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Answer these 10 questions - all about your firsts in your life.
- Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio
- Name of your first Celebrity Crush
- Name of the first TV show you remember watching
- Name of the first movie you ever saw
- Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw
- Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought
- Name of the first concert you ever saw
- Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born
- Name of the first DUer you ever met
- Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)1.Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio - "Oh What a Night" by Frank Vallie and the 4 Seasons. I heard it on WIP580 out of Harrisburg PA
2.Name of your first Celebrity Crush - Engelbert Humperdinck.
3.Name of the first TV show you remember watching - Captain Kangeroo
4.Name of the first movie you ever saw - I think it was the 'Shaggy Dog' but I also think I slept thru most of it. First one I remember seeing was 'Star Wars'
5.Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw - The Jerk
6.Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought - Electric Light Orchestra's "Out of the Blue"
7.Name of the first concert you ever saw - Shaun Cassidy. First real concert was David Bowie
8.Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born - Mexico
9.Name of the first DUer you ever met - Met at the same time was Skinner, EarlG and Ramsey at an Emily's List Fundraiser
10.Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank - Stroh's Beer
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio
- Would you Like to Swing on a Star (I couldn't figure out who Carey Moonbean was, and why was he home in a jar?)
Name of your first Celebrity Crush
- Davey Jones
Name of the first TV show you remember watching
- Laugh In
Name of the first movie you ever saw
- in a theater? The Aristocats
Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever say
- Ordinary People
Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought
- my first 45 was "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" from my brother for x-mas
- the first album I bought was probably Led Zeppelin (on cassette tape!)
Name of the first concert you ever saw
- ZZ Top
Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born
- N. America: Canada; Europe: Germany
Name of the first DUer you ever met
- rurallib (not counting Rambis, to whom I'm married)
Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank
- whatever beer my dad drank (he occasionally gave me sips when I was little), probably Old Style or something like that
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Thanks, this was fun!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio : Really Don't Remember
Name of your first Celebrity Crush : Angie Dickinson or Gloria Winters
Name of the first TV show you remember watching : Romper Room
Name of the first movie you ever saw : Really Don't Remember
Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever say : Really Don't Remember, I do recall when the rating system came into being.
Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought : Victory At Sea Sound Track.
Name of the first concert you ever saw : Really Don't Remember
Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born : Canada
Name of the first DUer you ever met : Paul (I will leave the last name out). He is the one that suggested DU to me.
Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank : Probably Mogan David Wine as a kid with a family dinner. First I purchased was Budweiser.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)1) Blondie: The Tide Is High (first song)
2) Elisabeth Shue (celebrity crush)
3) The Bugs Bunny Roadrunner Hour (first tv show)
4) Where The Red Fern Grows - and I still hate my Mom for taking me to see it. (first movie)
5) Porky's - My Uncle sneaked my brother and I into the drive in. (first R rated movie)
6) AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (first album bought - cassette)
7) Van Halen - 1984 (first concert)
8) United States (first non home country visited)
9) n/a (first du'er met)
10) Molson Canadian (first alcohol experience)
d_r
(6,907 posts)was one of the first 45's I ever bought. That and my sherona.
dawg
(10,610 posts)1. I'm going to say Bridge over Troubled Water.
2. I remember thinking Phoebe Cates was really cute, but I've never really had a celebrity crush.
3. Brady Bunch
4. I have no idea. I've seen so many.
5. Something scary at the drive-in. Night of the Living Dead maybe. Rosemary's Baby maybe.
6. Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
7. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
8. Never left the U.S.
9. Never knowingly met a DU'er.
10. Probably a Coors Light. Yuck!
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)1.Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio - Give Love on Christmas Day : Jackson 5
2.Name of your first Celebrity Crush - Lea Salonga : Miss Saigon, I think I was 4 or 5, she was 12.
3.Name of the first TV show you remember watching - An Asian Variety Show.
4.Name of the first movie you ever saw - Black Cauldron, something Disney, I don't remember
5.Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw - Fully? I saw snippets of Black Moon Rising
6.Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought - I don't remember
7.Name of the first concert you ever saw - Morcheeba, pretty recently. Only been in 3 concerts thus far.
8.Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born - USA
9.Name of the first DUer you ever met - None
10.Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank - San Miguel
Tom_Foolery
(4,688 posts)1. Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio: The Rolling Stones " I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
2. Name of your first Celebrity Crush: Marie Osmond
3. Name of the first TV show you remember watching: Dark Shadows
4. Name of the first movie you ever saw: Bambi
5. Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw: Bonnie and Clyde
6. Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought: Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
7. Name of the first concert you ever saw: Linda Ronstadt
8. Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born: Canada
10: Name of the first DUer you ever met: None
11: Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank: Budweiser
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...here goes.
1. Legend of Billy Jack
2. Omar Sharif
3. Andy Griffith
4. Fantasia
5. The Exorcist
6. David Bowie...Diamond Dogs
7. Beach Boys
8. Does not compute
9. Met? Like IRL? None. I've added a few on FB, though.
10. Some cheap champagne from the local convenience store.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)It's good stuff...
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)It was disgusting. But, I don't like champagne or wine.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)7. Jethro Tull, New Haven, 1981
8. Canada, 1992 (still the only one!)
9: LynneSin, at Rudy's in NYC. (actually, others may have been first that day, but I don't remember them as well )
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio - "Goodbye, Cruel World" James Darren
Name of your first Celebrity Crush - Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare
Name of the first TV show you remember watching - Crusader Rabbit
Name of the first movie you ever saw - Lady and the Tramp in 1954
Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw - Easy Rider, maybe
Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought - Doors "Soft Parade"
Name of the first concert you ever saw - Grateful Dead, at a small college in 1969
Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born - Canada
Name of the first DUer you ever met - Will Pitt (only one I've met)
Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank - Whatever brand of beer my father was drinking when he decided it was hilarious to give me when I was 18 months old.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)although I forget most of them!
1. Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio-- Either "How Much is that Doggy in the Window?" or "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer"
2. Name of your first Celebrity Crush -- Elvis
3. Name of the first TV show you remember watching-- Actually it was the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
4. Name of the first movie you ever saw - I think it was called "The Red Shoes"? It was about a ballerina.
5. Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw-- No idea. But I remember seeing "Midnight Cowboy" which was rated X!
6. Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought-- It was a 4-song album by Elvis. It might have been called "Peace in the Valley" which was one of the songs on it. It probably cost about 75 cents.
7. Name of the first concert you ever saw-- Gene Autrey and Lassie? or maybe it was Rin Tin Tin
8. Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born-- Canada
9, Name of the first DUer you ever met-- I haven't met any yet.
10. Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank-- Don't know, but we were given tea with whiskey, honey and lemon for just about every malady.
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)1. Something by Rafi
2. Probably Melissa Joan Hart
3. Pinwheel
4. Can't Remember
5. Terminator
6. Backstreets Back (Backstreet Boys)
7. Redwood Symphony Orchestra
8. England
9. Can't Remember
10. Manischewitz
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)...music. What'd you think I was gonna say?
d_r
(6,907 posts)Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio - probably not the first I heard but the first I remember hearing on a radio was Dream Weaver
Name of your first Celebrity Crush = Haylie Mills
Name of the first TV show you remember watching Captain Kangaroo
Name of the first movie you ever saw at the theater? Jungle Book? Robin Hood?
Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw Animal House. I wasn't nearly old enough but tricked my way into it
Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought first two 45s I bought myself were my sherona and heart of glass. The first "albums" i ever had were jungle book and dr. doolittle when I was a young. First I remember buying myself was a bootleg Kiss and a bootleg the who eight track at a flea market.
Name of the first concert you ever saw - I remember going with my mom to see some country performers at things like county fairs. The first I remember was Jackie Ward and Reba McEntire. The first "real" one I went to without parents was the Police in Rupp Arena.
Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born Mexico
Name of the first DUer you ever met none
Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank miller high life
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)1.Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio.
Seasons in the Sun
2.Name of your first Celebrity Crush
Donny Osmond
3.Name of the first TV show you remember watching
Gilligan's Island
4.Name of the first movie you ever saw
King Kong
5.Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw
Can't remember...but my friend's sister, Diane, took us!
6.Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought
Elton John
7.Name of the first concert you ever saw
Styx
8.Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born
England
9.Name of the first DUer you ever met
N/A
10.Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank
Boone's Farm
Chan790
(20,176 posts)- Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio?
Money for Nothing by Dire Straits - Name of your first Celebrity Crush?
Phoebe Cates - Name of the first TV show you remember watching?
Punky Brewster - Name of the first movie you ever saw?
ET - Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw?
I have no idea. It was probably filthy late-night Cinemax. - Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought?
Metallica (The Black Album) by Metallica - Name of the first concert you ever saw?
Oh geez. I have no idea. After my parents' divorce, my father used to drag me to concerts for uninteresting 1950's and 1960's bands to use my dimples to pick up really-drunk women with low standards. (My dad's hideous.) I've seen Dion and Herman's Hermits about 8x each. - Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born??
Canada. It's great when you look so far over 18 at 12 that you can drink without ID. - Name of the first DUer you ever met?
None of you! (That's not entirely true, I choose to forget them. They were/are a bad person.) - Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank?
Southern Comfort. Ye Gods! Is that shit terrible or what?
11.) More questions!
Aristus
(66,096 posts)1. Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John.
2. Name of your first Celebrity Crush
Karen Valentine.
3. Name of the first TV show you remember watching
The Streets Of San Francisco.
4. Name of the first movie you ever saw
Disney's 'Peter Pan' on a revival, I think.
5. Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw
Dracula, with Frank Langella
6. Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought
'The Getaway' by Chris De Burgh.
7. Name of the first concert you ever saw
Bryan Adams at the Tacoma Dome in 1985.
8. Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born
Germany. My Dad was transferred there from Ft. Sam Houston after returning from Vietnam.
9. Name of the first DUer you ever met
geniph. Long since moved on from DU...
10. Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank
Budweiser
one_voice
(20,043 posts)Name of your first Celebrity Crush.....Scott Baio
Name of the first TV show you remember watching.......it's between three, Bonanza, All in the Family, or Lost in Space. Not sure which they all came to mind
Name of the first movie you ever saw..... Drive in.. Herby the Love Bug
Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw......Stir Crazy
Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought......Grease soundtrack
Name of the first concert you ever saw......J. Giles Band
Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born......still haven't done that
Name of the first DUer you ever met........none yet
Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank.......Boones Farm Tickle Me Pink wine
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)one_voice
(20,043 posts)I don't think I grew up far from where you live. Around the corner from St. Francis.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)one_voice
(20,043 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)So no worries, I knew exactly what you were talking about!
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)1. "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest
2. Randolph Mantooth. I still have it, even though he's pushing 70. Still damn good looking.
3. The Garfield Goose Show (a local kids show in Chicago back in the 60s-70s).
4. "Gone With the Wind"-the first I can remember. I still can't watch the amputation scene.
5. Blazing Saddles.
6. "Not Fragile" by Bachman Turner Overdrive
7. Journey in 1980
8. Canada
9. None personally. Don't remember who was the first I met online.
10. Miller High Life. It was my first birthday party. Grandma and I shared, although she got most of it. My dad has 8 mm movies of it. (My parents let us have small amounts of alcohol when I was growing up, so it was never a big deal with us.)
liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)1. Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio
"Rock Around the Clock". Remember like it was yesterday.
2. Name of your first Celebrity Crush
Susan Dey, aka Laurie Partridge.
3.Name of the first TV show you remember watching
Milton Berle.
4. Name of the first movie you ever saw
The Wizard of Oz.
5. Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw
M*A*S*H
6. Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought
"Incredible" Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
7. Name of the first concert you ever saw
Paul Revere and the Raiders. Birmingham, AL in 1968.
8. Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born
Mexico. Cost $20 to get it and $200 to get rid of it.
9. Name of the first DUer you ever met
KitchenWitch.
10. Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank
White Lightnin', aka moonshine. Grew up in a dry county in Alabama.
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio: I can't remember a specific song but I grew up listening to WWCK in Flint, MI.
Name of your first Celebrity Crush: Billy Dee Williams
Name of the first TV show you remember watching: All in the Family
Name of the first movie you ever saw: Old Yeller
Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw: Jaws
Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought: Thriller by Michael Jackson (I grew up in the 80s)
Name of the first concert you ever saw: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born: Canada
Name of the first DUer you ever met: I met a few Michigan DU'ers during the 2008 campaign
Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank: Budweiser
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)1. The Sign - Ace of Base
2. Val Kilmer (The Saint was the movie that did it for me)
3. The first one I looked forward to watching weekly was Clarrisa Explains it All closely followed by Sabrina (Harvey, swoon)
4. Fee gully is the first I really remember...
5. Terminator
6. Ace of Base!
7. Britney Spears with 98 Degrees and LFO good lord.
8. Switzerland
9. My father was a DUer, other than him I haven't met anyone I recently just became Facebook friends with some so maybe in the future I will meet more!
10. Sunshine vodka from Vermont!
one_voice
(20,043 posts)I liked that too.
Val Kilmer was a cutie.
OMG...Terminator was your first R rated movie...I'm old enough to be your mother. Matter of fact my daughter is a year younger than you.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Ace of base was great!
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)1) Minnie Riperton, "Lovin' You"- I was two and called it the Birds Song.
2) Davy Jones
3) Hogans Heroes
4) Bambi
5) I was going to say "Blow-Up" but I think it's unrated, so I don't know
6) Eddie Rabbitt, Best Of
7) Jefferson Starship
8) Mexico
9) n/a so far
10) my mom's homemade apricot liqueur. The first branded, store-bought stuff was some kind of cheap sparkling wine my dad bought for New Years and let me have a sip of. Vile stuff.
Jokerman
(3,517 posts)1. California Dreamin'
2. Valerie Bertinelli
3. Lassie
4. Lady & The Tramp
5. Young Frankenstein
6. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
7. Billy Joel
8. Canada
9. Plaid Adder
10. Pabst Blue Ribbon
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)Thanks Lynn, thinking about these brought back many memories...
Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio
Yellow Submarine
Name of your first Celebrity Crush
Jodi Foster (still have it to this day)
Name of the first TV show you remember watching
Well I'm sure there were others but the one I remember waiting all week to see was the old Batman show with Adam West
Name of the first movie you ever saw
Mary Poppins (My mom still tells the story about how I jumped up and screamed "THERE'S MARY POPPINS" when she first came on screen. Apparently the whole theater laughed.
Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw
The Omen. I was 12 and I begged my parents to take me for my birthday. Scared the shit out of me. I slept with my light on for a week.
Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought
First I ever bought with my own money was Elton John's Captain Fantastic.. However I wore out some Beatles albums way before that..
Name of the first concert you ever saw
Aerosmith and Golden Earring 1976 at Madison Square Garden. They sucked.
Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born
Singapore.
Name of the first DUer you ever met
Are we talking IRL? None. EarlG is what brought me here though. Back in 03/04 I used to read the Top 10 Idiots every week. In April 04 I decided I needed to do everything I could to help defeat Bush, joining DU was one of those things.
Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank
Not sure, it was some cheap Vodka. Hated it so much I never drank again. Still don't.
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)1.Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio - Eleanor Rigby
2.Name of your first Celebrity Crush - Peggy Fleming
3.Name of the first TV show you remember watching - Captain Kangaroo or the local show called Carmen, Clancy and Willy.
4.Name of the first movie you ever saw - The 12 Chairs
5.Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw - Apocolypse Now
6.Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought - This one
7.Name of the first concert you ever saw - Probably a symphony concert, but first real concert was The English Beat and Bow Wow Wow opened.
8.Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born - Mexico when I was like 4.
9.Name of the first DUer you ever met - Lydia Leftcoast
10.Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank - probably Hamm's beer or Kingsbury, whatever my dad gave me a sip of.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)1. Mac Mall-- "Game Recognize Game"
2. Beyonce
3. Ren and Stimpy
4. Iron Man
5. "Not another teen movie"
6. E-40-- "My Ghetto Report Card"
7. N/A
8. N/A
9. N/A
10. N/A
nirvana555
(448 posts)Song - Help - The Beatles
Crush - Haley Mills
1st T.V. show - The Fugitive
1st movie - The Sound Of Music
1st R rated movie - The Exorcist
1st albumn - Abbey Road
1st concert - Grand Funk Railroad
1st country visited - Mexico
1st DUer met - Haven't yet (unless my sis counts!)
1st brand of alcohol -Boones Farm Apple Wine
This was fun
MerryBlooms
(11,728 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Name of the first song you remember hearing on the radio:"How Much is That Doggie in the Window"
Name of your first Celebrity Crush: I didn't really have them
Name of the first TV show you remember watching: "Ding Dong School" or "Pinky Lee" or "Howdy Doody." They were all from about the same time period.
ON EDIT: Like femmocrat, I have a very vague memory of Queen Elizabeth's coronation. We didn't have a TV yet, but my great-uncle did, so everyone went to his house to watch it.
Name of the first movie you ever saw: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves"
Name of the first R-Rated movie you ever saw: "Klute"
Name of the first Album (regardless of medium) you ever bought: West Side Story
Name of the first concert you ever saw: The Association (if you're talking about pop/rock)
Name of the first country you ever visited that wasn't the one where you were born: Canada
Name of the first DUer you ever met: A bunch of them all at once at a gathering in Portland. Most are no longer on DU
Name of the first brand of alcohol you ever drank: Some sort of blackberry brandy that was my grandmother's cure for stomach ailments