What you loved when you were 10

[bonnaventure]

I just finished Hippy Justice, and was blown away by how funny Kid eBay is, and how many bands it will hopefully open me up to.

Does anyone else find that they are always trying to relive the music of when they were 10ish? I didn't think about it until I realized that all the music I make, and really dig is something along the lines of "Hello Nasty" meets "Pinkerton".

For those who haven't heard Kid eBay (shame on you), Tom and a caller calling himself "Kid eBay" (can we talk about these things on the board?) were talking about how Buckcherry is really popular with people who were 10 around the time ACDC was fresh and killing it.

Has this already been discussed? Thoughts?

[cutout]

When I was 10, this was the Top 10 on the radio -

01. Careless Whisper » Wham!
02. Like A Virgin » Madonna
03. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go » Wham!
04. I Want To Know What Love Is » Foreigner
05. I Feel For You » Chaka Khan
06. Out Of Touch » Daryl Hall & John Oates
07. Everybody Wants To Rule The World » Tears For Fears
08. Money For Nothing » Dire Straits
09. Crazy For You » Madonna
10. Take On Me » A-Ha


If I was ever compelled to relive that stuff musically, I'd expect a lot of kicks to the groin.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I made myself a mixtape off of American Top 40, and loved most of those songs: J. Geils Band's "Angel is a Centerfold," Joan Jett's "I Love Rock & Roll," and "Pac Man Fever," by whoever sang "Pac Man Fever."  I wasn't a big video game kid, though, except maybe for Donkey Kong, Galaga, and Zaxxon, none of which I was very good at.  I liked baseball when I was 10, mostly because of baseball cards, but lost interest around age 14.  I haven't been back to sports since, though I will occasionally check the MLB stats in the paper a few times a year.

I also liked Vonnegut, Bill Cosby, Madeleine L'Engle, Omni Magazine, and the Chris Claremont/John Byrne X-Men, all of which I still like.  One thing I liked then that I hate now, though, is the book Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein.  I found a copy in a used bookstore last summer and remembered it fondly, so I tried rereading it, but it's basically just 500 pages of topless women reciting Heinlein's weird libertarian rants in a time machine.

[senorcorazon]

I liked some good things, but spent far too many hours obsessing over these things:

http://www.nathansmusclepage.com/

On my 9th birthday I got into a biking accident and need some stitches. My brothers were able to stop me from crying by reminding me how many MUSCLE toys I would be getting for my birthday.

DORK.

[hugman]

i don't think i was ten yet because I was in first grade, but I was at a friend's house and heard "I Love Rock'N'Roll".  I immediately marched down to Duckwall's (the five and dime of the tiny town I lived in at the time, Norton, KS) and bought the 45. It was the first 45 I ever bought.  Soon after I joined Columbia house.  Records I remember getting: I Love Rock'N'Roll the album, J. Geils Band "Freeze Frame" (holy god, I loved that song), ASIA, Survivor "Eye of the Tiger", Quarterflash, Queen's greatest hits, journey "escape", men at work "cargo" (a poor choice), rush "moving pictures".
I also used to sit next to the radio with a cassette recorder and record songs. also did that with the tv with hbo's Video Jukebox and American Bandstand.  I remember once my dad thought he'd be funny and snap his fingers while i was recording a song off the tv.  Oh, did that make me mad. HE RUINED IT! When the technology came along that allowed you to tape stuff off the radio without worrying about background noise i was blown away.

It should also be noted that around this time, my dad let me try my first beer.  he said i could drink the whole thing if i wanted. it was a coors. i drank a sip or two.

ALSO around this time my parents allowed me to watch my first R-rated movie on HBO. It was a little film called Caddyshack.

[Bryan]

I wasn't really into music when I was 10, although I liked the imagery of heavy metal - "lite" heavy metal, at least: Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Twisted Sister etc. I was seriously into fantasy novels - especially the Dragonlance series.


Can you blame me?

When I was 11 or so, I started buying superhero comics, and that did spark a lifelong obsession (so far, at least) with comic books. Besides that, I don't know if there are too many other echoes of my childhood obsessions among my current interests.

[bonnaventure]

Oh, did that make me mad. HE RUINED IT! When the technology came along that allowed you to tape stuff off the radio without worrying about background noise i was blown away.

This reminds me of when I was young I used to record episode of Inspector Gadget from the TV with a portable tape recorder. More for the novelty than wanting to listen again. The weird thing was, I couldn't figure out with my 6 y/o brain why the recording would randomly get louder and quieter, until thinking back to it years later and remembering me running around the room with the tape recorder in my hand, getting closer and further away from the speakers as I go.

[Sploops]

three things - in order of importance - television, nintendo, my family

[erika]

Big Police Academy fan. Oh yeah.

Oh and My brother and I used to take our keyboards and tape recorders and make "radio shows" that included covers of Weird Al hits as well as some original songs. Or song-ish things. I also seem to remember recording ourselves reading completed Mad Libs with "dramatic music" being played in the background.

[masterofsparks]

I also used to sit next to the radio with a cassette recorder and record songs. also did that with the tv with hbo's Video Jukebox and American Bandstand.  I remember once my dad thought he'd be funny and snap his fingers while i was recording a song off the tv.  Oh, did that make me mad. HE RUINED IT!

I did this with my next door neighbor's copy of Thriller. Sure enough, his little brother decided to have a HUGE temper tantrum right during the dramatic intro to "Beat It" (before EVH's guitar kicked in). I was mad at the time, but it's pretty hilarious in retrospect, and somehow in my mind the intro to that song is forever tied to the sound of his brother crying and stomping his feet.

(There's probably a horrendous joke about the relationship between Michael Jackson's music and the sound of young boys crying somewhere in that paragraph, but I'm not going to make it, you creeps).

[erika]

A friend and I used to take a tape recorder out to our swing set and listen to thriller while "going through an imaginary haunted house ride" with our imaginary boyfriends.

[betheboy]

My 10 favorite things at age 10:

1-9 The NY Mets
10 Video games

I was about two years away from developing my own tastes in music, at 10 I was still digging my parents records.

[yesno]

Guns 'n' Roses
The Fat Boys
Weird Al
Douglas Adams
Issac Asimov
The nice library in Toms River
Sub sandwiches

In just two short years I would discover rad BMX, Nine Inch Nails, and denim jackets with patches sewn on.

I actually just had Thanksgiving dinner with the wonderful gentleman who was my fifth grade teacher.

[jbissell]

Pee-Wee's Playhouse/Big Adventure. My mom wouldn't let me watch it because she thought it was too weird, plus there was the whole carryover from his "incident" so it was even more exciting when I'd get to sneak an episode at a friend's house.

Also, baseball - more specifically baseball cards and stats.  My interest in those two facets has waned but I still love the game.  Of course the Bulls first 3peat was also a HUGE deal.

[Gilly]

Minnesota Twins, baseball cards, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Super Mario Brothers and because I was starting to develop an interest in girls I thought New Kids on the Block would be my in. Everyone has many "Oh boy, I can't believe I did that" moments. One of mine: Bringing a New Kids on the Block poster to show and tell. I can't believe I actually thought that was a proud moment. Hey, I was 10. That year was also a year where my school decided to have one class where a teacher taught 3rd and 4th graders and I spent a good portion of my time drawing crappy pictures of Ninja Turtles and selling them to the 3rd graders for their milk money.