homestudioguy
Well-known member
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gitarzan
New member
I got that LP for Christmas when it first came out. I was laying on the bed with headphones on loud and kinda went into a hypnotic/sleepy state. Then the bells began ringing... I almost had a heart attack.
DM60
Well-known member
Another Pink Floyd funny story, I was a helicopter mechanic in the Army. I was in Germany when The Wall came out, the part that had the helicopter noise in it, I too had headphones on cranked, and though a helicopter was landing outside my window. I was looking all over the place for that helicopter. It finally dawned on me that it was on the record.
I could only imagine you hearing those bells for the first time. They are pretty sharp sounding/ear piercing.
slickjesus
New member
My first record was the Beatles Hard Days Night. I taught myself how to play harmonica by playing with "I should have known better" It was 1964, I was nine.
jigfresh
Enjoying life
This happened to me a few months ago. I'm not into Pink Floyd and the like, but my wife suggested one night when I was feeling a little loopy I listed to Dark side of the moon. She turned off the lights and turned the stereo up. I was in a nice meditative state when those bells went off. I can still remember the shock. They are SO Loud.
grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
You should try a live bell. I went to see AC/DC on their "For those about to rock" tour in '82 and they began the gig with "Hell's bells". Of course the first thing you hear on the "Back in black" album are the tolling of bells so they replicated this on stage with this huge bell. It was bigger than any of the band and when Brian Johnson hit it, my skull, with a little marijuanic assistance, almost exploded. The band were second only to Motorhead and their 135,000 decibels at the time and were so loud, I couldn't hear for 36 hours and I had a job interview the next day !
Needless to say, I didn't get the job........
grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
I had a similar experience the first time I heard Black Sabbath but for the opposite reasons. It was the "Sabotage" LP and the first song is a heavy cruncher called "Hole in the sky". It pounds on and as it reaches the home straight, it suddenly stops and segues into the quiet acoustic guitar ditty "Don't start {too late}". I was 17 at the time and really getting into heavy metal and I had my Dad's headphones on and I was so deeply into the track that when it suddenly went quiet, I caught my breath really sharply and had trouble breathing for a minute. My heart and chest really hurt.
heatmiser
mr. green christmas
I remember sitting on the floor of my sisters' room listening to 45's on their little brightly colored plastic box of a record player (I think it only played 45's? It was tiny).
This would have been in the mid to late '70's? I was 6-8 ish?
I first remember hearing and liking "96 Tears", "Flying Purple People Eater" and "Star Collector" - (The Monkees). Good times...sort of.
This would have been in the mid to late '70's? I was 6-8 ish?
I first remember hearing and liking "96 Tears", "Flying Purple People Eater" and "Star Collector" - (The Monkees). Good times...sort of.
jamusic
New member
I was 4-5 in 1965-1966.
The 3 songs that I remember causing me to really take interest in music were:
1. Secret Love - Doris Day
2. Rhythm Of The Rain - Cascades
3. Never On Sunday - Movie Theme
- in no particular order.
The 3 songs that I remember causing me to really take interest in music were:
1. Secret Love - Doris Day
2. Rhythm Of The Rain - Cascades
3. Never On Sunday - Movie Theme
- in no particular order.
c7sus
Disenfranchised Member
And the first thing I remember, I was lying in my bed
Well I couldn't've been no more than one or two
And I remember there was a radio, coming from the room next door
My mother laughed the way some ladies do
Well it's late in the evening
And all the music is seeping through
Well I couldn't've been no more than one or two
And I remember there was a radio, coming from the room next door
My mother laughed the way some ladies do
Well it's late in the evening
And all the music is seeping through
grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
Mine is the Rolling Stones singing "Get off of my cloud" in 1965. Only current hits were on Top of the pops and I distinctly remember jumping up and down to it a la Mick Jagger with my sister so it must have been November or December '65 so I was 2 going on 3. My Mum told me years later that I used to cry if it never came on "Top of the pops" !
Keith Richards says the song is a message from the Stones to Decca saying "$£++!~¬`# off and leave us alone !". They were very young adults and already feeling record company pressure to come up with hit singles after "The last time" and "Satisfaction".
I neither knew nor cared at 2 !
Keith Richards says the song is a message from the Stones to Decca saying "$£++!~¬`# off and leave us alone !". They were very young adults and already feeling record company pressure to come up with hit singles after "The last time" and "Satisfaction".
I neither knew nor cared at 2 !
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
that would be in the late 50's when I would play my parents' 78s.
Ummm ... 'South Pacific' and 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man' by Chuck berry were regulars.
A little earlier than that I picked out a boogie woogie on a neighbors piano. I remember that .... I was around 5 and I had seen a Bugs Bunny cartoon where he played it and they had drawn the correct keys being played.
Ummm ... 'South Pacific' and 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man' by Chuck berry were regulars.
A little earlier than that I picked out a boogie woogie on a neighbors piano. I remember that .... I was around 5 and I had seen a Bugs Bunny cartoon where he played it and they had drawn the correct keys being played.