Johnny Wishbone Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I was 13 when this happened: Life was, quite simply, never the same again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 The songs I couldn’t get away from 1987-1993 when I was a teenager, meeting likeminded musical mates and just starting playing in bands. Guns N Roses - Paradise City Extreme - Get the Funk Out Iron Maiden - The Trooper (ok this is from 1983 but I didn’t know about it until later) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Which part of your teens though? 3 Epic songs from when I was growing up, though not necessarily from the time that I was growing up: The Pre-Teen Years: Hawkwind: Lord of Light (the Space Ritual version) My older brother was into Hawkwind, so I heard this late 70's/early 80's. Blown away by the clarity and the driving nature of the bass line. Black Sabbath: A Spiral Architect. Again, thanks to my older brother, I was introduced to Sabbath around the same time, but this song is just superb. Rush: Jacobs Ladder / Natural Science: OK, 2 songs off the same album. The first Rush album I bought when it came out, played it to death. Simply excellent songs off an underrated album. The Teen Years: Celtic Frost: The Usurper Voivod: Ravenous Medicine Discharge: Possibility of Life's Destruction Could be here all day listing songs... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I became a teenager in the mid fifties and there was a lot of dross about, it was called dance music. But there were some jewels that stood out. Fats Domino playing My Blue Heaven. That Scotty Moore solo in Elvis’s Blue Suede Shoes. And I was playing Twist and Shout before the Beatles recorded it. But it was mainly jazz back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 A lot happened musically in my teens, and I’d be here forever noting all the tracks, which would still be amongst my favourite tracks now. Also, depends on context. If it’s songs that happened when I was in my teens, that may not necessarily be the same as songs that I discovered whilst in my teens. For instance I didn’t discover Supper’s Ready til about 15 or so, but it came out when I was about 9. Ditto Silver Machine. For songs that came out whilst I was in my teens (although a couple may be borderline) some standouts ( a few amongst hundreds) would be: Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd Follow You Follow Me - Genesis Dancing Queen - ABBA Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel The Man With The Child In His Eyes - Kate Bush Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult Antisocial - Trust Bomber - Motorhead Jane - Jefferson Starship Turning Japanese - The Vapors Israel - Siouxsie and the Banshees Spirit of Radio - Rush Go Wild In The Country - Bow Wow Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Bo Rap. Bat Out of Hell. And not from my teens but played a lot during them, Stairway to Heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 David Bowie Space Oddity 1969 Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 On 14/02/2020 at 16:00, binky_bass said: On a hideous drink fueled listening binge... curious to know what songs you consider to be absolute staples of your youth. There are many of course, so let's say 3 per head. Dark Star - Grateful Dead In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed -- Allman Brothers Band Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant1972 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Great song with a funny video (New Order dressing up as a metal band) by future Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 On 15/02/2020 at 11:43, Rich said: . In fact I can pinpoint my precise "whoa, wtF is this??" moment... That is a VERY good way of looking at this I think, for me, without any doubt, they were:- Seven Seas Of Rye Virginia Plain Silvia* 3 tunes that so jarred me out of just listening to what my parents liked, and made me want to explore that big wide world of music. *To be fair though this was on my dads copy of Focus 3 (so it was technically a song my parent liked) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 On 15/02/2020 at 11:43, Rich said: In fact I can pinpoint my precise "whoa, wtF is THIS??" Without question, the intro to “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”. I clearly remember coming in from school and my older brother was playing it in the back room. I was absolutely gobsmacked. I didn’t know music like that could possibly exist; it completely blew my mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treeb Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hemispheres - Rush Elephant Talk - King Crimson Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearhart74 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) Detroit Rock City - Kiss Not Fragile - BTO Iron Man - Sabbath DSOTM - Floyd Edited February 16, 2020 by bearhart74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAYNESWORLD Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Rock on -David Essex DSOTM-Pink Floyd Brain Salad Surgery_ELP Chairman of the Board_Give me just a little more time Queen_ Severn Seas of Rhye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) 1. Hellraiser by Sweet. First tune to send me. I must have been about 10. Played it as loud as I could, came round on the sofa after leaping about the room, possessed. The music literally reached inside me and threw me around. It's the same high I still look for now onstage. 2. Johnny The Fox by Thin Lizzy. The lyrics fascinated me, the bass grabbed me, the voice and guitars had me. I clearly remember listening to it for the first time. Still love it. 3. Going Underground by The Jam. Heard it in the car bring driven to a family wedding by my parents. Radio 1 round table. From the very first chords I knew I was in love. Spent that weekend just counting down the time before I could go buy it at our local record shop. Still thrills me. Edited February 17, 2020 by stewblack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Fascinating to look through these and pick out the Basschatters I know I could happily share a long car journey with, content that the music would be great. Edit: also it shows just how many struggle to count to three! 😅 Edited February 17, 2020 by stewblack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 these sum up my teen listening quite well... Elected, Alice cooper devilgate drive, Suzi quattro gates of Delerium, Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christhammer666 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 enter sandman- metallica fear of the dark - iron maiden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 15/02/2020 at 10:05, miles'tone said: Edit for one tune only: Absolute classic ☝️ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 hmm the ones that real take me back to happy days in my teen years . More than three but there ya go Mr Solitaire by Animal Nightlife, Sunset Now by Heaven 17, Male Stripper by Man to Man meets Man Parrish, Theme from S'Express by S Express, Criticize by Alexander O'Neal and French Kiss by L'il Louis. So rock n roll me ☺️. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skb558 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) 1. Get It On - T Rex 2. Maggie May - Rod Stewart 3. School’s Out - Alice Cooper Edited February 17, 2020 by skb558 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) On 15/02/2020 at 08:10, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Block Buster by The Sweet in 1973. They followed that up in the same year with Hell-raiser and The Ballroom Blitz and my trajectory was set. Almost same for me in my early teens. Blockbuster - Sweet Ballroom Blitz - Sweet T.rex - Truck On Tyke Mud - Dynamite Edited February 17, 2020 by dmccombe7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 An epic song from my youth? I suppose you could draw pretty much anything from mid-70s Sparks/Mott The Hoople/Queen, through late-70s Japan/Clash into early-80s US post-hardcore. It's just not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) On the assumption these have to be on vinyl I actual bought myself as a teenager. Like a Hurricane (Live Rust Version) Wheels of Steel Milk and Alcohol (not including things I discovered post ~1979, so I would be about 16) Edited February 18, 2020 by Stub Mandrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJpullchord Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Anything of Sasha unplugged 93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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