chicating

You-Tube showed me a "Mix" that it made me this morning...sometimes music inspires me, although I hope never to be that writer that shows off character playlists and all that kind of...Anyway, I think You-Tube knows I was a Promising Young Woman in the nineties and have hippie parents with slightly dueling record collections(And, yes, Everclear, Dad's a white-guy disappointment who will be officially muted when James Taylor dies.) I have my own spin on all that stuff, as many of us do, but I don't think I'm that deep. (Anymore.) There is still one surprise, though-- my own history with "Joker" by Steve Miller.
Aside from hearing it approximately 3 million times when out with my mother as a sprout(as with Margaritaville, that I much prefer) one special place I must have heard it was at some point on my way to my biggest ADAPT action in Washington DC. I had it stuck in my head for all three days. Maybe everyone else was filled with grandeur and purpose and I was wondering what a pompatus is for about the fifty-thousandth time. That would explain a lot about my life, maybe. Anyway, pretty sure You-Tube isn't reading my memories, just yet...still wish they were better in case. probably it just "figured out' how much guitar I like or something.

ese questions were written by [livejournal.com profile] upupandaway.

1. What was the first album you ever bought?

2. What format was it? (cassette, CD, other?)

3. How old were you?

4. Where did you hear it?

5. Did your parents approve?
1. Can't remember what the *first ever* was, but I earned the money to buy the Dirty Dancing soundtrack so that's a good story. I used to help my stepdad write/type complaint letters, not because he needed help bitching...he *had that covered* but he had a real thing about trying to teach me about Hard Work and Earning Rewards and such, and it's hard to get a criplette a summer job, unless it's something you expect her to do for, like, always. But he wanted me to have the dubious salvation of higher ed, so..(The world is an imperfect place...there were weeks of things to gripe about)
2. It was a cassette. I played it a lot.
3. About thirteen.
4. EVERYWHERE. That movie was such a monster. It was cool for me to love something the other girls liked.
5. mom liked it better than stepdad...pop culture that wasn't Star Trek or Get Smart usually annoyed him.