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"Cause there's always got to be some killing about the farm"

Apart from The Beatles, who seem to be several folks seminal musical experience, I see the name Supertramp cropping up a few times.

The first rock album I became really obsessed with was their 'Crisis? What Crisis?' which I had as a cassette copied from a friends LP. Played it so many times - still grabs me.

That's a bloody crime.
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I'm right, I'm bloody well right, and I've got a bloody right to know...???

Poop......

Na,na,na....Na na.

My parents didn't have a record player or radio in the house so my early music experiences were either from the radio on car journeys or from TV. I had to wait until I was in my teens before I saved up £5 to buy a dansette from an older lad in the swimming club who wanted to buy a proper stereo. The first song that made an impact on me was the Archies - Sugar Sugar. Having looked it up it was released in 1969 when I would have been 4, that seems a bit earlier than I remember anything else as clearly from my childhood.

As far as TV is concerned Sunday was a special day with Weekend World (Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride) and The Money Programme ( Jimmy Smith - Main Title Theme from The Carpetbaggers) that my dad used to watch regularly. There was also a local midweek nature programme that had Jethro Tull - Bouree as it's theme. Not that I knew who or what the tracks were at the time, just that they were exciting to hear.

My grandparents were stewards at a golf club and the parties held there featured some Rock and Roll records so I ended up listening to Elvis, Eddie Cochrane and Buddy Holly, Showaddywaddy and Darts.

At secondary school our first year music teacher played tracks from Rush - The Trees and Supertramp - Rudy before I got taken out of the lessons. From there I went on to AC/DC, Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Led Zep, Scorpions and MSG etc with the majority of my schoolmates.

In my early twenties I was introduced to reggae and starting going to a nightclub that played early house music in the pre rave days, I also went to other clubs that played a lot of soul and jazz funk. Over the years I have enjoyed listening and dancing to music from most genres and I was constantly on the lookout from something new but like CN I'm now trying to delve deeper into current favourites.

I remember being at a village youth disco and an older soulboy coming up to me after I had been headbanging, pogoing and dancing to northern soul and telling me in a threatening manner that I should decide which type of music I liked. I liked stuff from them all so I didn't see why I should stick to just one.

1969 was the year it really started for me when I was ten. Must have been when I had my first transister radio. Some of the big hits of that year left a lasting impression, not least the Beatles Get Back and The Balad of John and Yoko. i was into outer space so loved Space Oddity. I then forgot about Bowie until Ziggy Stardust came along. I recall my parents saying how horrible the Rolling Stones were and the death of Brian Jones. Little did they know I would be paying a lot of money to see them nearly fifty years later. They said they would not last

The Rolling Stones remain a band that I have never really got into despite a couple of attempts. Queen also.
Don't like Bob Dylan either - it's that whining, nasal voice of his.

Fretless wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:01 am The Rolling Stones remain a band that I have never really got into despite a couple of attempts. Queen also.
Don't like Bob Dylan either - it's that whining, nasal voice of his.

I really like and have seen all three, the Stones on three occasions.