Firsts in your life

Haha .. we saw that same version in high school. Though I think it was our Senior Lit. class.

 

First single purchase: "Will It Go Round In Circles" by Billy Preston. I think I was seven.

First album (received for Christmas): Elvis's Gold Records Vol. 1

First album (purchased with my own money): Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf

First CD: Joshua Tree by U2

First concert: Rod Stewart, May 1978, Blondes Have More Fun tour, Maple Leaf Gardens

First NHL game: Oct. 11, 1972 at Maple Leaf Gardens. Leafs tied the Habs 2-2. (Thanks, hockey-reference.com)

First MLB game: May 28, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium. My Jays beat the Angels 6-4, Jesse Jefferson gets the win.

First NFL game: Sept. 21, 1986 at Rich Stadium. Bills beat the St. Louis Cardinals 17-10, Jim Kelly's first win as a Bill.

First NCAA football game: Orange Bowl, Jan. 1, 1987, Oklahoma 42, Arkansas 8

First booze puke: Back in 1983 at a party a friend had. Way too much Molson Canadian for this kid. I was 18.

First job: Working at Kingswood Music Theatre, an outdoor shed at Canada's Wonderland. It was the summer of 1984, I got paid minimum wage and all the concert tickets I wanted. Great summer for music there, I had a blast on that job.

First time out of North America: Apparently I went with my parents to the UK when I was one. I don't recall it.

 

I envy your all's memories. Seriously. I couldn't tell you 99 percent of the firsts in my life.

Yes, I remember THAT one, jerks.

 

Wow, someone else who went to a USFL game before an NFL game. I saw the Chicago Blitz beat the Birmingham Stallions at Soldier Field. Believe I was 11. I was out of high school before I saw my first NFL game, Seahawks at Bears, 1990 season opener. It was the first and only game in which Seattle ran the run-and-shoot. It was scrapped after the 17-0 loss. That night also marked my first night drinking in a bar as an adult. I was 18, but looked 14. I even played a game of pool with the owner. I have no idea how I didn't get kicked out.

 

First song on MTV: "I Love Rock 'N Roll" by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

First booze to get me puking: warm Natural Light

First car: 1989 Chevy Beretta

First job: ride operator at an amusement park

First concert: Hall and Oates at Summerfest in Milwaukee, 1983

First tape: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's

First CD: AC/DC - High Voltage which was a gift from my sister's high school boyfriend, the first one I bought on my own was Nirvana - Nevermind

First MLB game: Brewers vs. Rangers at Arlington Stadium, 1982

First NBA game: A pre-season game between the Bucks and Rockets in 1983 at MECCA in Milwaukee. My first regular season game was Bucks vs. Blazers in '85.

First NFL game: Another pre-season game. Colts vs. Vikings, 1986 at the Hoosier Dome. The first regular season game was Colts vs. Chargers in '87.

First college basketball game: Marquette vs. Prairie View A&M, 1985

First college football game: Wisconsin vs. Indiana, 1986 in Bloomington

 

First baseball game: No idea. Cubs vs. somebody during the late '70s. I went to so many when my dad worked as a beer vendor that I can't remember which was the first.

First White Sox game: Not sure who they played, but I know it was Aug. 3, 1986, because it was the same day the defending champion Bears played in the American Bowl in London. I also remember it was the MLB debut of Russ Mormon.

 

Hating Baltimore is the human thing to do.

 

First Baseball game: Chicago White Sox vs. New York Yankees: June 3, 1958 at Yankee Stadium. I was six years old, the only thing I remember from the game was that Mickey Mantle hit a home run.

First movie: Mary Poppins in 1964

First concert: Led Zeppelin, forget the date since I've seen them several times and mix my dates.

First beer: Labatt 50 when I was ten.

First job: Shined shoes.

First Hockey Game: Montreal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins in 1964. I'll never forget watching "Le Gros Bill".

That's all for now. Will come back with some more.

 

First video I saw on MTV: "Abracadabra," which I think somebody else already mentioned.

First car: 1978 Mazda GLC 4-door hatchback. Went 0-to-60 in about a year. Top speed 81 mph, downhill, in the tailwind of a truck. But I beat the thing to hell and it kept coming back for more, and when I drove it nicely, I could squeeze 40 mpg out of it on the highway.

First major-league ballgame: July 25, 1977. Cardinals 9, Reds 8 at Busch Stadium.

First album purchased: "First Under the Wire" by the Little River Band, in 1979. The Little River Band also played the first concert I paid to attend, in 1984.

First beer: Bud Light in a pony bottle, in 1985. I was 17. I was in the back seat of a '78 Trans Am being driven home from the local movie theater to get my spare car key because I had locked mine in the car. I didn't know the guys in the front seat. But they were cool. They had the beer stashed in a little bathroom trash can with ice in it covered by a towel. I can say without reservation that I liked the first beer I drank, so I treated myself to a second.

First byline: Coverage of a high school wrestling tournament, 26 years ago today, as it turns out. It was also the first wrestling tournament I had ever seen.

First 1A story: A year and a half later, the death of a local football player.

First funeral: A high-school classmate who was killed in a tornado my freshman year.

First song I heard as a licensed driver: "Hard For Me to Say I'm Sorry," by Chicago.

First time across a state line: At age 13, to go five minutes into a neighboring state. I've made up for it since then, having lived in four different states. I've now been to 40 states, six Canadian provinces, and four other countries.

First legal drink: A shot of Everclear at midnight on my 21st birthday. I can still feel the burn.

 

You were born in '52?

Shit, I guess I still must be the oldest guy around here.

 

Yeah, I'm old fart ;D.

 

The first time I puked from booze was also the last time.
Didn't like the feeling of puking my guts out all night.
Also discovered a year or two later that I'm a lousy drunk. I get depressed, angry and tired if I have too much to drink.
I don't like beer and if I do drink my limit is two screwdrivers over a 5 or 6 hour period.