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RICHARDGORMLIE Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: Nov. 2004 Posted: Feb. 24 2005, 10:16 here's something to get your old brain cells working, what was the first songs u heard as a child?.  the first songs i heard were:- 1 enya-orinoco flow 2 clannad-theme from harry's game 3 vangelis-chariots of fire 4 mike oldfield-moonlight shadow 5 bonnie tyler-holding out for a hero 6 eurythmics-sweet dreams 7 nik kershaw-the riddle 8 kajagoogoo-too shy     Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Feb. 24 2005, 10:24 The first songs I can recall hearing would include:- Elton John - Crocodile Rock (radio) Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now (TV) The Beatles - She Loves You (parents' record) The Move - Flowers in the Rain (parents' reel-to-reel from TV) Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well (radio and TV) Hawkwind - Silver Machine (radio) The Osmonds - Crazy Horses (TV) Steelers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You (my first compilation LP) David Bowie - Five Years (my first 'proper' LP) Del Shannon - Runaway (second hand 45 bought at a school fete) Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Feb. 24 2005, 18:07 The very first songs I heard were children's songs which no-one knows. Should I mention them here? The first songs I really paid attention as songs in themselves, because I was very much captured by their videos , were "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush, "In the air tonight" by Phil Collins and "Another brick in the wall" by Pink Floyd. First record I bought on my own: "Video killed the radio star" by (The) Buggles. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

amarokian Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Feb. 25 2005, 01:41 The Journey/Recollection/The Battle/The Forest (all four composing Journey to the Center of The Earth,by Rick Wakeman)    Oxygene part 4,by Jean-Michel Jarre    Thru Metamorphic Rocks,Tangerine Dream (Force Majeure)    Alpha,Vangelis (Albedo 0.39)    Moonlight Shadow,Mike Oldfield    and others... -------------- These posts are hazardous to the health of cloth-eared nincompoops.If you suffer from this condition after you read my posts,consult your doctor immediately. Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Feb. 25 2005, 03:23 Lukily, I'm young enough to remember back to when I first heard a lot of things. Still it's hard to think. Like Ugo I won't include children's songs (most of them sound embarassing now), and I'll limit myself to the albums I heard first (it's a lot easier for me to name them). The first albums I really paid attention to are Tubular Bells and Five Miles Out, a tape of Classic Yes, Steeleye Span's All Around my Hat album, Tommy by The Who and various Beatles records. This would have been when my parents played them. The very earliest album I can remember playing myself was Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. I can't remember what I thought of these records and whether I liked them or not back then. In the case of War of the Worlds I was probably too young to understand the story. These albums are pretty much all I can remember of the distant past, before I truly discovered Mike Oldfield. Interestingly, I've grown to love all these bands, and War of the Worlds is one of my very favourite albums. I suppose that's to be expected, having grown up with them a large part of why I like them now is probably their familiarity and history. I quite enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Great topic Richard! -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Guest Unregistered Posted: Feb. 25 2005, 13:07 When I grew up in Germany, I remember my mom playing a lot of stuff like Dusty Springfield, Cliff Richard, The Beatles etc. I remember Cliff Richards 'Wind me up let me go' made me cry when I was about 4 years old. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Feb. 26 2005, 20:58 The first songs I remember hearing are:- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction,  Paint It Black, Their Satanic Majesties Request LP - The Rolling Stones, my Dad has been a RS fan since their humble beginnings, I guess this has rubbed off on his daughter. I Want To Hold Your Hand,  Eight Days A Week, Sgt Pepper album The Beatles, my Mum is a Beatles fan. I have all from Revolver onwards.   Bicycle Race- Queen - heard on Top Of The Pops. Had an older cousin into Queen- heard  Sheer Heart Attack, Queen II,and Queen LP's but didn't like it at the time. It was 1984 when I Want To Break Free was released plus Queen's performance at Live Aid that converted me. Kate Bush- Wuthering Heights Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Hit Me (With Your Rythymn Stick) Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric Abba I Have A Dream/ Take A Chance On Me, My first 45rpm,   that I bought for myself. Pink Floyd- Another Brick In The Wall All most probably heard on TOTP. Not forgetting In Dulci Jubilo and Portsmouth, I think these were often played before/after school assemblies,Yawn!!! ( Yawning at the thought of school assemblies, and not MO)  I didn't realise these were by Mike Oldfield until the early-mid 90's. These are the most memorable ones           -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 03:37 Definitely Tubular Bells was the first piece of music that had a big impact on me at the age of 13, unless I count Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory which I saw when I was 11 and is still my favourite movie mostly because of the music. Early memories Rick Wakemans Journey to the Centre of the Earth Gary Glitters I'm a Wanderer Suzie Quatros Can the Can & Devil Gate Drive Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman Beatles Yellow Submarine Bay City Rollers Abba Kate Bushs Wuthering Heights was a bit later on but was definitely a magical musical time Phil Collins In the Air tonight had a big effect Peter Gabriels Sledgehammer The Whos Tommy HAIR Sinead O'Connors Nothing Compares to You (or is that too recent) But one song I always loved was Shiny Shiny by Hayzee Fantayzee, anyone remember that one? They were dressed like Boy George and she was only 16 with brilliant green eyes and absolutely gorgeous. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 04:51 Quote (TubularBelle @ Mar. 04 2005, 03:37) Sinead O'Connors Nothing Compares to You (or is that too recent) But one song I always loved was Shiny Shiny by Hayzee Fantayzee, anyone remember that one? They were dressed like Boy George and she was only 16 with brilliant green eyes and absolutely gorgeous. I love Sinead O'Connor - her later records (the ones that weren't hits) were even better.  Anybody who likes celtic folk should check out here "Sean Nos Nua" CD and the live album from the "She Who Dwells..." set.  Also her "Universal Mother" contains some heartbreaking ballads.  She's definitely underrated. Yes I remember Hazee Fantyzee.  And yes, she *was* gorgeous.  I bet she still is! Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 05:34 The first songs I ever heard as a child weren't of any great significance, but a few significant early landmarks are worth mentioning: The first time I was ever really moved by a record was in a fairground - maybe 10 years old? - hearing the Everly Brothers' 'Dream', and thinking it was the most beautiful sound I'd ever heard. Around that time, on Saturday mornings as a kid I used to go swimming with a group of friends, and afterwards (hungry of course) we'd call at a nearby coffee bar for 'dripping cakes'. The abiding memory is of sitting eating these delicious sandwiches and listening to Buddy Holly's 'Peggy Sue' on the jukebox. If 'Dream' was the most beautiful sound I'd ever heard, that urgent thrumming rhythm of 'Peggy Sue' was the most exciting. But the most significant memory of all is of sitting in my kitchen at home revising for an exam with the radio playing, and suddenly there was this incredible sound of a harmonica, sweeping in from some musical dimension far beyond any I'd preciously known. The hair stood up on the back of my neck as the raw singing started: 'Last night I said these words to my girl...'. I was never the same after that first hearing of 'Please Please Me'. Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 06:50 Quote (Alan D @ Mar. 04 2005, 05:34) The first songs I ever heard as a child weren't of any great significance, but a few significant early landmarks are worth mentioning: I was never the same after that first hearing of 'Please Please Me'. I feel I must add that my own list up above has little to do with my tastes in music and everything to do with what I remember hearing as a child. Out of that list I posted, the most significant record for me was the Beatles one.  Like Alan, I was never the same again. Me and my brother sought out every Beatles recording in our family - our parents had some old reel-to-reel recordings in the attic from LP records, radio shows and TV shows (recorded with a hand held mic). We listened to those reels so many times that a couple plain wore out and my brother had to fix 'em with adhesive tape. Our Auntie had the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Beatles LPs (probably worth a mint now! ) as well as some EPs by the Beatles and other 60s bands.  We persuaded her to part with one or two of the EPs, but she hung on to the LPs with grim determination! How we loved the Beatles.  Totally and completely.  There was nothing around in 1970-72 that could compete with this blast from the not-too-distant past. Times changed and I heard other music, Mike Oldfield included, but nobody could ever topple the Beatles as the greatest ever musical talents of the 20th Century in my opinion. Magic days! Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 07:13 Quote (familyjules @ Mar. 04 2005, 11:50) nobody could ever topple the Beatles as the greatest ever musical talents of the 20th Century in my opinion. Magic days! Magic days indeed, Jules. But although in the 60s the Beatles were ... well, everything, really ... for me personally their music hasn't survived particularly well. I do occasionally listen to them still, but my response is mainly nostalgic. They haven't been the long-term, constant companions that Bob Dylan, Steeleye Span, and Mike Oldfield have been and still are. Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 07:23 Quote (Alan D @ Mar. 04 2005, 07:13) But although in the 60s the Beatles were ... well, everything, really ... for me personally their music hasn't survived particularly well. I do occasionally listen to them still, but my response is mainly nostalgic. They haven't been the long-term, constant companions that Bob Dylan, Steeleye Span, and Mike Oldfield have been and still are. Well maybe some of it has dated.  But I heard the not particularly well regarded Beatles For Sale album recently and it sounded fresh as a daisy! I do agree about Bob.  Bob is only second to the Beatles when it comes to being world class.  No one can write words like that man can.  We have so much to be thankful for thanks to Bob.  Intelligent lyrics in <ahem> pop music, the importance of conviction and character over technical ability in singing and playing, the importance of the long playing album rather than the single, not to mention all the great singer songwriters who followed in his wake from Neil Young to Springsteen to Joni and Leonard Cohen - Dylan's influence is immeasurable in all of these ways and so many more. Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 09:33 Quote (familyjules @ Mar. 04 2005, 12:23) Bob is only second to the Beatles when it comes to being world class. I'll quibble at this point. I don't think Dylan is second to anyone - in fact I wouldn't want to discuss rankings at all in this regard. I'd say Dylan is to twentieth century popular musical culture as Picasso is to twentieth century visual art. He's a giant of an entirely different kind. On the other thing - of course Mike, Steeleye and Bob have one huge advantage. They are all still around; all still advancing; all still making some of their best music. Whereas the Beatles stopped progressing (how could they do anything else, having disbanded?! ) decades ago. Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 09:36 Quote (Alan D @ Mar. 04 2005, 09:33) I'll quibble at this point. I don't think Dylan is second to anyone - in fact I wouldn't want to discuss rankings at all in this regard. I'd say Dylan is to twentieth century popular musical culture as Picasso is to twentieth century visual art. He's a giant of an entirely different kind. Actually, yes, I agree with the points you make here.  Comparing Beatles and Dylan is pointless, and yes I would rank Dylan up there with Picasso too. Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 09:57 Quote (familyjules @ Mar. 04 2005, 14:36) Actually, yes, I agree with the points you make here.  Comparing Beatles and Dylan is pointless, and yes I would rank Dylan up there with Picasso too. Yes, I already knew you did Jules. But you can't miss a chance for a good quibble, can you? Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 10:32 Quote (Alan D @ Mar. 04 2005, 09:57) But you can't miss a chance for a good quibble, can you? "You" meaning you, me, one or all of us? Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 12:10 Oh heck - sorry. It was a fatuous, flippant comment that might have been amusing except it's too feeble to be funny - meaning 'one cannot miss the chance for a good quibble, can one?'. I was the quibbler - not you - if you recall - and I was actually trying to make fun of my own half-hearted pedantry!!! Excuse me while I fire this gun at my foot..... Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 12:33 Quote (familyjules @ Mar. 04 2005, 09:36) Comparing Beatles and Dylan is pointless, and yes I would rank Dylan up there with Picasso too. I just happen to rank both of them well below Mike Oldfield. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

The Big BellEnd Group: Members Posts: 971 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 12:48 my earliest memories of a tune that stuck in head my even as a little kid are Bit's and Peices.Dave Clarke Five and Pretty Woman by the big O. -------------- I, ON THE OTHER HAND. AM A VICTIM OF YOUR CARNIVOUROUS LUNAR ACTIVITY. Back to top

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