The Stories Behind the First Time You Heard That Beloved Album- Day 20

[@melaniethurber5117]

Day 20 This album I had heard at my cousins house and I wanted my own copy of TOMMY by THE WHO. This album came out in May of 1969. I bought it as a cassette so I could listen to it while I was out in the barn helping my aunt milk the cows. My aunt was my mother oldest sister. My aunt didn’t care for the songs on this but she let me listen to it while we were working. I love this album and listen to it a lot. It doesn’t play as well as it used to. I played it so much that I’ve just about worn it out. I need to find it again in either LP or CD. My favorite songs on this album are “Pinball Wizard”, “I’m Free”, “Acid Queen”, and “Tommy can you hear me”.

[@rickmay6932]

Great pick, Melanie.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@ thanks Rick

[@LarryG-jo6bf]

Good story!

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@LarryG-jo6bf thanks Larry

[@weirddebbiem1619]

Great story, Melanie. A phenomenal album that I listen to frequently. I love the songs you mentioned as well as the song "Christmas".

[@monte.olson58]

Summer of 1976. Drove down to St. Louis for Summer Jam. Fleetwood Mac, I only knew from the radio hits of their '75 album. They were incredible! "Hypnotized" ruled. Anyway, we went to Peaches record store and I'm pretty sure that's where I picked up the Ramones debut. May have grabbed The Saints debut also, but I don't remember for sure. Anyway, when I made it back home, the Ramones blew me away.

[@thedarkwizardroom]

DAY 20-THE ROLLING STONES- Aftermath Hi everyone. Well when it comes to The Rolling Stones favorite group so loved and have bought and got their music and such over the years that I could. And to know while got into the early period and love the Mick Taylor era and big faves there as do Ronnie Wood too. And fave albums in the Mick Taylor era, Stories relate to those humble beginnings in the Brian Jones era as well and that is where our story is. As a 11 to 12 year old and in 67 for this 1966 album of AFTERMATH where I got the US American copy vinyl on original London records and have it as MONO version Stereo version on cassette recorded. And going to record department of the department store . Maybe it was Murphys. Or did I get album some few years later? Well anyway I just had gotten it and would play and would love the single Paint It Black as Brian Jones and Keith Richards would play those chords as the album starts up with it . The rest will describe in the tracks descriptions. Would see along some Stones on tv Ed Sullivan and shows vaguely back in the day, Would see along and have later. Would hear Paint It Black on the radio of AM Top 40 Radio on the local stations. Would back when have 45s of the Rolling Stones, today not so many as I use to A1 Paint It Black 320 So love A2 Stupid Girl 252 very nice and love the playfulness of the song. A3 Lady Jane 306 Always a great song and love the guitar and settle gracious song A4 Under My Thumb 320 great song and good singing song and rock and roll poppy A5 Doncha Bother Me 235 A real great cool poppy rockin and bluesy number A6 Think 310 rock and roll and movin number love B1 Flight 505 325 A real nice great rock and roll number with piano tinkling to start it off The needle playing these tracks will stay as the tracks were so good and Aftermath one of the top albums for the Stones in the 60s. B2 High And Dry 306 A cool track and bluesy and boppin. Love it B3 It's Not Easy 252 great little number that is real good. B4 I Am Waiting 311 A great mellow and also rockin song and love as it a song relates well. Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac would do great version for his solo work. Check it out also. B5 Going Home 1135 A long epic of where you are slow and building up along in the steps to chugging faster, And it's worth the wait to the end of the album knowing back in 66 the Rolling Stones lead you on a great album back in the day. Jagger and the vocals super, Would love playing the album when people were over that I was seeing be it friends. Paint It Black by the way friend Chris and I would dab and playing with on our guitars and my vocals back in late 80s early 90s. Those days and seeing the Stones in 97. Glad I got to make a show one day after other attempts didn't work out. The moments of this old gem of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, so great Listen to the instruments and how well they are playing this song. Give the album a listen. There you are and if you have stories you have or can come up with then they are there as I am sure Pete can attest to. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie great pick and story. Thanks for it Pete. Loved the hearing to it. Everybody Take Care and love hugs and prayers and catch you all again later. Album gets a 4 stars. 🎶🎶❤🤗 🙏☮ - Coming 👼🦌🎅

[@melaniethurber5117]

Hi Jon. Fantastic pick

[@thedarkwizardroom]

@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks so much

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@thedarkwizardroom hi Jon. I love that album Aftermath. Also the Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood era and Brian Jones too.

[@dennisstratton6508]

Great story and pick wizard. My favorite era is the Mick Taylor yrs. But it all began with Brian Jones.

[@thedarkwizardroom]

And By the way besides Aftermath after came Big Hits High Tides and Green Grass then going back and forwards into the Mick Taylor that I like a whole lot first then Ron Wood but that Aftermath is along in the top 10 maybe top 5.

[@garyjoyce2160]

Pete. Great story. I absolutely love 7️⃣4️⃣. Diamond 💎 DOGS 🐕. Bowie. Chant of the ever circling skeletal family / the oddest yet my favorite track on album So weird : but so good ! Pete thank you for your time 👍💯

[@jerryattwooll4864]

Going to see Sammy Hagar at Hammersmith Odeon for the first time on his Street Machine tour, my friends and I were keen to see the opening act as well, a young band of teenagers from Sheffield by the name of Def Leppard who we had read about in a centre page spread in Sounds music paper. They were a little naive in presentation but you could see there was enormous potential, the songs were hummable and memorable and most ended up on ON THROUGH THE NIGHT, the band's debut album. Containing the basis of their early live set, I remember rushing out to buy the debut album when it was released. I saw them again a few months after the Hagar show opening for AC/DC and they had improved over that previous performance, more confident and polished, but still very in your face, kick ass rock. I also saw them at Oxford, a performance featured in full on their box set of early repertoire and they simply slayed. That first album is still one of the great NWOBHM releases, even if Mr Elliott doesn't think they belong there and it, along with High N Dry and Pyromania is still my favourite era of the band.

[@melaniethurber5117]

Hi Jerry. Interesting story and a pick I’ve never heard of before.

[@weirddebbiem1619]

Great story, Jerry. I prefer that era of Def Leppard, too.

[@jerryattwooll4864]

@weirddebbiem1619 Thank you Debbie.

[@jerryattwooll4864]

@@melaniethurber5117 Thank you Melanie.

[@iainhead9898]

@@jerryattwooll4864 Great story Jerry, wish I'd been gigging around this time! Didn't see DL til the Hysteria tour, although Loverboy as openers was a nice bonus!

[@ramonace4770]

This is probably one of my first vinyl records. I still fondly remember that poster with all those naked girls riding bicycles, think I still have it somewhere. It's about Jazz, of course. I knew Queen quite a bit, having previously burned the tapes of News of the World, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races. I remember fearing the worst when I put the needle on the vinyl and Mustapha started playing, but Fat Bottomed Girls put things in place and how! An amazing album, among my three favorites of all time. Recorded at Mountain Studios in Montreux, the city where I was born, famous for its legendary Jazz festival and whose casino inspired the iconic "Smoke on the Water" when it burned down in '72. Queen would buy Mountain Studios in 79 which became the charity museum/exhibition Queen: The Studio Experience starting in 2013.

[@logancollins7097]

Great pick Ramon! Jazz is an all timer! Still got that poster and man that has to be one of the coolest gatefold ever

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

News of the World was my jam, and before The Game's release, I picked up Jazz from the cut-out bin at Musicland for just a few bucks. Maybe because I also got ELP's Love Beach from that same bin, I was dismissive of the album, and it took about 30 years to grow on me, ha ha.

[@jerryattwooll4864]

@@ramonace4770 Fascinating story Ramon. It's only comparatively recently that I've fully appreciated this album, now it ranks in the top half of my Queen album rankings.

[@iainhead9898]

@@ramonace4770 Nice story, Ramon! So you're Swiss by birth eh? Don't suppose that when you were born a friend of your parents let off a flare to celebrate while they were on a night out at the casino..?

[@FrankLang-i3n]

Great story and pick, Ramon! 70s Queen were the best.

[@harizonflamingice3167]

Pick #20: Black Sabbath's Mob Rules. Overall my story for this one is kind of similar to some other ones and probably not super interesting, but I believe I had binged through all of the Black Sabbath albums when I was living in Richmond, much like I did for Rush and also Radiohead, but I was pretty surprised when I heard the title track and realized that the SNES game Spiderman Maximum Carnage used it. #1: The Who's Tommy (1969) #2: RX Bandits' ...And the Battle Begun (2006) #3: Metallica's ...And Justice For All (1988) #4: Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979) #5: Daft Punk's Alive 2007 #6: Yes's Close to the Edge (1972) #7: Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974) #8: Arcade Fire's Funeral (2004) #9: Silverchair's Diorama (2002) #10: Green Day's American Idiot (2004) #11: The Killers' Hot Fuss (2004) #12: Death's Symbolic (1995) #13: Radiohead's Kid A (2000) #14: Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns (2010) #15: Muse's Origin of Symmetry (2001) #16: Tool's Lateralus (2001) #17: Opeth's Blackwater Park (2001) #18: Rush's Grace Under Pressure (1984) #19: Rainbow's Rising (1976) #20: Black Sabbath's Mob Rules (1981)

[@kamranmalik8546]

October, 2017 Whitesnake - 1987 (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) CD I first heard Whitesnake’s ‘Here I Go Again’ (87) around 2011 in various places such as the radio and on television/film. I did some digging into Whitesnake right around the time I was listening to Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Then I recalled David Coverdale was also with Deep Purple. My first Whitesnake album I bought on CD was the 1978 EP Snakebite at McKay’s Used Books in Manassas, VA in September of 2017. Around the time my birthday was coming up, I wanted to by the 1987 album since there was a 30th anniversary deluxe edition being released at the time. So I asked my dad for it my birthday. Once I got it, I would constantly listened to that album, to this day it is my favorite Whitesnake album.

[@rogertemple7193]

This has been another great month for hearing your first albums and I have so many to talk about but growing up in the 70's as a child and listening to various rock music from the 60's, 70's and up to the 80's especially on AM radio at home and FM radio at my cousins house was really great and I really miss those days thanks Pete Merry Christmas. 🎄🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎄

[@kingmrfone5604]

Since I was an auto racing fan,I went with one of my racing pals to Flemington Fair Speedway in New Jersey and he said I just picked up this cassette. He put it in the player and I was beyond attentive. I knew the voices but could not place the band. He showed me the cassette cover and it was Lick It Up by KISS. Had to go out and get 1 for myself.

[@edlimey]

True story. Fall of 1975. I over hear my sister telling my dad that she saw an ad for 10 albums, for a penny each, but she says now they want her to pay for every record. She got scammed by that Columbia records thing (at least I think it was Columbia, not sure). So later I ask her if I could look at the records. My sister was mostly into Elvis and Beach Boys, and I see this record called Bowie Live. She wasn't interested, so she let me have it, and I was totally blown away. I was only 10 years old, and I'm listening to Earl Slick doing these incredible guitar solos. The best part is the opening when he overlaps the 1984 piano with the Aladdin Sane flute. Later that year, I became an even bigger fan when I heard FAME on the radio or saw him perform it Live on Soul Train, not sure but used to watch Soul Train every Saturday morning back then.

[@sdrandazzo]

My day 20 favorite is Listening to early Marillion songs on the radio from the early 80s including Kayleigh led me to the local Tower Records store to buy the Marillion Misplaced Childhood CD in 1985. Would be the rest of the Fish-based Marillion CDs after that. I have enjoyed this 80-based Marillion CDs till today. 1. The first time I heard the Lambs Lies Down on Broadway vinyl record was on my family turn table in our recreation room. This was my first vinyl record back in 1977 from the Where House records store. The album cover designs intrigued me, especially the image of Rael reaching out to himself, Rael looking at the connection of the two Raels, and Rael with no mouth. This imagery of self-introspection appealed to my love of science fiction books from Harlan Ellison, J.G. Ballard and Robert Sheckley (among others). The surreal lyrics and music appealed to my love of science fiction and brought me into the world of progressive rock where I later bought other prog rock band vinyl records. I found myself singing out the lyrics in a full-throated roar... a connection to my love of profound science fiction stories and the words embedded in those stories. Today it is still one of my favorite progressive rock albums to listen to. 2. Hearing Jethro Tull songs like Living in the Past, Aqualung and Locomotive Breath back in 1974 on our San Jose-based KOME rock station. Loved the intricate, unique flute sounds from Ian Anderson. Went with my father in 1974 to look at old vinyl records at Moe’s Records and purchased the Living in the Past vinyl record for around $2 or 3 dollars. Still have the record and play it occasionally on my son’s turntable. 3. Hearing Rush for the first time on KSJO and KOME radio stations in 1981. The late DJ Dennis Erectus introduced the Tom Sawyer song on KOME. Today, I still love the album on CD. 4. 1980 listening to ELO’s Out of the Blue 8 track tape cartridge on my first car, a brown Capri. I would crank this tape up for my 1982 Lincoln High School Senior Cut day to Santa Cruz, CA. Still listen to this album on my CD player in my car. 5. In 1979 I purchased the Roxy Music vinyl record For Your Pleasure at the Campbell Tower Records store and played it on my turntable. I had heard past songs on the KOME radio station and first heard the Both Ends Burning song. Really liked the spookiness of the In Every Dream Home a Heartache song and listen to this CD often. Went with my wife to see Roxy Music at the San Francisco Chase Center a couple years ago and they sounded great. Manzanera, the guitarist was on fire that evening. 6. Listening to Steely Dan’s hit Rick Don’t Lose That Number song on my parent’s car radio back in 1974. I then bought the Pretzel Logic vinyl record back in 1979 at the Where House record store. I listen to the CD frequently today and have grown to like the deeper cut songs like Night by Night and Pretzel Logic and dislike the pervasive elevator muzak versions of their songs. 7. Hearing the Moody Blues - Nights in White Station on the radio station in 1973 for the first time. Remembering my older cousin recommending this band to me around 1975. He loved the Moody Blues. My cousin sadly passed away from substance abuse back in 2022. I often play the Moody Blues on CDs and fondly remember my older cousin’s passion for the Moody Blues. 8. Hearing Kansas’ Dust in the Wind back in 1976 on the local KOME radio station at home. Went to the local Tower Records store and bought the Kansas Leftoverture vinyl record around 1979. Still listen to Leftoverture with my CD player at home in my car. 9. Watching the January, 2019 SoT Top 10 Songs: Camel and starting to listen to their discography upon Pete’s recommendations. Had always heard of Camel but never explored their discography. Thank you Pete. First Camel CD that I explored was Mirage, purchased at Street Light Records in early 2019. Love Andy Latimer’s fantastic guitar tones. 10. Watching the Suspiria movie back in 1979 on our family VCR player during the Halloween season and remembering the haunting music. Discovered that the Italian band Goblin created most of the movie sound track. Went to our local Where House record store and bought the Goblin Roller vinyl record in 1979. Expanded my Goblin discography in the 80s with their CDs and have seen them live a few times since 2013. Met the band members before their 2013 Warfield, San Francisco show. Listen to them regularly since then. 11. Hearing Yes’ Roundabout song on the local San Jose rock station, KOME, in 1978. Went to our local used vinyl record store, Moe’s Records in 1979 and purchased the Yessongs triple vinyl record album for around $6. Enjoyed the live album then and still listen to the vinyl record today. 12. Listening to the SoT Big Big Train episode - New Releases … Big Big Train - Grand Tour in 2019. Upon Pete’s strong review, I purchased the Big Big Train - English Electric: Full Power, compilation CD in 2019. I have been exploring their discography since 2019 and wanted to thank Peter for recommending them. 13. Listening to Todd Rundgren’s Utopia’s Time Heals on the local rock KOME station back in 1978 and then seeing the 1982 Time Heals video on MTV. I then bought the Utopia Swing to the Right CD at our local Tower Records store. I then purchased most of their discography in CD format in the 80s. I have been listening to their CDs off and on till today. 14. I am an avid reader of science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov and had read his classic I, Robot in the mid 70s. Listening to The Alan Parsons Projects song - I Robot on the San Jose KOME rock station in 1977 and saw the title I, Robot, drew me to the record. I then purchased The Alan Parsons Project vinyl record at Tower Records and then most of the discography on CDs in the 80s. I have been listening to their CDs and vinyl records off and on and into today. 15. Listening to The Cars on the San Jose KOME rock station song - Good Times Roll in 1978. Went to the Towers Records store and bought The Cars - The Cars vinyl record in 1978. I then bought the next few Cars albums on CD and listened to them off and on until today. 16. Hearing Supertramp’s Logical Song on the radio in 1979. Intrigued by the British view of America and went to the Where House Records store and bought the Breakfast in America vinyl record. Loved the lyrics in all of the songs, especially Child of Vision. I then went and bought several of their CDs in the 80s and have listened to them off and on till today. 17. Acquired the Honey Barbara - I-10 & W. Ave. CD tip inserted into the Emigre Graphic Design magazine #60 in 2001. Listened to this Texas band’s quirky songs including Sleep Late, Beddie ‘bye and Killer Duds. Listen to this CD to remind me of my early Graphic Design career and for graphic design inspiration to today. 18. Watching the 2020 SoT Ranking the Studio Albums: Gentle Giant episode and hearing Pete’s recommendations for ranking the Gentle Giant albums. Upon Pete’s recommendations, I acquired the Octopus album and then continued to get the other albums in their discography. Love the musical virtuosities of the band. Thank you Pete. 19. Perusing the CDs at my local San Jose Where House records store and was attracted to the beautiful illustration of the Dead Can Dance - Aion 1990 CD. This Melbourne transplants to London, Lisa Gerrard, vocalist and vocalist Brendan Perry have created beautiful neoclassical darkwave/medieval folk music since 1981 into today. The beautiful Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book and Black Sun from the Aion CD led me to get most of the discography on CD. I enjoy and listen to their music today. 20. Listening to early Marillion songs on the radio from the early 80s including Kayleigh led me to the local Tower Records store to buy the Marillion Misplaced Childhood CD in 1985. Would be the rest of the Fish-based Marillion CDs after that. I have enjoyed this 80-based Marillion CDs till today.

[@risingstar7161]

Razamanaz. Nazareth. 1973. Had seen the band on TOTP here in UK. Was interested. Lived overseas at the time and when I returned from UK got the album. From there I got all their albums until early 80s when I thought they weren't for me. Still, Rampant, Hair of the Dog etc great stuff.

[@FrankLang-i3n]

I had turned 18 in November 1973, and a few weeks later, while having been in a bigger city 35 kms from my small hometown, I found in a big record shop the brand new double album QUADROPHENIA, from The Who. I wasn’t at the city on free will that day, because shortly after my 18th birthday, I had got a letter with the challenge for my military medical examination. (I was luckily put on hold and discharged several years later.) The examination was scheduled on two parts. The first part at forenoon, and then, after two hours of lunch break, the second check-up. I had the luck that some of my family relatives lived in the city close by (a female cousin of my mum with her family), so I had lunch for free there. Later on, I had a nice chat with Uli, the son in the family, who was one or two years younger than myself. He’s been a totally David Bowie fan at the time, and I told him that my personal faves at the time mostly were Yes, Tull, Purple, ELP, Zeppelin, Floyd and Heep. We met soon after again in early 1974, when I just had got Rick Wakeman’s “Journey To The Centre Of The Earth” album, and we watched it together on his record player for the first time. (As for David Bowie, I knew and loved his hits from the time, but it took some more years, until I decided to get some of his albums.) Later on, while I had been still in the city that day after the end of the examination, I found this concept album. I didn’t have earlier stuff from The Who, but had already heard some of their songs. “Quadrophenia” just had been fresh released, so I took the chance to get it. Back at home, I took the album to my friend Christian in the neighbourhood, and we had a good time listening to it. He later got their earlier concept album “Tommy”, of which we also had a good share of watching. I found the DVD of the “Quadrophenia” film adaption much later (around 2010 I guess) at a shop. I wish there would also exist a DVD recording on which they did the whole album live in concert, while all band members were still alive. RIP Keith Moon and John Entwistle. My school time albums discoveries, In chronogical order: day 01: 07/1971 (fav) Led Zeppelin IV, (first) Led Zeppelin III day 02: 08/1971 (fav) Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water day 03: 09/1971 (fav) Atomic Rooster, In Hearing Of day 04: 09/1971 (fav) Deep Purple In Rock, (first) Deep Purple, Fireball day 05: 11/1971 (fav) Jethro Tull, Aqualung day 06: 11/1971 (fav) Black Sabbath s/t, (first) Master Of Reality day 07: 12/1971 Jesus Christ Superstar day 08: 01/1972 (fav) Grand Funk, Phoenix, (first) Grand Funk, E Pluribus Funk day 09: 03/1972 The Doors, L.A.Woman day 10: 04/1972 Neil Young, Harvest day 11: 06/1972 (fav) Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, (first) Pink Floyd, Meddle day 12: 07/1972 (first/fav) Uriah Heep, Demons And Wizards ("Magician's Birthday" coming very close) day 13: 07/1972 (first) Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus (fav, maybe) Trilogy day 14: 09/1972 (first) Alice Cooper, School's Out (fav) Alice Cooper, Killer day 15: 10/1972 (first) Moody Blues, A Question Of Balance (fav) Days Of Future Passed day 16: 02/1973 (first) Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four (fav) Cat Stevens, Foreigner (because of the suite) day 17: 03/1973 (first/fav) Yes, Close To The Edge day 18: 07/1973 (first/fav) Ekseption 5 day 19: 10/1973 (first/fav) Stevie Wonder, Innervisions day 20: 11/1973 (first/fav) The Who, Quadrophenia

[@iainhead9898]

@@FrankLang-i3n Hi Frank, cool story. Nor a huge Who fan, but saw them live just the once, outdoors, where they played the whole of Quadrophenia, start to finish, but nothing else. Great show!

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@FrankLang-i3n hi FrankLang. Awesome story and great pick. That’s another awesome Who album.

[@FrankLang-i3n]

@@melaniethurber5117 Thank you, Mel! Yes, both Tommy and Quadrophenia are awesome.

[@ramonace4770]

@@FrankLang-i3n Great story, Frank! A masterpiece! I remember seeing the movie in the cinema when it was released, back in '79.

[@FrankLang-i3n]

@@iainhead9898 Wow Iain, I would have wished to be there. You were very lucky! Thank you for the input.

[@Brother_MarkG]

Day 20. The Choir - Circle Slide This was one of those CDs I ordered blind from an online store. I never heard of the band before and was intrigued by the reviews. When I slipped it on, I was kind of perplexed as to what I was hearing. The music was atmospheric, moving but never rushed and it felt like a prog record with no keyboards but a dude playing a sax-synth. The music has grown on me, and I bought mor of their CDs. 1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 2. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 3. Steppenwolf - S/T 4. Mason Proffit - Wanted 5. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson 6. Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head 7. The Doors - S/T 8. Bride - Scarecrow Messiah 9. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments 10. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - On Tour 11. Tower of Power - East Bay Grease 12. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West 13. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills 14. Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers 15. John Michael Talbot - The Lord's Supper 16. X - Lost Angeles 17. Govt. Mule - Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends 18. Elvin Bishop - Rock My Soul 19. Iron City Houserockers - Have a Good Time.... But Get Out Alive! 20. The Choir - Circle Slide

[@dennisstratton6508]

Great story mark. I have a CD on the Sundazed label the title is Choir Practice. I think it was all their singles thrown together. Its Cold Outside is the main hit.

[@Brother_MarkG]

@@dennisstratton6508 That might not be the same band. If it is then sweet.

[@dennisstratton6508]

@@Brother_MarkG I believe The Choir i have came from Ohio. I didnt know their was another one. Thanks for the info.

[@awesomeviper13]

My Day 20 pick is The Connection the seventh studio album by American rock band Papa Roach. It was released on October 2, 2012, through Eleven Seven Music. The album was produced by Sixx:A.M. vocalist James Michael, who co-produced the band's previous full-length album Metamorphosis, and Goldfinger vocalist John Feldmann. The first single, "Still Swingin'", was released on July 24, 2012. Back in High School (and still do this day) I would come home and watch a channel called axs TV which played alot of music shows. One Day I stumbled upon a concert on the channel featuring Papa Roach and three doors down. After that and they were showing off the album I gave it a try and I would listen to it in my my 9th grade study Hall class over and over. To this day, everytime i hear the album brings back all the memories of my freshman year in high school. The album is a huge step above Metamorphosis and shows a Papa Roach back to form. Due to some weaker songs it doesn't have the same impact on me like Getting Away With Murder for example had, but it's definitely an album that will finds its way to my stereo frequentlyWith that in mind, the band mines the well of interpersonal connections again with their latest record. Shaddix, a master at baring his soul in tracks like 'Last Resort,' 'Scars,' and 'Broken Home,' puts his heart clearly on his sleeve with the standout track 'Before I Die.' The song, which incorporates some early piano work before fully rocking out, talks about pushing a loved one away while still feeling the urge to live for them. And where 'Before I Die' is a more painful track, the misnomer 'Leader of the Broken Hearts' actually comes off as one of the more triumphant songs on the disc. On it, Shaddix revels in the pain that comes from a broken heart, knowing that even though a relationship has ended, there's an elation that came from putting it all on the line that's made him feel alive like never before. Track listing edit All tracks are written by Papa Roach and James Michael, except where noted No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Engage" 2. "Still Swingin'" Papa Roach, John Feldmann, Tylias 3. "Where Did the Angels Go" Anthony Esperance, James Michael, Papa Roach 4. "Silence Is the Enemy" 5. "Before I Die" 6. "Wish You Never Met Me" 7. "Give Me Back My Life" 8. "Breathe You In" 9. "Leader of the Broken Hearts" 10. "Not That Beautiful" (feat. Shahnaz) 11. "Walking Dead" 12. "Won't Let Up" 13. "As Far as I Remember" Chart positions edit Album - Billboard Chart (2012) Position Austrian Albums Chart[12] 24 Belgian Ultratop (Wallonia)[13] 117 Belgian Ultratop (Flanders)[14] 106 Dutch Albums Chart[15] 83 French Albums Chart[16] 163 German Albums Chart[17] 27 Japanese Albums Chart[18] 134 Scottish Albums[19] 41 Swiss Albums Chart[20] 21 UK Albums Chart[21] 37 US Billboard 200[22] 17 US Billboard (Hard Rock Albums)[23] 2

[@zlatanfilipovic8798]

March 1979, my mother was travelling with her company, kind of Union trip, to Italy, to Rome I believe. I made sure she does not go there without a list of albums for her younger son. I think it was about a week to pass before welcoming her back home. And also welcoming new additions to my collection. Main album she brought was Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother. I never listened to it before and after Meddle, WYWH and TDSOTM it sounded strange (well, closer to Meddle) but I loved the title song (and If). Title song with its brass parts reminded me of Salisbury by Uriah Heep, for whatever reason. Next album was a double one by Deep Purple, named Mark I & II. Frankly, for many years I had no clew what it ment. All in all a lot of DP songs I have not heard before. I loved inner sleeves, with a tree and than on that family tree photos of different DP albums. Plus announcement of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Roger Glover's Album, as obviously original release was few years ago. Il grande chitarrista or something like that, all texts in Italian, but it looked (and still does) cool. Third album was Presence by Led Zeppelin. I enjoyed that one the least, but the biggest problem was bad pressing, it waved on turntable a lot, making it basically unplayable. To take a record from far away just to see that it is badly pressed...

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@zlatanfilipovic8798 hi Zlatan. Wonderful story. Are you the youngest son?

[@zlatanfilipovic8798]

@melaniethurber5117 Thank you, Melanie, I am the youngest of two uf us

[@melaniethurber5117]

@ you’re welcome and thank you for sharing that with me.

[@dennisstratton6508]

Great story zlatan. Your mom brought back some good records. To bad about your Zepplin lp. Ive had plenty of lps that were warped that i couldnt play or i could ruin my needle.

[@zlatanfilipovic8798]

@dennisstratton6508 Thank you, Dennis

[@CharlesMacaluso-b1r]

Good choice, Pete! You really can’t go wrong with that era of David Bowie. I’ve always thought albums like Diamond Dogs and The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars were like a precursor to Punk.

[@SWEETFA24]

Todd Rundgren Something/Anything. I always enjoyed hearing Hello its Me. Took a gamble in buying this album but it was a therapeutic album for me.

[@GMTPoet]

In 1983 my friend Scott loaned me Shoot Out the Lights by Richard and Linda Thompson. I liked it right away, but it took a chemically enhanced listening session to make me a real fan; I understood something about guitar solos I had never thought about before. Amazing album.

[@joshcreasey]

20. ZZ Top - Eliminator This is another album that my aunt had played frequently when I was little. I remember the videos being on MTV constantly. I thought they looked cool and sounded cool. I vaguely remember when this was new. It’s a classic! I had the tape of this and wore the damn thing out. The CD is still holding up, though.

[@danielsolano602]

Wow! I admit I can't think of a singular story for this topic, but you do mention all of the ones that feature your cousins which I can totally relate to. my grandparents had kids scattered throughout the 40s and 50s, so yes some of them were fans of those golden oldies. But the two youngest were my mother and my godmother. They were young aunties to many of my older cousins and they all Doug rock music of the 70s and early 80s for sure. I lived in an ocean of 8- tracks, records, and cassettes. geez I hope I don't get in trouble lol, but from second grade to about fifth grade in those early 80s, my collection was filled with a bunch of 90 minute blank tapes; of course there were two albums on each one. from my mother, there were bands like Santana, Grand Funk, Bad Company, and Talking Heads. And my cousins hooked me up with things like Foreigner, Journey, and AC/DC. I don't think I actually got anything from the store until a cousin who was actually my age matured into music and we discovered Maiden and Metallica and the like. yesterday you mentioned Accept. Boy did we dig a couple of those albums for sure. and like yourself, the 90s for me definitely belonged to jam bands, prog, and fusion so there you go!!

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@danielsolano602 hi Daniel. Interesting story

[@danielsolano602]

@@melaniethurber5117 Yeah I guess I caught the story-telling bug for sure huh?!

[@melaniethurber5117]

@ haha Daniel that’s funny. I think I’ve caught it too.

[@JoeDibiase386]

My favorite Bowie album

[@dennisstratton6508]

I remember reading a book about 60s bands they were grouped by the region they came from the section for San Francisco bands intrigued me on band in particular was the one with the funny name Country Joe And The Fish. Well the story i read piqued my interest. I found my first album titled The Life And Times Of Country Joe And The Fish From Haight Ashbury To Woodstock. It was a two record set it included the origional version of I Feel Like Im Fixing To Die Rag as well as the Woodstock fish cheer version. Other great songs included are Flying High. Who Am I. Sing Sing Sing. Rock And Soul Music and Love Medley. Crystal Blues and Masked Marauder. It was a great starting point for me i have since bought it on cd. I still like their brand of Psych. Rock. Blues and Humor.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@dennisstratton6508 hi Dennis. Awesome story and pick.

[@dennisstratton6508]

Thank you melanie.

[@weirddebbiem1619]

Great story and album, Dennis. My dad loved this album.

[@jerryattwooll4864]

@@dennisstratton6508 Great story Dennis. I have a couple of albums with covers of Fixin' To Die. Great blues song.

[@dennisstratton6508]

Thank you jerry you should check out Crystal Blues if you want to hear a good Psych Blues song.

[@jillyidle6462]

Ha! Diamond Dogs has always been my favorite Bowie album, cover and artwork included! It’s all about the timing, Pete. Where you were mentally, your age, your friends, etc. Funny how we come around to music we thought we hated, once we’re older and wiser.

[@michaell8320]

This is freaky, I had an older cousin who lived in Smithtown LI also, and she turned me onto Bowie, T. Rex and Mott the Hoople. Really enjoying this series.

[@richardmay8153]

Motorhead ... March or Die Sometime in the early nineties, Motorhead was passing thru on tour for March or Die. The show was in a suburban industrial/office section where a short-lived venue was. They packed us like sardines, 3-400 of us. Myself and my old editor/friend, also named Richard, got there early and grabbed some of the few seats in the place, along the right hand wall it was elevated with a bench-like place to sit. So, Richard and I are sitting there, and my old friend Homer walks through the door. We wave him over to join us. The show starts, and it's Motorhead, so it's great, of course. Two features of this show were unique. It was just after Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead died. On our left, in the back of the place, was a group of Deadheads grooving to Motorhead like it was a Grateful Dead show. Different. There was no space between Motorhead on stage and the crowd. So the body surfers got passed up to the stage with Motorhead. Unfortunately for the body surfers, there was a burly huge bodyguard dressed all in denim there for Lemmy and company. When the body surfers made it to be stage. the bodyguard grabbed him by the seat of his pants and his shirt by the shoulder, carry him a few steps and then throw him offstage stage left. Unfortunately for the body surfers, the area beside the stage was kept clear for safety concerns, so there was no one to catch the body surfers except the unseen floor. Of course, with Motorhead's legendary volume, this all occurred only to the sound of Motorhead's music. Good times, great albums.

[@richardmay8153]

Nice Bowie story, Pete

[@matthewclark9652]

It was actually the late David Bowie 1973 remakes album "Pin-Ups" (which has the song "Sorrow" also done by The Merseys & The McCoys) that my older brother who was 17 years old bought on album on the orange RCA Victor label!! I was 8 years old in late 1973 early 1974!! That was the very first time I heard of Bowie!! Then it was Bowie 1975 "Young Americans" that my older brother bought on cassette around 1976!!

[@frankies9465]

I was 9 yrs old in 72. My mom was a huge Stones fan. So, i was going tbru her records. I started playing her 45s. I put on a song called Under assistant west coast promo man. I liked it and played it a few times. My mom said, turn it over and play the other side. It was Satifaction by the Stones. Loved the guitar . Mom had the album Out of our heads, so i played the hell out it and have been a Stones fan ever since

[@dennisstratton6508]

Great story frankies

[@thorkildsvane5877]

My story is a little different. On november 30. 1979 on my friend's birthday he came with Pink Floyd's "The Wall" under his arm to my house. It was just published that day and bought by his mother at the local supermarket. After the first listening my friend and I were stunned by what we heard, it was no good and we didn't get it😫!! But after some time we finally understood this fine album and over the next couple of years it was played more than often🎶😊👍!

[@inmyhouse11]

Restless And Wild- Accept 1983 Jr Year High School and I received a demo tape from a local metal band called Innocent Victim. Once I put the tape in, I heard Fast As A Shark and thought this local band was incredible. I would constantly play this song to everyone thinking this local band performed this awesome song. One day Im in Rock n Roll Heaven and hear this being played in the store, so Im searching the store for an Innocent Victim album and the guy at the store looks at me tells me its Accept and who the fuck is Innocent Victim. I felt like an idiot and immediately smashed that supposed real demo tape to pieces and bought this killer album.

[@sabinoabdala5685]

"Diamond Dogs" was always a little underrated but it's a great album. Great album cover made by a great artist

[@simonrichards3225]

Another Singleton Town Library classic in this series. (That makes three at least). Although I half knew what to expect as I had Scary Monsters at that time.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Very cool backstory on the diamond dogs. Day 20 The best of the doobies aka the table jukebox I always like Doobie Brothers growing up. Of course my more coming of age into all different kinds of music would have been the Michael McDonald years after a minute by minute but certain songs are always cool. Blackwater was a favor even when I was a kid. And listen to the music was always on the radio. I remember getting this cassette and wearing it out very quickly and enjoying everything I heard this would have been probably about 11 years old. And then I kind of really didn't do much after that as far as buying their stuff or anything the greatest hits pretty much sufficed. That would be until around the mid-2000s when I was in my mid thirties and I started acquiring all of their stuff at the time. And I was really amazed at the early stuff the captain and me and all this other great stuff and even after the Michael McDonald years take me to the streets and minute by minute was a damn good album. I do on all the stuff now but I don't quite pull all the stuff out anymore. Usually from the very first album the one that many people don't know is there right on up through taking it to the streets. But there's no doubt that Ted templeman produce stuff really had some great sounds. But this was really my gateway into really discovering this Bay area band.

[@johnshaner747]

Probably the first David Bowie album I owned was Ziggy Stardust. A friend gave it to me.

[@stevemcnary7963]

For years the only Bowie song I liked was Suffragette City. I would love to hear a metal band cover it.

[@ericdinse5047]

The first song I ever heard by Little Feat was Time Loves a Hero & I hated it. But then, a few years later, I heard the excellent live album Waiting for Columbus & I was completely turned around, even with the song I'd previously hated.

[@weirddebbiem1619]

Day 20: The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy (2024) - Debut album Surprise! Now I have a recent story. Don't worry, we will go back in time tomorrow. I heard from a few people that I should listen to this album because it's something I would really like. Okay, sounds good. I will give it a try. I have to interject that all the genres, subgenres, and subgenres of subgenres drive me batty. Remember the days when we were listening to metal before it was called that? Anyway, The Last Dinner Party, which is an all female band. They don't have a permanent drummer, but there is one when they tour. The band has been described as Baroque Pop, Indie Pop, Orchestral Pop. The first song is an instrumental. Okay, there is the Orchestral Pop. As the album progressed I wasn't quite sure what I thought about it. I did get an ABBA and a little bit of Evanescence vibe. I wasn't digging this album very much. I did like the song “Sinner”, though. But at the end of listening to this album, I rated it a 2.5. A few months later I was thinking about Prelude To Ecstasy. My musical soul was telling me to give it another try. So I did. This time around I rated it a 4.0+. I liked more songs from it and “Sinner” is still my #1 favorite. Other favorites include “Nothing Matters”, “Burn Alive”, and “Gjuha”. Sidenote: The word gjuha means ‘Tongue’ in Albanian. The song was written and sung by the band’s Keyboardist, Aurora Nishevc. The song is about her shame of not knowing Albanian, her mother tongue, well. I am glad I gave this album another chance. The second and even the third time around, a little bit of my inner interpretive dancer and air instruments performer came out. The album will make my end of year album list. I won't tell you where. lol Day 20: The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy (2024) Day 19: Dio - Holy Diver (1983) Day 18: No Story Day 17: No Story Day 16: The Runaways - The Runaways (1976) Day 15: Live - Throwing Copper (1994) Day 14: No Story Day 13: No Story Day 12: Rainbow - Rising (1976) Day 11: Yes - Fragile (Released in the UK on 12 November 1971 and in the US on 4 January 1972) Day 10: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (1976) Day 9: Deep Purple Machine Head (1972) Day 8: Boston - Boston (1976) Day 7: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (1973) Day 6: Suzi Quatro - If You Knew Suzi (1978) Day 5: Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle (1976) Day 4: Journey - Infinity (1978) Day 3: Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983) Day 2: Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971) Day 1: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@weirddebbiem1619 hi Debbie. Interesting story Debbie. I’ve never heard of this band before.

[@jerryattwooll4864]

@@weirddebbiem1619 Hi Debbie, engaging story. I'm sure we all have albums in our collections that we weren't that fond of the first time we played them, but subsequent plays have fully revealed their charms.

[@weirddebbiem1619]

@@jerryattwooll4864 Thank you, Jerry. I have a few albums that I liked better after listening to them a few times.

[@weirddebbiem1619]

@melaniethurber5117 Thank you, Melanie. They are a new band.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@ thanks for sharing that Debbie

[@gregoryg3256]

🌠GREAT PICK PETE ..BOWIE ISA FELLOW CAPRICORN JAN 8TH

[@jimfritz2087]

And ELVIS and Robbie Kreiger .

[@TebiCr]

♑️

[@JoeMay-wc6nv]

I was into David Bowie from first time I heard Star Man in the 70's

[@WordDustNYC]

Try split screen quasi "reaction" style. If you label it as Reaction Video, you should be able to get around the YT powers. I'm pulling for you to get 200k subs' and being able to listen to music that you, and the crew discuss, might push you up there. Love ya, man!!

[@troyv8302]

That's funny. Let's Dance was my introduction to David Bowie and I hated it. I was 13 and just hated everything when his songs came on the radio. It wasn't until a few years later when I started hearing some of his older songs on the classic rock radio stations. They weren't bad and even liked a few. Now I don't hate his music anymore or love it either, I appreciate it for what it is.

[@JJKarpinski]

Scary Monsters is an awesome album much better than Let's Dance

[@milesdorst7120]

0:39 pick #20

[@richardhewitt4252]

Opeth - Damnation. Death metal was never my thing, still isn’t. I’d heard a few Opeth albums, and while acknowledging their excellent musicianship I couldn’t get past the growl. I read they’d released a new album with clean vocals and it had good reviews, so when I saw they were joint headlining with Anathema at Leeds University here in the UK ( 45 minute drive from home) I bought a ticket. Bought the album prior to the gig ( I had a couple of Anathema albums which I liked) and loved it. The gig was brilliant, Opeth played Damnation almost in full along with a smattering of earlier songs with the growly vocals - which to hear and see live was amazing. I bought the follow up, Heritage which is also great, but Damnation has always resonated with me and is one of my all time albums

[@Existmusiccloud]

I actually appreciate Barry Manilow now😊

[@johnshaner747]

I like David Bowie. I don't own Diamond Dogs.

[@metalcousins1209]

Day20-ZZ Top-Eliminator. 1984 watching MTV,and Legs video comes on. I’m thinking I like the women in the video, the car was extremely cool,and the music was kind of funky and groovy. I bought the album,and enjoyed the rest of the songs. A lot of radio playing songs. I later found out that ZZ Top had albums before Eliminator. I enjoy the 70’s stuff better,because of the riffs and the groove guitaring of Billy Gibbons. ZZ Top has been a favorite of mine for a lot of years,my mom even likes them.

[@grahamdawson-lg5mq]

Mine was T.REX Electric Warrior 1971. I was 13 . The UK Music scene was brilliant In the UK. Then it was The Sweet. Slade Led Zeppelin. Yes. Barclay James Harvest. I still buy all this stuff today. Now includes Nightwish. In the 70s I did not know one Kiss fan. We thought they were Alice Cooper rip offs.