Music - your first love & most recent discovery

Started by bennydorano, June 20, 2021, 10:50:24 AM

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bennydorano

Great article in the Sunday Times Culture mag asking a few of their writers to share 'which record rocked their world growing up and their most recent musical discovery'.

One of the earliest songs I can remember loving was Bucks Fizz - Speed it up, there's been plenty in between but 2 perma favourites- Waterfall by Stone Roses & One by Metallica that made a huge impression are still the go to.

Recent discovery is more taxing, I find nearly anything new I listen to is 'old' but I've only recently discovered it! Honourable mention to The Acid Runner by ilario Alicante - great dance tune

Substandard

One of my earliest memories is being fascinated with the song and video for Ultravox 'Vienna'.
I always considered myself an REM fan first and foremost, but I only really got into them with Out of Time, so it was great to be able to work back to Murmur as well as subsequent albums.  On fan pages there's a lot of division about where to draw the line for their 'decline'- for me, while there was a few great songs after Up, that was the last complete album for me, I never got into the rest the same way.
Since then I've flitted from band to band based on a few songs here and there, but The National are a decent substitute for REM for me.
Perfect Circle from REM and Terrible Love from The National would be my signature choices, but my favourite all-time songs are James Getting Away With It All Messed Up, and Fiction Factory's Feels Like Heaven.

seafoid

One song I liked as a kid was Video Killed the Radio Star.
I came across this 2004 live version recently and really liked it.
https://youtu.be/IUgF49Rtg7Q


I was listening to the 1999 NYE hour from Lush recently.
https://youtu.be/ryg7ZB10hKQ.
It has some real bangers

I also really like El Nino from around the time Galway were
winning football all Irelands

https://youtu.be/qePY9hcWTbQ

Some songs/bit of music just have it even if you don't understand the words eg
Aguas de Março
https://youtu.be/E1tOV7y94DY

And I really like this :

Where did our love go
https://youtu.be/qTBmgAOO0Nw

"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

charlieTully

I got into the tunes going to an older cousins house in the summer holidays back in the day. Meat loaf bat out of hell was the main stay. I know every word of that album. Quiet riot cum on feel the noise. Def Leppard etc. First album I bought myself was kiss destroyer. I was p6. That's been me since. Countless gigs countless album's later. I would listen to 5 new albums every month at least. f**king live for it.

ardchieftain

Remember getting For those about to Rock by AC/DC when i was in primary school and it just blew my mind. 2 years later i heard Horslips, Belfast gigs which had a similar impact. This obsession with music led to me forming a band, releasing albums and seeing plenty of places in the world i'd probably never have seen otherwise.

Recent discoveries, too many to mention really as i kind of have to keep my finger on the pulse of the rock/metal scene so am hearing new stuff all the time. It has led to me being very choosy, which is no bad thing really.

The shutdown of gigs. the pandemic, etc, has had me climbing the walls. I hope things get back to normal sooner rather than later as i need my fix.

bennydorano

Quote from: seafoid on June 20, 2021, 06:31:34 PM
One song I liked as a kid was Video Killed the Radio Star.
I came across this 2004 live version recently and really liked it.
https://youtu.be/IUgF49Rtg7Q


I was listening to the 1999 NYE hour from Lush recently.
https://youtu.be/ryg7ZB10hKQ.
It has some real bangers

I also really like El Nino from around the time Galway were
winning football all Irelands

https://youtu.be/qePY9hcWTbQ

Some songs/bit of music just have it even if you don't understand the words eg
Aguas de Março
https://youtu.be/E1tOV7y94DY

And I really like this :

Where did our love go
https://youtu.be/qTBmgAOO0Nw
Not the first time I've posted this but a great Brazilian 70s glam tune  discovered from Magnifica 70, a Walter Presents offering
https://youtu.be/-zLicyzaH5A

highorlow

QuoteNot the first time I've posted this but a great Brazilian 70s glam tune  discovered from Magnifica 70, a Walter Presents offering
https://youtu.be/-zLicyzaH5A

Lead singer is a Sligo lad
They get momentum, they go mad, here they go

Rudi

Love music, with the exception of Irish Country & garage, house type crap. Loved Tom Petty & the Heartbreaks back in the day. Big into Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Pixies, Weezer & the Cure.

At the moment listen to classical & other music's genres interpretation of grunge, rock indie etc, find that interesting.
Band from Errie PA, doing mighty covers of all kinds of music on YouTube, band called "first to eleven", definitely worth a listen.
Some of Metallicas stuff was mighty.

ziggy90

Reggae was my first love. The record below is the first one I bought.
https://youtu.be/fabnLI4siXM
Massive Springsteen fan but as someone above said above said most of the new stuff I listen to is old.
John Prine is brilliant.
Irish Country music my "guilty pleasure"!
Questions that shouldn't be asked shouldn't be answered

bennydorano

Quote from: ziggy90 on June 21, 2021, 08:59:35 PM
Reggae was my first love. The record below is the first one I bought.
https://youtu.be/fabnLI4siXM
Massive Springsteen fan but as someone above said above said most of the new stuff I listen to is old.
John Prine is brilliant.
Irish Country music my "guilty pleasure"!
That's some niche reggae stuff there! I was expecting Bob, The Specials or Selecter

ziggy90

Questions that shouldn't be asked shouldn't be answered

tonto1888

I have sort of come full circle recently. My first love was probably the pogues. Since then I have moved onto different sub genres of metal and punk as well as hip hop. Recently I heard the rumjacks and have been listening to them flat out. Not exactly like the pogues but wouldnt exist without them. Caught them in Glasgow on Friday night there and they were excellent. Well worth a listen

armaghniac

Quote from: charlieTully on June 20, 2021, 06:54:57 PM
I got into the tunes going to an older cousins house in the summer holidays back in the day. Meat loaf bat out of hell was the main stay. I know every word of that album. Quiet riot cum on feel the noise. Def Leppard etc. First album I bought myself was kiss destroyer. I was p6. That's been me since. Countless gigs countless album's later. I would listen to 5 new albums every month at least. f**king live for it.

For Meatloaf fans I noticed this event and may even attend
https://www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie/show/bat-out-of-hell/

I certainly appreciated Thin Lizzy back in the day, but I think the first record I paid for was Garry Glitter and Glitter Band.
If at first you don't succeed, then goto Plan B

Olly

First love was Gary Glitter.

Most recent discovery is Coldplay.
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Puckoon

Great Topic.

Somewhere around 1989 I won a record voucher for the record shop in the old Royal Arms Mews (at a disco in Drumquin youth club, how it was won will remain with me for now). Nothing would do but the very next morning I had to drag Dad down to spend it, on the new New Kids on The Block album and I think if I recall I had enough left over for an INXS single, or maybe it was Burning Bridges by Status Quo. Clearly disappointed at my choice of the boy band my dad handed me a 20 pound note and two additional cassettes. The Best of the Eagles, and Money For Nothing. Will never forget listening to the Eagles and just being amazed at all the different singers on that album, each song fitting each vocalist perfectly. There was a good mix of music about our house. Lots of traditional but lots of Fleetwood, the Eagles, Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Dire Straits, Zeppelin, HUGE HORSLIPS Fans.

Was a great grounding and music, guitars, songwriting and singing kind of just stayed in our family from then on. Some interesting omissions from the folks that I had to ask about in later years. Discovering artists that for some reason or another the folks hadn't played in our house. Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, Elvis etc..

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magik however was the album that rocked my world at 13 years old, followed very closely by Pearl Jam's Ten. Happy to Say Pearl Jam's lastest effort "Gigaton" is the most recent album that I can't get enough of.

Reggae gives me heartburn.