Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
Columbine High School Massacre Discussion Forum
A place to discuss the Columbine High School Massacre along with other school shootings and crimes. Anyone interested in researching, learning, discussing and debating with us, please come join our community!
Subject: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 4:43 am
Does anyone have any knowledge on who first coined that term for the tapes or did E+D call it that before?
Jenn Forum & Discord Server Owner
Posts : 3131 Contribution Points : 118908 Forum Reputation : 1004 Join date : 2013-03-13 Location : A place where it always snows.
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:34 am
No, Dylan and Eric did not call them "The Basement Tapes". The reason they are called The Basement Tapes is because they were filmed down in Eric's basement where his bedroom was. I believe he had something similar to a living room down there which was right outside of his bedroom and the boys would sit there in the recliners and film themselves.
I'm not sure though who the very first person to call them The Basement Tapes was. That's a good question though.
_________________ "I’ll see you in Heaven if you make the list" Zachary Patrick Bowen (March 7, 1995-November 5, 2021). I miss you little brother.
Littlelo
Posts : 1210 Contribution Points : 66628 Forum Reputation : 90 Join date : 2017-04-26
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:09 am
I am wondering if it was the media that started the name? The Time Magazine article that came out in December of '99 called them the "Columbine Tapes" so maybe that was the start?
Could have also been law enforcement though...
Wumselito
Posts : 28 Contribution Points : 64799 Forum Reputation : 0 Join date : 2017-03-31
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:25 am
I remember Sue saying in her book that "the media" were the ones to coin this term. She doesn't name a specific news outlet, though.
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:26 am
I always just assumed JeffCo had dubbed them "The Basement Tapes".
Littlelo
Posts : 1210 Contribution Points : 66628 Forum Reputation : 90 Join date : 2017-04-26
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:49 am
Actually I just checked, and the Time article from December does call them The Basement Tapes. Maybe that really is where the name came from?
Screamingophelia Other Crimes Moderator & Top 10 Contributor
Posts : 6423 Contribution Points : 193357 Forum Reputation : 1317 Join date : 2017-08-25 Age : 42
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:59 am
It was probably Time, I remember learning a lot from that article and it was around the time that the leak came out from Darrell Scott.
_________________ "And you know, you know, you know, this can be beautiful, you say you're numb inside, but I can't agree. So the world's unfair, keep it locked out there. In here it's beautiful."
LPorter101 Top 10 Contributor
Posts : 2798 Contribution Points : 151268 Forum Reputation : 2754 Join date : 2013-12-01 Location : South Florida
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:46 pm
Time called them "The Columbine Tapes": [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
_________________ Why does anyone do anything?
Littlelo
Posts : 1210 Contribution Points : 66628 Forum Reputation : 90 Join date : 2017-04-26
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:49 pm
The title of the article was The Columbine Tapes, but there is a section within the article where they call them the Basement Tapes. This isn't to say it's where the name originated, though.
Posts : 2798 Contribution Points : 151268 Forum Reputation : 2754 Join date : 2013-12-01 Location : South Florida
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 3:01 pm
Littlelo wrote:
The title of the article was The Columbine Tapes, but there is a section within the article where they call them the Basement Tapes. This isn't to say it's where the name originated, though.
I believe I have a PDF scan of the Time article on my computer at home. I'll have to look for it later.
_________________ Why does anyone do anything?
Littlelo
Posts : 1210 Contribution Points : 66628 Forum Reputation : 90 Join date : 2017-04-26
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 3:12 pm
LPorter101 wrote:
Littlelo wrote:
The title of the article was The Columbine Tapes, but there is a section within the article where they call them the Basement Tapes. This isn't to say it's where the name originated, though.
Posts : 2798 Contribution Points : 151268 Forum Reputation : 2754 Join date : 2013-12-01 Location : South Florida
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:06 pm
Okeh, here you are: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
_________________ Why does anyone do anything?
LPorter101 Top 10 Contributor
Posts : 2798 Contribution Points : 151268 Forum Reputation : 2754 Join date : 2013-12-01 Location : South Florida
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:11 pm
The Time cover story from the week after the massacre: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
_________________ Why does anyone do anything?
Screamingophelia Other Crimes Moderator & Top 10 Contributor
Posts : 6423 Contribution Points : 193357 Forum Reputation : 1317 Join date : 2017-08-25 Age : 42
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:19 pm
Thank you LPorter!!!
_________________ "And you know, you know, you know, this can be beautiful, you say you're numb inside, but I can't agree. So the world's unfair, keep it locked out there. In here it's beautiful."
Lunkhead McGrath
Posts : 476 Contribution Points : 76261 Forum Reputation : 225 Join date : 2016-11-03
Subject: no one mentioned Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:33 pm
Since no one mentioned it, I will: Bob Dylan's album recorded in 1967 but not released until 1975 was also called "The Basement Tapes." It was very critically acclaimed at the time.
Whether or not the Columbine tapes are explicitly related to that, I guess I don't really know.
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:54 pm
Subject: Who gave it the name "The Basement Tapes"? 
Thu Nov 30, 2017 4:43 am
