The Power Station/1985...

Foreigner/1977...

I still remember when this one came out...

Long,Long Way from Home flat out rocks...

The Power Station/1985...

 

All you have to do is say "The Power Station" and I instantly hear in my head that unmistakable hot beat in "Some like it hot"... Turn it up! "Bomp Bomp - Bomp Bomp Bomp"

Alice in Chains/Jar of Flies/Sap/1994...

The greatest EP ever released...

Foreigner/1977...

I still remember when this one came out...

Long,Long Way from Home flat out rocks...

 

This album rocked my 13 year old butt. Must've played it a million times... "Long Long Way From Home" was one of my favorite tunes off the album. Just remember back then thinking how much the song rocked. Remember too my Dad numerous times hollering up to my room to turn it down!!!.

 

Foreigner was definitely in my top 3 favorite bands at that time in my life.

All you have to do is say "The Power Station" and I instantly hear in my head that unmistakable hot beat in "Some like it hot"... Turn it up! "Bomp Bomp - Bomp Bomp Bomp"

 

Robert Palmer was just one cool dude...

This album rocked my 13 year old butt. Must've played it a million times... "Long Long Way From Home" was one of my favorite tunes off the album. Just remember back then thinking how much the song rocked. Remember too my Dad numerous times hollering up to my room to turn it down!!!.

 

Foreigner was definitely in my top 3 favorite bands at that time in my life.

 

Feels like the first time was the first single from the album. I still remember the album being on new release display in a small independent record store in Bowling Green KY. I also was 13 at that time...

Aerosmith/Toys in the attic/1975...

Not a big Aerosmith fan,but this album and the song Toys in the attic rock...

The Clash/Combat Rock/1982...

Know Your Rights...

Minor Threat/Out of step/1983...

Rollins Band/Hard Volume/1989/

Had tons of influences from older siblings, neighbors, parents etc... while growing up.

 

I remember jamming out the drum solo to "Ina-gadda-da-vida" when I was about 6, and I still very much dig that tune.

 

If anyone had a record collection, I just had to look through it.

 

I'm so thankful to all the various things that were introduced to me that are far too many to mention, but learned very early on to appreciate so much that I was tripping on stuff like Yes, Pink Floyd, and The Moody Blues at a very young age. "Dark Side Of The Moon" was given to me for Xmas by my cool brother-in-law when I was 10.

 

Had a neighbor that was big time into the early punk/alternative stuff like the Clash, The Ramones, Violent Femmes, Echo and the Bunnymen etc... that kept me aware that there was a ton of other stuff out there that the radio wasn't playing long before that scene got more mainstream.

 

Of course a lot of great stuff came out in my early early years that I had to play catch up with as time went by like The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Led, Neil Young, CSN&Y, Beach Boys, Grand Funk, CCR etc... I didn't get to live the "scene" of those bands exactly, but I would have done myself a great disservice if I hadn't made sure to plow through those bands catalogues along the way.

 

But...

 

I have a real special place in my memory for the stuff that was hand picked by myself when I was coming into my own specific taste between the age of 12-18. (1976-1982).

 

Stuff like: (and I'm sure that I'm forgetting something)

 

Boston

Heart

Foreigner

Steve Miller

Aerosmith

ELO

David Bowie

AC/DC

Angel City

The Cars

Judas Priest

Queen

The Eagles

Billy Joel

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Kiss

Journey

Joan Jett

Styx

Supertramp

The Sex Pistols

Blondie

Molly Hatchet

Pat Benatar

Fleetwood Mac

 

Shortly after that came the MTV era which opened my world up to a ton of new stuff from New Wave to Heavy Metal, and I've been through a ton of stages, and new discoveries every since... 90's indie, singer/songwriter, freak folk, EDM, British bands like Travis, The Verve, Coldplay, Elbow, Radiohead and so on and so on and so on.

 

I never like to refer too much to the stuff that I was jamming on back then as the "music of my day" as if I wasn't still alive now. I do see some people at times get stuck in the misconception that the only good music that there ever was, was when they were in high school or college. They sorta get away from the changing flow and find it easier just to write off modern music as crap, and that nothing is as good as the stuff they grew up on. Whatever works for them. Sometimes their way to stay "In the know" is to cuddle up on the couch to Idol or The Voice. I'm not above doing that myself, but my roots won't let me forget that the real movers and shakers out there are loading up the van and going from town to town paying their dues in the small clubs.

 

I'm thrilled with the plethora of stuff, old and new, that's available online because there's no telling from day to day what mood I'm going to be in, but no doubt there's more than enough to hit the spot when it needs to be hit.

 

I can get caught up for hours getting stuck in eras or bands, then shifting gears and get caught up in other eras or bands.

 

One thing that really turns me on is to discover an old band that I've never heard of before.

 

Just yesterday on the car radio I heard a tune "Gold and Silver" by a band that I had never heard of before named "Quicksilver Messenger Service" that sounded a whole lot like Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" but in a more late 60's trippier jammed out way.

 

Awesome discovery!

 

I really admire ADopted ADmiral's vinyl obsession. It's been far too long since I've listened to complete releases like I used to. I'm disappointed in myself that I've gotten away from the habit.

 

I've got about 300 albums just collecting dust in my closet. I don't own a turn table, but I'd be a fool to not treat myself to the good old sounds of a real record. I'll probably have to get a real good pair of headphones too because I don't think that my landlord who lives downstairs would very much appreciate me turning my speakers up to 11, although it would be highly tempting.

 

Just about every time I see AD-AD make a post of what he's listened to today, the thought "What are you waiting for?" goes through my mind. I've got the proper hook-ups for a turn table on my stereo, so all I have to do is hook one up... and start digging through my collection.

 

I really don't know what I'm waiting for. :idunno:

Had tons of influences from older siblings, neighbors, parents etc... while growing up.

 

I remember jamming out the drum solo to "Ina-gadda-da-vida" when I was about 6, and I still very much dig that tune.

 

If anyone had a record collection, I just had to look through it.

 

I'm so thankful to all the various things that were introduced to me that are far too many to mention, but learned very early on to appreciate so much that I was tripping on stuff like Yes, Pink Floyd, and The Moody Blues at a very young age. "Dark Side Of The Moon" was given to me for Xmas by my cool brother-in-law when I was 10.

 

Had a neighbor that was big time into the early punk/alternative stuff like the Clash, The Ramones, Violent Femmes, Echo and the Bunnymen etc... that kept me aware that there was a ton of other stuff out there that the radio wasn't playing long before that scene got more mainstream.

 

Of course a lot of great stuff came out in my early early years that I had to play catch up with as time went by like The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Led, Neil Young, CSN&Y, Beach Boys, Grand Funk, CCR etc... I didn't get to live the "scene" of those bands exactly, but I would have done myself a great disservice if I hadn't made sure to plow through those bands catalogues along the way.

 

But...

 

I have a real special place in my memory for the stuff that was hand picked by myself when I was coming into my own specific taste between the age of 12-18. (1976-1982).

 

Stuff like: (and I'm sure that I'm forgetting something)

 

Boston

Heart

Foreigner

Steve Miller

Aerosmith

ELO

David Bowie

AC/DC

Angel City

The Cars

Judas Priest

Queen

The Eagles

Billy Joel

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Kiss

Journey

Joan Jett

Styx

Supertramp

The Sex Pistols

Blondie

Molly Hatchet

Pat Benatar

Fleetwood Mac

 

Shortly after that came the MTV era which opened my world up to a ton of new stuff from New Wave to Heavy Metal, and I've been through a ton of stages, and new discoveries every since... 90's indie, singer/songwriter, freak folk, EDM, British bands like Travis, The Verve, Coldplay, Elbow, Radiohead and so on and so on and so on.

 

I never like to refer too much to the stuff that I was jamming on back then as the "music of my day" as if I wasn't still alive now. I do see some people at times get stuck in the misconception that the only good music that there ever was, was when they were in high school or college. They sorta get away from the changing flow and find it easier just to write off modern music as crap, and that nothing is as good as the stuff they grew up on. Whatever works for them. Sometimes their way to stay "In the know" is to cuddle up on the couch to Idol or The Voice. I'm not above doing that myself, but my roots won't let me forget that the real movers and shakers out there are loading up the van and going from town to town paying their dues in the small clubs.

 

I'm thrilled with the plethora of stuff, old and new, that's available online because there's no telling from day to day what mood I'm going to be in, but no doubt there's more than enough to hit the spot when it needs to be hit.

 

I can get caught up for hours getting stuck in eras or bands, then shifting gears and get caught up in other eras or bands.

 

One thing that really turns me on is to discover an old band that I've never heard of before.

 

Just yesterday on the car radio I heard a tune "Gold and Silver" by a band that I had never heard of before named "Quicksilver Messenger Service" that sounded a whole lot like Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" but in a more late 60's trippier jammed out way.

 

Awesome discovery!

 

I really admire ADopted ADmiral's vinyl obsession. It's been far too long since I've listened to complete releases like I used to. I'm disappointed in myself that I've gotten away from the habit.

 

I've got about 300 albums just collecting dust in my closet. I don't own a turn table, but I'd be a fool to not treat myself to the good old sounds of a real record. I'll probably have to get a real good pair of headphones too because I don't think that my landlord who lives downstairs would very much appreciate me turning my speakers up to 11, although it would be highly tempting.

 

Just about every time I see AD-AD make a post of what he's listened to today, the thought "What are you waiting for?" goes through my mind. I've got the proper hook-ups for a turn table on my stereo, so all I have to do is hook one up... and start digging through my collection.

 

I really don't know what I'm waiting for. :idunno:

 

 

To the bolded...Man that's what I'm talking about. Back in the early 90s when I first got into CDs it was too easy to skip around and miss out on some really good songs. Part of the magic/listening pleasure is to hear the music the way the artist intended it to be heard.

To the bolded...Man that's what I'm talking about. Back in the early 90s when I first got into CDs it was too easy to skip around and miss out on some really good songs. Part of the magic/listening pleasure is to hear the music the way the artist intended it to be heard.

 

I can relate.

 

I'm always reminding myself to give tunes a real good listen because lots of times a song will offer a real nice surprise a couple minutes in that can easily be overlooked if judged too quickly. Either a kick *** guitar lead or an emotional vocal part that just sends the tune home.

 

I know too well that sometimes first listens don't work either sometimes, and with patience and repeated listens, the magic starts revealing itself. Once I fall in love with a certain song or release I have to remind myself that I can't force it on anyone because it might've taken me a while to see the brilliance.

 

Usually in those situations, I like turning people on to stuff subliminally, and then get a kick out of after they've unknowingly heard something about 3 or 4 times stop and ask me "Who is this?" Then I know that I got them without having to live through the anxiety of getting them to listen and dig it at point blank.

The Police/Ghost in the Machine/1981