Full disclosure: I really enjoy French crime films from the 1950’s and 1960’s. Not the most common film genre for someone to be into, I realize, and perhaps a bit odd that I’d prefer watching a decades-old black & white film in a language that I only partially understand, but I’m a big fan nonetheless. There are many reasons why I think this little pocket of film history is so great, but right near the top is that occasionally, in the middle of suspense and action, you get something like this. From François Truffaut’s “Shoot the Piano Player,” 1960.
1st CD? Psssh! 1st LP!
Pssssssssssshhhhhhh!!! fft. My sisters and I were all into pop music, so I’ll have to parse out what was exclusively mine and not collectively ours.
First cassette: Jimi Hendrix — Smash Hits
First LP: ELO — Discovery
First 45: M — Pop Muzik
First CD: Rolling Stones — Sticky Fingers
I feel old now but surely there’s someone out there who also remembers their first record………anyone?First cassette: Supertramp - Breakfast in America
First LP: Bad Company - Bad Company
First 45: Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Second 45: Joey Scarbury - Theme from The Greatest American Hero
