Back in the
autumn of ‘92 something happened that would change my music taste forever.
Up until
then I'd pretty much been a pop chart follower & my record collection played
host to some of the most dire music ever made.
One afternoon I
was on my way to a local café where a little cluster of my classmates used to hang
out after school, when I spotted a new record store.
It looked really groovy from the outside and the scent of burning incense drew me in.
I wasn't going to buy anything but I left with two albums, which
were
'Nirvana –
Nevermind' & 'Pearl Jam –Ten'.
I wasn't even
into that kind of music then but the owner of the shop was so convinced that I’d
fall in love with them that he even told me that I could bring them back for a full refund if I didn't.
I brought them
home & listened to them all weekend, then I went back into the shop on the following Monday & shook the dude’s hand.
After that pop
was dead to me, I weeded out all the inane crap to make room for proper music.
The record store became a regular haunt for me and my mates.
The owner had an uncanny ability to unite people
with music that they never thought they'd like; he also had a really
infectious love of rock music & an almost encyclopedic knowledge of bands.
It was an exciting time of my life and one that deserved a more kick-ass soundtrack than the ten a penny pop I'd previously favoured and a kick-ass soundtrack is just what I got.
Later that year I bought the first album by 'Rage Against The Machine' and my life was never the same again ;)
The last record that I
bought from the store, before I moved away from Sweden in ’93 was ‘The The – Dusk’
which is still one of my favourite albums.
I love all the
songs on this album and I think they've kept fresh.
What 90s albums do you have that you can still listen to and enjoy all the way through?
I’ll leave you
with another wonderful song by 'The The', enjoy…
Have a fabulous weekend!
Lot's of love,
Jennie
xXx