1973, I was into Bowie, T.Rex, Zeppelin, Purple, I'd just bought Fireball...every thursday when I get in from school, everyone else would be out for a couple of hours more. Time for my best music! Well, one day I noticed that my elder sister's boyfriend had left a record here, Dvorak New World Symphony, Kertesz/LSO. Put it on... after a couple of minutes took it off again bored. Following week, same scene, this time I told myself I WILL listen to it all. The allegro exploded after that slow introduction! I fell in love with the symphony orchestra and symphonic music that day, sold off my rock/pop albums within a few weeks, and started collecting classical. My own first purchase was Klemperer's Bruckner 5, and I still love Bruckner's symphonies perhaps more than any others. Because of a quiet house, and a guy who left his stuff lying around.
First song to "Blow You Away"...
What was the first song that hit you between the eyes and took over your mind? Something that really put you into an altered state (without the drugs).
The first time I heard "Whole Lotta Love" in 1969 I couldn't believe what my ears were hearing. Jimmy Page's guitar grabbed me by the head and turned my brain into a Denver omlette.
The first time I heard "Whole Lotta Love" in 1969 I couldn't believe what my ears were hearing. Jimmy Page's guitar grabbed me by the head and turned my brain into a Denver omlette.