“But, if you didn’t sit by the radio on the weekends with a ninety-minute cassette, index, and middle finger on the record and play buttons, respectively, ready for the DJ to stop talking so you could record the songs you liked, have you lived?”
This was a HUGE part of my childhood. I was born in 91. My mom had a decent CD and record collection but the radio was still a big deal in the Atlanta area. I vividly remember my brother and I waiting for Outkast or Ludacris to come on the radio so could record their songs. Even though we were not supposed to be listening to them…
1) I definitely made friends mix-CDS. No mixtapes because I guess I’m too young for that, as weird as that is to say… But the songs would be curated to those friends requests or what I thought they’d like. But I do remember Slash’s band Velvet Revolver making many appearances.
2) I’ll go with favorite *artists instead of strictly bands. In no particular order
- John Mayer is up there for me. His blues music is superb and both his pop/ singer-songwriter and blues lyrics are phenomenal. While I don’t love every song, overall I’d say his music gets better with time.
- Guns N’ Roses is definitely one of my favorites of all time, which is kind of surprising even to me. But their music taught me to love and appreciate others’ music both before and after their time. And there is a bit of nostalgia there because that was my mom’s favorite band.
- The Lone Bellow has become a huge favorite of mine. I was hooked from the very first note of their debut album back in 2013. I highly encourage you to check them out if you have any interest in Americana music and excellent three-part harmonies.
3) I would bring the album Half Moon Light by The Lone Bellow. The Lone Bellow will also server as my band you should check out now.
4) I went through my Beatles phase in 2020. My mom didn’t care for them. So in our single-parent home, they just weren’t given the light of day. But every artists I’ve ever loved has named them as an inspiration so at some point I obviously had to check them out. Their music became the soundtrack for my next two years which brought a massive career change/ moving back to my hometown and other family challenges. The Beatles have really come to mean a lot to me.
The idea of you and your brother recording gangsta rap from the radio made me chuckle. I probably parroted lyrics in English without knowing what awful things I was saying like capping fools.
Yeah, I guess mixCDs make more sense.
I'll definitely have to check out The Lone Bellow.
I just introduced The Beatles to my kids and I'm so proud they like them.
I will usually love any article about music even if it may not have been objectively interesting lol. but I genuinely enjoyed this one. Thanks for sharing it. God bless you and your family, brother!
“But, if you didn’t sit by the radio on the weekends with a ninety-minute cassette, index, and middle finger on the record and play buttons, respectively, ready for the DJ to stop talking so you could record the songs you liked, have you lived?”
This was a HUGE part of my childhood. I was born in 91. My mom had a decent CD and record collection but the radio was still a big deal in the Atlanta area. I vividly remember my brother and I waiting for Outkast or Ludacris to come on the radio so could record their songs. Even though we were not supposed to be listening to them…
1) I definitely made friends mix-CDS. No mixtapes because I guess I’m too young for that, as weird as that is to say… But the songs would be curated to those friends requests or what I thought they’d like. But I do remember Slash’s band Velvet Revolver making many appearances.
2) I’ll go with favorite *artists instead of strictly bands. In no particular order
- John Mayer is up there for me. His blues music is superb and both his pop/ singer-songwriter and blues lyrics are phenomenal. While I don’t love every song, overall I’d say his music gets better with time.
- Guns N’ Roses is definitely one of my favorites of all time, which is kind of surprising even to me. But their music taught me to love and appreciate others’ music both before and after their time. And there is a bit of nostalgia there because that was my mom’s favorite band.
- The Lone Bellow has become a huge favorite of mine. I was hooked from the very first note of their debut album back in 2013. I highly encourage you to check them out if you have any interest in Americana music and excellent three-part harmonies.
3) I would bring the album Half Moon Light by The Lone Bellow. The Lone Bellow will also server as my band you should check out now.
4) I went through my Beatles phase in 2020. My mom didn’t care for them. So in our single-parent home, they just weren’t given the light of day. But every artists I’ve ever loved has named them as an inspiration so at some point I obviously had to check them out. Their music became the soundtrack for my next two years which brought a massive career change/ moving back to my hometown and other family challenges. The Beatles have really come to mean a lot to me.
The idea of you and your brother recording gangsta rap from the radio made me chuckle. I probably parroted lyrics in English without knowing what awful things I was saying like capping fools.
Yeah, I guess mixCDs make more sense.
I'll definitely have to check out The Lone Bellow.
I just introduced The Beatles to my kids and I'm so proud they like them.
I will usually love any article about music even if it may not have been objectively interesting lol. but I genuinely enjoyed this one. Thanks for sharing it. God bless you and your family, brother!
Thank you and right back at you! Peace!