Oh the Shame!
I've always been interested in clothes and unfortunately I had damn hippy parents that allowed me to choose my clothes from a young age, freedom of expression and all that.

As a consequence between the ages of about 9 and 13 I would wear the most hideous, often home-made ensembles.

1. Aged 10 I went to school on "civvies" day in a pair of silver loafers.
That I had spray painted myself.
2. I owned a pair of truly hideous red and white tartan trousers, that I thought were absolutely fan-bloody-tastic and about 20 years too late to be in homage to the Bay City Rollers anyway. I proably had no idea who they were.
3. At about 11 I thought I was "grunge" (i didn't even know what that meant!) and took to wearing my dads jumpers. My dad is 6'7" - I must have looked like I had suddenly shrunk in my clothes. I would also team these with a rather lovely pair of John Lennon style sunglasses and it is quite possible I had a purple "Fat Willy's Surf Shack" t-shirt on underneath ridiculously oversized jumper.
4. When I was 9 my mother allowed me to wear to her 40th birthday party a frilly white Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen style shirt, purple velvet flares and red patent shoes
5. Also aged around 11, not quite getting the whole ripped jeans fashion I would just tear holes in everything I wore. I used to look like I'd had a nasty run-in with a chainsaw.

As for music, surely a nine year old singing meatloaf isn't bad taste?
(MyrtleTheTurtle, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 17:28, Reply)

I've never told anyone this before.......
But I remember going into a shoe shop as a child, probably aged seven or so, and asking for a specific pair of shoes - a black and white pair of 'winkle pickers' - real Bugsy Malone type things. The shop assistant looked at me funny, and explained politely to my mum that, actually they were shoes for a girl (I'm male, see?). That's ok, I explained - I don't mind. I like them, and I WANT them...

Thank god that my mum had the morals to tell me that I wasn't allowed them. That would have been tragic. This could also fit in the 'near-death experiences' question.

Girls shoes?! What was I thinking?!
(the_great_stupido, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 17:21, Reply)

I own tape singles of,
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
and
Mc Hammer - Can't Touch This

enuf said
(Manatee Fondler, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 17:18, Reply)

Yucky
Bucky 0'Hare and lycra shorts when I was about 6. Christ knows how I came into possession of a pair of fitting lycra shorts at that age. Also, I obsessed over Jenny from said animated cartoon, and beg my mum to find me one in the shops or even make one. I had all the others, but not her!

When I was 8, I like the Spice Girls. I only stole my mum's singles because on the front of one you could see Ginger's pants and Posh's tits, by I developed a liking for them. I don't know why tits and pants interested me, as I was too young to be into girls, wtf?

When I was 12 I liked nu metal- Linkin Park, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, etc. I have since flogged most of those CDs, or handed them on to my brother, who is going through the same stage.

I also own some Redwood books, all of which I would now gladly destroy with fire then piss on.
(youthink, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 17:17, Reply)

FilthWizard, I forgive you
I'm just happy to find another person who's so much as heard of Mad Capsule Markets. Woo yay houpla to you.

I don't dare post my errors of judgment, as I am living in the middle of one right now.
(underachiever, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 17:16, Reply)

The album
I bought was Aerosmith 'Pump' ...it is my cross
(Fieldsie, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 17:11, Reply)

Picture this:
Black bowler hat
Mint green... I don't even know what it was. It was shorts and a tanktop combined.
NEON YELLOW tights
White and blue running shoes.
Oversized denim jacket

I was sooooooo not cool. And I didn't even know it at the time.

Also, I had a New Kids on the Block poster book, their first album on cassette tape, watched the animated TV show and cried when my mom wouldn't buy me the dolls. What the heck was I thinking?
(dragonrose, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 17:09, Reply)

Someone had to buy it.
I had the 2 unlimited album. i can still remember my gran buying it cos i wouldnt stop going on about it... oh the shame.
(8cidburn, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 17:08, Reply)

There is no excuse
for having 4 David Soul singles, which I think my parents still have tucked away somewhere at home.

And I actually bought the 12" extended version of the Ghostbusters theme by Ray Parker Jr., the extension being that the instrumentals kept going for ever and ever and ever...
( S tr app y, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 17:01, Reply)

Crimes against Denim
It was QUITE the style to take a perfectly good pair of acid washed jeans, cut slices all up and down the legs with a razor blade, paying particular attention to the knees, and just SHRED the fabric. Even better, a slice just beneath the butt cheek, worn with men's patterned boxer shorts underneath, peeking through. The ankles were then tight-rolled, socks were layered to match perfectly the Generra HyperColor t-shirt, bangs teased and rolled into a bouffant, and scrunchie elastic used to hold up the sides of the hair. Ah, what a gloriously byzantine fashion scheme.

Did I mention that I grew up in a small Tennessee town which was legendary for the size of hair we ladies could produce? Ah, the Soddy-Daisy Bouf was known far and wide . . .
(dlloft, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:59, Reply)

im 22 now
and i bought both of bewitched albums when they came out if you can figure out how ol i was youll realise i was shockingly old to blame this on childhood, instead i blame it on puberty 4 young hot girls one of them 16 eith curly balck hair and a face thats drying out for bukkake and a set of twins oh and a older blonde one. it was the hormones youve got to believie me please its not my fault i learned the error of my ways i listen o korn greenday and mad capsule markets, please forgive me though i dont deserve it
( filth wizard, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:55, Reply)

My Mate..........
Had Nylon Dr Who y-fronts

and A-Team ones too

I had nice sensible cotton blue ones

ahem
( bigmeuprudeboy is using powerpoint or paint...have MERCY, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:55, Reply)

It scares me...
that people are posting liking 'Hanson' as being in their childhood.

I remember wanting to murder the irritating little cunts and it only seems like last week.

Ouch.
(Fonkadelix is fucking bored, pass the crack pipe Mavis., Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:41, Reply)

I blame my mother..
Captain Beaky. FFS.


Shame.
(chilling, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:39, Reply)

"I'm a Barbie Girl"
I bought the CD and played it... incessantly. What was i thinking? Who knows... took me into a lifetime of porn though...
( bloojam Is back(ish) in bl3ck, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:35, Reply)

Huey Lewis and the News albums
Not only 'Fore' but 'Sports' also...

Saving grace is that they are both on vinyl (showing how long ago it was when I bought them)

I'll get me coat
(texasjohn, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:29, Reply)

Early bad taste?
I used to have strong urges to suck my mum's nipples...
I'll get my coat.
(Scoobs, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:26, Reply)

Jim'll fix it
When I was about six I wrote to Jim'll fix it asking to sing 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' with David Essex.

Luckily, my parents neglected to tell me I had to put a return address on the letter. Thanks Mum and Dad, for saving me from a lifetime of cringeing embarassment.
( Safetyfox, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:20, Reply)

When I was very young
I and my little sister (about 4 at the time) stripped down to our underwear and lay in our parents bed for a while. Until our Mother came in. Why? I do not know.
(richard pye, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:12, Reply)

Rocky Horror Show
I was one of those embarrassing Rocky Horror people- except I was about 12. I was a really wierd kid.

I also had a massive pre-sexual crush on Richard O Brien- I used to sit and watch the Crystal Maze with one of those squirty 'plant mister' things at my side, and would squirt my face with water whenever he came on screen, such was my red-faced excitement.

My face is nearly as red now, just typing this. Hi Log!
(susantobacco, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:12, Reply)

Well my first Album
First album - Soundtrack to the Lost Boys (Not too bad)

Second album - Hammer don't hurt them MC hammer (Oh dear)

Third album - The Simpsons sing the Blues (It didn't get much better after that)

What was worse, my mates all knew how sad Mc Hammer was I'm not sure I ever actually listened to the tape.
(nebbie, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:05, Reply)

Let's go for a little walk
At 11 I bought my first single, Rebel Rebel by David Bowie, pretty cool. 2nd single? Under the Moon of Love by Showaddy-fucking-waddy??.
Later in life, I took to wearing a large padlock and chain around my neck, ala Sid Vicious. That was until I was staying at my brother's house and forgot my padlock key. Had to sleep with this huge chunk of metal around my neck, woke up with a bruised chest, and an imprint that lasted for days.
(Chillumm, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 16:01, Reply)

sun-in
In the late 80s, myself, my brother and my sister were all fans of the 'sun-in'. Yep, the three of us proudly paraded around with our distinctive dark eyebrows and fluffy orange hair.

NB: my sister is 6 years older than me, so i can be forgiven - she can't.
(summeraine28, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 15:58, Reply)

Spitting Image
I can still remember all the words to 'Hold a chicken in the air'
(summeraine28, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 15:54, Reply)

when i was about 5..
i had a massive crush on jason donovan. my mum bought me one of his albums and i told everyone i was going to marry him. then i stopped liking him when i didn't win a competition to have lunch with him.
also was obsessed with hanson for the whole of 1997 and 1998.
(ginblossoms, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 15:53, Reply)

Vanilla Ice
I'll never darken this site again......
(The TPOL, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 15:49, Reply)

Yummy
I used to make all sorts of lovely cuisine such as mud and sand. Crunchy. But oh so delicious!
(Fuzzy, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 15:48, Reply)

Shaddup a you Face!!!!!
I loved that song! My babysitter used to invite her friends over, drink Screwdrivers and put that song on. I would, very enthusiastically, dance to it and sing at the top of my lungs. "whatsa mattah you! hey! itsa notso bad, itsa nice-a place, ah shaddupa you face!" My key move was moving my arms like I was pedalling a bike with them and simultaneously wiggling my butt like I had seen done on DANCE FEVER with Denny O'tario!!!!
(Igneous, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 15:46, Reply)

Simon Wicks
has alot to answer for.

Leather fucking ties for a start.

I had 4.

Wanker.
(spawnbauble, Fri 10 Dec 2004, 15:45, Reply)