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What's the first music you bought with your own money? Album? CD? Download?

Mine was really two ---

Volunteers -- Jefferson Airplane[and I still like to put it on LOUD!]

Anthem of the Sun -- Grateful Dead [I don't think there were any real
chart-busters, but it was a good album]

The Best of Sting & The Police.

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.....stop looking at me like that.

Vinyl. It was, if I recall correctly, from Disneyland Records. One side of the album were the songs from Oliver, and the other side, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I think I was nine and it probably cost about $3.00.

I bought Metallica's Black album and Nirvana's nevermind album.

IIRC, the first CD I ever bought was Shakespeare's Sister, Hormonally Yours.

The first music I ever bought was a Crusen Classics tape from Shell one summer.

Dire Straits, brothers in Arms, on cassette.

yeah i'm old.

A Twisted Sister record. After that was Beastie Boys, Licenced to Ill on record.

Mind you I was in like...sixth grade?

What's the first music you bought with your own money? Album? CD? Download?

Mine was really two ---

Volunteers -- Jefferson Starship [and I still like to put it on LOUD!]

Anthem of the Sun -- Grateful Dead [I don't think there were any real
chart-busters, but it was a good album]

Paranoid - Black Sabbath
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Live Evil - Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Bush - Sixteen Stone

Although they were preceded by Led Zeppelin's self-titled, Hootie and the Blowfish's Cracked Rear View, and Blues Traveler's Four as gifts that I had asked for.

All you people who think that they're going to be embarrassed by their first purchase can now relax.

Why?

Here's my first-

Pac-Man Fever.

Oh yeah baby. Feel the cheese.

The first CD I bought was Headhunters by Herbie Hancock.

All you people who think that they're going to be embarrassed by their first purchase can now relax.

Why would I be embarrassed?

I still like both those albums :D

Volunteers -- Jefferson Starship [and I still like to put it on LOUD!]


ITYM Jefferson Airplane, no? Pretty good album, but the studio version of the title track gets pissed on by their live version at Woodstock. If nothing else that unsung session hero Nicky Hopkins' piano gets mixed a lot louder.

All you people who think that they're going to be embarrassed by their first purchase can now relax.

Why?

Here's my first-

Pac-Man Fever.

Oh yeah baby. Feel the cheese.


Pac-Man Fever ain't no Little Drummer Boy by David Bowie and Bing Crosby 7".

Mind you, looking back it certainly has a surreal charm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKTHvW2JcAA

I bought a CD as a Christmas present for my mom a couple of years ago. That's the only time I've purchased music, and I swear that it'll never happen again.

the very first was a copy of The White Album because I broke my mom's and she made me replace it (I accidentally scratched it with the needle....oops)

my very first actual purchase for myself I *think* was a Peter, Paul, and Mary 8-track, it was either that or a Carpenter's record, I bought them both around the same time.

I bought a CD as a Christmas present for my mom a couple of years ago. That's the only time I've purchased music, and I swear that it'll never happen again.

Music Piracy all the way! w00t!

Don't laugh, but it was a single by a group called Technohead, titled "I wanna be a Hippie" (youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIQz6YcFgQ4)). Not that I understood any of the lyrics.

My first real music purchase was Dr. Dre's 2001 album.

And my first really educated purchase as an adult was probably "Yes, Virginia" by the Dresden Dolls, only a year or so ago. Before then I didn't care that much about music.

This thread seems full of old farts. So here I am...

Robert Johnson's King of the Delta Blues Volume Two.

On vinyl, of course.

And I still like it, too.

This thread seems full of old farts. So here I am...

Robert Johnson's King of the Delta Blues Volume Two.

On vinyl, of course.

And I still like it, too.

How could you not?

I love Robert Johnson. And there is just something about certain kinds of music that sound better on record.

How could you not?

I love Robert Johnson. And there is just something about certain kinds of music that sound better on record.

I'm still laughing at my mental image of you dancing around the house, singing "We're not going to take it!", but not when you were twelve. Last week.

This thread seems full of old farts. So here I am...

Robert Johnson's King of the Delta Blues Volume Two.

On vinyl, of course.

And I still like it, too.

That's the one with the drawings of them recording it in a hotel room on the front and the back, ain't it? I got that on vinyl too.

I think it was Supernatural by Santana about 7 years ago. I still have it, even though I no longer listen to it.

I'm still laughing at my mental image of you dancing around the house, singing "We're not going to take it!", but not when you were twelve. Last week.

Try this afternoon :D

And after that I went on a Chrissie Hynde kick.

The very first CD I purchased my self was Star Wars Episode II

Try this afternoon :D

And after that I went on a Chrissie Hynde kick.

People are going to slag me for being willfully obscure if I say that The Pretenders finest moment was the b-side of their very first single. The apparent irony that the were a so-called punk band playing in 15/4 time on The Wait only adds to the appeal.

It was one of two things, I can't remember with total clarity as it was quite some time ago.

Weird Al Yankovic--Running with Scissors
-or-
John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra--Star Wars Episode One Soundtrack

I think it was Weird Al first, though.

Hey, what can I say? I was a fifth grader!

Tom Waits Closing Time, The essential Bob Dylan collection, and Queen's best of Album.

I was trying to find some Mississippi John Hurt, alas nothing:(

Best of STYX :eek:

White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000.

I'm going to lie, because the actual answer is far too traumatising for me to give. The second album I ever bought with my own money was Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First.

A cassette... (what's that?) Michael Jackson's Bad.

I picked up the soundtrack to the first Mortal Kombat movie, Alanis Morisette's Jagged Little Pill, and Prodigy's The Fat of the Land on my birthday many moons ago.

Only one is still in my collection...a fluffle to whoever guesses right first! :p

I picked up the soundtrack to the first Mortal Kombat movie, Alanis Morisette's Jagged Little Pill, and Prodigy's The Fat of the Land on my birthday many moons ago.

Hooray for gift certificates! :p

MOOOOOOOOOORTAAAAAAAAAAL KOOOOOOOOMMMMMMBAAAAAAAAATTTTTT!

HAHA! *wheeze* *pant* Back then I thought it was actually very cool,... now I think that it was hilarious to think that it was cool.

I'm going to lie, because the actual answer is far too traumatising for me to give. The second album I ever bought with my own money was Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First.

You did see me admitting that my first was Pac Man Fever, yes?

I picked up the soundtrack to the first Mortal Kombat movie, Alanis Morisette's Jagged Little Pill, and Prodigy's The Fat of the Land on my birthday many moons ago.

Only one is still in my collection...a fluffle to whoever guesses right first! :p

MORTAL KOMBAT!

You did see me admitting that my first was Pac Man Fever, yes?

My first was infinitely worse. We shall leave it at that.

MOOOOOOOOOORTAAAAAAAAAAL KOOOOOOOOMMMMMMBAAAAAAAAATTTTTT!

HAHA! *wheeze* *pant* Back then I thought it was actually very cool,... now I think that it was hilarious to think that it was cool.

That movie has a hall of fame bad scene in it-Johnny Cage and Sonya at the rock cliff where Cage tells Sonya that he's going to fight Gorro.

It's like someone was whispering their lines to them just off camera.

First CDs I bought were (bought at same time) The Best of Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin: Early and Latter Days, and Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd.

My first was infinitely worse. We shall leave it at that.

Spiceworld?

MOOOOOOOOOORTAAAAAAAAAAL KOOOOOOOOMMMMMMBAAAAAAAAATTTTTT!

HAHA! *wheeze* *pant* Back then I thought it was actually very cool,... now I think that it was hilarious to think that it was cool.

The soundtrack was actually quite decent...KMFDM, Fear Factory, Gravity Kills, Orbital, Sister Machine Gun.

Too bad they couldn't leave out all the overly generic techno. :p

Spiceworld?

Not quite. Try: Backstreet's Back. Fuck, Spiceworld would have been preferable. In my defense: I was 8.

I really am not sure what my first music purchase was, so I'll give you my most recent. Slave to the System (self-titled album).

Jackson 5 - ABC

Metallica - the Black Album on CD. Must've been around 1992.

I didn't buy music until maybe at the end of my freshman year (2 years ago). Prior to this, I listened to my mom's music or pirated it. My first CD purchase I made entirely on my own was London Calling by The Clash and I am very proud to say this. My first vinyl purchase was I have since then purchase was Quadrophenia by The Who. London Calling remains in my top 5 albums ever.

First purchase: Green Day's Dookie on cassette.
First CD: Nirvana's Nevermind

Solid Gold Hits vol. 27 on vinyl.

Featuring such hits as "Turning Japanese" and "Space Invaders"... which should give a clue as to when it came out. :p

My first was a cassette: Sash - Life goes on
I think my first CD was: Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music

Most of my other music was either borrowed or jointly bought with my brothers, so that explains my rather late CD purchase.

i think it was either Experience Hendrix, the Best of Jimi Hendrix

or A Fistfull Of Alice - Alice Cooper


definitely one of those two, both CDs

Hmmm. okay... I will be ridiculed for his, I know it. Can you please not? TIA!

My fist Album was MC Sar and the Real McCoy - Space invaders
My first Single: Interactive - Living Without your love
My first download... oh dear... *checks directory* Apparently "Hard Fi - Cash Machine"

and yeah, I still like all of those!

ITYM Jefferson Airplane, no? Pretty good album, but the studio version of the title track gets pissed on by their live version at Woodstock. If nothing else that unsung session hero Nicky Hopkins' piano gets mixed a lot louder.
Of course. They didn't become Jefferson Starship until maybe "Dragonfly"? I was TUI, typing under the influence...

Vinyl. It was, if I recall correctly, from Disneyland Records. One side of the album were the songs from Oliver, and the other side, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I think I was nine and it probably cost about $3.00.

I did buy a Jackson 5 album about that same time -- I think it featured ABC and Rockin' Robin(?) It was a present for my younger sister, who like many her age was smitten by them and the Osmonds.

One thing I can say proudly is that despite watching their Saturday morning TV show, I never bought a Monkees album or 45.

Not quite. Try: Backstreet's Back. Fuck, Spiceworld would have been preferable. In my defense: I was 8.So? what's wrong with that? I've always liked "As Long As You Love Me" and I still have it on my mp3 player. :rolleyes:
When I 1st started getting in 2 music properly a few years, i recorded somngs off the radio on2 tapes and then on2 the computer. I still have Guns'n'Roses Better from about December 2005. :p The 1st CD I actually bought however was Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium which was a bit of a dissapointment. I prefer their 80's stuff.

single = Driving My Car - Madness
single cassete cant rember
first cd - some Sam Cooke Best of

I don't buy my music. I download it.

I don't buy my music. I download it.

The both can't go together? I buy music to download.

I don't buy my music. I download it.
yeah, there's lot's of great free music out there!

What's the first music you bought with your own money? Album? CD? Download?

Mine was really two ---

Volunteers -- Jefferson Starship [and I still like to put it on LOUD!]

Anthem of the Sun -- Grateful Dead [I don't think there were any real
chart-busters, but it was a good album]

Ohhh My first ever single was either Strawberry Switchblade, or The Cure(I can't really remember)

My first LP was Warlock - Burning The Witches. Ahhh Doro Pesch!:)

Mozart Flute Concertos, on vinyl... I was a strange child :)

I've always just borrowed cds from my brother, dad and friends.

I've always just borrowed cds from my brother, dad and friends.

I'm glad we still have our turntable because a neighbor just loaned us a stack -- about twenty -- LPs of opera. I love Carmen, we'll have to see what else is in there.

So? what's wrong with that? I've always liked "As Long As You Love Me" and I still have it on my mp3 player. :rolleyes:


I'm sorry. I think that my copy of that CD was either run over or otherwise destroyed in a CD frisbee war after I got some taste in music.

What's the first music you bought with your own money? Album? CD? Download?

Mine was really two ---

Volunteers -- Jefferson Airplane[and I still like to put it on LOUD!]

Anthem of the Sun -- Grateful Dead [I don't think there were any real
chart-busters, but it was a good album]

Mob Rules - Black Sabbath

ICE T Rhyme Pays, I was 10

Mob Rules - Black Sabbath

By the time Black Sabbath started getting air time, I was well into my Grateful Dead / Bluegrass Rules phase. I saw a guy playing the banjo at a little town carnival and decided that I had to learn... When I found out Jerry Garcia played one, I was a deadhead for life.

After that, I never could listen to heavy metal again. Funny too, I ran across a Captain Beefheart album that somehow found its way into my collection.

By the time Black Sabbath started getting air time, I was well into my Grateful Dead / Bluegrass Rules phase. I saw a guy playing the banjo at a little town carnival and decided that I had to learn... When I found out Jerry Garcia played one, I was a deadhead for life.

After that, I never could listen to heavy metal again. Funny too, I ran across a Captain Beefheart album that somehow found its way into my collection.

You missed out on a lot.

Weird Al- Dare to Be Stupid.

Album: Queen's soundtrack to "Flash Gordon". I listened to it once and hated it.
Tape: Def Leppard "Pyromania"
CD: Def Leppard "Hysteria", Kansas and Dvorak "The Planets".

You missed out on a lot.

Probably so, but I like to think that being devoted to the Dead will pay off in the afterlife...

Tyrannosaurus Hives - The Hives.

I was never into music until recently.

I think the first thing I bought was Kiss - Greatest Kiss, though I'm not entirely sure.

52nd Street by Billy Joel, on cassette

Album: Queen's soundtrack to "Flash Gordon". I listened to it once and hated it.
Tape: Def Leppard "Pyromania"
CD: Def Leppard "Hysteria", Kansas and Dvorak "The Planets".

Dvorak "the Planets"? Holst? :confused:

I believe it was Van Halen - The Best of Both Worlds

Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone

Before that I just listened to my parent's music. I'm listening to it right now for the nostalgia.

The Essential Bob Dylan


Followed by a duet by Sting and Craig David. I started well at least...

Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Those were the days man. My brand new cassette player needed some rockin', and Billie Jean fit the bill. I wore out the first tape, 'Beat It' and replaced it with yet another Michael Jackson's Thriller. To this day, if I hear anything off of that album, I go into Nostalgic Shock. (As opposed to the general disgusted shock I go into when I hear anything of his post-Thriller.)

Probably so, but I like to think that being devoted to the Dead will pay off in the afterlife...

I don't think there is an afterlife, so, yeah. And Dio kicks ass.

http://www.metal-experience.com/images/festivals/wacken2004/Dio07.jpg

Enough said.