5-10-15-20 is a regular feature on Pitchfork where we ask musicians about the music from their lives in 5-year intervals; I’ve done fun interviews with Johnny Marr and John Cale. If you wanted to do one I’d love to read it. I’ll add mine at some point. You could give the year for each age.

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  1. likeapairofbottlerockets reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    5: James Taylor “Sweet Baby James” (1995) My family...full of musicians, so even though I...
  2. nyconversation reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    I’ve been meaning to get around to this for...while, and it seems like a fun thing to do...
  3. lonepilgrim reblogged this from lonepilgrim and added:
    3and Part 4: 45 (2005) My musical memories of this year are less clearly defined than those from
  4. hjelleam reblogged this from languageofshapes and added:
    Asked to do this by friend, Tristram Burden,...Shapes. Here goes: 1988: Rumours, Fleetwood...
  5. bachcrosstats reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    first-thing-that-comes-to-mind approach, and it turned out all pop and all then-new releases. 5 (1986) Beat It -...
  6. languageofshapes reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    1989: Depeche Mode - Violator I must have been amongst the last person of my generation to get
  7. ignisaquae reblogged this from menshevixen and added:
    Read More Okay let’s do...[[MORE]]5. (1991) Madonna: “Like a Prayer”. Much
  8. ctwashere reblogged this from andrewtsks and added:
    5-10-15-20 is a regular feature on Pitchfork where we ask musicians about the music from their lives in 5-year...
  9. menshevixen reblogged this from lookuplookup and added:
    mine » Read More An excuse to talk about...music? OK. [[MORE]] 5 (1992): “Just What I...
  10. lookuplookup reblogged this from andrewtsks and added:
    loved your responses to this, Andrew!...also really loved Michelle’s take
  11. themarq reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    5 (1991): I shifted courses, from Political Science to Business Economics. College became more fun, with our genmeets...
  12. andrewtsks reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    Yeah… that knocked me out. That someone could put all those things I was feeling deep down in my secret heart into...
  13. sneek reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    Here’s mine: [[MORE]] Beast Wars: Transformers theme As much as I talk and obsess over music, I never really grew up...
  14. littlejoeii reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    5 (1995): Bob Marley, ‘Is This Love’ This could be any Bob Marley track, really. Martial arts and Bob Marley were my...
  15. juanalikesmusic reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    I am not sure if I should do this, due to my age. It will probably won’t be very interesting, since I’m just starting to...
  16. katbeee reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    This has always been my favorite...feature. I would totally
  17. matthewmcvickar reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    5: 1990 Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road I grew up...my parents’ cars. In Dad’s...
  18. waxfrequency reblogged this from markrichardson and added:
    Alright, here it goes. 5 (1993): “Diggin’ Up Bones” by Randy Travis While I don’t recall any sort of cognitive function...

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