Lifestages

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Another poll on a familiar theme. Obviously most here people will not be able to answer all the questions. Use the comments box to i. gasp at what other people say ii. explain yr choices if you like iii. muse generally on the changing place of music in your life iv. suggest more sensible staging points than the tyrrannous 5 year gap I have imposed here...

[Poll #1044379]

Introspective? Moi?

(oh and also I am using "song" to mean "piece of music", because I am lazy. "means a lot" can mean whatever you want it to - different things for different questions I'm guessing)

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I feel that somehow Daniel Bedingfield and Space Cowboy were robbed by fickle birthdate, otherwise they would have been the 15 box. Also quite a lot of Eminemg and 'Juicy' by Notorious BIG. The Offspring are probably more representative overall, though.

I was doing my GCSEs at home when I was 15 and spent all day, from Scott Mills' early breakfast through to... John Peel I think, whatever was on last thing at night before googly jazz and things, listening to the radio and furiously TAPIN THINGZ*. I carried on this practice until I went to university, due to a combination of no money and no internet leading me to old-skool piracy methods.

...Oh no, I just realised that what I actually should have put in that box was 'Don't Forget Me' by RHCP. In my defense, it is a stunningly achingly beautiful song.

I feel I lied on the RIGHT NOW box as well but god knows what would have written otherwise.

*Apart from the two hours where I had to switch Chris Moyles off.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I had an entire SERIES of stuffz taped off the radio!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The poll misses my big taped off the radio phase by a year or so - I had a tape with New Order's "True Faith" and (less credibly) Hue And Cry's "Labour Of Love" on it which I played endlessly.

Actually 15 was when I taped John Peel's Festive Fifty for the first time and STUDIED it incessantly. But I still listened moar to the Smiths.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

It is bloody brilliant rediscovering radio tapes. If marginally disturbing in a 'oh my god I've taped Staind three times in a row what was wrong with me?' way.

I feel it is a sad loss for Mp3 age kids to not have to listen to a load of old tosh in order to pirate their songs. Makes 'em more valuable etc. etc. etc. young people of today I don't know etc.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I used to print out tracklistings and everything for mine but sadly all are LOST FOREVER - when my parents moved house to a smaller place this year I had the choice of bringing them back to London or throwing them out, I chose the latter.

I suspect myspace means that mp3 kidz listen to FAR more tosh than we ever did!

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Possibly true, yeah. I always switch all the songs on myspace off instantly, though and feel emnity to any artist included in them.

[mippy.livejournal.com]

HAHA, yes. I have tapes from the radio, about 10 memorex with 'Radio Stuff March - June '99' on an d that kind of thing.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I have about 400 of them! All with full track listings...