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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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This is fascinating:
mediapreservation.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/extracting-audio-from-pictures/

(unless you're a knob)

What was the first record you bought (or cassingle, or 'see dee' or 'down load' depending on your age)?

Alt: what was the most recent one you LEGITIMATELY PAID FOR?
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:53, 136 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
I'd rather talk about the fact Dr Who wore clip on braces in the episode on Saturday.
And this is apparently UNACCEPTABLE, as three friends of mine were discussing on facebook this weekend.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:55, Reply)
dr who is a proper dick

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:56, Reply)
I'm surprised their parents let them have Facebook accounts personally.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:56, Reply)
My girlfriend replied with
"this status has given me AIDS"
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:57, Reply)

have Facebook accounts live
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:57, Reply)
I'm pretty sure all forms of braces are unnacceptable
but clip-on as opposed to what?
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:59, Reply)
Button attachment.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:00, Reply)
Buttons?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:00, Reply)
Ah, I see.
I am singularly sartorially unqualified to comment on this specific issue.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
my morning coat trousers have braces that button on.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:00, Reply)
Why not just wear trousers that fucking fit in the first place?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:02, Reply)
these do fit, they were made to measure....
I think it's tradition more than anything; guess what colour ine are?
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:02, Reply)
I'm guessing it's a colour only a bent spastic would wear.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:06, Reply)
They are red, and look very smart

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:08, Reply)
Have you looked through "look at my fucking red trousers"
you should upload a few pictures of yourself.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:09, Reply)
i might just do that

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:11, Reply)
I don't fucking know.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
The first records bought for me were
the soundtrack to Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo and the 12" version of Hole In My Shoe by Neil.
First single I bought myself was (I think) Pump Up The Volume by MARRS.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:58, Reply)
*climbs on the back of a giant anchovy*

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:00, Reply)
And everyone was having a really good time
except me :(
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
The Beat Street soundtrack is better.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
I shall take your word for that
I also remember Anfield Rap and Loadsamoney being among the first records I bought myself. I've probably still got them somewhere.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:02, Reply)
I bought the Loadsamoney single and all.
I took it to a disco at the local scout hut and insisted that the DJ played it.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:11, Reply)
Haha brilliant
Let's all dance now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-7v4qnHP8
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:16, Reply)
Yup, still know every word.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:18, Reply)
Jesus, I just cringed so hard all the skin came off my arms

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:18, Reply)
don't know what I first got, bet it was shit
the last record I got was an INTELLIGENT DANCE MUSIC record
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:59, Reply)
that Calibre fabriclive is rather good.
But it's all about Avery at the moment.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
I hear ya bro!
Best adhesive labels in the business - eff that Viking own brad shit, yo.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:03, Reply)
I've totally been rocking their A4 folder labels recently

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:08, Reply)
that man knows what he's doing with his drum and bass

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:04, Reply)
really smooth sound
Impeccable breakbeat construction.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:06, Reply)
I've been really lax with buying music lately.
The last CD was the most recent Godspeed album, last vinyl was Voices by KC Flight Vs Funky Junction. For the PMT remix.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 10:59, Reply)
Rolf Harris - 2 Little Boys
that shit rocks
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
And what about the first record you bought?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:02, Reply)
Can't remember but it would've been something impossibly cool

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:09, Reply)
Greetings from Poland.
First single was '19' by Paul Hardcastle.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
That's a good record.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
Polski Prick

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:03, Reply)
Fuck off. Cunt.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:04, Reply)
Jimmy Somerville lolz

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:05, Reply)
i don't get this soz
I'm assuming you are calling Batty boy a bender
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:08, Reply)
Play on words innit
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronski_Beat
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:15, Reply)
Not sure which the first record was
I had a record player that had an elevated metal arm that you could stack singles onto and it'd play each in turn. The earliest ones I had in rotation were:

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
Axel F - Harold Faltymeyer
Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Young Ones

Alt: I bought the Pump Up The Volume soundtrack in Poundland the other day. It didn't have the best song in the film on it. Sad times
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
Kick Out The Jams?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:03, Reply)
No, the Leonard Cohen 'Everbody Knows'
It's just got some shit cover of it.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:04, Reply)
typical jew

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:05, Reply)
Oh yes, of course

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:06, Reply)
I have the 45 of that
I have a great MC5 documentary on DVD, it's super-rare cos it never came out following arguments over the soundtrack.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:05, Reply)
I've only ever found one MC5 album (which I have of course)
but it's a live one. I want a studio album ideally. Also, I would like to see that DVD.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:07, Reply)
Back in the USA and High Time are both excellent.
Their studio work doesn't do them justice though really - that DVD is amazing. I shall try to copy it for you.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:10, Reply)
Seriously?
Cheers dude....You know what, it's not true what everyone says about you.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:12, Reply)
No honestly it really *is* that big.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:13, Reply)
Well, I'm impressed

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:14, Reply)
The best thing on the DVD is in the special features and shows them live in somewhere like Dunstable
in about 72: it is fucking awesome
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:18, Reply)
Nice

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:19, Reply)
I think you'll find it's 'Amadues'.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:04, Reply)
hahahah
alright lad?
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:05, Reply)
Torn a tendon. Other than that not too shabby.
Delighted with your news old boy.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:06, Reply)
Hola, Battered.
I think I've done the tendon in my big toe. Age, innit?
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:09, Reply)
Must be. Done my right wrist gardening on Saturday.
Yours could be gout.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:12, Reply)
Nah, it's definitely feeling tendoney.
No swelling, see?
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:14, Reply)
First: 'The Jimi Hendrix Album' - cassette, WH Smiths Winchester
Most recent: 'Steve Hillage Live at Deeply Vale'
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:04, Reply)
It is interesting, but too long to read all of at work.
First album was Beatles For Sale on cassette.

Alt: Most recent one bought not only LEGITIMATELY, but also directly from the artist ensuring maximum return for them, was this: www.discogs.com/Larsen-LLL/release/1981397
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:07, Reply)
I do like buying direct from the artist.
That way I can destroy the broken buisness model even quicker.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:08, Reply)
I would buy from the artist
but since I can get it for free I don't see why I should bother.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:11, Reply)
I buy from the Artist, then I make a torrent on it and leave my computer seeding 24 hours a day to help them get known.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:13, Reply)
I do the same with books and comics too.
I want to spread the word about how great books and comics are by not paying for them and telling my friends that they should pay on my behalf.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:15, Reply)
I've only just discovered that Ya Kid K was in fact a woman.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:07, Reply)
Barely/
Euro dance-pop's very own Fatima Whitbread.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:11, Reply)
If you've not seen this from /talks popular page you should.
www.b3ta.com/talk/7644258
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:07, Reply)
Jesus christ

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:10, Reply)
Rosalicious has me blocked on facebook so when she responds to Gonz I can't see it.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:10, Reply)
What did you do?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:11, Reply)
She unfriended me
and I made a joke about it by asking Roota to ask her why she had unfriended me, and like the mentalist she is she took it far too seriously and blocked me. Roota has since unfriended me. The moaning Scouse bint.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:14, Reply)
Face book -gate rumbles on

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:15, Reply)
Facebook is even more srs bsns than b3ta.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:15, Reply)
Buy her some Squeeze tickets to break the ice.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:16, Reply)
At the Phil?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:18, Reply)
At the Phil?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:18, Reply)
GREAT SEATS

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:19, Reply)
Brilliant.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:13, Reply)
that's fantastic

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:13, Reply)
Why the hell is Scott talking in broken English
He is English according to his facebook
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:51, Reply)
First album I bought was on CD and was "Road to Hell", by Chris Rea.
I no longer own it.

Most recent song I bought was off iTunes, night before last, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" by Jet.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:08, Reply)
I like Beady Eye

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:10, Reply)
Yeah, they're alright.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:11, Reply)
A sure contender for worst gig I ever attended was a Jet gig.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:14, Reply)
I've seen Oasis live :(

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:14, Reply)
I like Oasis.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:16, Reply)
I dread to imagine what is worse - the band or their fans.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:16, Reply)
Incredibly, it's the fans.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:20, Reply)
I don't think I'm a fan of any band.
Some I like, some I don't, some (like Oasis, the Smiths etc) I like despite myself.

I would suggest that "fans" are cunts regardless of the band they follow.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:22, Reply)
Not long after the prestigious Ricoh Arena opened in Coventry they put on a line-up of Oasis, Kasabian and The Enemy.
Can you conceive of a bigger collection of tossers together in one place?
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:32, Reply)
B3ta bash?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:35, Reply)
I like all of those bands.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:37, Reply)
I don't.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:42, Reply)
The case rests your Honour

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:58, Reply)
It really really is.
The only gig I've been to at the MK bowl where I gave up trying to get a beer because they were all getting 10 lagers at a time by the thousand.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:23, Reply)
Although they did "disrespect" Milton Keynes.
Which is a bit fucking rude if you've got tens of thousands of people paying money to see you in Milton Keynes.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:24, Reply)
How did they dis the MK massive?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:30, Reply)
They didn't say "hello milton keynes" or whatever it is the big bands say.
They said "i'm suprised you all came to the middle of fucking nowhere"
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:31, Reply)
The song's got a thumbnail of the band.
They look like the most god-awful bunch of Ramones wannabes.

All long hair, leather jackets and sunglasses indoors.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:15, Reply)
They appear to be the worst bunch of cunts imaginable.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:17, Reply)
You've obviously not heard Morrissey talk about anything, ever.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:23, Reply)
I've even seen the racist old bore live.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:33, Reply)
He's a fucking idiot.
The irony of him being so rich is completely lost on him.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:34, Reply)
It was at the Reading Festival, where he performed in front of a MASSIVE bank of lights that spelled out his name.
He announced to us "Reading, I am humbly yours..."
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:38, Reply)
Fucking arse.
I hate him with a proper passion. Don't mind the songs though.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:41, Reply)
I don't really want to admit these...
As a youngster I won the vinyl of The Bangles 'Walk Like an Egyptian'

The first cassette was Erasure's Abba-Esque

CD Was Mr Vain by Culture Beat

Last music I legitimately bought/downloaded was Skunk Anansie's Black Traffic.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:09, Reply)
Nothing wrong with that, good song.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:10, Reply)
Yeah I love Dr Vain by Culture Beat too.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:14, Reply)
This is something for you to aim to beat:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4874938.stm
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:25, Reply)
O_O

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:27, Reply)
Good for him, I say
How else would we know what 40,000 E's will do to you?
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:29, Reply)
I reached the conclusion, admittedly not reading every word of that article, that drugs aren't that bad for you
As long as you don't take as many as that. Probably.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:31, Reply)
that was kind of what I got from it
plus he had taken coke, heroin, LSD, weed, glue and some other shit
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:32, Reply)
Drugs, like booze and religion, are fine when taken in moderation

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:33, Reply)
or in massive quantities over a short period of time

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:33, Reply)
Give you a FUCKEN RUSH, that's what!!!11!lol!

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:33, Reply)
Alright Burtons?

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:33, Reply)
Alright, wee marn?
Polski still frozz!
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:36, Reply)
It's nice here. Sunny. 14 deg.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:42, Reply)
BUZZIN' LIKE A FUCKED FRIDGE M8!

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:33, Reply)
The first record bought for me was Kim Wilde's self titled début, it's actually not that bad, certainly better than her later work.
The first I bought my self was probably Led Zeppelin or possibly Metallica.

ETA: most recent paid for: Scroobius Pip
Most recdent D/L: Van Halen's greatest Hits.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:31, Reply)
I had a major crush on Kim Wilde when I was a teenager.
She's become a right chunker since.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:33, Reply)
But dirty I bet.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:37, Reply)
I bet she'd have no problem with arse to mouth without a cockwipe in between and likes doing herself with an empty beer bottle whilst she sucks you off.
The dirty slag.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:44, Reply)
She looks like an ageing prozzie that you'd still enjoy banging because of the experience she brings.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:48, Reply)
Thanks for that insight "Wayne Rooney"

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:50, Reply)
Welcs.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:51, Reply)
Me too.
having done a quick GIS, most definitely still would.

Edit: actually maybe not, but due to age, not weight. she looks like Mrs. McCluskey.
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:42, Reply)
I can't remember. Probably something really shit,
What I do know is I was recording the charts each week long before I ever bought a legit tape. I'm the guy that was killing music by home taping back in the 80's.

Alt. I can't remember. Probably something really shit,
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:44, Reply)
I DONE A NEW THREAD

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:53, Reply)
And it's shit.

(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:54, Reply)
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And I think at the same time I bought rock n roll ain't noise pollution by AC/DC for the princely sum of 75p each.
Can't remember the last one I paid for.....
(, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:20, Reply)

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