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I remember the first time I heard and saw the "Around the World" video. It must have been summer of 1997(?), when MTV still played music videos and they played

I remember the first time I heard and saw the "Around the World" video. It must have been summer of 1997(?), when MTV still played music videos and they played the "weirder" ones late at night. Was poking online at stuff and had the TV on in the other room and I heard this weird (as in different) song come on, head to the other room to see that strange music video and I was immediately hooked. They only showed the artist at the beginning of it, so I had to stay up another 2 or 3 hours until the entire segment repeated itself to catch who it actually was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKYPYj2XX80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKYPYj2XX80

EricE 6y ago
"I had to stay up another 2 or 3 hours until the entire segment repeated itself to catch who it actually was." Ah, the days when phones were on the wall with a cord too. At least MTV did still play music back then. And the record industry wonders why file sharing sites took off? I loved limewire because I could find songs I liked, then I would grab everything else that person had and I discovered so much new content - I bought more CDs than I ever would have otherwise simply because I discovered stuff I didn't even know existed. I still haven't found anything that could match that discovery experience; it's kind of crazy really.
- strictnein 6y ago
  It's crazy how Youtube is the MTV of our dreams. If I could have had access to just the music videos on Youtube in 1995, I would have thought it was the greatest invention in history.
  - mjgs 6y ago
    I still remember when MTV started where I was living, it was a very big deal for teenage me.
pqdbr 6y ago
I remember very vividly the first time I listened to Daft Punk. I was maybe 16 years old (circa 2003) and was one of the first times I was traveling without my parents. I was on a skydiving trip with my instructor and crew. At night, there was a big party at the DZ, and at a certain time the DJ dropped "One more time". I was talking to someone and went "wait a second, I need to do something". I walked up to the DJ booth and asked him "Man, what is this song you are playing?!" He smiled, pulled up a CD cover for Discovery and said "Congrats, you have been daft punked". Such a powerful track... it kickstarted my passion for house and EDM in general.
greg7gkb 6y ago
I had a similar experience with 'Da Funk', which was released when music videos could still break out an artist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi60Bd4jSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi60Bd4jSs It was so weird but not enough to be off putting - it just made me want to learn more about who would do this. Delightful!

EricE 6y ago

"I had to stay up another 2 or 3 hours until the entire segment repeated itself to catch who it actually was." Ah, the days when phones were on the wall with a cord too. At least MTV did still play music back then. And the record industry wonders why file sharing sites took off? I loved limewire because I could find songs I liked, then I would grab everything else that person had and I discovered so much new content - I bought more CDs than I ever would have otherwise simply because I discovered stuff I didn't even know existed. I still haven't found anything that could match that discovery experience; it's kind of crazy really.

strictnein 6y ago
It's crazy how Youtube is the MTV of our dreams. If I could have had access to just the music videos on Youtube in 1995, I would have thought it was the greatest invention in history.
- mjgs 6y ago
  I still remember when MTV started where I was living, it was a very big deal for teenage me.

pqdbr 6y ago

I remember very vividly the first time I listened to Daft Punk. I was maybe 16 years old (circa 2003) and was one of the first times I was traveling without my parents. I was on a skydiving trip with my instructor and crew. At night, there was a big party at the DZ, and at a certain time the DJ dropped "One more time". I was talking to someone and went "wait a second, I need to do something". I walked up to the DJ booth and asked him "Man, what is this song you are playing?!" He smiled, pulled up a CD cover for Discovery and said "Congrats, you have been daft punked". Such a powerful track... it kickstarted my passion for house and EDM in general.

greg7gkb 6y ago

I had a similar experience with 'Da Funk', which was released when music videos could still break out an artist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi60Bd4jSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi60Bd4jSs It was so weird but not enough to be off putting - it just made me want to learn more about who would do this. Delightful!