Let's Discuss Your Past Through Music

[canexplain]

Ron, if you wrote that story, good stuff. If you found it online, someone wrote good stuff. I'm inclined to believe you wrote it.

Tnx, I did write it and I would challenge most anyone here to list the songs a band played at a show you saw over 42 years ago. That is the reason I went to the web to maybe find details I forgot. I know one thing, that show will always stick with me. I just posted here because I know the old board peeps get tired of me repeating things sometimes so I thought this would be a good thread just to reminisce. cr****

[Monklish]

It would be helpful Ronald if you ever said anything in a way that helped us understand what the fuck you were talking about in the least.

[Monklish]

What were The Beatles like before they were popular?

[amyzzz]

watching NIN rip through The Downward Spiral at The (Phoenix) Roxy in 1994 changed my life. (for the worse, maybe)

[IDCrisis]

Don't worry I will hush for a while ......December 26, 1968, that is a day my music revved into a higher gear. I was on leave from the Air Force and staying at my mom’s house for a few days. It was my cousin’s birthday on the 26th and I asked him what I could give him for both his birthday and Christmas. He said there was a concert in town, Vanilla Fudge, Spirit, and some other band. He was younger then myself and looked up to me so I of course said yes. Tickets were $5 but that was ok because my little cousin was worth it. I had my 68 SS Charger RT 440 and we were ready to go that night. I only lived about 3 miles from the Denver coliseum but we jumped in the car and raced off like it was a million miles away. Cus was only 12 at the time so there was no drinking and I had to sneak my partaking of a joint when he was somewhere else. The show was in the round with no assigned seats so we just sat on the 50 yard line and waited for the show to start. Barry Fey came onstage and announced the first band welcoming them to the States for the first time. We sat there a bit antsy waiting for “the real show to start with Spirit and The Fudge”. The 1st band took the stage under purple lights. We sat there thru the first couple of songs and our jaws literally dropped. Who was this band with a lead singer that hit notes I didn’t think a man could hit. The guitar player floored us. I had never seen a guitar player use a violin bow to play and the sounds floated like a woman singing in the wind. It was a sound I will never forget. When the band left the stage and the other bands came on to play, it wasn’t that the other two bands were not good (they were actually killer especially Spirit) but the lead in band was all we could talk about. Sadly years later there was a death in that band like so many other bands of that time and they eventually broke up. Before that though, they put out music and tunes that will forever be a part of my music psyche. The band was Led Zeppelin. Cr*****

I took this off the web so I am not sure of the accuracy.

Some of the songs played on that tour at most venues: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, As Long As I Have You, Dazed and Confused, White Summer / Black Mountainside, How Many More Times.

Ron, that post gave me chills. I knew as soon as you mentioned the singer's voice and the violin bow that you had a Led Zep experience that so many of us would never have.

Ron, if you're going to post boring stories from old people who aren't even you, why don't you find some from people who saw The Beatles play before they were big?

Oh, look! Mr. Know-it-all has absolutely no reading comprehension skills. Maybe if he spent less time on his knack for insulting people, he could apply that to the reading and avoid making himslef look like a total ass at times like this.

[Deandeleo]

When I was a baby and young child my pops used to sit me down and play me bands like Three Dog Night, Zep, Sabbath, Stones, Hendrix, the Doors and countless others for hours. Giant headphones with a 1/4 jack & all that. My love of music is because of that. Thanks Pops.

[Libertas Tranquilitas]

It would be helpful Ronald if you ever said anything in a way that helped us understand what the fuck you were talking about in the least.

The last thing I want to do here is start a big intraweb battle...or interrupt one for that matter but I really have to say that this thread was way more enjoyable to read before all the mud slinging started. Let's try and keep it to the "Let's Discuss Your Past Through Music" idea. (Like I said, it's just way more fun to read that way)

[mountmccabe]

Monklish, take a fucking hint NO ONE wants you here anymore. So please for the love of all holy FUCK OFF. This thread is better without you. Hell, all treads are better without you!

Hi. Yes, Monky is a bit full of himself at times, and he has various other flaws. He is also fairly consistantly interesting and often humorous.

You, however have around half your posts dedicated towards spewing bile at Monklish and have contributed little else to the extent that I'mn't sure you'ren't an alias by someone with an axe to grind but no stones.

Guess which of y'all is closer to going on ignore?

[KatefromCali]

Hi. Yes, Monky is a bit full of himself at times, and he has various other flaws. He is also fairly consistantly interesting and often humorous.

You, however have around half your posts dedicated towards spewing bile at Monklish and have contributed little else to the extent that I'mn't sure you'ren't an alias by someone with an axe to grind but no stones.

Guess which of y'all is closer to going on ignore?

Holy Christ! There is one person out there who can tolerate that fucking Nerd. Now I hafta wonder if you might just be an Alias for "monkey"? Or maybe y'all are just gay lovers.

[canexplain]

Hi. Yes, Monky is a bit full of himself at times, and he has various other flaws. He is also fairly consistantly interesting and often humorous.


I agree with that and have said it a number of times but it would be nice if randy played the soft side every once in a while like he did when he first dated ivy .... cr*****

I bet I know what 99 percent of you would say, but do you think you could tell it was me if I had an alias? just wondering and I bet I could fool you but I have no desire to. If I want to make a point, I will make it as me (me) not someone else because yea, I think Kate girl is an alias.....

[humanoid]

Holy Christ! There is one person out there who can tolerate that fucking Nerd. Now I hafta wonder if you might just be an Alias for "monkey"? Or maybe y'all are just gay lovers.

I'm kinda hoping KatefromCali is another Randy alias and he loves chastising and berating himself...it makes me laugh to envision this scenario

[Monklish]

Holy Christ! There is one person out there who can tolerate that fucking Nerd. Now I hafta wonder if you might just be an Alias for "monkey"? Or maybe y'all are just gay lovers.

I don't think you get it, so I'll say it again:

I'm the most beloved figure on this board, you dumb fucking cunt.

[KatefromCali]

I don't think you get it, so I'll say it again:

I'm the most beloved figure on this board, you dumb fucking cunt.

You're a complete fucking joke. Talk about a failed life

[Monklish]

My life is wildly successful. I have millions of dollars and a gold-plated cock as big as your face. My car? The Apollo 11 shuttle. My house? RUN'S HOUSE, MOTHERFUCKER.

[TomAz]

I need to come up with a pithy-phrased corollary to Godwin's Law about making comments about the personal lives of internet strangers.

[Hannahrain]

I'd center it more around the accusation that someone utilizing the same time-killer as the accuser has no life based on their time-killer usage.

[bballarl]

I'm going to the record store. Hopefully the Pleasant Hill Rasputin has a better vinyl selection than last time. Wish me luck.

[Hannahrain]

Hey I have to talk to you. We need to create rules for SET as a drinking game. Later, though. Good luck.

[Libertas Tranquilitas]

The last thing I want to do here is start a big intraweb battle...or interrupt one for that matter but I really have to say that this thread was way more enjoyable to read before all the mud slinging started. Let's try and keep it to the "Let's Discuss Your Past Through Music" idea. (Like I said, it's just way more fun to read that way)

It may be some kind of message board faux pas to quote yourself but I've got to try this again because it really seems like a great idea for a thread is being wasted here on all this negative BS. Kate & Monklish with all due respect leave it alone!

[Monklish]

You're a fucking visitor on this message board, douchebag. You don't tell A Fixture what to do.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Holy Christ! There is one person out there who can tolerate that fucking Nerd. Now I hafta wonder if you might just be an Alias for "monkey"? Or maybe y'all are just gay lovers.

Shut the fuck up you fucking waste of space.

[canexplain]

You're a fucking visitor on this message board, douchebag. You don't tell A Fixture what to do.

A fixture. Truer words were never spoken ...... cr*****

[amyzzz]

I thought maybe Kate was BD, but there's a Kate post in the Massive Attack thread, so...dunno.

[york707]

Does anybody remember where the thread on ezboard where talked about this is?

[canexplain]

Does anybody remember where the thread on ezboard where talked about this is?

which ezboard york? cr*****

[york707]

coachella?

[amyzzz]

I remember.

[IDCrisis]

Seeing as my parents weren't big music fans, I wasn't exposed to a lot of music at a young age. Their record collection consisted mainly of Elvis, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, and collections of 50's music. But, I will say that my first concert seeing Elvis, the door to music performances flew open. I saw how music could move an arena full of people and felt it for myself. I will also give credit to Ed Sullivan for expanding my knowledge when he hosted The Beatles and Jackson 5 on his weekly show. It only opened the door further. There was other stuff besides singing about being a hound dog, and this stuff made your feet wanna move.



From then on it was mostly Top 40 radio stations that kept the door open in a sense, but at the same time, my teenage angst was also entering into the picture. I remember my very first self purchased album quite clearly...

I recall walking into the house and my mother asking to see what I chose. Pretty gold album cover. Then she opens it to see the band in all their glory, strategically covering their bits. I don't know if it was so much the band, or the fact that my rebellious person inside wallowed in the fact that my parents couldn't take from me something that I purchased myself, but it left the door open to several memorable additions to my teenage arsenal...


Yes, I became a real Zep Head for several years. Every album. Got my first electric guitar. Even went so far as to find a violin bow. That'll show them, right? I did somewhat compromise though, when I heard my first dose of Pink Floyd. I found that my parents tolerated it a lot more so than Led Zep set at #10 on the volume knob, and while they accepted it, I could enjoy the buzz that complimented it. (For some reason, they associated Zep with that bad music that makes you do drugs, and they thought Pink Floyd was a less aggressive approach to peace in the household...all the time while I'm sitting there stoned out of my mind.)

By Highschool, I had caught on that maybe all the aggression wasn't completely necessary all the time and got a taste of these to counteract the angst and changes occuring during that time.



Finally! Young adulthood, out in the world, and full of piss and vinegar! While I continued loving Led Zep, and relying on Elton or Pink Floyd to mellow me out, bands began relying not only on their music talent, but now that I look back...the hair thing. The Big Hair Rock n' Roll thing, to be exact. Yes, the spandex and gobs of hair gel. The, "I Wanna Rock n' Roll all night, and party everyday," era of my life...




And yes, it was a party everyday. And the whole sex, drugs, and rock and roll shit had a pretty strong grasp on me until reality set in and showed me otherwise. Lesson learned, but it did unfortunately close the door on gaining any new insight for afew years...which really pissed me off and frustrated the shit out of me when the chance arose to open the door again. And this time it wasn't the parents, it was the establishment that introduced me to the next phase I went through...

There were afew others at this stage, but at the time I had also began dating a country music fan. Or, I should say, only a country music fan. My classic rock was collecting dust while I was trying to grasp that bo-hunk, twangy shit, and when I finally couldn't take it anymore, my Disturbed self said, "No more rodeo for me!" And back I went to my Van Halen, Aerosmith, and of course Led Zep.
Who knows what the hell I'd be listening to now if it hadn't of been for Coachella coming along right down the street from home. "Sure, I'll go and check it out. Don't know a single band name, but hey, it's music." Not only did it save me from possible becoming permanently disturbed and angry, but it gave me another chance to dance, since I was so buried with my rock and roll that I missed the disco and dancing era pretty much, and it exposed me to several more genres to explore. Pretty much the performance that totally sold me was this in 2005...and by 2006...need I say more?


Seven Coachellas later, and I'm still learning each year and being exposed to something new that I'm liking. I guess you could say it's a lot like watching the Ed Sullivan Show each week, years ago, and only wanting to see who's next the following year. And over that 7 years, my music collection during this phase may very well surpass the collection from my past, mainly due to the fact that that's what Coachella does. Brings new music and the masses together each year.

[Still-ill]

ACTUALLY. This is probably mine too. It was the first album I ever bought with my own money. Kindergarten through 4th I just listened to whatever my parents had. But, in 5th there was an Irish exchange student named Andy Murphy in my class. Him and his family were big time punks, so I remember them influencing me to buy it. My family is also Irish so my father became close to his father. They had a massive London Calling poster in their house. I went to Best Buy, saw the album, had 11.99 in my pocket and bought it. I had kind of forgotten about that actually.. good times.

[IDCrisis]

I thought maybe Kate was BD, but there's a Kate post in the Massive Attack thread, so...dunno.

For the record, no, I had a hard enough time trying to figure out how to get a new board name because BD didn't want to hit 10,000 posts. I certainly didn't think I'd get away with an alias, that's for sure. (Who the hell else uses these like I do? ... ... ... Huh?) LOL
Anyway, keep on with these musical timelines from your lives... I'm digging it.
(Even if it has proven that I'm old enough to be a parent to most of you...)