I would think that everyone has had one of these. That moment when your musical tastes were shaped forever and you knew that no music would ever just be OK any more. This was the moment that music began to make sense and you were fully on board with that idea.
For me, it came a few years ago. My Mum and Dad were separated and my step-dad came into the fold. Not only was he so into Rock music that he had long hair down his back, but he would never stop talking about music and how rock music had changed the world. Every rock band that walked the face of the Earth should pay tribute to the bands who had come before them and in particular, it was one ban whom he referenced constantly... Metallica.
Now, the idea of this thread is not to tell tales of how you came to like Metallica, or any other band for that matter. The idea behind this thread is to tell other when you became a follower of music. Music is everywhere. It is on the public transport that you use to get to your work. It is playing when you get there and it will be playing when you watch TV. Like it or not, music defines who we are and what we feel. The power that music can harness would frighten you and this thread is designed for you guys to tell us when the moment was that you realised that music would never be the same again in your mind. Post the video/song/story that accompanies this rite of passage too.
For me, it all comes back to this story about my step dad. We drove a banged up car and the only thing that was working in it was the cassette player,. Luckily, the only cassette that seemed to work in it was a mix tape of Metallica. I would be lying if I said that I liked it at a very young age. However, when I grew up and musical tastes were beginning to shape who I was, one song became very prominent in my head. In Scotland, Metallica have a fan base but you will find it hard to find a lot of people who were my age that were interested. However, this one song made me who I was in relation to music. It fashioned my liking of music and that song is Enter Sandman.
The raw emotion that runs through every stroke of the guitar's strings make me shiver with joy. This song is unrivalled in every sense of the word. The feeling of it, the grandeur! Everything about this song speaks to me and when I was at the age of 12/13, when music was becoming a huge part of my life, this song was so important.
But what about you? What are your stories?
For me, it came a few years ago. My Mum and Dad were separated and my step-dad came into the fold. Not only was he so into Rock music that he had long hair down his back, but he would never stop talking about music and how rock music had changed the world. Every rock band that walked the face of the Earth should pay tribute to the bands who had come before them and in particular, it was one ban whom he referenced constantly... Metallica.
Now, the idea of this thread is not to tell tales of how you came to like Metallica, or any other band for that matter. The idea behind this thread is to tell other when you became a follower of music. Music is everywhere. It is on the public transport that you use to get to your work. It is playing when you get there and it will be playing when you watch TV. Like it or not, music defines who we are and what we feel. The power that music can harness would frighten you and this thread is designed for you guys to tell us when the moment was that you realised that music would never be the same again in your mind. Post the video/song/story that accompanies this rite of passage too.
For me, it all comes back to this story about my step dad. We drove a banged up car and the only thing that was working in it was the cassette player,. Luckily, the only cassette that seemed to work in it was a mix tape of Metallica. I would be lying if I said that I liked it at a very young age. However, when I grew up and musical tastes were beginning to shape who I was, one song became very prominent in my head. In Scotland, Metallica have a fan base but you will find it hard to find a lot of people who were my age that were interested. However, this one song made me who I was in relation to music. It fashioned my liking of music and that song is Enter Sandman.
The raw emotion that runs through every stroke of the guitar's strings make me shiver with joy. This song is unrivalled in every sense of the word. The feeling of it, the grandeur! Everything about this song speaks to me and when I was at the age of 12/13, when music was becoming a huge part of my life, this song was so important.
But what about you? What are your stories?
), both my roommate and myself had an extensive music collection. We had very similar tastes, and even wound up buying alot of the same music. Well, between semesters, he had a family emergency, and wound up moving back home. With it, by purpose or not, he took our entire music collection with him. I was literally out of about 100 CD's, and had to start over.
