First Music You Ever Bought?

[Rex]

The idea behind this is the first music you ever bought (most likely as a pre-teen).

What was it?When was it?Do you still listen to that type/artist today?What media was it?Do you remember the price?And in the spirit of VH1, Where are they now?

(it will sadden me to think most of you are like "someone" who has never purchased music:()

[SmithSR]

Tone Loc on vinyl I still have it somewhere. Ice-T and Eazy E on tape and some others too..

[Rex]

John Cougar - American Fool1982Yep, well MellencampCassette Tape$6.99 at a Sears in Mobile, ALHe's on A&E Live right now, that's what prompted this thread.

[The Mic]

I didn't know you could buy an abstract thing like music

[Axel Grungy]

led zeppelin boxed setprolly like 1995, it was like 100 sumthinglisten to them bout everyday

[themadscientist]

Motley CrueShout at the DevilOn vinyl

Shut up, I know I`m old!

[Mr1der]

Aerosmith's Greatest HIts. On Tape!

I got it when I was 7 or so...yes I still listen to them...this was the good stuff from the 70's too!

[ilovedrifting]

The Offspring Americana. Great cd, I still listen to it even though i've had it for 6 years

[hansQ45]

Good Question! John Mellencamp is my favorite. Good Choice Rex! He lives in my hometown... Bloomington Indiana. John Mellencamp is originally from Seymour, Indiana.

Here's my first album;

The Rolling Stones"High Tides and Green Grass" vinyl LP about 1967-68?K-Mart about $3.99I was in fourth gradeMt. Clemens, Michigan

Yes, I still listen to the Stones.

Now I feel old!

[Rex]

I didn't know you could buy an abstract thing like music

You meant what I knew

I intentionally didn't use any standard nomenclature (Album, Tape, CD, etc) to allow for everyone to make their own interpretation.

Some may say the first they ever bought was some type of sheet music.

[base9se]

The Chronic by Dr. DreBack in '92Of course I still listen to Dr. Dre (that album is a classic)CD$17.99He's still makin' music

[Jesda]

The idea behind this is the first music you ever bought (most likely as a pre-teen).

What was it?When was it?Do you still listen to that type/artist today?What media was it?Do you remember the price?And in the spirit of VH1, Where are they now?

(it will sadden me to think most of you are like "someone" who has never purchased music:()

Amy Grant - Heart In MotionI was 12.I just downloaded her Greatest Hits album.It was on a cassette. The CD was available back in 1992 or whatever but our family couldnt afford one yet.It was only 12 bucks!She remarried to Vince Gill and releases an album every 3-4 years.

-Jesda

[underground57]

My first record was The Beatles (forgot which album, but I think it was Help!). My dad was sort of a hippie.First cassette was Arrested Development.First CD was GreenDay's Insomniac and Smashing Pumkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

I can't remember dates or prices, but if you know the music, I'm sure you could figure that out.

My taste in music is all over the place so yeah I pull out the old stuff every once in a while (though now most of it happens to be in digital format)

[gniknave]

Janet Jackson; Rhythm Nation (My childhood crush)New Jack City; SoundtrackM.C. Hammer; U can't touch this

[Altiman94]

Metallica, I can't remember hte album. I have it somewhere.

[SeVa-S13]

On the same day, about 97ish? Dunno really...

311 - the blue albumNo Doubt - Tragic KingdomMetallica - Until it Sleeps single

Still have 'em all and occasionally find their way into the rotation.

[gabossie]

I don't know, probably Metallica - Black Album, or Ace of Base. Maybe Beetles - Revolver. Hard to remember.

[Thrwnsprkz]

4th grade... Super Mario Bros. Sound Track on CD!

[MinisterofDOOM]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Into the Great Wide OpenI don't remember when...I was just a little kid, probably 8 or 10 or something like that.I still listen to Tom Petty today. Great driving music. I am trying to get all my cassettes re-purchased on CD so I can listen to them in my car, but it's hard to find his stuff on CD--especially Into the Great Wide Open.Where are they now? I assume he's either touring or in a studio recording songs for a new album. Tom Petty is still one of my all time favorite artists. Not many songs can match Running Down a Dream or Love is a Long Road--or Mary Jane's Last Dance...great guitar work.

[krazy skwerel]

Motown Classics on Tape. That was back in the 2nd or 3rd Grade.

[nuQ]

i was in nursery school (god,,,i'm old!!!),,,,,,"bad, bad leroy brown", by jim croce. on a 45,,,,if anyone remembers those!!!! probably because of parents,,,also loved (back then), the band "bread", and glen campbell. graduated to barry manilow?????? (what the hell was i thinking),,,,then my obsession, kiss.then to bruce springsteen,,,,then rush. then the Replacements,,,,,and a ton of others. i have close to a thousand cd's.!!!!

[gabossie]

At around $16 a piece, that'd $16,000 in CD's. That's why I stopped buying CD's for the most part, realized how much money I was spending on them.

[MinisterofDOOM]

on a 45,,,,if anyone remembers those!!!!

Of course people remember those. I may be young, but I still have a respectable Vinyl collection. I've even got the original vinyl release of Led Zeppelin (I). I've got Queen and CCR and the Cars, I've even got bread.

Vinyl records must never die. Because it's already too expensive to find replacement needles for my turntable, and I can't survive without a little CCR every once in a while.

[nismofly]

i was 8 -

dookie by green day

ya i still listen to them, punk rock for life! my favorite bands are bad religion, green day, thrice, and afi

by the way base9se that thing in your sig, oh my god lmao

[SDRonEbay]

R. Kelly feat. Public Announcement, CD, who remembers the year...and I plead teh fifth on whether I still listen to him.

[Ace 2.0]

311(self titled)1996cdyes i do still listen to it

[Fenvy]

bone thugs and harmony, east 1999

when I was in 7th grade

[driverdriver]

Van Halen's 1984 vinyl in 1984. I saw Van Hagar in concert this past year.

[nametakennow]

Well, technically, I believe my first cd buy was:Sister Hazel- Somewhere More Familiar (1997)CDEvery once in awhile I listen to it for old times (bought it in 4th grade) sake. It's very much more pop-rock than I normally listen to, and a lot softer.

Truly though, I didn't really start buying CDs til last year:Incubus- Make Yourself (1996)CDListen to it often, and always will. Incubus got me through some real tough times from about October (when I bought the CD) to March or so (bought 4 of their cds in that time), and is still getting me through stuff now.

Yeah, youngin.

[nismofly]

bwahaha im seeing incubus monday night

woohoo for student discounts!