Not much at *all* -- this was a dry gulch year for me in all respects. 1981-1985 was my pop radio time of fascination, very end of 1987 was when I got a first proper stereo system all for myself (even if a Fisher all-in-one ;-) ) followed by a CD player. I think all I bought this year was Sgt. Pepper's and Red Wave, and the only radio hits I remember from the year with clarity were "Addicted to Love," "Rock Me Amadeus" and of course the Pet Shop Boys. Klymaxx's horribly gloopy "I Miss You" literally made me stop listening to Top 40, I remember that much.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Black FlagOzzyFearMotley CrueFlipperLed ZeppelinCircle JerksIron MaidenMinor Threat
― darin (darin), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Let's see, I turned 15 in Nov 95, so...
Oasis - Definitely Maybe, What's The Story (oh dear)Blur - Great Escape (oh dear)Supergrass - I Should CocoBlack Grape - It's Great When You're StraightTeenage Fanclub - Grand PrixRadiohead - The BendsREM - Monster, Automatic, New AdventuresManic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
15 was a key year now I think of it. I think the Bends and REM definitely brought me into indie-rock pastures and away from Britpop. And then during summer '96 Dancing In The Street aired, which meant I heard the Velvet Underground for the first time. This, and getting Odelay for my 16th birthday, really opened things up.
― Stew (stew s), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
circle jerksdead kennedysbad religioncrassrudimentary penissdyouth brigade7 secondssubhumans (uk)xbuzzcockshusker duspecialsselector8 eyed spyyazbauhausvelvet undergroundwhodinifat boyskurtis blowrun dmcjoy divisionnew orderbronski beatbow wow wowecho & the bunnymenstranglersthe jam
and other stuff. and whatever was on the radio. i turned 16 in october of 84, so some of this stuff i might have been listening to after my 16th birthday. i do remember that i listened to husker du all night ON my 16th birthday, drunk and alone in my dorm room at the bad boy's school that my parents had shipped me away to.
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
Concrete by 999 (I was inexplicably obsessed...pardon the pun...with this record)Generation X by Generation X....older by a few years, but I bought it at the same time as the 999 recordGive the People What they Want by the KinksJoe's Garage Act I by Frank ZappaThe Number of the Beast by Iron MaidenFire of Unknown Origin by Blue Oyster CultOh No! It's Devo by DevoWild in the Streets by the Circle JerksStukas Over Disneyland by the DickiesTroops of Tomorrow by The ExploitedLet Them Eat Jellybeans by various artists (Alternative Tentacles)Ghost in the Machine by the PoliceRio by Duran Duran
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:25 (eighteen years ago) link
also, richard hell, the velvet underground, and random punk rock and elephant six-ish indie pop
― matlews, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stew (stew s), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Dark Side of the Moon Pink FloydLive at Fillmore East Brothers and Sisters Eat A Peach Idelwild South Allman Brothers BandHot Rocks Rolling StonesMott All The Young Dudes Mott the HoopleHouses of the Holy Led ZeppelinMarshall Tucker BandAerosmithAlladin Sane David Bowie esp "Panic in Detroit"Live Dates Wishbone AshAmerican Beauty Grateful DeadQuadrophenia The Who
lots of Sly, Spinners and O Jays on AM radio
I remember being slightly obsessed w/the New York Dolls debut but the cover scared me away from buying it!
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link
My Rush infatuation was just around the corner.
(It's my latent Catholic urge to confess.)
― Ranking Rupert (Ranking Rupert), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link
I meant you (Daniel) did.
― Ranking Rupert (Ranking Rupert), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Telegram Sam, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 22:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link
I was very into music but was teased for basically having advanced tatses for my age (due to cool parents and sisters)
― Windy Miller, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link
...more or less...
― donut e- (donut), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:37 (eighteen years ago) link
For me, the Smashing Pumpkins had pretty much taken over my life, and I listened to Dark Side of the Moon almost every night before I went to bed. Also, I loved CCR, and didn't know music got much better than Live's Throwing Copper, Dookie, Weezer, and KISS: MTV Unplugged.
― PB, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
How much of everyone's tastes then was heavily influenced by what was available in the "Alternative" section of those music clubs?
― daria g (daria g), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 01:02 (eighteen years ago) link
oh, man...i could just go on and on. this was right smack at the peak of OCD record/tape buying.
― john'n'chicago, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 01:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 01:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sami (Sami), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 02:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link
JapanBauhausthe CureCocteau Twinsthe Waterboys for some reasonthe ChurchEcho & the Bunnymenthe Alarm (arrrrgh! wtf I was obsessed with them)
OK that was embarrasing.
― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 02:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 02:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Later in the same year I was listening to:The Sex PistolsThe RamonesThe ClashBlondieDevo and the next year 1980, well *that* was golden. 16 in 1980, going to ALL the punk/new wave shows....I'll have to wait for the "what were you listening to when you were 16" thread to tell you about that, old coot that I am.
― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 02:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 02:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 03:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― lyra (lyra), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 03:20 (eighteen years ago) link
...but it took me a while to own up to the stuff that I didn't WANT to remember...
Hothouse Flowers - Home [was on a weird Celtic kick, their Gaelic song prompted me to try to teach myself Gaelic with aid of a library book, failed miserably as you can imagine]Simple Minds - greatest hits [same Celtic kick. patchy, I know]Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse Of Reason (ugh. a guy I had a crush on copied it for me. I listened to it all the time while smitten. I still can't listen to it to this day without cringing)The Cream of Eric Clapton (same guy got me into this. but I actually still enjoy Cream, and fuck it, I can predict the tracklisting for this in my sleep!)U2 - Achtung BabyRatcat - I didn't like Blind Love much, but I was still wearing out the Tingles EPTwin Peaks soundtrack (wore this one OUT. Was even given the 'Secret Diary of Laura Palmer' book for my 15th birthday.)
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 03:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 03:23 (eighteen years ago) link
alice cooper - killer & schools outled zeppelin - III & IVpeter frampton - wind of changeatomic rooster - death walks behind youhumble pie - smokinthe guess who - so long,bannatynethe who - who's nextfleetwood mac - bare treesrory gallagher - rory gallagherdeep purple - machine headcapt. beefheart - clear spot
...i am sure most kids in nanaimo,bc were listening to this stuff save for the beefheart. CKLG-FM used to be a lot more eclectic back then and "lo yo-yo stuff" [which i loved] was on pretty steady rotation back then.
― william (william), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 03:27 (eighteen years ago) link
Pretty much mainstream, you might say.
― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 04:14 (eighteen years ago) link
TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO!
And Europop and rap too.
And (*gasp*) The Cranberries and Bangles.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 04:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh, and it was the year of "Music for the Jilted Generation", that was massive! It made the number one spot on the Finnish charts, the first time (I think) a techno record made such a feat back here, and I remember thinking, "OK, this the beginning of a new era! No more boring rock'n'roll!".
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Leeeeeee (Leee), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 04:32 (eighteen years ago) link
mighty lemon dropsecho and the bunnymencurenew orderchameleonsthe theforgotten rebelsclashp/i/lultravoxbook of lovebauhauslove and rocketsdepeche modeviolent femmesjesus and mary chainfront 242the cultCFNY (toronto radio station)
― metfigga (metfigga), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 04:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 04:50 (eighteen years ago) link
fuck knows what else. 1977
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 04:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 05:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 05:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut e- (donut), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 05:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 05:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 06:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 08:06 (eighteen years ago) link
The Beatles, Mega City Four, Green Day... I can't really remember I was 16/17 when i started going mad for all sorts of different things.
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 08:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 10:01 (eighteen years ago) link