Quote: picassosson wrote:
And I quickly went out and bought this, my first CD:
That was among the very first CDs I ever owned as well, given to me for Christmas along with Zeppelin I and (I think) Santana's Abraxas when I was like 14 or 15.
As for the first album I actually spent my own money on? Um, a casette of this album, when I was 10:
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MoogDroog Michael Bolton's mullet Posts: 8501 Registered: Aug 2007
Posted April 15th, 2010 01:25 PM IPDid we ever find out if he "hurt 'em" or not?"The other thing is that the quality of the mp3's I listen to varies especially as some of the music from the likes of Led Zeppelin is old, even with re-mastering still isnt up to the quality of the likes of Def Leppard."
Posted April 15th, 2010 07:37 PM IPActually, I forgot I bought 'The Spaghetti Incident' a few months before 'Parklife'...got me booted out the house for a bit because of the Manson connection, that got a bit of lame publicity over here.
That was Bday money, though, so I get a pass. 'Parklife' was the first I bought with money I made for myself.
Posted April 15th, 2010 08:01 PM IPin 1985 i was in fifth grade. i'd found a bleached cassette of the first van halen album in the hash brown sands of point pleasant beach in new jersey. when i got home, i put the cassette in my parents gigantic faux wood faux metal 8-track/record player/radio/cassette player with the six foot tall speakers and "runnin with the devil" blats out at maximum volume, it invaded the room like an oncoming air horn train out a painted hole in a mountain only the roadrunner can run through. my mother tells me to turn it down and gives me the eye every time she hears the word 'devil.' by the end of "eruption" i loved music.
first album i ever bought with my own money was a year later. it was van halen's new album called 5150.
hello baby!
i was not amused.
the second album i ever bought with my own money was 1984, one week later.
first single i ever bought was after becoming a huge zep fan in high school, 1992, and finding a cassette single of "immigrant song b/w hey hey what can i do" at the mall's overpriced music store. it was a bitch turning that thing over and over, but i'd do anything to keep from hearing nirvana on the radio.
first cd's i ever bought was around this time i think. had a summer job, bought a cd player, and got three cd's to go along with it. pink floyd's wish you were here, jimi hendrix' are you experienced, and syd barrett's madcap laughs. i don't think i got around to madcap for a year, having had to buy and digest the entire hendrix and floyd discography. when i did, i realized my folly. syd was where it was at. and then i went to college and saw the rolling stones in concert.
first record i bought was in 1996. it was beck's odelay on bong load. it was weird listening to a record, let alone my own record. it was a weird record! i couldn't hear any vinyl crackle samples for the life of me. kept flipping this enlarged cd jacket around in my hands, made my hands look little. all this art and time must have went into making that thing. heavy gram vinyl. 180 i think. i still have it. but there's a massive skip right before sissyneck that pisses me off.
first record i bought was in 1996. it was beck's odelay on bong load. it was weird listening to a record, let alone my own record. it was a weird record! i couldn't hear any vinyl crackle samples for the life of me. kept flipping this enlarged cd jacket around in my hands, made my hands look little. all this art and time must have went into making that thing. heavy gram vinyl. 180 i think. i still have it. but there's a massive skip right before sissyneck that pisses me off.
Posted April 20th, 2010 08:09 PM IPAlthough I got a k-tel album through the mail, and was a member of both Columbia House and RCA record clubs, the first one I bought in a store was the Stones "Black and Blue" in 1976.
Posted April 24th, 2010 09:17 AM IPIn 1986 I bought a pair of cassettes by artists whose music would truly demonstrate my pre-teen (I was 10) rage, my need to rock, my rebellion. I bought Europe's The Final Countdown and Stryper's To Hell With the Devil. Middle-class Minnesotans of Scandinavian descent don't really have that much rage when they're 10, I guess (although Stryper especially did generate more than a little--enough vibrato, Mr. Sweet).yes.
Posted April 26th, 2010 06:21 PM IPFor own money it was either INXS Kick or Weird Al's Even Worse. Both on cassette. Looking at the release dates on wiki I'm really not sure which was first - Kick came out in Oct 87 but I know I wasn't aware of it until at least New Sensation was out (Mar 31 88).
Meanwhile the Weird Al record came out in April 88, and I definitely remember watching the premiere of "Fat" on MTV... so probably that was first and then I spent the summer watching INXS on MTV and figuring out "this one band ALSO does all these other songs I've heard on the radio? (Devil Inside and Need You Tonight)" - that probably went until Never Tear Us Apart (August 88) and I probably actually bought it then.
So probably Weird Al wins - I'm not 100 percent sure if I actually paid for it or if the parents did (well, any money I had at age 11/12 was an allowance thing so I guess they paid either way).
Probably a year before that I asked for was Slippery When Wet (also on cassette) cause it was popular in school. And before THAT my first actual record that I asked for was Thriller - that was on Vinyl, my Grandma bought that one as far as I know. That was another thing where it was just so popular it was "required".
All in all nothing too embarrassing really - the embarrassing stuff all came later (and still continues to this day...)
The INXS one was probably the first "real" (non comedy) record that I got because I actually wanted it vs "buying it cause it is popular" (even though it WAS popular) - I actually remember getting slightly made fun of after I bought it.
Reconstructing your childhood is tough, I shoulda kept better notes.
Edit: This might have been my ACTUAL first record, even before Thriller - although far as I know I didn't ask for it
I had that exact same one. I bought it in the early 90's, I think, to take to the beach. I remember it used up c cell batteries like they were going out of style....
Quote: Primey Prime wrote:
I had one just like that, a slightly different model. Still got it, actually.
I still have it too! A very sentimental item... I remember hauling it out on hot days with the world's longest extension cord (could never afford batteries at the rate it guzzled them) and shooting hoops to the three CD's I owned!"this next song was found on a tablet in a field in Hawthorne, California..."
Posted October 13th, 2010 06:48 AM IPMy first purchased music was a cassette single of 'Asshole' by Denis Leary. My first album was 'The Beatles 1967 - 1970'.
Been a while since I've seen a lot of this names, nice to see you guys again.
cuntagious Julie Kotter's Tuna Surprise Posts: 158 Registered: Jan 2011
Posted January 9th, 2011 06:26 PM IPBilly Joel's Glass HousesWhen you hit a wrong note, it's the NEXT note that determines whether it was a good one or a bad one. -- Miles Davis
Robster Lobster Liberace's cabana boy Posts: 456 Registered: Jan 2011
Posted January 15th, 2011 03:16 PM IPFirst single (with 50 pence given to me by my nan): Glad It's All Over by Captain Sensible (Damned on 45 was the B-Side - very good)
First Album: I bought a crap Monkees compilation, and A Night At The Opera by Queen on the same day when I was about 13. When asked I usually decline to mention the Monkees (not that I dislike them, but it was a real bad compilation, it didn't even have Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees!) Georgie likes ducks!
cubist in the sky with diamonds Posts: 1073 Registered: Aug 2007
Posted January 19th, 2011 11:54 AM IPMy first bought LP was also at the age of 13 and it was Tubular Bells by Mkie Oldfield which i think stayed at No 1 for about 10 years it seems!
My first single was bvopught for me by my parents as i was only 5. It was We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place by The Animals. I still rate this song as one of the greatest singles ever and my band Disposable Man still does a cover of this tune!: http://myspace.com/disposablemanband
Wi-Fi does something horrible to your brain, like eating your fondest memories and replacing them with drawings of cross-eyed bats and a strong smell of puke. - Charlie Brooker
Robster Lobster Liberace's cabana boy Posts: 456 Registered: Jan 2011
Quote: cubist wrote:
My first bought LP was also at the age of 13 and it was Tubular Bells by Mkie Oldfield which i think stayed at No 1 for about 10 years it seems!
My first single was bvopught for me by my parents as i was only 5. It was We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place by The Animals. I still rate this song as one of the greatest singles ever and my band Disposable Man still does a cover of this tune!
Fucking awesome first single Rich - you were 5?!?!!!! Man, no wonder you are the way you are!Georgie likes ducks!
Posted February 11th, 2011 01:16 AM IPI think Savage Garden's first album and The Beach Boys Greatest Surfing hits on cassette. I thought Do You Wanna Dance was the best song ever when I was seven.
Justin Charles Nelson Reilly's SHORTS! Posts: 842 Registered: Apr 2011
Posted April 5th, 2011 04:52 PM IPFirst one I bought was Sgt. Pepper. Must have been 7 years old. I had liked the Beatles as far back as kindergarten, thanks to my Parents. They took me to the store to by a record with my own money, and Sgt. Pepper was such a colorful album that it stood out amongst all the other Beatle ones. My next one was Magical Mystery Tour, and I got a free picture disc with it!Our Band could be Your Life.
Justin Charles Nelson Reilly's SHORTS! Posts: 842 Registered: Apr 2011
Here's something that will make me feel old; I had this album (and loved it, by the way. I think it was the video for Mr. Roboto that got me hooked), and I can remember listening to it-while playing Colecovision. Our Band could be Your Life.
Posted November 6th, 2011 07:58 PM IPHmmm That was the summer of '71 when I really had extra cash. So I got an album and a lid.
Pink Floyd- Dark side of the moon, or Edgar Winter GroupThe original Mayo
Barbecutie Jagger's strut Posts: 131 Registered: Nov 2011
...but it was a terrible cassette dub bought from an Italian supermarket in the 90s. The tape got chewed by my Walkman eventually, but the hits? Bulletproof!
IanWagner The Rustic Bumfiddler Posts: 47916 Registered: Aug 2007
