Your First Music God

[vernonk]

Who was your first music God and why? As a child I loved listening to The Carpenters and looking at Karen, bless her soul. And when David Essex released Gonna Make You A Star it was wonderful. I played that record so often that my grandma insisted I take it off

[Tilly2]

It has to be The Beatles for me.

[boxtops]

I liked Adam Faith

[Prudie]

I liked all kinds of music but nothing avidly until I came across Steeleye Span. I had to get every album and idolised Maddy Prior. I saw myself as some velvet clad windswept folky but it was just a phase.

[Tilly2]

.......Then it was Crosby, Stills and Nash.

[murraymints]

David Cassidy ...lurrrrve....

[Bbbananas]

OMG yes, David Essex. I cried when he sang Hold Me Close when I was about 14. Also Marc Bolan, but i didn't think I was fully musically educated til I heard Pink Floyd - then, man, i thought they were Gods. And they were.... Still are.

[Tilly2]

............and then came Neil Young.

[giveup]

Elvis,Teddy Bear was the first record I bought.

[Tilly2]

After that it was Dire Straits and finally, along with sallabananas, it was and still is Pink Floyd. Got tickets to see Roger Waters in September.

[Bbbananas]

Nice one tills, envy aboundeth. I also have to add Bob Marley...

[Psybbo]

Elvis, Johnny Cash, Dylan

[steg]

Ozzy Osbourne, when i first heard Sabbath my life changed

[Tilly2]

Actually, it's really hard to pick an absolute favourite. Tastes, and times, change.

[mallyh]

i loved tamla motown four tops, temptations (my girl one of my favourite records)well all of them, still play them when doing ironing and housework

[murraymints]

But when he wouldn't marry me transferred my affections to Daltry and the who.....he wouldn't marry me either ! Lol...

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

It was Siouxsie from Siouxsie and the Banshees. I wanted to be her.

[Prudie]

I went from Steeleye to Jean Jacques Burnel of the Stranglers. I wanted to be with him!

[Mick-Talbot]

I feel so young, reading this thread.

[RiskyBiscuit]

I'm a bit of a spring chicken compared to some of you old farts (insert sarcastic face here) and grew up in the 80's.

I should have been into all the new romantic stuff but found myself listening to a lot of the older bands like The Doors, Hendrix and The Beatles but the person that really moved me was Bob Dylan. He can't sing for toffee but he had a lot to say. All along the watchtower was a brilliant piece of work written by Dylan but perfected by Hendrix imho.

Recently I've found a great 70's band called Funkadelic (RIP Eddie Hazel). The track Maggot Brain is one of the best guitar tracks I've ever heard! I'm so glad I stumbled across it. Amen for YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh3bleXWaCk

[rockyracoon]

To my absolute shame, I have to admit that it was Shakin Stevens ;)