Posts for Year: 1985

fifi

Kingman, AZ

Rockline

1985...Rockline...the number I dialed was ringing...(fifi) Hello, can I talk to Rick or Robin? (rick) This is Rick and Robin. (fifi) Oh, Who was the song...
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karban01

Saint Paul, MN

My first live concert

It was 1985 and it was my frist concert. I was excited to see AC/DC for the first time live in front of me. The place was packed. I was sitting side stage...
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rhayes85

Houston, TX

Music Hell

Growing up as a kid I always heard this song at every sporting event I went to. Still to this day I hear this song at football games, baseball games, and...
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TRIXXXC

Monroe, GA

MY FIRST CONCERT

IT WAS 23 YEARS AGO, ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1985. I WAS 14. I LIVED WITH MY THEN 58 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER. SHE HAD WORKED THAT DAY. WHEN SHE CAME HOME SHE...
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joyforjc

Lexington, KY

My Green Hat

It was right after St Patricks Day, at Madison Square Garden. My boyfriend, (later we married and had a son and my husband passed away in 1988), and I had a...
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MarkHolling...

Nashville, TN

Transcendenc e at a U2 Show

While watching U2’s new Vertigo Live from Chicago DVD, I began reminiscing about one of my favorite concert experiences from the 14 times I have seen this...
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IAmBrady

West Hollywood, CA

Driving with the Older Kids

I got to ride to the drill team competition in San Antonio with the popular older kids - Lana Morris and Ladd Mitchell. We played this entire album, but I...
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colleenIngram

Jacksonville, FL

Growing up new kids

Note: please do forgive my spelling errorsI picked keep on smilin' because that is one of my fav. songs....It is hard to pick one story, but when I...
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wavdav

Mission, KS

Discovering Kayleigh

I'd heard the song "Kayleigh" on KYYS, my local rock station, and liked it. I knew nothing about the band Marillion, but kept picking up the tape...
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DanielLevitin

Canada

Stevie Wonder in the Middle East

In 1985, while travelling in the Middle East, I decided to visit Jericho, reputed to be the oldest continuously populated city in the world. We drove for...
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dbisbee

Tampa, FL

End of an era

My first full recording project. Does not get released for another 15 years. Wow a lot of memories.
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Vexed

Bethesda, MD

My First Song.

I was born in 1983, the same year that the Toy Dolls released their first real album, and, arguably, their biggest and most important record. Which, for the...
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aztechnix

Mexico

Free and out of High school

How I like to remember those times, when I was all enthusiatic about goign out of high school, at that time I had my yellow VW all loaded with a stereo...
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boomshot

Sacramento, CA

Riding my mountain bike

I vividly remember finishing my radio show and flying "down the hill" of UCSC campus to downtown Santa Cruz, with a huge bag of records strapped to...
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clintschaff

Houston, TX

Soundtrack to my first hip hop...

My cousin John and I made a hip hop album in 1985. The instrumental theme served as the beats for our original song. In the song, my cousin raps, "The...
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PSYCD

Philadelphia, PA

High School Hooligans

I liked to play this one extra loud.
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Beene

Richmond, VA

It Usually Involves Girls,...

In late 1984 I discovered punk and "college rock" through a friend at camp; from then on I was hooked. Not just on the music, but the camp thing as...
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suicidekitt...

Ogden, UT

Album covers

When I was little, I used to love looking at all the album covers in my mom's collection and make up stories about what was pictured on the cover. My brother...
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redwanda

Columbia, SC

what the boys called me

I was always thought of as the girl who would not come down from my throne. The fellows thought of me as a prima dona. Really, I was not. I enjoyed getting...
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Dany7302

Mexico

I knew it!

During those days it was very hard to obtain quality music in Mexico, in a recent trip to NY my dad bring home a bunch of cd's from several artist, that time...
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scherrv

Saint Louis, MO

a new life

Before this song was released, I was going through a very rough time. High school was not going very well. I was dealing with the realization that i was gay....
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logangal23

Logansport, IN

Uptown Girl

My mom used to sing this song to me when I was a little girl and we would just dance. I even much later fell in love with a downtown boy lol. Just a really a...
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punky_bruiser

York, PA

my first cassette tape

i already had the tape, but no tape player!! i couldnt wait for xmas for my grandma to give me the one i asked for. thats all i wanted. 20+ years later and i...
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giantrobot

Mission Viejo, CA

Misunderstoo d

I was about four years old when I first heard this song. My dad put together a mixtape and was playing it on the way to our babysitter's house. I heard this...
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