As nobody has really spilled their guts regarding their musical roots, I
reckon it's time I spoke up. Remember to save this in a file and pull
it out every time I get too pompous and insist that I know something about
something :)
Age Tracks, styles, artists...
5-6 (rough estimate, details are blurry) Finnish hit music & rock
6-10 (as above) Beatles (my mum played it),
Abba, Boney M., Bay City
Rollers (not that much),
Finnish ballads (my dad... :)
10-12 (a bit more clear recollection...) Definitely UK top 20 stuff,
Cliff Richard, Genesis (not
any old stuff :)
12-16 (I can see it clearly now...) JM Jarre, Oldfield (his pop
stuff as well as instrumental),
Kim Wilde, Duran Duran,
all that was on the radio Michael Jackson, Rainbow (!),
16-18 (the first steps. I got my self FGTH, Waterboys, Beastie Boys,
a tape recorder!) Boys :), Prince, Kate Bush,
18-20 (the assault. I got myself a hi-fi PE, De La soul, Waterboys,
system :) Kate Bush, Stone Roses,
Happy Mondays, Inspiral C,
Northside, High, My Bloody
Valentine, Cocteau Twins,
mainly indie stuff Jesus & the Mary Chain...
(about every Manchester
band and half the UK
indie stuff). No acid :(
20-21 (the 2nd change. I got a job in Big Black, Alan Vega,
(an indie record shop) Foetus, Cosmic Psychos,
Pixies, Jane's Addiction,
No Means No, TAD, Mudhoney,
dare I say Nirvana?, Afghan
Whigs, Paradise Lost, Slayer
(I even bought the classic
'Reign in Blood' :), Metallica,
Mega City 4, PWEI, Carter USM,
Hawkwind, Bad Religion,
hundreds of (or so it seems)
small hardcore (punk that is),
grunge, indie pop & rock bands.
But also
All Creation's indie-dance
stuff, Prodigy (What evil
Lurks?), N-Joi, Manchester
house, Orbital, LFO, Sweet
Exorcist, Nightmares on Wax,
Altern 8 (only the 1st single
I'm afraid :). Still no acid,
hardcore, breakbeat and only
one Detroit compilation
21-up to now (So how old would that make me?) Slowdive, Orb, Primal Scream,
Teenage Fanclub, Shut Up
& Dance (I still like a few
of their singles :), Rising
High stuff, Kickin' stuff,
more WARP, US house, house,
ambient, experimental, idm (?),
Djax Up, Eye Q, Soma, Guerilla,
Limbo, Cowboy, etc.
From now on? ("There is no fate, but what we make ourselves" :)
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Date: ???
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Status:
Ooops! It turned out to be lenghty, but really - isn't there anyone out there
who liked Italo disco, Bananarama, Kylie Minogue (Hey! I have the first
single) or some similar mainstream dung from US? Come on now, we're all
friends here :)
intelligently?
samu
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