bluesbiker In: Birmingham in th
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I asked this question a long time ago. but most peeps on here are different now so thought i would bring it up again.
My musical tastes are quite well known to many. wot started me down the rocky road to blues based music was a moment way back in time to when i was about 13-14. to those out there doing social history, thats just after the great fire of London. the time of tank tops and platform boots.
It was a saturday and radio 1 was on. good old 247 metres.
alan "Fluff" freeman show was on. Then it happened. some hippy wanted to hear a led zeppelin track. He played "Achilles last stand" I was staggered!
Well that was it. No more slade. I thought noddy's voice was wasted with them anyway.
Wot i wanted to ask is, was there a moment when you can think back and say Yea, thats wot did it for me?
The old SPICE Advert got me into classical. Wonderful but generally only pop classical some a bit much 4 me ...
Enrico? morriconie ....film Good Bad & Ugly....
Friends at scool all loved Prog Rock so ,so did I..Concerts Wicked!
Went off music in Punk era.......
But Golden Brown ,is a great fav. of mine.. Go Stranglers!!!!!
PS: I even had a pair of platforn TRAINERS no one else did!
walked into a lampost on it was a flyer for tango lessons loved the look of the 'tango pose'went along and got hooked on it and the music !!although i love something from everything fom gilbert an sullivan to ac dc!!
I do not think I've had that MOMENT in any particular genre but love
Smooth by Santana (sensual)
Lifted by The Light House Family (up lifting)
Smoke on The Water (classic heavy)
Monster (Allways plays in my head when going to "Into The Valley" lol)
Stairway to Heaven (because)
Trouble "Pink" (Quick riding/driving tune)
I dont remember the exact 'moment' either....but remember a mate introducin me to Led Zep when I was 15.....
From that day on I started savin all me pocket/paper round money and buyin each n every album til I had them all......
Still havent replaced them all with cd's....
Let me see, it was mid-70's and I had the choice between Disco or Rock a bit of a no-brainer really.
Not 100% sure of the exact moment, but two vivid memories exist;
1. Watching AC/DC on tv (Sight & Sound in Concert, I think) and realising that music could have power and feeling at the same time.
2. Listening to Fanfare for the Common Man by ELP on the radio and thinking f**k-yeah!
I think the most shocking moment of my formative rock appreciation years was when my cousin (who's a good 20 years older than me) picked up my Led Zepp 4 on Christmas day (twas one of my pressies wot Santa brought me for being a good boy) and announcing that she had been to see them live, however she couldn't remember any of the concert as she spent the whole time in the bar
Awwwww what a waste!! lol
My elder brother was into Sabbath, Tull etc too....so that was my direction sorted!
Ooooh ELP...havent heard that for donkeys'.....lol
Sunday evening in the seventies and the start of F1
Got the chain stuck in my head to this day hearing it makes me think back to then.
Got bit older and AC DC kicked in
Seeing U2 as the backing band for Stiff Little Fingers
the old slough college (it's now thames valley university ) back in the 70's...Hawkwind with Lemmy as lead singer lol and numerous other bands sort of sealed my fate as a headbanger,and a memorable night at the old fulcrum centre in slough with Bill Haley and his Comets in 78 stays in my mind.Taste has sort of mellowed over the years and now I listen to pretty much anything apart from the obvious exceptions lol but good old fashioned head down no nonesense mindless boogie to coin a phrase will always do it for me!
what got me into music,listening to the easy rider album,way back in time ,on a stereogram,sat between the speakers and listeneing to the bike going from on speaker to the other!.oh stereo was a newish think back then.
I go back a bit further ..think it was 64 65 when i suddenly realized there was more than Cliff to listen to..Top of the Pops / Jimmy Saville introduced my senses to loud music , British rock took on and conquered the world , much too much to recall a single song...to hazard a guess i'd say Stones "it's all over now" and obviously "satisfaction" also the "experienced" Jimi Hendrix album
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