records that changed your life
StoneG82
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I just came up with this list for another forum, but I thought I'd share and you guys could share yours.
here's the records that changed my life:
Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica
GBV - Human Amusements
The Replacements - Let It Be
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
Bonnie "prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
edit: haha I guess I got a bit carried away at first. these are my definitive, life changing records.
here's the records that changed my life:
Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica
GBV - Human Amusements
The Replacements - Let It Be
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
Bonnie "prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
edit: haha I guess I got a bit carried away at first. these are my definitive, life changing records.
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that's what i thought. by my count... music has totally changed his life 23 times since elementary school. that works out to about twice per year. no wonder growing up can be so tough when you're that easily swayed
for me:
pearl jam- no code (97)
pearl jam- pearl jam (06)
got them both at the same time when i was 11. two weeks later i asked my parents for a guitar. i've been playing ever since. those albums opened my eyes to my own world of music. i always listened to the classic rock my parents played, and i enjoyed it, still do, but it was when i got those albums that i came into my own personal relationship with music. i've been "collecting" cds/tapes/vinyls ever since!
and they are still my top 2 favorite bands ever! always will be!
2000 : 9/4
2003 : 7/1
2006 : 5/30
2007 : 8/5
2008 : 6/17; 6/19; 6/20; 6/22; 6/24; 6/25; 8/16 (EV); 8/21 (EV); 8/22 (EV)
2009 : 6/11 (EV); 6/12 (EV); 8/23; 8/24; 10/27; 10/28; 10/30; 10/31
2010 : 5/13
2012 : 9/2; 9/21; 11/27 (EV); 11/28 (EV)
So here they are, off the top of my head, in any order (Oh and I took "life-changing" to mean just that):
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds
Melanie Safka - Candles in The Rain
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
John Butler Trio - Three
Heart - Dream Boat Annie
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Tool - Aenima
Silverchair - Frogstomp
Midnight Oil - 10,9,8......
George - Polyserena
Reading over everyone elses has reminded me of a few I forgot:
U2 - Under Blood Red Skies
Bob Dylan - Desire
Live - Throwing Copper
The Cure - Anything they've done so I'll say Greatest Hits
Patsy Cline - Ditto The Cure ;-)
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2000 : 9/4
2003 : 7/1
2006 : 5/30
2007 : 8/5
2008 : 6/17; 6/19; 6/20; 6/22; 6/24; 6/25; 8/16 (EV); 8/21 (EV); 8/22 (EV)
2009 : 6/11 (EV); 6/12 (EV); 8/23; 8/24; 10/27; 10/28; 10/30; 10/31
2010 : 5/13
2012 : 9/2; 9/21; 11/27 (EV); 11/28 (EV)
heh.....music has really had a huge impact on my life. what can I say?
I couldn't pick just two or three records. Each one of those records has been there for me at a different time and they each mean something different.
it's honestly a heart-felt list.
That just came No.2 in Australia's Favorite Albums poll this week. You're right it is an amazing album. :-)
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Weird Al- Greatest Hits
Guns N Roses- Use Your Illusion I & II
Pink Floyd- A Collection of Great Dance Songs
Pearl Jam- Animal (single, with a Daughter/ABITW2 B-Side)
REM- Automatic For the People
Smashing Pumpkins- MACHINA/The Machines of God
There have been other musical experiences, like high school band, concerts, mix tapes, etc, that have also had later effects on my life, but those are the albums that have most influenced my life to the point that I can say they've had a major effect on who I am and what I do today.
i think that'd be diff from life changing then, more like albums that saw you through the defining moments of your life.
the 2 i mentioned literally changed the direction of my life and who i was dramatically. if it was albums that had a large impact on my life or meant a lot to me at specific times, that'd be a much larger list
but more so i was just giving you shit
you're right. I should have changed the thread title....heh....:D
I edited my list down anyways.
the Doors -- the Doors
Pearl Jam -- Ten
James Brown -- Star Time:Greatest Hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers - BSSM
Jimi Hendrix -- Smash Hits, Axis:Bold as Love, Blues
Nirvana -- Unplugged
Jane's Addiction -- Nothing's Shocking
Otis Redding -- Best Of
Blind Melon -- Blind Melon
Los Lobos -- Kiko
Jeff Buckley -- Grace
Sublime -- 40oz to Freedom
Willie Nelson -- Red headed Stranger
Hank Williams -- 40 Greatest Hits
Merle Haggard -- 20 Greatest
Green Day -- Dookie
Rancid -- Let's Go
Elvis -- Sun Sessions
Led Zeppelin -- IV
Little Richard -- Best of
Stevie Ray Vaughn -- Greatest Hits
Robert Johnson -- Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers
There are a lot here because I am both a huge music fan and a guitarist. These are albums that pointed me in a new direction. They provided inspiration, or were an introduction to a genre that I never listened to before, but after words fell in love with. Some, I know directly influenced the course of my life afterwords. They are all important, even if some I don't really listen to anymore.
Far moon in a continuing dream
Steam of roasting tea
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pearl jam - no code
then, came the rabbit hole...
from my window to yours
ah, no need to do that on my accont! esp since the last poster's list was twice as long anyhow
my non - chronological list would be something like this:
abbey road. i remember when it came out and my oldest sister played it for me and i liked it as a kid.
the who - who's next
the replacements - tim/let it be
pj -vitalogy or no code
bowie -ziggy stardust
the stones - sticky fingers
jane's addiction - nothing's shocking
nirvana - nevermind
pavement - i dunno which record
prince - 1999
red house painters - roller coaster record
the church - starfish
modest mouse - the lonesome crowded west
and many many more lol
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Pearl Jam - Versus.. it is probably one of the most played albums i own. if i was sent to a deserted island and could only chose 1 album.. this would be it. soft/hard/fast/slow/depth/feeling... its everything an album should be.
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam a few songs on this album really describe what i was going through in my life.. leaving home under bad terms.. weirdest thing about it is that i was worried i was not going to get the album cause i pre-ordered it but i was leaving before the official release date (thank god for fan club early release). ended up getting it on the very last day i was "home".
Life Wasted and Gone really hit me.. i remember hearing Gone for the first time while unpacking my things.. was a really weird coincidence.
Nevermind - Nirvana
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
Temple of the Dog
Yield - Pearl Jam
Vs - Pearl Jam
No Code - Pearl Jam
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
Dolittle - The Pixies
Disentigration - The Cure
Gish, Siamese Dream, MCIS, Adore, Machina - Smashing Pumpkins (yes, they're THAT important)
The Bends, Ok Computer, Kid A - Radiohead
After The Goldrush - Neil Young
Bleach - Nirvana (first song learned on guitar: About A Girl
Blind Melon, Soup - Blind Melon
Sea Change - Beck
That's a short version.
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Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
I have a feeling those songs are going to mean even more to me realllllllllllllllly soon as Untitled/MFC already does to me. (17 years old.. )
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Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
Haven't listened to my local Clear Channel owned FM stations since they came out.
The ones that I actually liked that strongly influenced who I am or at least the genres of music I listen to:
Pearl Jam-Riot Act
Jeff Buckley-Grace
Jeff Buckley-Live at Sin-e (Deluxe)
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin III
White Stripes-De Stijl
Elliott Smith-From a Basement on a Hill
Gary Jules-Trading Snakeoil for Wolf Tickets
Sufjan Stevens-Illinois
Rolling Stones-Exile on Main St.
Paul Simon-Surprise (nothing to do with my reaction to the music; everything to do with how my girl friend-who loves Paul the way I do Pearl Jam-reacted)
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
Metallica - Master of Puppets
AC/DC - Back In Black
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Metalica - ...And Justice For All
RHCP - BSSM
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pearl Jam - Ten
Radiohead - The Bends
Rancid - Life Wont Wait
King Prawn - Fried In London
Or something like that.
Appetite for Destruction - GN'R
Ride the Lightning - MetallicA
Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer
Far Beyond Driven - Pantera
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Garbage - Garbage
Adore - Smashing Pumpkins
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
The Great Escape - blur
Mechanical Animals - Marilyn Manson
Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode
Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
Pinkerton - Weezer
Walk on with hope in your heart
YNWA
Blood On The Tracks - Dylan
Vitalogy
Appetite For Destruction - GN'R
Back In Black - AC/DC
IV- Led Zeppelin
Person To Person - Average White Band
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn -Floyd
13 - Blur
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengance
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Public Enemy - It takes a nation of millions . . .
NWA - Straight outta Compton
Pearl Jam - Ten
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
The Roots - Game Theory
heh great list....I forgot about pavement on mine! oh well. i would have put Crooked Rain though.
i'm glad to hear you're getting into Tweedy and Pollard. Those two are two of my biggest influences....if not the biggest.
Beatles - Revolver
Led Zeppelin 4
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Soundgarden - Louder Than Love and again with Superinknown
Melvins - Houdini
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Take 6 - S/T
EPMD - Strictly Business
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Eleven - Avatgardedog
Radiohead - The Bends
Oceansize - Effloresce
Candiria - 300% Density
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
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GnR - Appetite for Destruction
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nofx - Punk in Drublic
Beatles - Revolver/Rubber Soul
Choke - Foreward
Radiohead - Kid A
Elliott Smith - XO
Bob Dylan - Bringing it all back home
...after my GRUNGE phase I moved on and these next 2 "sets" of albums are what lead me to where I am now musically....
* Sonic Youth - Dirty + Sebadoh - Bakesale + Eric's Trip - Love Tara.....got into all of them around the same time, my introduction to lo-fi/indie/noise rock
* Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space + Slowdive - Souvlaki + My Bloody Valentine - Loveless....my introduction to shoegazer/space rock
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Easter (Patti Smith)
Marquee Moon (Television)
Ten
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
The Doors
pivotal albums in my life....
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
Pearl Jam - Ten
Ben Harper - Live at Wars
Tool - aenima
Neil Young - Rust never sleeps
Faith No more - Angel dust
Bjork - Vespertine
Cold - cold
Korn - korn
Led zeppelin - 4
The Cure- Wish