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Posted by gezzer on 01-10-2009 10:57 AM:

The most influential albums

Anyone got any ideas on this one ,here are a few of mine
Rust never sleeps - Neil Young, without which we would probably have had no Nirvana.
Dreamkid - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver,
Probably provided the most covers ever.
Its a Beautiful day - Its a Beautiful day ,plagiarized by everyone from Zeppelin to Purple
Paranoid - Black sabbath , most cloned band ever.
Forever changes - Love, influenced just about everybody from 67' onwards.(Robert Plant does some great covers from this album)
Also i have had the great pleasure of seeing this performed live by the late great Arther Lee.

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Posted by parasiticgann on 01-11-2009 10:32 AM:

I would have to just say The Beatles. Every band wanted to be them, but no one ever came close.

Posted by gezzer on 01-11-2009 10:54 AM:

I gotta say you're right in the sense that they inspired a lot of people and musicians alike but musically the only group I can think of that they influenced is oasis,the Beatles themselves drew their influence from people like Smokey Robinson and John Lee hooker and other soul and blues musicians some well known and some very obscure.
You're also spot on about no-one coming close most of their music still sounds fresh today considering I've been listening to it on and off for 46 years.

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Posted by punzada on 01-11-2009 11:42 AM:

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Originally posted by gezzer
I gotta say you're right in the sense that they inspired a lot of people and musicians alike but musically the only group I can think of that they influenced is oasis,the Beatles themselves drew their influence from people like Smokey Robinson and John Lee hooker and other soul and blues musicians some well known and some very obscure.
You're also spot on about no-one coming close most of their music still sounds fresh today considering I've been listening to it on and off for 46 years.

Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, Rolling Stones, Clapton.. all influenced by the Beatles directly in their music, and that's only what I can think of off the top of my head at 5AM.

Good pick on The Beatles para, and gezzer I have to agree on Neil Young as cheesy as it can be hey hey my my is one of my fav songs of all time

, few honorable mentions from me:

Rage Against The Machine (pick your album of choice here)
Simon & Garfunkle
Pixies

Posted by gezzer on 01-12-2009 12:59 AM:

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Originally posted by punzada
Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, Rolling Stones, Clapton.. all influenced by the Beatles directly in their music, and that's only what I can think of off the top of my head at 5AM.

Good pick on The Beatles para, and gezzer I have to agree on Neil Young as cheesy as it can be hey hey my my is one of my fav songs of all time , few honorable mentions from me:

Rage Against The Machine (pick your album of choice here)
Simon & Garfunkle
Pixies

Simon and Garfunkel - bookends brilliant album
rage against the machine are ok but to me they are just aerosmith with a super distortion pedal.
Pixies i have got to be honest and say I have never really listened to them.

Clapton was never influenced by the Beatles did play lead guitar on while my guitar gently weeps tho. His influences were all blues based ,He was the only white person ever allowed to cover bob marley.Lead on the classic layla was Duane Allman.I could go on but i wo'nt.

Oh yeah got tickets to see him in may

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Posted by parasiticgann on 01-12-2009 03:05 AM:

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Originally posted by gezzer
Simon and Garfunkel - bookends brilliant album
rage against the machine are ok but to me they are just aerosmith with a super distortion pedal.
Pixies i have got to be honest and say I have never really listened to them.

Clapton was never influenced by the Beatles did play lead guitar on while my guitar gently weeps tho. His influences were all blues based ,He was the only white person ever allowed to cover bob marley.Lead on the classic layla was Duane Allman.I could go on but i wo'nt.

Oh yeah got tickets to see him in may

I loved the classics like Muddy Waters, BB King, Etta James, Billie Holiday. Blues and Jazz influenced a lot of music.

One of my all time favorite musicians is Diana Krall which she is Jazz, and you can tell she was influenced by the oldies. Damn she's amazing.

Posted by danimal39 on 01-12-2009 03:36 AM:

Genisis,early Pink Floyd also come to mind, And then there were three,and a lamb lays down on Broadway,great albums

Posted by ZootedLooter on 01-12-2009 03:50 AM:

agreed

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Posted by gezzer on 01-12-2009 08:53 AM:

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agreed

One of the most underrated albums ever in my opinion was originally going to be called war pigs hence the artwork ,record company said no thought it might offend the Americans.

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Posted by parasiticgann on 01-12-2009 09:21 AM:

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Originally posted by gezzer
One of the most underrated albums ever in my opinion was originally going to be called war pigs hence the artwork ,record company said no thought it might offend the Americans.

That's an extremely popular album ever since I could remember. Not under hyped here.

Posted by Vampire on 01-12-2009 10:57 AM:

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Originally posted by ZootedLooter
Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Hell yeah... I remember finding this in my dad's 8-track collection in the early 80s (yeah, I know... over 10 years after it was first released).

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Posted by gezzer on 01-12-2009 09:10 PM:

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Originally posted by parasiticgannon
I loved the classics like Muddy Waters, BB King, Etta James, Billie Holiday. Blues and Jazz influenced a lot of music.

One of my all time favorite musicians is Diana Krall which she is Jazz, and you can tell she was influenced by the oldies. Damn she's amazing.

Got to agree with you about the blues musicians ,Duane Allman greatest guitarist ever in my book played a lot with BB king.Jazz I just don't get even when Zappa who i love did it.
John Lee hooker is my favorite of the old blues masters.

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Posted by gezzer on 01-12-2009 09:29 PM:

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Originally posted by danimal39
Genisis,early Pink Floyd also come to mind, And then there were three,and a lamb lays down on Broadway,great albums

Prog fan .best genesis album selling England by the pound ,battle of Epping forest an absolute classic progs very put down and most people claim not to like it but you try getting a rush ticket.My favorite prog outfit gotta be supertramp.
Floyd I listen to a lot, best album wish you were here.

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Posted by danimal39 on 01-12-2009 10:23 PM:

Got to agree on wish you were here,my fave,and if we're talking most influential ,how about Nirvana Nevermind ,like it or not, it brought Grunge mainstream,and changed a generation.

Posted by ZootedLooter on 01-12-2009 11:02 PM:

the only thing im thankful for about nevermind is that it killed the hair metal girly man scene

Posted by gezzer on 01-12-2009 11:25 PM:

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Originally posted by ZootedLooter
the only thing im thankful for about nevermind is that it killed the hair metal girly man scene

Can't argue with that I absolutely hate hair metal contrived tosh for the mainstream market especially foreigner and nickleback .

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Posted by Objectivist S on 01-12-2009 11:33 PM:

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Originally posted by danimal39
Got to agree on wish you were here,my fave,and if we're talking most influential ,how about Nirvana Nevermind ,like it or not, it brought Grunge mainstream,and changed a generation.

Nuff said.

Oh, and I just picked this up for the boy: Rockabye Baby Lullaby Renditions of Nirvana

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Posted by gezzer on 01-12-2009 11:49 PM:

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Originally posted by danimal39
Got to agree on wish you were here,my fave,and if we're talking most influential ,how about Nirvana Nevermind ,like it or not, it brought Grunge mainstream,and changed a generation.

smells like teen spirit one of those I remember where I was when I first heard it tracks leastways I know I do

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Posted by parasiticgann on 01-13-2009 12:28 AM:

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Originally posted by danimal39
Got to agree on wish you were here,my fave,and if we're talking most influential ,how about Nirvana Nevermind ,like it or not, it brought Grunge mainstream,and changed a generation.

I think Kurt Cobain should have died much sooner than he did. I could not stand Nirvana. Never really cared for any grunge bands, except for Alice in Chains and maybe a couple others.

Now see I thought I was in the minority when I say "Wish You Were Here" is my favorite Floyd CD.

Todays mainstream music isn't even tolerable, it's went down the shitter in the past few decades, 80's was shit, 90's was a bit better but still shit, 00's is complete and utter garbage.

Today you have to turn the radio off and listen to Internet radio to find decent bands.

Posted by Vampire on 01-13-2009 01:01 AM:

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Originally posted by parasiticgannon
"Wish You Were Here" is my favorite Floyd CD

Yep.. as much as I love Comfortably Numb (and other songs!), this is just an all-round better album for me to listen to start to finish.

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