what songs made you a fan?

[Jac459]

dj food feat. ken nordine -? can't remember the title.
made me find as much as i could by mr nordine.

Good stuff indeed...

yup, the whole album is quality stuff. tbh dj food have always delivered.

same with cold coldcut. timber got me hooked!

Oooh coldcut!
I am a fan. In particular the music video of time was nuts.
Do you remember panopticon? It was superb.

[vurt]

dj food feat. ken nordine -? can't remember the title.
made me find as much as i could by mr nordine.

Good stuff indeed...

yup, the whole album is quality stuff. tbh dj food have always delivered.

same with cold coldcut. timber got me hooked!

Oooh coldcut!
I am a fan. In particular the music video of time was nuts.
Do you remember panopticon? It was superb.

curfew!!!

great track, and still apt today

[Jac459]

dj food feat. ken nordine -? can't remember the title.
made me find as much as i could by mr nordine.

Good stuff indeed...

yup, the whole album is quality stuff. tbh dj food have always delivered.

same with cold coldcut. timber got me hooked!

Oooh coldcut!
I am a fan. In particular the music video of time was nuts.
Do you remember panopticon? It was superb.

curfew!!!

great track, and still apt today

Dunno this one. Will give a listen tomorrow.

[vurt]

dj food feat. ken nordine -? can't remember the title.
made me find as much as i could by mr nordine.

Good stuff indeed...

yup, the whole album is quality stuff. tbh dj food have always delivered.

same with cold coldcut. timber got me hooked!

Oooh coldcut!
I am a fan. In particular the music video of time was nuts.
Do you remember panopticon? It was superb.

curfew!!!

great track, and still apt today

Dunno this one. Will give a listen tomorrow.

every home a prison.

[seafire]

Worlock - Skinny Puppy

Good call, Fascist Jock Itch for me (Too Dark Park my fav album tho...)

Rue de Tempetes - Young Gods
Isolate - FLA
Headhunter - Front 242

[vurt]

glory box from portishead, instant hooks in me.

[Jac459]

glory box from portishead, instant hooks in me.

Portishead... Another milestone for me.
Awesome being awesome.
3 albums, 3 Master pieces.

[osiris]

Don't laugh but I thought Bruno Mars was a Disney puppet until I saw him do Grenade on SNL. Real eye opener. I thought Psy-ops Taylor was cute until I found out she wrote Love Story. Her voice wasn't so consistent back them but I told a friend - you watch that girl. I've always been right. I was right about Sia. The first time I heard Breathe Me, I knew. I was right about Adele when I heard Chasing Pavements. The one I can't figure out is Jes Brieden. She sang As the Rush Comes among many other things and she should be as famous as Lady Gaga, but there you go. I got to see Lady Gaga do a show before she released her first album. She blew us away. I got to meet her and I told her she'd be huge. You could just tell.

[classic]

AHA's "Hunting high and low", and I was a fan, until now. I was in the military and had a Walkman, yes ladies and gentlemen. After duties, I listened to it until I could sleep.
Loooooong time ago. I had a Walkman, and it was the only tape I had ever in my life.
Love every Song they made.

[BONES]

Off the top of my head...

Alice - Sisters of Mercy 1982
New Life - Depeche Mode 1981
Enola Gay - OMD 1980
Transmission - Joy Division 1980
Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army 1979

That is a very impressive list! Quite different to mine but impressive, nonetheless. Mine is quite long because I am a fan of a lot of different artists. I classify myself as a fan if I own all their albums, even things I don't actually like. The artists in bold are local bands you would likely never have heard of. This is roughly the order in which I came to these artists -

__________ 1979 __________
ULTRAVOX - Slow Motion
The STRANGLERS - Peaches
DEVO - Gut Feeling
SPIZZENERGI - Where's Capt Kirk?
XTC - Radios in Motion
GANG of FOUR - Love Like Anthrax
BUZZCOCKS - Fast Cars
WIRE - Map Ref. 41N 93W
YACHTS - Semaphore Love

__________ 1980 __________
KILLING JOKE - Requiem
MODERN ENGLISH - 16 Days
The PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Sister Europe
OUTLINE - The Cicada That Ate Fivedock
HITMEN - I Want You

__________ 1982 __________
WALL OF VOODOO - Back in Flesh
SIMPLE MINDS - Love Song
MEO 245 - Lady Love
SHRIEKBACK - Lined Up
ALIEN SEX FIEND - In God We Trust (in Cars You Rust)

__________ 1984 __________
CLAN of XYMOX - A Day
PLAY DEAD - Walk Away

__________ 1986 __________
SCRAPING FOETUS OFF THE WHEEL - The Throne of Agony
SKINNY PUPPY - Assimilate

__________ 1990 __________
NEW MODEL ARMY - I Love the World

__________ 1993 __________
LEATHER STRIP - Adrenaline Rush
DANCE OR DIE - Psychoburbia

__________ 2010 __________
GENEPOOL - Berlin by Night
OPPOSITION - Alternatives

[nirm123]

"Vegetables" by the The Beach Boys (1967, First knew it as a bootleg in the 80's, was officially released later).
"French Catalogues" by Brian Eno (1975)
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson (1983)
"Like a Virgin" by Madonna (1984)
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana (1991)
"Hope of deliverance" by Paul Mccartney (1992)
"Bronchus 2" by Autechre (1993)
"Phlange Phace" by Aphex Twin (1995)
"Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin (1999)
"Umbrella" by Rihanna ft. Jay-Z (2007)
"Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift (2014)
"Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran (2017)
"Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd (2020)

Unlike many people around my age (above 40) it's crucial for me to keep an open mind and not dwell on the past (many people will bring up songs which were released when they were young). I keep on discovering wonderful music and I become a fan of many contemporary artists.

[seafire]

Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire

[whyterabbyt]

Waaaay back, "Fish" on the "Lonely is an Eyesore" compilation album on 4AD made me a fan of Throwing Muses, and anything Kristin or Tanya did afterwards. I'd bought that because it seemed like a continuation of the This Mortal Coil collective... 'It'll End in Tears" had got me into Dead Can Dance and Colourbox, and perhaps the Cocteau Twins, though I think I bought it because I liked the Cocteau Twins. Long time ago, cant remember any more. "Song to the Siren" solidified it though.


Nostalgia, eh? Bit obvious to say "New Rose" or "Birthday" innit. Anyway, more recent stuff would include...

"Breezy" - She Keeps Bees
"Perfume for Now" - Skating Polly
"You Should See Me in a Crown" - Billie Eilish
"The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra" - Anna Von Hausswolf
"Keep the Streets Empty For Me" - Fever Ray
"Kassidat El Hakka" - SEXWITCH
"Borrowed Time, Borrowed Eyes" - Subrosa

[harryupbabble]

"Vegetables" by the The Beach Boys (1967, First knew it as a bootleg in the 80's, was officially released later).
"French Catalogues" by Brian Eno (1975)
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson (1983)
"Like a Virgin" by Madonna (1984)
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana (1991)
"Hope of deliverance" by Paul Mccartney (1992)
"Bronchus 2" by Autechre (1993)
"Phlange Phace" by Aphex Twin (1995)
"Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin (1999)
"Umbrella" by Rihanna ft. Jay-Z (2007)
"Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift (2014)
"Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran (2017)
"Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd (2020)

Unlike many people around my age (above 40) it's crucial for me to keep an open mind and not dwell on the past (many people will bring up songs which were released when they were young). I keep on discovering wonderful music and I become a fan of many contemporary artists.

i have about 10,000 songs in my music collection and memory
90 percent is probably "classic rock" and "pop rock"
at some point i thought,
"that's enough songs to put in my subconscious"
one could end up unknowingly stealing melodies, riffs, etc

if i am stealing, i probably would be stealing from "classic rock"
i use randomizers for my socalled "songs"
but i only choose the randomized stuff that sounds good to me
and randomizers might be spewing "classic rock" accidentally

but people have different definitions of "classic rock"
i mean to me "just like heaven" by the cure, is "classic rock"
okay, maybe it's closer to "pop rock"

[VOODOO U]

Unbelievable. No Donnie Osmond fans.

I could be here for days with this topic.

1. Egg - Mr. Bungle.
*Bought the album when it first came out (saw an ad for a live club show and Patton had this vampire look so I just *had* to check out what this band sounded like. Plus a friend mentioned liking them).
On first listen i threw the album in the trash. They were doing something I had wanted to do which is mix genres of music in songs. So I guess I got a little pissed off they beat me to it. Anyhow. I went for a ride and I had to listen to egg again. Went back home, took the album out of the trash, pllayed egg, then the whole album again.
Been hooked ever since. I have the 3 releases plus had most of their demos. Been to every tour except the last with Scott Ian. Got to meet Mike a couple times. Good stuff.

2. Hot Dog - Martini Ranch
*Walked into a music store and Holy Cow was playing. I was already sold but by the time Hot Dog came on, it was mandatory. Had to buy the album. Still love it.

3. Kick album - INXS
*My parents decided to move to a different state and in both states, I was listening to the radio and the DJ mentioned the overwhelming demand to hear the new INXS single (Need You Tonight) but could not get to listen to the song (You know how it goes, they take 10 hours before playing requests).
So finally on my way to school the song comes on and my mom likes it. So I ask if I can buy the single after school (there was a record store across the street from the school ).
So we go to buy the single and the gal behind the counter tells my mom, "You gotta get the album. You'll love it." She buys the album, plays it in the car and I was blown away. From Guns In the Sky right into New Sensation I got hooked in. Every song on that album is a single. Got every album from them thanks to Kick. Saw them twice with Hutchence (RIP).

4. Musique Non-Stop- Kraftwerk
*So my mom, sister and I are on our way to the movies and I'm waiting for them as they take 16 centuries to get ready. I figure might as well go to the living room and watch MTV. By this time I was predominantly into non top40 stuff so it was all shit that came on.
I get up to go to the kitchen and grab a light snack when all of a sudden I hear.....Boing Boom Tschak...Boing Ping Boom Tschak......I was like WTF??
I rush to the living room and see this Max Headroom ish computerized shit on the TV and OF COURSE my mom and sister are all set and ready to go.
f**k. That.
I told them "hang on, lemmie check this out".
They go wait in the car while I watched the whole video.
When I got in the car, I asked my mom, "Mother dearest, what will it take to buy a new album today right now like pronto?"
I ended up pulling weeds in a half acre yard saving my parents gardening costs. Fuckin hell it was damn worth it. Got every album. If someone told.me I would get to see Kraftwerk live in this lifetime I would've laughed in their face. Saw them twice.

5. ???? - Melt Banana
*Speaking of Bungle, we showed up to the show when MB was on. I have no idea what song it was, all I know is it was beautiful noise. And the bass sounded so thick and full it was awesome.
Bought every album, saw them live quite a few times, met them - yadda yadda. Fun!
Speaking of Japanese noise rock, Ill throw in the Boredoms as well. Bought all their stuff after hearing Shock City and the f**king opened up with it atvthe show! I was all YESSSS. Met Eye at the show, he was f**king cool. Mike D from the Beasties was there as was Fish from Fishbone. Awesome.

6. Voodoo U - Lords Of Acid
*Of course. What can I say except All Hail The Lordz!!
I was in a band with my sister's then BF and he introduced me to the album.
The song that made me foam at the mouth was Out Comes The Evil.

I won't get into the metal stuff because that would take a book.
Anyhow, yes there's a lot of unecessary details but I like stories so.....suck it up.