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what albums changed your life?

#64
JimK said:
That's the 1st one that came to mind when I saw this thread...I still recall that Saturday morning, hearing "You Know What I Mean" for the first time-
You mean the bass doesn't have to play on every downbeat?!?! Whoa.

Anyway, the 'self-proclaimed Clapton down the street' was the guy who owned that record...he was the older brother of a friend; after a few minutes, he said, "Sorry...you guys gotta go, I need to hear this album alone".

LMAO.
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Cool story. :) Makes me wonder... do you know what ever became of him, musically?
 
#65
The first "album" proper to change my life was
Freeze Frame by J Geils Band. My first foray into rock and roll, at age 11.

There was a skip on the title track, during the line "her lipstick reflex got me wound"...my copy went "Her..wound".
My father and I spent an hour going back and forth to Radio Shack exchanging needles, totally irrationally overlooking the possibility that the record was defective...ended up taping two quarters to the tone arm....worked just fine. v:O)

The next was the soundtrack to Flash Gordon. My first taste of Queen. Not their best, but fantastic to me. This is when I knew I wanted to play guitar. No question, that was the moment.

The next record to change me was "1984" by Van Halen. Pivotal...as I didn't really know of them beyond Panama, or Jump, but I was obsessed, and that led me to "Fair Warning", and there was no turning back. Then came Ratt and Scorpions.

There was a long, long break in between pivotal albums, then came "Discover" by Gene Loves Jezebel, and Kiss Me (3) by the Cure. All at once. Amazing. I guess my jump into "pop gothy" culture is a defining moment brought on by music...

then came the next, being "the Bends" by Radiohead, and holy damn was I hooked. Art rock, as it was called. Thinking man's stoodent music....boy, did I feel "informed" or "in the know"...then they went huge an album later.

this led to alot of back-cataloging, and many moments of feeling burnt by the next latest greatest band who had one good song and 9 filler tracks.

Still waiting for the next life-changer.
 
#66
Meet The Beatles
the Woodstock soundtrack album
Led Zeppelin II
Disraeli Gears
Sgt. Pepper's
The Dead - Live/Dead & Europe '72
Zappa - Apostrophe
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
The Flecktones - Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo & Live Art

That's enough for now!
 
#68
Royksopp: Remind me (A song) Reminds me of all i've lost... one of the saddest songs i've ever experienced.
Boston: More than a feeling (A song) Also reminds me of what i've lost over the years, a bitter sweet song that hurts when i hear it.

Pain of Salvation: The Perfect Element pt. 1 (I learned to love people how they are from this... Gildenlow is such an amazing writer)



Dream Theater: Awake (AWAKEN !!! Enter Progressive Metal)
The Faceless: Akledama (Enter HARD metal)
Oingo Boingo: ALL (My aunts favorite... RIP Angie)
Pink Floyd: Dark side of the moon (led to Electronic music haha, which lead to Ecstasy and a past i've left behind)


Pain of Salvation really took me to a place i've never been spiritually, maybe i just let the songs get to my head, but they opened up a significant part of my life, and I feel im a better person now... funny how music can change somebody so much.
 
#69
Especially growing up (as with most people), an album would come along that would completely change my musical interests. Some of these albums are not stellar from a critical standpoint, but they were quite memorable to me nevertheless.

KISS - DOUBLE PLATINUM - I know it's just a 'best of' package, but my mom had the double set 8 track lying around and it was my first introduction to hard rock. Ahh 8 tracks... The fade out in the middle of song and the "CLICK CLICK" ....fade back in...

VAN HALEN - DIVER DOWN - This is not my favorite album of theirs, but it was my first and me and my best friend at 10 years old could not get enough of this. I remember walking around the house singing "Senorita I'm in trouble again..."

PRINCE - 1999 - I'm usually a hard rock, metal, punk guy, but when I discovered Prince I was blown away. This was the first album I actually went to the store and bought with my own money (from cutting neighbors' yards). My parents had no clue just how filthy this album was.;)

METALLICA - KILL EM ALL - Around 1985, I found this cassette busted up on the side of the road and I took it home and put it back together. Up to this point I thought Ozzy was the heaviest thing going. I could not believe how heavy this was. Soon after, 'Master of Puppets' came out and I was full-on Metallica freak.

SLAYER - REIGN IN BLOOD - In my quest for the next heaviest thing, a friend introduced me to these cats. Suddenly Metallica was a bunch wusses. Soon after I would get into bands like Celtic Frost, Kreator, and the Sepultura and Obituary. Then I discovered punk...

VOIVOD - NOTHINGFACE - Suddenly I discovered thrash metal could be really trippy in a Pink Floyd sort of way.

BAD BRAINS - ROIR CASSETTE - This was pretty old by the time I discovered it around 1989-90, but when I did, most metal seemed silly. This would lead me into the world of punk...Minor Threat, Black Flag, Fugazi, etc.

SONIC YOUTH - DAYDREAM NATION - Thinking they were true punk (whatever that is) I picked this up out of a bargain bin around 1991. They became my favorite band right away and have pretty much been ever since (hence my handle). Although, admittedly I rarely listen to SY anymore.

MINUTEMEN - DOUBLE NICKELS - I did not discover the Minutemen really until the late 90s. But when I did, I kicked myself for ignoring them all those years. I liked fIREHOSE a lot and saw them in concert a couple times, but never looked back to the Minutemen for a long while. Just amazing stuff and Mike Watt is my bass idol.

oh and there's more, but I must get on back to work...:spit:
 
#71
leanne said:
Cool story. :) Makes me wonder... do you know what ever became of him, musically?
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Who? ...my friend(the self-proclaimed Clapton down the street)?

Nothing musically.
He's the same guy who called me hopeless on Xmas of '72(I had my 1st bass only a matter of hours...I couldn't play the 3 notes he showed me for "Magic Carpet Ride"). ;)

About 5-6 years later, I tried playing AWB's "Cut The Cake" with him...talk about hopeless!
(although, to his credit, he could pretty well play any of the solos from the entire Blow By Blow record).
;)
 
#72
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - UFO TOFU - The first album where the bass really blew my mind. I had heard Jaco before this but I wasn't really into jazz at the time and I couldn't resist the bass groove on "Sex In A Pan."

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - The first jazz album that I ever heard.

Jaco Pastorius self titled - "Continuum" and "Donna Lee" really inspired me to take up the fretless.

Anything by Miles Davis - Miles Davis in my opinion is the greatest musician of all time.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue / John Coltrane - Giant Steps / Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage - Three albums that inspired me to take up upright bass.

Other great albums:

Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Frank Zappa - Overnite Sensation / Apostrophe
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not A Cold, Dead Place
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - The Hidden Land
Stanley Clarke self titled
Freddie Hubbard - Straight Life (Ron Carter!!!!!)
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Steely Dan - Aja
 
#75
Rush 2112 - First time I realized that there was more to bass playing than 1/5/8

Jaco- Made me realize that bass is a complete instrument unto itself and that it is possible to express one's entire musicallity through the instrument.

I first heard Jaco's album when I was 14 and I was never the same afterward.
 
#78
Yessongs-Yes
Whos Next-The Who
Live At QPR-Yes
Live At Leeds-The Who
Rockford-Cheap Trick
Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd
The Kids Are Alright Sound Track-The Who
Live At the Royal Albert Hall-The Who
Seargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band-The Beatles
Quadrophenia-The Who
Presence-Led Zeppelin
 

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