The first single you purchased - Page 3

MANT! · May 10 2010, 03:08 AM

I've only bought albums..1st one "Out of the Blue" by ELO..

http://vinylrecords.ch/E/EL/Electric...ut-blue-45.jpg

1st CD, Pink Floyd's "Momentary Lapse of Reason"

1st legal download..."Hey,Hey,What can I do?" by Led Zeppelin..

Trilliam · May 10 2010, 03:17 AM

Ist CD was "Hot August Night" to replace the vinyl I'd bought in 75 (I think).

M'Sharak · May 10 2010, 03:53 AM

I bought many more albums than I ever did singles, but the first single might have been the 45 of Led Zeppelin's "The Immigrant Song" with "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" as the B-side. About 1971 or '72, this.

Capn Flukie · May 10 2010, 04:01 AM

I'll just leave this here in case anyone needs it...

caisson2delta · May 10 2010, 04:22 AM

I don't remember off hand. I know I didn't buy too many singles, usually vinyl or tapes. The first one that I can really remember purchasing was when I was in my 20's and I believe it was a cover of "Knocking on Heavens Door" by the Sisters of Mercy.

1001001 · May 10 2010, 04:38 AM

Flukie wrote:

I'll just leave this here in case anyone needs it...

Nice.

If I showed that to my 15 year old, she'd have no idea what it was...

Mr. B · May 10 2010, 04:47 AM

I was ready to post saying I've never bought a single, but I remembered that last year I bought my first and only single, Shake Ya Boogie, The Remix EP by Mocean Worker.

TrekkieMonster · May 10 2010, 01:00 PM

Trilliam wrote:

TrekkieMonster wrote:

"ABC" by the Jackson Five on 45, baby. I think "Rockin' Robin" was on the B-side.

You'd be about my vintage then?

It's nice to know there are a few of us still around.

Flukie wrote:

I'll just leave this here in case anyone needs it...

Ah yes, I remember it well.

Reminds me of a story. I have a friend who's a high school music/theater teacher. He brought in an album -- a vinyl album -- to share some song with his kids. It was already on the turntable, and he asked one of the students to play a particular song. He said the kid just looked at the turntable, back at him, back at the turntable and finally confessed that she had no earthly idea what to do to start the music. *sigh*

Pingfah · May 10 2010, 01:32 PM

Scrawny71 wrote:

Hammer To Fall by Queen and Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid. Guess I should stand in the corner or something.

Hammer to Fall is a great song.

I think the first single I bought might have been A Kind of Magic, although I really can't remember now.

The first single I was given was The Birdie Song by The Tweets.

Geckothan · May 10 2010, 02:31 PM

TrekkieMonster wrote:

Reminds me of a story. I have a friend who's a high school music/theater teacher. He brought in an album -- a vinyl album -- to share some song with his kids. It was already on the turntable, and he asked one of the students to play a particular song. He said the kid just looked at the turntable, back at him, back at the turntable and finally confessed that she had no earthly idea what to do to start the music. *sigh*

That's shocking and sad. I grew up in the era of compact cassette and CD, and even I knew how to play a record without ruining it when I was 2 years old

the Dagman · May 10 2010, 02:42 PM

Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann. And yes, I bought it new.

Yeoman Randi · May 10 2010, 02:50 PM

1001001 wrote:

Flukie wrote:

I'll just leave this here in case anyone needs it...

Nice.

If I showed that to my 15 year old, she'd have no idea what it was...

VERY nice! Now there's a memory!
I'm sure my daughter wouldn't know what it was either.

Pretty sure my first single was "She Loves You" by the Beatles (would anyone have NOT recognized the song if i had just mentioned the title and not the artist? If so, get offa my lawn!)

Once, around the time my daughter was 12 we walked into an antiques store and they had a dial telephone. My daughter actually asked me how was it used.

Scout101 · May 10 2010, 03:04 PM

They still SELL singles?!?

macloudt · May 10 2010, 03:52 PM

1001001 wrote:

Flukie wrote:

I'll just leave this here in case anyone needs it...

Nice.

If I showed that to my 15 year old, she'd have no idea what it was...

Hee, my kids would know, but only because their dad has an impressive vinyl collection.

A few years ago my husband was taking an LP off the record player and my daughter's friend, then about 11, said, "Wow, that's a large CD!" The look on the face of my 40-something husband was priceless.

Mike Farley · May 10 2010, 05:40 PM

I think the only single I ever bought was Batdance by Prince. I was all caught up in Bat-mania in 1989.

May 10 2010, 03:08 AM	#31
MANT! Rear Admiral Location: Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Re: The first single you purchased I've only bought albums..1st one "Out of the Blue" by ELO.. http://vinylrecords.ch/E/EL/Electric...ut-blue-45.jpg 1st CD, Pink Floyd's "Momentary Lapse of Reason" 1st legal download..."Hey,Hey,What can I do?" by Led Zeppelin.. __________________ "Young lady, human/insect mutation is far from an exact science..."

May 10 2010, 03:17 AM	#32
Trilliam Captain Location: Sydney. Australia	Re: The first single you purchased Ist CD was "Hot August Night" to replace the vinyl I'd bought in 75 (I think).

May 10 2010, 03:53 AM	#33
M'Sharak Definitely Herbert. Maybe. Location: Terra Inlandia	Re: The first single you purchased I bought many more albums than I ever did singles, but the first single might have been the 45 of Led Zeppelin's "The Immigrant Song" with "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" as the B-side. About 1971 or '72, this. __________________ I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split. — Kurt Vonnegut

May 10 2010, 04:01 AM	#34
Capn Flukie Fleet Admiral Location: Flukie	Re: The first single you purchased I'll just leave this here in case anyone needs it... __________________ I am an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, stuffed with wild mushrooms, and served on a bed of fresh greens.

May 10 2010, 04:22 AM	#35
caisson2delta Captain Location: The South of Florida	Re: The first single you purchased I don't remember off hand. I know I didn't buy too many singles, usually vinyl or tapes. The first one that I can really remember purchasing was when I was in my 20's and I believe it was a cover of "Knocking on Heavens Door" by the Sisters of Mercy.

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May 10 2010, 04:47 AM	#37
Mr. B Vice Admiral Location: New Orleans	Re: The first single you purchased I was ready to post saying I've never bought a single, but I remembered that last year I bought my first and only single, Shake Ya Boogie, The Remix EP by Mocean Worker. __________________ “Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.” -Oscar Wilde

May 10 2010, 02:42 PM	#41
the Dagman Commodore Location: just north of Berkeley, CA	Re: The first single you purchased Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann. And yes, I bought it new. __________________ The Dagman has left the building.

May 10 2010, 03:04 PM	#43
Scout101 Admiral Location: Rhode Island, USA	Re: The first single you purchased They still SELL singles?!? __________________ Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created by man. ~Jack Handey STO: @JScout33

May 10 2010, 05:40 PM	#45
Mike Farley Commodore Location: Lost Vegas	Re: The first single you purchased I think the only single I ever bought was Batdance by Prince. I was all caught up in Bat-mania in 1989.