The Swamp

Jerloma wrote:I'm almost positive it was this...

I had this on wax. Loved those movies.

govmentchedda wrote:

Jerloma wrote:I'm almost positive it was this...

I had this on wax. Loved those movies.

Have you tried watching it lately? It's like the most surreal thing I've ever seen...

Ten year old me LOVED that movie. That clip is hilarious now. That's Shaq's All Star game intro move when the chick joins in.

I loved that movie too. That battle scene is awesome. I guess the bad guys won because they had a girl? The rules are a little hazy to me.

According to imdb, Breakin came out in May 1984, and Breakin' 2 was released in December 1984. That would make it seven year old me, and how did they release the sequel only seven months later? The story and acting are so great, you could never tell it was made in one long weekend in early June.

Around half of my first 50 or so albums were bought from the second-hand bins. Getting LPs like Cream's "Disraeli Gears" for 50 cents was a good feeling. This worked well for me because I started buying albums in the early 70s, which meant some good 60s albums were starting to hit the second-hand market.

Double albums were also starting to come out. Those were good deals on a cost per minute of music basis. And some were essentially live greatest hits albums.

First cassette



First CD

They're breakdance fighting!

The first tape I can recall buying with my own money was this:

Shirley wrote:I loved that movie too. That battle scene is awesome. I guess the bad guys won because they had a girl? The rules are a little hazy to me.

Yeah, they didn't know how to handle the girl so they got themselves a white ballerina and taught her how to break for the next battle and unleashed hell on them.

AB_skin_test wrote:The first tape I can recall buying with my own money was this:

That tape is the only item I have ever had stolen from me in a hotel.

Listening to my mom sing "Big Ole Butt" is one of my favorite memories.

I'm here for the pube. There's no pube.

I remember the first three CDs I had, but I didn't pay for any of them. The first I bought were I believe part of a BMG 12 CDs for $36 (a cent plus $35.99 in fees that's still a really good deal) but I don't remember exactly which ones they were.

My first. Probably my favorite Beatles album.

My first concert was in the spring of 1970. Ray Charles, at Millett Hall, at Miami. I felt like the center of an Oreo.

Icepenis wrote:The first I bought were I believe part of a BMG 12 CDs for $36 (a cent plus $35.99 in fees that's still a really good deal

I did that through Columbia House three or four times during my college years. I heard constant warnings on what a scam it was, but if you kept up with it and bought smart to fulfill the terms, it was an amazing deal. Definitely helped me build my CD collection quickly and inexpensively.

ZMan wrote:

Icepenis wrote:The first I bought were I believe part of a BMG 12 CDs for $36 (a cent plus $35.99 in fees that's still a really good deal

I did that through Columbia House three or four times during my college years. I heard constant warnings on what a scam it was, but if you kept up with it and bought smart to fulfill the terms, it was an amazing deal. Definitely helped me build my CD collection quickly and inexpensively.

I had a fraternity friend (now, an attorney) that signed up for as many as he could. Under the name Dutch Bagge.

ZMan wrote:

Icepenis wrote:The first I bought were I believe part of a BMG 12 CDs for $36 (a cent plus $35.99 in fees that's still a really good deal

I did that through Columbia House three or four times during my college years. I heard constant warnings on what a scam it was, but if you kept up with it and bought smart to fulfill the terms, it was an amazing deal. Definitely helped me build my CD collection quickly and inexpensively.

I joined both back in the day. Never understood why people said it was a scam. Sure, some of the initial 12 for a penny I would never have paid for in a store, but the required purchases after the initial giveaway wasn't all that much, and it was all stuff I would have bought anyways. Downside is I got stuck with Steve Miller Band's Greatest Hits along with 10 discs I wanted. Considering I had a collection of 2 or 3 CDs at the time, it was a great way to build.

First LP, bought in 1980



First CDs, bought in 1986, guy in the dorm room next to me had a CD player

First album:




First cassette:




First CD:




First Legit MP3 download:



I had the single Teeth of the Hydra on a Metal Blade compilation cassette with a bunch of other great early metal tracks. Had it for a long long time but after it finally gave out I could never replace it, on any format. Finally came across that Best of Omen mp3 on Amazon around 2003, I think, and caved in easily. I would have paid $10 for just the one track. Amazing song.

Not sure what my first album was, but this was one of the first.



For a first CD, I was desperate to buy one and found this. I had heard one of the songs and liked it.

Got caught stealing this cassette at Caldors in 1984. I must have been the straw that drove the struggling chain into bankruptcy.

Thinking of Jamie Lannister and Game of Thrones reminded me that I think my first record (45) was The Things We Do for Love, by 10cc.

Denis wrote:
I had the single Teeth of the Hydra on a Metal Blade compilation cassette with a bunch of other great early metal tracks. Had it for a long long time but after it finally gave out I could never replace it, on any format. Finally came across that Best of Omen mp3 on Amazon around 2003, I think, and caved in easily. I would have paid $10 for just the one track. Amazing song.

Nice work on the originality front. Any other Swamper own any of these? Not making fun of the music, just making fun of the homogeneity are community breeds at times.

The Sybian wrote:

Denis wrote:
I had the single Teeth of the Hydra on a Metal Blade compilation cassette with a bunch of other great early metal tracks. Had it for a long long time but after it finally gave out I could never replace it, on any format. Finally came across that Best of Omen mp3 on Amazon around 2003, I think, and caved in easily. I would have paid $10 for just the one track. Amazing song.

Nice work on the originality front. Any other Swamper own any of these? Not making fun of the music, just making fun of the homogeneity are community breeds at times.

I didn't have any of those, but I was a hard-rocker through my teens for sure - but an earlier era, with such favorite bands in the 1970s that included Kiss, UFO, Montrose, Scorpions, Foghat, Rush, etc. Hell, I still have some of 'em on my ipod.

The Sybian wrote:

Denis wrote:
I had the single Teeth of the Hydra on a Metal Blade compilation cassette with a bunch of other great early metal tracks. Had it for a long long time but after it finally gave out I could never replace it, on any format. Finally came across that Best of Omen mp3 on Amazon around 2003, I think, and caved in easily. I would have paid $10 for just the one track. Amazing song.

Nice work on the originality front. Any other Swamper own any of these? Not making fun of the music, just making fun of the homogeneity are community breeds at times.

Thanks, I think. My tastes are all over the map, not just the novelty metal above. I don't own any CD's today actually, I ripped everything to HD and gave the media to the local library. My Spotify contents would make G.G. Allin cry. From Gojira to Jobim to Shad and back again. The Shins are my current weakness, their newest Port of Morrow is a masterpiece. You must listen to it.

First cd.

I think my first tape was a Beach Boys greatest hits of some sort. I tried to buy an MC Hammer tape once and my mother made me return it.

My first CDs were all Rolling Stones and The Beatles. I used the cash I earned working for the family's warehouse during the summer I was 14 to get the cash to pay for it. I think I got a bonus of 5 or 8 CDs for buying the player at Disc Jockey so I went with shit I knew I loved.

Weatherfrog wrote:I tried to buy an MC Hammer tape once and my mother made me return it.

I LOLed.

Suck it.

P.D.X. wrote:Suck it.

Ooh baby, do you know what that's worth?

govmentchedda wrote:Ooh baby, do you know what that's worth?

You have to spin around as you say it.

howard wrote:

govmentchedda wrote:Ooh baby, do you know what that's worth?

You have to spin around as you say it.

Oh, I did.

Holy shit, she's 54 years old.

rass wrote:Holy shit, she's 54 years old.

And still pretty hot.

And where?

I'd rather be horrible than Spurs. At least horrible never gives you false hope.

degenerasian wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 1:54 pm I'd rather be horrible than Spurs. At least horrible never gives you false hope.

The Smiths?

Lol sorry.