Song that made you realize there was more than MTV

As a youngster, I thought that Adam Curry and 1-800 dial MTV were the end-all and be-all of music. I thought music was simply Cinderella, poison, Bon Jovi, Guns and Roses, The Bangles, and Richard Marx.

I also only listen to two radio stations to who advertised in my hometown. I did not know rock music existed outside of these two radio stations which were forced down our young throats.

One day, i went from the 100.FM stations and turned down to the late 80s. And when i did, I docovered "here comes your man" by the Pixies. It sounded different, in early 1990, as anything I had ever heard. That was indeed the first ALTERNATIVE rock song I had ever heard. Frank Black's voice mingled in with backdrops of Kim Deal vicals just made me feel good. While 100 million people have heard this song, i felt as though I was the only one.

I didnt need Nirvana to tell me there was another world. COLLEGE RADIO explained it just fine.

I did not end up becoming a huge Pixies fan, but "Doolittle"is one of my 100 favorite albums ever.

Your stories? When did you realize that MTV and pop radio who overplayed Sly foxx to Poison to Taylor Dayne to Falco to Billy Ocean was not what you were after? Who was your first?