This one's done.

tempo_n_groove said:

GB281198 said:

Sister Rosetta Tharpe doesn't get the recognition for her contribution to rock and roll that she deserves. 

She sang , for the times, the dirty music yes?

brianlux said:

jdasilvaf said:

Adding my two cents but regarding more recent genres of music:

Big Boys - funk punk/skate punk

Throbbing Gristle - noise/industrial, they literally invented a genre.

The Doors - influenced goth/post-punk/psychedelia

The Smiths - indie/jangle pop 

John Coltrane - spiritual jazz

Coltrane- interesting choice!

Despite being a jazz fan, I hadn't considered jazz artists affect on rock.  But I think if I were to include one jazz artist on my list, it would be a toss up between Coltrane and Miles Davis.  In the late 60/ early 70's, a lot of rock groups and musicians started integrating modal improvisation in their music.  Coltrane was certainly instrumental that way, but Miles did more to integrate modal jazz into rock and visa versa.

Good call in any case, mentioning Trane.  

And if we go back to pre-rock, I suppose we should also mention Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson (I think someone did), and Charlie Parker.  Maybe even Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman who came after the advent of rock.

jdasilvaf said:

Adding my two cents but regarding more recent genres of music:

Big Boys - funk punk/skate punk

Throbbing Gristle - noise/industrial, they literally invented a genre.

The Doors - influenced goth/post-punk/psychedelia

The Smiths - indie/jangle pop 

John Coltrane - spiritual jazz

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

women were taken seriously in music long before alanis. look at the 60's and how many groups were fronted by women. it was the late 70's and 80's where they were repressed, and the 90's allowed them free reign again. 

Of course they were.  Alanis is just someone where you saw the landscape change after her though.  I mentioned other Women in here but for the past 30 years she sticks out.

I try to think of what moment or person where things just changed?

Michael Jackson's Thriller forever changed the way Music Videos were done, if we had an option for that he would have been mentioned.

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

women were taken seriously in music long before alanis. look at the 60's and how many groups were fronted by women. it was the late 70's and 80's where they were repressed, and the 90's allowed them free reign again. 

Of course they were.  Alanis is just someone where you saw the landscape change after her though.  I mentioned other Women in here but for the past 30 years she sticks out.

I try to think of what moment or person where things just changed?

Michael Jackson's Thriller forever changed the way Music Videos were done, if we had an option for that he would have been mentioned.

And later undone by these cool cats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9KQ1Mub6Q

tempo_n_groove said:

Great question Brian.

I think only a few have done things to "change" music and the landscape that can not be argued with.

Muddy Waters- Everyone stole from him and vice versa?  There were other guitarists but everyone always sites him as an influence.

Pete Seeger- He brought folk music to the masses and wrote songs you probably didn't realize he wrote like "Hammer song" and "Turn Turn Turn.

Hank Williams sr- Americas first Rock Star.  His music was everywhere.  He sold out wherever he went and partied hard when he did.  Died at only 29.  Way before social media and television, Hank Williams became a national star.

Elvis Presley- If you get banned from the waist down on TV you were doing something right, lol.  He hit the world like a hammer. He made women faint.  What he did was crazy.

The Beetles- A band that changed the way in recording w layering and harmonies.  A band so big that they stopped touring and only made studio albums.

Jimi Hendrix- He has a sound so unique that is all his.  The greatest and to me, most influential guitarist of all time.

Black Sabbath- 4 guys from  Birmingham, England that sung dark lyrics and played power chords to the delight of many a fan and birth of metal.

Sex Pistols- The Ramones were first but the Pistols made everyone aware of punk.

Van Halen-  It was more for Eddie VanHalens playing style than the band itself.  EVH would dummy wires in his guitar so people couldn't mimic the sound.  The second most influential guitarist of all time.

Grand Master Flash-  One of the fathers of the birth of hip-hop.  Run DMC may have been bigger but if not for him and the Furious Five there is no rap future. They even coined the term hip-hop.

Nirvana- Janes addiction was gaining a lot of traction but Smells Like Teen Spirit was the song that overnight took over the radio and MTV and gone were the awful hair bands polluting the airwaves.

Daft Punk- Bringing in DJing to another level.  The Chemical Brothers were packing stadiums but it was Daft Punk that had the image w their space helmets and auto tuned voices that captured the audiences.  EDC wouldn't be around if not for a band like Daft Punk.

Linkin Park-  Brought EMO music to a whole other level.  They were so big Jay-Z wanted to do an album w them.  That's huge.  They wrote songs about pain and angst for the people who couldn't fight and told their stories that were their own.

I wanted to mention Minor Threat for their staple on the Straight Edge movement and writing an X on your hand.  To this day Straight edge is still around and they are very much the reason for it in the first place. It's a smaller movement than any of the above but it definitely sparked other bands.