❌Monthly Song Challenge: Archived🎵
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kenbrack
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Day 2: A song that was a gateway to a lot of the music you currently enjoy.
As soon as this started playing, I wanted more. This was the first concert that I went to also. It was 1984, the Texas Jam Festival. Rush, Ozzy, Gary Moore, 38 Special, and Bryan Adams?
As soon as this started playing, I wanted more. This was the first concert that I went to also. It was 1984, the Texas Jam Festival. Rush, Ozzy, Gary Moore, 38 Special, and Bryan Adams?
Qky75
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Day 2: a song that was a gateway to a lot of music you currently enjoy
This is Les Paul (yes the same as the guitar) and his wife Mary Ford demonstrating the breaking idea of OverDub. Sadly the large table to his left with all the individual reel-to-reel tape machines isn't shown. Mary is singing with several individual recordings of herself harmonizing. Les is doing the same. Every single piece of modern music using samples and over dubs or stacked vocals and stacked guitars owes their success to this innovator. how high the moon
This is Les Paul (yes the same as the guitar) and his wife Mary Ford demonstrating the breaking idea of OverDub. Sadly the large table to his left with all the individual reel-to-reel tape machines isn't shown. Mary is singing with several individual recordings of herself harmonizing. Les is doing the same. Every single piece of modern music using samples and over dubs or stacked vocals and stacked guitars owes their success to this innovator. how high the moon
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FormerAllStar2
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Day 2: A song that was a gateway to a lot of the music you currently enjoy
A college buddy introduced me to the Avett Brothers early-ish in their career. Offering and November Blue were the two that hooked me and opened up my interest in folk/Americana. I think the band has sort of lost their way lately, but I still dig them.
A college buddy introduced me to the Avett Brothers early-ish in their career. Offering and November Blue were the two that hooked me and opened up my interest in folk/Americana. I think the band has sort of lost their way lately, but I still dig them.
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Day 2: A song that was a gateway to a lot of the music you currently enjoy
I was an east coast suburban kid. This song made me a fan of bluegrass and traditional mountain music.
I was an east coast suburban kid. This song made me a fan of bluegrass and traditional mountain music.
MisterChillax
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Day 2: A song that was a gateway to a lot of the music you currently enjoy
Wonderer67
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When I listen to this, I see a black-and-white news reel with flappers doing the Charleston!!Day 2: A song that was a gateway to a lot of the music you currently enjoy
My music tastes are sort of scattered here, there, and nearly everywhere. For example, I somehow found myself listening to Russian Orthodox chants last night apropos of nothing. As for today, I didn't know if I wanted to go in the direction of new wave or jazz. Decisions, decisions...so here's a 98 year old recordingIt's fanciful, but I like to imagine I was also listening to this stuff in a past life.
Jelly Roll Morton - Black Bottom Stomp
Wonderer67
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Day 2: A song that was a gateway to a lot of the music you currently enjoy
Candy-O, by The Cars is the first album I bought with my own money. Quaker bridge mall 1979.
I liked music, I was hearing on the radio at the time, Elvis Costello, the clash, etc. Although my sister is listen to punk, I wasn’t quite there yet.
But within a few years, I was at my first hardcore show (The Exploited and Kraut) and then venturing to NYC on Sundays. (Often a my sisters and their friends)
But this was kind of the start.
Candy-O, by The Cars is the first album I bought with my own money. Quaker bridge mall 1979.
I liked music, I was hearing on the radio at the time, Elvis Costello, the clash, etc. Although my sister is listen to punk, I wasn’t quite there yet.
But within a few years, I was at my first hardcore show (The Exploited and Kraut) and then venturing to NYC on Sundays. (Often a my sisters and their friends)
But this was kind of the start.
RosewoodTulip
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The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
Another massively influential band. This isn't my favourite of theirs now but it was the first one I heard.
It's a perfect pop song
It's quirky and gothy and simple and clever and so very catchy.
When I'd grown up with 80's mega stars and glitter and guitar riffs (which I still love as well) this was like someone opened a door to a whole new world of what music could be like.
SluttyShannon
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UnquietDreams
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I still, to this day, remember how I felt when I dropped the needle on this album. I played side 2 first, so "Run to the Hills" was the second track I heard. (I played the first song about four or five times over first.)
BreukelenAnima
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Day 2: A song that was a gateway to a lot of the music you currently enjoy
"When I was eighteen years old
I broke down and you know I cried..."
Though this is my 2nd B.B. King song this week, it was this song off this album and those opening lines got me hooked on the blues...
"When I was eighteen years old
I broke down and you know I cried..."
Though this is my 2nd B.B. King song this week, it was this song off this album and those opening lines got me hooked on the blues...
lavendersilk
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Day 3: A song that reminds you of one of your closest friends in life
Meet Virginia - Train
Meet Virginia - Train
Whiskeyjack
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Day 3: A song that reminds you of one of your closest friends in life
There's only a couple friends from high school I still keep in touch with anymore. I had the great fortune to go on a student exchange trip to Germany with one of those friends. Both of our exchange partners were obsessed with this German punk band, Die Ärzte, so we all spent a lot of time listening to their music and just hanging out. This song, in particular, we listened to a lot, just to shout "ARSCHLOCH!" at each other.
"Schrei nach Liebe" - Die Ärzte
There's only a couple friends from high school I still keep in touch with anymore. I had the great fortune to go on a student exchange trip to Germany with one of those friends. Both of our exchange partners were obsessed with this German punk band, Die Ärzte, so we all spent a lot of time listening to their music and just hanging out. This song, in particular, we listened to a lot, just to shout "ARSCHLOCH!" at each other.
"Schrei nach Liebe" - Die Ärzte
Dalelaw2164
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A song that reminds me of one of my closest… lovers. And friend.
Amazing and considerate person, two years by each other’s side and in each other’s arms. I miss her to this day.
We were in different chapters of our lives- I was childless with an overwhelming urge to have one, she had two daughters that were almost out on their own… I’m so thankful for the child I helped bring into this crazy world, but damn, I still miss Beth.
I do know that she has had a warm and loving life, now with grown daughters and grandkids, so who knows, maybe next time around!
Two beers in and this song on and I’m one happily tearful motherf*cker.
Amazing and considerate person, two years by each other’s side and in each other’s arms. I miss her to this day.
We were in different chapters of our lives- I was childless with an overwhelming urge to have one, she had two daughters that were almost out on their own… I’m so thankful for the child I helped bring into this crazy world, but damn, I still miss Beth.
I do know that she has had a warm and loving life, now with grown daughters and grandkids, so who knows, maybe next time around!
Two beers in and this song on and I’m one happily tearful motherf*cker.
MedicalMuse
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Day 3: A song that reminds you of one of your closest friends in life
this fucking song.
We were older when it came out but for some reason it struck a chord and we played it all the time. So much so the kids now love it.
this fucking song.
We were older when it came out but for some reason it struck a chord and we played it all the time. So much so the kids now love it.
UnquietDreams
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Day 3: A song that reminds you of one of your closest friends in life
On paper, or in a story, we probably didn't belong together, but I thank Whoever Listens that the world is more interesting than that. My buddy Jerry I have already written about -- closeted, but we knew; big B-52s fan; theater kid; danced with strippers --Jer. Roger, who was solid, goofy, dependable, and as conservative a guy as I knew. After high school, he became a Marine pilot. Totally Gung-ho, man's man. And when Jer finally came out, Roger was the one who immediately walked over and hugged him, and I goddam loved him so much at that moment. Joey, who was clever and quick, and his mouth got us into so much trouble, and out of more. Daphnée, who had such a torch for me that every one knew it -- except me. You have people here who say they are oblivious? You've got nothing on me. One night, after coffee, she drove me home. I went in to hug her, like usual -- I'm a hugger. And instead, she kissed me, long and sweet. And I responded by thinking "okay, that was different," and never brought it up again. Because I had a crush on someone else, my mind elsewhere. And it honestly didn't connect until two years later, when I went "oh....oh!" And by then it was too late. There was Julie, a cheerleader with a 4.2 grade average (AP classes), and was everyone's mom. Bobby, the bass player for my band, class clown. Johnny, our guitarist, who was also on the football team with me. Paul, who loved his Baja and his best friend, Alison, who unfortunately didn't return the feelings. And me.
"I could talk
A mile a minute,
On this caffeine buzz I was on."
Yep, that was me. I know, a surprise. We didn't have a cool name. If this song had been out, we probably would have stolen "The Deadbeat Club." We would get together and drink coffee and talk. Music. Politics. Philosophy. Movies. Whatever came up, we all had opinions to share over caffeine and nicotine. It was the 80s, so everyone still smoked. Cigarettes, mostly, but I had taken up cigars like Clint Eastwood in a western, and Jer had his fucking cloves. Oh, and snuff. Not the chew, powdered tobacco that we sniffed like 18th Century French dandies. Yep, we were those people.
Coffee shops, all ages clubs, restaurants, our houses --- we were together everywhere. We drank coffee, we gave each other hell, and we had everyone's back, in every way. We loved each other. I have had a lot of friends over my life, but never anything like when I was 17. "Wild girls and boys going out for a big time." Yep, that was us.
"The Deadbeat Club," The B-52s.
Then life happened. I clean Jerry's tombstone every few months. Joey disappeared off the face of the earth after college. Paul did time, and I chose not to think about why or I will get sick. Daph is a grandmother, with John --didn't see that coming. Alison died in a car crash. Bobby took his own life. Roger and I still get together for beers when he's in town. Julie is in Europe somewhere, last I heard. But that is now. Then? We were invincible, unstoppable, in a cloud of smoke and gallons of coffee. And that is how we will always be.
I just wish we had a cool nickname...
On paper, or in a story, we probably didn't belong together, but I thank Whoever Listens that the world is more interesting than that. My buddy Jerry I have already written about -- closeted, but we knew; big B-52s fan; theater kid; danced with strippers --Jer. Roger, who was solid, goofy, dependable, and as conservative a guy as I knew. After high school, he became a Marine pilot. Totally Gung-ho, man's man. And when Jer finally came out, Roger was the one who immediately walked over and hugged him, and I goddam loved him so much at that moment. Joey, who was clever and quick, and his mouth got us into so much trouble, and out of more. Daphnée, who had such a torch for me that every one knew it -- except me. You have people here who say they are oblivious? You've got nothing on me. One night, after coffee, she drove me home. I went in to hug her, like usual -- I'm a hugger. And instead, she kissed me, long and sweet. And I responded by thinking "okay, that was different," and never brought it up again. Because I had a crush on someone else, my mind elsewhere. And it honestly didn't connect until two years later, when I went "oh....oh!" And by then it was too late. There was Julie, a cheerleader with a 4.2 grade average (AP classes), and was everyone's mom. Bobby, the bass player for my band, class clown. Johnny, our guitarist, who was also on the football team with me. Paul, who loved his Baja and his best friend, Alison, who unfortunately didn't return the feelings. And me.
"I could talk
A mile a minute,
On this caffeine buzz I was on."
Yep, that was me. I know, a surprise. We didn't have a cool name. If this song had been out, we probably would have stolen "The Deadbeat Club." We would get together and drink coffee and talk. Music. Politics. Philosophy. Movies. Whatever came up, we all had opinions to share over caffeine and nicotine. It was the 80s, so everyone still smoked. Cigarettes, mostly, but I had taken up cigars like Clint Eastwood in a western, and Jer had his fucking cloves. Oh, and snuff. Not the chew, powdered tobacco that we sniffed like 18th Century French dandies. Yep, we were those people.
Coffee shops, all ages clubs, restaurants, our houses --- we were together everywhere. We drank coffee, we gave each other hell, and we had everyone's back, in every way. We loved each other. I have had a lot of friends over my life, but never anything like when I was 17. "Wild girls and boys going out for a big time." Yep, that was us.
"The Deadbeat Club," The B-52s.
Then life happened. I clean Jerry's tombstone every few months. Joey disappeared off the face of the earth after college. Paul did time, and I chose not to think about why or I will get sick. Daph is a grandmother, with John --didn't see that coming. Alison died in a car crash. Bobby took his own life. Roger and I still get together for beers when he's in town. Julie is in Europe somewhere, last I heard. But that is now. Then? We were invincible, unstoppable, in a cloud of smoke and gallons of coffee. And that is how we will always be.
I just wish we had a cool nickname...
SluttyShannon
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Day 3: A song that reminds you of one of your closest friends in life
Cjbdd
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Day 3: A song that reminds you of one of your closest friends in life
Snuck into a club to dance and this came on. We looked at each other like what the fuck is this? Then danced our asses off laughing for the entire song...and that memory always sticks with me
Snuck into a club to dance and this came on. We looked at each other like what the fuck is this? Then danced our asses off laughing for the entire song...and that memory always sticks with me
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ShowMeYourSmile
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Day 3: A song that reminds you of one of your closest friends in life
I have a friend that definitely saved my life when I was younger and made me see the daylight and I will never forget it...
I have a friend that definitely saved my life when I was younger and made me see the daylight and I will never forget it...
curious_slut
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Day 3: A song that reminds you of one of your closest friends in life
The song isn't super recent, but the association is and it doesn't just remind me of one, but a couple. Saltburn was great but the best thing about it was that it gave me the opportunity to turn my friends into Sophie fans
I'm like a missionary, but for music.
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Music Gets The Best of Me - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
The song isn't super recent, but the association is and it doesn't just remind me of one, but a couple. Saltburn was great but the best thing about it was that it gave me the opportunity to turn my friends into Sophie fans
I'm like a missionary, but for music.https://c.tenor.com/YWUpxz5aVqUAAAAC/tenor.gif
