The first vinyl record I ever bought was Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam and the Ants. The first techno(ish) record I ever bought was possibly Acid Rock by Frank De Wulf around 88/89, although I had been getting into all the Chicago acid stuff that was everywhere round that time before this. I remember picking up a bunch of records that were big at the time along with Acid Rock. Who remembers that awful 'everything begins with an e' track that was produced by Boy George or something? Luckily before I was able to buy too much bad vinyl I got passed a copy of a DaPosse album by Luke Slater and my life was changed forever!
Its funny though. We were all serious hip hop heads (black levi's, goose jackets, kangols, Public Enemy Patches and fat laces etc...) when we were 15 and at school and I remember I picked up this tape of acid house and really liked it. All my friends ripped the mick out of me at the time and were calling me a teeny bopper, something I always like to reminded them when, a year later, they were wearing paisly shirts and 40 inch quito flairs tripping out to acid house at outback parties in Slough!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:59 AM Subject: RE: (313) first techno record > > > > > >I remember taking my cassette tape of Kraftwerk's > >Computer World to class in the 1st grade for show and > >tell and all the kids in the class thought I was > >weird. > > this is OT but it reminds me of a similar situation: > > some time in the 70s - moved to the Midwest from California in 1st grade > In Cali I used to watch Soul Train and I loved trying to dance like the > performers did. > I thought it was the coolest thing in the world and I was really into it > (and was getting pretty good too) > > Back to Minnesota - There was a talent show somewhere around 2nd or 3rd > grade > I did a dance routine ("body popping", Boogaloo, the Robot, etc.) to Kool & > the Gang's "Open Sesame" from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack - wearing > the white gloves and a hat (just like Soul Train I thought) > The teachers loved it and took me around to a bunch other classes, but the > result was like living an episode of South Park. > > NOBODY in the suburbs, at that time, had ever seen someone do this since > this dance style was a West Coast thing. > I was doing this before I ever saw an East Coast style b-boy > ("breakdancing"). > > Because kids in my class were making fun of me, I refused to do it for any > more classes. > It really sucked too because I worked so damn hard on it. > > I love how Kraftwerk and B-boying is super cool now > (still actually). > > > MEK > >
