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| Topic Started: 10th December 2008 - 04:20 PM (351 Views) | |
| Wickywhite | 10th December 2008 - 04:20 PM Post #1 |
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I've been listening to Rasdio 6 again today and I've heard some real corking songs from my younger days. Some of them were a huge influence on my taste in music today. So my question is this.... What songs/albums were an influence on you, at whatever stage in your life? Feel free to add reasons why. I don't think I could list all mine in one go as there are so many, but for starters: Soul Mining by The The Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths Regatta de Blanc by The Police Like a Prayer by Madonna I could go on and on.... |
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| spud | 10th December 2008 - 08:24 PM Post #2 |
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In Bloom - Nirvana - got me into music Night Boat To Cairo - Madness - got me into Ska Babies - Pulp - got me into indie/britpop - where I stayed for the best part of 10 years, until the following (on John Peel's show) periodically kick-started massive cd purchasing and investigation of new genres Gangstas - The Specials - got me back into music that wasn't indie, and started trawling through old music... 12XU - Wire - instigated invetigating punk Halcyon - Orbital - started looking at more dancy music Mihto - Gogol Bordello - back into new music Murder on the midnight wire - Bedouin Soundclash Toxicity - SOAD ...finally So So Modern - an acidental viewing at Leeds festy this year - started the most recent delve into new music. Edited by spud, 10th December 2008 - 08:26 PM.
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| Sav | 11th December 2008 - 03:49 AM Post #3 |
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I know its not to everyone's taste, but i really love Sheryl Crowe as its one of the albums my dad used to play over and over... or at least thats how i remember it. Every one of those songs had a different feeling and there was just something for everything I felt. When Soak up the Sun came out not so long go, I remember hearing it on holiday and thinking... finally this is it... my choices from now on... my life. Pretty good feeling. |
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| Wickywhite | 11th December 2008 - 12:59 PM Post #4 |
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Hers is the last name I'd have expected to hear from you Sav! |
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| Bay Rebel | 11th December 2008 - 02:03 PM Post #5 |
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First albums I bought were the 2 Beatles Red and Blue albums with all the hits on They were on the new fangled compact cassettes Also remember buying Madness albums which also got me into ska Reminds me of when a top of the range Sharp car stereo from Currys was the bees knees! With auto reverse and stereo speakers of course! :lolanimate: Had massive 7 x 13!! alloys on me Viva GT...what a dude |
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| Rich | 11th December 2008 - 02:27 PM Post #6 |
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Parallel Lines by Blondie. A great punk/rock band from the 70’s and Debbie Harry is responsible for my first proper hard-on and I’ve had a crush on her since. Thanks Debs, glad it was you and not Gary Glitter. For thos about to rock by AC/DC – My first heavy metal album and I used to play it full blast in my bedroom. The title track has canons on it and it used to scare the fuck out of people at the bus stop outside our house. Angus Young got me hooked on showmen lead guitarists. I can’t wait to see them next April. The Wall by Pink Floyd. It stood out because of the school kids singing on Another Brick and I didn’t buy the album until I was about 18. At the time I didn’t ‘get’ the band but they were awesome. All The Jam stuff – Paul Weller is God. End of. Dare by Human League – None of the girls at school used to fancy lads who liked heavy metal or The Jam but they thought pop stars like Phil Oakey were great!!! Dare has some great lyrics and tunes and I still listen to it. Rio by Duran Duran – By now, pretty boys in eyeliner were everywhere so me and my mates decided to form a band (without eyeliner btw). I got a drumkit and wanted to be like Roger Taylor but my mate who wanted to be Simon Le Bon couldn’t sing and we were shit. We managed to learn Planet Earth but our music career never left the ground. Scallywag Jazz by Thomas Lang. I’m not sure if anyone will have heard of him but I think I was about 20, in 1988, when he released a song called Happy Man from the album. Oh the irony, most of his stuff is music to slash your wrists to but a few aren’t bad. He was a soul/jazz type singer and I got 3 or 4 of his albums before coming out of my depression. Definitely Maybe by Oasis. Probably the best debut album from any band in my opinion and Rock n Roll Star makes my hair stand on end. Morning Glory by Oasis. I can’t decide if I like it better than the above and probably never will. Most stuff by them since hasn’t got anywhere near as good and Liam’s voice gets on my tits, Noel should sack him and do it himself. Nothing else really stands out for me after that but I’ve bought hundreds of albums from all genres, basically I just love music Now, time for a bit of Debbie Harry on YouTube me thinks, it should get me warmed for seeing Cuppy this aft…………. |
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| Lee D'su | 11th December 2008 - 02:35 PM Post #7 |
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I always remember seeing Blondie at Deeside. DH stood at the front and said her hair was a mess, and did anyone have a comb. Hundreds of combs flew through the air. She could of asked for anything. |
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| Lee D'su | 11th December 2008 - 02:49 PM Post #8 |
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Off the top of my head. No more Heroes. The Stranglers. The start of a 30 year love affair which is still going on. I visit their website at least once a week. Songs in the key of life. Stevie Wonder. Loved soul, loved Motown, Loved Stevie Wonder. Springsteen. Watched the Old Grey Whistle Test review, and the next day took my woolworths vouchers and bought his album. Their is something about good songwriters which gets to me. Word gets around. Stereophonics. Never mind they are Welsh, never mind Kelly's a Leeds fan, he's also another talented songwriter (just read some of the lyrics on this CD. Only takes one tree to make a thousand matches, only takes one match to burn a thousand trees....... classic). Spear of Destiny. Went to see U2 at Milton Keynes, next day bought the SOD album, followed them ever since. Hoping to see them again next year. Simple Minds. Book of brilliant things. Superb performers. I know there are more, and I will add to this list as and when I think of them. |
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| spud | 11th December 2008 - 02:51 PM Post #9 |
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I saw Blondie/DH at Glasto in '99... was right down the front and could see right up her short n tight leather skirt... she was hot in her day, but she didn't look good there/then. Hole were on after (or maybe before - I can't rightly remember) and Courtney looked a mess as well - but that's no supprise. Strangely I never liked Oasis at the time - was on the Blur side of the battle - but love the first album now. |
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| spud | 11th December 2008 - 02:55 PM Post #10 |
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Oooh - I've been meaning to get No More Heros for a while... I've had lots of Stanglers tracks, but never an ablum... will add it to my shopping list now. Same with Stevie Wonder - is that the best album to get? And... Springsteen is rumoured to be headlining Sunday at Glasto this year. Edited by spud, 11th December 2008 - 02:55 PM.
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| Lee D'su | 11th December 2008 - 02:55 PM Post #11 |
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GOD!!!!!!! I thought you said you'd seen DH's Hole up her short leather skirt then!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Lee D'su | 11th December 2008 - 02:57 PM Post #12 |
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Not too sure, it was just one I really liked. |
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| spud | 11th December 2008 - 03:01 PM Post #13 |
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That's good enough for me (-: |
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| Kev Walker | 11th December 2008 - 03:13 PM Post #14 |
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I'm not getting involved with this thread - too many to choose from and too many great gigs attended. The remark on Springsteen has just got me remembering a time in my life which was brilliant and the best song he ever did was Jersey Girl (tho it was originally done by Tom Waites) - the sax by Big Man really kicks in. He had some talented guitarists with him, Little Stevie then Nils Lofgren replacing him. Col, you going to any of the gigs at The Echo Arena: Blockheads, Boomtown Rats, Wilko Johnson, Dr Feelgood, Eddie & The Hot Rods? |
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| Lee D'su | 11th December 2008 - 03:29 PM Post #15 |
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Errrrrr No. I must look up who wrote Jersey Girl, as they are both brilliant writers. Springsteen also wrote Blinded by the Light, another favourite of mine. |
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| Kev Walker | 11th December 2008 - 03:32 PM Post #16 |
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Tom Waites wrote it I've got it on a cd of his. |
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| Wickywhite | 11th December 2008 - 03:33 PM Post #17 |
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I think I'm going to keep editing my original post as I'm building up a huge list in my head and will never get enough PC time to add it all at once. |
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| White Paul | 11th December 2008 - 04:13 PM Post #18 |
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The first album I listened to over and over and over was The Beatles Love Songs. I then "branched out" into Iron Maidens the Number of the Beast Then there was the incomparable The Wall album by Pink Floyd Then I think I discovered The Beatles Abbey Road Closely followed by AC~DC Highway to Hell Great music, great times... |
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| Rich | 11th December 2008 - 04:40 PM Post #19 |
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Saw the Phonics in Manchester last night Col and they were fooking brilliant. We were sat near the back so I just marvelled at the lyrics and Kelly's voice. I could go again tonight and jump around at the front. |
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| White Paul | 11th December 2008 - 09:33 PM Post #20 |
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Is it just me then when it comes to the 'phonics? I've got their 2nd album (the one with Just Looking on it) and I thought that the first 7 or 8 tracks were brilliant but then from track 8 onwards the lead singer seemed to turn into Rod Stewart!!! Now, whenever I hear them all I can hear is old Rod crooning!! Not my cup of tea at all. |
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| Sav | 11th December 2008 - 10:25 PM Post #21 |
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how come wicky? or is that sarcasm ?! its been a long week!! |
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| MDF | 11th December 2008 - 10:43 PM Post #22 |
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Well he might want it back. Music is too huge a topic for me to be drawn into as I have been listening to Peggy Lee a lot this week but next week may be I dunno, Pink Fairies, Budgie, Hawkwind. Who knows whatever the mood I'm in. ooh Mahivishnu Orchestra not span that for a bit but have listened to Chick Korea whilst doing me current exam revision. Music is too broad and too personal methinks. Off to listen to Matt Munro now...lol |
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| Wickywhite | 11th December 2008 - 11:00 PM Post #23 |
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Dunno really. Knowing that you were into rockier stuff when you started the rebs Ms Crow was a bit of a surprise. But then you also stated once that mary Poppins was your fave film if I remember rightly, so anything goes hey? :lolanimate: |
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| Sav | 12th December 2008 - 12:40 AM Post #24 |
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Yeah I suppose I've had the most extreme of my musically-growing-up phases whilst the rebs has been going. I will happily still listen to sheryl crow, i love it., some real feel good songs. I cant tell you my excitement when I went to LA and found Santa Monica Boulevard!!! I suppose its better than the earlier stuff my dad exposed me to.... Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Marc Almond.... :scarehair: Then theres a total opposite side too - Rage against the machine, System of a down, Ian Brown/Stone Roses... I have to say i'd probably change my mind everytime you asked me, about my favourite / most influential music , same with films - i do love Mary Poppins, probably from over exposure: it was the only video my nan had in Wiltshire so i just watched in on repeat!! Now its a toss up between Amelie, Fight Club, Romeo and Juliet, Eternal Sunshine or the Matrix! crazily opposing.... explains a lot i suppose!! |
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| Matt | 12th December 2008 - 12:40 AM Post #25 |
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Oasis - What's the story & (after that) Definitely maybe. I never do things straight forward. Prodigy - Fat of the land & then Jilted Generation. Micheal Jackson - Bad then all his other stuff in random orders. Lately it's been Muse, but again it's all a bit random as i only started getting into them the last two or three years. A lot of cheesy crap and a bit of the more mainstream Rnb stuff. |
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| White Paul | 12th December 2008 - 12:51 AM Post #26 |
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Thats the problem with music, and to a lesser extent films. They are subject to mood and influences on current situations. You tend to find that music particularly, "speaks" to you when youre between 15 and 20ish. Its as if the bands know your deepest feelings, wishes, wants and fantasies. As you get older those bands take up a position of nostalgia and everything that follows, even at its best only gets the silver medal. Occasionally a band and album come along that upsets the status quo (not Status Quo) like Oasis's Definitely Maybe" but thats pretty rare. And as far as films are concerned for me there is St Elmo's Fire. Sums up what it was like leaving school and finding work in the 80's and describes how friends at school slowly drift apart as you start to "grow up". Whenever its on TV now, for me its a must watch. I do have it on DVD but never watched it. Whenever its on TV I dont miss it. Strange eh! |
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| Sav | 12th December 2008 - 01:19 AM Post #27 |
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i lost the music love a bit in the last year - I think because I didnt bring my radio up to uni with me this year - had too much to carry already! But in the last month or so, I've had more time for it and falling in love with some albums all over again. I know how you mean though WP, one Phonics album in particular came out when I was having a particularly bad time at home and it just seemed to strike that chord that I could identify with every one of those tracks. I think I'm probably more susceptible to influence by mood - my itunes is so eclectic, from Norah Jones and Sting to Staind and Rammstein, Huey lewis and Al Green to random French rap and Girls Aloud (i know!)!!! Though i can definitely see the shift from the time, like you said, that you feel like the band connects with you, to the appreciation of the art that it takes to create something which appeals and connects to so many people, evoking those feelings. Gosh, bit deep for a thursday night. |
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| Rich | 12th December 2008 - 04:12 PM Post #28 |
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I've never heard a French rap song??? |
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| Headingley White | 12th December 2008 - 05:02 PM Post #29 |
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Ayup chaps and chapettes. Life changing album for me was Dookie by Green Day, got me into a whole load of random stuff. Progression Through Unlearning by Snapcase is probably the best album I've ever owned. Pure energy, and no matter what mood I'm in it is simply superb. Over ten years old and still the most played album on my MP3 and/or CD player. Also love Back in Black by ACDC, as it reminds me of being a kid (even if it was released before I was born), and is probably the only album I like that my mum likes. '40oz to Freedom' by Sublime and 'And Out Come the Wolves' by Rancid are also special to my wife and I, as they were the most listened to albums following our 'record merger'. |
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| Fitz | 12th December 2008 - 05:14 PM Post #30 |
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Well, look what the cat dragged in!!! Welcome back stranger. Faves at the moment: Kings of Leon. The Killers Coldplay Kasabian Duffy |
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