GTKY- Music Edition

madreofdragons

This should be fun...or make some of us feel old.  What was your first tape/CD? Extra points for GIF. 

madreofdragons

I got two. It was one of those 10 for $2 catalog things. 

wrensnest

Not sure if it was my very first, but one of the first I remember. (It’s been a bit since I did a gif, sorry if I fail miserably).

madreofdragons

Sounds like we’re about the same age then @wrensnest

etnyah

I basically didn't care about new music as a kid because we didn't have MTV or anything and my parents would always play The Beatles, Queen, The Doors etc which I liked. Once I did start developing my own taste in music though, it probably started with this classic:



High. Fuckin'. Art. Right there.

megpants209

Oohh not sure if it was my first because most of mine were hand me downs from my sister but I remember my Tiffany and Ace of Base obsessions vividly. 

madreofdragons

I got a hand me down Tiffany tape from a neighbor! 

jessier19

Ace of Base was mine

sonicearplugs

The first one I actually bought was Third Eye Blind. I still know every word. 

allthingsgo

Another Ace of Base here!

sjnsjnsjn

You can tell by this that I'm o-l-d and also I got it in elementary school! I was in love with this movie which seriously was not age appropriate for a third grader but that's my mom for ya

lzzfrancisco

Ahh I can't remember which tapes I had, what stands out is the mixed tapes we would make by recording from the radio. 

eggsandwich2019

Ace of base over here as well! My dad got it for me on a trip to the U.S., I was thrilled 

madreofdragons

No wonder that album did so well. We all had it. 

episcowitch

I never had my own tapes. I made them from the radio. My mom had Columbia House(secretly). I stole her Bon Jovi and Def Leppard tapes. I was at the mercy of whatever everyone else had. 

Neighbor girls had Tiffany and Belina Carlile. 

sonicearplugs

Oops! I just re-read this and noticed it was tape, not CD. I have nooooooo idea about tape. I do remember a super awesome Chipmunks-does-oldies goodie that I used to play over and over and over again though...

madreofdragons

Nope @sonicearplugs that was my pregnancy brain. It’s supposed to say tape or cd (since a lot of us were around for both. I’m going to fix it.

lzzfrancisco

Pretty sure my first cd was Mariah Carey..? However I also had ace of bass!

madreofdragons

@lzzfrancisco one Christmas I asked for everything she ever made on tapes. That was the best Christmas morning ever. 

cmjenkies

Oh lord, I don’t know, but I used to carry around my CD case and my Walkman on the school bus in junior high, where I only toted the classic albums of the day: Brittney’s Oops album, Christina Aguilera, BSB Millenium, *NSYNC No strings attached, 50 Cent’s get rich or die tryin’, Eminem’s the Eminem Show, Jewel, and Now 5-7. 

cali1710

I definitely thought Mariah Carey too but now that Aqua was on mentioned I know Santa brought that in my stocking and cant remember which was first. Dr jones, jones, calling dr jones.. 

allthingsgo

Oh I did love Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson. Also Amy Grant. Those were some of my first tapes too. 

lmaplejc

Ace of Base was the first I tape I asked for, but somehow had the Bobby McFerrin tape as early as I can remember.

conchispita

Judge away. He sang the title song of a show I watched so I had to have it

sjnsjnsjn

@madreofdragons- I felt comforted that it said tape. It spoke to me as a geriatric

ohsunnydays

My dad is a music junkie and I swear he made me mix tapes when I was less than a year old. My mom is an artist and always played music, esp classical. (This might explain why I am a music teacher!!)
My first tape would techically Paul Simon’s Graceland. It came out the year I was born. Still have vivid musical memories of this music! 
the first CD I made the choice to buy would be Nicki French... Total Eclipse of the Heart. Ohhh yeah! 

wrensnest

@ohsunnydays haha, we definitely had the Nicki French version of Total Eclipse too, but on tape. I probably wore that thing out, lol. 

hannahbananas11

The earliest tape I remember having was of Disney songs. This was back in elementary school. I'd spin in circles with a long ribbon in the living room, singing loudly to all of the songs over and over. Except for Candle on the Water. I hated that song.
I had a very discerning taste, obviously.

madreofdragons

I had an actual album of Michael Jackson Bad. That was my prized possession.

danixbanani24

Definitely had ace of base on cassette! But THIS was my first ever CD 

BourbonBiscuits

The incomparable, self-titled Backstreet Boys album. Nick Carter was so dreamy.

thechickendance

Oh man - I was so not with pop culture as a child, my first tape I bought was The Monkees!  (I'm still terrible with pop culture so that didn't change.)

becks_726

I did not have great access to pop culture as a kid, we were a tv-less household. But I loved my brother's CD collection. He's 8 years older than me. I distinctly remember The Smashing Pumpkins, The Verve, Blink 182, Chumbawamba... 
I idolized my brother. 

allthingsgo

@becks_726 those are all great bands! Your brother had excellent taste.  

becks_726

@allthingsgo thanks, I think so too, to this day.