Where we take a break from the politics and just remember the music…
When my twelfth birthday came around, I was the only one of my friends who didn’t have a stereo. I wasn’t really that “into” music at the time. I owned a copy of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” like everyone else in the 80′s, but outside of Van Halen and Weird Al, I didn’t really have that extensive of a music library. So says to my mom, I said “Hey mom, how about a stereo for my birthday?”
This was also around the time when CD players came out, and my mom, being the oh so cool lady that she is, figured that since I’m going to be bugging her for a CD player soon anyway, she was just going to get me one of those. This was going to be awesome! I was going to be the first out of any of my friends to have a CD player!
However in my excitement of being the first of any of my friends to have a CD player, I never thought to ask for any CD’s. Luckily, mom though ahead and got me covered. When she was the Sears buying my CD player, she bought a CD. And while I can’t remember if it was because it was number one that week or if the clerk had recommended it, I do remember that on that day I decided it was my new favourite band, and to this day still is.
The CD was Bon Jovi’s “Slippery When Wet.”
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