The 5 albums that made you...

sand dusky · Post by **sand dusky** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:45 am

None of the records that turned me from the darkside really have any great stature in music history. They just opened my mind to what was out there.

Heavens End - Loop
George Best - The Wedding Present
C86 - Various
SuperfuzzBigmuff - Mudhoney
Strawberries and Wine - My Bloody Valentine

ok I've gone back over this thread and everybody is cheating and adding more.........so i will too.....

Dinosaur - Dinosaur
Singles Going Steady - The Buzzcocks
New Day Rising - Husker Du
Hairway To Steven - Teh Butthole surfers

Neverwonagrammy · Post by **Neverwonagrammy** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:01 pm

5 albums that made things happen...

1. Beatles "Sgt. Peppers..." My sister gave it to me when I was a little kid. Made me love music.

2. Lynyrd Skynyrd "Second Helping". Made me wanna play guitar.

3. Ramones "Rocket To Russia" Made me think I might be able to play in a band.

4. John Anderson "All The People Are Talkin". Showed me I could like country music.

5. John Prine "Bruised Orange". Made me wanna be a songwriter.

These are the 5 that actually CHANGED shit in my life. There ARE albums that linked these together, but, these are the five biggies.

Brian

Gamecock · Post by **Gamecock** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:16 pm

I don't think any albums influenced my life one way or another. Music in general has been a huge influence in my life. I have a few albums that could serve as a soundtrack to my high school years. I do think memories and music have their greatest impact during that time period. At least to me it did. So I see exactly where that one poster was coming from(don't remember who?).

Now I listen to a much broader range of music, but it doesn't provide a soundtrack to my life. Either because my life is too boring now to have a soundtrack or because I listen to WAY too much stuff to pick out a few favorites. IMO, no music will ever bring memories rushing back like music I listened to during my teens(which is my only barometer for 'influence'). It was probably a combination of the pot, the alcohol, and the hormones???? Now I listen to music of all genres and love finding new music... It just seems to serve a different purpose. I'm 25 and I've only entered into the alt-country genre in the past 2 years. Now I have all the UT cds, Whiskeytown cds, Jayhawks, and many more on some list here... I loved Trace from the time I was 16-17 yrs old or so. I bought the album after I saw Son Volt perform at Farm Aid in Columbia, South Carolina. But that's where my knowledge of alt-country ended until I graduated from college. I wish my list could be more cliche, but I'm relatively new to all the bands on your lists. Though I love most of them, I'm just getting started.

Anyway... here's my top 5 after all that nonsensical babble. Not including Trace.

1)Drivin N Cryin- Mystery Road
2)Weezer- The blue album
3)Sublime- 40 oz to freedom
4)Pearl Jam- Vitalogy and Vs.
5)Bob Marley- Legend... I don't see how this doesn't make everybody's list(who's around my age). If you like Marley this was certainly your introduction to him. It may not be the best, but it's certainly the most influential.

Also 2 local South Carolina groups CD's would probably top the list as well...
1)Jump Little Children-Licorice Tea Demos(still one of my favs)
2)Sourwood Honey- Oxydendrum

Down Watson · Post by **Down Watson** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:43 pm

1. The Specials-The Specials
2. London Calling-The Clash
3. Tim-The Replacements
4. After the Goldrush-Neil Young
5. Bringing It All Back Home-Bob Dylan

Honorable Mention:
Loveless-My Bloody Valentine
The Sun Years-Johnny Cash
The New York Dolls-The New York Dolls
Trace/Anodyne/Being There/Summerteeth
Hollywood Town Hall-The Jayhawks
Forever Changes-Love

hell...i could go on forever...

unclerufus · Post by **unclerufus** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:30 pm

i just remember the sounds n the settings...no particuler order. ...album titles, who knows... just around the house. are 8 track tapes albums?

stones/hot rocks
beetles/red n blue
johnny cash/fulsom prison
john denver/?? grandma's feater bed n rocky mountain high
supertramp/breakfast in america

a long frickin time ago

Momo · Post by **Momo** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:22 pm

I'm also chucking 69 Love Songs on my top five. Motherfuckin Stephin Merritt. Pimp songwriting motherfucker.

elliegurl · Post by **elliegurl** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:20 pm

ah is that sneaky way to get 10 choices in...

ellie

stratoman · Post by **stratoman** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:14 pm

Hmmm...

Thought about it for a minute:

Sun Kil Moon - Ghost Of the Great Highway
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Love - Forever Changes
Bill Hicks - Arizona Bay
U2 - Joshua Tree

stratoman · Post by **stratoman** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:09 pm

Neil Young - Freedom
The Beatles - White Album
OMD - Architecture & Morality
The Monkees - Headquarters
Wilco - YHF

redgator · Post by **redgator** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:04 pm

I like this variety I am seeing.....

Son Volt - Trace
X - Los Angeles
Albert Ayler - Love Cry
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Steve Reich - Different Trains

Obviously not in any particular order....

Lawrence Fan · Post by **Lawrence Fan** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:11 pm

Hoops wrote:Didn't we do this a few weeks ago or is this the same thread that I responded to earlier?

This thread was started last November.

This is one of the things a just LOVE about enthusiastic new members, they start digging through the pages and resurect old posts.

Thank you Barclocksays3am!!!!!
(great song to get yer name from, btw)

trailrider · Post by **trailrider** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:14 pm

Stones - Exile on Main Street
Zeppelin II
Blues Traveler's first album
Trace
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus

Momo · Post by **Momo** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:50 pm

Hank Sr, Singles Collection
Beatles, anything/everything
George Jones, Essential Spirit Of
Nuggets, Volume I and II
Philly Sound, various

barclocksays3am · Post by **barclocksays3am** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:16 pm

elliegurl wrote: ps billie holliday the best of, i think she is just the best singer ever!!!

Yeah,she`s one of the greatest.It`s hard choosing a collection of her music but I love the Lady In Autumn double set of her Verve years.

Hoops · Post by **Hoops** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:12 pm

Pet Sounds
Music From Big Pink
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
March 16-20, 1992
Time Out of Mind

Didn't we do this a few weeks ago or is this the same thread that I responded to earlier?

Jay Farrar

The 5 albums that made you...

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