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I have yet to rediscover "Life before death" by R D Laing. But on thinking if I had anything to contribute here I thought of that. Don't know if I still have it, or would actually want to listen to it.
On a brighter note, Flanders and Swann have been a constant in my life since the 1960's.
On a topical note, as a teenager I listened to Annie Nightingale (RIP) every Sunday evening, and (it being the 80s) I’d occasionally tape it too for, er, posterity. There’s loads of stuff from that period I still listen too (Jesus and Mary Chain, Half Man Half Biscuit, Gina X), but also some gems I haven’t heard in years (Fish Heads). But in line with the thread subject, one thing I recently listened to for the first time in years, which I also heard for the first time on Annie Nightingale, is Marlene on the Wall - the self-titled Suzanne Vega album is great, but that song in particular I still know every word to.
Never really forgotten to be rediscovered, but since his demise RSATL by The Pogues has seen some daylight. In truth it's been mainly a spotify playlist but RSATL is the album most of the memories come from, plus additions.
It’ll End in Tears: This Mortal Coil.
Fairy tails of slavery: Miranda Sex Garden
Currently listening to a bit of Therapy, Soundgarden, Megadeth and Anthrax.
Nevermind or anything that is obviously a classic
I remember dating a uni student when I was an apprentice, I gave her and her pretentious Uni mates a lift to a pub. I had a copy of Nevermind on the tape deck, they had no idea who it was and all declared it terrible.
I think it’d be different now.
Interesting that most of the recollections are more rock-oriented.
It's pretty telling that rock from the 60s + 70s still sounds great and listened to by multiple generations (Led Zep, AC/DC Black Sabbath, rolling Stones etc)..
whereas mid 80's Stock/aitken/waterman produced stuff... yes, I'm sure you'd rather jack. I'd actually rather jack my car up and work on its red hot exhaust bare handed than listen to S/A/W bilge 😖
I replaced my old phone in November and loaded all my ripped music from 20+ years back onto a micro SD card. Now working through it. Blimey, I'd forgotten how bloody good Sabbath's 'Sabotage' was (despite Bill Ward's borrowed check underpants).
This is one reason I miss doing mountain bike "edits", not that mine were ever very good but picking the music was awesome. Cut the footage to about the right length, sort the entire mp3 collection into length order, and go hunting. Not just for rediscoveries, I've got a load of albums and random downloads and things I've been given by other people that I've probably never even played or at least never given a chance so going looking with no preconceptions and finding allsorts was always great.
It’s 45 years since I was a teenager, and music from my formative years may get a break every now and then but I’ve never had to rediscover owt. Jimmy Osmond’s Little Arrow sounds as good now as it did then. Rock on Little Jimmy.
Loads recently, sparked by seeing a few 25th anniversary tours
Echobelly - On
Silverchair - Frogstomp
Kerbdog - On the Turn
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music
The Almighty - Just Add Life
The Offspring - Smash
Fun lovin Criminals - 100% columbian
Not so much rediscovered as teenage albums that I return to every few years and remember how good they actually are.
Could be loads of them, but coming to mind now...
The Cult. Electric.
PWEI. This is the day... This is the hour... This is this!
Age of chance. One thousand years of trouble.
Julian Cope. My nation underground.
I know the OP said we're not allowed Nevermind, but a few weeks ago is the first time I actually listened to the whole album. Obviously knew the hits at the time, but it's an album I've never owned, borrowed or held a back up copy for anyone (ahem). Wasn't really my thing at the time but learning bass guitar has had me playing easy riffs and Come as you are, inspired me to listen to the whole thing.
Similarly with the Stone Roses. Tracks I didn't recognise the names of but could still sing half the lyrics.
Smash by the Offspring is a good shout, so different from what they turned into. From the same year at uni that I moved into a flat with some art students and my musical tastes went in all directions.
Just dug out "Rocking with the Renees" by the Gymslips. Rather like that. Time to fire up the USB turntable again.
The only track on Youtube
The Gymslips Dear Marge (youtube.com)
I rediscovered Psychocandy, Jesus and the Mary Chain after watching their set at Glastonbury on the telly. I had it on cassette back in those days, original vinyl price is quite high, waiting for it to be reissued.
Having previously said still listen to my teenage albums, here's one I hadn't for quite some time until Mrs Slow pulled it off the shelf today.
Been listening to Prefab Sprouts Steve McQueen few times recently, and loads of Beastie Boys early stuff.
what can I say......I'm a Dinosaur...... lol
Ah I had a summer job in Bridlington in 1972 working on beach snack bars and in the 3Bs theatre. A perk of the job was to get into gigs at the Spa Hall through the kitchens. I took my mum to see Quo there. She loved them.
Just down the road from my house there is a blue plaque on a building commemorating that it's where the quo first gigged, the building used to be a pub but it's since been knocked down and is now an old people's home
steve-g
Free MemberLoads recently, sparked by seeing a few 25th anniversary tours
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The Almighty – Just Add Life
Kinda ironic that one! "This setlist has inspired me to rediscover an album they played no songs off" 🙂
Recently been getting back into these
First last and always- sisters of mercy
Deathcult -dreamtime
Napalm death-scum
Bolt thrower- in battler there is no law.
All really rather jolly
Well I have continued to think about this and a problem is distinguishing teens from early 20s as that divide occurred when I was at Uni and discovering loads of new stuff. This is in terms of when I first got into them, not release date.
But there is one, Strawbs - Hero and Heroine.
Other than that most stuff has more or less stuck with me. There is a lot of stuff from that time which I have later got into for the first time.
Interesting that most of the recollections are more rock-oriented.
Late teenage years I was more into 'rock' ...
Early teenage I was discovering hip-hop as an antidote to the mainstream TOTP offerings.
About 1991 I borrowed a tape a friend had recorded of a Pete Tong Rap Show and it had a song I couldn't get enough of, not realising it was one of the OGs.
I never did find it in England, but maybe a year later I went to the USA and tracked down a cassette album so I could play Children's Story whenever I liked. Had a late night listen over Xmas and the best tunes are still very good.
"Knock 'em out the box Rick, knock 'em out."
