Music When I Was 18

Published by simon on May 26, 2007

This is from Nick, of JJCM fame. Interesting tag, i love music.

Here’s the rules of the tag:

1. Go to www.popculturemadness.com

2. Select the year you turned 18

I was 18 in 1991… ah, i remember it like it was yesterday…

3. Get all nostalgic over the songs of the year

i did some googling to help me jog my memory of that particular year. At age 18, people say you are at the prime of your life. I was a bright eyed and optimistic, it was the year i enter uni, my life before me. As i listened to the fantastic world of format FM stereo radio Singapore, and met new people from different background, my mind was opened to a brand new voice of powerful music of metal (Metallica, Iron Maiden) electronic dance (KLF, M People), white metal (Guardian, Whitecross) and the then new sound called ‘alternative’ and ‘grunge’. What an exciting time.
4. Write about it

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No.1 Enter Sandman - Metallica

The Perfect 10 (98.7FM) for all it’s indistinguishable fluff it plays these days, was responsible for introducing Metallica to me, circa the Black album with songs like Of Wolf and Man, Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters, and the of course, Enter the Sandman. Thus began a long affinity with the greatest band of all time until this very day…

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No.2 Fading Like A Flower (Everytime You Leave) - Roxette

It was not just hard rock only that i liked. I loved Roxette’s brand of chirpy pop. But this song, along with Almost Unreal, are my two favorite tracks by them.

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No.3 Silent Lucidity - Queensryche

This song blew my mind when i first heard it on the radio, still blows me out of the water now. Prog metal never really caught on back in the early 90’s, but this song still gives me goosebumps today.

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No.4 Rhythm of My Heart - Rod Stewart

Young man leaves his wife and kid for the frontlines of war. As the song says,

Oh rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
with the words ‘I love you’ rolling off my tongue
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
where the ocean meets the sky, I’ll be sailing

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No.5 Losing My Religion - R.E.M.

REM is cool. Enough said.

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