Circa 1999, pre Napster, I discovered you could download MP3s from usenet, and the random song I downloaded to see if it worked was ‘Hideway’ by Olivia Tremor Control. Which was great! On figuring out where that song came from, I bought a CD online for the very first time, from CDNow I think.
Tim Byron
Tell me about a song that blew you away the first time you heard it, where you had to immediately drop everything to learn what it was and who it was by, bonus points if it was pre-Shazam and you had to *work* to find out.
(Brought to you by a re-listen of “I’m Straight” by The Modern Lovers)
