Duffman5
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Post by Duffman5 on Aug 2, 2023 15:48:17 GMT
Afternoon ratfans I know we did this on EG probably about 15+ years ago, but I am always interested/nosey to see what people listen or listened to, so lets go round again. My first record was: 12" single (this was the age of the 12") of: Modern Love by David Bowie and it was 1983, I bought it from the co-op superstore in Fratton, Portsmouth. I was 11 years old and I would like to add, had feckin great taste  Oh Yeah! First Album I want to say something by Simple Minds but I'm not 100% might have been Adam and the Ants or even Bat out of Hell. Your turn. |
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Post by Rich on Aug 2, 2023 15:54:28 GMT
First single: Prodigy - Breathe
First album: Spice Girls - Spice
Honorable mention to Mr Blobby as the first single I was given... And that chorus is now stuck in all your heads. 😁
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Post by elstoof on Aug 2, 2023 15:56:43 GMT
Country House by Blur
The Great Escape, also by Blur
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Post by DJCopa on Aug 2, 2023 15:56:49 GMT
First Single was Young Ones - Living Doll (still have it)
First Album was Iron Maiden - Live After Death (still have that too!)
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Post by elstoof on Aug 2, 2023 15:56:57 GMT
Maybe
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Post by DJCopa on Aug 2, 2023 15:58:20 GMT
Definitely?
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Post by Dougs on Aug 2, 2023 15:58:37 GMT
First single - Madness, Our House.
First album - The Smiths. The Smiths.
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Aug 2, 2023 16:09:44 GMT
Turtle Power, Partners in Kryme
They should warn you in school that this decision sticks with you for life.
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Post by hedben on Aug 2, 2023 16:13:57 GMT
First album was Nirvana - Nevermind. On cassette tape.
No idea what my first single was, I remember thinking they were a bit pointless because you wanted something you could listen to for a while before having to start it again.
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Post by Vortex on Aug 2, 2023 16:14:31 GMT
Single was Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. Album was either Bruce willis' 'Return of Bruno' or Iron Maiden's 'Powerslave' depending on which way the lady in John Menzies rang them through, since I bought them both at the same time. (both on cassette for walkman listening) Guess which album I still listen to occasionally. Hint- It's not bruce willis. Got sucked right in by the catchy 'under the boardwalk' there. A lesson learnt!  |
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Post by Vortex on Aug 2, 2023 16:15:08 GMT
Nirvana? Blur? as first album/singles?
Man some of these records tag some folk as young(er).
Others choices, um, less so.
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Post by killerbee on Aug 2, 2023 16:25:36 GMT
My very first single was The Final Countdown by Europe. Still an absolutely brilliant tune in my book. I remember really liking the B-side, a song called ‘On Broken Wings’ almost as much.
I was also massively into synth pop back then (still am tbh), listening to lots of Depeche Mode, Erasure… a lot of my music experience was actually listening to stuff my parents bought, but I think the first album that I actually got “for me” was Pet Shop Boys - Actually.
I still rate that album really highly.
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Post by kingbambino on Aug 2, 2023 16:27:58 GMT
Status Quo - greatest hits double cassette ( think I was about 8 and loved In the Army now and matchstick men
Faithless - Insomnia (cd, think I was 14)
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Post by Vortex on Aug 2, 2023 16:28:43 GMT
Can't go wrong with Depeche Mode, I still love them. Can't really go wrong with 80's hair metal cheese from Europe either tbh! |
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Post by kingbambino on Aug 2, 2023 16:31:22 GMT
First single: Prodigy - Breathe First album: Spice Girls - Spice Honorable mention to Mr Blobby as the first single I was given... And that tune chorus is now stuck in all your heads. 😁 I think breathe was the 2nd single I bought . Bought at the same time as Cheryl Crow winding road randomly . I was obsessed with the albums experience and jilted generation beforehand so I I remember it being a big deal when fat of the land was going to be released . |
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Post by jono62 on Aug 2, 2023 16:31:38 GMT
Kris Kross - Jump on vinyl.
Either Vanilla Ice's or Mc Hammer's album on cassette.
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Post by elstoof on Aug 2, 2023 16:54:07 GMT
Nirvana? Blur? as first album/singles? Man some of these records tag some folk as young(er). Others choices, um, less so. I was too young for Nevermind, aged 8 when it came out in 1991. I’m 40 now 😬 |
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Post by elstoof on Aug 2, 2023 16:57:28 GMT
Technically I think the first single I “bought” was when my mum let me hand the money over the counter at Woolworths for a 7” of Whitney’s I Will Always Love You because I wanted to buy her a present
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Post by RadicalRex on Aug 2, 2023 17:36:34 GMT
First album was Michael Jackson - Bad on cassette.
First single I don't know, was much later because I only ever bought albums. Possibly NIN - The Perfect Drug.
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Post by deekyfun on Aug 2, 2023 17:40:01 GMT
First Single I bought all by myself like a big boy was... ahem... Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
I think the first album I bought was Appetite For Destruction. I had others purchased on my behalf before that, but I think that was the first one I got for myself.
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Post by Dougs on Aug 2, 2023 18:02:22 GMT
Nirvana? Blur? as first album/singles? Man some of these records tag some folk as young(er). Others choices, um, less so. I was too young for Nevermind, aged 8 when it came out in 1991. I’m 40 now 😬 I was going to say...some of those were 30 years ago, putting people likely in their 40s. Which sounded about right!. |
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Post by grey_matters on Aug 2, 2023 18:36:19 GMT
First single (present from my sister coz I loved it): 99 Red Balloons
First single bought by myself (2 on the same day): We are the Boys in Green - Euro 88 football song
Don't go - Hothouse Flowers
First Album: dunno, could be INXS, Guns N' Roses, B52s. (Hah! Actually it could be Terrance Trent D'Arby, or MJ - Bad)
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Post by jono62 on Aug 2, 2023 18:36:29 GMT
I don't believe Duff. I'm sure his first record was Au Clair De La Lune.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Aug 2, 2023 18:40:26 GMT
That I bought for myself:
First Single: Prodigy - Breathe
First Album: I can't be 100 percent sure. There is a very good chance it was a Prodigy album.
I can remember the first albums I had, but they were presents so not technically ones I bought myself. Those would be Metallica - Load and The Trainspotting Soundtrack.
(although I did also have Wrestlemania - The Album a good number of years earlier).
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Post by Vortex on Aug 2, 2023 18:50:06 GMT
I don't believe Duff. I'm sure his first record was Au Clair De La Lune. On wax cylinder. 😱😜 |
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Post by Nitrous on Aug 2, 2023 19:58:43 GMT
First album: Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
Purchased from an MCV store. They also sold games and DVDs.
Singles I don't believe I've ever bothered with.
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Post by ekz on Aug 2, 2023 21:04:21 GMT
First album I ever got: the smash hit album Aquarium, by Aqua.
First album I purchased was either Americana by The Offspring or Savage Garden by... Savage Garden.
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Post by ignatiusjreilly on Aug 2, 2023 22:02:11 GMT
Single: James - Sit Down (on vinyl)
Album: - REM (I think) (on CD)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2023 22:10:33 GMT
I didn’t pick up singles until the sort of height of the Britpop era when I used to buy all the Manics, Oasis and (yes I know) Seahorses stuff.
I’m the first album I bought with my own money was 2 Unlimited’s ‘No Limits’ On cassette. Yes the title track is a classic but I was all about Tribal Dance.
Before that I had Thriller, Bad and the Tv Gladiators OST tapes which I played the shite out of.
The first CD I ever got was a Now which notably had Rhythm of the Night and M Beat ‘Incredible’.
The first CDs I bought with my own money were ‘What’s the Story’ and a happy hardcore compilation on the same trip, from the much missed shop Vibes in Bury.
Thanks for this topic, genuinely, there are so very many memories attached to all this stuff, back when music meant a lot more to people than I think it now does. Did everybody back in the day used to religiously tape the Top 40 or just me?
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Post by skalpadda on Aug 2, 2023 22:12:52 GMT
No idea about single. Don't think I ever bought any until the 90s, so probably some euro disco thing.
First album was Appetite for Destruction by Guns N'Roses, with the original cover.
First concert I can remember at all was a now legendary Bruce Springsteen gig where the whole arena almost collapsed from the weight of the audience.
I was apparently quite cool when I was about 5-7 years old, but that phase passed quickly.
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