Topic: What's your worst musical tragedy? (Read 27441 times)

niatinari · « **on:** 13 May 2005, 22:03 »

Has a friend borrowed and never returned a precious album? Has your car been stolen with your complete collection in one of the seats? What's your worst musical loss?

Mine: My sister's car was stolen with a few cds of mine on board. (That was the real tragedy, ne?) This was some time ago, so now I can't remember which they were exactly. I believe Radiance and ShadowStalker were among those lost. I am certain I replaced them.

More recently, but less tragically: When my fiance and I broke up, he still had the majority of my possessions, including all my cd cases and a few cds that couldn't fit in my carrying case (obviously the ones I didn't miss too much). Grar.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 May 2005, 22:55 »

my hard drive crashed with 89gb of music on it.

complete tragedy!

yipjumpmusic · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 May 2005, 23:17 »

car stereo stolen with magonlia electric co. in it. Now I have a burned copy in the real case. That is the worst I can think of off the top of my head.

Simulacra · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 May 2005, 23:21 »

my entire life up to about 2 years ago when i actually started choosing my own music to listen to.

Aphi · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 May 2005, 06:49 »

=pouts= ALllllllllllllllllll my Thursday CDs, confiscated by my parents, who were thoroughly convinced that I was turning into "some whiny, wrist-cutting emo kid"--only slightly paraphrased from what they actually said.

I had every CD, too! I had Waiting, and Five Stories Falling, and Full Collapse, and War All The Time....and now I don't.

=is suffering Thursday withdrawal=

muffy · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 May 2005, 07:06 »

Awww...my housemates occasionally threaten to confiscate my Bright Eyes CDs for the same reason, but are fully aware that I'd probably stab them in the eyes if they tried.
Just get hold of some really smutty electronic music (i.e Peaches) and play that really loudly, and if your parents complain, tell them that it makes you happy and sexually confident - surely, they can't want you to listen to bland, inspipid emotionless music?

On topic - I've lost so many CDs and records, my worst one (at the time) possibly being all the tapes I had of Manics rareities, all neatly collected onto 3 cassettes, one of which mangled and the other two disappeared.

Aphi · « **Reply #6 on:** 14 May 2005, 07:08 »

=laughs= Or just really /bad/ music. I /knew/ A Flock of Seagulls would be good for something more than laughing at!

=plots=

Revenge_Therapist · « **Reply #7 on:** 14 May 2005, 07:10 »

October 2003, someone broke into my house and stole all of my CD's which wouldn't be so bad, because I had them all backed up on my computer. Which had also been taken.

zekterellium · « **Reply #8 on:** 14 May 2005, 07:35 »

i really like avril lavigne.

that's a conversation stopper.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #9 on:** 14 May 2005, 08:51 »

Quote from: Aphi

=pouts= ALllllllllllllllllll my Thursday CDs, confiscated by my parents, who were thoroughly convinced that I was turning into "some whiny, wrist-cutting emo kid"--only slightly paraphrased from what they actually said.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Owned by stupid negative media stereotypes.

niatinari · « **Reply #10 on:** 14 May 2005, 09:45 »

I've had CDs confiscated before, and books as well, but that was because they were "occult" -_-

kikanjuuneko · « **Reply #11 on:** 14 May 2005, 10:12 »

The only case of this happening to me was an old friend of mine losing my copy of Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP' back in the day.

...Shut up, that was a good record.

Kai · « **Reply #12 on:** 14 May 2005, 10:19 »

Quote from: Aphi

=pouts= ALllllllllllllllllll my Thursday CDs, confiscated by my parents, who were thoroughly convinced that I was turning into "some whiny, wrist-cutting emo kid"--only slightly paraphrased from what they actually said.

Your parents did you a favor.

When my brother lost my cd case in January, which had every single cd I've boughten in it, and I didn't have all of them backed up.

Bad Samaritan · « **Reply #13 on:** 14 May 2005, 10:22 »

When I was younger, i was obsessed with the Banjo. I loved banjo music to death. I even had an old record with nothing but banjo music on it. My saddest day was when my father finally got sick of the record and broke it, telling me go listen to somethig else, like heavy metal.

And here I am now.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #14 on:** 14 May 2005, 10:23 »

Quote from: niatinari

I've had CDs confiscated before, and books as well, but that was because they were "occult" -_-

Oh man, I just imagined what would happen if my parents confiscated every album I own that was "depressive" or "occult".

Ouch.

What CDs were they, out of interest?

Aphi · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 May 2005, 10:28 »

No, no, no, no, NO!

=misses Thursday deeply= I'm /not/ an emo kid, I just happen to worship Geoff Rickly like a thin, almost emaciated, unhealthy-looking GOD.

weevil · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 May 2005, 10:31 »

http://www.music-map.com/thursday.html

Ease your withdrawal?

Aphi · « **Reply #17 on:** 14 May 2005, 10:35 »

Very much so.

=breathes easier=

Oh! Tragedy AVERTED! I FOUND THE CDS!!!!!!!

Under my mother's bed. They /really/ need to find better hiding places.

niatinari · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 May 2005, 10:50 »

Ahh, it was my Celtic collection (Loreena McKennitt, David Arkenstone and Darby Devon among others) Anne Lisher, and all my Mercedes Lackey (what can I say, I LOVE her books and thus love the songs that go with them).

All of them are pretty much what I call Filk, so nothing hard or what most 'rents would classify as occult. Mention magick once and that's it I guess. It was a sad day.

Off topic, I listened to the Inkubus Sukkubus samples you posted a while back and enjoyed them greatly. I'm going to have to pick up some of their stuff!

Signum_Tenebrae · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 May 2005, 10:52 »

I actually had CoF's "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" stolen from me.

That's probably not a HUGE tragedy, but the only album anything negative has ever happened too.

Oh and once when I was younger (like in Jr High) I scratched up a Weird Al CD so bad I couldn't listen to it anymore.

El Opium · « **Reply #20 on:** 14 May 2005, 11:10 »

I'm a notorious stickler for protecting my collection. Whenever a new CD arrives I burn a copy of that pretty quick and take it around with me instead of the original. I've taped a lot of my LPs too, though I've fallen behind a bit on that.
Worst thing that ever happend to me was a roommate spilt beer on a new a brand new Fire Show CD whilst I was away. I made him replace it though, he tried to get out of it by saying the disk was still playable but it was covered in gunk and the artwork was ruined. Plus Fire Show are an all time fave of mine so I was pretty mad with him about it.

rynne · « **Reply #21 on:** 14 May 2005, 11:18 »

Not *my* tragedy, per se, but a tragedy that occured to me:

When I was first getting into music in general, I was really into Metallica (this was a bit after the Black Album came out, though I prefered their older stuff). My aunt asked my mom what kind of music I liked, so she could get me a Christmas present. When my mom said Metallica, my aunt was like, "Aren't they devil worshippers that tell kids to kill their families?" For Christmas, my aunt gave me a Paula Abdul cassette.

Within a week, said Paula Abdul album had been exchanged for Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger. Within a month, my uncle asked if I could tape the Paula Abdul album for him, which forced my mom to borrow the album from a coworker.

Of course, by the time my cousin was old enough to get into music, my aunt had no problem buying him Korn and Slipknot albums.

OtterErotic · « **Reply #22 on:** 14 May 2005, 12:33 »

A few summers ago, I had a ticket to what turned out to be the last Elliott Smith show in New York, at Northsix (which is a pretty small club)

On the way to work that day, I sprained my ankle REALLY really badly and was told by my doctor that I was not UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES to go to the concert, since standing for that long would mean risking (more) serious tissue damage.

That sucked.

ASturge · « **Reply #23 on:** 14 May 2005, 13:00 »

When the mother and father of My Chemical Romance's lead singer decided to get randy...

muffy · « **Reply #24 on:** 14 May 2005, 13:04 »

you just killed me dead with that comment.
it was Beautiful.

Revenge_Therapist · « **Reply #25 on:** 14 May 2005, 13:07 »

If the was the thorum you would get a danza!

Simulacra · « **Reply #26 on:** 14 May 2005, 13:30 »

Quote from: niatinari

Ahh, it was my Celtic collection (Loreena McKennitt, David Arkenstone and Darby Devon among others) Anne Lisher, and all my Mercedes Lackey (what can I say, I LOVE her books and thus love the songs that go with them).

bugger, i miss my loreena mckennitt stuff. she did a really good rendition of The Lady of Shalott which remains my favorite song of hers of all time. and mercedes lackey does music too? my mind is blown.

niatinari · « **Reply #27 on:** 14 May 2005, 13:35 »

Sounds like I really do need to send you some music, Simulacra.

I prefer Loreena McKennitt's "The Highway Man" to "Lady of Shalot" although both are favorite poems of mine.

Are you a Lackey fan? If you recall all the songs she mentions in her books, such as those talking about the feats of Vanyel and those written by Leslac, she's actually written songs to go with them. And the songs have instruments like lute and hammered dulcimer. Tis heaven.

IronOxide · « **Reply #28 on:** 14 May 2005, 17:00 »

I have an original vynl (please don't bitch me out if i spelled it wrong) copy of 52nd Street. Yet the record player is broken.

Also, my sister snapped my copy of Running With Scissors and threw it out.

Erm, I used to enjoy listening to the Voodo Glow Skulls, who are a terrible band. Does that count as tragedy?

Druid · « **Reply #29 on:** 14 May 2005, 17:43 »

I had to rebuy the My Morning Jacket CD after I lost it. I had a near tragady when a couple of people almost stole Rage Against the Machine, Mozart, and something else on a school trip.

Quote from: rynne

When my mom said Metallica, my aunt was like, "Aren't they devil worshippers that tell kids to kill their families?" For Christmas, my aunt gave me a Paula Abdul cassette.

At least she didn't give you a bible and a note saying that she had signed you up for Christian counseling for at risk teens.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #30 on:** 14 May 2005, 18:25 »

Quote from: niatinari

Off topic, I listened to the Inkubus Sukkubus samples you posted a while back and enjoyed them greatly. I'm going to have to pick up some of their stuff!

Better keep 'em away from your parents. They actually are somewhat occultic.

My Finntroll - Visor Om Slutet CD has a scratch that goes all the way through.

This mortifies me. I will have to buy another copy. Even though I have it backed up. For one, the CD design itself is beautiful. For two, it's one of the best albums ever, and I need it on CD if I am to listen to it on my walkman in my long, nocturnal rambles through the forest whilst my MP3 player is off getting repaired.

niatinari · « **Reply #31 on:** 14 May 2005, 18:45 »

Duly noted. Of course it's been a while since I had things taken away for being occultic, and my mom has gotten over even bothering to check what I'm listening to anymore, but it's probably still a better idea not to scare her.

Moving out in just over two months.... yes

KharBevNor · « **Reply #32 on:** 14 May 2005, 18:57 »

Well, I mean, all the members are practicing wiccans. They write songs about witchcraft (both real and classic cliche witchcraft, because they are somewhat tongue-in-cheek) and express a decidely anti-christian bent in some songs, which criticise the church for things like witch burnings (duh), the crusades and child abuse. But certainly no immature 'GOD SUX' type sentiments.

Personally, I think the lyrical mixture of sex, vampires, nature worship and silliness* is hellaciously awesome.

*They do a cover of "Can't Get You Out of my Head" with altered, morbid lyrics, and who can forget their tribute to 25 years of punk: "Vampire Punk Rockers From Hell".

Reno · « **Reply #33 on:** 14 May 2005, 19:13 »

anytime that a good actor thinks that he/she can sing well too...

or anytime a good singer thinks he/she can act well too.....

niatinari · « **Reply #34 on:** 14 May 2005, 19:18 »

I'd sort of got that impression from things you'd said about them, and, well, from "Beltaine." And I tend to think that poking fun at religions (especially your own) is healthy. It's good to be open-minded. Unfortunately, wicca is still a sore topic around my house.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #35 on:** 14 May 2005, 19:28 »

Quote from: niatinari

Unfortunately, wicca is still a sore topic around my house.

Why so? (sorry, I'm just a curious-type person)

niatinari · « **Reply #36 on:** 14 May 2005, 19:38 »

Scenario = Family of fundamentalist Christians find out their daughter has been practicing wicca under their noses for years. Chaos ensues. Imagine all the horror you can.

Although I'm not wiccan anymore, it's still kind of a sore spot for the rents.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #37 on:** 14 May 2005, 19:50 »

I see exorcisms. I see bible camps. I see home book burnings.

Poor you!

marenpoop · « **Reply #38 on:** 14 May 2005, 19:58 »

car broken into, cd book and stereo stolen (along with my backpack and textbooks)...

niatinari · « **Reply #39 on:** 14 May 2005, 20:00 »

How close to the truth! It was an epic battle. And you can imagine the appreciation I have for gentle pokings of fun at ANY close-minded faith, no? (Although, I will note that not all Christians are close-minded.)

Edited: Ouch, Marenpoop, that sucks! Textbooks are rediculously expensive too!

KharBevNor · « **Reply #40 on:** 14 May 2005, 20:04 »

hehe, I wouldn't say it was poking fun, more 'we don't like you guys much because you set fire to our spiritual ancestors a lot'. Though 'Wake of the Christian Knights' is pretty damn satirical.

niatinari · « **Reply #41 on:** 14 May 2005, 20:10 »

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'we don't like you guys much because you set fire to our spiritual ancestors a lot'

For my purposes, I'm changing that to "I don't like you much because you burned all my Terry Pratchett, Mercedes Lackey, White Wolf/VtM, and C. S. Friendman...."

But that's not true. I love everybody.

cacahuate · « **Reply #42 on:** 14 May 2005, 20:13 »

My dad's car was stolen, then recovered. Once recovered, we discovered many techno CDs.

It was most definitely my biggest musical tragedy

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #43 on:** 14 May 2005, 20:26 »

I left my big cd case with about 45 of my cds on the plane about a year and a half ago. It was horrid. I had a couple hard ones to find in it too, like my Asian Man Records comps which are hard to get without mail order. The second worst one would have to the fact that I lent my ex-boyfriend my Mars Volta, Dismemberment Plan and Alkaline Trio cds and never got them back. PISS'D!

KharBevNor · « **Reply #44 on:** 14 May 2005, 20:30 »

Quote from: niatinari

But that's not true. I love everybody.

Really? Words can barely describe what would happen if someone performed a similiar ignominy on me. I would break people. Especially for the Pratchett.

niatinari · « **Reply #45 on:** 14 May 2005, 21:13 »

I'm just very forgiving, given time. Lots of time.

The Pratchett loss hurt the worst because, one, it was the hardest to replace in its entirety, and also because I just didn't understand what was evil about it.

Oh... ouch... the loss of Alkaline Trio cds ;_; I sympathize entirely.

Mnementh · « **Reply #46 on:** 14 May 2005, 21:22 »

Quote from: marenpoop

car broken into, cd book and stereo stolen (along with my backpack and textbooks)...

I worried about that for a long time, because I had 200+ CD's in my car. So I got an iPod, I'd rather that get stolen and be out $300 then all the CD's get nabbed and be out $2k

Druid · « **Reply #47 on:** 14 May 2005, 22:37 »

That's why all I carry is MP3 cds or mixed burns. I can buy another CD player easily, but I don't want to replace my cds.

Super Dave · « **Reply #48 on:** 14 May 2005, 22:47 »

The only thing my parents ever confiscated was the DVD from sum 41's "Does this look infected?" when I was like 12.

Shut up I used to like them.
[/hatred]

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #49 on:** 14 May 2005, 22:53 »

Quote from: niatinari

The Pratchett loss hurt the worst because, one, it was the hardest to replace in its entirety, and also because I just didn't understand what was evil about it.

No kidding though, I ended up having to order The Light Fantastic on the inertnet. I hope one of the books lost wasn't Pratchett's work with Gaiman, Good Omens.

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Author Topic: What's your worst musical tragedy? (Read 27441 times)

niatinari

yipjumpmusic

Simulacra

Aphi

Aphi

Revenge_Therapist

zekterellium

niatinari

kikanjuuneko

Bad Samaritan

Aphi

weevil

Aphi

niatinari

Signum_Tenebrae

El Opium

OtterErotic

ASturge

Revenge_Therapist

Simulacra

niatinari

Druid

niatinari

Reno

niatinari

niatinari

marenpoop

niatinari

niatinari

cacahuate

niatinari

Mnementh

Druid

Super Dave