First experiences with music

Well, my first first experiences with music would have to be because of my mother: Rod Stewart. It sorta sets me aside from others when a song he's either covered, or he originally sung, and I sing along. Add to that those silly compilation tapes for the holidays.Besides that, I never really listened to music all that much. Then I started watching TV more. My first experience with modern rock would have to be Cleveland Rocks by Presidents of the United States. After that, I compiled a small collection of television theme songs, which I still have.Then came video games. My friend Nathan introduced me to Final Fantasy IX, and I loved the soundtrack. I found a track here or there, but only bought the whole thing on iTunes after it well...came out on iTunes. :P Importing costs too much, as I discovered with my next phase.Japanese Pop/Rock. It started off with Gundam Seed, then Fullmetal Alchemist. Then I rediscovered Furi Kuri, which I watched before both of those. I started listening to L'arc~en~Ciel, and moreso the pillows. My first concert was seeing the pillows at The Knitting Factory. For once, I was happy I wasn't the only one singing along in a language most of us there probably didn't speak fluently!Between that though, I truly discovered classic rock, and contemporary rock. Classic rock via my friend Zack and his obsession with The Beatles (which still stands, seeing as when his hair is down he looks like Lennon), and contemporary via Futurama, and the episode with Beck. The Who I found interest in via CSI: (which i don't even watch) and The Rolling Stones via House, M.D.. Gorillaz and Franz Ferdinand I discovered via watching clips (the ends, naturally) of their music videos, until I finally found the artists and titles, liked it, and got more. The Decemberists a friend at school recommended to me, and that puts me at my more recent additions to my list.I have to say that my music wishlist is quite big. joemeyer started me on Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, The Shins, and Iron & Wine, and gave me the names of some good albums from The Rolling Stones and The Who. I'm positive I like everything on the list, and I'm also positive that there'll be a new list after I get all the stuff on this one. The only artists that I have their whole discography (or better portion of) on the list of are The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie, The Rolling Stones, Iron & Wine, The Shins, and The Who. Everything else is what joemeyer recommended me, and is what I refer to as "the beginner's take." After I acclimate myself to the unique sounds of all the artists on my list, I'll get their complete discographies, or at least what I want. What's nice is that joe starts me in the middle, and then I can work myself to the beginning and current albums, to hear an evolution in their sound, and to get the whole picture.I have to say though, that I'm really liking Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, mainly because I'm in AP Literature and we explicate (look it up) poetry, and I explicate Ben Gibbard's lyrics, finding the meaning behind the songs. I have to say though, that some songs on Plans you can only understand in the context of the album, but overall, I think I understand it.So yeah, probably more than you needed to know, but there you all go. :)