What was the first album you bought?

[lovecraft68]

I'll admit to knowing the words to about a dozen songs. And to playing air guitar in my wedding dress to one.

You know every time I hear living on a prayer I say to my wife

"You know what? I don't even think Tommy's looking for a job anymore. Christ, its been like 20 years I think Gina should leave his lazy ass"

 

[Trinique_Fire]

My first albums were mix albums of 50's and 60's hits. I thought I was the shit. Those were CD's by the way.

My first "modern" CD was No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom. I didn't know anything about their music, who they were, or what they were about. I just knew that it was the hot album to own at the time. I started out listening to Spiderwebs, Just A Girl, and Don't Speak.

 

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[SevenSquared]

(Edit: On second thoughts forget it. There are some things about this forum I will never understand)

 

[oggbashan]

The first album I bought was an actual album of 78rpm records of Beethoven's 5th Symphony played pre-war by the Concertgebouw.

It was a pain winding up the gramophone, changing sides every few minutes, and changing needles every four sides.

By modern standards it was an idiosyncratic performance. No modern orchestra could get away with taking such liberties with Beethoven's score, yet it was, and is, worth listening to.

Over the years several of the records were broken but I still have some of them. I rarely play them now but I can still compare the Concertgebouw's interpretation with Karajan's.

The first pop album? Yeuck! Frank Ifield bought at a live concert in 1962 or 63 and signed by him. I sold it years ago, and the signature didn't add value...

 

[PoppingTom]

My first bought record?

Well it was Stevie Wonders "Songs in the key of life", but this doesn't count, as this record was for my parents, but we all shared all the records in our house at that time (I was 11).

My first self bought record, from my very first bucks of western D-Mark, was Phillip Boa's "Hispaniola". This was for me, and nobody else.

 

[LucyH]

No way, that was mine too! I got that the same day I got Vanilla Ice- Ice Ice Baby

Oh yeah? That was my second. I didn't have enough money to buy both at once.
What a letdown after Milli Vanilli.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

The first album I acquired was Three Dog Night's "Live at the Forum." I was about 8, and nagged my mother for weeks until she finally bought it for me.

The first album I actually purchased with my own hard-earned cash was the The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." I was about 11 or 12, I think.

 

[PennLady]

You know every time I hear living on a prayer I say to my wife

"You know what? I don't even think Tommy's looking for a job anymore. Christ, its been like 20 years I think Gina should leave his lazy ass"

Gina and Tommy sound like Patti and Jessie.

 

[kitkat88]

Well of course it was Bon Jovi's self titled debut from 1984. I was nine and had a crush on him, more than I liked the music. Played "she don't know me" so much I had to but another copy.

The first album I bought for the music, well it was a cassette was Guns and Roses Appetite for Destruction. Still in my top 5 of all time.

and to be more specific to LC's post I have Seen Bon Jovi 28 times.

 

[AllardChardon]

Meet the Beatles and what a wonderful first album that was.

 

[autoplot]

Does it make you feel better to know I still have that, also on cassette?

It does, actually.

It will make you all happier to know my wife has seen Bon Jovi over two dozen times

The last ten of which I have taken her.

Wow. Hats off, for real.

I'm not that enthusiastic about them anymore. No reflection on anyone else, obviously.

 

[PennLady]

Try Brooks & Dunns, "Good Girls Go to Heaven" A remake of the same song by Meatloaf.

Did anyone get any photos or better yet a movie of that Air guitar solo?

I've seen Meat Loaf in concert twice. He puts on a great theatrical show.

Yes, pictures! We want pics and video!

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I believe it was Anthrax - Persistence of Time. But it could very well have been the second...

 

[SydneyBlake]

One thing about old Rick, he didn't fall into the techno, synth-heavy, new romantic/new wave side of the 80s. He was much more guitar-oriented, and I think b/c of that, his albums hold up better than some from the era.

Oh, I know -- another of my early albums was J. Geils' Band, "Freezeframe."

I can remember riding the drag with my gf's, screaming "Jesse's Girl" at the tops of our lungs. And yes, my 15yo dd is familiar with it, but not because of me.

 

[SydneyBlake]

I think my first was Journey's "Frontiers". In cassette.

 

[PennLady]

I believe it was Anthrax - Persistence of Time. But it could very well have been the second...

I was watching something on VH1 and found out that Scott Ian of Anthrax is Meat Loaf's son-in-law. How about that?

Also found out Scott Ian is a Doctor Who fan. There were some specials a couple of months ago and he was on as a commenter, which was somehow just very funny.

 

[alwayswantedto]

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[LettersFromTatyana]

Did anyone get any photos or better yet a movie of that Air guitar solo?

Yes, pictures! We want pics and video!

Lol, no videos. There are probably pictures, but on the grand scale of weird or crazy things I've done, this ranks pretty low, so I'm not sure if anyone bothered.

You know every time I hear living on a prayer I say to my wife

"You know what? I don't even think Tommy's looking for a job anymore. Christ, its been like 20 years I think Gina should leave his lazy ass"

This is priceless, LC.

 

[PennLady]

"You know what? I don't even think Tommy's looking for a job anymore. Christ, its been like 20 years I think Gina should leave his lazy ass"

See, if you keep holding on to what you've got, it obviously doesn't make a difference if you make it or not. Although you have to question whether they really gave it shot.

I think my first was Journey's "Frontiers". In cassette.

Ha, not my first album, but I have that on LP.

 

[dawei]

Jackson 5 - ABC

 

[Lord Emu]

Butthole Sufers - Electriclarry Land

 

[wombbroom]

Eminem Slim Shady LP. I was only 11, dont judge me lol