The Album That Changed You

Topic: The Album That Changed You (Read 2873 times) previous topic - next topic

The Album That Changed You

Reply #15 – July 09, 2012, 11:19:55 PM

I'm not as old as some of the guys here.

My first cd was cake, comfort eagle. This is when I discovered music. I quickly branched out to other styles of music.

Rancid-rancid 1993. Nothing better then this. Its fast, has a good sound and matt freeman sings. Reminds me of the old punk rock days. I still listen to it when I'm in the mood. They just went downhill quickly from here.

Anything streetlight manifesto/catch 22. I like the well put together but still rough around the edges ska sound they had early on. With streetlight, they quickly showed them selves as musicians and not just a bunch of kids making noise. Goos, fast, and remain heavy, all with horns.

Love the mighty-mighty boss tones forr the more mainstream style of ska. You can listen to them and feel like a person wrote it, its not all show. Love the songs like "where did you go?" Where he is singing about waiting for someone to come home, just everyday normal stuff. I really didn't like these guys when I was younger, but I guess I have mellowed out some.

Reel big fish. These guys have an awesome sound, and put on an awesome show. Its hard to tell there live stuff from studio. Just consistanly good, and their funny, happy, over the top style make me feel better on a downer day. Another band I didn't get when I was younger, but love now.

Flogging molly just for the sound. Something cool about irish-ish drinking/folk music. Same for certain dropkick murphies. Another overplayed, but still good band is operation ivy. Changed the way I felt about music.

I find myself starting to listen to a lot of oldies now. Know about every beach boys song by heart, joe walsh/eagles, bunch of other stuff I find my dad listens to.

The Album That Changed You

Reply #16 – July 09, 2012, 11:23:18 PM

One more I have to throw in. I'm not usually a fan of covers, but if you like stray cats, you have to listen to reel big fish covering stray cat strut. The horns add so much without taking away ANY of the feel.

http://m.youtube.com/results?q=stray%20cat%20strut%20reel%20big%20fish#/watch?v=C4k48QOtATw

The Album That Changed You

Reply #17 – July 10, 2012, 03:38:38 AM

my first audio tape when I was a chap: Van Halen- Diver Down ; I loved that album,still do and have it on CD

The Beatles- Abbey Road ; my all-time favorite Beatles album

Radiohead- OK Computer; masterpiece

White Zombie- Astrocreep 2000; played loud many times in my old high-end Clarion tape deck in my 1989 Beretta GT

Black Sabbath- We sold our souls for Rock n Roll; soundtrack to drunken hide n go seek in an old cemetary

Lenny Kravitz- Are You gonna go my Way?; great album

Cake- Fashion Nugget; Trumpets, guitars playing funk-rock

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar shag Magik; still awesome, one of the best sounding audiotapes recordings!

Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction; I couldn't wait for that album too come out on audio tape!

Guns n Roses- Apetite for Destruction; I remember buying that tape at a headshop when I was 11 years old and seeing the Parental Guidance sticker, compliments of Tipper Gore.

Alice in Chains- Dirt; dark and haunting but guilty pleasure, hard to listen to after Layne Staley and Mike Starr died

there HAS BEEN alot of good music released..up until about ten years ago!

The Album That Changed You

Reply #18 – July 10, 2012, 07:59:49 PM

Joe Walsh - But seriously, folks.

I haven't met many people who know that album, but each and every song on it has a special meaning for me.

I always wondered why the tracks Second Hand Store and Tomorrow were never released as singles. They would have done well on mainstream radio in 1978, I would imagine.

The instrumental composition Theme from Boat Wierdos is an incredible journey through slap-back guitar solos, walking bass lines, mellow pan flute, and even a funked-out Clavinet played through a stereo phaser.

Go look for it and give it a listen. Do it. Do it.

The Album That Changed You

Reply #19 – July 10, 2012, 08:09:18 PM

during the late 80s.... I discovered Helloweens Keeper of the 7 keys part 1 & 2.....
I still listen to them to this day... It changed my song writing style forever

The Album That Changed You

Reply #20 – July 10, 2012, 10:30:04 PM

My progression was as follows-

As a youngster in the 80s:
Europe: Final Countdown (I know, "LOL", but it was the first 'rock' I could get into). I still like it, so there! My mom bought me the cassette and an 8-track adapter so I could play in in the living room stereo, heh.

Then one fateful evening, as an early teen, I was staying at a friend's house who had MTV and I saw "Headbanger's Ball"... I saw so many things I liked! When I got home, I walked to K-Mart and bought:
Metallica - Ride The Lightning (then "...And Justice for All", "Master of Puppets" and "Garage Days Revisited")
GnR - Appetite for Destruction (then "Lies Lies Lies")

Yeah I know those are all pretty mainstream metal, but this is coming from being raised in a John Denver / Neil Diamond household. It was near devil worship.

Then, in high school, I think the one song that changed it all was the day I was listening to a local college radio station's "metal jungle" late night show. They played a song so awesome that I made a long distance call on my parents phone (criminal!) just to call the station and ask who it was. It was "My Dying Bride - Crown of Sympathy". OMG. A 12 Minute song played in a way that I had never heard. Metal with a volin? Crazy. I had to go special order that CD "Turn Loose the Swans" at the local CD store (this was before I was on the internet, probably 93 or so) That CD got me into doom metal and symphonic metal. Symphonic metal is still my favorite genre.

Another time, while doing a wiring job in a lonely office building, I was experimenting with Shoutcast through Winamp. I was listening to foreign stations to find something new. A song came on that was so different, I had to come down the ladder and see what it was. It was "Nightwish - Walking in the Air". A symphonic song with an operatic female lead singer! I explored Nightwish and enjoyed their variety of soft and melodic to heavy and symphonic. This lead to Epica, Within Temptation, Sirenia, After Forever and other talented symphonic/metal bands with female leads.

Oh, and in high school, I had a brief run-in with rap. "Coolio- Gangsta's Paradise" was my gateway drug there. The choir won me over I guess, lol.

I guess I just enjoy complex music. Songs that are difficult to sing, take immense skill to perform, etc. A song that makes me think "holy !" at the end. I think it's funny that you will probably never find anybody with identical taste in music. Especially when you have specific weirdo taste like me, heh. Whatever gives you that tickle I guess

The Album That Changed You

Reply #21 – July 10, 2012, 10:32:54 PM

Boston's first album--My cousin was 10 yrs older than me and I was in his room checkin out his 5 foot stack of playboys while listening to this incredible album on his marantz amp and klipsch speakers....I still love that album...and klipsch speakers!

The Album That Changed You

Reply #22 – July 10, 2012, 10:39:41 PM

As long as us dj's Scratch Vinyl record will still be made..

The Album That Changed You

Reply #23 – July 10, 2012, 11:04:11 PM

I'm a huge music nerd so this will be hard to pick just a few. I have over 3,000 cd's and listen to literally every genre of music, just depends on the day and my mood. So here is a few albums that speak to me, changed me, just plain rock, etc.

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) - Freedom of speech amplified, he is such a clever lyricist. I'm not sure if this changed me for the better or worse

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - United (1964) - Just a deep lovey dovey easy listening album, always played this when I was courting my wife. Straight. Up. Classic.

Eve 6 - Horrorscope (2000) - Just a kick ass easy listening album, always jamming this in the garage.

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968) My hero! the ultimate bad ass, this album makes you feel like you are a prisoner in folsom circa 1968, you can't hate this album

Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (1969) - Same as above, you can just feel the atmosphere in the music

Bush - Sixteen Stone (1994) Another fav in the garage, just classic!

Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) - Grunge at its finest!

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - "Buy a yacht with a flag saying chillin the most, then rock that bitch up and down the coast" enough said

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974) Back in my teenage reefer smokin days, this was the ultimate for sitting on the couch. Legend!

2Pac - All Eyez On Me (1996) - 2Pac fresh out of jail for 2 discs, nobody made you feel what they were saying like 2Pac. Classic for 27 tracks

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E.1999 Eternal (1995) Just classic old school hip-hop often imitated never duplicated

Baby Bash - Tha Smokin Nephew (2003) - Just a chill album

Well that's just of the top of my head, I could do this all day, but these seem to stick with me and are in frequent rotation in the car/garage

The Album That Changed You

Reply #24 – July 14, 2012, 04:31:27 PM

Enigma - LSD.

Also not an album yet but someone has sent me a number of songs he has composed and I never thought I would like that type of music but I've looped those songs over and over many times. I'm not musically educated enough to describe the genre. Perfect cigar and cognac songs though.

The Album That Changed You

Reply #25 – July 14, 2012, 06:14:02 PM

Metallica And Justice For All
Metallica Black Album
Metallica St. Anger

I have a 3 Disc CD Changer in a buddies garage and we listened to those albums non stop while working on his '85 Monte Carlo SS and my Cougar.

Weezer Blue Album was the first Album I wore out. Went through two cassete tapes in my garage.
Def Leppard The Vault was the second Album I wore out on cassette.
System Of A Down Toxicity I jammed out to every day after school through all 4 years of High School and it is still one of my favorites to go through start to finish.

My Dad and I always listened to his vinyls and I have all of them. I don't remember specific album names, but Duran Duran, the Cars, Adam Ant, and Def Leppard he owned all of them and we would sit there and listen to each til the needle stopped.
He has numerous 8 tracks we listened to in his "70 Chevelle. I can't find the 8 tracks anymore but he still has the Chevelle which is equipped with an aftermarket Pioneer 8 track player with Power Booster.

The Album That Changed You

Reply #26 – July 14, 2012, 07:04:43 PM

Metallica's Black album for me. I never cared about music at all until I heard my dad listening to "Enter Sandman," it was like an epiphany. I listened to the entire album countless times, I then downloaded all their older stuff starting with Ride the Lightning. (this was like, 2004 mind you)

The Album That Changed You

Reply #27 – July 15, 2012, 12:28:21 AM

Billy Ray Cyrus Achy Breaky Heart

That changed me!

The Album That Changed You

Reply #28 – July 15, 2012, 10:33:45 AM

Waylon's "Waymore's Blues (Part 2)" ...no clue as to why, but something clicked when I listened that album (well, cd)