|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
75.25.148.228
Though I had received CDs as gifts, the very first I bought with my own money was the Pet Shop Boys' Please, during the Fall '86 semester. At the time, because I did not have a CD player, I brought the disc to school, where I could find classmates who did have CD players.I was in Latin class, and the girls thought the CD was the neatest thing. A CD was smaller and cleaner than vinyl records. And the CD's rainbow streaks were just the coolest. The fact that CDs sounded better on popular music was the icing on the cake.
As San Francisco city slickers, we laughed at PSB's "Suburbia." Geez, even then, the "suburbs" meant Daly City. We laughed at the synthesized dogs barking. Yet, San Francisco was home to (a) foofoo little dogs, and (b) pit bulls. We all assumed we'd always live in urban areas.
Well, now the joke's on us. The S.F. Bay Area has zero affordable housing. We cannot afford to live in the city of our birth and upbringing. Even in what used to be the Bay Area's "suburbs," homes are half a million dollars.
Nevertheless, PSB's "Suburbia" is still a great song, a heavenly slice of synthpop. If an audio product can't get "Suburbia" right, drop that product.
-Lummy The Loch Monster
Edits: 07/20/16Follow Ups:
nt
Dman
Analog Junkie
Go ahead Lummy- take a chance...
Is what they say, true? My most cosmopolitan female realtionship was this Chinese born in Singapore, that grew up in Manhattan (near Columbia U). Very odd Chinese-Manhattan accent.
Junior and senior years in HS. Amazing how one hangs onto the first. so many moons ago...
8^)
Awesome album!
Post a Followup:
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: