What's your first memory of music being an important thing?
For me it was the Rolling Stones 'Satisfaction'. I musta been all of 6 years old!
So that would be 1968.
http://youtu.be/KzYWTIHqutA (http://youtu.be/KzYWTIHqutA)
My mother bought this 45 when it was new. It reminds me of people I love and lost.
http://youtu.be/UKAeeGnAYBo (http://youtu.be/UKAeeGnAYBo)
The Beatles, specifically this album:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51D2P2bOp2L.jpg)
I had actually taped "Hey Jude" off the radio prior to discovering this compilation.
My earliest musical memories would be pre-school. My mum used to listen to the radio a lot. 'Bat Out Of Hell' had just been released and was in heavy rotation on the playlists.
My dad loved C&W music so I got plenty of that before I even went to Kindergarten. My mom was into Spanish music at that time (followed by a Reggae phase), so I got plenty of that as well.
I grew up with three older sisters, so I was exposed to whatever they were listening: Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons Project, Frank Zappa, Bob Seger, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Marley, Queen, ELO.
My own music preferences were all over the place at first, but I soon found a liking to R&B, Soul and Funk music: Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, just to name a few. When my sister introduced me to Prince I was hooked.
Most of my friends were into metal or punk, music I couldn't relate to.
My parents had a pretty big record collection so as a kid in the 70s and they always had music playing ... Elvis, Beatles, CCR, John Denver, Jim Croce, Olivia Newton John, etc. I never took much notice of it back then, though, it was basically background noise.
My personal interest in music coincided with the launch of MTV in 1981 - I was in 6th grade. I had heard some kids at school talking about this cool new channel so I tuned in when I got home. I vividly remember seeing the videos for the Ramones' "Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio?" and Judas Priest's "Heading Out to the Highway" that first day, and that was all it took, I was hooked.
http://youtu.be/LKuuHfMx3CQ (http://youtu.be/LKuuHfMx3CQ)
http://youtu.be/ogobwFg68M0 (http://youtu.be/ogobwFg68M0)
In 1979 I discovered RAVEL. I was introduced to RAVEL by VLADO PERLEMUTER's recordings and still have the three LP boxed set issued in 1961 which I listened to many times when I discovered it in Summer '79. These are the same recordings, issued later on CD with a different cover (not to be confused with the 1978 recordings): VLADO PERLEMUTER Plays RAVEL (1961) I'm still listening to it.
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/RAVELbyVladoPerlemuterVOXBOX.jpg)
I grew up with lots of music, including Classical, loved classic Rock, Pop, and still was listening to sh!t like STEVE MILLER BAND and then these recordings rocked my world. A sea change.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on April 06, 2019, 03:08:52 PM
The Beatles, specifically this album:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51D2P2bOp2L.jpg)
I had actually taped "Hey Jude" off the radio prior to discovering this compilation.
I saw the YELLOW SUBMARINE at a theater when it was 1st released! I was living in a Catholic orphanage in NY somewhere.
Yeah- that was a thing! It was music
and a cartoon!
Quote from: Rev. Powell on April 06, 2019, 03:08:52 PM
The Beatles, specifically this album:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51D2P2bOp2L.jpg)
I had actually taped "Hey Jude" off the radio prior to discovering this compilation.
Being too young for original
BEATLEmania, I was educated by that album and the RED album too. Though, I do remember listening to
BEATLE 45s that had been my cousins... the records were probably only a year to two old!!! I was about 5 or 6...
The first time I really recognized popular music was probably our 45s and albums from about 1973 (I was 2).
These in particular:
TOP OF THE WORLD- Carpenters
(http://images.45cat.com/carpenters-top-of-the-world-1973-24.jpg)
DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT- King Harvest
(http://images.45cat.com/king-harvest-dancing-in-the-moonlight-1972-5.jpg)
We also had some sort of album called something like SUNSHINE '73 that had Lean On Me, Long Train Running, Crocodile Rock, Little Willy, The Most Beautiful Girl, and a bunch of other stuff from that year.
My mother has about 8 boxes of 45s from the 1950s (similar to the one below). I loved that music even when I was very young (probably somewhere between 6 and 8 year old). Still love it.
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