1st time I heard this song...I was like...

[GOS]

Pupster made a comment in another thread about first time he heard a particular song...and was like "what was that"??

I think one of my moments that is crystal clear was somewhere around 1980, and I heard (unknown to me) this guy called Ozzy Osbourne singing Crazy Train. Just the sheer attack was something I hadn't ever heard...at least on the radio.

I was blown away, and forever a fan. From that day forward, I then realized he was with Black Sabbath. Mind blown...at that time.

 

[H.A.L.]

Definitely "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen!

 

[Marplot]

Elephant Talk from King Crimson caused me to take my Kiss and Zep posters off the wall and expand the types of music I listened to.

 

[privateuniverse]

In 1982 I was in high school. Every kid in school had to have a "work job". Usually something like sweeping floors or washing dishes. In my junior year I managed to snag a sweet one. I got to catalog all new LPs that came into the library. There was an alum who was working for CBS/Sony who put the library on the mailing list so we got all new releases from those labels, and often weeks before release date. As the guy who cataloged the albums, I got first crack at checking them out and taking them home. Billy Joel's The Nylon Curtain came in a few weeks before it hit the stores. I already loved Billy so of course I took it home. I put the needle down on side one and.....woah! This was a 180° shift from the previous album, Glass Houses. Sonically, this was big, bigger than anything he had ever done before. It was his Sgt. Pepper. Lyrically it was the heaviest thing he had ever done. On side one he was tackling unemployment, guilt, pressure & Viet Nam. This was a far cry from "You May Be Right" or "Just the Way You Are". Side one blew me away so much that I couldn't turn the album over. I had to listen to side one again. And gain. And again. I sat in my room and listened to side one seven consecutive times before finally turning the record over and listening to the second side. I've never had another album that made me do that.

Edit: Oh, FYI, for those who don't know, those four songs are "Allentown", Laura", "Pressure" and "Goodnight Saigon".

 

[JohnN]

1968 Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride start, Zombies Time Of The Season and Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Good way to kick-off those teenage years. All bent my mind...

 

[GOS]

1968 Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride start, Zombies Time Of The Season and Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Good way to kick-off those teenage years. All bent my mind...

I'd agree on Time Of The Season. What an awesome, groundbreaking tune.

 

[Willie Wilson]

Standing in a convenience store in 1986 and I hear the opening chords of a song that are a direct throwback to Chuck Berry but louder and fuller. Singer comes in and he is energetic, powerful and ready to add some roll to the rock. He keeps going and I notice a definite twang to the voice, which, to me, adds credibility.

Next thing I know, the drums, bass and lead guitar all come thundering in and this song is taking off right now! Big drum sound, metronome of a rhythm guitar track and some wailing lead guitar. I’m thinking, holy shit, who are these guys and what else have they done?

I stood in front of the beer cooler until the song ended, but this was an FM station, so no song ID followed. I grabbed my Schlitz Malt Liquor tallboys, went to the counter and asked the clerk what station was on.

Got home, cracked a tallboy, called the station and the DJ told me it was a great new record by the Georgia Satellites and the song is called “Keep Your Hands to Yourself.”

Next day, I head out to The Shoppe in Berea and grab the album. To this day, one of my all/time favorites. All killer with one song of filler.

For anyone who thinks the hit was a flukey hillbilly one- hit, take time to hear the album and you will find some timeless gut-bucket rock and roll. It includes a great cover of “Every Picture Tells a Story” by Rod Stewart. FYI, their second album is average (the classic case of having five years to write the first album and nine months to make the follow-up) and their third and final album, “ In the Land of Salvation and Sin” is mature, clever and rocking as hell.

A memory I will never forget, at least until dementia kicks in…

 

[Willie Wilson]

Pupster made a comment in another thread about first time he heard a particular song...and was like "what was that"??

I think one of my moments that is crystal clear was somewhere around 1980, and I heard (unknown to me) this guy called Ozzy Osbourne singing Crazy Train. Just the sheer attack was something I hadn't ever heard...at least on the radio.

I was blown away, and forever a fan. From that day forward, I then realized he was with Black Sabbath. Mind blown...at that time.

No doubt, Gene. Hearing Randy Rhoads open that tune is similar to hearing EVH blowing out of the speakers on the first VH album (or “Sheer Heart Attack” by Queen). Saw that Ozzy tour and it was fantastic.