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[kayc428]

"my earliest memory of hearing music, the mesmerizing kind that takes hold of you and wont let go, is sitting at the top of the stairs in the tiny townhouse i grew up in to listen to "Golden Slumbers." The song had climbed out of the Scott hi-fi and up the stairs to compel me out of bed. The music soon subsumed other sounds. The songs rich piano,

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[thumper1179]

Funny how similar experiences can be even when you're seemingly a world apart. My earliest music memory is putting in my dad's Led Zeppelin tape (only because I was too young to operate the record player, I think I was 3 or 4), taking a pair of his drum sticks and playing along to Led Zeppelin I. *Dan dan - dan dan -* "In the days of my youth...

I can remember being in 3rd grade and hanging out with my best friend Stephen Lovestedt. I was like, "you have to hear this song" and I'd play him Stairway to Heaven. Then I'd say, "okay, now check this one out" and I'd throw on Pinball Wizard from The Who. I can still remember the basically indifferent look on his face.

Sgt Peppers was the first Beatles album that inspired me though. I loved their early stuff and used to watch Hard Days Night and Help all the time, but I distinctly remember how cool I thought Elenor Rigby was. It's still my favorite Beatles album, but I'm sure nostalga has a lot to do with that as well.

I definitely think that's an era that defined and formed music as it is today, but there are so many great albums from my generation as well, I can't just confine greatness to a particular year.

[kayc428]

i have a hard time saying that albums now are "bad" in comparison... cause that would be false. i do believe that MOST, most not all, artists are trying to recreate the impact that those influential bands had on musics direction, music lovers, and society. i would never discredit any artist today, for music evolves and i would be completely lost with every single new artist i fall in love with as i discover them.
BUT speaking in reference to my personal life.. if i were to define my lifes direction and struggle through music.. (and ive always felt this) i would have ideally been born in 54.
why you ask? i might have to write a whole nother j e on why i feel that way.. but in short..
upbringing by 54ish music was rather, well, innocent. bubblegum pop, elvis, bh.. giving me time to enjoy my innocence before i reached an age conscious enough to reallly experience and understand music. around 12, 66 or so i would just be entering my rebellious stage and along with it, my rock obsession. then backing up my on going rebellious stage (that i went through regardless of what year it was) would be the understanding jimi hendrix, pink floyd, zeppelin, beatles, rolling stones, velvet underground.. allll the way to my 20s with the clash, sex pistols...on going.. basically, i would kill to be in my 20s going to see rock shows like that. and be around for 80s rock as it came out? priceless...

[thumper1179]

And you would have been SUCH a hippy. ;P My mom was born in '52 and my dad in '48 and they were all very much part of the late mid 60's on music, up to the mid to late 70's when they got married and had me. My parents both have stories, but especially my dad because he was a musician during that time and played with a lot of those bands. He played at the Hollywood Bowl on the bill with Deep Purple, toured all over the country, the whole shabang. What's funny is that there are particular artists I didn't get into until later like Hendrix and The Doors, because my dad thought they were assholes. lol. He said Jim Morrison was like the biggest prick ever. So here I am this huge Zeppelin, Who, Pink Floyd fan, but almost no knowledge of those other bands until I was old enough to start discovering them on my own. But due to their background, I honestly feel like I got that foundation that you mentioned, with The Beatles, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, The Byrds, etc, but got the 60's rock stuff at the same time and then when I was old enough to start discovering music of my generation, I already had a good grasp on what great music was.

But having said all that, I honestly can't complain about the number of bands I've seen growing up when I did and actually being there for some of the early stages of bands who've become huge like Incubus, System of a Down, Hoobustank (spelled the way they used to). I think it would have been awesome to be a little older during the early 90's and the grunge movement, but I still feel fortunate at the same time.

I'm going to shut up now since this is turning into one of my posts on your page. ;)

[kayc428]

first of all.. the everly brothers was the first casset i can remember owning. i replayed that tape over and over and over as i walked around with my pigtails and my wireless karoke machine singing to everyone...or no one it didnt really matter. oddley enough..
hold on....
yeah i definately just had to download a song from them to remember how it went. dont worry, i still know the words!

a big fan of 90s grunge of course... but remember im a baby so i missed the boat on shows for the most part.

and yes.. i woiuld have been a huge hippie. i already went through my phase in my real past. 8th grade or so. you woud die if you saw the pictures of me and my best friend durring our santana, greens and hawethorne blvd obsession. woah...

[thumper1179]

It's possible you're tired of hearing this, but you kick so much ass Jenna. ;)