IN WHATEVER WAY -
be it an inner, a social or otherwise epiphanic occurrence. For this immediate purpose, i'm focusing on music that changed the way i think about music.
1) George Harrison "electronic sounds" - this is one of those Lp's that even die hard Beatle's fans often are unaware of. The title actually says it all. You may call it minimal synth or min. moog, but what it is is electronic sounds. Originally recorded in 1967, I came across this marked down to nothing at "The Nickelodeon", the only record store in my hometown, when I was 12. It confirmed my belief that my "Doctor Who Sound Effects by the B.B.C. Workshop" Lp wasn't made just for my enjoyment alone.
2) Lou Reed "metal machine music" - a friend bought this thinking it was a live Lp. Two 12" slabs + 1 7" record of carefully manipulated feedback. And nothing else. I was changed alright. "it's o.k. to do this? ...yeesss"
3) LAIBACH - the band from Slovenia. The year was 1986 and i found the Lp "Baptism" at a record store in Milwaukee. It was so beyond anything I'd ever heard then, it was classical, it was industrial, elements of theatre, folk, it had a sound that hit my core essence like a ton of bricks. When i saw this video on MtV's "120 minutes" i shit a ton of bricks. These guys are possibly the best band ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YE_j0xIsJA
I'LL KEEP ADDING TO THIS
and i'm curious about what you spags have in turn
The Carmina Burana. Because I needed something to listen to watch I watch everything burn down.
The Beatles - Got me into music
Daft Punk - Got me into electronic music
The Flashbulb - Got me into IDM
The Octopus Project AND The Flaming Lips - Made me not a jerk :lulz:
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 24, 2010, 01:27:07 AM
The Carmina Burana. Because I needed something to listen to watch I watch everything burn down.
SIMILARLY,
'O FORTUNA' (an excerpt from Carmina Burana) was the theme song to my wedding.
The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes. Way, way too close to home and no less effective.
The Devil Makes Three - Tow. Same. Also showed me where my tastes truly lie.
Nina Simone - Pretty much anything except Mississippi Goddamn has, uh, been influential.
Oh!
And Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdVTVR-j0Q
Perfect song for baby making, glorious weddings and funerals
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on September 24, 2010, 02:10:25 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdVTVR-j0Q
Perfect song for baby making, glorious weddings and funerals
HEH
a version with the battle sounds seeping through would be grand for all those purposes too. it's so versatile, i can already hear the epic drum roll rave-anthem mixes, bumpin house & D&B, IDM drones, -damn, those crafty Reds.
Nirvana- got me into music, which I had never been quite fond of before hand
Metallica- Got me into Metal
Emperor- Got me to appreciate more extreme versions of metal
The Tea Party- Made me realize that you could do some really cool shit when you weren't tied down to just guitar-bass-drums
My old band- Made me realize that even with subpar music and bad management and communication, that I did really want to be an active musician, and that I could be.
THE YEAR IS 1988, ABOUT
a week or so after high school let out, I moved in with some friends who lived near the University campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I found a job managing(!?!) a MR. DONUT and spent my time getting high, reading Marquis DeSade, going to work, getting high and taking acid. On a bi-weekly basis, I would rush to my favourite record store and spend 98% of my paycheck on vinyl at "Ludwig Von Ear", where the owner Dave, always turned me on to new stuff. Briefly, my reality was altered and then permanently scarred(in a good way) by the discovery of this Lp-
THE IMPOTENT SEA SNAKES "TOO COOL FOR ROCK'N'ROLL"
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2PK3d7OwSr0/SolDON5gnuI/AAAAAAAAHx4/C60ByEZ2YeE/s400/DSCF5219.jpg)
The insert featured complete(!) lyrics backwashed by a graphic of a female image being explored by a great number of serpents. The back cover showed the band- a motley group of guys in rough n tumble glam drag identified as (from left to right) Fuckeye Jones, Buck Futt, Spawn More, 13 & Chow My Wang. DAMN!
I thought that I was wowwed by what happened when the needle hit the record, however what swept over my roomies and their (unfortunately timed) visitors is another story. What was released into the universe was an unboundable joy of total perversion the likes of which I had never imagined.
years later, the band would sort of back-pedal on the content of this Lp and eventually dismiss not only this release(and their previous) but also some crucial band members. Not limited to, but tracks included:
-Pope John Paul can suck my dick
-(n*gg*rs are) the missing link
-I caught aids from a dead man's asshole
-I wanna fuck your dad
-circle jerk(no girls allowed)
YEARS LATER
while dj'ing a 'fetish night' in Portland (1997?) they played live (uh huh, what?) - they played a totally clean/ new set except for "circle jerk" and the crowd "booood" the 'no girls allowed' refrain. kinda stupid, but now their totally overhauled line-up totally distances itself from the bands origin.
I wish I could participate in this thread, but as much as I love music, I don't think any of it has ever changed my life or the way I think to such an extent that I felt "blown away" or even remember the first time I heard it. Well, except maybe for Psychic Emperor.
IT
doesn't have to be a positive thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoPKXbsZh6I
Offspring and Megadeth turned me on to music. From there, Gwar. Hammerfall, and Daft Punk got me through high school. Pedestrian tastes for a completely uncultured young man, but good at the time. I still like Gwar and Daft Punk occasionally.
Susi Ankah & Arkitech's Dual Illumination track on the Bonkers album was an epiphany to me. For about a year or more, one of my favorite pastimes was to meditate while it was playing.
For some reason I was pretty blown away when I first heard X Clan - Earthbound. I didn't know their context for the song so I mistook the lyrics for references to the game Earthbound.
Dr Steel (disliked by Nigel because he is embarrassing) was pretty cool for a while and made me think about mad science as a way of life.
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 24, 2010, 06:37:47 AM
IT
doesn't have to be a positive thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoPKXbsZh6I
That video was amazing!
But, no, I don't recall anything I could really lay down as "life-changing". Lots of soundtracks going back to childhood, for everything all the time, but no music that seems like whoa, that was a turning point. Oh, maybe "Are you experienced" by Jimi Hendrix, since it was playing the first night I made out with Steve and I gave it up the next morning.
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 24, 2010, 06:59:19 AM
Offspring and Megadeth turned me on to music. From there, Gwar. Hammerfall, and Daft Punk got me through high school. Pedestrian tastes for a completely uncultured young man, but good at the time. I still like Gwar and Daft Punk occasionally.
Susi Ankah & Arkitech's Dual Illumination track on the Bonkers album was an epiphany to me. For about a year or more, one of my favorite pastimes was to meditate while it was playing.
For some reason I was pretty blown away when I first heard X Clan - Earthbound. I didn't know their context for the song so I mistook the lyrics for references to the game Earthbound.
Dr Steel (disliked by Nigel because he is embarrassing) was pretty cool for a while and made me think about mad science as a way of life.
SWEET
more than a couple of these are unfamiliar to me, can't wait to check this.
NWA - "straight outta Compton"
(http://planetill.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/straight-outta-compton.jpg)
hopefully i'll get back to my earlier encounters with rap/ hip-hop during this thread, but this album just came to mind.
it's like, 1989 or there abouts. The place is Sheboygan, Wisconsin. As locals, we spend our time crawling in beaters & muscle cars from shooting park to North point. The soundtrack is mostly grindcore, classic rock, - mostly SLAYER/ ANTHRAX, the contemporary stuff. every fuckin house party you went to had the STEVE MILLER BAND playing as if it were SHEBCO digital radio, before the shit really existed(digital radio). I don't remember where it came from, but for a handful of my friends & myself this album grabbed us by the ass and rattled us like a coho derby of surrealist marshall sub-woofers charging our charter.
between bottles of twelve-year old whiskey and bags of weed we held backwoods philosophy classes amongst ourselves over this stuff. We seriously discussed the meaning of phrases like "lookin for the bitches with the big 'ol butts" as if there were actually ways to interpret this shit. from here it rolled into EAZY-E's solo Lp, ICE-T, PUBLIC ENEMY. it was culture shock.
Once again, bare with me because I can't write.
When I was about 11 years old, my dad "lost it" and he started listening The Doors all the fucking time.
Every day and every night 24/7 for months! :lulz:
It had something to do with him divorcing my mother. :sad:
Anyways while he was tripping in his psychedelic landscapes (weed, whiskey and sometimes LSD I assume) and going through some pretty heavy shit and at the same time forgetting that he had three children living with him, I started to "get it".
It might sound stupid now but back then everything made sense. Still does actually.
I still remember those "epic" conversations with my dad about life and death while Break On Through was playing in the background. To this day The Doors is something "more" than just music for me. It's like the soundtrack of my childhood. :)
When I was about 13 or something I heard for the very first time Sepultura's Roots Bloody Roots and that was the moment when I decided that when I would grow older, I too would be screaming like that. And hey, I'm screaming like that.
After those I think that Tori Amos has done something to my mind. That witch. This happened a few years ago when my daughter was about 1 year old.
I was just "recovering" from the "becoming a father"- year when I was watching some stupid Youtube videos and I had this mission to find something different.
Before that I had been listening only grindcore (Pig Destroyer, Rotten Sound and Nasum) for a year to keep me awake. It works by the way, just use headphones.
Well after going through all kinds of bands, from Britney Spears to TI-Ti-Nalle, I found myself listening to Tori Amos Cornflake Girl and then I remembered that it was a song I had heard back on 90's and I had always thought that it was quite catchy but could not figure out who the performer was.
Now I knew, hurray! Life-long search was finally over. :)
I was about to close the internet after listening the song, but instead I clicked a link that said :
Tori Amos - Winter (From "Live At Montreux 91/92").
Next thing that happened was something that has never happened to me before that.
I was crying because the song brought up so many memories from the past.
I was crying happily because I was now a father.
I was sober by the way so it was not just some drunk letting out some tears in the dark.
I didn't sleep at all during that night. And yeah, that song changed my life.
And I don't even like Tori Amos that much.
I'll stop now, before you're bored to death. :D
I was about 12 or so. I thought I liked music. I owned a few albums, some classic rock, some Yes, some Police. Then my brother plays me this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJjuVzZQj0U
Followed by this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAlIHsXcLY&feature=related
And I knew that everything had just changed. A few months later, I heard this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bX275Crxxc
And it was all over.
Heard hymns growing up, during mass, sang in the choir.
Then when I was ten, heard my uncle playing Beatles - Norwegian Wood, on the acoustic guitar. I decided I wanted to play.
When I was sixteen, I heard Andrew York play with the International Guitar Night quartet. I fell hard for classical guitar. Learned from a beater I found in a dumpster. Taught myself.
I'm not sure if there are any other artists that changed my life on that scale.
I'm gonna go in chronological order with mine (when I heard them, not necessarily when they were released), which are mostly albums rather than bands:
Paul Simon - Graceland (age 9ish - showed me how much I could like music to begin with)
Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (age 10 and probably the single most influential album in my life)
Metallica - ...And Justice For All (age 11)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (age 14)
Obituary - Cause of Death (age 15)
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (age 15)
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Bad Religion - Generator - (all age 16 and on the same day)
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (age 16)
Therapy? - Troublegum (age 16)
KMFDM - Nihil (age 17)
Ministry - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up (Live) (age 17)
OutKast - ATLiens (age 20)
after that there are tons of albums that I love, but I can't really think of anything since then that's had a fundamental effect on the way I think about music or life.
I'll never forget first hearing Black Dog by Led Zeppelin or Baby's on Fire by Brian Eno (mostly Fripp's mindmelting guitar solo in the latter). My parents weren't into the Beatles at all, so I wasn't really introduced to them until I was a teenager and started playing non-folk songs on guitar. Most of my early exposure to music was the Everly Brothers, Chet Atkins, Buddy Holly, Simon & Funkmaster G, CCR, Johnny Cash...
Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain
Bob Dylan - Planet Waves
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
Lena Horne - Stormy Weather
Janis Joplin - Bobby McGee
When I was a kid I only listened to the music my mom and grampa liked. Mainly the Beatles, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, & Paul Simon.
didn't really like my dad's rock - aerosmith, rolling stones, cream, etc
then one day I turned on the TV and Nirvana's Come As You Are was on. And I was hooked.
Later that year I bought my first album, In Utero. And started growing my hair and wearing flannel.
(thought I gotta admit the hair was from hanging out with my cousin who was a little bit older / cooler than me)
the only other song which sticks out in memory is the pixie's Where Is My Mind, which was the soundtrack to the very strange and emotional summer which followed senior year of high school. I think I listened to that song a million times that summer. It was the summer of my first love, bittersweet.
Those two stick out, but there have been a thousand moments of "wow" that have happened over the years.
Bridge over Troubled Waters by S & G was another of them.
Louis Armstrong, Pete Fontaine, etc have all touched me.
Music itself changed my life. It's been my therapist, counselor, and best friend since the late 80s. There are some very notable albums that are very important to me that came out at times in my life when they were especially poignant.
Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche
Gutter Ballet by Savatage
Last Decade, Dead Century by Warrior Soul
Into the Depths of Sorrow by Solitude Aeturnus
The Real Thing and Angel Dust by Faith No More
yes, Nevermind by Nirvana - though I would come to like Incesticide much better.
Beg to Differ by Prong
Parallels by Fates Warning
Turn Loose the Swans by My Dying Bride
Serenades by Anathema
Almost forgot.
Groovin on a Sunday Afternoon gave me one of the best summers of my life. Driving in Florida, windows down, radio cranked, hot chick beside me.....
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams, Sr
The Rolling Stones
Elton John
Lady Gaga
I could have sworn I just saw a Lady Gaga reference in this topic. But no, that can't be right, I must be daydreaming about the apocalypse again. I can't see a more mainsteam version of Marilyn Manson whose target audience is 14 year old girls becoming influencial, not in long-term reality.
Quote from: PixADoR on September 24, 2010, 05:30:51 PM
I could have sworn I just saw a Lady Gaga reference in this topic. But no, that can't be right, I must be daydreaming about the apocalypse again. I can't see a more mainsteam version of Marilyn Manson whose target audience is 14 year old girls becoming influencial, not in long-term reality.
Who are you?
Quote from: PixADoR on September 24, 2010, 05:30:51 PM
I could have sworn I just saw a Lady Gaga reference in this topic. But no, that can't be right, I must be daydreaming about the apocalypse again. I can't see a more mainsteam version of Marilyn Manson whose target audience is 14 year old girls becoming influencial, not in long-term reality.
I have proof that Gaga's "target audience" is waaaaaaaaaaay different than "14 year old girls" [sic].
Quote from: PixADoR on September 24, 2010, 05:30:51 PM
I could have sworn I just saw a Lady Gaga reference in this topic. But no, that can't be right, I must be daydreaming about the apocalypse again. I can't see a more mainsteam version of Marilyn Manson whose target audience is 14 year old girls becoming influencial, not in long-term reality.
are you familiar with Klaus Nomi? Gaga is in the same tradition - absurdists who have pierced the mainstream. Most synthpop is doublecrap, but occasionally some genuine crazy makes it past the filters.
Quote from: PixADoR on September 24, 2010, 05:30:51 PM
I could have sworn I just saw a Lady Gaga reference in this topic. But no, that can't be right, I must be daydreaming about the apocalypse again. I can't see a more mainsteam version of Marilyn Manson whose target audience is 14 year old girls becoming influencial, not in long-term reality.
I'm definitely not a Lady GaGa fan but I can see that her approach is a bit more original that Manson's. Manson was basically just doing a mashup of Alice Cooper and Trent Reznor. GaGa certainly is taking some influences from predecessors like Madonna, but does seem to be doing it from a more artistic approach. Again, it really isn't my bowl of wax musically but I can understand why she would appeal to Discordian-minded individuals.
When I was a kid all my parents played through our home sound system was oldies and smooth jazz.
I didn't start to develop my own tastes until high school.
I had been in choral groups since elementary school and later started doing a cappella.
This song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFMxz0QkeCk), more than any other, taught me that music is sacred.
Quote from: Cramulus on September 24, 2010, 05:36:01 PM
Quote from: PixADoR on September 24, 2010, 05:30:51 PM
I could have sworn I just saw a Lady Gaga reference in this topic. But no, that can't be right, I must be daydreaming about the apocalypse again. I can't see a more mainsteam version of Marilyn Manson whose target audience is 14 year old girls becoming influencial, not in long-term reality.
are you familiar with Klaus Nomi? Gaga is in the same tradition - absurdists who have pierced the mainstream. Most synthpop is doublecrap, but occasionally some genuine crazy makes it past the filters.
It's a troll.
Quote from: Reeducation on September 24, 2010, 09:11:48 AM
Once again, bare with me because I can't write.
When I was about 11 years old, my dad "lost it" and he started listening The Doors all the fucking time.
Every day and every night 24/7 for months! :lulz:
It had something to do with him divorcing my mother. :sad:
Anyways while he was tripping in his psychedelic landscapes (weed, whiskey and sometimes LSD I assume) and going through some pretty heavy shit and at the same time forgetting that he had three children living with him, I started to "get it".
It might sound stupid now but back then everything made sense. Still does actually.
I still remember those "epic" conversations with my dad about life and death while Break On Through was playing in the background. To this day The Doors is something "more" than just music for me. It's like the soundtrack of my childhood. :)
When I was about 13 or something I heard for the very first time Sepultura's Roots Bloody Roots and that was the moment when I decided that when I would grow older, I too would be screaming like that. And hey, I'm screaming like that.
After those I think that Tori Amos has done something to my mind. That witch. This happened a few years ago when my daughter was about 1 year old.
I was just "recovering" from the "becoming a father"- year when I was watching some stupid Youtube videos and I had this mission to find something different.
Before that I had been listening only grindcore (Pig Destroyer, Rotten Sound and Nasum) for a year to keep me awake. It works by the way, just use headphones.
Well after going through all kinds of bands, from Britney Spears to TI-Ti-Nalle, I found myself listening to Tori Amos Cornflake Girl and then I remembered that it was a song I had heard back on 90's and I had always thought that it was quite catchy but could not figure out who the performer was.
Now I knew, hurray! Life-long search was finally over. :)
I was about to close the internet after listening the song, but instead I clicked a link that said :
Tori Amos - Winter (From "Live At Montreux 91/92").
Next thing that happened was something that has never happened to me before that.
I was crying because the song brought up so many memories from the past.
I was crying happily because I was now a father.
I was sober by the way so it was not just some drunk letting out some tears in the dark.
I didn't sleep at all during that night. And yeah, that song changed my life.
And I don't even like Tori Amos that much.
I'll stop now, before you're bored to death. :D
HOLY SHIT!
that's an awesome story!
AND
the whole world gives you a bravery award for even attempting to listen to Tori. willingly.
Quote from: PixADoR on September 24, 2010, 05:30:51 PM
I could have sworn I just saw a Lady Gaga reference in this topic. But no, that can't be right, I must be daydreaming about the apocalypse again. I can't see a more mainsteam version of Marilyn Manson whose target audience is 14 year old girls becoming influencial, not in long-term reality.
Thanks, pop tart. I'm curious to see how long this proxy IP lasts.
You're a complete ass, but you seem to have a real talent for finding stable proxies.
Lastly, you make an amusing cultural snob.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 24, 2010, 01:46:06 PM
I was about 12 or so. I thought I liked music. I owned a few albums, some classic rock, some Yes, some Police. Then my brother plays me this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJjuVzZQj0U
Followed by this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAlIHsXcLY&feature=related
And I knew that everything had just changed. A few months later, I heard this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bX275Crxxc
And it was all over.
HA! SHIT YES!!
movie soundtracks that changed your life!
Quote from: Cramulus on September 24, 2010, 03:31:31 PM
When I was a kid I only listened to the music my mom and grampa liked. Mainly the Beatles, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, & Paul Simon.
didn't really like my dad's rock - aerosmith, rolling stones, cream, etc
then one day I turned on the TV and Nirvana's Come As You Are was on. And I was hooked.
Later that year I bought my first album, In Utero. And started growing my hair and wearing flannel.
(thought I gotta admit the hair was from hanging out with my cousin who was a little bit older / cooler than me)
the only other song which sticks out in memory is the pixie's Where Is My Mind, which was the soundtrack to the very strange and emotional summer which followed senior year of high school. I think I listened to that song a million times that summer. It was the summer of my first love, bittersweet.
AWW...
thanks for sharing that, Cram. the pixies hit pretty hard when they strike!
Quote from: Charley Brown on September 24, 2010, 03:59:51 PM
Almost forgot.
Groovin on a Sunday Afternoon gave me one of the best summers of my life. Driving in Florida, windows down, radio cranked, hot chick beside me.....
DAMN!
i'm there
Quote from: Cramulus on September 24, 2010, 05:36:01 PM
Quote from: PixADoR on September 24, 2010, 05:30:51 PM
I could have sworn I just saw a Lady Gaga reference in this topic. But no, that can't be right, I must be daydreaming about the apocalypse again. I can't see a more mainsteam version of Marilyn Manson whose target audience is 14 year old girls becoming influencial, not in long-term reality.
are you familiar with Klaus Nomi? Gaga is in the same tradition - absurdists who have pierced the mainstream. Most synthpop is doublecrap, but occasionally some genuine crazy makes it past the filters.
Well, there's also this:
I like her voice, and I like her songs. I don't see any need to analyze it. When
Bad Romance or
Telephone come on the car radio, I drive a lot faster and enjoy my commute a whole lot more. It makes me feel good.
And that's why we have music. To
enjoy, even if sometimes it makes you feel
bad.
To avoid music you like because it's "mainstream" or "pop" is about as Pink as you get. It's so fucking Pink, it's Purple. And to sit around dissecting music until all the fun goes out of it is worse than a waste of time.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 24, 2010, 05:36:57 PM
Quote from: PixADoR on September 24, 2010, 05:30:51 PM
I could have sworn I just saw a Lady Gaga reference in this topic. But no, that can't be right, I must be daydreaming about the apocalypse again. I can't see a more mainsteam version of Marilyn Manson whose target audience is 14 year old girls becoming influencial, not in long-term reality.
I'm definitely not a Lady GaGa fan but I can see that her approach is a bit more original that Manson's. Manson was basically just doing a mashup of Alice Cooper and Trent Reznor. GaGa certainly is taking some influences from predecessors like Madonna, but does seem to be doing it from a more artistic approach. Again, it really isn't my bowl of wax musically but I can understand why she would appeal to Discordian-minded individuals.
RWHN-
wow, not only is music there for you, but METAL! You're(/were) into a lot of bands that eluded my radar.
I CAN'T
agree with you more about M.Manson. I was managing a record store & dj'ing when the whole world flipped out about him, including , sadly, many people i knew. i just didn't get it, the sound was marginal/ whatever-crap fusion and the schtick he had? How was that shocking? We'd already been exposed to Dead or Alive, the cure, Culture club, Marilyn (the 80's Marilyn, remember her/him?)(http://www.pure80spop.co.uk/Images/marilyn.jpg)
shit, all those freaks were freaks. and they were actually
weird
Musical taste is acquired of course, but I think it's fair to say in general that there are good and bad with any kind of music. There is good and bad jazz, good and bad rock, good and bad hip hop, good and bad pop, etc., etc.,
There's nothing wrong with a good pop song. As I was driving into work I was listening to "The Way" by Fastball. A total mainstream pop track. But it is a fun song and it made me happy listening to it. Brought certain fond memories from when that song first came out. And you can almost hear them smiling as they're playing the song. You can feel that this isn't just something they manufactured to sell records, it came from a genuine place.
But yeah it's like Dok says, if it makes you feel good, if it makes you feel happy, who cares.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 24, 2010, 06:35:22 PM
Musical taste is acquired of course, but I think it's fair to say in general that there are good and bad with any kind of music. There is good and bad jazz, good and bad rock, good and bad hip hop, good and bad pop, etc., etc.,
There's nothing wrong with a good pop song. As I was driving into work I was listening to "The Way" by Fastball. A total mainstream pop track. But it is a fun song and it made me happy listening to it. Brought certain fond memories from when that song first came out. And you can almost hear them smiling as they're playing the song. You can feel that this isn't just something they manufactured to sell records, it came from a genuine place.
But yeah it's like Dok says, if it makes you feel good, if it makes you feel happy, who cares.
Yep.
But
The Way is a horror story. Google the lyrics.
Oh I know. Lyrically, I'm kinda surprised it became a mainstream hit. It also may explain, partly, why they never had another.
Guess I should do my serious answers
Josquin des Prez
Antonio Vivaldi
Maurice Ravel
Howlin' Wolf
Lightnin' Hopkins
Tom Waits
Philip Glass
Cesaria Evora
Beck - Odelay still stands as one of the best albums of all time to lay and stare at the ceiling to.
Ennio Morricone - Ecstasy of Gold man.
As far as music that "changed my life" I cant think of much else besides maybe "Space Oddity"
Anything by Crispin Glover. Changed my life. Right there on Mt. Adams.
I've grown up with music, so I can't remember a time that I _didn't_ like music, but most of the stuff that I grew up with was hymns and modern christian music, since my childhood was definitely that of a sunday-school kid.
Once I started leaving the church, and didn't find christian music so appealing anymore, I fell in love with techno music, epic soundtrack music, and Celtic music. They're like the ambrosia of my creativity, and it's a totally awesome feeling to be on a writing spree with that kind of music in my ear.
But the one song that changed my life.... "I'll Find a Way" by Zack Hemsey. It's rap, and generally I hate rap because it feels so music-less and the lyrics are crude and nonsensical to me. But this....was absolutely beautiful and powerful. And it seems no matter when I listen to it, it always applies to my life right then.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 24, 2010, 01:46:06 PM
I was about 12 or so. I thought I liked music. I owned a few albums, some classic rock, some Yes, some Police. Then my brother plays me this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJjuVzZQj0U
Followed by this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAlIHsXcLY&feature=related
And I knew that everything had just changed. A few months later, I heard this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bX275Crxxc
And it was all over.
I'D LIKE
to give a few moments more focus to your response, DR.A-, cuz this is the shit of my own wow. The whole 'SST' label phenomenon changed my life, and of course, all the related bands. in certain ways, i'm still convinced that nothing better happened, here in America, outside of this whole scene.
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on September 25, 2010, 08:20:41 PM
Anything by Crispin Glover. Changed my life. Right there on Mt. Adams.
THIS, GIRL,
is what i'm talking about! i find it curious that some one (like yourself) may have "listening stations" placed everywhere they go, but claim to not be 'changed' by music?!
SO
Crispin Glover. Mt. Adams.
i'm all ears!
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 26, 2010, 04:33:03 AM
I'D LIKE
to give a few moments more focus to your response, DR.A-, cuz this is the shit of my own wow. The whole 'SST' label phenomenon changed my life, and of course, all the related bands. in certain ways, i'm still convinced that nothing better happened, here in America, outside of this whole scene.
Yeah. SST was fucking amazing... Until Ginn fucked the whole thing up (around 1992 or so). It was too eclectic for most, which is why Touch & Go, AmRep and SubPop ened up doing better commercially. But it was just the perfect mix of punk and experimental for me. Whenever I do those "25 favorite albums" things on Facebook, et al, there are usually between 8 and 10 SST records.
AWESOME SST BANDS:Black Flag
Minutemen
Bad Brains
Saccharine Trust
Meat Puppets
Husker DU
Sonic Youth
fIREHOSE
Blind Idiot God
Universal Congress Of
Descendents
Dinosaur Jr
Elliot Sharp/Carbon
Negativland
Soundgarden (the "Ultramagnetic OK" album)
Volcano Suns
I can't think of anything in particular that may have changed my life, since I grew up listening to all kinds of things thanks to my parents, and those bands that would have/should have/could have shaped me in some way were part of my every day listening early on. When I was 8, given the choice between New Kids on the Block or the Beatles, I'd always pick the latter.
...So I guess who I should say changed my life is my dad, and the music he introduced me to.
Yes, Sonic Youth were another important band. As probably many kids did in the early 90s, I discovered them through Nirvana. Namely, the tour film they did together "1991 The Year Punk Broke". I loved the furious spontaneity of Sonic's music. It gave convention the middle finger and showed that great guitar work wasn't limited to shredding and Dream Theater-like soloing. I have a bunch of their albums but "Washing Machine" is still my favorite, namely, for "The Diamond Sea"
I'm gonna have to go with albums that changed my life, 'cause I tend to listen to albums rather than individual songs...
In as close as possible chronological order:
The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters (first album I ever bought, yeh ok I get it, I'm young... You're just jealous.. probably...)
Punk in Drublic - NOFX (seriously, I promise they get better from here ;))
As the Eternal Cowboy - Against Me! (see, that right there is a mighty fine album)
Then there is a sort of muddy period where I listened to music other people liked instead of music I liked, I probably was insecure and wanted to be popular or something...
Then I got into Nirvana in a big way, about a decade late mind, but its the thought that counts..
Then there was Audioslave's self-titled album. Which I loved at the time, but I guess it got kinda stale after a while so dug my way into the past to find...
Soundgarden
I have too much Soundgarden, its a little bit obscene.
Ten - Pearl Jam was next, tied closely to a borrowing of Alice in Chain's discography from a friend and buying Grace by Jeff Buckley.
Temple of the Dog, also.
And outta nowhere I got hooked on In Rainbows (Radiohead), which brings us shockingly close to present day, the most recent album that I think "yup, this is important to me" was We Were Dead before the Ship Even Sank (Modest Mouse).
Yup, thems all the ones that spring to mind...
x
edd
p.s. it's Ultramega OK :P
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.
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 26, 2010, 04:48:59 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on September 25, 2010, 08:20:41 PM
Anything by Crispin Glover. Changed my life. Right there on Mt. Adams.
THIS, GIRL,
is what i'm talking about! i find it curious that some one (like yourself) may have "listening stations" placed everywhere they go, but claim to not be 'changed' by music?!
SO
Crispin Glover. Mt. Adams.
i'm all ears!
Maybe it's just that my life is changing all the time, so I no one moment stands out.
Really, how can I pick and choose? I might hear music that transports me to a moment, but I don't know its name.
You changed my life; what is the soundtrack for that?
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 05, 2010, 05:03:45 PM
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 26, 2010, 04:48:59 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on September 25, 2010, 08:20:41 PM
Anything by Crispin Glover. Changed my life. Right there on Mt. Adams.
THIS, GIRL,
is what i'm talking about! i find it curious that some one (like yourself) may have "listening stations" placed everywhere they go, but claim to not be 'changed' by music?!
SO
Crispin Glover. Mt. Adams.
i'm all ears!
Maybe it's just that my life is changing all the time, so I no one moment stands out.
Really, how can I pick and choose? I might hear music that transports me to a moment, but I don't know its name.
You changed my life; what is the soundtrack for that?
DAMMIT
you're just not doing it right.
THAT MUSIC
would be the sound of keyboards clacking, lots of swearing, bottles opening, whiskey being poured, wine corks popping, the clamour and hubbub of local pubs, crying/ sobbing, hysterical laughing, doors slamming, punching, slapping, endless talking and drinking tea and coffee.
Quote from: E.O.T. on October 06, 2010, 12:28:38 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 05, 2010, 05:03:45 PM
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 26, 2010, 04:48:59 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on September 25, 2010, 08:20:41 PM
Anything by Crispin Glover. Changed my life. Right there on Mt. Adams.
THIS, GIRL,
is what i'm talking about! i find it curious that some one (like yourself) may have "listening stations" placed everywhere they go, but claim to not be 'changed' by music?!
SO
Crispin Glover. Mt. Adams.
i'm all ears!
Maybe it's just that my life is changing all the time, so I no one moment stands out.
Really, how can I pick and choose? I might hear music that transports me to a moment, but I don't know its name.
You changed my life; what is the soundtrack for that?
DAMMIT
you're just not doing it right.
THAT MUSIC
would be the sound of keyboards clacking, lots of swearing, bottles opening, whiskey being poured, wine corks popping, the clamour and hubbub of local pubs, crying/ sobbing, hysterical laughing, doors slamming, punching, slapping, endless talking and drinking tea and coffee.
I am 99% sure that I have never punched you!
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 06, 2010, 12:40:12 AM
Quote from: E.O.T. on October 06, 2010, 12:28:38 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 05, 2010, 05:03:45 PM
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 26, 2010, 04:48:59 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on September 25, 2010, 08:20:41 PM
Anything by Crispin Glover. Changed my life. Right there on Mt. Adams.
THIS, GIRL,
is what i'm talking about! i find it curious that some one (like yourself) may have "listening stations" placed everywhere they go, but claim to not be 'changed' by music?!
SO
Crispin Glover. Mt. Adams.
i'm all ears!
Maybe it's just that my life is changing all the time, so I no one moment stands out.
Really, how can I pick and choose? I might hear music that transports me to a moment, but I don't know its name.
You changed my life; what is the soundtrack for that?
DAMMIT
you're just not doing it right.
THAT MUSIC
would be the sound of keyboards clacking, lots of swearing, bottles opening, whiskey being poured, wine corks popping, the clamour and hubbub of local pubs, crying/ sobbing, hysterical laughing, doors slamming, punching, slapping, endless talking and drinking tea and coffee.
I am 99% sure that I have never punched you!
I DIDN'T SAY
who punched who
Quote from: E.O.T. on October 06, 2010, 12:41:14 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 06, 2010, 12:40:12 AM
Quote from: E.O.T. on October 06, 2010, 12:28:38 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 05, 2010, 05:03:45 PM
Quote from: E.O.T. on September 26, 2010, 04:48:59 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on September 25, 2010, 08:20:41 PM
Anything by Crispin Glover. Changed my life. Right there on Mt. Adams.
THIS, GIRL,
is what i'm talking about! i find it curious that some one (like yourself) may have "listening stations" placed everywhere they go, but claim to not be 'changed' by music?!
SO
Crispin Glover. Mt. Adams.
i'm all ears!
Maybe it's just that my life is changing all the time, so I no one moment stands out.
Really, how can I pick and choose? I might hear music that transports me to a moment, but I don't know its name.
You changed my life; what is the soundtrack for that?
DAMMIT
you're just not doing it right.
THAT MUSIC
would be the sound of keyboards clacking, lots of swearing, bottles opening, whiskey being poured, wine corks popping, the clamour and hubbub of local pubs, crying/ sobbing, hysterical laughing, doors slamming, punching, slapping, endless talking and drinking tea and coffee.
I am 99% sure that I have never punched you!
I DIDN'T SAY
who punched who
Fair enough.
I don't do it right anymore, E.O.T.
I forgot how.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk
^This
this thread makes me sad. I haven't had a life changing experience caused by music. :cry:
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.
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 06, 2010, 02:22:00 AM
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
Quote from: E.O.T. on October 06, 2010, 07:54:27 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 06, 2010, 02:22:00 AM
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!
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on October 06, 2010, 02:58:16 AM
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.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on October 06, 2010, 11:49:59 AM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on October 06, 2010, 02:58:16 AM
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
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.
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
Is that where you were for the past 5 years?
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
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
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 27, 2010, 03:13:39 PM
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
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.
Life changing music moments volume 1:
Hearing Jimi Hendrix "Red House" - made me want a guitar.
They don't make guitarists like they used to.
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
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on October 13, 2010, 01:21:33 PM
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.
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.
Quote from: I_Kicked_Kennedy on October 14, 2010, 02:07:28 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on October 13, 2010, 01:21:33 PM
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.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on October 14, 2010, 11:55:08 AM
Quote from: I_Kicked_Kennedy on October 14, 2010, 02:07:28 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on October 13, 2010, 01:21:33 PM
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).
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.
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...
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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MUSIC THAT CHANGED MY LIFE??
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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?
That reminds me. Superunknown was one of the best albums of the 90s that no one ever mentions anymore.
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.
Nothing But Flowers by Talking Heads made me reconsider a few ideas.
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
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.