Champion Rabbit wrote:

rysie wrote:
My only waffle with the ants is marco looks like a kiddy fiddler.

I suppose it is possible that he played violin as a child, yes.

Rahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa.

I'll need to remember that one for future use.

My first record was Kiss's Destroyer. It was 1980ish, I was 3-4ish. I didn't actually pay for it, my mom ordered it for me from Columbia House. I still have it. I colored in their faces on the cover with a blue Bic, and there's an X on the label on side two that my mom put on it in purple magic marker so I would know which side 'Shout it Out Loud' was on.

Hey, I'll be damned. The first album I went to a record store and bought with my own money was also Kiss' Destroyer. I bought it on cassette in 1987, when I was 8 years old. I still like this album, though not nearly as much.

Before that, my folks bought records for me sometimes. The ones I remember most clearly were Thriller, some Jackson 5 hits compilation, and No Parking on the Dance Floor by Midnight Star. Oh, and a bunch of cringe-inducing singles: "Life in One Day" by Howard Jones, "Miss Me Blind" by Culture Club, and Paul Hardcastle's "N-n-n-n-n-nineteen." Good god.

michael jackson/thriller LP
i was 6

I'm fairly certain the first CD I ever bought was by Kris Kross back when I was probably 10 or 11.

The first record I ever bought was Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home. I must have been at least 16 or 17.

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane B/W 200 miles (Cassette single)
i can't believe i remember the b-side. I can't even remember my bank account #.

Tears For Fears - Shout (7")


Not sure which one was first. Probably Tears.

my first recording was a record called "The Teddy Bears Picnic" that accompanied a hardcover book going by the same name (perhaps you've heard of it).

but the first tape i ever got was Run DMC's "Raising Hell" when i was seven. it was Christmas of '86. my brother, who's four years my elder, got the Circle Jerks IV. my dad was a high school art teacher so he had contact with all sorts of fringe types and they'd recommended these two tapes, both good choices.

i think my ex-girlfriend's first tape was Tiffany.

Includes covers of punk classics like "My Sharona", "Refugee", and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love".

Eksvplot wrote:my first recording was a record called "The Teddy Bears Picnic" that accompanied a hardcover book going by the same name (perhaps you've heard of it).

I just referenced this when talking to a friend last week.

Another friend of mine used to sing the "When the teddy bears have their picnic" part to the tune of the chorus from "Dr. Feelgood".

Art Garfunkel "Bright Eyes"

Still partial to it after a few ales.