What MUSIC are you listening to?

[dareutwo]

Whoa!!! what a walk down memory lane on this thread!
Being in even a half assed descent band does bring with it some perks.

Chris Montez - met him, actually had breakfast with him... lol (my friend Robb and Dad, not sure which year of - Winter Fest - formerly Buddy Holly Fest - Clear Lake IA in Feb - though there's a Ton, like hundreds, more early rockers I've met either by playing or working with Robb)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - met them sometime in the late 80's or early 90's at a battle of the bands prior to their concert at 1st Ave in Mpls. (prince fame bar) - And actually for quite a few years, I don't honestly remember the dates, or for that matter anything. LOL

Joy Division - listened to them a bit, bought an album or two. But then there's the Cure, Love and Rockets etc... I Love Elvis Costello.

Had the Stack's of 45's but my 1st Album was - OK shoot me cause you'll be singing it all damn day "Afternoon Delight" Starland Vocal Band I think was the band.
1st 8 track was "Best of the Guess Who"
1st cassette - believe it or not "William Tell's 1812 Overture" because Mom said it was On Sale.
1st C/D I actually bought? (I had hundreds given to me) I can't honestly remember.

Green Rooms (for those that haven't played anywhere) are extremely SMALL!!!
If the room was 15x25 - that was BIG. So you get to - No you Have To - meet everyone else in that room.
Best Green Room for Pictures would be the Clear Lake Ballroom, Clear Lake IA. If you want a who's who of Early Rock and Roll, their signatures are on the walls. Buddy Holly and the Crickets, to Jonny Cash, Chris Christopherson, Bobby Vee (duh), Richie Valens.
(as of when we played there a long time ago, you have to be Better than those listed to actually sign the green room as there is only maybe a few places to sign the wall)

Worst Green Room - some small ass bar in KC we played once (the bathroom - and not just Any bathroom - cause that's not so abnormal - but 6x 6 foot one!)

[finnbear]

8th track never became very popular here. I have seen one in my life and some cassettes that guy had, but that's all.

I have never bought cassettes, only vinyls. I had tons of c-cassettes because I was playing in a ship that went from Helsinki to Hamburg and back. They had done every thing possible that DJ could play records, but many many times storms were so bad you can't play them. That's why they have two cassette players and I had every song I had in cassette. One song in one cassette. So, you can imagine it, hundreds of c-cassettes...for a dude who loved parties and girls, it was dream job, but that's another story...

I remember my first CD - Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen. I bought the first CD player I ever saw. It was Sony, fairly small one, and it played CD in vertical position. You could see how fast that CD went round and round...

[Opti]

OK shoot me cause you'll be singing it all damn day "Afternoon Delight"

roflmao.. the thought of that song just makes me want to giggle... has to be the worst song ever to hold number one on the charts for 10+ weeks


Finbear: I still like watching the CD spin (small things, small minds maybe?) ;-)

[finnbear]

Finbear: I still like watching the CD spin (small things, small minds maybe?) ;-)

Nothing bad with that, but the player I have now takes the CD inside so you can't see it when it plays.

When I owned a small fast food restaurant I made cassettes there. At lunch time oldies like 'What A Wonderful World' and other old songs that were "easy listening". Later at afternoon pop music from 60's to 80's and at evening the rock classics.

We were real popular. Many people said they come to eat just because of music. Music is very important in our life.

[mrMagoo]

Wow, great to see there are some people of my generation here.

I got my first 45s and lps from my sister. Beatles, Hermans Hermits, and that kind of stuff.

First 45 I bought was some song about the green barrei (I don't know how to spell that...lol).

First albums I bought where the who, guess who, humble pie, traffic, james gang, and fleetwood mac's Future Games (I still think the best album they ever did).

Hardly buy any music anymore. Listen to 70s rock sometimes on the radio, some classical, and sometimes new rock.

I wanted to be a guitarist but I mostly sucked at it (could play some simple blues stuff a little, especially when high).

[amber438]

Ah..a music thread..Music was my very first love!!
My grandma LOVED Elvis. I remember seeing him on tv with her when I was about maybe 5 or so..Ed Sullivan I think..and I've had the music bug ever since..The first album I bought was the beatles white. My Grandpa bought me meet the beatles. But when I got older, the Rolling Stones did it for me!
I have a collection of over 5,000 albums, all rock dating back to the early 60's. I have an mp3 server in my house we finally got set up with 35 gigs of music..
What I listen to now is alternative rock mostly with the older stuff mixed in. Like 3 doors down, Creed (RIP), Disturbed, Rammenstein, Chilli Peppers, etc..Mixed with Country, Rock and Blues.
But I love all kinds of music..anything..

[Surfn]

I was reminiscing with a friend and decided to break out some music from the time we were talking about. So I loaded up the CD changer and now I'm listening to tunes from 1979:

Blondie: One way or another

The Knack: Good girls don't

Pat Benatar: Heartbreaker

Apri lWine: Roller

The Cars: Let's go

Rickie Lee Jones: Chuck E.'s in love

Little River Band: Cool change

Poco: Heart of the night

Rex Smith: You take my breath away

Now to round up some of my tunes from 1983

[urb]

I've gone back to 1969 today..... listening to King Crimson "In the court of the Crimson King".

I'm too young to have gotten this album first time around..... but my older brother got me into it.

Robert Fripp is the most amazing guitarist.

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