What got you into TD?

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:45 am

Peter Beasley wrote: nor for some inexplicable reason did I attend any of TDs UK debut shows that year.

I didn't get to see TD until 1980 so totally missed out on all the Baumann years shows. I actually had the chance but turned it down. You can imagine how stupid I feel now.

wayfarer · Post by **wayfarer** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:49 pm

Chris Monk wrote:
Peter Beasley wrote: nor for some inexplicable reason did I attend any of TDs UK debut shows that year.
I didn't get to see TD until 1980 so totally missed out on all the Baumann years shows. I actually had the chance but turned it down. You can imagine how stupid I feel now.

You can imagine how I feel. I saw TD for the first time in 2005

22 years after my formative listening sessions.

24db · Post by **24db** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:12 pm

wayfarer wrote:
Chris Monk wrote:
Peter Beasley wrote: nor for some inexplicable reason did I attend any of TDs UK debut shows that year.
I didn't get to see TD until 1980 so totally missed out on all the Baumann years shows. I actually had the chance but turned it down. You can imagine how stupid I feel now.
You can imagine how I feel. I saw TD for the first time in 2005 22 years after my formative listening sessions.

shocking!

hansx · Post by **hansx** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:47 pm

wayfarer wrote:
Chris Monk wrote:
Peter Beasley wrote: nor for some inexplicable reason did I attend any of TDs UK debut shows that year.
I didn't get to see TD until 1980 so totally missed out on all the Baumann years shows. I actually had the chance but turned it down. You can imagine how stupid I feel now.
You can imagine how I feel. I saw TD for the first time in 2005 22 years after my formative listening sessions.

For me it also took about 20 years.

razor · Post by **razor** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:46 pm

The film 'Firestarter' got me hooked on TD in a flash!

timer · Post by **timer** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:51 pm

razor wrote:The film 'Firestarter' got me hooked on TD in a flash!

Shouldn't that be 'Flashpoint' ?

razor · Post by **razor** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:50 pm

timer wrote:
razor wrote:The film 'Firestarter' got me hooked on TD in a flash!
Shouldn't that be 'Flashpoint' ?

Well, it "could" be

71 dB · Post by **71 dB** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:01 pm

FORCE MAJEURE
December 31, 2007

pb2rdf · Post by **pb2rdf** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:44 pm

What got you into TD?

The music, around 1979 : Album Cyclone

grtz, Peter

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:34 pm

Late May 1991, a friend of mine played the tune "Le Parc"...

sparrow · Post by **sparrow** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:45 am

A guy at High School mentioned TD to me about 1977 which was the first time I heard the name. In 82 or 83 a mates brother heard I liked Jarre so he let me hear a bit of White Eagle. I didn't think much of it then. In 84 I was browsing in the local record store when I noticed the double LP ''Poland''...there was nothing else I fancied so I bought it. I listened to it a few times then decided it was OK but not that great. I met a new mate while in Hospital and he invited me to his flat. He let me hear Phaedra, Rubycon, side two of Cyclone and Ricochet on a really good system. I went home after buying Encore from him. Never looked back since that day. Underwater Sunlight was the real enlightenment and from that album TD became my fave band and Klaus Schulze my fave solo.

cantosis · Post by **cantosis** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:42 am

Can`t remember to be honest, I think it was the Risky Business movie which really got my attention. I love the feel of that movie and how the music is used. It really stops the movie from being an average 80s teen flick to being one of the best comedy movies of the 80s INMHO.

Music can really leave deep impacts when watching movies. Platoon is another movie where the music really made it stand out from other war movies of the 80s

24db · Post by **24db** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:36 pm

alipaul wrote:He copied his Td albums on to tape for me and took me to the Rainbow Theatre 1974 to see TD live.

Daz...two words....Lucky and Sod

TD's first date on their UK 1974 tour (although not their first UK dates that year)

26.10.74 Rainbow Theatre (Finsbury Park), London, England. 7.30PM Presented by Virgin Concerts Limited. Tickets £1.70 available from London Theatre Bookings, 96 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (saturday)

cantosis · Post by **cantosis** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:53 pm

24db wrote:
alipaul wrote:He copied his Td albums on to tape for me and took me to the Rainbow Theatre 1974 to see TD live.
Daz...two words....Lucky and Sod

TD's first date on their UK 1974 tour (although not their first UK dates that year)

26.10.74 Rainbow Theatre (Finsbury Park), London, England. 7.30PM Presented by Virgin Concerts Limited. Tickets £1.70 available from London Theatre Bookings, 96 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (saturday)

Wow TD used to have support bands

24db · Post by **24db** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:56 pm

24db wrote:
alipaul wrote:He copied his Td albums on to tape for me and took me to the Rainbow Theatre 1974 to see TD live.
Daz...two words....Lucky and Sod

TD's first date on their UK 1974 tour (although not their first UK dates that year)

Wow TD used to have support bands

Nah...don't think so. In fact TD have only had a support artist on a handful of occassions.

Shame Daz didn't get an invitation after the gig (here's the actual wording):

You are cordially invited to a RECEPTION in recognition of that auspicious occasion, namely. TANGERINE DREAM’S FIRST RAINBOW CONCERT

at London’s wonderful Rainbow Theatre of the same name

FEATURING
. FOUR Gigantic Barrel’s of Theakston’s Old Peculier Ale
. VERY Copious Quantities Of High Quality Italian Plonk
. A BEVY Of Beautiful Young Ladies
. Numerous Very Interesting Weirdos And Skilled Conversationalists
. LOTS Of other Things Too Divers And Recherche To Mention

AT THE RAINBOW THEATRE'S PURPLE ROOM DIRECTLY AFTER THE CONCERT

Tangerine Dream

What got you into TD?