March 26, 20205 yr Facebook chain letter shit sucks, but this one is actually kind of interesting: "Day X. I've been nominated by YYY to name the top ten albums that influenced my taste in music. 10 titles for 10 consecutive days. No explanation, no reviews, only the cover. Each day I'll invite someone to join me to do the same. Today I nominate ZZZ." So let's see if anyone wants to play a modified version here. List the 10 albums (plus artist) that have influenced your musical tastes (listening, playing or songwriting depending on your musical depth) in no particular order. Mine: 1. Band of Gypsies - Hendrix 2. The Wall - Pink Floyd 3. Abraxas - Santana 4. IV - Led Zeppelin 5. Moving Pictures - Rush 6. At Fillmore East - Allman Brothers 7. Escape - Journey 8. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy 9. 40 Oz to Freedom - Sublime 10. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine Edited March 26, 20205 yr by Goredho
March 26, 20205 yr The ONLY way I could pick 10, is to think of what CD's I have in my truck more than 75% of the time. 1. Jellyfish - Spilt Milk 2. Rush - Signals 3. Black Crowes - Southern Music and Harmony Companion 4. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique 5. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 6. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk 7. Queen - The Game 8. Pearl Jam - Vs. 9. Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection 10. Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites Edited March 26, 20205 yr by Rip76 Only one "t" in graffiti
March 26, 20205 yr I don’t play much (need to pickup the guitar again), and things are fluid, but my top ten is probably something like this: 1. Texas Flood - SRV 2. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin3. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt4. London Calling - The Clash5. Blue Train - John Coltrane6. In Step - SRV7. Doolittle - Pixies8. Meddle - Pink Floyd9. Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell10. Time Out - Brubeck I was tempted to put Band Of Gypsys too because that one slams and goes hard. Peak Hendrix for me.
March 26, 20205 yr Author 1 minute ago, Anton Chigurh said: I was tempted to put Band Of Gypsys too because that one slams and goes hard. Peak Hendrix for me. Yeah, that was the album that I listened to that made me go on a two year "I want to play like Hendrix" kick. Which of course I failed miserably at.
March 26, 20205 yr Roughly in chronological order of my "discovery". These are the bands (and albums) that I listened to more than almost any other. Might not make my list of 10 Desert Island Discs (although some would), but if we're talking about what shaped my musical tastes, I pretty much have to go with those albums that dominated my listening from early teens through my 30's. KISS Alive II Rush 2112 Boston Boston Heart Little Queen The Police Zenyatta Mondatta Prince 1999 The Replacements Tim Matthew Sweet Girlfriend Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Nirvana Nevermind
March 26, 20205 yr Author 13 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: Roughly in chronological order of my "discovery". These are the bands (and albums) that I listened to more than almost any other. Might not make my list of 10 Desert Island Discs (although some would), but if we're talking about what shaped my musical tastes, I pretty much have to go with those albums that dominated my listening from early teens through my 30's. KISS Alive II Rush 2112 Boston Boston Heart Little Queen The Police Zenyatta Mondatta Prince 1999 The Replacements Tim Matthew Sweet Girlfriend Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Nirvana Nevermind That's a fucking solid list.
March 26, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, Goredho said: That's a fucking solid list. Shit. I forgot -- I listened to a fuckton of Elton John and The Eagles. Oh well.
March 26, 20205 yr Author So about that Santana Abraxas album. I found it in my brother's record collection after he went to college. I must have been 12 or 13 at the time and was titillated as hell by the cover: That was way better fap material than National Geographic. So I wound up listening to the album and have been listening to it ever since. Edited March 26, 20205 yr by Goredho
March 26, 20205 yr Author 1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said: Shit. I forgot -- I listened to a fuckton of Elton John and The Eagles. Oh well. 10 was very hard for me.
March 26, 20205 yr Dirt- Alice in Chains Appetite for Destruction- Guns n Roses Back in Black- AC/DC Powerage- AC/DC Superunknown- Soundgarden Siamese Dream- Smashing Pumpkins Paranoid- Black Sabbath Electric- The Cult Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Ride the Lighting- Metallica
March 27, 20205 yr 40 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said: Dirt- Alice in Chains Appetite for Destruction- Guns n Roses Back in Black- AC/DC Powerage- AC/DC Superunknown- Soundgarden Siamese Dream- Smashing Pumpkins Paranoid- Black Sabbath Electric- The Cult Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Ride the Lighting- Metallica Like the cut of your jib. Would include Core from STP:
March 27, 20205 yr Author 48 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said: Dirt- Alice in Chains Appetite for Destruction- Guns n Roses Back in Black- AC/DC Powerage- AC/DC Superunknown- Soundgarden Siamese Dream- Smashing Pumpkins Paranoid- Black Sabbath Electric- The Cult Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Ride the Lighting- Metallica That’s a solid playlist out of just these albums.
March 27, 20205 yr Beatles - Abbey Road, Let it Be Pearl Jam - No Code, Yield Ween - The Mollusk Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Wallflowers Susto - Susto Neil Young - Harvest
March 27, 20205 yr 46 minutes ago, The Original CaliHorn said: Damn forgot that one. It probably would nudge the Pumpkins. And Vulgar Display of Power slipped my mind as well...
March 27, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: Roughly in chronological order of my "discovery". These are the bands (and albums) that I listened to more than almost any other. Might not make my list of 10 Desert Island Discs (although some would), but if we're talking about what shaped my musical tastes, I pretty much have to go with those albums that dominated my listening from early teens through my 30's. KISS Alive II Rush 2112 Boston Boston Heart Little Queen The Police Zenyatta Mondatta Prince 1999 The Replacements Tim Matthew Sweet Girlfriend Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Nirvana Nevermind I was going to add Zenyatta Modatta, damnit.
March 27, 20205 yr My personal favorites because they all bring back so many memories from my youth Little Feat Waiting for Columbus Talking heads Stop Making Sense Grateful Dead Reckoning REM Reckoning Echo and The Bunnymen Ocean rain Bob Dylan any of about 3 or 4 from the 60's Stones Now Elvis Costello This years Model or Armed Forces Pink Floyd the wall The Doors Morrison Hotel
March 27, 20205 yr The Clash-London Calling Metallica-Master of Puppets The Beatles-Rubber Soul Neko Case-Blacklisted Ween-Quebec Rilo Kiley-The Execution of all Things Spoon-Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga New Pornographers- Mass Romantic Velvet Underground and Nico Regina Spektor-Soviet Kitsch
March 27, 20205 yr Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind Metallica- Master of Puppets Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction Judas Priest - British Steel AC/DC - Back in Black Gn'R - Appetite for Destruction Kiss - Alive Opeth - Blackwater Park All that Remains - The Fall of Ideals Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
March 27, 20205 yr Terribly hasty list, and I need more Santana in my life The Beatles - Rubber Soul The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) Led Zeppelin - II Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon The Harder They Come Soundtrack Deluxe Edition The Old 97's - Too Far To Care Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album) Rage Against The Machine - RATM Neil Young - Harvest The Velvet Underground - Loaded (fully loaded edition)
March 27, 20205 yr Who-Quandrophenia Floyd-Dark Side Hendrix-Are You Experienced Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti AC/DC-Highway to Hell Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend Prince-Dirty Mind Fleetwood Mac-Rumors Tom Petty-Damn the Torpedos Def Leppard-High n Dry Man this was hard. too really do it right I'd have to have a 70's top 10, 80's top 10, and 90's top 10
March 27, 20205 yr Yellow brick road The white album ELP -Welcome back my friends Allman Bro -Fillmore Electric Lady land Joe Cocker - Mad dogs and Englishman Deep Purple - Made in Japan Return to forever - Romantic Warrior Wet Willie - Left coast live Muddy Waters - Anthology Van Morrison - Into the Mystic I apparently enjoy a lot of love recordings.
March 27, 20205 yr 32 minutes ago, dcar00 said: Who-Quandrophenia Floyd-Dark Side Hendrix-Are You Experienced Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti AC/DC-Highway to Hell Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend Prince-Dirty Mind Fleetwood Mac-Rumors Tom Petty-Damn the Torpedos Def Leppard-High n Dry Man this was hard. too really do it right I'd have to have a 70's top 10, 80's top 10, and 90's top 10 thinking again. I really should have Exile on Main St. instead of High N Dry. but damn I love high n dry cranked in the car. I guess its my guilty pleasure on the list.
March 27, 20205 yr KISS - Alive Ramones - Leave Home T Rex - The Slider Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The Clash - eponymous AC/DC - Powerage Replacements - Let it Be X - Los Angeles The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours Way, way too narrow a field, though. 25 might work. I'm already looking over my list, wondering where the hell is Tom Waits/Nick Cave/Linda Ronstadt/Laura Nyro/way too many to fucking list. Edited March 27, 20205 yr by Topper13 Roth era Van fucking Halen. Make it 50.
March 27, 20205 yr Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Boston Boston Journey Evolution Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Cream Disrali Gears Eagles One Of These Nights Led Zeppelin Zoso (IV) Heart Dreamboat Annie Three Dog Night Cyan
March 27, 20205 yr Grew up in the 80s so my formative five were probably: Springsteen, Born to Run Van Halen I Duran Duran, Rio Springsteen, Born in the USA U2, Joshua Tree Then I zoned out of music for like a decade, and was reborn with my internet-era five: Postal Service Death Cab for Cutie, Transatlanticism Arcade Fire, Funeral The Eminem Show The National, Trouble Will Find Me (I was a bit late on them)
March 27, 20205 yr Back in Black- AC*DC Appetite For Destruction- G&R 1984- Van Halen Heartbeat City- The Cars Brothers in Arms- Dire Straits Moving Pictures- Rush Violator- Depeche Mode Kick- INXS Empire- Queensryche And Justice For All- Metallica
March 27, 20205 yr I'm not reading anyone's lists (before posting), and going off the top of my head with little aforethought. No band gets two entries. Drive-By Truckers "Decoration Day" Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street" The Replacements "Let it Be" Turnpike Troubadours "A Long Ways From Your Heart" James McMurtry "Just Us Kids" Neil Young "Zuma" Pearl Jam "Vitalogy" Willie Nelson "Phases & Stages" Black Crowes "Southern Harmony & Musical Companion" Counting Crows "August & Everything After" Edited March 27, 20205 yr by Al_4_ISU
March 27, 20205 yr 19 hours ago, Rip76 said: The ONLY way I could pick 10, is to think of what CD's I have in my truck more than 75% of the time. 1. Jellyfish - Spilt Milk 2. Rush - Signals 3. Black Crowes - Southern Music and Harmony Companion 4. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique 5. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 6. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk 7. Queen - The Game 8. Pearl Jam - Vs. 9. Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection 10. Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites I went with August & Everything After, but Recovering the Satellites is criminally underrated.
March 27, 20205 yr Author 20 hours ago, Goredho said: 1. Band of Gypsies - Hendrix 2. The Wall - Pink Floyd 3. Abraxas - Santana 4. IV - Led Zeppelin 5. Moving Pictures - Rush 6. At Fillmore East - Allman Brothers 7. Escape - Journey 8. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy 9. 40 Oz to Freedom - Sublime 10. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine As I look back at my list I notice these 4 were all before my time and I might not have discovered them or they might not have played as big a role in my tastes if he had not left the LPs behind when he went to college (he’s 14 years older). 1. Band of Gypsies - Hendrix 3. Abraxas - Santana 4. IV - Led Zeppelin 6. At Fillmore East - Allman Brothers
March 27, 20205 yr Hell, I was only alive for the release of two of mine, and I was less than a year old for both. I got a lot of listening habits from my dad’s CD collection. My mom had sold 95% of the vinyl by then or I’d have listened to more I’m sure.
March 27, 20205 yr For as much classic rock as I listen to, only 4 of mine were released before I was born, and one of those was by like 9-10 months.
March 27, 20205 yr 9 hours ago, Topper13 said: KISS - Alive Ramones - Leave Home T Rex - The Slider Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The Clash - eponymous AC/DC - Powerage Replacements - Let it Be X - Los Angeles The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours Way, way too narrow a field, though. 25 might work. I'm already looking over my list, wondering where the hell is Tom Waits/Nick Cave/Linda Ronstadt/Laura Nyro/way too many to fucking list. This. I looked at it as a desert island list so it had to have a high relisten quotient to be a top 10. but yeah my list doesn't have White Album, Cream, Journey, Boston, The Cars, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Van Halen, NWA, Beastie Boys, RUSH, Bad Company, Willie, JJW, Sugar, etc. some of my favorite bands of all time. I trended to late 60's and 70's for some reason.
March 27, 20205 yr I can't believe I didn't include Van Halen's debut. This is an amazingly difficult exercise. Here's an album I haven't seen anyone list, and which could probably the subject of another thread, but check out Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut, which includes this quartet of insanely great songs: Tuesday's Gone Gimme Three Steps Simple Man Free Bird I bet I listened to that album 3 times a week for years.
March 27, 20205 yr they used to call this a "desert island" list, i.e., you were gonna be stranded and could only pick X number of records to have with you. Two from the Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion and Amorica. Those are still the two records, more than anything else, that made me want to pick up a guitar and learn to create music. Two from SRV, Texas Flood and In Step. I love all his records, but those are the two that really best show what a gifted natural musician he was, and how good he could be when he focused and applied himself. I didn't get into Zeppelin until well after they were defunct, so my exposure to them was through the boxed set(s)-- is it cheating to pick one of the boxed set discs? Because I'll take the third disc from the first boxed set if not-- Kashmir, Dancing Days, When The Levee Breaks, Achilles Last Stand, Ten Years Gone. Awesome. Alice In Chains, Dirt. Cracker, Kerosene Hat. The Damnations (TX), Half Mad Moon. Brother Cane, Seeds and Wishpool. I might as well stop, I'm only at ten and I probably have another fifty records I wouldn't want to live without. I haven't even thought about hip hop yet.
March 27, 20205 yr Massive Attack - Mezzanine Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste Florence + the Machine - Lungs Murder City Devils - In Name and Blood Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction Bob Mould - Black Sheets of Rain The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead Oasis - Definitely Maybe Edited March 27, 20205 yr by CooterBrown
March 27, 20205 yr 24 minutes ago, SwanderedTalent said: they used to call this a "desert island" list, i.e., you were gonna be stranded and could only pick X number of records to have with you. Two from the Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion and Amorica. the Amorica album cover would also be useful on a deserted island
March 27, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, CooterBrown said: Massive Attack - Mezzanine Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste Florence + the Machine - Lungs Murder City Devils - In Name and Blood Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction Bob Mould - Black Sheets of Rain The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead Oasis - Definitely Maybe You just made me want to hurt myself today.
March 27, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, SwanderedTalent said: they used to call this a "desert island" list, i.e., you were gonna be stranded and could only pick X number of records to have with you. Two from the Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion and Amorica. Those are still the two records, more than anything else, that made me want to pick up a guitar and learn to create music. Two from SRV, Texas Flood and In Step. I love all his records, but those are the two that really best show what a gifted natural musician he was, and how good he could be when he focused and applied himself. I didn't get into Zeppelin until well after they were defunct, so my exposure to them was through the boxed set(s)-- is it cheating to pick one of the boxed set discs? Because I'll take the third disc from the first boxed set if not-- Kashmir, Dancing Days, When The Levee Breaks, Achilles Last Stand, Ten Years Gone. Awesome. Alice In Chains, Dirt. Cracker, Kerosene Hat. The Damnations (TX), Half Mad Moon. Brother Cane, Seeds and Wishpool. I might as well stop, I'm only at ten and I probably have another fifty records I wouldn't want to live without. I haven't even thought about hip hop yet. Not to derail this, but I'm going to completely fucking derail this: If you had to take one band's entire discography to the desert island, who you going with? I'd probably take the Stones. They cover almost every genre of music I enjoy, and do it all insanely well. Plus, the volume of great songs is just incredible. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and The Black Crowes would be in the conversation, but the Stones get the nod.
March 27, 20205 yr 21 minutes ago, Goredho said: Zeppelin. I wouldn't pick them, but if I was on an all-Zep desert island I sure as hell wouldn't have a problem with it. Edited March 27, 20205 yr by Al_4_ISU
March 27, 20205 yr 21 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: Not to derail this, but I'm going to completely fucking derail this: If you had to take one band's entire discography to the desert island, who you going with? I'd probably take the Stones. They cover almost every genre of music I enjoy, and do it all insanely well. Plus, the volume of great songs is just incredible. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and The Black Crowes would be in the conversation, but the Stones get the nod. that's a pretty good exercise too I'd go with the Crowes, since that's my all time favorite band and they made my two favorite records of all time. But, also in their favor, I think they have basically no "weak" records thanks to their uneven career trajectory; they broke up before they churned out anything truly regrettable. When Lions is your worst album, that's pretty good. I like that record. If you take the Stones discography, you have to take the pre Glimmer twins stuff and then the silly Sweet Little Neocon era stuff. Which, maybe you like that, maybe you don't. I wouldn't. Same with the Beatles, if you take their discography you have to take all their boy-band era stuff, which, no thanks. Zeppelin's catalog is great, although In Through The Out Door would end up washing away at high tide the first chance I got.
March 27, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, SwanderedTalent said: that's a pretty good exercise too I'd go with the Crowes, since that's my all time favorite band and they made my two favorite records of all time. But, also in their favor, I think they have basically no "weak" records thanks to their uneven career trajectory; they broke up before they churned out anything truly regrettable. When Lions is your worst album, that's pretty good. I like that record. If you take the Stones discography, you have to take the pre Glimmer twins stuff and then the silly Sweet Little Neocon era stuff. Which, maybe you like that, maybe you don't. I wouldn't. Same with the Beatles, if you take their discography you have to take all their boy-band era stuff, which, no thanks. Zeppelin's catalog is great, although In Through The Out Door would end up washing away at high tide the first chance I got. Yeah, you get stuck with the shit in the Stones discography, but you can just ignore that. I agree that the Crowes never made a truly bad album and legitimately like about half of Lions. The Stones have a little more diversity (although the Crowes are strong on that - which is why I put them in the conversation) and that's the ultimate kicker for me. It's the combo of a shit ton of good songs, across a wide range of sounds - specifically the ones that I like. The Beatles just aren't in my wheelhouse as much. Take AC/DC for example - they have a mountain of incredible rock songs. You can argue that for just straight-ahead rock and roll, no one ever did it better. But that's literally all they did. The Stones cut some of the best country songs of all time. They are excellent blues musicians. They can do full throttle rifftastic hard rock. I even generally like their boy-band pop stuff better than the Beatles version of it. In my hypothetical, you're the DJ. You can pick from this specific pile what you're listening to. I can leave Dirty Work in the box.
March 27, 20205 yr 34 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said: Yeah, you get stuck with the shit in the Stones discography, but you can just ignore that. I agree that the Crowes never made a truly bad album and legitimately like about half of Lions. The Stones have a little more diversity (although the Crowes are strong on that - which is why I put them in the conversation) and that's the ultimate kicker for me. It's the combo of a shit ton of good songs, across a wide range of sounds - specifically the ones that I like. The Beatles just aren't in my wheelhouse as much. Take AC/DC for example - they have a mountain of incredible rock songs. You can argue that for just straight-ahead rock and roll, no one ever did it better. But that's literally all they did. The Stones cut some of the best country songs of all time. They are excellent blues musicians. They can do full throttle rifftastic hard rock. I even generally like their boy-band pop stuff better than the Beatles version of it. In my hypothetical, you're the DJ. You can pick from this specific pile what you're listening to. I can leave Dirty Work in the box. great points, and I didn't mean anyone else should seriously entertain a comparison between the Stones and Crowes. I know it's a varsity/JV comparison to most people
March 27, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said: Not to derail this, but I'm going to completely fucking derail this: If you had to take one band's entire discography to the desert island, who you going with? I'd probably take the Stones. They cover almost every genre of music I enjoy, and do it all insanely well. Plus, the volume of great songs is just incredible. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and The Black Crowes would be in the conversation, but the Stones get the nod. The Grateful Dead including their live albums like Europe 72 and Without a Net.
March 27, 20205 yr 1. Beatles - Abbey Road 2. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 3. Led Zeppelin - I 4. SRV - Couldn't Stand the Weather 5. Pixies - Doolittle 6. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 7. Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto 8. Willie Nelson - Willie & Family Live 9. Howling Wolf - Moanin at Midnight/ Howlin' Wolf (I bought it as a 2 albums on 1CD, so I'm counting it as one, 'cause it's real to me dammit). 10. Los Lobos - Just another Band from East L.A. Tough call here. I would be hard pressed to pick 10 albums per decade of my life.
March 27, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, Hate said: The Grateful Dead including their live albums like Europe 72 and Without a Net. Jesus Christ, let's make sure we're never on the same boat.
March 27, 20205 yr Zepp for me if it was one band's work for the rest of time.. after that, gun to my head, I'd take sets in this order: Stones The Who Rush Clapton and anything he's touched. SRV Metallica AC*DC Disturbed Eric Johnson
March 27, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, Rip76 said: Can we do a 2nd 10, or is that it? It’s killing me. We've already derailed the thread. Do whatcha like.
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