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     Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 341 Registered: 09-2006 |
By which I mean the first non-kid-music record (single or album) you ever bought (or asked your parents to buy for you). Be honest now...I think we know that we weren't born with the perfect taste we all now possess. Mine: "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan. Big hit at the time, completely forgotten now, though his even bigger hit, "Alone Again, Naturally" still turns up from time to time...like when he sued Biz Markie for sampling it. I actually still like old Gilb. First album bought: a K-Tel compilation called "Believe in Music." (ok, if you say so...) | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1746 Registered: 03-2006 |
Led Zeppelin II. It seemed like the baddest ass record I'd ever heard. Somehow the coolness quotient was upped by the Roman numeral in the title and the happenin' Third Reich look band members sported on the cover. My best friend and I would heighten the effect of the climactic guitar solo from "Whole Lotta Love" by improvising homemade "earphones". They consisted of two loudspeakers placed facing each other on floor, with enough distance between them to fit a human head. Then, the two speakers were completely enclosed with various pillows from the couch, etc. If you were feeling brave, you'd stick your head in the hole, turn the sucker up to "11" and trip the light fantastic. It was quite an agreeable setup, except for the times his older brother, "Booga", would sneak up on us and either blow pot smoke or fart into the enclosure while you had your head in it. So, to this day, I associate Led Zep with hearing loss, getting stoned and throwing up. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 215 Registered: 01-2006 |
I think it was Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam and the Ants when I was about 9. I loved it. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1096 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wow, it took some research for this one because it's been 40 f'g years! I could remember the name of the song and the record label but the artist's name was not coming back. My brother usually bought nearly everything that I wanted to hear. But there had to be an exception. The first record I bought was a single on White Whale records (more famously associated with the Turtles) called "Follow Me" by Lyme & Cybelle. I don't have this any longer and couldn't even tell you when I let it go. Googling the song I now learn that Lyme & Cybelle were teenaged Warren Zevon and a female vocalist. I sure didn't know that. All I know is that I liked its droning sound and the big two note fuzz guitar break in the middle! Like XY, I was 9 when I got that. This was early 1966. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1365 Registered: 05-2005 |
Its a nice question this. I really can't remember exactly which record I would of bought (it may well of been bought for me, although I would be present at the counter!), but it would of possibly been one of the following from the early days: David Soul - Don't give up on us baby, Telly Savalas - If, Brian and Michael - Matchstick men, Liverpool FC - King of the Kop, Sparks - Number one song in heaven, (I adored this song, they freaked me out when I was small -still do, but this song lit my fire), Madness - My Girl, The Specials - Too much too young, XTC - SGT Rock, Sex Pistols (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (this was later on about 1980). I also remember a record that was given to me by my Aunty Flo who lived in MAryland US, it was a centenary flexi disc in red, with cardboard backing, for Buster Browns store, she used to work there and it was a narrative of the US history leading up to the '76 centenary. She even gave me 1 cent to place in the middle of the flexi disc to stop it slipping. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 342 Registered: 09-2006 |
Spence, I like the Sparks album that that song came from a lot...certainly my favorite of theirs. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 343 Registered: 09-2006 |
Oh, and forgot to mention, "Get Down" was '73, so I was 11. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 346 Registered: 09-2006 |
I knew that Zevon did a term or two as a session guy, Randy, but I didn't know that particular factoid...funny. | ||
| Paul N Member Username: Pauln Post Number: 14 Registered: 10-2006 |
Having bought albums by Lynsey De Paul and The Partridge Family, the first proper album I bought myself was The Free Story by Free. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1345 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Jam - Absolute Beginners 7 inch. And a love affair, still being consumated weekly, began. | ||
| Matthias Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 201 Registered: 05-2005 |
My first record was the 45 Jump by Van Halen. My first cassette album was Born in the USA by Springsteen. I still listen to both. My taste evolved from Van Halen to the Clash to the Smiths in the course of a year or two. Somehow, even though David Lee Roth sang "been to the edge and I stood and looked down" it resonated more to me from Morrissey. Louder than Bombs and the lead off track Half a Person was chock full of funny and heart-wrenching stories. My cup of tea | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 482 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Endless Summer" by the Beach Boys, purchased with my hard-earned paper route income. As an 11-year-old, I was obsessed with "Fun, Fun, Fun." | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 544 Registered: 01-2005 |
I am dating myself her, but my first 45 was probably The Shirelles "Soldier Boy" in 1962 when I was 9. First vinyl LP I got as a present was Beatles 65 when I was 12. The first vinyl LP I bought on my own was probably the first album by Spanky & Our Gang in 1968. The first 8 track tape was probably Led Zeppelin II in 1969. The first cd I bought was PF's DSOTM in 1985. I'm not sure about the first VHS tape, but it was in 1985 as well. First DVD was Das Boot in 2000. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 523 Registered: 10-2004 |
Duran Duran - Rio. Got it for an Xmas present in 1983 when I was 8 years old. They were one of the first bands I got into after discovering we mysteriously had free cable, which resulted in me getting hooked on MTV (back when it was actually kind of cool and played videos all day long). From there, things took a decidedly metal turn: my 2nd album was "Shout at the Devil" by Motley Crue. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1369 Registered: 05-2005 |
Actually padraig remnds me Eton Rifles and Going Underground were purchases when I was very young too, they were really great, what an exciting group at thet time, and I still love em to this day, and yes Weller has his arsehole moments, very opinionated, but who isn't once in a while? Opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1312 Registered: 04-2005 |
First non-children's record I ever asked for as a gift when I was five or so: the 45 of Neal Hefti's original "Batman Theme." Little did I know that years later I'd be listening to the Kinks, the Who, and the Jam covering the song. First record I bought with allowance money after I started getting into pop when I was 12 or so: the Steve Wonder album "Where I'm Coming From," which was under $2 in a bargain bin. First "cool" record I ever bought: Roxy Music's "Siren" when I was 14. It was my musical gateway drug into Bowie, Reed/Velvets, and punk. | ||
| Wolfgang Steinhardt Member Username: Berbatov Post Number: 59 Registered: 09-2006 |
As a 7 year old I had to start with the locals: Drafi Deutscher - Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht (vintage german Rock'n Roll), but a fairy from Albion came soon and opened the treasure chamber behind the channel: Petula Clark - Downtown. Funny enough it makes still no. 1 in my personal all time hitparade.... | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 96 Registered: 04-2005 |
1st Single was Rock This Town by the stray cats 1st Album was a BBC Sporting Themes (with the BBC's Classic Cricket theme) 1st CD Single was Alone Again Or by The Damned 1st CD Album was Oxegene by Jean Michel Jarre Could have been worse! Cheers Jon | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 347 Registered: 09-2006 |
A few semi-related firsts: First PG movie seen: "The Sting" in '73 (thanks for taking me, mom) First R: "Blazing Saddles" in '75 (Thanks, Uncle Richard) First X: "Behind the Green Door" - Graduation eve, 1980, me and my two best friends...a midnight show at the city's arthouse theater. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1315 Registered: 04-2005 |
That's funny, Allen. My parents used to take my sister and me to R-rated movies all the time when we were kids. We got used to seeing things we didn't understand. We went to see the "Groove Tube" when I was 12 and my sister was 10, and believe me, when you're a 12-year-old boy, that's the kind of movie you are DYING to see but usually don't get to. At least in those days...now kids have all seen Internet porn by the time they're four and are totally jaded. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1754 Registered: 03-2006 |
My best friend's Dad used to take us to R-rated movies. It was fun, but it probably warped me for life seeing some of those things at a tender age, like "The Godfather" and "Deliverance", which truly disturbed me...I thought for a long time that all backwoods Bubbas were anal rapists... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1317 Registered: 04-2005 |
What, you're saying they're not? | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 34 Registered: 01-2007 |
Crazy Horses-The Osmonds 7" single,but played my Mums' Sinatra My Way all about the same time | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1756 Registered: 03-2006 |
Kurt, a few aren't. But, true, most are...If you see a dude that looks like Grizzly Adams, wearing a red plaid shirt, it's best to just run like hell. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1757 Registered: 03-2006 |
Also, beware if they compliment you on your "pretty mouth". | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1318 Registered: 04-2005 |
I work on the seedier side of downtown Seattle. I'm all too used to that compliment already. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 348 Registered: 09-2006 |
There was probably an entire generation of backwoods folks who were grateful to that movie for its contribution to keeping the city boys out of the woods... Rob, through my entire pre- and actual adolescence there were only two records that my dad and I both liked: "Endless Summer" and "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison." | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 34 Registered: 02-2007 |
First real album, (not those K-Tel 20 Explosive Hits records which I bought a few of!!) was Ziggy Stardust - Bowie. Think I also bought White Album but not sure, long time ago. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 200 Registered: 05-2005 |
I remember wanting to get the "Magical Mystery Tour" ep, with all the animal masks on the front, whilst my way older sister was getting the single "She" by the Monkees. I must have made quite a noise about it because my dad, to shut me up, bought an album "with animals on the front" - i.e. "the soundtrack to the stage play of the Jungle Book" instead. I was, of course, considered unreasonably ungrateful when I tried to explain that the Jungle book didn't have "I am the Walrus" on it!! Goo Goo Ba Joob!!!!! 1st single would have been 48 Crash by Suzie Quatro and I think I got "Quatro" - my first album, shortly after. The Beatle thing I came back to when that same sister, probably to stop me from witnessing her furtive smoking &/or drinking whilst Dad wasn't home, refused to open the door whilst she and a friend played the just released compilation "Rock 'n' Roll". The old forbidden fruit!! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 153 Registered: 07-2006 |
i daresay a good chunk of my records are strictly kid-music fare, but the first thing i bought with my old cold hard cash when i was maybe 12 was the cassette of abba:gold, which i still love to this day. thankfully now on digital format. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1347 Registered: 05-2005 |
I should stop trying to be cooler than thou and admit that prior to my first record (correctly recorded above) came my first tape - Status Quo's 12 Gold Bars. I bought it in a Euromarche store in a godforsaken Parisian suburb (it looked like something I'd later see in La Hain) on a school tour. You could also buy guns in the Euromarche, which was astonishing to me. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 352 Registered: 09-2006 |
Joe, I agree it can be hard to find the kid/not-kid music dividing line, if it even exists these days (my little guy grew up listening to Raffi alternating with They Might Be Giants or Harry Nilsson). I was extolling the virtues of bubblegum music over in the Whattayalisteninto thread...that might be the closest one could come to a music that straddles the worlds. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 356 Registered: 09-2006 |
Or maybe it's the Beatles...never met a kid who didn't fall hard for them. We've got them on right now, in fact. "We Can Work it Out" is a great song, though the lyrics of the verses grate if you listen close: Paul's position is that things would be great and they could work things out if only his lover would BACK DOWN AND ADMIT SHE'S WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING. But she refuses to do this one small thing, and so he gives her a barely veiled threat about leaving. And with that amiable McCartney voice makes it all sound perfectly reasonable. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1324 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm sure he was using that same amiable Macca voice as he was chasing Heather Mills around the dining room with a broken wine glass. Then again, she threw her leg at him first. Sorry, tasteless joke, but when obscenely wealthy celebs have media-frenzy divorces, they're fair game. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 37 Registered: 02-2007 |
Agree. Both my kids started with Beatles, not just pop stuff but Revolver et al; also 5o's rock stuff Elvis, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, and musicals from an early age. I loved that stage of their life, as I saw just how much this music made em sing, dance and generally be amazed! I got the bug to. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 441 Registered: 04-2006 |
hah, my story seems to be similar to Geoff's. Nearly two years long i had a wish: a turntable. But i never get it. In 1973 I had an accident and the circumstance that my 10th birthday was near, my parents got weak and I got a perfect present. But what is a turntable without a vinyl. So there was a further wish:the first Suzi Quatro album. Sadly my father bought a 'Middle of the Road' album and my dissapointment was big (and I still don't know why he bought the MoR instead of Suzi Q.). Instead of a hell of woman yelling 48 Crash I had to listen to this 'bird' song (and others). Therefore this Middle of the Road album was my first one I owned. Soon after I got the Suzi Quatro LP, but I can't remember if I had bought it by myself or if it was a gift, too. So, it could be, that Slade's 'Skweeze me, Pleeze me' single was my first self bought one. A song which I -from time to time- still sing-a-long. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 599 Registered: 08-2004 |
First Cassette: ABC - Lexicon Of Love LP: (I think) Go West (could have been worse... not) 7": Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall 12": Oakey/Moroder - Goodbye Bad Times CD : Deee-Lite - World Clique | ||
| Wolfgang Steinhardt Member Username: Berbatov Post Number: 62 Registered: 09-2006 |
double hah Andreas: my parents never bought the records from my wish-list, even worse: I got german Schlager compilations instead of, let's say Deep Purples Fireball or Yessongs, they just wouldn't believe I'd prefer to listen to these longhaired lads singing in a language they (and me too at that time) couldn't understand. There is a funny song on Andy Kershaws compilation "More great moments in vinyl history" The Angel Brothers/ Ian McMillan - Captain Beefheart & Mr Neal, where Mr. Neal has to buy the new Beefheart Album for his son, Lick my decals off, baby in the early seventies in the only record shop in Burnsley and he's much too embarrassed and does not dare to ask the pretty blonde girl behind the counter, instead he writes the title on a sheet of paper and it ends like "imagine what happened next. They still talk about it in Burnsley..." Maybe you're dad too was shocked by Mrs. Quattro's appearance and thought Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep should be more the likes of his son... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1111 Registered: 03-2005 |
God I was spoiled. Not only did my oldest brother pretty much buy everything I wanted to hear before I was old enough to buy for myself but when Xmas of 1968 came along (I was 11 then) I asked my parents for the brand-new release "Beggars Banquet" and they got it for me, even though my mom HATED Mick Jagger. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 202 Registered: 05-2005 |
My Dad was so worried about my record collection by the time I was 13 that he forbade everyone in the family to encourage me by buying records for Christmas and birthdays!!!!! Probably THE worst thing he could have done!!!! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 362 Registered: 09-2006 |
I can wholly relate, Geoff...every time my dad found out I'd spent some money I had on a record or a book or something he considered foolishness he'd get this look like destitution was sure to be my future...while meanwhile his pet hobby was buying and selling cars. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 158 Registered: 07-2006 |
jerry, your list is out of this world! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 369 Registered: 09-2006 |
I put on "Lexicon of Love" tonight...it remains the best thing Martin Fry and Trevor Horn ever put their names on - the hooks and arrangements amped up so instinctively it's like the perfect, 40-minute-long pop orgasm. Martin's views on what constitutes true love are a little grandiose, but he was still a young man, and that's part of the point. When addressing his subject he sings and writes with as much sincerity and passion as any punk rocker you'd care to name. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1387 Registered: 05-2005 |
ABC were the perfect pop band. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 163 Registered: 07-2006 |
he has....well....i don't know if "sexiest" is the word i'm looking for...but his voice drives me crazy anyway. i'm with you allen....lexicon just doesn't let up from the moment show me kicks in. off the top of my head it's probably the one record i never ever turn off or skip before it's reached the very end apart from rubbish situations like getting to work etc. and that bit in the look of love after he sighs "the one thing the one thing" just before the end is so pet shop boys half a decade before they entered a studio. swoon over. |