What year did you turn Sweet 16 and what was your favorite album/CD?

[maveric]

1972. "Exile on Main Street" by the Rolling Stones.

[Rising Phoenix]

1. um, 97' I'think big Nothing Shocking kick

[Rising Phoenix]

76. don't know what I was thinking..

I turned 16 in 94

[XemaSab]

2. 1994

The Downward Spiral by NIN... hell yeah...

[Chovexani]

3. 1997

"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" by the Smashing Pumpkins. Played it incessantly.

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. 1979.

Gosh. I was practically living in Wax Trax Records. Which to pick? Try PIL, the Revillos, James Chance, Brian Eno, Neu, La Dusseldorf.

[Arugula Latte]

5. '82.

Hmmmm. I think I was into the Go-Gos at the time ...

[gizmo1979]

6. 1978

Hotel California,fly like an eagle,you can tune a piano,but you can't tuna fish.

[gollygee]

7. 1985

Uhm, Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles maybe?
Or Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

[Arkansas Granny]

8. 1962

"That Happy Feeling" by Bert Kaempfert.

[Coventina]

9. 1984

And my favorite album was a tie between all the Duran Duran albums.

That has to be the one group I really outgrew.

I have zero interest in them now.

I still love all my other 80s bands, though.

:shrug:

[Pacifist Patriot]

21. LOL!

I was a Duran Duran fan then as well. Their stuff makes me cringe now. Ouch!

[Coventina]

25. Recovering Durannies unite!!!

:D

[djeseru]

43. You could call it "Duranies Anonymous."

I outgrew them myself! Yikes...

[djeseru]

44. dupe, sorry...=(

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

62. Traitors

( just kidding ) still a fan after all these years - just can't let my Fedora and jazz shoes go ;)

[Coventina]

67. Actually, I kind of wish I still liked them.

I remember how much fun and excitement they brought into my young teen-age life. I have *all* their albums and 12" singles up to about 1990. That's a lot of vinyl! I never play them anymore, but it's fun to get them out and look at them.
(Their art-design was always top-notch).

[djeseru]

85. Funny...

...it was their album graphics that got me into art! How profound some influences a truly are...

[Zomby Woof]

10. 1983

ZZ Top - "Eliminator"

[ohiosmith]

11. 63

Introducing The Beatles

[ThomWV]

12. CD? They Didn't Exist Yet. 1963

Probably something by the Ventures at that time, maybe I had graduated to James Brown by then, if not pretty soon thereafter.

[distantearlywarning]

13. 1990.

I think my favorite album at that time was The Cure - Staring at the Sea. It's hard to remember, though. I was going through a big change right at that time in my life.

[The Jacobin]

14. 1986

I think I was still listening to my http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity_%28album%29">Synchronicity tape.

[lizziegrace]

15. 1977

Dan Fogelberg's "Souvenirs" and "Captured Angel". Not released in '77 but I discovered them around that time.

[MarsThe Cat]

77. same year, different tuneage...

Viva Generation Jones!

[libnnc]

16. 1986

Rick Astley :eyes:

[GrumpyGreg]

17. 1948---Who the hell knows(or remembers)?

I don't think they even had albums then.

[AlCzervik]

18. 83

U2 War

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. 1984

Police "Synchronicity" Okay, it was released in 1983 but I went to their concert on the Synchronicity tour the week I turned 16. I also tried to read the C.G. Jung book as a result. Not so intelligent back then.

[GOPisEvil]

27. I turned 16 in 1984, too. Synchronicity was my favorite cd as well.

I saw The Police in November of 1983, I think...

[Atlas Mugged]

20. Damn, I love that album

I was twenty when Exile came out. When I was sixteen, it was 'Beggars Banquet'. 'Sympathy For The Devil' was an amazing daily soundtrack for a 16 year old. The entire album refined my musical tastes and it set a very high bar for what I listened to.

[u4ic]

22. 1982

It would have been the Hall & Oates album out at the time. The one with Maneater, etc...can't remember the name.

I just made the mistake of checking the billboard charts of that year...BAD EARWORM now...Steve Miller's Abracadabra... :puke:

[Coventina]

24. "I wanna reach out and grab ya!" LOL

I used to have that 45.

Years later I gave it to someone else as a gag gift.

I wish I had it back, just for giggles.

[trackfan]

23. 1975

I don't remember my favorite album, as I only listened to classical at the time.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

26. 1988 - Beastie Boys/Licensed To Ill

[Left Is Write]

28. Easy one! I turned 16 in June of 1982.

My favorite album that summer was John Cougar's American Fool.

[BlueIris]

29. 1995.

Toss up between Nirvana's Nevermind and Tori Amos' Under the Pink.

[bigwillq]

30. 1994

Don't remember a specific CD from that year! Sorry.

[Taxloss]

79. (cough) (cough) Nirvana? (cough)

I turned 16 in '94 too. Callaghan baby!

[mac56]

31. Also 1972.

"Deja Vu" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
Also "Who's Next" by the Who.

[wildhorses]

70. 1973

Days of Future Passed-Moody Blues
Tumbleweed Connection-Elton John
Quicksliver Messenger Service
Allman Brothers
POCO
Emerson Lake and Palmer
The smoker you drink the player you get
Loggins and Messina
Pink Floyd
Led Zepplin
Ten years After
Robin Trower
Johnny and Edgar Winters
Marshall Tucker
Neil Young
Dave Mason
Desperados-The Eagles
Will the Circle be Unbroken-The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

32. 1978. Barry Manilow's "Even Now."

Sad year - one of my classmates and her boyfriend, a year older, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on a date.

[Initech]

33. 1996

Sublime's "40 Oz To Freedom" was my favorite album at the time. Hell, still is!

Zappa's "Apostrophe" was another one of my favs.

[no name no slogan]

34. 1985

But my favorite album at the time was "Country Life" by Roxy Music (1974).

Today, I'd say my favorite 1985 record would be "What Does Anything Mean? Basically..." by the Chameleons. Incredible album by an incredibly under-rated band.

[khashka]

35. It was Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

Me and Sarah made love to Great Gig in the Sky....


It was wonderful....

Khash.

[Shine]

36. 1980.

"One Step Closer" by the Doobie Brothers...and it was the ALBUM b/c CDs weren't on the scene quite yet.

"Real Love"... "Dedicate this Heart"... good stuff.

I wonder what ever happened to that old album? Hmmm..... :shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

37. 2001

I don't remember what I was listening to before my birthday, but shortly after, my three favourite albums at the time were System Of A Down's "Toxicity", Glassjaw's "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence" and Sevendust's "Animosity".

[Tikki]

38. 1965 and these two...

vinyl albums I played the most...




Tikki

[livetohike]

39. 1968 Hendrix' "Are You Experienced"

and while it was released the year before, it was my favorite album when I was 16 :-). I still have it and I still love it.

[flamingyouth]

40. 1984. Probably spmething by the Cure.

Possibly the first Smiths LP. I was in a gloomy phase then. :D

[TheCentepedeShoes]

41. 1964

I didn't have a record player or stero or hi-fi or whatever. Had a GE clock radio. Therefore didn't have any albums. Big Beatles fan, though. Liked their music, plus they were "foreign."

[book lady]

54. 1962

The name of the album was "Peter, Paul and Mary"

[mvd]

42. Turned 16 in 1992

Favorite CD? I'd say that year, Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth.

Even then, I had many albums I loved. I was still into Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Paula Abdul, and Wilson Phillips. Now, I'm not as much into Debbie except for Electric Youth, and I'm not interested in Wilson Phillips anymore. It's not that I dislike Wilson Phillips' sound - some of my current CDs aren't far off - I just think their harmonies were lacking. And the arrangements a bit syrupy. Not into Paula or Tiffany's old stuff now, either. Simon and Garfunkel, Sheena Easton, Cyndi Lauper, The Beatles and the Cars were big, too - and I still love all of them.

[djeseru]

45. 1984.

*sigh* The age of "Sing Blue Silver."

It had to have been anything by Duran Duran. Luckily, I moved on quickly to greener pastures...

[mvd]

46. Actually, I got into Duran Duran later

In fact, I didn't even pay attention to them then, while I like them now.

[GOPisEvil]

68. All the cool kids turned 16 in 1984!

:bounce:

[Giant Robot]

47. 1987

Uhh hard to remember so far back. If I have the right year, U2 The Joshua Tree. Easily one of the best of all time.

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

48. 2000!!!!

I was a fan of Harvey Danger's King James Version. I went to their concert for my 16th birthday.

Yeah, I'm only 21.

[tuvor]

49. 1980, three albums

and of course...

[driver8]

57. Three great albums!! Good choices! n/t

[sendero]

50. 1970...

... and there were several, but two I know for sure were:

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Abraxax - Carlos Santana

Great thread - DUers have excellent taste in music!

[Withywindle]

51. 1985

"Fables of the Reconstruction" - R.E.M.
"Bad Moon Rising" - Sonic Youth
"Rain Dogs" - Tom Waits

some Husker Du and Robyn Hitchcock, a little goth stuff like Siouxsie and Sisters of Mercy. I loved that Love & Rockets song "Haunted When the Minutes Drag" (still do!)

that was about all I listened to that year that actually came out that year. Even more I listened to "The Velvet Underground & Nico" which came out in 1967, "Marquee Moon" by Television, (1978), and "Horses" by Patti Smith (1975) and "Secret Treaties" by Blue Oyster Cult (1974), and a whole bunch of stuff by John Cale and Lou Reed and Brian Eno and Iggy Pop from the early 70s.


(I'd stopped listening to pop radio when I was 12 or 13 because I liked heavy metal and classic rock better then)

[shanti]

52. 1971 - arggggggh! not a great year in music!

but i liked 'take it easy' - eagles, maggie may - rod stewart, just my imagination - the temptations. i'll pass on the tony orlando tho!

[hippywife]

53. 1974.

And I think it was probably Pure Prairie League's "Bustin' Out" or New Rider's Of The Purple Sage "Panama Red"

[maveric]

55. Loved Pure Prairie League.

Amy!

[enigmatic]

56. 79

And I think the album I listened to more than any other that year was either "Rust Never Sleeps" by Neil Young, or "Velvet Underground Live 1969"...

[driver8]

58. 1978

Pink Floyd -- "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals"

Rush -- "Hemispheres" and "A Farewell to Kings"

Supertramp-- "Even in the Quietest Moments"

[atomic-fly]

69. 1978 Outlandos D'Amour by the Police

I bought an 8-track version, because my friend with the car only had 8-track. I had to force my friends to listen to it.

[Broken_Hero]

59. 1993....

for me, don't laugh, it was Waking Up the Neighbors by Bryan Adams, and Chicago....yeah, :)

[elshiva]

60. 1997 "Lincoln" by They Might Be Giants

[Mutley]

61. 1996

Live's Throwing Copper

[Donald Ian Rankin]

63. 1999

Although I don't think I was sweet even then...

My favourite album was probably an old LP of "Commoners Crown" by Steeleye Span, a 60s/70s Folk Rock band, but I think it was out of print quite some time before then.

I've never really gone in for contemporary music.

[peekaloo]

64. '75 Born To Run

also liked Blood on the Tracks (my brother's)

I miss free form radio. :-(

[Left_Winger]

65. 1974 - Killer by Alice Cooper

[Trigger Hippie]

66. 1992, Blonde on Blonde.

Hey, I was always a Dylan fan...

[William Bloode]

71. 1983

And Ac/Dc's High Voltage, Or Ozzy Osbournes Diary Of a Mad man were my most listened to records at the time.

[anarch]

72. 1987 - Sonic Youth, Sister

That thing didn't leave the turntable for like six months.

[Bridget Burke]

73. Back in '64, singles ruled.

Brit invasion: Beatles & Stones, of course. Plus the Kinks "You Really Got Me" & the Animals "House of the Risin' Sun"

Surf Music: Beach Boys, "I Get Around" & others. Jan & Dean had "Dead Man's Curve" (alas)

Motown & other R&B: Martha & the Vandellas, "Dancin' in the Street"

Girl Groups: The Shangri-Las, "Leader of the Pack"

As an aspiring beatnik chick, I loved Dylan's "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan." The Holy Modal Rounders 1st LP was released that year, but I think I bought it in 1965; nonetheless, I was greatly influenced...

I officially preferred the Stones & my sister officially preferred the Beatles; that way, we could have LP's of both bands in the house.

[cwydro]

74. 1973

I had a lot of favorites, but I played Carole King's Tapestry nonstop in my little yellow Vega.

[Taxloss]

75. 1994. Smells Like Teen Spirit, appropriately enough. n/t

[sakabatou]

78. 2003

"Cowboy Bebop OST 3"

[RebelOne]

80. When I turned 16, there wasn't any such thing as DVDs

or even stereo.

[Dora]

81. 1985, but I didn't listen to squat.

Seriously. When I wasn't hanging out at school practicing for speech tournaments, I was rehearsing for a play, and when I wasn't doing that, I was at home with my nose buried in a novel avoiding whatever real homework I may have had.

I grew up in w/ no MTV in a cable-less household. I had no exposure to contemporary music. I was just beginning to discover alt radio (KEYX - The Key!), and I listened to what my friends and my brother made me listen to. Talking Heads, INXS, Adam Ant, Bronski Beat, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, U2, Prince, Black Flag, Social D, OMD (OMG).

To this day, I am still that malleable, but I am still completely uninfluenced by television.

[Dukkha]

82. 1986

Van Halen & Pink Floyd

[Democrats_win]

83. 1978 "We are the Champions"

[noonwitch]

84. 1980 Styx, "The Grand Illusion"

It was popular back then.

[grace0418]

86. 1986 Crowded House's first album was one of my favorites,

but I was pretty obsessed with music at the time so there were a lot.

[nickinSTL]

87. 1988 -

but I didn't listen to music back then...other than my dad's oldies and classical :shrug:

I didn't get into music myself until college.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

88. 1995

Probably Cross Road by Bon Jovi, which was the result of a crush I had on a girl called Charlotte.