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You know, with some songs, we like them the first time we listen. Some songs require you to listen a couple of times before enjoying them. Which Stratovarius songs have you liked the first time?

me:
Hold On To Your Dream
Black Diamond (This is my all time favourite. Loved it the second I heard it)
Destiny
Phoenix
Hands of Time
Legions
Kiss of Judas
We are the Future
Wings Of Tomorrow
Chasing Shadows

Black Diamond
We Are the Future
Visions
Tears of Ice
Forever
4000 Rainy Nights
Infinity
Million Lightyears Away
Galaxies We Hold the Key
SOAV
Lead us into The Light

and More!

Kiss of Judas.

Just one.

Hands Of Time
Hold On To Your Dream
Against The Wind
Speed Of Light
Black Diamond
Kiss Of Judas
Forever Free
No Turning Back

Speed of Light - First Stratovarius song I ever heard
Infinity - Was my first favourite and still is

Visions (Southern Cross) - My all time #1 favourite Stratosong.
I Walk To My Own Song
Black Diamond
Eternity
Against The Wind
Hunting High & Low - First ever Stratosong for me.
We Are The Future
4th Reich
No Turning Back
Father Time
Speed Of Light

1) Black Diamond - The first Strato song I've ever heard in my life! I bought Visions album without having heard ever a single song from Strato, but I read on a magazine some time before a description of their music and I always thought they should be great, so I risked and bought the album the same day it got to the local store (and it was the first copy of that album that also got to this country ). Black Diamond is the first song on my album, and it gave me goose bumps since the first single keyboard note of it!

2) Every single song on Visions album!

... I think it's easier if you ask me which songs I didn't love after the first time listening

Rock On!

Except for Thin Ice, I liked all songs after the first listening. And those who I didn't like, I still don't :p

Absolute instant favourites......

Eagleheart
Black Diamond
SOS
4000 Rainy Nights
Destiny
Visions
Black Knight
Eyes Of The World
Speed Of Light
Paradise
Forever
Hunting High And Low
A Million Lightyears Away
Freedom
Will My Soul Ever Rest In Piece
It's A Mystery
Fantasia
Run Away
Walk To My Own Song
Dreamweaver

Thats about it

from what i remember:

stratosphere (first song i heard of strato, loved it, even though back then i didnt like metal)
stratofortress
speed of light
i walk to my own song
kiss of judas live
black diamond
legions
paradise
fire dance
SOS
no turning back
infinity
visions
know the difference
ride like the wind
twilight symphony
against the wind
distant skies
holy light

thats about it, probably some of the ballads, but i didnt like them the first time i listened now i love them

Destiny
Will the Sun Rise
Fantasia
Learning to Fly
Elements
Liberty

Well, as I have always todl you boys and giorls, Destiny was a love at first sight. And that song mae me into Stratovarius. Also, I have known Will the Sun Rise? from the "begining", and I liked it immediately too.

Paradise
Kiss of Judas (IMO their best ever)
Full moon (Yes!!!)
Eagelheart.

I've liked a lot of songs, but the first i've heard and liked was "Forever live".. :luv1:

The first Strato song I heard in my life and absolutely instant favorite: Eagleheart. Then:
Black Diamond
Future Shock -'96 (sung by Koti)
Witch Hunt
Hold on to your Dream
Distant Skies
Twilight Symphony
Paradise
Visions (southern cross)
S.O.S.
Will my soul ever rest in peace
It's a Mystery
I walk to my own song
Run Away
Ride like the Wind

Neferte wrote:The first Strato song I heard in my life and absolutely instant favorite: Eagleheart.

Same ere, it wasn't exactly the fisrt one for me but it was certainly the first one that blew my mind away as melodic metal (Firedance did it before because of its outstanding drumming), anyway I think it's a wonderful song, way underrated here.

Find Your Own Voice
Infinity
Speed of Light
Stratosphere
Babylon
Elements
Destiny
S.O.S.
Father Time
Forever

Lots more but these are the ones I thought of first

uih........... those are a lot. well,

well, all of infinite, then the kiss of judas, paradise, against the wind, hands of time, hold on to your dreams, all of intermission except keep the flame and i surrender, eagleheart, runaway, i walk to my own song, dreamweaver, liberty and probably a few more.

Equinox wrote:Kiss of Judas.

same thing with me

I instantly liked:
Kiss of Judas
Destiny
We Hold the Key
Dreamweaver
I walk to My Own Song
Speed of Light
A Million Light Years Away
Forever
Papillon
Black Diamond
Eagleheart
and the others I listened to and really came to like after a while

There are lots of songs I could specify, but there are three songs with a really special meaning to me. And I loved them from the first second on...

Speed of Light - It was the first song I've ever heard of Stratovarius
Hunting High and Low - I had a serious accident in 2001 and while lying in the hospital, the song emerged to be kind of personal anthem for me, because somehow it always managed to cheer me up when I felt like giving up.
Legions - Because the line "faster than light higher than the sky" perfectly describes my way of life.

The first Strato song I heard in my life and absolutely instant favorite its Destiny.... rock!!!

MaFiaBoY wrote: Same ere, it wasn't exactly the fisrt one for me but it was certainly the first one that blew my mind away as melodic metal (Firedance did it before because of its outstanding drumming), anyway I think it's a wonderful song, way underrated here.

from what i hear in the forums, eagleheart is not underrated, just that it became like a pop kinda song so people like their own personal favorites over that one everyday, i also personally like it as well, hell i can play the whole song in guitar (not an impressive feat but its something)!

hunting high and low was a song i liked instantly, though it was definitely not the first strato song i heard... i mean i was already a strato fan, but this song caught me in a very good mood

some friend of mine said this was the worst strato song ever

Hunting High and Low
Eaglehearts
Phoenix
Abyss of Your Eyes
Black Diamond
Eternity
Father Time
Dreamspace
4th Reich
Distant Skies
Against the Wind (I don't like it anymore)
Dreamweaver
Alpha & Omega
When the Night meets the Day
Will My Soul Ever Rest in Peace

(Every time when listing favourites I forget something)

Pikkusielu wrote:Hunting High and Low
Eaglehearts
Phoenix
Abyss of Your Eyes
Black Diamond
Eternity
Father Time
Dreamspace
4th Reich
Distant Skies
Against the Wind (I don't like it anymore)
Dreamweaver
Alpha & Omega
When the Night meets the Day
Will My Soul Ever Rest in Peace

(Every time when listing favourites I forget something)

Wow. We have now three (or more) guys from Ivalo (and I even know Pikkusielu personally). Nice avatar anyway (anybody know that awesome game...?)

And back to on-topic, I really haven't many instant favourites. The best songs "opened" me later.
Well, some instant favourites:
HHAL
A Million Light Years Away
Drop in the Ocean ( )
Coming Home
Father Time
Dreamspace
The Hands of Time
Madness Strikes at Midnight
Visions LIVE

There are many many others, but I can't remember...
It's quite funny that first of all my all-time favourites stratotracks (The Kiss of Judas and Season of Change) were very hard to "find out"...

Stratofanius wrote:Nice avatar anyway (anybody know that awesome game...?)

Hell yeah! MI3 all the way.

BTW, look behind you - a three headed monkey!

shaz wrote:

Stratofanius wrote:Nice avatar anyway (anybody know that awesome game...?)

Hell yeah! MI3 all the way.

BTW, look behind you - a three headed monkey!

I think that Curse of Monkey Island is best game ever...

Stratofanius wrote:
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Wow. We have now three (or more) guys from Ivalo (and I even know Pikkusielu personally). Nice avatar anyway (anybody know that awesome game...?)

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Thank you, yours is not bad either.

Who, again a total listing topic.

I could then say only one song: A Million Light Years Away. It´s the first Strato-song I started to like very much. And still I consider it as one of the best newer Strato-songs.

IceBreaker wrote:Who, again a total listing topic.

Tell Jens to forbid listing topics. But I think, it would need a petition... and I (and many other users) wouldn't give their signature.