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Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 12:14 What posters if any did you have up on your bedroom wall when you were say 13-16 years old?Who were your heroes/hereoin`s back then,or what did you simply enjoy the look of I guess?Do any of those people/images still mean something to you today,or were they only up there in the first place to cover up an unsightly patch of damp in the woodchip? The main ones I can remember that I had up there myself were.. Kate Bush in a blue leotard which was always directly opposite the bed.Even when I`d move the room around from time to time,Kate always had to move with it.   The poster that came with The vinyl version of the Beatles White Album,along with the four glossy photographs. An Italian film poster of Pink Floyd`s The Wall. The poster that came with the Wings album London Town The Sunderland cup team of 1973. No Mike sadly although mainly because I can`t ever remember seeing one in my local record shops etc.A friend of mine had an Ommadawn poster,which I was always a little bit jealous of I must admit..Would`nt have swapped him for Kate though...Although I would have had to think about it.. Apart from maybe Floyd who I do still like anyway,I`m still a big fan of all the other artists/people mentioned.I can`t ever remember  having a poster up of somebody I no longer like, put it that way. Bonus points on offer to anybody who will freely admit to the following.. Farrah Fawcett Majors Tennis player scratching her bottom. The bicycle race one with all the naked ladies. Black & white sensitive 80`s dude holding the baby. Black & white sensitive 80`s dude looking moody & intense in his white argyle sports socks. Love is... Snoopy Roger Dean Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.. Peggy Mount Oh yeah and any real teenage posters out there,what have you got up now I guess?I`ve actualy still got a Beatles poster up now above my computer monitor here,some things never change. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 14:12 Early on (around 7) I had a CHiPs (California Highway Patrol) poster.A Return Of The Jedi poster came later,along with a poster of a Harley Davidson.Then i discovered music and in particular Hendrix.Loads of Hendrix posters plastered my walls.  If i could have found an Oldfield one though it would have taken pride of place but they simply weren't available more's the pity! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 15:20 So did you ever fulfill any of those early motorbike "fantasies" Caveman? 42 years old here,and I`ve still never been on a motorbike.I think I`m a bit terrified of them really,I don`t think I could even handle a moped without freaking out a bit. I`ve just remembered I had an Excalibur movie poster for quite a while as well. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 15:24 Nah.I never had the nerve.Just loved em when i was a kid.I was born in Salisbury and remember loads of hairy bikers on choppers coming through the (tiny)city centre off the A303 up past Stonehenge and loved the noise of those huge bikes.  My problem is i love the countryside so putting me in charge of a motorised vehicl would be a bad idea cos i'd be looking around going "wow look at the view".You can guess the outcome.I'd be a bloody liablity on wheels -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 15:29 The incantations double LP album came with a poster. That was up on the wall. No Farah. She was too skinny and I hated the show(Charlie's Angels). There was a big Jimi Hendrix poster, Genesis, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Renaissance(I will admit for a guy in Houston Texas that was Dorky, MO was no one anyone knew either in this area....."who the hell is he", I'd start Incantations side 3 about midway to show them). Various movie posters, one of which my mom hated, "Class of Nuke 'Em High" something about post nuclear war bikers and lots of gore. But my fav was Cheech and Chong's movie poster "Up in Smoke". There was a pissed off mommy  growling at me. Oh well....adolescence. Trouble is, I kept those posters carefully packed and they were on walls in other homes till I was pushing 30!! -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 15:31 Yes I can remember being in Salisbury and Winchester years ago and there was always lots of bikers around the place.I think I`d be the same with the countryside as well,once I`d overcome the fear of hanging on for dear life and staring at the tarmac wizzing by beneath me. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 15:41 Exactly.Flying along on 2 wheels at 70+mph?Bugger that for a game of soldiers.Loved the idea as a 4 year old kid but at that age you haven't a clue what fear is.The idea scares the bejesus out of me now.I'll walk or catch a train thank you very much.Mind you CHiPs was a cool show at the time.Me and my mates all rode 2 abreast on our BMX's (all Raleigh and made of finest Nottingham lead). -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 16:00 Well I`m ok with Cars although I do kind of see them as an unnesssecary evil I guess.I had to bump start the renault this afternoon by myself backwards downhill with one foot hanging out the door.With my seven year old son meanwhile sat in the back seat who I`d just picked up from school dressed up as Che Guevara (don`t ask) Would`nt you know it,it`s the one and only time this week that I did`nt walk up with the dog because I`d been out the house all afternoon. Chips kinda` came out when I was old enough to look down upon it with some kind of authoritive world weary disdain you know.I was probably about 12 or something in all reality I don`t know heh heh?..My wife is seven years younger than me,so she was a big fan of it I remember her saying. Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 16:06 I finally bought a motorcycle after 30+ years recently. My beloved Suzuki of 1978, along with half my right foot, met a bitter end one day in '78. I do feel anxiety sometimes when I ride now, but as long as I stay under 45-50mph I "kind of" enjoy it. Perhaps in time I'll enjoy it more. Jim -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 16:18 You`re a braver man than I Jim,especialy after what you went through there.Hope you do start to enjoy it more in time.."Class of Nuke `Em High" was one of those movies that was so bad it was brilliant btw.I can remember watching that one with a few friends back in the day and we were just cracking up over it. Back to top

The Big BellEnd Group: Members Posts: 971 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 17:52 The posters that adorned my room were of. Alice Cooper T rex Bowie Roxy Music Bruce Lee Saturn 5 Apollo Tutankhamun characters from the Marvel comics/ DC Batman. -------------- I, ON THE OTHER HAND. AM A VICTIM OF YOUR CARNIVOUROUS LUNAR ACTIVITY. Back to top

New Incantation Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 19:39 Back in the late 70s early 80s during my teen years I had posters of the following: FILMS Jaws Star Wars IV Close Encounters of the Third Kind Alien Easy Rider Quadrophenia Dirty Harry MUSIC The Clash: London Calling UFO: Strangers In the Night Blondie Kate Bush Wendy James Chrisie Hynde Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygene Thin Lizzy: Live & Dangerous Rush: Permanent Waves, Exit:Stage Left and Moving Pictures Black Sabbath: Heaven & Hell AC/DC Motorhead: Ace Of Spades Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks Dead Kennedys Asia OTHER STUFF Various Pin-ups the odd motorcycle Fantasy Art work by Chris Achilious, Roger Dean, Tim White & Boris Vellagio (sp) ... plus  a load more I can't remember at present. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 20:26 I never had any 'picture' posters when I was a teenager. Of course, I have liked and idolized various singers and musicians and film stars over the years, but I was a fan of the music and the films they made, not of their looks. I would've never beared (or bore?) to see the same faces day after day, stuck on my bedroom walls. So I had a landscape poster covering one entire wall in my room. It used to be a photo of a forest, some woods; now it's still woods, but a pastel drawing. Other than that, I do have a poster on another wall - I've had it for about three years now. It's of an Appenninian wolf - from the WWF... nature, not wrestling!! -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Oct. 17 2008, 23:20 You know what's pretty freaky? I've never owned even one single poster. And it's not because I've never wanted to - I've just never had enough spare money to buy stuff like that, and in the few times I felt like doing it, I never actually went there and did it. I'm not consumerist, really, except with food. When I think about it, it certainly would be quite fun having one or more of them, like: - Backyardigans or Charlie and Lola (to colour up the walls, you know? Those colourful, fun cartoons make the atmosphere a lot nicer); - Radiohead (I know it smells of trying to be "hip", but I like those guys so much, after all, that I don't care); - Sigur Rós (not anything related to Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, of course - if you've seen that album cover then you know what I mean); - Stereolab (the picture where Lætitia Sadier has her finger on her chin is quite cool, though I'd prefer a photo with Mary Hansen in it); - Kraftwerk (something Computerwelt related could be inspirational when I have to sink into those daunting C codes filled with pointers and pointer pointers). -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Oct. 18 2008, 03:22 I've never been big on posters on my wall, not of people anyway. I currently have this one up on my wall. I'd love a big print of a Van Gogh or Monet. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Oct. 19 2008, 18:27 As a kid I remember the first posters I bought were of Madness, and other 80's bands I was into at the time, Human Leauge , Duran Duran. Then when I was 12 I began getting into Queen   , I think I also discovered Metal when I was about 15-18 so I remember having pics of Def Leopard, Iron Maiden, I did have a bit of a brief flirtation with The Quireboys for a time, not sure quite why now. I also had two posters of The Rolling Stones on my wall but they eventually got rather scruffy, and so with sadness they ended up in the recycling. I don't really have many posters up now, but I have a wall rug of Freddie Mercury, I've never found any pics of Mike, but I did find a limited run of 500, pop art style  print of Mike (hippy look), that I had framed. I also bought one each for two friends of mine on here.  I've also got a  framed print of "The Moonboat To Dreamland" see here   http://www.illusionsgallery.com/Moonboat%20to%20Dreamland.html, that Inkanta bought for me one year. Other than that I've framed prints of Laurel and Hardy and other fantasy cards, Moon Goddesses, fairies, dragons,, unicorns , wizards etc that I've framed.  One of my favourites is this one "Midsummer's Eve" http://www.illusionsgallery.com/product.shtml?HG002    , and some tapestries of Teddy Bears as done by my Mum -------------- 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

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Oct. 19 2008, 20:01 I still have many album covers with pin holes in the corners where I stuck them up on my wall. ELO "Out of the Blue" gatefold was a fav, as was the big booklet from "Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds". Oh the joy of 12" album covers. Asia - in fact anything by Roger Dean, was always going to get a space. Fragile, Drama, Close to the Edge all had their time up on the wall. After I left home in my teens and was living in various dodgy digs, I got into the habit of getting posters from the record shop, asking if they had finished with them. So one of my choices was the blue lips poster for Talk Talk's first album.. It covered nearly the whole damp patch on one wall. Another memory was a girlfriend asking me to get her a huge poster of Paul Young, and I got it but was really jealous that she fancied Paul Young. There was a phase of pictures you had to stare at to see an image, random colours and if you unfocused your eyes another pic would appear. I hated those, could never see the secret image. And now, what do my kids have in their bedrooms? The youngest has sportacus (from lazy Town), Alice the middle one has ponies and my eldset, Dan, has Rooney and the Man U team - but I think it's not long before the tennis player scratching her arse will be up there.   -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Oct. 20 2008, 03:37 This... Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Oct. 20 2008, 03:41 Now that's pretty cool.The would definatley have been on my wall as a moody 18 year old! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Major Gowen Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: June 2008 Posted: Oct. 22 2008, 02:06 Quote (Dirk Star @ Oct. 17 2008, 12:14) The poster that came with the Wings album London Town Snap! In fact, that's the only music-related poster I ever remember having on my bedroom wall as a kid. There was probably some football paraphenalia as well. During my student years, when I still technically a teenager (for the first year anyway) I had a combination of New Order, Joy Division and Japan posters, plus Monty Python and Tony Hancock, the latter caused many people to ask "who's that miserable git in the hat?" Back to top

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