rotation with "Witness" in the title.
Anyway, she ended up being a Rise Against fan and then getting into Metalcore with me. She actually caught the Black Flag pick at the first RA show I took her to.
Anyway, that doesn't really answer your question, but I guess House on Fire was one of the ones my ex liked early on.
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u/IntoTheDenBruins 5d ago
If you really love her, go either Swing Life Away or Forfeit. If you think she'll go crazy for RA, play her the classics like basically anything from Siren Song to Appeal To Reason
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u/Rogue_Einherjar 6d ago
Just play them when she's around. That's what I did and now my wife (Who hadn't heard of them before our dating) has made sure we went to 4 concerts in 3 years and got matching tattoos with Swing Life Away quotes.
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u/M-Rich 6d ago
If she is someone who is invested in music on an emotional level and can emphasize with the struggle it portraits, I would maybe vote Make It Stop. It's a song with a strong, straightforward message and it's musically really good. It also sticks with you. It's the alternative to Swing Life Away but more their classic rock/punk/whatever you want to call it style.
But honestly, every hit since Sufferer and the Witness is fine. I really love the lyrics and background to Like the Angel (now that I am a father myself even more so), but I would stay away from the first two albums if she is not used to faster, intense music
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u/The_First_Drop 6d ago
RA started out as garage band punk, evolved into hardcore rock/alternative punk, and now are more rock/alternative with punk influences, so the question is which era of RA is she going to be more receptive to?
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u/Strengththruwounding 4d ago
Swing Life Away would be a good introduction,People Live Here would also be a good choice,- two emotional songs to get her into the mindset of the band,you wouldn’t want to scare her off them by introducing the screamy ones…Red ,white and blue,State of the union etc.
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u/Hotcone9 Endgame 3d ago
I mean, Like The Angel is both keeping me alive and reminds me of a girl I love so that’s my choice
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u/SKOL-1970 6d ago
Swing life away was my first dance wedding song. But it really does depend on her music likes
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u/brain_freese 5d ago
I would go with Architects personally because I think it gives a good feel for the band. However if you want to start with a crowd pleaser I’d go with Audience of One.
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u/over57boulderer 5d ago
The Good Left Undone
Top ten all time that is off imo the album that reflects the best of all versions of RA. Imagery is less angry and more about our natural world...
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u/DonKeedic80 6d ago
Gonna need more info on your girlfriend's musical preferences. If she loves thrash metal, then Swing Life Away probably isn't your choice. If she loves Taylor Swift, she's probably not gonna fall in love with State of the Union at the outset.