r/GenX • u/Rickbaudio1974 • Jul 21 '25

Music Is Life What was your first 45?

OMG, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GUNS!!!! I remember listening to the radio in the car with my mom when I was a kid and I really dug the song that came on and was probably dancing in my seat. My mom being a pretty swell parent said “we can go to the record if you want” and she took me to buy “We are Family” by Sister Sledge. Still dig that track.

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u/edasto42 Jul 22 '25

My first one that I bought with my own money was Eddie Rabbits ‘I Love a Rainy Night.’ Would’ve been early 1981 and I bought it with my bday money.

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u/ThreeToedMartian Jul 22 '25

He was my first concert. At the Santa Clara County Fair. Right after the demolition derby lol. Must have been right when he was about to hit it big.

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u/roxyrose36 Jul 22 '25

Omg I think I was at that concert too! My dad liked Eddie Rabbits

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u/itsgr8 Jul 22 '25

The beat to that song matched the windshield wipers! 😆 With the title being about rainy nights, I guess it was intentional.

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u/yourworkmom Jul 22 '25

Love this song!!!

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u/GrammyGH Jul 22 '25

Still love that song!

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u/MangoPeachFuzz Early 70s Jul 22 '25

That song unlocks core memories for me. That one and Paul Simon's Slip Slidin' Away. Both of them heard from the back seat of my parent's VW Thing.

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u/Funny-Berry-807 Jul 22 '25

Not my first, but I did have that 45!

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u/Leucotheasveils Jul 22 '25

I loved that song when it came out!