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Renato

Renato A.

@renato

Interests

  • Only CDs
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • Super Deluxe Box Sets

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Member Since April 09, 2021
Member Status SDE Resident
User Group Subscriber
Comments Posted 164

Bio

I’m a pop music fan since I was a very young kid back in the 60’s listening to classics on the radio. The Beatles were a worldwide phenomenon, which I listened to, same as everybody else on this planet. Brazilian music - I’m from Brazil - was really great as well, and so were the European and American songs that were on the radio as well. Listening to the radio was an interesting experience, the songs always seemed to reflect my exact mood at that particular moment. It took me some time to finally notice that it was the other way round, the songs were influencing my emotions, interacting with what was inside of me and helping make the world a more colourful, brighter, deeper place.
After I went to college, I started listening to more music, and found out there were things other than FM pop songs around. It was the 80’s, and there were lots of new, exciting bands creating music that was very different than everything I had listened to before. So, I caught the post-punk virus and my taste changed completely. Those were great times, I got to know lots of interesting music. I didn’t have much money to spare, though, so I had to stick to a few bands. Many records weren’t available here, too, so I had to rely on expensive and hard to find imports, which definitely didn’t make my life any easier when it came to discovering new bands and songs. I had to wait till the 90’s, when I had a little more money and imports were easier to find. I always bought everything I could find, and I have lots of stuff, but much less than I wish I had.
I like listening to SDEs of my favourite albums and bands, especially when these editions come with everything related to that era of the band - all B-sides, outtakes, remixes/alternative versions, radio sessions, compilation-only tracks, live stuff, associated video material... give me something like a comprehensive box set as the Songs From the Big Chair SDE and I’ll be a happy, satisfied man.
Oh, and I can’t stand vinyl records. Please, spare me from those, it’s not the 70’s anymore - thank the gods for that. Say no to retro technology!

Interests

  • Only CDs
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • Super Deluxe Box Sets

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