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Bands that left an impression from when you were a "kid
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Let me see… Early on it was definitely The Wonderstuff, The Stone Roses, The Pixies, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, They Might Be Giants, Radiohead… I had forgotten about Neds Atomic Dustbin until Liam mentioned them…. The it went onto Air, Leftfield, Portishead, Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Dandy Warhols, Massive Attack, Moby, Enigma, Jeff Buckley and the like
At the moment It’s Ben Folds mainly, but I still go back to all the old stuff as well as some other new stuff like The Postal Service, The Arcade Fire, Simple Kid, Interpol, Nightmares on Wax, Goldfrapp, My Morning Jacket, Royksopp, M.Ward, Regina Spektor
I’m sure there’s more in there.
I see a lot of rockers here – the harder and the heavier the better by the looks of it…but that just wasn’t me. I wasn’t much of a follower of bands more of songs. OK, I collected everything from FGTH and wore out the 12″ of Two Tribes but most else I bought an album for a song rather than the band. So, you think 451 was diverse…
I’ve albums from Def Lepard to Van Gelis, Guns & Roses to Kate Bush, Pet Shop Boys to Led Zeplin (although I never actually played the latter). Irishness came from Fountainhead and Cry Before Dawn (Up Wexford). I could never get “The Happens”…couldn’t fathom the interest, or Aslan…why? There was a group from Galway called Toasted Heretic who had a brilliant song called “Galway and Los Angeles”…fantastic stuff.
My biggest kick was on a Sunday afternoon watching MTUSA with Vincent Hanley. Who remembers Toto, Pat Benetar, early Genesis, ZZ Top? Later it was Jean Michel Jarre and Mike Oldfield. Now…Josh Groban, Andrea Bochelli to any “Euphoria” type Ibiza dance music…depends on the humour.
Alan
to any “Euphoria” type Ibiza dance music…depends on the humour
I’d love to be a fly on the wall in Wonka’s gaff when he’s home alone and decides to listen to his Ibiza collection :lol:
The bands/artists that left an impression of me would be Johnny Logan & Bucks Fizz
J
nfl-fan wrote:
to any “Euphoria” type Ibiza dance music…depends on the humour
I’d love to be a fly on the wall in Wonka’s gaff when he’s home alone and decides to listen to his Ibiza collection :lol:
J
So would I…I’ve never seen a 6′ fat fly…right back at-ya! 8)
I’d be like Jeff Goldblum only prettier.
I bet you turn out all the lights and put those glow bands around your forehead and on your arms ha ha!!!
nfl-fan wrote:
I came from a very musical family ….even the sewing machine was a singer
Cue death bell and rolling tumbleweed.
I got it (still groan-inducing though). We must be of similar vintage…from the era when mammies actually did sewing, knitting, baking…etc. There are a lot of skills that will be lost forever when that generation disappears.
Paul
cathald wrote:
I came from a very musical family ….even the sewing machine was a singer
Cue Roy Walker and Catchphrase on a saturday afternoon. Remember Dusty Bin?
My first albums were Greatest hits from Simon & Garfunkel and Kris Kristofferson, both on vinyl. Remember them?
What else on my list? Yes, Kraftwerk (absolutely brilliant, went to see them last summer!!!!), Rod Stewart, Hot Chocolate (I know, I know!!), Horslips (surprised nobody mentioned them yet), The Police, Queen, Pink Floyd, Manfred Man, David Bowie, Neil Young, Beach Boys, ZZ Top, Genesis, The Band, 10CC, Slade, T-Rex, Little Feat, The Beatles (of course), Rolling Stones, …..Feck, I shouldn’t have started this!! I’m going to have to run out to the car now and get my iPod for the rest of the afternoon in the darkroom. I knew this was a bad idea!
First LP given was Rod Stewart, Can still see him in his pink suede suit. Feck me nightmares tonight.
First CD – Chris De Burgh, flying colors.
Da’s song when he’s pished: There was bells on the hill.
Currently listening to an obscure band called The Decemberists – The hazard of love. Check it out, superb album.
Current in albums for me.– new snow patrol (concern few weeks ago was mega), all the kings of leon, billy joel Piano manDee
Great stuff. Went to a Rory Gallagher gig on a new years eve in the Arcadia in Cork.Not sure if it was ’78 or ’79. Fairly young and innocent then,still am,innocent that is.Anyway met this girl, the season of goodwill and all that.Back to her apartment,(oh sorry flat back then) for coffee.She turned on the record player and 10CC’s “I’m not in love” started playing. In the meantime the kettle started boiling….the coffee was good! The line from a song by Roxy Music comes to mind “Dim the lights,you can guess the rest”. Ah music where would we be without it.
Showing my age -First album I bought was the Beatle’s first LP. I did’nt even have a record player but a mate did. I eventually acquired a Dansette. Some saddo even has a website about them.
http://www.dansettes.co.uk/index.htm
Edit: I take the saddo comment back. The article on the History of this record player is rather interesting.
http://www.dansettes.co.uk/history.htm
irishwonkafan wrote:
I see a lot of rockers here – the harder and the heavier the better by the looks of it…but that just wasn’t me. I wasn’t much of a follower of bands more of songs. OK, I collected everything from FGTH and wore out the 12″ of Two Tribes but most else I bought an album for a song rather than the band. So, you think 451 was diverse…
I’ve albums from Def Lepard to Van Gelis, Guns & Roses to Kate Bush, Pet Shop Boys to Led Zeplin (although I never actually played the latter). Irishness came from Fountainhead and Cry Before Dawn (Up Wexford). I could never get “The Happens”…couldn’t fathom the interest, or Aslan…why? There was a group from Galway called Toasted Heretic who had a brilliant song called “Galway and Los Angeles”…fantastic stuff.
My biggest kick was on a Sunday afternoon watching MTUSA with Vincent Hanley. Who remembers Toto, Pat Benetar, early Genesis, ZZ Top? Later it was Jean Michel Jarre and Mike Oldfield. Now…Josh Groban, Andrea Bochelli to any “Euphoria” type Ibiza dance music…depends on the humour.
Alan
A friend’s father who does DJ work has a vinal of Toto’s Africa framed on his wall… the record is actually in the shape of Africa
The “new wave” stuff was great. The Rats,Undertones,SLF,Pistols,Clash,Stranglers,The Skids,The Ruts. Had vinyl of all of these and more at one stage or another. Oh,and then of course there was Disco. Go on admit it one or three of us thought we could move like Travolta. The punk gigs were handier,easier to do the “pogo” remember!
irishwonkafan wrote:
My biggest kick was on a Sunday afternoon watching MTUSA with Vincent Hanley.
Alan
How many people remember this? No, I didn’t win it, before you ask! It was a gift.
The first Music I remember making an impression on me was probably Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers in the early 70’s. I suspect it was the only LP we had back then, or at least the only was I was allowed to play anyway. ~”The Wild Colonial Boy” and “The Holy ground” I remember vividly, though my favourite, and still one of my favourite songs to this day was Liam Clancy singing “and the Band played Waltzing Matilda”. It still sends a shiver down my spine.
Then,scarily enough and probably never admitted in public to this day, I developed a liking for none other than Cliff Richard!! All I can think of is that I had some traumatic childhood experience that has been blocked from my mind. It followed me around for years after I had grown more hair and a little more sense, as my mother would often pipe up whenever he came on the radio “You like him don’t you Robert” and I’d be trying to talk over her loudly so that my pals wouldn’t hear my guilty secret from the past.
I then went through some pop phases, Abba was a big one, then discovered Rock and Roll and Bill Haley and the comets (I also have this weird memory of a Burt Wheedon LP that I used to play a lot (google him..he exists honest) then one day, after a neighbour gave me a well worn copy of Sgt Peppers, which I thought was a bit weird, on a whim I bought “The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl” in the record shop in The Northside Shopping Centre. I never looked back and have had a lifelong love/fascination for all things Beatles related (I even bought Ringo Starr solo LP’s).
As I grew into my teens I discovered Thin Lizzy, the Quo and Rory Gallagher!! Grew my hair and ruined my neck muscles for life. By the time I graduated to Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple I was fully immersed in the headbanger culture.
Then one day I heard U2 and all of a sudden I was wearing long black coats, listening to Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen and numerous bands who populated that navel gazing period of the early 80’s who’s names I can barely remember now.
After that it’s a blurry mish mash of all kinds of music, Rock, New Wave, Punk, Ska (I’ve started listening to a lot of old Ska music again lately), Jazz, Blues.
The one music I remember hating back then was New Romantic…it was like Disco pretending to be something else. I hated all the silly looking gear they wore. Although I did like some of the bands who became associated with it.
So if I was to pick albums that had a big affect on me, it would probably be: Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers (for introducing me to music in the first place), Bill Haley and the Comets Greatest Hits (for showing me that all music didn’t have to include fiddles and mandolins), The Beatles live at the Hollywood Bowl, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, On the Level..Status Quo, Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous, U2 Boy and October, Unknown Pleasures Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen Heaven Up Here, Hatful of Hollow The Smith.
God I could go on for hours…hehe!! But I have rabbited on a bit…. word of warning..don’t get me started on music if you want to talk about anything else..;-)
Robbie
8)irishwonkafan wrote:
There was a group from Galway called Toasted Heretic who had a brilliant song called “Galway and Los Angeles”…fantastic stuff.
Alan
Damn..I remember them..they had another quirky song I just can’t remember the name of. They would have been of The Smiths vintage if I remember rightly. Dave Fanning used to play their songs quite a bit.
I’m off to LastFm to see if any of their stuff is on there. :D
Edit: There ya go Alan. You can be the first to write a description…hehe!! http://www.last.fm/music/Toasted+Heretic Now to see if they have any songs on the list.
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