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savannah · 03-29-2009, 08:49 PM

growing up i was always very musically aware,...both of my parents, in separate homes, exposed me to a pretty wide range of music, rather than just what was played on the radio,....however

i remember in fourth grade i got my first cd player,...for christmas,....i also got bush's 16 stone,....that was like, the big rock radio hit of that year,......i remember that being important to me,....but it was a few months later when i disected my father's collection that i lifted a few albums off of him (he still asks for them back to this day)

neil young - harvest (this is still a very important album to me, not only becuase of the emotional connection i have to it, due to it being my father's favorite,.....but because the older i get the more it makes sence,.....i still listen to it constantly, and youngs words never fail to stop me in my tracks)

led zepplin - 'four' (i think we can all agree how that would blow a fourth graders mind)

U2 - war (this was when i relized that music was also a political force)

allman brothers - filmore east (and another thats still a favorite,.....its when i first heard the music,...and not just some words thrown around to a tune,.....i mean really felt every note played, and asked myself why)

i think these albums were also what allowed me to hang on to grunge so hard,.....its really easy to transition between them for me,....

i also grew up listenin to alot of texas singer song writer stuff thanks to my mom,.....

jerry jeff walker's great gonzos was huge for me,......

growin up in the 90s, it seemed like country music was garth brooks,.....
but because of jerry jeff walker, i was introduced to people like kris kristpherson, willie nelson, gary p nunn, steve earle, ray wylie hubbard,......and that blew the doors open to most of what i listen to now,...

03-29-2009, 08:49 PM	#63 (permalink)
savannah afrocentric Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: texas Posts: 753	growing up i was always very musically aware,...both of my parents, in separate homes, exposed me to a pretty wide range of music, rather than just what was played on the radio,....however i remember in fourth grade i got my first cd player,...for christmas,....i also got bush's 16 stone,....that was like, the big rock radio hit of that year,......i remember that being important to me,....but it was a few months later when i disected my father's collection that i lifted a few albums off of him (he still asks for them back to this day) neil young - harvest (this is still a very important album to me, not only becuase of the emotional connection i have to it, due to it being my father's favorite,.....but because the older i get the more it makes sence,.....i still listen to it constantly, and youngs words never fail to stop me in my tracks) led zepplin - 'four' (i think we can all agree how that would blow a fourth graders mind) U2 - war (this was when i relized that music was also a political force) allman brothers - filmore east (and another thats still a favorite,.....its when i first heard the music,...and not just some words thrown around to a tune,.....i mean really felt every note played, and asked myself why) i think these albums were also what allowed me to hang on to grunge so hard,.....its really easy to transition between them for me,.... i also grew up listenin to alot of texas singer song writer stuff thanks to my mom,..... jerry jeff walker's great gonzos was huge for me,...... growin up in the 90s, it seemed like country music was garth brooks,..... but because of jerry jeff walker, i was introduced to people like kris kristpherson, willie nelson, gary p nunn, steve earle, ray wylie hubbard,......and that blew the doors open to most of what i listen to now,... __________________ i changed my mind; i changed my mind;now i'm feeling different all that time, wasted i wish i was a little more delicate i wish my i wish my i wish my i wish my i wish my name was clementine - sarah jaffe