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Music-wise, what was the first 45, single or download you bought?
Submitted by Paddy Melt Wagon.
food for thought so get a buffet plate
the lyrics are so fat you might gain weight
While I had been buying albums on tape for a couple of years, the first actual single I copped with my own money was the Where I'm From single by Digable Planets. In my earliest years of music addiction, I mostly aped my older brother. From third to sixth grade it almost exclusively metal; Anthrax, ST, Megadeth, you name it and we were rocking it. Then big brother started hanging with a different crowd who turned him on to punk and hardcore, and my mind was blown. After that, there were a series of other discoveries I can directly attribute to him, most notably reggae. But around 7th grade, while I still looked to Jon as a source of new sounds, I started spreading my wings a little bit, searching out things on my own, following my own tastes instead of my chosen tastemaker.
Digable Planets were blowing up on the success of Rebirth of Slick; you couldn't turn on MTV without catching that song, and it was it digging into my brain. My family took a trip to Gatlinburg, TN, I guess it was that summer between 7th and 8th grade, and I had some money to buy whatever I wanted. Instead of opting for a souvenir or something like that, I immediately hit the record store in the little Gatlinburg mall (which, I believe, is still there). I didn't have much money, so in an attempt to make it last, I grabbed two cassette singles: Digable Planets Where I'm From and Radiohead's Creep. I count the Planets single as my first not only because I chose it first, but also because it didn't leave my walkman for the rest of the trip. I still listen to that album regularly, and this song will always be a high point for me.
