Posts for Year: 1987

Chukchek

Southborough, MA

Driving Fast

I grew up in West Akron, on the edges of the Cuyahoga River Valley. Pretty much anywhere I wanted to go, I could get to by driving through the local park...
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Chukchek

Southborough, MA

An Afternoon with Rachel

A small memory. My family and I were coming back from lunch one weekend, during the spring of my senior year of high school. As we were driving up a long...
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Coronaboy

Monticello, IL

Car Shows and Summr Fun

It was either 1987 or 1988, I was big into the oldies music at the time, and we used to hit up a lot of the car shows. My dad had a 1955 Chevy that he was...
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flora

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The Year I was Born

Very often when you're in a touristic spot, the one thing you encounter are these chummy/cheesy(?)stores that, besides various tacky knickknacks of the...
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TheNewClassic

Houston, TX

My first concert!

I'm very proud to say that my very first ever concert experience was to see Joan Jett in North Dakota. Now, we didn't get a lot of big concert tours to come...
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muzicmistress

San Pedro, CA

Those Damn Dreams!

Sorry folks, it is just another one of those silly videos that make me re-live my rockstar dreams! Warrant does it to me too, not just because I happen to...
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ColoPaulMn

Glencoe, MN

concert memory

I have seen hundreds of concerts over the years growing up in Colorado (now living in Minnesota) many of those at Red Rocks where the famed "Under A...
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crash

Shelton, CT

Still Singing

It was the Joshua Tree tour. Lone Justice opened for them. U2 performed on an open stage with basic but good lighting. No special effects. No video screens....
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BluesJamGal

Massachusetts

Joshua Tree Tour

This is actually my favorite concert memory of all time; a standard U2 final encore song during the Joshua Tree tour was a stirring version of "40"...
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Shastings1287

Indiana, PA

Truth

I remember when this song was written about me.
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curvygoddess

Boston, MA

Lost my virginity

I can't hear this (awful) song without thinking about my parents basement, my hs boyfriend Jeff wearing his Z. Cavariccis and trying to figure out where...
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petunia

Olive Branch, MS

My First Favorite Song

i was home listening to the radio when Be My Girl came on, it was the first time i had heard them and i was in love. i was so glad to get to meet 3 of them...
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srfchf

Farmington, MI

My introduction to music.

My friend and I had heard this song on the radio for teh first time. We loved it so much that we went to Birdland Records and each bought it on casset. Later...
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Leila

Salem, OR

Name origin

I was named after this song.Details:I was named after the Derek and the Dominos' version. STRICTLY not the solo version.Also, the non-acoustic.Additionally,...
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Nipplehead

Orangevale, CA

WOW

WOW! When I heard Iva Davies' voice that was all that I could say. Have you ever noticed that some vocalists have the ability to project a sound with very...
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Nipplehead

Orangevale, CA

Ringing in my ears

I still get chills when I hear David Gahan's voice on this track. His voice was pure. And not just pure, it was powerful. The later Depeche Mode albums were...
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PSYCD

Philadelphia, PA

Being early with the Emo

I would blare this song throughout the neighborhood just to send a message of highschool pent up emotion.
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Brian

Richmond, VA

living in the movies

(Really more about "Night & Day," but the greatest hits album will do)Back in the eighties (oh, sweet eighties) I lived with my parents in a...
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csinla

Los Angeles, CA

Soundtrack to a breakup

This is about a song that's on the only mix tape I made for ME. Whenever I hear it, it still takes me back....... December 1987: I had just been...
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jmbstrange

Los Angeles, CA

Just the Way My Mom Was

I was in the car with my family, and "Just the Way You Are" came on. My mom was on a diet at the time. I was nine years old and wanted her to know...
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logangal23

Logansport, IN

The first time I heard The Beatles

I remember hearing "A Day In The Life" and thinking who is singing this? Whose haunting voice was that? Unfortunately I was not even of existence...
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punky_bruiser

York, PA

2nd tape

oh my god the memories!!!!
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marymaryqui...

Sumter, SC

I chose my wedding song when I...

It was the first wedding I had ever attended, and I was absolutely enthralled. Such pomp and circumstance, such formality. I may have been only four, but I...
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yadgirl

Knoxville, TN

My fist trip to Atlanta

A friend and I drove 300 miles to see a concert, but the concert was cancelled, and we ended up having to drive back home. We ended up sleeping in the car...
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