@m0osefist

3 years ago

This was the first contemporary song I ever heard. Growing up my family lived apart from other families. I just thought that was how people were. About the only time I heard something different was the radio in the car. My dad would always turn it to the classic rock station, because "they stopped making good music after the cold war ended". I genuinely thought that there had been some kind of war or catastrophe that had knocked out our ability to make new music. Since all the records, tapes, and 8 tracks we had were from before the 90's, we didn't have a TV or a radio in the house and since I was home schooled, I just sort of went with it. It never occured to me things were different. I bought a little portable radio at a neighbors garage sale with some money I had saved up. I put the headphones on in my bedroom that night and started dinking with the frequency- instead of finding the classic rock channel I found the alternative rock station. I still remember how they introduced it "By special request, here's Radiohead with Idioteque". I like to think they were playing it for me. It blew my mind, I didn't know what I was hearing but I loved it. Other music was great- but this will always be the best song. EDIT: I was not expecting this to blow up the way it did. Thanks everyone. Additional information: My family wasn't abusive or weird, dad just liked classic rock and we lived far away from other people. Keeping us away from "modern" stuff wasn't on purpose, my parents were fine with me listening to new music when I found out about it, they thought it was funny that I didn't think new music had been created. To those who say "how could your parents do that to you?" I turned out alright. I just got to find out about music, the internet, and some movies later on.

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