This is a countdown of the seven most important indluences or influencers that formed me and who I am today - when it comes to music.
(Sorry, no child abuse, no early (feeble) sexual escapades. I prepared a google search if you can't handle the dissapointment: click here.)
The first time I went out on the town with money on my pocket, and with the intent to buy music, I was 13 years old and it was the summer of 1984. I bought Depeche Mode's "People are people" and The Police's "Every breath you take" (I still have them both) in a small record store in down town Luxembourg.
I remember being very interested in music. I pestered my parents for a walkman for ages untill I finally got one, a huge red Sanyo. Not exactly what I had hoped for but at least I was a part of the movement. But I don't remember being a fan of any one group or singer, and I doubt I actually went out intent on buying exactly those two singles.
The choice of singles may partly have been completely coincidental. But I just googled the hits of 1984 and came up with this - it seems the popular music scene was dominated by acts like Prince, Phil Collins, Tina Turner and Lionel Richie. Maybe the two singles had just been released and I chose Depeche and the Police simply because they were on display at the counter...
Nevertheless, I think these two singles became important extensions of my "self", and were hence important in helping me define who I was. The fact that both tracks have relatively well written lyrics with one political (philosophical?) theme and one psychological theme may just be the reason why I since an early age have preferred music with at least some form of message and some evidence of writing skills.
Or maybe they explain why I never get into fights and why I, in my early university years, fell head over heels in love with various girls and stalked them.
Remaining defining influences or influencers:
6. In the car
5. The collective
4. The stranger
3. DJ
2. Jerome
1. The tapes
(Sorry, no child abuse, no early (feeble) sexual escapades. I prepared a google search if you can't handle the dissapointment: click here.)
The first time I went out on the town with money on my pocket, and with the intent to buy music, I was 13 years old and it was the summer of 1984. I bought Depeche Mode's "People are people" and The Police's "Every breath you take" (I still have them both) in a small record store in down town Luxembourg.
I remember being very interested in music. I pestered my parents for a walkman for ages untill I finally got one, a huge red Sanyo. Not exactly what I had hoped for but at least I was a part of the movement. But I don't remember being a fan of any one group or singer, and I doubt I actually went out intent on buying exactly those two singles.
The choice of singles may partly have been completely coincidental. But I just googled the hits of 1984 and came up with this - it seems the popular music scene was dominated by acts like Prince, Phil Collins, Tina Turner and Lionel Richie. Maybe the two singles had just been released and I chose Depeche and the Police simply because they were on display at the counter...
Nevertheless, I think these two singles became important extensions of my "self", and were hence important in helping me define who I was. The fact that both tracks have relatively well written lyrics with one political (philosophical?) theme and one psychological theme may just be the reason why I since an early age have preferred music with at least some form of message and some evidence of writing skills.
Or maybe they explain why I never get into fights and why I, in my early university years, fell head over heels in love with various girls and stalked them.
Remaining defining influences or influencers:
6. In the car
5. The collective
4. The stranger
3. DJ
2. Jerome
1. The tapes
The most interesting post this year.
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ReplyDeleteThank you. I enjoyed writing it. I also enjoyed trying to figure out the 7 influences / influencers.
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