I’m listening to Audioslave’s self titled. It’s still perfect. What’s yours?

  • Elaine@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    4 months ago

    Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. Funny story time - it seemed like everyone had or wanted to have that album when it came out. We did not have it though because it was hard to find in my village. A boy I knew had the album and agreed to make a recording for me on cassette. I was super pumped and got the tape from him on Friday at school before a slumber party with my besties. Saturday morning we’re all sitting around the table with my friend’s huge family and they pulled out a cassette player and set it in the center of the table. The first three tracks played while we’re monching pancakes and I was so chuffed to have brought this sought after album. Then “Thriller” came on - the song - which is nearly six minutes long. Everyone knows the song and it’s ramping up but then suddenly the music cuts out with a click. It was the boy who recorded it speaking in to a mic saying, “Elaine, I recorded this for you because I love you.” Mind you, I’m ten so the entire room - adults and kids are dying of laughter while I was desperately trying to crawl across the table to shut it off. Someone grabbed the tape player from my reach and I died instantly. This is my clone typing this in 2024.

  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    4 months ago

    When I was ten Master of Puppets and Slippery When Wet were both released and awesome.

    That said, and as a fan of the wierd and heavy, Graceland by Paul Simon was also released and is one of the best albums of all time.

    • frickineh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Ooh that’s a good from when I was 10, too. I didn’t become fully obsessed with them until Americana, though. I don’t think any other cd has ever gotten as much play as that one.

      • darkdemize@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        Americana was a great one, too. That was more like high school days for me, though. I was getting more into Tool around the time that came out.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Its funny, the Offspring was the first band I ever found I liked outside of my parent’s interests and as I get older, their earlier albums just sound better and better to me

  • frickineh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 months ago

    Brandy’s first album. Or TLC’s. Both of those tapes got played to deaaath. But my real favorite was probably whatever mixtape my sister and I had most recently made from the radio because that shit was custom. No skips.

    • sentientity@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      Yessss. One thing I really miss is making custom mixes. (Though it was cds for me). A playlist isn’t quite the same.

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 months ago

    Comes down to one of two, and to varying degrees they both hold up.

    1. Dare to be Stupid by Weird Al. Not a single miss, Al possibly at the height of his powers, and that’s saying a lot.
    2. The Top Gun soundtrack. Whammy bar intensifies: wah wah wah, wanna wanna wah wah, wanna WAH wanna WAH, wanna WAH wah.
  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

    (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

    That was a time where a young kid listened to anything his older siblings were jamming to. So Oasis was one of my favorite bands at that age.