MUSIC that changed your life

[AFK]

They don't make guitarists like they used to. 

[Roaring Biscuit!]

well I'm no hendrix, but I certainly do some stuff that most people agree is "inventive" to say the least.

They don't make em like they used to its true, but we do our best

x

edd

[I_Kicked_Kennedy]

I was reminded of this album as I was coming in this morning.

REM's Automatic For The People.

Love, love, love that album.  It definitely was a soundtrack to my life that summer I was driving to Boston when it came out every weekend, desperately trying to keep a parasitic LDR alive.  What is remarkable about that album, was that it managed to be a very heavyaloof and yet powerful album without having to do it sonically the help of John Paul Jones.  Even the song that features some distorted guitar, "Drive" uses it in a way that is very subdued, yet, very evocative.  This, of course, was the time when everyone was about being heavy and fuzzy and grungy was profitizing like Rockafellers under the brand: Alternative^®.

I think Automatic tapped into that emotional space the same way Floyd's Dark Side of the Moonno one else, especially Pink Floyd, did.  I think there are some very universalpassionately stoic moods and themes that are easy to relate we really should aspire to.  It certainly, thankfully, wasn't a very cheery album. 

For me, this is easily the 2nd best album of the 90s 2nd only to Faith No More's Angel Dust. Rev what the fuck were you talking about, here?

I agree with you whole heartedly, I just needed to fix the hell out of it.

[I_Kicked_Kennedy]

Actually, along that vein I also have to mention Perfect Circle off of Murmur.

I don't understand the song, but I don't need too. You want to talk about emotionally evocative, there's something altogether spooky about this nostalgic-type feeling that surges every type the melody kicks in. Stipe's singing is so out of tune, yet it's as if the song was designed that way... it's just works that well, I guess.

[AFK]

I was reminded of this album as I was coming in this morning.

REM's Automatic For The People.

Love, love, love that album.  It definitely was a soundtrack to my life that summer I was driving to Boston when it came out every weekend, desperately trying to keep a parasitic LDR alive.  What is remarkable about that album, was that it managed to be a very heavyaloof and yet powerful album without having to do it sonically the help of John Paul Jones.  Even the song that features some distorted guitar, "Drive" uses it in a way that is very subdued, yet, very evocative.  This, of course, was the time when everyone was about being heavy and fuzzy and grungy was profitizing like Rockafellers under the brand: Alternative^®.

I think Automatic tapped into that emotional space the same way Floyd's Dark Side of the Moonno one else, especially Pink Floyd, did.  I think there are some very universalpassionately stoic moods and themes that are easy to relate we really should aspire to.  It certainly, thankfully, wasn't a very cheery album. 

For me, this is easily the 2nd best album of the 90s 2nd only to Faith No More's Angel Dust. Rev what the fuck were you talking about, here?

I agree with you whole heartedly, I just needed to fix the hell out of it.

I thought it was pretty straightforward.  Angel Dust by Faith No More IS the best rock album from the 90s.  Automatic for the People is #2.  This is up for debate of course with the caveat that anyone who disagrees is incorrect. 

And while I will agree the John Paul Jones' influence was an important element, ultimately, it was the instrumentalists, namely Buck and Mills, that made the album shine. 

[I_Kicked_Kennedy]

I was reminded of this album as I was coming in this morning.

REM's Automatic For The People.

Love, love, love that album.  It definitely was a soundtrack to my life that summer I was driving to Boston when it came out every weekend, desperately trying to keep a parasitic LDR alive.  What is remarkable about that album, was that it managed to be a very heavyaloof and yet powerful album without having to do it sonically the help of John Paul Jones.  Even the song that features some distorted guitar, "Drive" uses it in a way that is very subdued, yet, very evocative.  This, of course, was the time when everyone was about being heavy and fuzzy and grungy was profitizing like Rockafellers under the brand: Alternative^®.

I think Automatic tapped into that emotional space the same way Floyd's Dark Side of the Moonno one else, especially Pink Floyd, did.  I think there are some very universalpassionately stoic moods and themes that are easy to relate we really should aspire to.  It certainly, thankfully, wasn't a very cheery album. 

For me, this is easily the 2nd best album of the 90s 2nd only to Faith No More's Angel Dust. Rev what the fuck were you talking about, here?

I agree with you whole heartedly, I just needed to fix the hell out of it.

I thought it was pretty straightforward.  Angel Dust by Faith No More IS the best rock album from the 90s.  Automatic for the People is #2.  This is up for debate of course with the caveat that anyone who disagrees is incorrect. 

And while I will agree the John Paul Jones' influence was an important element, ultimately, it was the instrumentalists, namely Buck and Mills, that made the album shine. 

I dunno. I have trouble letting that comment go when I know Dream Theatre's Metropolis 2: Scenes from a Memory, Ween's Mollusk, Enter the Wu-Tang, and Tool's Aenima (fuck it, I'm not even going to try to do that AE connected thing).

[AFK]

Aenima was a good album, but it can't hold a candle to Angel Dust.  Nothing, IMO, can hold a candle to Angel Dust.  It is stellar AND varied from the first note to last.  Aenima, by comparison, was good, but it didn't have a lot of variety by comparison.  Nevermind the fact that pretty much every album since Aenima has basically been an Aenima-rehash, minus the interludes. 

[E.O.T.]

JAYDEE "PLASTIC DREAMS"

         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO_nAS4atCs

         so it's 1993-94(?), I'm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. raves are 'happening' on the weekends, it's all 'hardcore' - midwest style, dark, cold, pounding rough 'n' tumble - not the westcoast 'happy hardcore'. there are no superstar dj's there - at every event, 15 plus folks hit the turntables to deliver their interpretation of techno.
         alternately, i'm working a dragqueen club, (club 219 - with KIMBERLY ANNE!) and it's house, classic funk/disco & house. the only trance i knew at the time was coming from the 'master musicians of jujuka' and the Berlin Tresor scene. suddenly this immaculate piece of wax womps the dancefloor. dear to my heart...

[Cramulus]

MUSIC THAT CHANGED MY LIFE??
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HOW ABOUT YOUR PATHETIC GNASHING AND WEEPING
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BECAUSE ITS MUSIC TO MY EARS
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In addition, I find it highly evocative.
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[E.O.T.]

MUSIC THAT CHANGED MY LIFE??
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HOW ABOUT YOUR PATHETIC GNASHING AND WEEPING
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BECAUSE ITS MUSIC TO MY EARS
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In addition, I find it highly evocative.
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UMM...

          would you please turn that down?

[Iason Ouabache]

That reminds me. Superunknown was one of the best albums of the 90s that no one ever mentions anymore.

[AFK]

It was certainly Chris Cornell's last shining moment.  I could've done with another Superunknown and a few less Audioslave/solo albums.  He may not like it, but he really sounds best with Kim Thayil and the rest of the gang. 

[Placid Dingo]

Nothing But Flowers by Talking Heads made me reconsider a few ideas.

[E.O.T.]

PATRICK COWLEY

          died young in the early '80's. having started his own label to produce his sound, in just a few short years he revolutionized what was hitting the dancefloors of america. bringing in the euro-influence to american disco, he went on to do some of the best mixes for artists like donna summer, sylvester, the weathergirls...

          his original stuff was unlike anything that was going on, long spacey intros, metronome like tech beats, SUBVERSIVE GAY THEMES, patrick's stuff became acid anthem & darkroom jizz adventure soundtrack...

MENERGY

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46DiMfrz0bg

THE BEST EVAR VERSION OF "I FEEL LOVE"

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F88NNmpd_yc

         

[E.O.T.]

ALSO

          i need to add, that i got introduced to cowley's stuff while working the d.j. booth at 'club 219' in milwaukee, wisconsin (yes, dahmer's haunt) by the ever famous kimberley anne. every night working with her was like a $50,000 schooling in the history of dance music, the best fu**ing gig in the world.

AND NIGEL,

          here's the deal & answer to your question/ dilemma. MUSIC MARKS CHANGES IN MY LIFE. it's just that. people do, for sure. but music is the heavyweight that busts down the walls and warps my soul. enjoy & carry on.