Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

Here we go.

2000: Born, raised on a steady diet of early rock 'n' roll, especially the Beach Boys.

2010: Hears "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" played as a piano solo, falls in love with the melody.

2012: Starts getting into popular music. Plays George Hamilton IV's Lassoes 'n Spurs and Brian Wilson's Imagination over and over again. My passion for folk begins here.

2013:
January: Rediscovers the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.
May: Hears "Yesterday" for the first time, is consequently smitten by Beatlemania.
November: Hears the Doors' "Light My Fire" for the first time. My passion for psych begins here.

2014:
February: Joins MusicBanter. Things get crazy.

Originally Posted by grindy

You are fourteen? Or did I misunderstand something?
If I didn't: Respect. Not even necessarily for the musical taste (for that, too though), but for your overall style of writing and conversation. I think when I was fourteen, it would have been totally visible in my posts, if I've had internet back then. And not in a good way...

Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

Thanks! I actually enjoy people's reactions when I tell them my age (narcissist much?), so I don't make it painfully obvious. You might be shocked to learn that Josef K is also fourteen and Briks is fifteen.

Originally Posted by grindy

I would have been proud, too.
Didn't come across Josef K yet, but Briks also seems older.
Thank god I was never someone who was bashing "the youth of today" so I don't have to feel ashamed now.