I am sure you all have posted about this before, but His Sister brought up good memories of listening to heavy metal and I am just curious to see how many people are still head bangers?? I know I am and always will be! My first concert was Led Zepplin at Madison Square Garden in NYC the summer of 1973. I remember wanting to go more than anything and so did my cousin, the one who died on 9/11 and we wanted to go on the subway, and both of our mothers said no way we were going by ourselves even though we knew our way around for the most part, and we compromised, where they would drop us off around the corner as God forbid, anyone saw us with the parents! I remember the lights, the music, the crowds, it was awesome!!! From that moment on, my Partridge Family albums went in the trash and I was into the whole rock genre and still am at age 49! My favorite groups were/are, Aerosmith, Queen, Kiss, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, OZ, Cinderella, RATT, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Foreigner, Night Ranger, Styx, Cheap Trick, Dokken, Bad Company, Slaughter, Warrant, Poison, Ted Nugent, Judas Priest, ACDC, Quiet Riot, Metallica, Twisted Sister, Journey, and God knows how many other ones. Pop/soft groups like REO Speedwagon, Air Supply, Madonna, Steely Dan, John Mellancamp, and I liked a lot of R&B groups like Earth, Wind, and Fire, Donna Summer, and who doesn't love the Bee Gees. Today's music unless it is still being cranked out by the above artists, does not hold the same for me. About the only new rock groups I like are Three Doors Down and the Goo Goo Dolls. I loathe rap crap and all that it stands for. I said on another board that there were always rock critics like Tipper Gore who tried to send out the message that rock music was harmful to young people and you saw for yourself just how much weight that she carried, NOT! Also, in the late 60's, early 70's, especially after the Manson Murders, rock music was not considered music by anyone over the age of 30 and the Beatles were devil worshipers for writing the song that inspired Manson, "Helter Skelter" and Elvis became the man in the 50's and I still laugh when I think
he was banned from some the bible belt areas because of the way he danced and was labeled "Elvis the Pelvis" and if you watch some those rap artists grab their crotches today, Elvis was pretty tame. The 60's rock was influential to a lot of artists that followed in their footsteps, you often hear them say that Eric Clapton or Bob Dylan were their idols and those guys will be legends long after they are gone like Elvis. I remember my mother would not let me buy the Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers record because it had a zipper on the front of it, she hated Alice Cooper when she heard the song "Dead Babies" and refused to let me explain what it really meant, and as for Led Zepplin, she was not thrilled, but let me buy their albums. Another one she did not like was Elton John because of the song "The ***** is back" Now I suppose I know how she feels, as that rap crap is not music, it is loud, degrading, and I know I never heard Steve Tyler telling people to call their women ho's and glorify murder. I remember too, Led Zepplin being on the hot seat with the bible belt because they claimed their music had subliminal messages in it and remember some of these cretins swore if you played it backward you would hear the devil himself speaking, all this because Jimmy Page was a fan of Allistair Crowley who was into some weird crap like satanism and S&M. I wish often, every time I hear say, Motley Crue's " DR. Feelgood, I could transform back into the heavy metal queen I was. Skintight leather pants, 4 inch stiletto heels, leather mini-skirts, half-shirts, my hair required a whole can of spray, or parachute pants in every color, mascara was my best friend, I even had a pair of leather undies. I went to a few back stage parties but I was never a groupie though. I am not proud to say I did my share of drugs, mostly cocaine and pot, and you could dance yourself to death after a blast. I remember one night rocking out with Joe Perry from Aerosmith, I was dancing with him to ACDC if you can believe it! Ah, those were the days as they say. So I thought maybe the rest of you could use a stroll down memory lane too and remember where you were the first time you heard Van Halen.
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