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...was BACK IN BLACK by AC/DC. It was the summer of 1980, and I was either 10 years old, or about to turn 10 years old. I pedaled my red 10-speed to the Sound Warehouse at the strip mall because I was cool and was going to buy a record. The guy said, "Look, it's a totally black album cover," and that's all I needed to hear. Turns out it was one of the best decisions I ever made. If I had a time machine, I would travel back to the summer of 1980 and tell myself, "You're a bad-rear end, do it. You'll still be rockin out to this poo poo in 2021, driving around with a sense of existential dread with gray hair in your mid-life-crisis convertible, and it will be an anchor." And I'd be right. |
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the first cd i bought was hang ups by goldfingewr
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Apr 2, 2021 15:17
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nut posted:the first cd i bought was hang ups by goldfingewr I don't know what that means, so I just now listened to the whole album. Sounds like a cross between Green Day, with a bit of the Violent Femmes and Ten Hands thrown in. That's not a criticism. I get it. It's a distillation of what I would have liked at the age of 13. |
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Apr 2, 2021 15:27
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i think mine was the Matrix sound track which still slaps tbh |
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Apr 2, 2021 15:28
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It was the album Hotshot by Shaggy |
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Apr 2, 2021 15:49
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Lincoln posted:I don't know what that means, so I just now listened to the whole album. Sounds like a cross between Green Day, with a bit of the Violent Femmes and Ten Hands thrown in. That's not a criticism. I get it. It's a distillation of what I would have liked at the age of 13. i'm p sure every copy of that album sold is thanks to the tony hawk pro skater soundtrack
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Apr 2, 2021 15:53
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i don't remember the first CD i personally bought at the store. i remember looking wistfully at gusto by guttermouth but it didn't have I'm Destroying The World On It so i put it back. what i was looking for was Covered With Ants but it wasn't in stock. it is one of my earliest memories of going to Borders with my mom or whatever
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Apr 2, 2021 16:27
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my first album was aerosmith's Permanent Vacation and I must live with that
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Apr 2, 2021 16:35
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  I think my first album purchase was both of these, at the same time
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Apr 2, 2021 16:35
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barnold posted:i don't remember the first CD i personally bought at the store. i remember looking wistfully at gusto by guttermouth but it didn't have I'm Destroying The World On It so i put it back. what i was looking for was Covered With Ants but it wasn't in stock. it is one of my earliest memories of going to Borders with my mom or whatever I didn't have to look for Covered With Ants at Borders I brought the ants to the store |
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Apr 2, 2021 16:50
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"Why are there ants in your wallet" they asked "Huh??" I said "Those are ants???" |
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Apr 2, 2021 16:52
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I got cassettes of Wallflowers Bringing Down the Horse and Smash Mouth's Fush Yo Mang for Christmas I think in 5th grade. I think the first music I bought for myself was Weird Al's Bad Hair Day. It uh... took some time for my music tastes to really mature. |
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Apr 2, 2021 17:46
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Dumb and Dumber soundtrack 
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Apr 2, 2021 18:14
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the first cd i owned was a Creed album gifted to me by my extremely Christian middle school friend, whose mom encouraged him to give it to me because she was worried about my soul. mp3s were already a thing by that point so it is one of the only pieces of physical music media i have.
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Apr 2, 2021 18:40
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What about your first vinyl record? Mine was A Touch of Klez by the Klezmore Conservatory Band. It is substantially cooler than my first tape or CD. |
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Apr 2, 2021 19:31
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rear end-penny posted:What about your first vinyl record? Mine was A Touch of Klez by the Klezmore Conservatory Band. It is substantially cooler than my first tape or CD. the first vinyl I intentionally went out and said "I need this" is B-Sides & Rarities 2xLP by CKY. limited release colored vinyl (purple and red) and also I was one of the first 300 people to order which means I have an ultra rare copy of Live At West Chester University. as a real fan of the band I don't keep up too too much with auction prices as I'm not interested in selling at all but both the 2xLP album and the bonus disc keep going up in value so I'm gonna go ahead and say good purchase barny way to go pal
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Apr 2, 2021 21:54
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First record I bought with my very own money was Alice Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare. It was about $3.00 new.
With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain inside |
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Apr 2, 2021 23:00
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Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic |
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Apr 2, 2021 23:02
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first CD: Music From the Motion Picture Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius first Vinyl: The Velvet Underground and Nico |
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Apr 3, 2021 00:27
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barnold posted:the first vinyl I intentionally went out and said "I need this" is B-Sides & Rarities 2xLP by CKY. limited release colored vinyl (purple and red) and also I was one of the first 300 people to order which means I have an ultra rare copy of Live At West Chester University. as a real fan of the band I don't keep up too too much with auction prices as I'm not interested in selling at all but both the 2xLP album and the bonus disc keep going up in value so I'm gonna go ahead and say good purchase barny way to go pal Wow I don't think I have any pressings that limited. Colored records are super fun, especially if you didn't realize it when you make the purchase. In January of 2020 I picked up L'Orange's The Life and Death of Scenery on vinyl because it is such a amazing and conceptually driven hip hop record and when I took it out of the dust jacket I couldn't believe it didn't mention the coloring on the plastic wrap. 
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Apr 3, 2021 01:04
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the first CD i bought was royksopp's melody am this was like, a week ago. i don't even have a CD player. it was just 5 bucks though so why not the record store had deltron 3030 on vinyl but it was like thirty bux and also i don't have a record player  (my roommate has one but it's one of those crosley ones that chews records up, so i've heard)
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Dr. Chainsaws PhD posted:the first CD i bought was royksopp's melody am Was that Deltron used? Newer records typically run (in my experience) from the high teens to low thirties of dollars, new at least. The only really "contemporary" record I bought used was Event 2 by Deltron and I want to say I only paid 20ish for it after tax, which I thought wasn't too bad. Also a big fan of supporting touring bands even if you don't have the means to play media you bought from them. Do Crosley stylus' really chew up grooves that bad?
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Apr 3, 2021 05:37
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rear end-penny posted:Was that Deltron used? Newer records typically run (in my experience) from the high teens to low thirties of dollars, new at least. The only really "contemporary" record I bought used was Event 2 by Deltron and I want to say I only paid 20ish for it after tax, which I thought wasn't too bad. Also a big fan of supporting touring bands even if you don't have the means to play media you bought from them. it was a brand new sealed vinyl, yeah! it was closer to 28 dollars tbh and they apparently do chew up records bc of cheap styli and high tracking force. i think you can buy a better stylus from some chinese company and also hack the tracking force with some small weights but
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Apr 3, 2021 13:08
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my first CD I ever owned was a scratched to poo poo CD of dookie by green day. found it on the ground when I was a young lad, and id imagine it had a big influence on the music I listen to today. my first vinyl was free sweatpants by blockhead I think? not super sure, since I started collecting records recently. I would also be remiss to not mention that is a beautiful story and sentiment op fps_nug fucked around with this message at 13:20 on Apr 3, 2021 |
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Apr 3, 2021 13:14
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It's wild that you happened upon an album you can still listen to years later. I no longer take joy in a lot of what brought it to me back then and I'm not even sure it's a development of taste so much as being less euphoric and less able take pleasure in most anything. It's also wild that if someone bought a vinyl as their first physical piece of music you can't tell if they're two decades older or one decade younger than I am. Even the name of the album barely provides a hint! |
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Apr 3, 2021 18:51
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Chumbawamba's Tubthumper was my first CD I didn't get into vinyl (even briefly) until like seven years ago, so Taylor Swift's Red was my first record
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Apr 3, 2021 19:37
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The first CD I bought was Eve 6's self-titled album. Lol. Remember Eve 6? I can still sing their hit Inside Out from start to finish despite only listening to it every so many years. Can't remember any other songs off that album. It also ended up being the first album I gave away a few years later. |
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Apr 3, 2021 20:45
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i can't remember for sure but there's a good chance that this was my first album i bought/owned
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Apr 3, 2021 23:11
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biosterous posted:i can't remember for sure but there's a good chance that this was my first album i bought/owned I had to look them up and came across this nugget: Wikipedia posted:Touring highlights include Pope John Paul II's 1999 visit to St. Louis and dc Talk's Supernatural support tour. |
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Apr 3, 2021 23:21
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Mine was a nickleback album 
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Apr 4, 2021 00:50
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Like many people my first music purchases were very cringe cause i was like 10 First purchase ever (as in asked my parents for money to buy it) was neverending story ST cassette tape first CD was i believe i can fly single with space jam themed cover |
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Apr 4, 2021 05:22
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Second CD was limp bizkit's significant other Luckily my sisters had a lot of good music that i borrowed a lot / copied tapes of, my parents had good music too |
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Apr 4, 2021 05:24
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first CD i actually bought and paid for with money was Green Jelly's 333:  I had no idea what it was. I was like.. seven and my dad brought me into A&B sound with him and said I could buy a CD. I found the first one with some cool looking cartoons and grabbed it, haha. i was later thrilled as a nerdy kid to discover it was used in Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage the game. This track is still a banger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XJG8ywk7eQ i also remember playing the Bear Song a lot on those old Walmart song sampler kiosks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV6RMVnk0C8 other than those two, the album was only okay. Cereal Killer was better imo. first vinyl i ever bought was Wolf Parade's Apologies to the Queen Mary:  saw them open for Arcade Fire with La Belle Orcheste. loving awesome show. also one of my fav albums of all time. i've own it on vinyl twice (lost the first copy and rebought the special edition reissue) and also have a CD copy. so good. Modern World rules; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tTgqxkocf8 and i've always loved the intensity of Fancy Claps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8zceG6Vok8
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Apr 4, 2021 06:19
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barnold posted:i don't remember the first CD i personally bought at the store. i remember looking wistfully at gusto by guttermouth but it didn't have I'm Destroying The World On It so i put it back. what i was looking for was Covered With Ants but it wasn't in stock. it is one of my earliest memories of going to Borders with my mom or whatever Covered With Ants was a drat solid album. I bought it solely because of Tony Hawk's 3 and I'm Destroying The World, but i was pleasantly surprised to find i dug the whole album
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Apr 4, 2021 06:23
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i've never bought a new cassette... but i remember the first time i bought some used ones was because I had a lovely beater car with only a tape deck. i grabbed a Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits, a Steppenwolf one with "Don't Step on the Grass, Sam" on it, and The Clash's Combat Rock at a pawn shop
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Apr 4, 2021 06:25
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Have you ever heard Flipper's rendition of Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5ZNdrkXtl4 |
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Apr 4, 2021 06:25
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“my mum” bought music box for me
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Apr 4, 2021 11:03
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HEATHER PAPPS
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the first album I bought myself was Mogwai Young Team on the instruction of my much older brother but the nuance of post rock was lost on me for a couple years.
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Apr 4, 2021 11:05
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before CDs I think the first tape I bought was smashmouth, born a goon
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Escape From Noise posted:Have you ever heard Flipper's rendition of Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly? haha no but this is great it reminds me of this cover of "Don't Talk Put Your Head On My Shoulders" done by a Xiu Xiu side project |
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