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!
Good discussion question. I've seen Samu in his underwear, now I can't wait
for Drukman to show his.
My first album ever was Foreigner 4. Somehow my friends convinced me at that
tender age that "Juke Box Hero" was the coolest song on the planet. I also
was once very into Styx. I think I later burned Foreigner 4.
My real music awakening came to me when I saw The Police doing "Don't Stand So
Close To Me" on a K-Tel (American cheap-o music collection label) commercial.
Since that time I've collected a massive collection of Police and Police
related material. It is a weakness that goes on.
As for the rest of my formative music, I'm thankful that I can still go back
to my old vinyl and enjoy most of it. I had a Ska phaze with Madness, The
Beat, and eventually General Public. It all still sounds good. I saw Cocteau
Twins live in 1985 on a trip to New York and have been amourous of them ever
since. I do have one Depeche Mode 12", mainly for the b-side "Flexible" and
that along with my signed NIN singles must be the most embarrassing part of my
collection.
There was one period of time where I didn't buy *any* music for about three
years. That was my hacking/phreaking/phuking phaze and I didn't do much of
anything short of staring at a screen. Then one summer I sold my computer and
bought a mountain bike and a six-disc CD player. The beginning of the real
end.
I got into industrial heavily, then while I was in Europe on a vacation, I saw
the original video for "Make it Mine" on MTV.