The following questions are meant to elicit a sense of your rock ‘n roll values and experiences. Your gut answers are requested – don’t think too hard! For newcomers to the Halls of Rock, this is an occasional exercise we conduct to get to know each other better and to open possible new avenues of exploration. There’s not always a unifying theme, but today’s theme is Formative Musical Experiences. Let’s get to it, shall we?
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary? (For instance, I know The Boss’ birthday despite never having been a big fan of Him and His music, yet I forget forget the birthdays of relatives almost monthly.)
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
I look forward to your your responses.
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
when i realized i had listened to my mom’s Abbey Road album more than she had. I was 12 and it was 1985.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
I had regretted not getting Miami by The Gun Club until I found it again a few years later.
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
Springsteen
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
Telling all my Licensed to Ill friends that The Beatles were where it’s at!
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary? (For instance, I know The Boss’ birthday despite never having been a big fan of Him and His music, yet I forget forget the birthdays of relatives almost monthly.)
too many to name
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
Bowie-The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars.
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
Hard to say – I come from a musical family. I did spend a great deal of time as a kid just listening to records and I was aware that other kids did not do this, but I don’t know when I noticed it.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
I spent a summer at an arts program in Canada and deliberately took NO music with me. I thought I’d get a vacation from my CD collection. I bought two albums when I was up there – a Blue Rodeo album (when in Rome…) and Wilco’s “Being There.” However, I wish I had bought “OK Computer,” because I know that would’ve been the sound of my summer. But then, I was listening to chamber music all day, so that was good too.
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
Probably Kiss. I think I realized I had been marketed to, somehow, and realized that I had all these albums by a band I really didn’t like. I gave them all to the kid next door, he didn’t want them either, but his mom probably threw them away. I guess I associated rejecting Kiss with getting older, I didn’t need that cartoon kiddie music anymore. The neighbor kid moved away when I was 9, so it was probably around then that this happened.
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
My dad came home from a visit to the library with a Bay City Rollers album, handed it to me and said he thought it might be good. I took one look at those dopey haircuts, the big teeth and the stupid plaid outfits and told my dad I was not interested.
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary? (For instance, I know The Boss’ birthday despite never having been a big fan of Him and His music, yet I forget forget the birthdays of relatives almost monthly.)
Oh man, like all of it. I had a subscription to Musician Magazine from the 9th grade up through college and I read it cover to cover, every month. I can’t remember the names of the streets that intersect my street, but I can name bandmembers, songwriters, producers, engineers and equipment. But it could be worse, it could be sports trivia!
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
Gotta be the Cocteau Twins. I dug the art chicks.
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
Early high school. Before then, I was really into it but I assumed that everyone else was too.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
I was at a school carnival and I won an album. I could have chosen Darkness On The Edge Of Town but instead I picked London Town (I think). Shortly thereafter, I became obsessed with Springsteen. I don’t regret it now but I really did back then.
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
My first two loves: KISS and Elton John. Elton John because of Blue Moves and KISS because they just really seemed uncool all of a sudden.
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking… ?
When I was in college, everyone was way, way into the Dead. I was at a party and they were playing bootleg after bootleg. They would just let the drums and space parts play too in the middle of a party. So anyway, I told one of the women who lived there that I had a cool version of reggae cover and I ran back to my room and got Black Market Clash and had her put on Pressure Drop. It kind of sucked the air right out of the room. She shot me a look that was equal parts disbelief and disgust, and we went back to the Dead as soon as it was over. That’s certainly not the earliest stand that I took, but it’s the first one that popped into my head.
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain….
Geez, where to start… The Velvet Underground’s first drummer was named Angus McLeish
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
Traffic
I can give a more broad answer to these questions as opposed to specifics.
I have had an affair with rock music for as long as I can remember. No one in my family is particularly musical. I wasn’t raised around a bunch of writers and pickers, so my own musical journey was forged by my own hand. My parents did have a rather small collection of albums that influenced me in some ways.
My earliest musical memories are of Kiss. I was born in 1975, but I was very familiar with Kiss (particularly the Love Gun album) prior to the departure of Peter Criss (which may have been my first major “breakup” in my musical world). I realize now that Kiss was marketed to kids like me. I bought into the whole rockstar/superhero bit, but their influence was definitely a musical one. For better and for worse, I liked their music. It wasn’t about just playing with the toys and reading the comics. I played their records and knew the tunes. (I have a friend who likes a lot of shallow pop music by the likes of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. I have always tried to figure this out, but to his credit, he must actually like the music. If it was just about their looks, he could stare at pictures downloaded from the internet all day. The same must be said of Kiss fascination.)
To my credit, I did like other rock music. I had inherited someone case of LPs. In addition to Kiss, it also contained some Queen and others which escape me now. I used to pretend that I was hanging out people like Ace Frehley and Rod Stewart when I was kid. I also used to beg my mom to buy 45s for me by folks like Blondie and Gary Numan. I think that’s pretty progressive for a five-year-old.
I wrote a screenplay about a making out with a schoolyard crush while thinking about Cyndi Lauper’s “All Through The Night.”
I lost interest in Kiss when the make-up came off, but not rock music. In the mid-80s, I made the decision that I would follow hard rock. I bought three tapes for my 11th birthday: David Lee Roth’s Eat ‘Em and Smile, Ozzy’s Ulitmate Sin, and AC/DC’s Who Made Who. AC/DC stuck. This all makes sense to me now. AC/DC was kind of the “anit-hair” band. They didn;t wear make-up and they looked like regular dudes in their videos (aside from the schoolboy). Then it was Metallica…
Early in high school, I discovered The Beatles via The Blue Album (1976-1970) and the rest is history. I had worn out a copy of my dad’s Hey Jude American album and my mom was a Stones fan, so I had exposure to Out Of Our Heads. My dad likes to take credit for getting me away from that awful heavy metal music, but I know better. And I still like most of that crap today anyway so I never really got away from it.
After The Beatles, everything blew wide-open in college and here I am. So, there’s the short musical upbringing of me.
TB
PS–Useless knowledge: In college, I bought a cassette tape of Love Gun from our campus bookstore (!) and popped it in having not heard it in over ten years and I still knew every word to every song. Imagine my realization when I discovered what “Plaster Caster” was really about. I called my mom and thanked her for not putting me into a musical bubble and allowing me to be exposed to such deviant lyrics as a child.
Hey, cdm, someone once told me that that S/T Traffic record was “encrusted with goodness.” I must agree.
TB
Sorry to pince nez your trivia, cdm, but it’s Angus Maclise, not McLeish.
Speaking of AC/DC, I watched Brian Johnson take a spin as the Celebrity in the Reasonably Priced Car last night on the extremely excellent BBC show “Top Gear” last night, and:
1. He came off as a total… great guy! Seriously, completely humble and likeable, funny, etc. Not charming in a rascally way like Bon was, but charming anyhow.
2. He came in *second-fastest* on the board of celebs who have taken the challenge to drive as fast as they can around the Top Gear track. Those who have seen the show know what a big deal that is. (More info at: http://topgear.wikia.com/wiki/Star_in_a_Reasonably-Priced_car )
Think of all the things BigSteve just forgot to buy at the grocery store later today!
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
When I was 10 or 11 and me and one pal in class were way into the Beatles and we found that none of the other kids were even remotely interested.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance? Augustus Pablo´s King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown. Saw it in a shop once, didn´t have the money and then it took me years to finally find me a copy.
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
U2. Still do. Sting came second.
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
When punk hit and most of my friends were still into prog.
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary? (For instance, I know The Boss’ birthday despite never having been a big fan of Him and His music, yet I forget forget the birthdays of relatives almost monthly.)
I recently found I could still name the line-up of Eater.
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
Not sure as I was too busy probably. Must have been the ususal suspects: Marvin Gaye, Dusty In Memphis etc.
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
**Probably by 5th grade, when Mr Mod and I used to talk music with our 5th grade teacher who became sort of a musical mentor to us
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
**There was a great bootleg shop that I went to in high school that I should have bought more stuff at
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
**Led Zepplin
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
**Probably justifying Artists like The Clash too my sisters and parents
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary?
**Being able to (or used to) list the Beatles british singles w/ b-side
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
I think it was probably high school when I started buying records & I would get 60s Stones & Kinks albums while my friends would get albums by Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart and yes, Kiss.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
Too numerous to mention, but a look @ my collection shows that I eventually got what I wanted.
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
I remember my sister telling me that I should listen to other stuff than her old Beatles albums and she suggested The Best of John Denver. That was a non-starter.
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
Probably playing one of my Kinks cassettes during our Strat-O-Matic game sessions.
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
“Wild Horses” & “After The Gold Rush”, two songs that were played at a party @ a house of a girl that I had a crush on
in high school.
Thanks a lot, Big Steve. Now I’ll be stuck remembering how to spell it properly and how to spell incorrectly. I hope this latest trivial tidbit doesn’t force something important out of the hard drive like the names of my kids or something. (especially what’s-her-name… you know, the little, screechy one…)
Q – When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
A – When I got a job and all I wanted to with my newfound money was to shop for records while all of my friends were saving for cars or buying clothes, etc. Then when I got old enough to go see bands at Philly clubs. My friends would razz me for always wanting to go see “obscure bands”.
Q – What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
A – Forever Changes by Love. It came out when I was a kid, but had never even heard it until I worked at a record shop in Ardmore PA in the 80’s (Plastic Fantastic).
Q – Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
A – Sting. And I used to really love The Police (still like the records). But solo Sting (the musician and the world-saver) makes my skin crawl.
Mr. Mod will like this – my wife used to really love Sting and wanted to see him on one of his solo tours in the early 90’s. I told her that her chances of getting a good seat were better if she got herself ONE ticket. I drove her to the Spectrum, she went to the show. I walked across the street and caught a Phillies game at The Vet. Both of us had a great time. 🙂
Q – What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
A – Being 15 years old and wearing my Knack t-shirt to high school after seeing them at the Tower Theater (1979). This was a time when a large number of kids in my high school wore Lynyrd Skynyrd shirts every day. I took a lot of crap for my shirt, but I didn’t care. I knew who made the better records.
Q – What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary? (For instance, I know The Boss’ birthday despite never having been a big fan of Him and His music, yet I forget forget the birthdays of relatives almost monthly.)
A – a lot of things I guess.
Q – What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
A – “Stairway to Heaven” was always the last song of the night at junior high dances. It was the catalyst for some young fun.
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
Family was immediate: they didn’t really listen to music, so any rock I played was a total mystery to them.
My age group not until much later: maybe when I was a freshman in college and my roommates couldn’t fathom my Fairport Convention records.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
I don’t think I’ve ever not bought a record that I wanted.
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
Journey
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
I can’t really remember. I do remember laying it on the line once with Mr. Mod.
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary?
I don’t remember much rock trivia or anything else.
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
The Cars
Mod: we need a Big Choice Poll, asking RTHers to choose sides between the Knack and Lynyrd Skynyrd. I adore both bands, for different reasons, in different ways and to different degrees. I’d have a hard time choosing — but choose I would!
I’ll play.
Probably the same answer andyr gave. We did something called the Human Jukebox (spinning our singles on a little record player under a card table decorated to look like a jukebox) at a 5th grade fair that was a clear sign of our commitment to the music.
Ornette Coleman’s one album for Blue Note. I couldn’t afford the $40 the only time I saw it on a wall in a record store.
Probably KISS. My little brother got into them when he was about 8 and I was 13. I remember having long, serious talks with him about the bad taste he was displaying and what that could mean for his future. Now I watch my nearly 13-year-old boy lecture our 8-year-old boy on the moral implications surrounding our little guy’s love for stuff like Taylor Swift. Sad.
So many – and it never ends. Probably beginning in 10th grade, when I fully committed to a life of loving music, I hammered friends and school acquaintances with my opinions on all the popular FM rock they were into. I was real charmer.
September 23.
My first make-out session was to the tunes of Led Zeppelin (slow-dancing to “Stairway to Heaven”) into Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (actual make-out time). I already didn’t like those bands, but I was fortunately a couple of years away from being such a rock snob that I would have halted these more formative activities to lecture my date and my fellow partygoers on the moral implications of those ’70s AOR standards.
michael k, great choice you made for yourself and your wife! (Are you going to see Ben Vaughn at the M Room on Sunday? I just found out he’s playing there.)
Mwall, the stand you took with me was a classic. I really bonded with you for life that night – no joke.
Q – When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
A – My amazing dad encouraged me to listen to all kinds of music, and helped me with my first school report on the topic, delivered in third grade, on Dave Bruebeck and Woody Herman, whom I adored. My teacher fairly beamed at me, I remember. The rest of the class was a bit lost as I spun my dad’s records on a school turntable.
Q – What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
A – Can’t think of any offhand.
Q – Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
A – I had my first know-it-all episode of rock revulsion when many of my friends started getting into Rush.
Q – What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
A – I remember calling my idiot friends out as a late teen, when they scoffed at the brilliance of the Beatles, preferring Boston’s “Don’t Look Back” album to a readily available Beatles greatest hits LP.
Q – What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary? (For instance, I know The Boss’ birthday despite never having been a big fan of Him and His music, yet I forget forget the birthdays of relatives almost monthly.)
A – Hmm. Hard to say.
Q – What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
A – Pete Townsend and much of “Empty Glass,” for sure. Though my first, very wonderful slow dance with buck-toothed Diane Bickford, to the strains of “Wild Horses,” is hard to beat, in the teen memory department. For make-out memories, though, gotta go with Pete. Oh, Carla Boswell! How you broke my heart!
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
I have almost no memories of the time before I realized I was not like everybody else.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
I’ve always spent too much money on records, rarely denying myself, and then only temporarily.
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
The main thing that comes to mind is my sharp turn against heavyosity, where my fairly recently purchased albums by Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, and Vanilla Fudge were ruthlessly rejected, in favor of my new, more sophisticated taste.
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
I recall publicly rejecting ELO, but that was in a group of people who wouldn’t challenge me. I guess a good example would be continuing to buy my Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan albums in the middle of the punk era, which really confused record store clerks.
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary? (For instance, I know The Boss’ birthday despite never having been a big fan of Him and His music,
yet I forget forget the birthdays of relatives almost monthly.)
The spelling of the name of the original drummer for the Velvet Underground.
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
No, I realized early on that I’d rather listen to music than have sex.
Re: Brian Johnson on Top Gear.
Sorry to name-drop or brag, but I did meet him many years ago, he was friends with somebody working on a session on which I was an assistant. He was completely down-to-Earth and hilarious. I recall he had purchased an obviously fake Rolex on Canal Street and had apparently been to a very fancy restaurant where he showed it off, pretending that he didn’t know it was fake. He was showing it around saying, “isnt this great?!” Also, when we ordered food, the delivery guy got huffy with me because he thought he was going to get a 15-20% tip, which uh, no. And Brian actually came to the door was was saying, “you didn’t SERVE it to us!” What rock star does something like that, especially for the meek little assistant? It was very cool of him.
But my favorite memory of those two or three days was his story of going to a car dealership because he wanted to buy a hard-top Aston Martin. This may not seem as funny to you guys, because it lacks his gregarious delivery, but the story was that all they had were convertibles. He was saying how hard the salesman was trying to convince him to buy the car anyway but he shot the guy down by saying, “look… I’m not going to pay twice as much money for HALF a fucking car!” Ah, maybe you had to be there…
Mr. Mod, methinks BigSteve´s last comment calls for another poll.
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
Probably 5th grade when I begged my parents for a record player and everyone else was getting new baseball gloves and bats.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
The 12″ single of Miss You. Had it in my hands and put it back in the bin. Still dig this longer version.
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
Steely Dan.
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
Being a major AC/DC fan and seeing them twice before Bon Scott died, I wore a black armband to school the day after he died and had to tell everyone who asked why I was wearing it and who the hell Bon Scott was. Those high school squares didn’t deserve to know Bon, I thought. And they called themselves music fans. Off with their heads!
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary? (For instance, I know The Boss’ birthday despite never having been a big fan of Him and His music, yet I forget forget the birthdays of relatives almost monthly.)
February 19, 1980. The day Bon Scott died.
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
My girlfriend and I used to hang out in her basement and she had an older brother and sister. She would put on either Rod Stewart’s A Night On The Town or the Buckingham/Nicks record. Occasionally, she’d mix it up and drop Old And In The Way.
Ramone, re your comment about Big Steve’s comment, it’s a good thing for people around here that we don’t have to choose, not that I wouldn’t know the answer–but still.
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
Probably around eighth grade. My friends liked whatever was on the radio, and I was trying to get them to listen to college stations.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
A Stones boot called The Black Box. I found one with the whiskey bottle and everything and thought 80 bucks was too much. Probably couldn’t touch it for less than 500 these days. I DID manage to score a Stones MoFi box for 90 bucks, and I actually managed to put it on layaway cuz I was broke!
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
Boston. God I hate those guys.
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking – you know, a time when you made a point of putting your neck on the line and telling other folks what needed to be said regarding a crucial musical issue?
I took Never Mind the Bollocks to a high school party. I got it played, and only one guy stayed in the room the whole time it was on. He thought it was awesome, and so did I. Everyone else thought we were dinks and called us fags.
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain to the probable detriment of remembering more important things, like what you’re supposed to get at the grocery store or the date of your anniversary? (For instance, I know The Boss’ birthday despite never having been a big fan of Him and His music, yet I forget forget the birthdays of relatives almost monthly.)
I hate Led Zeppelin, but I think I know the order of the release of all their albums (except for after Coda. I think they were done by then). I go to the store to get milk, eggs and butter and come home with beer, peanuts and a Twix bar.
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
The first thing that came to mind was the woman I had dinner with last weekend with my wife and her husband. We had a pretty innocent makeout session in Jr. High and Foreigner’s first album was on. I have a bunch of friends I went to school with still to this day, and we were talking about it at dinner the other night.
Hey Monsieur Mod, I still would like to see the poll based on BigSteve’s comment about preferring music to sex. Please make sure that the poll is anonymous.
When did you first notice that you related to music in a way that was different than how other family members or kids related to it?
I was trained early by my older 2 siblings that Queen, Grand Funk & Jethro Tull = GOOD. Dad’s Roger Whittaker Greatest Hits = BAD. It was all downhill from there.
What record do you most regret not buying when you had the chance?
Kind of the opposite. I’m glad I didn’t buy a lot of it cuz now most of it can be found at the bottom of the discount bucket.
Who’s the first rock ‘n roll artist/band you recall disliking profoundly?
Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Bruce & the Beatles
What’s the earliest rock ‘n roll stand you can recall taking?
I made a guy who was just given my phone number (by me) return it after it became apparent he had no idea who Jim Morrison was and how “just another dead rocker” could possibly matter 8 years later.
What piece of useless rock trivia does your mind retain?
It’s not rock but Maryland, My Maryland is the song played while the horses are brought out to run the Preakness Stakes every year. It’s a guaranteed stumper for that idiot who bets that “I can’t be stumped at music trivia”. we all know one.
What songs/artists do you associate with your earliest make-out sessions?
The Cars & Pink Floyd