The blues brothers soundtrack ha. Wish it was a bit cooler. First show was kiss so that negates some
probably Ugly Kid Joe or Aerosmith, and I don't know what's more embarrassing.
It was either Slint - Spiderand or Portishead - Dummy. They were bought close together so I don't remember which one was first.
Are we talking own money that I worked for or first with money given to me? My first tape was Michael Jackson-Thriller. My first CD was Kris Kross-Totally Krossed Out. I had a lot of John Mellencamp and Bon Jovi as a kid along with all of the Michael Jackson albums. I got Metallica's black album and Nirvana's Nevermind and then everything changed.
First with money I earned via a job, I have no idea.
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Quote from: pronetoaccidents on March 04, 2016, 03:53:33 PM
The blues brothers soundtrack ha. Wish it was a bit cooler. First show was kiss so that negates some
As far as I'm concerned this sentence should read:
First show was kiss ha wish it was a bit cooler. (But I bought) The blues brothers soundtrack so that negates some
Quote from: BlakeK on March 04, 2016, 05:46:16 PM
Are we talking own money that I worked for or first with money given to me? My first tape was Michael Jackson-Thriller. My first CD was Kris Kross-Totally Krossed Out. I had a lot of John Mellencamp and Bon Jovi as a kid along with all of the Michael Jackson albums. I got Metallica's black album and Nirvana's Nevermind and then everything changed.
First with money I earned via a job, I have no idea.
My case was allowance money. Dollar a week. Some people bought such cooler ones
The first tape I bought was the Foo Fighters self-titled. I can't remember my first CD...Third Eye Blind or Goo Goo Dolls probably
Most likely some country tape. Garth Brooks' "In Pieces" is jumping out at me, though I could be wrong.
First CD, not sure. Probably some Grammy Nominees compilation. Or maybe A Boy Named Goo?
The first music I purchased with birthday money was J. Giles Band - Rage in the Cage/Angel is the Centerfold on 45.
I was 6 or something. jumped around on couches raging in the cage. lol.
cassette was Run-DMC - Raising Hell. probably 10 years old.
CD was Rage Against the Machine - probably 18 or 19.
Quote from: jer on March 04, 2016, 04:23:52 PM
probably Ugly Kid Joe or Aerosmith, and I don't know what's more embarrassing.
Aerosmith-Get a Grip was also one of my first CDs. I used to order CDs from Columbia House, BMG, and CDHQ which were CD clubs where they offered 10 CDs for $1 with the understanding that you'd buy a set amount of CDs from them that were overpriced. It was all good when I received the first 6 until they had a shipping and handling charge of over $20. I freaked out the first time it happened until my mom told me they couldn't hold contract with a minor and called to complain that they sent her 11 or 12 year old CDs that had explicit lyrics stickers. I got to keep the CDs and this turned into a nice little racket after me and my friends learned we didn't need our moms to call and could just tell them for ourselves . The point of this was I got a shitload of CDs for a few bucks. Does anyone else remember Columbia House or BMG?
Quote from: BlakeK on March 06, 2016, 05:09:37 PM
Quote from: jer on March 04, 2016, 04:23:52 PM
probably Ugly Kid Joe or Aerosmith, and I don't know what's more embarrassing.
Aerosmith-Get a Grip was also one of my first CDs. I used to order CDs from Columbia House, BMG, and CDHQ which were CD clubs where they offered 10 CDs for $1 with the understanding that you'd buy a set amount of CDs from them that were overpriced. It was all good when I received the first 6 until they had a shipping and handling charge of over $20. I freaked out the first time it happened until my mom told me they couldn't hold contract with a minor and called to complain that they sent her 11 or 12 year old CDs that had explicit lyrics stickers. I got to keep the CDs and this turned into a nice little racket after me and my friends learned we didn't need our moms to call and could just tell them for ourselves . The point of this was I got a shitload of CDs for a few bucks. Does anyone else remember Columbia House or BMG?
I don't personally remember them but I've heard similar stories. CH just filed for bankruptcy last year and are now trying to cash in on the vinyl trend.
Man, I always wanted to do those but my mom wouldn't let me because she knew there was a catch. If only I could have told her about the minor-entering-contract loophole.
A loophole we would later use when I racked up late fees on my dope 90s beeper/pager.
My grandma signed me up for cds through one of those too and they let her out of the contract when she called to complain.
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Papa Roach - Infest
What a depressing answer.
Quote from: BlakeK on March 06, 2016, 05:09:37 PM
Quote from: jer on March 04, 2016, 04:23:52 PM
probably Ugly Kid Joe or Aerosmith, and I don't know what's more embarrassing.
Aerosmith-Get a Grip was also one of my first CDs. I used to order CDs from Columbia House, BMG, and CDHQ which were CD clubs where they offered 10 CDs for $1 with the understanding that you'd buy a set amount of CDs from them that were overpriced. It was all good when I received the first 6 until they had a shipping and handling charge of over $20. I freaked out the first time it happened until my mom told me they couldn't hold contract with a minor and called to complain that they sent her 11 or 12 year old CDs that had explicit lyrics stickers. I got to keep the CDs and this turned into a nice little racket after me and my friends learned we didn't need our moms to call and could just tell them for ourselves . The point of this was I got a shitload of CDs for a few bucks. Does anyone else remember Columbia House or BMG?
was that those things that had a huge list of cds and "for a dollar you get every cd ever" but then the catch was you had to buy every cd ever
Another early purchase on CD was The Beastie Boys-Ill Communication. I don't know how the Beastie Boys stayed cool for so long but damn it they did. I have always loved this performance and was excited as shit when I was young and saw this on the VMAs. Anytime the censors missed something as a kid was a reason to rejoice.
http://youtu.be/m-V6eXlDK2E
I don't remember the first one I bought with my own money but I do remember being pretty happy I got Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill for Christmas one year. I was like... 10 or something.
i still love jagged little pill ha
Jagged little pill was my first cd too..also for Christmas when I was 10. And yeah, it is still great!
Blink 182 - Enema of the State and The Offspring - Americana on the same day.
Quote from: pronetoaccidents on March 07, 2016, 10:46:05 AM
Quote from: BlakeK on March 06, 2016, 05:09:37 PM
Quote from: jer on March 04, 2016, 04:23:52 PM
probably Ugly Kid Joe or Aerosmith, and I don't know what's more embarrassing.
Aerosmith-Get a Grip was also one of my first CDs. I used to order CDs from Columbia House, BMG, and CDHQ which were CD clubs where they offered 10 CDs for $1 with the understanding that you'd buy a set amount of CDs from them that were overpriced. It was all good when I received the first 6 until they had a shipping and handling charge of over $20. I freaked out the first time it happened until my mom told me they couldn't hold contract with a minor and called to complain that they sent her 11 or 12 year old CDs that had explicit lyrics stickers. I got to keep the CDs and this turned into a nice little racket after me and my friends learned we didn't need our moms to call and could just tell them for ourselves . The point of this was I got a shitload of CDs for a few bucks. Does anyone else remember Columbia House or BMG?
was that those things that had a huge list of cds and "for a dollar you get every cd ever" but then the catch was you had to buy every cd ever
Yes it was. The flier was usually in magazines such as Rolling Stone
Quote from: manmagic on March 07, 2016, 05:18:13 AM
Papa Roach - Infest
What a depressing answer.
It wasn't my first CD by any means but I did own this album. I was 17 so I should have known better.