grandad Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) So hard to choose just 3. 1. Apache - The Shadows 2. Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day 3. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes Someone needs to list a Jerry Lee Lewis & a Chuck Berry and an Everly Bros. Edited February 16, 2020 by grandad spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Actually what really changed the world for me was seeing Little Richard backed by Sounds Incorporated live in 1962. A life changing experience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 We’ve already had Mr Blue Sky so I’ll go... Sweet Talkin’ Woman - ELO The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy, and Tom Sawyer - Rush 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Rich said: The first songs to make me really sit up and take notice: 3. On My Radio -- The Selecter 2. One Step Beyond - Madness and the daddy: 1. Gangsters - The Specials Blimey, too close for comfort - I was going for Too Much Too Young though. First genre musical movement I got into. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyk Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Seeing as i'm an old git... 1,Up around the bend-Creedence Clearwater Revival. 2 . Silver Machine-Hawkwind 3 Layla-Dek and the doms. There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' Just as fast as my feet can fly Come away, come away if you're goin' Leave the sinkin' ship behind Come on the risin' wind, We're goin' up around the bend Oh Edited February 15, 2020 by Mickyk Thought i'd post some lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) On 15/02/2020 at 11:09, Mykesbass said: First genre musical movement I got into. Likewise. I was pretty 'meh' about music till then. In fact I can pinpoint my precise "whoa, wtF is THIS??" moment... The Specials doing Gangsters on Top Of The Pops. Edited February 16, 2020 by Rich 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 hour ago, obbm said: Actually what really changed the world for me was seeing Little Richard backed by Sounds Incorporated live in 1962. A life changing experience. Sounds Inc were quite busy in those days. They backed Jerry Lee Lewis in Reading in ‘63. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Ok, as I've always listened to music, I'll have to divide it in two parts. The early years : (We are) The Road Crew by Motörhead (I was 15 years old when the album was released, what a revelation). Suburban Berlin by Japan (14 years old when it went out, I liked everything in that tune, took me some time to love the album). Eruption + You Really Got Me by Van Halen (a year earlier, that tapping part and this monster cover, wow). The uni years : Dirty Old Town by The Pogues (this was our drunken anthem that we used to sing very loud everywhere in response to the stupid students songs). Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus (we played it very loud after parties, waking up all mates at the same floor). We had Love by The Scientists (I was waking up with this single played to the max, that opening bass part was just fantastic). Edited February 15, 2020 by Hellzero Two parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozkerr Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Tommy Gun - The Clash Destination Venus - The Rezillos Going Underground - The Jam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxlin Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, grandad said: So hard to choose just 3. 1. Apache - The Shadows 2. Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day 3. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes Someone needs to list a Jerry Lee Lewis & a Chuck Berry. Excellent list! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 In no particular order: Quiet Life - Japan To cut a long story short - Spandau Ballet Papa's got a brand new Pigbag - Pigbag 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Starman - Bowie Virginia Plain - Roxy Music Gudbuy T’Jane - Slade 1972 was a very good year for Top of the Pops..! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Old Man Riva said: Starman - Bowie Virginia Plain - Roxy Music Gudbuy T’Jane - Slade 1972 was a very good year for Top of the Pops..! Apologies, misread the title of the topic. If it’s ‘teens’ then Golden Years by David Bowie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Pretty Vacant - The Sex Pistols If The Kids Are United - Sham 69 Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury & Blockheads Was difficult to only pick three, and all of these were out just before I was in my teens but they stayed with me throughout my school years til I left. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Ah yes, so did I. I’ll have to rethink my selections. It’s an age thing!! Also to add... an honourable mention would have to go to Bohemian Rhapsody. I remember to this day how I felt the first time I ever heard that via Radio 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Honky tonk women - Stones Signed sealed delivered - Stevie Wonder Born to run - Bruce Springsteen. ( Could almost add most Top 30 stuff from the late 60’s to late 70’s too TBH - including glam, country, disco and punk/new wave! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 The Beatles "Twist and Shout" It showed me music could be more than simply something to sing along or dance too. It was, and still is, primal in its intensity. And I wasnt even a teenager at the time, about 10 years old. It still makes the hair on my neck stand up with excitement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Whiteman in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedy's All still as important to me now as they were as a spotty 15 year old "oik" 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyP Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I was a teenager in the 1960s when Radio Caroline changed my world, along with the Beatles (and a cute little blonde girl I used to walk home from school!). There are countless songs I could list but I'll go with "River Deep, Mountain High" by Ike & Tina Turner. When that blasted out of my small transistor radio it stopped me in my tracks. Aretha Franklin and "I Ain't Never Loved A Man" was another show stopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Tower Of Power - Squib Cakes. Average White Band - Got The Love. MFSB - TSOP. And this.... Edited February 15, 2020 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Basilpea Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 steps to heaven - Eddie Cochrane Georgia on my mind - Ray Charles I'll be your baby tonight - Bob Dylan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepb24 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 If it has to be strictly from teen years, in date order I'd say "I don't like Mondays", "Vienna", "She Sells Sanctuary" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 To take epic from another direction Rime of the ancient mariner. Iron Maiden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 formative tracks released in teen years (from 89) Megadeth - Holy wars Jamiroquai - when you gonna learn orbital - impact 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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