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Great idea for a topic! Also, I recall the Lords of Acid show I attended around 2000 and I hadn't thought of Junkie XL in forever before you mentioned them OP. I've got the embarrassing admission that I was living in Tacoma, Washington in the early nineties including when Kurt Cobain committed suicide but wasn't aware of the grunge movement that was happening around me because I was still just listening to what was popular with my friends which happened to be gangster rap. In my defense I was only 13 years old at that point and the internet hadn't been invented. There are really 3 "rock" albums that were extremely influential in my branching out and finding my own taste soon thereafter and those were Green Day's Dookie, Soundgarden's Superunknown & Weezer's Blue Album. Within a couple years I would become enamored with Nirvana as well. A couple other random albums that I listened to quite a lot when I got to high school were Bush's Sixteen Stone & Everclear's Sparkle and Fade. Those would give way to phases "highlighted" by Korn, Sublime, Deftones & KMFDM. College was mostly defined by punk rock & a little bit of emo but it wasn't until I worked at a Best Buy in the media department that I became interested in artists from past eras, an obsession that sticks with me today.
Post by palmettokid on May 10, 2014 8:01:18 GMT -5
The year was 1991, just coming off active call up for Desert Storm. Operation Spirit was getting airplay and the then relatively unknown band was one of the opening acts on MTV's 120minutes Tour (was Blind Melon, Live, Big Audio Dynamite II, and Public Image Ltd). I knew the one Live song, I knew BM's No Rain and I was already a HUGE fan of PiL & the original B.A.D., so I went to the show. When I heard Ed Kowalczyk belt Beauty of Gray, this was the first time I ever wanted to rush out after a live show and buy an artist's album.
Maybe it was my age or the times, but there is something about lyricists who touch on religious and social (read "deep") personal struggles to understand life that resonates with me. My love for the band was solidified by the follow up Throwing Copper and, even today, (kind of) tear up when I hear Lightning Crashes on the radio.
The year was 1991, just coming off active call up for Desert Storm. Operation Spirit was getting airplay and the then relatively unknown band was one of the opening acts on MTV's 120minutes Tour (was Blind Melon, Live, Big Audio Dynamite II, and Public Image Ltd). I knew the one Live song, I knew BM's No Rain and I was already a HUGE fan of PiL & the original B.A.D., so I went to the show. When I heard Ed Kowalczyk belt Beauty of Gray, this was the first time I ever wanted to rush out after a live show and buy an artist's album.
Maybe it was my age or the times, but there is something about lyricists who touch on religious and social (read "deep") personal struggles to understand life that resonates with me. My love for the band was solidified by the follow up Throwing Copper and, even today, (kind of) tear up when I hear Lightning Crashes on the radio.
Always enjoyed Live. And, they have may favorite song with the word "placenta" in the lyrics.
How does a guy named notdarkyet not list a Dylan album?
Edited my above post to extend a little more beyond my formative years...
As far as Dylan is concerned I've got more of his music in my library than any other artist and have managed to see him in concert every year since 2002 (14 total shows to date). This is by far the most of any artist I've seen perform live as well.
Post by notdarkyet on May 10, 2014 23:30:02 GMT -5
I likely have read about the Golden Chords reference before but it since had eluded me so thanks for the reminder. I sort of got into his stuff all at once and have never been been able to pick out a favorite album. Best I could hope to do is select favorites from various periods of his career but can't definitively say one Dylan is my favorite one. Still enjoy and appreciate most of his current output too and as for the live experience I like that every concert is different in terms of setlist and delivery. Sadly I'm still yet to catch the song Not Dark Yet live though but I don't intend to quit going any time soon even if I should be treated to it one of these years. As long as he keeps touring within 3 hours of me each year, I'll hold up my end of the bargain as well.
For me there's two great turning points in the way I consume music, though in entirely different ways.
I was band nerd. I probably still am a band nerd. I never had any problem liking music with horns or that was jazzy. Ska, Funk, and Soul made up a lot of my listening with the obvious classic rock that everyone likes. Maggot Brain was on a very heavy rotation from ages 14-17. I never really left my comfort zone here and was entirely happy labeling everything else as "boring" or "techno crap." Then in the summer of 2007 I put on Dummy for the first time. I did this for the same reason any teenage boy does anything. My friend's (cute) older sister had a Portishead poster she was moving back from her dorm into her room. So I went home and downloaded it so I'd have something to talk to her about in the hopes of attracting this girl.
I never actually worked up the testicular fortitude to talk about the album with her, but it didn't matter because I was in love with Beth Gibbons. Actually I became infatuated with the album and everything Portishead. That summer I must have listened to Dummy 150 times. The combination elements of hip-hop, electronic, and jazz just pulled me in. I read and read and tried to find artists associated with this sound because I'd never loved an entire album so much. I heard Maxinquaye, Amnesiac, In an Aeroplane over the Sea, Homogenic, The Soft Bulletin, Music Has the Right to Children, and Madvillainy all for the first time in about a span of a month. Yeah, that July was otherworldly. Dummy was my gateway to so much great music, it made me care about production and about albums that were complete ideas rather than a collection of singles. Without any shadow of a doubt it's had the biggest influence on me of any album I've ever heard.
The second one was Rhye's Woman. It had virtually nothing to do with the actual music on the album though. I went to the concert the night before I left for Coachella 2013, and I loved the entire performance. Not just the music, but the venue, the way he talked with the audience, and the way the warmth of strings washed over room. I needed a memento of this show and my options were either a CD or a vinyl. The last year I'd mulled over getting into vinyl and I thought that this would push me over the edge.
It did.
There is something wonderful about physically owning music. I'm part of that generation that started getting their music on limewire and eventually torrents. Sure I had a few CDs when I was young, but for the decade prior to that moment I was downloading everything. Album art and packaging became meaningful as it's just one more thing the artist you like enough to buy the music of is giving to you. Before this I didn't always know what exactly the cover of the album I was listening to was. Even when I could look at it in Now Playing or on my iPod you can't make out all of the details. It wasn't until a month or two ago I actually clearly saw what the cover of Burst Apart was, and I've listened to that album upwards of 50 times.
On top of all of this it's something I can pass on, if I ever decide to have kids, as opposed to a hard drive. I've gotten huge enjoyment going through my parents' record collections with each of them over the last year. Yes I still download music, and I stream stuff at work, and I'm not even totally convinced that vinyl sounds "better." It's different and slightly warmer, but that's not the joy of it for me. The point is there is nothing quite like sitting down with someone and setting the needle down and just hearing that first note. Even though it's just that little bit of extra effort to get off your ass to set it up, to me it becomes much more about listening rather than having music on.
Post by frankthezappa on Jun 8, 2014 18:07:25 GMT -5
dreaming of a roo late night set.id take a silent disco set even
if they dont play a single song off this album friday ill die i have looked at there recent set lists and they close with oh no but id love to hear anything else off it
Post by kiiidcodiii on Jun 8, 2014 23:16:25 GMT -5
Acid Rap - Chance The Rapper
I had just moved from Ohio to Florida and had switched schools after the first semester. Didn't have much to do and someone on another forum I go to mentioned Chance the Rapper, so I downloaded his mixtape 10 Day. I listened to that the next day after walking home from school and thought it was solid and unique but nothing amazing. When I got home, I found out that he was dropping Acid Rap THAT DAY. I downloaded it as soon as it was out and fell in love. It was the most unique rap album I'd heard. I listened to it at least three times a week for a few months. I plan to be front row for Chance on Friday night.
Gossamer - Passion Pit
Same situation as the one above. Took some corn, closed my eyes, and just experienced this album.
I don't have a lot of albums to list because I only started listening to full albums like 2 years ago. I had already branched out from mainstream music, but my main influence for really getting into music is my best friend and his family. I was introduced to The Shins (Garden State), The Killers, Iron and Wine, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, etc. These would be my two choices for albums that impacted me the most though if I had to pick two.
HMs: In The Aeroplane Over the Sea, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Section 80, Man on the Moon