MUSIC that changed your life

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk
^This

[Don Coyote]

this thread makes me sad. I haven't had a life changing experience caused by music.

[Iason Ouabache]

Ok Computer - Radiohead  (especially "Let Down", "Climbing Up the Walls", and "No Surprises"). It is the only thing that kept me sane during the year of hell I had when I was 18.

[E.O.T.]

I don't do it right anymore, E.O.T.

I forgot how.

SOMETIMES

         wrong's the right way

         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBIWIEKjUgQ&feature=fvst

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I don't do it right anymore, E.O.T.

I forgot how.

SOMETIMES

         wrong's the right way

         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBIWIEKjUgQ&feature=fvst

Fuck, then I must be doing it right!

[AFK]

Ok Computer - Radiohead  (especially "Let Down", "Climbing Up the Walls", and "No Surprises"). It is the only thing that kept me sane during the year of hell I had when I was 18.

Heh, Pablo Honey came out when I was 18 and I think I listened to that album quite a bit for similar reasons.  THe songs "Prove Yourself" and "Anyone can play guitar" in particular.  I think it is a criminally underrated record in their discography.  Certainly more straight ahead Brit-rock compared to their other albums, but some pretty good tunes on that one. 

[Iason Ouabache]

Ok Computer - Radiohead  (especially "Let Down", "Climbing Up the Walls", and "No Surprises"). It is the only thing that kept me sane during the year of hell I had when I was 18.

Heh, Pablo Honey came out when I was 18 and I think I listened to that album quite a bit for similar reasons.  THe songs "Prove Yourself" and "Anyone can play guitar" in particular.  I think it is a criminally underrated record in their discography.  Certainly more straight ahead Brit-rock compared to their other albums, but some pretty good tunes on that one. 

Pablo Honey is under-rated but still their worst album. Then again, bad Radiohead is still better than 90% of everything. The only truly awful song on it was "Lurgee". If they had replaced it with "Pop is Dead" or "Yes I Am" it would have been a better album.

Speaking of rare stuff from them at the same time, the fast version of "Thinking About You" is better than the album version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7BDZf1wBqA

[AFK]

I dunno, I find Pablo Honey more enjoyable to listen to compared to Kid A and Amnesiac.  I certainly appreciate and respect what they were doing on those two albums, but I guess I prefer the more rock n' roll Radiohead stuff compared to the glitchy, techno-y stuff.  But I certainly agree with you in that even the worst Radiohead material is better than the majority of current day rock and roll. 

[slothrop23]

Aphex twin
Frank Zappa
Tom Petty
Dave Matthews
Lou Reed
Nivarna
Johnny Cash
Dr Dre
Ben Harper
Smashing Pumpkins
Soul Coughing
Anything Anticon
But Mostly Deus, as thats what i took my first mushroom trip to at 18, and it made me the idiot i am today. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3r7Oo0Fs-8

[AFK]

Is that where you were for the past 5 years? 

[slothrop23]

no.  i was hoovering.  i'm not very good at it.  its nearly that time again round here though.  so i'll see you in another 5 years

[E.O.T.]

MID-LATE PERIOD BLACK FLAG INTERVIEW - FULL OF LOL!!

          because in the the angsty post angst, even the punk 'press' didn't know how to make sense of it all!

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_3g4QPojMc

[Roaring Biscuit!]

Trivia:  (though you probably already know this)

The rhythm section for Foo Fighters (Nate Mendell and William Goldsmith) on that album were the rhythm section of Sunny Day Real Estate.  If you haven't been exposed to SDRE you should fix that immediately.  The first album, "Diary" is mandatory listening. 

didn't actually, but listening to them the past couple of days and really enjoying them, thanks for the recommendation!

Feel free to recommend other shit!

xx

edd

[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 when it came out.  What is remarkable about that album, was that it managed to be a very heavy and powerful album without having to do it sonically.  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. 

I think Automatic tapped into that emotional space the same way Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon did.  I think there are some very universal moods and themes that are easy to relate to.  It certainly 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. 

[Mangrove]

Life changing music moments volume 1:

Hearing Jimi Hendrix "Red House" - made me want a guitar.