USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

[Kepler]

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I guess I can see that. I'm still not sure I would say NWA quite makes it into your three-decade though. Maybe they do. Especially if you include the solo acts. I'm just not that familiar with rap and hip-hop though.

Partly it's because rap swelled up over its genre borders and spilled into everything else in the 00s, like rock did in the 70s and jazz did in the 40s. Partly because as with jazz it is in the DNA of rap to sample and respond to prior work explicitly. Jazz, blues, folk, and rap "face backwards." Rock, metal, punk, and soul "face inward." Prog "faces forwards." (Kind of.)

 

[SJHovey]

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All I know is that if there was only one record album that I could listen to for the rest of my life, it wouldn't be a Beatles album. Honestly, I don't know of anyone who would say it's a Beatles album for themselves.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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All I know is that if there was only one record album that I could listen to for the rest of my life, it wouldn't be a Beatles album. Honestly, I don't know of anyone who would say it's a Beatles album for themselves.

Point taken, but nobody's made that argument.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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He can't seem to get around the idea that the Beatles still have an influence on active musicians still making music, and are considered part of the current generation. Watch or listen to interviews of active artists, and you will hear them credit the Beatles time and time again. They may not be the singular influence that they once were, but they're still being counted as an influence for successful musicians.

It doesn't even have to be direct influence.

Bands that were influenced by the Beatles have gone on to have their own spheres of influence.

 

[burd]

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All I know is that if there was only one record album that I could listen to for the rest of my life, it wouldn't be a Beatles album. Honestly, I don't know of anyone who would say it's a Beatles album for themselves.

That's a great question. How long could one go listening to only one album without growing to hate it? I'm thinking it might have to be classical or something instrumental on a smaller scale, like Charlie Parker or Wynton Marsalis.

 

[Slap Shot]

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But this is like arguing with someone who thinks "my country is the greatest country in world history." It's obviously being driven by identification, not reason.

I provided all kinds of reason most of which wasn't even mine. It's not either of those things but if that helps you put the discussion to bed roll with it.

 

[busterman62]

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All I know is that if there was only one record album that I could listen to for the rest of my life, it wouldn't be a Beatles album. Honestly, I don't know of anyone who would say it's a Beatles album for themselves.

That's easy. The Dark Side of the Moon.

 

[Slap Shot]

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All I know is that if there was only one record album that I could listen to for the rest of my life, it wouldn't be a Beatles album. Honestly, I don't know of anyone who would say it's a Beatles album for themselves.

I suppose no compilations, concerts or greatest hits should be allowed to make the choice more difficult or carefully thought out.

First record that comes to mind for me is Dark Side (I prefer Animals but is it long enough?), but Rubber Soul would be under consideration as would Bizet's Carmen with Leontnye Price, Mozart's Le Nozze di Figar with Kiri Te Kanawa & Samuel Ramey, after that I'd have to dig through everything I've got. Not a lot qualifies for, "only this for the rest of my life".

Maybe Quadraphenia? Joshua Tree? Miles Davis' Kind of Blue? For "easy listening" perhaps something from Zero 7, The Samples, Air or Morcheeba. Hmph.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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First record that comes to mind for me is Dark Side (I prefer Animals but is it long enough?)

Wouldn't they be a similar length as they were both 2 sides (vinyl)?

Wouldn't be a Floyd album for me, but if it was, Meddle would be in the running although like you, Animals is my favorite.

This for the rest of your life and favorite may not be the same thing though.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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10 desert island albums. Can be live or studio and can be a double album but have to be official releases. No box sets or bootlegs.

Whatdya got?

 

[rufus]

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In no particular order

REM-Reckoning
Wild Colonials-Fruit of Life
Springsteen-Darkness on the Edge of Town
Van Morrison-Into the Music
The Waterboys-Fisherman's Blues
The Replacements-Tim
The Replacements-Let It Be
Wilco-Being There
The Clash-London Calling
Blue Rodeo-Nowhere to Here

 

[Kepler]

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10 desert island albums. Can be live or studio and can be a double album but have to be official releases. No box sets or bootlegs.

Purely on instinct:

Animals, Pink Floyd
Los Angeles, X
Entertainment, The Gang of Four
Give Em Enough Rope, The Clash
Goo, Sonic Youth
Fear of Music, Talking Heads
Beggars' Banquet, The Rolling Stones
Permanent Waves, Rush
Fear of a Black Planet, Public Enemy
One Nation Under a Groove, Parliament-Funkadelic

I would also like to have Kim Gordon, Clare Grogan, Chrissy Hynde, Carrie Brownstein, and Amanda Palmer each at 33 shipwrecked with me if it's not too much trouble.

And David Bowie at 40.

And I would like Richard Butler's voice at 27. And Bo Jackson's body at 22.

 

[The Rube]

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Off the top of my head, no greatest hits/etc:

LL Cool J "Radio"
Pink Floyd "Dark Side Of The Moon" (although I love me some Animals)
Ramones (self-titled)
AC/DC "Back In Black"
Metallica "And Justice For All"
The Cure "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me"
Hank Williams III "Straight To Hell"
Grateful Dead "American Beauty"
Pearl Jam "Yield"
Led Zeppelin (Zoso, IV, whatever you refer to it as)

 

[dxmnkd316]

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It doesn't even have to be direct influence.

Bands that were influenced by the Beatles have gone on to have their own spheres of influence.

Yeah, I mean it's kind of like this chart: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Coaching_Trees.GIF

When or even should you stop giving Walsh "credit"?

 

[solovsfett]

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Just gonna riff a top 10

Stones - Exile on Main Street
David Bowie - Low
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Radiohead - Kid A
Rush - Signals
Die Kreuzen - October File
Soundgarden - Superunknown
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Paul Simon - The Rhythm of The Saints
The Clash - London Calling

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Just gonna riff a top 10

Stones - Exile on Main Street
David Bowie - Low
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Radiohead - Kid A
Rush - Signals
Die Kreuzen - October File
Soundgarden - Superunknown
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Paul Simon - The Rhythm of The Saints
The Clash - London Calling

Yeah... my favorite of theirs too.

Funny that at the time, a lot of fans were hating on the new sound.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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The Beatles - White Album
Chris Stapleton - Traveller
Eric Church - Mr. Misunderstood
Norah Jones - The Fall
Rilo Kiley - Execution of all Things
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Taylor Swift - 1989
Tedeschi Trucks - Revelator (if only to get Midnight in Harlem)
The Who - Tommy
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea

I'll be honest though, I don't really care for albums as a whole. I'm fairly picky when it comes to music. There are tons of great albums that I only can one song that I like.

This list would be drastically different if you ask me next year or even next month. They might not be my favorite albums of all time but each represents a time in my life and often a significant stretch or some event. Since I'm extremely nostalgic I tend to stick with things from my past.

 

[solovsfett]

Yeah... my favorite of theirs too.

Funny that at the time, a lot of fans were hating on the new sound.

Yeah, Signals came out not long after my family moved to Brookfield from Chicago and the lyrics of Subdivisions, The Analog Kid, The Weapon et al really hit home. And it sounded (to me) sprawling and dreamy to my ears. I still love it.

You're right, the old diehards had trouble digesting this one.

 

[solovsfett]

The Beatles - White Album
Chris Stapleton - Traveller
Eric Church - Mr. Misunderstood
Norah Jones - The Fall
Rilo Kiley - Execution of all Things
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Taylor Swift - 1989
Tedeschi Trucks - Revelator (if only to get Midnight in Harlem)
The Who - Tommy
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea

I'll be honest though, I don't really care for albums as a whole. I'm fairly picky when it comes to music. There are tons of great albums that I only can one song that I like.

This list would be drastically different if you ask me next year or even next month. They might not be my favorite albums of all time but each represents a time in my life and often a significant stretch or some event. Since I'm extremely nostalgic I tend to stick with things from my past.

Oh man, Siamese Dream should have made my list. What a fantastic album top to bottom!

 

[The Rube]

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I actually was more impressed with Ava Adore, which I think is really underrated. Mellon Cholly (sp?) was great, but a tad bloated, even for a double album.

I agree that MANY MANY songs are specifically tied to a certain memory, or period in my life, and they always will be. Oftentimes, I can name the specific moment that the song became important to me, good or bad.