# Listen to the first song you paid for **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133 "2008-11-17T16:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133/41 "2008-11-18T02:28:02Z")
Olivia Newton John - Physical Shut up! I was 6. 😛 I saved up for the LP with my 50c pocket money I got a week and my mum helped me out with the last $2 I didn’t have ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133/42 "2008-11-18T02:52:56Z")
Te first album I bought, I co-bought with my sister. It was a compilation. Album Title : Night Flight Song wanted: Believe it or not ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133/43 "2008-11-18T03:04:39Z")
Wow. I can only make an educated guess. My music and my dad’s music were muddled together for so long when I was a kid. . .a lot of the stuff I listened to (Zep, Van Halen, early GnR, The Who, etc.) was all his. The 90’s came along and sort of changed that, I guess. The first album I really remember buying on my own was probably a cassette of Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger. I really don’t know how anyone can remember this kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133/44 "2008-11-18T21:17:19Z")
The first 45 I ever bought with my own money was “Big Bad John” by Jimmy Dean in 1961. I was 10 (yeah, I’m **that** old!) The first album I ever bought with my own money was [“The Ventures in Space”](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hpftxql5ldhe). That was in 1964. I think it was the cool hot rod on the cover that sealed the deal! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133/45 "2008-11-18T21:39:41Z")
First album I bought with my own money was K-TEL’s “Hit Explosion” from 1983. I saw it of course on TV but then found it for sale at K-Mart and had to have it. I was 13. Side 1: 01 - Mickey - Toni Basil (1981) 02 - Vacation - The Go-Go’s (1982) 03 - Steppin’ Out - Joe Jackson (1982) 04 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - Haircut One Hundred (1982) 05 - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (1982) 06 - Young Turks - Rod Stewart (1981) 07 - Abracadabra - The Steve Miller Band (1982) Side 2: 08 - Shadows Of The Night - Pat Benatar (1982) 09 - Gloria - Laura Branigan (1982) 10 - Hold On - Santana (1982) 11 - Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls (1982) 12 - New World Man - Rush (1982) 13 - Keep The Fire Burnin’ - REO Speedwagon (1982) 14 - Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor (1982) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133/46 "2008-11-18T22:15:59Z")
Queen - A Night At The Opera, 1975. I’m not much of a Queen fan anymore, but certainly the album still holds up fairly well. Bohemian Rhapsody, Death on Two Legs, I’m In Love With My Car, etc. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133/47 "2008-11-18T22:18:37Z")
Album:“Here at Last…BeeGees Live” Song: “Love So Right” LP I bought it with the first $10 I earned babysitting. It was $9.99 at Twin Fair. I recently got in CD format and downloaded it to my iPod. Ah, the memories. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133/48 "2008-11-18T22:25:37Z")
Wierd Al Yankovich’s Running With Scissors. Lots of great songs on that, including a Star Wars themed parody of Don McLean’s American Pie. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133/49 "2008-11-18T23:52:51Z")
First music I bought my own self (with rolled pennies!) was The Beatles– **Sergeant Pepper.** It’s holding up pretty well. I am peeved, though, that my first husband took my older Deutsche Grammophon and Capitol LPs and left me his inferior Apple pressings. Grrr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-the-first-song-you-paid-for/473133.md?page=2)