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frankblackphx
= Cult of Ray =
USA
287 Posts |
 Posted - 12/20/2002 : 14:16:48
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I was just wondering what every one considered there three top life changing albums. Albums that once you heard them you knew that your life and taste in music would never be the same. Mine are:
1. Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
2. Doolittle - The Pixies
3. Revolver - The Beatles
They might not be my favorite albums of all time but the ones that were the most impressionable and life changing.
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JamesM
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 12/20/2002 : 16:04:29
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1. Led Zeppelin II - first album I ever listened to start to finish.
2. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape - First band I ever loved religously. While I can't say I'm a big fan anymore, at the time these guys seemed unstopable.
3. Pixies - Surfer Rosa - I was an indie rockin' 8th grader.
4. Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart - I started playing guitar after hearing this album.
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MIRV
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Posted - 12/20/2002 : 18:24:00
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good topic...
1) Primus - Frizzle Fry - completely transformed my outlook on music. inspired me to buy a bass.
2) Weezer - Weezer - one of the best albums of all time
3) Nirvana - Nevermind - No explanation needed
4) Mr. Bungle - California - another eye opening experience
5) Tool - Aenima - fuck me this is such a good album
6) Big Wreck - Pleasure and the greed - rock is still alive
as for frank, i'd go with pistolero.
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MIRV
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Posted - 12/20/2002 : 18:24:33
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yes i know there are five here.
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Itchload
= Cult of Ray =
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2002 : 19:51:07
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Life changing, not all time favorites: (still i'd give all these albums 5 stars any day)
Robyn Hitchcock-Fegmania. I was 10 I think, my dad's friend liked Robyn Hitchcock and I loved "My Wife and My Dead Wife" more than anything on earth, so I got a dubbed copy. Then i thought i was uncool because no one knew who he was, so kept it a secret. what a wuss. (I revisited it 2 years ago, and realized it's still brilliant)
Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation. 8th grade, first album bought by a band that didn't get played on the radio, pretty much opened the gates.
Pixies-Bossanova. Another album I bought without knowing anything about the band (when Rock Music came on for a second I thought i'd made a big mistake..), 9th grade. Obviously you can guess the rest.
The Fall-Perverted by Language. 11th grade. I bought this again knowing absolutely nothing about it except Pavement supposedly ripped them off. Sounding nothing like Pavement and I couldnt believe how much it blew me away on a first listen, I thought "here's a band all my friends will like just like they did with the Pixies!" in this case I was dead wrong though, The Fall are more love 'em or hate 'em, oh well.
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Visiting Sasquatch
= Cult of Ray =
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2002 : 20:39:48
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Life changing in terms of music?
1.The Cure - Staring at the Sea
2.Frank Black - Teenager of the Year,(& Pixies - Doolittle)
3.Descendents - Two Things At Once
4.Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
I consider these entry level bands that, in turn, got me into other, awesome, rockin' bands. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2002 : 21:31:53
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1. DEVO - Duty Now for the Future
2. The Stranglers - The Raven
3. The Chameleons - Strange Times
(That ought to show my age.) |
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2002 : 21:34:23
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soundgarden - superunknown
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2002 : 22:50:04
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Wow - a Robyn fan AND a Descendents fan!! I'll be..
Albums that really affected and influenced me, in a rather chronological order of influence:
* Neil Young - Trans (i was like 8 =)
* My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
* Sloan - Smeared
* Throwing Muses - Red Heaven
* Belly - star
* Nirvana - Incesticide
* Descendents - a bix mixed tape
* Sonic Youth - Goo (and Dirty)
* Sebadoh - Bubble and Scrape
* Beck - any
And most recently(last three years):
* Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret (possibly my all time fav album)
* Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West, Building Something out of Nothing, The Moon and Antarctica
* Gay Dad - Leisure Noise
* Rheostatics, esp. Martin Tielli
* XTC - Wasp Star, Apple Venus
* Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
* Pavement and Stephen Malkmus
* Quasi - Featuring Birds
* Ford Pier (weird Canadian guy, check www.FordPier.com for MP3's, he rawks)
* Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I |
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KingOfSiam
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USA
460 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2002 : 00:04:13
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Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Trilok Gurtu - The Glimpse |
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johndietzel
= Cult of Ray =
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
464 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2002 : 00:13:42
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You guys have epiphanies like they're nosebleeds. I envy your multiple "life changing" experiences.
Doolittle didn't really change my life at the time, although my eyes were instantly opened. Things changed gradually from there. And I don't know that it was that album necessarily, but more my discovery of this one band called Pixies. Just happened to take place in 1989, so there jew are.
I like Groundhog's Day and the Spaghetti Western one off Frizzle Fryzle.
"They got a spaghetti western here on 36 (KICU Salinas, Ca). I like spaghetti westerns. I like the way the boots are all reverbed out walking across the hardwood floors."
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"Liam Neeson backwards is broken English empty post office box." |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2002 : 01:56:16
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good thing you're so much better than everyone else john, maybe you should go make a John Dietzel Forum: Where Words Like Epiphany Never Get Used Somewhat Trivially and Everyone Sucks Goat Balls.
i guess when i was 13 'broken' by nine inch nails helped me forge all my angst into one cohesive, iron albatross which i hung around my neck and helped to drag myself down for a few years. then i/it got old.
but no matter how much i love a cd, listen to it, memorize every note, i hesitate to say 'life changing.' it's all about scope though, i mean you can listen to an album, old or new, and it can change your afternoon, evening or even day. so part of your life or your whole life? i imagine it's pretty rare for an album to change anyone's entire life, unless you're the one who made it.
blah i'll shut up now.
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2002 : 07:41:34
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does noone like NIN here? hah the fragile is cool
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2002 : 08:22:39
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Eh.
Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix (turned me on to rock 'n roll)
Surfer Rosa - Pixies (turned off my radio)
Get Your Goat - Shudder to Think (learned guitar)
Strive to Survive Causing the Least Possible Suffering - Flux of Pink Indians (I dunno. Pissed me off)
*Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2002 : 12:03:15
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quote:
Originally posted by mdisanto
does noone like NIN here? hah the fragile is cool
-miked
the fragile features some of the best electronic music since the downward spiral, and also features some of the worst lyrics ever. ugh.
i should clarify, in my above post by 'it' i meant being an angsty teenager. i still think 'broken' is a tremendous album. probably one of the best hate-rock albums of all time. |
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theonecontender
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
565 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2002 : 18:42:10
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Sgt. Pepper - Beatles
Dirty - Sonic Youth
King Cobb Steelie - King Cobb Steelie |
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Solidgld
- FB Fan -
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2002 : 22:34:57
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Here's my little big list
Kiss single Dr. Love it was 76' I was a little Kid.
Ozzy-Bizzard of Ozz (80)still a kid I figured then I would be Ozzy(I didn't find out till I was 16 that it was really Randy Rhoads I liked).
Metallica - Master of Puppets (86)
I liked mostly metal the whole eighties and it all had a big infuence on me but, in 92' the movie Singles came out. I got the sound track tape before the movie came out (91')it had great bands on it like Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Sound Garden, etc.
Pearl Jam - ten (92?)
Stone Temple Pilots - Core (93) My Metal days slowly fading away
Frank Black - Cult of Ray (96)I saw him live I've never been the same.
Frank Black and the Catholics - Black Letter Days (02')I now only play accustic guitar I just love the sound of it.
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2002 : 04:09:17
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lionel richie - can't slow down
beastie boys - liscence to ill
led zeppelin - IV (probably)
jane's addiction - nothing shocking
velvet underground - that live one ???
nirvana - nevermind
doors - Miami
pixies - surfa rosa
frank black - COR
I guess that is pretty much my life story.
"Snooch to the muthaf**kin Nooch" |
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2002 : 07:48:36
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Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Pixies - Doolittle
The Posies - Dear 23
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
The Cure - Disintegration
XTC - Oranges and Lemons
Nirvana - Nevermind
Superdrag - In The Valley of Dying Stars
John Zorn - Bar Khokba (anything Masada)
and just yesterday I got Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville and it's AMAZING.
www.mp3.com/clootie |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2002 : 10:09:41
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I gave this a lot of thought and this is about as close as I can get
Babes in Toyland - Fontanelle (When I was 10 or 11 or so I saw them on Beavis and Butthead and it rocked. I had my mom get the tape from BMG or some shit. There's a tape of me that I recorded just talking about shit when I was 10 or 11 or so and I said my two favorite albums at the time were "Chronic" by Dr. Dre and the "Babes in Toyland" album. I guess that was a turn in my life...)
Nirvana - Nevermind (When I was 11 or 12 and I heard "Breed" in the car driving with my then-grungy sister, I was became completely converted. For the next 5 years I would listen to nothing but Nirvana (for the most part). For the record, my favorite Nirvana album is In Utero.)
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (Summer of 2001 when my life was completely changing I finally listened to Pet Sounds for the first time, and it seemed to be written for my life at that time. I was moving from home ("That's Not Me") and I was falling in love with my current girlfriend (Wouldn't It Be Nice?, Don't Talk...) and stealing her from her then-boyfriend ("I'm Waiting For The Day"). In our one 4 hour phone conversation that we had when I was out of town after we first kissed, I told her to buy this album and she did the next day. It became our album. It's the greatest album ever.) |
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Leah
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
314 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2002 : 06:42:02
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Hmmm, anyone else getting a WONDER YEARS feeling about this thread? Life changing experiences usually accompany music, not really the other way round.
That said mine are Bleach - Nirvana, Bossanova - Pixies, Ramona - Muses and King - Belly.
Every choice human being strives instinctively for a citadel and a secrecy where he is saved from the crowd -
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Chris Knight
= Cult of Ray =
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2002 : 08:30:29
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One musician's list of life-changing albums...
Nirvana Nevermind
Alpha.
Pixies "Velouria" bootleg (9-25-91/8-10-89)
My revival or whatever the hell you wanna call it took place back in the summer of '98. I had read a bit about this band and was very intrigued, as they had years earlier exploited the kind of rock music rule-bending that I myself was haphazardly toying with at the time. I requested a cassette copy of this bootleg from the proprietor of the Mofo Outreach Ministry website (ever heard of it?), an E-ccentricity of a music-fan page which boasted a diverse catalog of free, readily-dubbed oddities, comedy, contraband, out-of-print stuff, etc. When I received and first listened to the tape about a month later, I knew right then and there I had stumbled upon something much bigger than four young rock musicians having a laugh at clueless Madonna and Poison-wannabes. Oh, I also requested/received a dub of "Y Kant Tori Read?", which Mark Prindle falsely describes on his music criticism site as the worst album ever made.
Throwing Muses self-titled
This album and others by the Muses totally changed my idea of what constitutes good guitar-playing. They've also influenced my arranging-style and general songwriting approach.
Lynx self-titled
I stumbled upon this band completely by accident. They're an instrumental "math-rock" quartet that was originally from Boston and had relocated to Chicago. A friend and I went to see them about two years ago to satisfy our mutual curiousity regarding both the small club they were playing at and the unfamiliar sub-genre within which Lynx and the supporting local bands supposely forged their respective sounds. Though the band only played about half a set (technical difficulties with one of the guitar amps plagued much of the show, finally culminating in the drummer's storming off the stage), they totally blew me away. Almost immediately afterwards I went up to Mike Hutchins (one of the two guitarists) to buy a copy of their album and ended up talking/hanging out with the guy for about ten minutes. The concert, surprisingly, still stands as one of the best and most memorable I've experienced, while the album itself was far from a mere memento. Other "math-rock" albums I've heard include Shellac's At Action Park, Slint's Spiderland, and Melvins' first two, and while those are all quite good, none, bar the Melvins', lives up to the stylistic description in terms of constantly shifting time-signatures, collage-like song composition, and the use of the drum set as a lead instrument. Also, what Lynx has that the Melvins didn't is dual-guitar interplay and a real sense of melody. Anyway, their album is awesome and has encouraged my interest in both instrumental rock and avant-garde musical movements. |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2002 : 08:53:32
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Good topic!!
Mine are probably;
Liz Phair - EXILE IN GUYVILLE
Pixies - SURFER ROSA
Jen Trynin - GUN SHY TRIGGER HAPPY
Sleater Kinney - ONE BEAT
and a local Boston band called Babaloo with their CD - PUNK MAMBO b/c it just literally and completely altered my life in many weird ways.
I feel like I am leaving so many out, but you said three and I did four - so that's pretty good.
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2002 : 12:03:24
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Lionel Ritchie?? LOL!
Oh, what a feelin'... |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2002 : 12:23:21
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Pixies - Bossanova
Frank Black - FB
The Cure - Wish
Led Zepp - IV
By the way, has anyone heard that Stallone has been offered millions of dollars to write the script for Rocky 6.... class! |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2002 : 14:30:10
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave Noisy
Lionel Ritchie?? LOL!
Oh, what a feelin'...
Hey, now. (Hey, now now--sorry--having a Sisters of Mercy moment.) The man DID write the song Brick House.
Followed by, yeah, you're right, boatloads of crap.
Still, though, Brick House is one mighty mighty fine song. |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2002 : 17:51:54
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| I'll have to find Brick House...all i can ever picture him singing is the Dancing on the Ceiling song...hahahahhahha |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2002 : 19:16:41
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| Yep, it dates from Mr. Richie's funky tenure with the Commodores. After that his skills simply went into the Commode. Sometimes I get the horrible, horrible Lionel Richie ballad "Penny Lover" stuck in my head and want to pinch myself until I bleed. Then I remember Brick House. |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2002 : 20:15:29
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But I digress from the topic at hand. I've thought about this really hard (probably too hard!) but I've narrowed it down to three specific musical moments involving either an album or a song. Each of these made me stop in my tracks and go "What in the hell is that?" and "May I please have more?" Virtually everything I listen to now is traceable to these three inciting incidents.
1. The Jimmy Castor Bunch-Bertha Butt Boogie, Part 1 (very early 70's)
Think I was about four when I first heard this, and my poor mother must have confiscated several copies of the filthy thing before giving up. I grew up in an exclusively classical-listening household--upstairs, anyway. If you went down to my brother's basement room, you would hear the above, along with the Chambers Brothers, Rufus and any amount of funky stuff along with Todd Rundgren, Brownsville Station and the standard Queen, Steely Dan, etc.
2. Blondie-Parallel Lines (5th grade--I was 10)
I lied about my age and joined Columbia House Music Club. Along with all the Donna Summer and other crap-ola, I got this. Still love it. After this, I was easy prey for the B-52s, the Cars, the Ramones, Violent Femmes, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, VU, the Clash, Television, Talking Heads, Dead Milkmen and eventually Jonathan Richman, TMBG, the Pogues, Sugarcubes, Shonen Knife ,Throwing Muses, Pixies, Pere Ubu, Pavement, Liz Phair, Beck, etc. Thanks, Debbie!
3. Peggy Lee-Is That All There Is? (age 16)
Heard this on a jukebox in high school that was loaded with fabulous old music. Couldn't get enough of this song and backtracked into all the old stuff I'd missed: Billie, Ella, Dinah, Edith Piaf, Keely Smith, Louis Prima, Louis Jordan, Sinatra, all manner of lounge. Eventually branched off into early rockabilly, Patsy Cline, Wanda Jackson, Slim Whitman, Elvis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash. When my daughter was learning to talk, her first musical requests were for "misspeggylee!"
So, there you have it. (Like you even wanted it!)
Sarah
Edit: Had to add Dead Milkmen--how could I forsake them?
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Chip Away Boy
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Posted - 12/23/2002 : 20:22:53
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quote:
Originally posted by MIRV
6) Big Wreck - Pleasure and the greed - rock is still alive
nice, a big wreck fan..
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/24/2002 : 12:42:50
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| It has to be Beefheart - he changed my musical landscape (TP making a bid for Pseud's Corner here) completely. But which album? Safe as Milk? Clear Spot? Spotlight Kid? Lick My Decals? Not Trout Mask Replica though, I only liked it if I had a fever. |
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Posted - 12/29/2002 : 23:34:33
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Hair
Ramones
Superunknown |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2002 : 09:52:22
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pixies - death to the pixies
this opened my eyes to bands who didn't sound like weezer. it also got me used to bands whose lead singers have crazy/abnormal voices. thank god for that.
fb&tc - dog in the sand
this got me to appreciate the pedal steel and other countryesque sounds in music.
weezer - weezer
this got me to start listening to music that has guitars. hooray!
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Visiting Sasquatch
= Cult of Ray =
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2002 : 11:48:14
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| Music without guitars? What's that like? Hehe. |
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edward897
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Posted - 01/01/2003 : 20:34:56
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I listend to DITS when it cam out while under going chemotherapy. I never got sick once and my oncologist could never figure it out. It had to be the music. Put that one down for me along with:
Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon (quad version)
Savoy Brown-Lions Share
Devo-Duty Now For The Future
The Clash-Sandinista |
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edward897
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Posted - 01/01/2003 : 20:40:56
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About Lionel Richie, if you go look through the record stacks at thrift stores, you'll find more Lionel Richie albums than anything. Every Salvation Army or Goodwill has "Dancing On The Ceiling" in there.
Ed |
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