What Music Did You Like Listening To As A Teenager?

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 03-04-2017 5:12pm #1

I was looking through some old tapes and cds over the weekend most of bands I used to listen to when I was a teenager such as the Detroid Spinners, The Whispers and Taveres. These were mostly out in the 70s early 80s. So what was your favourite type of music growing up?

Outlaw Pete · 03-04-2017 5:19pm

At 14-17 my schoolbag (bought in Army Bargains of course) had Twister Sister, Ozzy, Sonic Youth, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, WASP, Metallica, etc etc written all over it. I was obsessed with heavy rock to trash metal. Buying tapes was an expensive business but used to record songs off the old Sound Cellar radio show (I think that's what it was called). Was lucky enough to see quite a few of the above out in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in the mid to late 80's. Good times.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 03-04-2017 5:30pm

Elvis with Jail House Rock
Jerry Lee Lewis and Great Balls of Fire
and Cliff with Living Doll

Come to mind from my early teens.

03-04-2017 5:31pm

Was the usual Simple Minds, Big Country, U2 stuff in the 80s.

Always liked electronica and synth too though. And when house hit in a big way in the late 80s, everything else took a back seat. Can remember seeing 808 State on TOTP in 1989 and it was a "light bulb switched on" moment...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSwGF8pRPMU

clairewithani · 03-04-2017 5:32pm

Yosef Ancient Scavenger wrote: »

Elvis with Jail House Rock
Jerry Lee Lewis and Great Balls of Fire
and Cliff with Living Doll

Come to mind from my early teens.

Wow.... puts your Westlife and 1D in it's place.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 03-04-2017 5:36pm

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

At 14-17 my schoolbag (bought in Army Bargains of course) had Twister Sister, Ozzy, Sonic Youth, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, WASP, Metallica, etc etc written all over it. I was obsessed with heavy rock to trash metal. Buying tapes was an expensive business but used to record songs off the old Sound Cellar radio show (I think that's what it was called). Was lucky enough to see quite a few of the above out in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in the mid to late 80's. Good times.

Some great heavy metal bands in that list. I remember my friend buying an Iron Maiden LP and every day after school I would go over to his house to listen to it. One song stood out for me called I've Got Big B*lls. I think it was banned from the air waves.

Duff · 03-04-2017 5:36pm

This album was my youth and thus spawned my love for pop-punk that is still with me today.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 03-04-2017 5:42pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Was the usual Simple Minds, Big Country, U2 stuff in the 80s.

Always liked electronica and synth too though. And when house hit in a big way in the late 80s, everything else took a back seat. Can remember seeing 808 State on TOTP in 1989 and it was a "light bulb switched on" moment...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSwGF8pRPMU

Simple Minds and Big Country two great bands. I think the lead singer of Big Country died a few years ago form suicide. In a Big Country was one of my favourite songs.

r93kaey5p2izun · 03-04-2017 5:46pm

I liked a wide variety of stuff but Smashing Pumpkins and Placebo were probably the main ones.

Erik Shin · 03-04-2017 5:47pm

Kai Flat Tiller wrote: »

Simple Minds and Big Country two great bands. I think the lead singer of Big Country died a few years ago form suicide. In a Big Country was one of my favourite songs.

He did unfortunately, saw them some years back at the Rose of Tralee and they were still brilliant.. inxs played there also after Michael died...Band was still damn good.
Have to add Joy Division and New Order to that list also

Outlaw Pete · 03-04-2017 5:57pm

Kai Flat Tiller wrote: »

Some great heavy metal bands in that list. I remember my friend buying an Iron Maiden LP and every day after school I would go over to his house to listen to it. One song stood out for me called I've Got Big B*lls. I think it was banned from the air waves.

That was either AC/DC's Big Balls or Accept's Balls To The Wall I'd say.

Both class tunes.

Maiden play the 3Arena in five weeks time by the way. Dust off that sleeveless denim with the backpatch of Eddie on the back :P

Harry Palmr · 03-04-2017 6:01pm

In large part the sort of stuff I still listen to!

New Wave, hard rock, hefty mental, a bit of prog and jazz.

henryporter · 03-04-2017 6:04pm

Queen, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Boomtown Rats, Blondie and The Police.

Those were the pre-internet, pre-MTV, pre-Radio2 and pre-Network2 days. Don't know how I managed to survive at all

clairewithani · 03-04-2017 6:05pm

henryporter wrote: »

Queen, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Boomtown Rats, Blondie and The Police.

Those were the pre-internet, pre-MTV, pre-Radio2 and pre-Network2 days. Don't know how I managed to survive at all

Pretty much SNAP... particularly Queen and The Police.

endacl · 03-04-2017 6:09pm

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

At 14-17 my schoolbag (bought in Army Bargains of course) had Twister Sister, Ozzy, Sonic Youth, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, WASP, Metallica, etc etc written all over it. I was obsessed with heavy rock to trash metal. Buying tapes was an expensive business but used to record songs off the old Sound Cellar radio show (I think that's what it was called). Was lucky enough to see quite a few of the above out in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in the mid to late 80's. Good times.

^^

What Pete said.

Mr.Wemmick · 03-04-2017 6:11pm

Yes to Joy Division and New Order. Stone Roses too.. I loved Cocteau Twins - man their music is as fresh today.. Talking heads, The Blue Nile, Portishead.. Nirvana and Pearl Jam - both bands blew me away when I first heard them.

The Royal Scam · 03-04-2017 6:12pm

Mostly Pixies, swervedriver , Steely Dan and Tom Waits. In secret though I listened to a massive amount of jazz, fusion and later stax and motown. I still pretty much still listen to the same genres and artists to this day.

Erik Shin · 03-04-2017 6:16pm

Mr.Wemmick wrote: »

Yes to Joy Division and New Order. Stone Roses too.. I loved Cocteau Twins - man their music is as fresh today.. Talking heads, The Blue Nile, Portishead.. Nirvana and Pearl Jam - both bands blew me away when I first heard them.

Pearl Jam are my all-time faves... Was just out of my teens when they released Ten... But going to see Eddie Vedder in Cork

happy buachail

hairyslug · 03-04-2017 6:20pm

Dance, not the acid dropping stuff but more so the chart stuff.

SmartinMartin · 03-04-2017 6:31pm

Started with paper lace, then sweet, horslips, Lizzie, and around 15 then discovered Floyd, Genesis, tangerine dream, then a couple of years later went mad into deep purple, Yes, and oddly the eagles and Neil young.

bodhrandude · 03-04-2017 6:42pm

Kai Flat Tiller wrote: »

Some great heavy metal bands in that list. I remember my friend buying an Iron Maiden LP and every day after school I would go over to his house to listen to it. One song stood out for me called I've Got Big B*lls. I think it was banned from the air waves.

I think you're mistaken, I'm sure that is AC/DC from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap from 1976.

Jayop · 03-04-2017 6:46pm

Was big into dance music when I was young and used to DJ parties and a few local discos. Went from Happy hardcore through House and Trance. Still love most of the dance music from the 90's. Other stuff was very open, from rebel songs, to country. Stone Roses to REM and the likes of the Smashing Pumpkins. Anything apart from the crappy chart stuff that was out in the 90's really.

eviltwin · 03-04-2017 6:47pm

Metallica, Guns N Roses, Megadeth, L7, Hole, Melvins, Faith No More..basically anything they played in Fibbers

CPTM · 03-04-2017 6:52pm

Great thread idea:)

I'll never forget the day I found The Waterboys and Tom Waits. I did get wrapped up in the Oasis Vs Blur thing for a while but it was more the attitude than anything, and it was the only break the radios gave us from hearing Take That and Boyfriend going on about the same thing.

Grandeeod · 03-04-2017 6:57pm

My teen years? It actually started when I was only 10. New Order, Simple Minds, The Smiths and absolutley Duran Duran who are very very underrated and still selling out big venues around the world today. In Irish terms back then it was In Tua Nua, Cactus World news, Les Enfants and The Fountainhead. Those Nervous Animals from Sligo were pretty good too.

The late 80s were fooking hopeless for pop music. So much ****e across the UK with Stock Aitken and Waterman owning it all. Aslan in Ireland were a breath of fresh air. Never liked U2 and back in the late 80s/early 90s it was a fooking crime to be Irish and not like U2, but I always thought it was just insular Irish crap that expected Irish people to like them. Into the 90s I was drawn back to Irish bands like The Fat lady sings and Blink. But I was in the early 20s then.

whatawaster81 · 03-04-2017 7:01pm

I did the junior cert in 97 so of course Oasis. Throw in the Smiths, Stone Roses, Beatles. I remember my love of Bob Marley started around that time as well.

Summer wind · 03-04-2017 7:03pm

Depeche Mode
Def Leppard
Guns N' Roses
Bon Jovi
INXS
Roxy Music
Bruce Springsteen
Eurythmics
Bananarama
Whitesnake
John Mellencamp
Queen
A-ha
Blondie
Meatloaf
Madonna
Five Star
Dire Straits
Prince
Spice Girls
Elton John
Whitney Houston
Bryan Adams
UB40

Just to name a few:)

Outlaw Pete · 03-04-2017 7:12pm

Summer wind wrote: »

Just to name a few:)

No Sinatra??

Summer wind · 03-04-2017 7:14pm

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

No Sinatra??

That goes without saying:P

03-04-2017 7:20pm

Summer wind wrote: »

Depeche Mode
Bon Jovi
Five Star
Elton John
Bryan Adams

You've just made Dave Gahan cry...

Andrewf20 · 03-04-2017 7:22pm

All that German rave stuff - marusha, rmb, ravers nature, Mark oh, meteor 7, westbam, blumchen, das modul, shahin & simon, u96, alien factory, trancemotion 2 etc.

Also some of the x mix stuff on MTV party zone back in the 1990s as well as the thunderdome gabber and the British & Scottish happy hardcore.

Tastes have moved on but i still dabble with the old stuff above from time to time.

Summer wind · 03-04-2017 7:25pm

Deleted User wrote: »

You've just made Dave Gahan cry...

But but variety is the spice of life. Plus I'm a bit weird when it comes to music:)

Arghus · 03-04-2017 7:26pm

Anything that featured in the pages of Kerrang or Metal Hammer.

Grandeeod · 03-04-2017 7:29pm

Deleted User wrote: »

You've just made Dave Gahan cry...

He wouldn't have given a ****. I got my work experience on the Devotional Tour. Dave was a troubled soul, but dedicated to a world where we all listened to music that meant something to you in any way it could.

Burzum · 03-04-2017 7:30pm

Found a Burzum/Mayhem mixed tape at the age of 10/11 in the bottom of a bag of tapes that my father had gotten at a market or sum such.

18 years later still listening to it and still have the tape

Rothko · 03-04-2017 7:35pm

Nirvana
Foo Fighters
Eminem
Sex Pistols
Ramones
Guns N Roses
Green Day
Pixies
The Doors
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Thin Lizzy
Radiohead
N.W.A.
Public Enemy

Still listen to some of it but I've branched out and listen to a lot more genres now.

Conall Cernach · 03-04-2017 7:41pm

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

At 14-17 my schoolbag (bought in Army Bargains of course) had Twister Sister, Ozzy, Sonic Youth, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, WASP, Metallica, etc etc written all over it. I was obsessed with heavy rock to trash metal. Buying tapes was an expensive business but used to record songs off the old Sound Cellar radio show (I think that's what it was called). Was lucky enough to see quite a few of the above out in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in the mid to late 80's. Good times.

I saw WASP in the Top Hat in 1989. It was my first proper gig and I was right up the front against the railings.

Grandeeod · 03-04-2017 7:41pm

We shot in Spain, France and Germany. I was a trainee camera operator at the tender age of 21! On a short tour with one great band from my teen years. I remember this one fondly. Mr Gahan was off his rocker!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlnOANljtEU

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 03-04-2017 7:44pm

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

That was either AC/DC's Big Balls or Accept's Balls To The Wall I'd say.

Both class tunes.

Maiden play the 3Arena in five weeks time by the way. Dust off that sleeveless denim with the backpatch of Eddie on the back :P

Your right it was AC/DCs The Number Of The Beast was Iron Maiden.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 03-04-2017 7:48pm

Suas11 wrote: »

Nirvana
Foo Fighters
Eminem
Sex Pistols
Ramones
Guns N Roses
Green Day
Pixies
The Doors
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Thin Lizzy
Radiohead
N.W.A.
Public Enemy

Still listen to some of it but I've branched out and listen to a lot more genres now.

For me it was Thin Lizzy, Metallica, and Guns N Roses. You don't really hear these anymore. It seems to be all 80s pop.

Mr.Wemmick · 03-04-2017 7:59pm

Erik Shin wrote: »

Pearl Jam are my all-time faves... Was just out of my teens when they released Ten... But going to see Eddie Vedder in Cork happy buachail

His voice just blew me away.. Black from Ten, magical! Me a female: he was so bloody gorgeous too. Lucky you, indeed!

Forgot to mention Kate Bush.. hounds of love album is amazing. Morning Fog, dream of sheep I still listen to from time to time. Cloud Busting - class!

Smashing Pumpkins 1979 is another favorite song.

rainbowdrop · 03-04-2017 8:02pm

Andrewf20 wrote: »

All that German rave stuff - marusha, rmb, ravers nature, Mark oh, meteor 7, westbam, blumchen, das modul, shahin & simon, u96, alien factory, trancemotion 2 etc.

Also some of the x mix stuff on MTV party zone back in the 1990s as well as the thunderdome gabber and the British & Scottish happy hardcore.

Tastes have moved on but i still dabble with the old stuff above from time to time.

I remember hearing Westbam- Celebration Generation while on a sleepover at my friends house, cos they had mtv (think it might have been the party zone actually) when I was about 12/13 and thinking wtf is that? I had never heard anything like it. It set me on a road of loving dance/rave/hardcore, and I still love tunes to this day, although like you, my tastes have matyred.

Used to record tapes of stuff like Diztruxshon, Fantazia, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter and had rave flyers absolutely covering my bedroom walls.

Probably my favourite band then was The Prodigy, and I listened to a lot of britpop stuff as well: Oasis, Blur, Cast, Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene.

Used to get an eighth (of hash) between a load of us and listen to Pink Floyd, The Doors and later Beatles music, thinking we were the coolest people in the world lol

Jayop · 03-04-2017 8:09pm

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I remember hearing Westbam- Celebration Generation while on a sleepover at my friends house, cos they had mtv (think it might have been the party zone actually) when I was about 12/13 and thinking wtf is that? I had never heard anything like it. It set me on a road of loving dance/rave/hardcore, and I still love tunes to this day, although like you, my tastes have matyred.

Used to record tapes of stuff like Diztruxshon, Fantazia, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter and had rave flyers absolutely covering my bedroom walls.

Probably my favourite band then was The Prodigy, and I listened to a lot of britpop stuff as well: Oasis, Blur, Cast, Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene.

Used to get an eighth (of hash) between a load of us and listen to Pink Floyd, The Doors and later Beatles music, thinking we were the coolest people in the world lol

Was wondering how long before they got a mention. The first band I seen live. Still love their hits.

Erik Shin · 03-04-2017 8:17pm

Jayop wrote: »

Was wondering how long before they got a mention. The first band I seen live. Still love their hits.

Should have been bigger, but genuinely believe that Fowler's coming out harmed their appeal... Shameful really

Jayop · 03-04-2017 8:19pm

Erik Shin wrote: »

Should have been bigger, but genuinely believe that Fowler's coming out harmed their appeal... Shameful really

I was never aware that one of them had come out, let alone attributed that as a reason why they wouldn't have been bigger. Mad to think that that could be the case now, but even back 20 years ago things like this were a big deal. Look at the shameful way the tabloids went for George Michael, and continue to do so in the case of the scummy Sun after his death.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 03-04-2017 8:48pm

My favourite band is E.L.O the Electric Light Orchestra. They brought out some great tunes like Mr. Blue Sky, I'm Alive and Don't Bring Me Down to name but a few. Again the only song I hear on the radio is Mr. Blue Sky even on 4fm. I can't understand why there isn't more music like most of the songs and bands mentioned here. Especially outside the major cities. There was some great bands out in the 70s and 80s outside of the major pop bands and it would be great to here them again.

Salmon Leap · 03-04-2017 8:53pm

I was 16 in late '82. Hated all the new romantic sh1te. Was probably listening to Thin Lizzy, U2, Joy Division, The Clash The Jam among others

HalloweenJack · 03-04-2017 9:04pm

Between the ages of 13 and 16, I pretty much only listened to rap music. After that, I expanded into soul and dance and by 18, I'd swung into rock.

Outlaw Pete · 03-04-2017 9:06pm

If any Miley Cyrus fans are reading this. She ripped off Accept!! :mad: (4m22s).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3TlrZLpQ0

rainbowdrop · 03-04-2017 9:50pm

Jayop wrote: »

Was wondering how long before they got a mention. The first band I seen live. Still love their hits.

They were playing in the town I grew up in in the UK, and I couldn't get the night off work to go see them (collecting glasses in a pub). Was gutted, until they walked into the pub for a pint before they headed off to play the gig. I was delighted!! Didn't have the guts to go talk to them, but they seemed really nice and down to earth!

I finally got to see them live a few years ago, pure nostalgia!!

nacho libre · 03-04-2017 9:59pm

Exodus
Metallica
Thin Lizzy
Rory Gallagher
Slayer
Megadeth
Bon Jovi
Guns N Roses

What Music Did You Like Listening To As A Teenager?

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