The Most Important Band Of Your College Years : All Songs Considered All Songs Considered listeners reminisce about the bands and songs that mattered most when they were in college.

The Most Important Band Of Your College Years

The Most Important Band Of Your College Years

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Few bands seem to matter to us as much as the ones we discover in our youth. It may be, in part, because we're the most open to new ideas and sounds when we're coming of age. But mostly it's just a time when we need the comfort and companionship of a favorite band the most - a group or artist that helps us make sense of the world and find our place in it.

If you follow our blog, you may have seen a recent post asking you to tell us about the most important band of your college years. We got a lot of great stories on the blog, and on our Soundcloud page, from people both reminiscing about their college years long gone by, and the college years they're currently living. On this edition of All Songs Considered, we share some of those stories and the bands that made a difference in people's lives when they needed it most.

The Most Important Band Of Your College Years

Cover for Seven More Wonders Of The World

The Most Important Band Of Your College Years

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The Kamikaze Hearts

  • Song: Beverly Hills
  • from Seven More Wonders Of The World
Cover for Automatic for the People

R.E.M.

  • Song: Drive
  • from Automatic for the People
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Cover for After the Gold Rush

Neil Young

  • Song: After the Gold Rush
  • from After the Gold Rush
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Cover for Rattle and Hum

U2

  • Song: All I Want Is You
  • from Rattle and Hum
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Cover for Affirmation

Savage Garden

  • Song: Crash and Burn
  • from Affirmation
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Cover for This Is Happening

LCD Soundsystem

  • Song: All I Want
  • from
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Cover for Family That Plays Together

Spirit

  • Song: I Got a Line on You
  • from Family That Plays Together
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Cover for Some Nights

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  • Song: We Are Young
  • from Some Nights
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