quoted 4 lines So what's your supposed skeleton in the musical closet? What DID we> So what's your supposed skeleton in the musical closet? What DID we
> listen to way the hell back when that led us to this blessed state we
> find ourselves in (hopefully)? Enquiring (or perhaps madly curious)
> minds want to know!
The three most formative records of my childhood (6-12) were:
The Monkeys: "The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees" (during their pseudo-
psychedelic mood - I won this in a 2nd grade spelling bee)
Various: "Dynomite" (an awesome compilation with Kool & The Gang
'Hollywood Swingin' and William De Vaughan 'Be Thankful for What
You Got.')
Gary Numan: "The Pleasure Principle" (This was the first record I
ever bought with my own youthful money... I hated electric
guitars ever since :)
I was also a roller disco queen, so I love alot of disco which I now
own, but at that time I would only hear it at the rink.
Ages 13-17 I bought anything in the $0.99 bin that had no guitars in
the instrument listing. This ended up being Yellow Magic Orchestra
and related solo stuff, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, early OMD. Well,
okay, I allowed DEVO to play guitar ;) Oh yeah, remember 1981
when strictly synth bands ruled the US charts?! Naked Eyes, Soft
Cell, Human League, Visage...
Ages 18-20 I became a semi-completist on the age 13-17 stuff. I also
got heavy into industrial (noise based - *not* dance industrial)
like Lustmord, early Laibach, early SPK, etc. That was also when
Private Music came about, so I was getting alot of their piano solo
albums (pretty new-agey) for $1 on the streets! Ah yes, I discovered
After Dinner, too!!!
Ages 20-25 it's been Chicago Acid to New York House (anything on the
deep and/or jazzy side) to London House to ambient... DJ-ing strictly
disco & deep house for a few years, while keeping the above listed stuff
'private'. Who'd a thunk I could play it all in one club?! Thanks,
ambient!