I was 10 at the time, the nondescript summer of 1995,
and I was going on a family holiday to Cyprus. I'd got a (very trendy) Sony Walkman the Christmas just gone, and it was suggested by my parents that I should make a mix tape (like my sister had) to accompany me on those long journeys that parents love oh so very much.

Anyway, aged 10 I didn't exactly have much in the way of broad exposure to music. Most of it was via my parents or my sister, and so the few gems I had found myself went onto this mix tape. This composed of a massive 3 songs:

Bart Simpson - Do The Bartman
Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom
Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy

Outstanding musical taste indeed. The worst part was not the fact that I literally filled the tape by repeating those 3 songs over and over and over and over, but more the fact that I took this tape (and no others) on a week-long holiday and never got bored of it, not once. You could put that down to an elaborate form of autism or just the fact that I am incredibly simple.
(The Oscillating Gibbon is eating curried squid, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 9:37, 3 replies)

Out of interest
did you repeat the tracks on the tape (as there's no way three songs would fill it up) or just patiently rewind it every ten minutes or so?

Also: howdy.
(Bearded Whumpus In chav Britain, schoolgirl offers sweets to YOU!, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 10:32, closed)

Awww ....
You just made me feel all reminiscent about those innocent 10-year old days before life made me cynical. I think the 10 year old me would actually be quite pleased that I had learned the lyrics of Do the Bartman after listening to it on repeat.
(cherrynicola, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 13:39, closed)

Whumpus,
I repeatedly recorded those 3 tracks over and over on the tape until it was full. But I only did one side (bless), so after 45 minutes or so I'd have to rewind it back to the beginning.
(The Oscillating Gibbon is eating curried squid, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 15:28, closed)