VIBE Magazine used to run this as a segment, interviewing an artist for their input. Thought it would be fun for a Friday meme:
First Concert You Ever Attended? KISS - Alive II Tour, Evansville IN.
First Album You Ever Bought w/Your Own Money? Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
First Single You Ever Bought? I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie
Song that Rocked Your High School Dances? Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Big High School Slow Dance Song? Babe - Styx
I tag Tim, Esteban, Jim Leonard, Jim Hazen, Mark Hopkins, Butta, Kelly, and Gayle Fields.
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1 Response to Friday Flashback Meme: High School Jams
First Concert You Ever Attended?
Wow that goes back a ways. I remember I had to travel to a place called "the Boston Tea Party" in, of all places, Boston. That meant driving for about an hour, and crossing the canal to get there. The band was Ten Years After. It was loud, very loud.
First Album You Ever Bought w/Your Own Money?
That is really a tough question. I’m just not sure as I bought hundreds of albums and they were vinyl, too! It probably was a Rolling Stones album.
First Single You Ever Bought?
! I also bought singles. A good friend of mine that I would visit in Springfield, MA, and I put together a pirate radio station and played a lot of the hit singles from the mid-60’s. Some of them I still have, such as My Ding-A-Ling by Chuck Berry, and Wipe Out by the Surfaries, 96 Tears by ? and the Mysterians, and others.
The Song That Rocked Your High School Dances?
Music went through vast changes in my four years of high school, as did the national political environment. What started out in the ninth grade as Louie Louie, evolved to become something that was not relevant by twelfth grade. Woodstock had happened and Vietnam was staring every graduating male in the face. Students had been shot by the National Guard at Kent State, and several assassinations had taken place, including Kennedy and King.
Best High School Slow Dance Song?
By that time school dances became irrelevant. There were riots and confusion in our cities and trust in the government was dissolving. There was nothing to dance about, even slowly.
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