I just found this clip on the internet:

This was the first song I bought in my life. I was 6 years old (1979). It was a
vinyl single that I bought with my sister. My mom taught me how to do the twist
on this song...

Tell me your story.

Racey - Lay Your Love On Me (1979)



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I didnt buy it but I think it was kiss or raspberry beret I recorded to a tape
when I was little and I would play it over and over and over.

The first one I got hold of was 'Respectable' by Mel & Kim. You had to collect 7 wrappers of Nestle Dairy Crunch and could choose any 7" single in the Top 40.

The first one I went out and bought was 'Need You Tonight' by INXS.

onenitealone said:

read your orgnotes boo

Imago said:

Okay.

Creep - TLC





I was 10 years old and all of my older cousins were into TLC and of course, I had to copy them. I remember I listened to this song over and over again. I loved it

The single for this song. I was obsessed with this show.

It was "Arms of Orion" by Prince. I bought it becuase there was song on the back called "Fell U Up" which I had never heard of. It was the single that introduced me to the concept of a b-side. After that I quickly found an independent record store that sold bootlegs, old singles, etc. etc. and amassed a decent collection of Prince music.

My first ALBUM, was a few years previous to this: PARADE - Prince again.



Shame my fascination with the little fella all but died in towards the late 90's and new millennium.

I had several albums by this time (I was never much for singles), but the first single I ever bought was a big 12 inch maxi single for Walk Like an Egyptian.

CarrieMpls said:

Did you do the dance?




Tell me you did the dance, Carrie. I DESERVE TO KNOW THIS!!!

Imago said:

omg, everyone did the dance.

I even did the Susannah Hoffs eyes.

CarrieMpls said:

PS - I was 11 when that song came out.

CarrieMpls said:

Did you do the 'whistle' bit as well??

Anxiety said:

OMG!!

My mother had an Anne Murray album and I listened to that song incessantly for a short period.

The first item of music I bought (that wasn't something like Sesame Street Fever) was not a single, but an album. It was 1977, I was 5 and the album was...


Somehow I don't think my parents were really paying attention.

My uncle came by one weekend and scared the living daylights out of me. He told me KISS stood for "Knights in Satan's Service" and that the music was "demonized." My cousins, who were even younger than I was, kept ensuring me they wouldn't let the devil get me, but I didn't sleep for about a week... and I think I threw the album away.

Lammastide said:

Further proof that Lamma and I are brothers in some weird mix-up of the time-space continuum.

In a Kmart in suburban Maryland, my first album purchase at 7 years of age was:

horatio said:

Prince better not find out about this. You might want to get yourself an attorney.

Anxiety said:

I detect more than a slight hint of GHEYness in that post

ThreadBare said:

Man, where were our parents!?! Just look at those guys!

Imago said:

the first ALBUM i ever bought was donna summer's "on the radio"

Lammastide said:

I mean, Gene only has fake blood gushing from his mouth...

1st single ever purchased : lets go crazy
my sister bought WDC b4 that- and i was like ( i didnt like the video ) . how things changed

1st album : Purple rain

i was 14


never really bothered buying music til then- just watched the video shows and listened to the radio

Lammastide said:

oh my god!!! I didn't buy it myself, but that was my first album as well and I made my grandparents get it for me the day after they gave me my first lil' record player...I remember it even had a "love gun" inside of it, it was kinda like a popper we used to make in school...It was '77 and I was 5 as well...

wait, you aren't me, are you??

The first single I ever bought was I Wish U Heaven 12".
I played both sides to death at the time.

onenitealone said:

Imago said:

Didn't everybody?

onenitealone said:

Oh I love that song:
Ta, ta, ta, ta...
Tata, tata, ta, ta, ta...
Take or leave it...


It's a shame that one om them girls died so young...