If you're ever in Park Slope between the hours of 5 pm an 8 pm with some time to kill, I strongly suggest that you visit Brooklyn Fish Camp to take advantage of their happy hour featuring two-for-one beers and an excellent $5 menu. Because it's in Brooklyn they have hipster staffers who like to play ironic 80's music, but I was there with two of my music aficionado friends and we enjoyed dissecting the relative merits of Eddy Grant and Flock of Seagulls. I was especially jazzed when "I Love a Rainy Night" came on because it's the first song I ever considered to be my favorite song, and then we started the "What was your first favorite song game" which evolved into variations such as the "What was the first CD you bought game" and the "What was the first song you remember hating game" and so on. I now invite you to the comments to participate in whatever variation of the game you choose.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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ooooh, a game!
my first favorite song was 'rhinestone cowboy' by glenn campbell.
the first cassettes i bought were 'eye of the tiger' by survivor and queen's 'the game'.
the first cd i bought was some crappy compilation from williamsburg's late lamented band box.
Do you think Mr. Rabbitt bedded Juice Newton and Crystal Gayle during duet recording sessions?
Glen Campbell has Alzheimer's. He's planning one final tour, which could prove interesting. Makes me chuckle just imagining little Rob belting out the chorus to "Rhinestone Cowboy." (I mean today, not when he was a kid.)
My first two cassettes were Journey's Escape and Foreigner 4; coincidentally, Journey and Foreigner are playing a tandem show in Virginia Beach this Friday.
I won't be seeing them, especially because Steve Perry and Lou Gramm won't be there. It'll be interesting to see what happens to some of my favorite bands over time, and if when I'm 60 the Old 97's are on tour with some other dude instead of Rhett Miller.
Cheap Trick and Rush- Moving Pictures.
Owned both Foreigner 4 and escape Igor or but when I was much older and mature....lets call it the 6th grade.
Continuing a subtle UTFO trend in Igor's comments of late, the first singles I ever got were "The Real Roxanne" and "Roxanne's Revenge," neither of which are "Roxanne Roxanne". I was in 5th grade and I asked for the UTFO album containing "Roxanne Roxanne" for my birthday or something like that. My mother, perpetually very white and very confused, went to the record store and returned with the singles "Roxanne's Revenge" by Roxanne Shante and "The Real Roxanne" by The Real Roxanne (with Full Force and UTFO), both on vinyl. I still have them even though I don't own a turntable.
First album I was given as a birthday present was Def Leppard - Pyromania on cassette.
First one I bought was the New Order Low-Life cassette import from Factory Records which came is a 5"x8" box with 4 postcards. My brother now has that cassette. The thief.
First concert two concerts (1978 and 1979) I was dragged to were Shaun Cassidy, I blame my parents and my aunt, and the Cars, thanks to my NH cousins. I still vividly remember them playing Moving in Stereo to this day.
The hardest question for me is what is the first song you remember hating. I'm having a more difficult time remembering back, and the oldest one I can think of is "Pets" by Porno for Pyros.
I've mentioned it here before, but the first concert I ever went to was Steve Winwood at SPAC...and Warren Zevon opened.
Thompson Twins....w OMD as opening act. 85ish.
Never owned a single prior to itunes and not sure what it was.
The first song I hated was "Blue Bayou" by Linda Ronstadt.
the first band i hated was counting crows. i wasn't much into hate before then. unless you count the yankees.
also, dennis and i have a mini-summit going on at a conference today and tomorrow. our companies' booths are adjacent to one another. random.
song: the devil went down to georgia
cassette: meaty, beaty, big and bouncy (the who)
CD: the cult's sonic temple (before i had a CD player . . . had to travel room to room like an itinerant, finding folks that would allow me to play it. next CD: live skull).
I thought I commented on this earlier. Guess not.
First song I loved: Either "Horse with No Name" or "Eye of the Tiger". Can't remember which came first for me.
First record bought for me: "Disco Duck"
First cassette (not a single) I bought: "Raising Hell" - Run DMC
First concert: Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Rollins Band. 8th grade. Awesome.
First song I hated: "Lady in Red"
more absurd danny mackaskill for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShbC5yVqOdI&feature=player_embedded
I believe the first cd I bought was the Soundtrack to Eddie and the Cruisers.
Now over to spotify to see if it still holds water. On the Dark Side ....
Zman, that is hilarious about UTFO . . . nor not really. I thought "Roxanne's Revenge" was lame garbage, totally and completely unoriginal, just tweaking lyrics line by line.
The Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night" was an early one I could have done without. When I lived with Rob in Williamsburg one summer, I remember have way too much venom for The Lightning Seeds and their felchy tune, "Pure." That frickin' Casio keyboard sound was just horrible. Seriously. (Rob liked it.)
And my first two concerts, within a month of each other, were The Monkees and the Grateful Dead. Two bands formed in the same state within one month of each other, but they are still the two most different shows I've ever seen.
Wow, Mark. "Disco Duck," one of my least favorite songs ever, but Raising Hell, one of my favorite albums ever. Quite a ride.
The title track from Raising Hell is an underplayed classic. You heard "It's Tricky" 1,000 times, hear "Raising Hell" sometime soon.
I'm not sure what my first cassette was, maybe Purple Rain, but I do remember that Invisible Touch was the first clear cassette I got. For some reason its clarity was a big deal for me.
My first CD was Edutainment, followed closely by Red Hot + Blue, the Cole Porter tribute album (it was a gift).
I received Disco Duck around 3 or 4. I bought Raising Hell in 3rd grade. By that point I'd been jaded by the mean streets of Indian Harbour Beach.
I love this game!
My first album (and it is an album, not a cassette) was Foreigner 4, like Whitney. The first favorite song I remember was "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and I was like 4 years old.
Last weekend I was camping and we played a similar game around the campfire--what would your at-bat song be (and yes, many people are against the idea on an at-bat song, but play along). Mine is "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC.
Further proof that Hollywood is out of ideas: a remake of Straw Dogs is coming out, as is Shark Night 3D, wherein a bunch of sharks infest what appears to be a freshwater lake, and some of the sharks are not bull sharks.
An obvious at-bat selection would be Magic Stick, but Jeter did that already (he consistently has the best at-bat music). Welcome to the Terrordome could be good but the whole "So-called chosen frozen apologies made to whoever pleases / still they got me like Jesus" part won't play well in NY. So I would go with Gimme Dat by BDP or Can I Kick It by ATCQ.
As a beefy batter, I'd need something with some f-ing muscle (like Melba Toast), so I'd throw on something like the opening sequence of "Mississippi Queen."
But I always thought people could use something with subtle baseball undertones, like . . . say . . . (keeping it relevant) "Double Vision" by Foreigner? Maybe "Rope" off the latest Foo Fighters record would work. Or the "You can do it, Homer" bowling motto.
been struggling w fav & least fav songs....leroy brown though is certainly an early & positive memory. as is Mr Postman. least would be any karen carpenter song from the early/mid 70's as they were always playing on one of my sister's turntables.
in the news today - abercrombie & fitch came out with a statement saying they have offered The Situation a significant amount of money NOT to wear their product as they are concerned w/damaging their brand.
sorry apostrophe police
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