Getting To Know FILTER: My First Music Purchase

In which we take a deep look into the actual lives of the actual folks who bring you your favorite magazine.

This week's topic: My First Music Purchase

Alan Miller

One the first cassettes I actually bought was the soundtrack to The Golden Child. '80s brilliance. I bought it at Music + in Studio City. No one was cooler than Eddie Murphy in that awesome hat. I was able to relive the film over and over again on my dual tape boombox.  Relive it for yourself here .

Patrick Strange

1983 was huge for me. It was the year that I not only got my first record player, a Fischer-Price, but also when I first entered a record store. My mom took me to get some records for my new player (the name of the store escapes me but it was in New Orleans), and for some reason, I walked out with Disney’s Mickey Mouse Splashdance, a parody on the very popular soundtrack from the film Flashdance, and Sports by Huey Lewis and the News. The Disney record makes sense for a 5-year-old, but I can’t really explain the Huey Lewis. However, what I do know is that “I Want a New Drug” has been forever seared on my brain ever since…for better or worse.

Connie Tsang

The first album I ever bought with my own money was Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. I bought it because I was sick of listening to bubble gum pop and listening to KIIS FM, which was the norm at my high school. I used to stay up all night watching 120 Minutes on MTV and that’s how I started getting into the Pumpkins. I bought it at Tower Records in West Covina. I still have it at my mom’s house and on my iTunes. Definitely still listen to it today. I have “In The Arms of Sleep” in my current compilation I made for myself.

Mike Bell

The first album I ever bought with my own money was DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper on cassette tape back in 1988. I was 10 years old and was a big fan of the song "Parents Just Don't Understand." Can't remember exactly where I picked it up, but I do remember making my parents play it in the car on the way home.  I also remember them being a little disappointed that I was into a style of music that they considered to be a "passing fad." Although I probably listened to it for the entire summer of 1988, I haven't felt a burning desire to listen again. It's just as well since the tape is long gone as are the rest of my old tapes.

Jose Vargas

First album I ever bought was Bajo El Azul de tu Misterio by Jaguares. I had just been recently introduced to the idea of Rock en Espanol and discovering the scene that was brewing in Mexico at the time. It was a double disc with a live CD and studio CD. I heard the album in its entirety on a road trip to Mexico and decided to buy it immediately as I got back stateside. The band still is one of my top favorites, and I still hold that album as one of the best of all time, regardless of language.

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Comments

[sales dude]

haha... the golden child

[Breanna]

An Ace of Base cassette tape was my first. (It was The Bridge, and oh did it have some jams on it.)

[BurningOAK]

What happened to the Live Reviews???????

[glazzy]

You guys are old.