God. I don't even know where to begin with this one.
In Greenville NC, it didn't seem strange to me that I was into both REM and Rush. It didn't seem odd because they were both bands that "weird people" liked.

I was in a band that covered both of them in the same set.

I eventually gave up on Rush when I realized it was really pretentious bullshit and Neil Peart was, well, actually not a good drummer, just a machine, who also wrote *shit* lyrics. I gave up on REM later because they just became boring to me.

I used to see a local punk rock drummer hero at concerts, and oddly, I saw him at both Rush and REM shows about the time I was losing interest in the former. I realized then, and still maintain that a lot of musicians, mainly ones with penises, have a lot of Rush ghosts in their closet.

I still have a soft spot for Permanent Waves though - the "new wave" album. Though it's my least favorite song on the record, I can still play Spirit of Radio.

Oh yeah, unrelated, but embarrassing, I have owned a Roland GR300 Guitar Synth since I was 17 (when they were 100 bucks because they were unwanted) because I think they sound fucking cool. Even now.

-A

I remember being rather young and seeing (repeatedly) a TV ad for a K-Tel compilation of 60s and 70s songs. I thought that the Who and the Guess Who must be related, and that I would need to buy this compilation in order to find out who the Who and the Guess Who were, as if it were some kind of game, or maybe hidden information. (I didn't buy it. This story would be better if I never did find out who the Who and the Guess Who were, but I did.)

Maurice wrote:I remember being rather young and seeing (repeatedly) a TV ad for a K-Tel compilation of 60s and 70s songs. I thought that the Who and the Guess Who must be related, and that I would need to buy this compilation in order to find out who the Who and the Guess Who were, as if it were some kind of game, or maybe hidden information. (I didn't buy it. This story would be better if I never did find out who the Who and the Guess Who were, but I did.)

I thought K-Tel was a radio station. I remember being very confused. I could never find that motherfucking K-Tel station that played all the good songs!

Maurice wrote:I remember being rather young and seeing (repeatedly) a TV ad for a K-Tel compilation of 60s and 70s songs. I thought that the Who and the Guess Who must be related, and that I would need to buy this compilation in order to find out who the Who and the Guess Who were, as if it were some kind of game, or maybe hidden information. (I didn't buy it. This story would be better if I never did find out who the Who and the Guess Who were, but I did.)

I had to buy copies of Share the Land and Who's Next to find out that I like The Guess Who far more than The Who. This information was hidden in the grooves.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:I had to buy copies of Share the Land and Who's Next to find out that I like The Guess Who far more than The Who. This information was hidden in the grooves.

Nice. This brought a smile to my face. Salut, BER!

Oh, here's one that someone pointed out to me tonight as being embarrassing:

I think "Sample And Hold" is one of the best Neil Young songs.

It reminds me of ELO. Who I also love.

DrAwkward wrote:

Marsupialized wrote:I am wearing a poison t shirt in my 5th grade class photo.

I spent around $200 on a class ring, only to have comedy/tragedy masks (for "theater" supposedly) engraved on the side with the word "MOTLEY" emblazoned over them.

In retrospect, it was probably worth the $200 to have that ridiculous story now.

In 7th grade I took little stick on letters and arranged them in such a manner that they read 'Motley Crew kicks ass' and stuck them to the back of one of my history books. There was a huge confrontation with the teacher and I refused to back down and take it off, I felt that I owed it to the band to let everyone who didn't already know, that they indeed kicked ass. The parents were called and it was a huge deal, got suspended and all that.
Also, there was a confrontation with the same teacher one day when I brought in the lyrics from '..and justice for all' and passed them around to everyone in the room for some reason. I remember how shocked some of the kids were at the lyrics. They actually had some dude who was an 'expert' in satanic cults come and speak to me and my parents. I never had more respect for my parents, halfway through the dude's presentation they start cracking up and called them all 'fucking idiots' and we all walked out.

tipcat wrote:

dipshit jigaboo wrote:Going to a Depeche Mode arena concert because it was free.

Try this: PAYING to see Depeche Mode.

TWICE.

In the SAME WEEK.

Were you on drugs? Which album did they release during this?

Being a youngster, infatuated with the stereo/headphones/turntable/reel-to-reel/FM-radio-stations, etc. but NOT quite catching on that radio stations had "formats" and playlists, etc.

I forget which exact station it was here in St. Louis, but I remember some of the stuff I liked on that station at that time were "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys and "Heartache Tonight" by the Eagles...

I would call them endlessly and request KISS songs like "Calling Dr. Love" and "Shout It Out Loud", and then sit intently (with headphones on, staring at the receiver) waiting for "my songs" to be played... they never were.

I remember frantically calling WLS FM, which was 94.7 at the time, and requesting for "Yub Nub" to be their number one song for the day.

For your edification: YUB NUB

Enjoy.