50 Albums That Changed Music (or not) (singer, electronic, dance, metal)

jackhammer · 12-11-2007, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by British_pharaoh

Patti Smith can piss off right out of that list

Hmmm. An iconic and underated STRONG female band leader with bags of attitude. Yeah I see where you are coming from. How dare poetry be in modern music?!

teshadoh · 12-12-2007, 09:05 AM

^ Perhaps he is referring to her 'influences'. I would prefer to think she influenced PJ Harvey rather than Madonna.

Dizzys in the wolf · 12-12-2007, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by teshadoh

The Strokes -

I can imagine they felt the need to include an album from this decade, just as they chose obligatory picks from other varoius music genres. But besides it being difficult to gauge the influence in such a short period of 6 years, I don't find anything the Strokes did to be that original. I especially don't see the connection to Franz Ferdinand, which along with Bloc Party were influence more by the rebirth / rehashing of 80's new wave & particularly the band the Police (who were not listed).

The strokes have influenced a very high percentage of English Indie bands since they started, and those bands would not exist if it had not been for them and their influence. If it was not for The Strokes and The White Stripes guitar music would still be on the decline except for nu metal bands like Papa Roach and the like. I think they are pretty vital as a band that changed music.

I do not agree with Patti Smith, Although I am a fan of hers I don't think she changed music in any way along with Nirvana. Although they gave people an easy way in to grunge music or heavier music they only really opened the door to what was already there rather than changing music itself.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-12-2007, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Dizzys in the wolf

The strokes have influenced a very high percentage of BAD English Indie bands since they started,

My opinion on the matter

Dizzys in the wolf · 12-12-2007, 12:06 PM

Changing music for better or for worse is still changing music.

ProggyMan · 12-12-2007, 04:04 PM

The Strokes didn't change music they just made a certain form of it more popular.

Brock_West · 12-12-2007, 04:35 PM

well if changing music for the worse counts than Nirvana should be up near the top.

lucifer_sam · 08-10-2008, 10:28 PM

Thought I might resurrect this thread to provoke some interesting discussion... My votes for the off-ones:

Mary J. Blige - What's The 411?
The Spice Girls - Spice
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Chic - Chic
The Strokes - Is This It?
Nirvana - Nevermind

It's not that I hate those albums (well, maybe the Spice Girls), but that I don't feel like they brought anything new to music, even for the time in which they were made.

boo boo · 08-11-2008, 01:42 AM

I think Thriller should be there, it's one of my favorite albums and it had pretty massive influence, even though it was mostly negative influence, it was still influence.

Anyway, what a bunch of idiots, what horrible reasoning and a horribly written article overall. They really make me wish The Smiths never existed the way they describe it. No Libertines? Oh noes.

And yeah, In The Court of the Crimson King pretty much f*cking started progressive rock but that ain't important enough, that's nothing compared to the massive influence and innovation of The Spice Girls, right? And you gotta throw in more punk albums than you need, as usual.

Clearly kids made this, because their music history is incredibly faulty. Without DSOTM there wouldn't have been as much prog rock?

Um no, by 1973 prog rock was already declining in popularity. Dumbasses.

Piss Me Off · 08-11-2008, 03:42 AM

I can't stand lazy articles like this. "This album changed music. Really it did. We're not going to go into any detail in telling you why, but TRUST US."

12-12-2007, 12:06 PM	#15 (permalink)
Dizzys in the wolf Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 158	Changing music for better or for worse is still changing music. __________________ There’s something about seeing this city at night Where we can say what we want and do what we like. These streets are empty but we don't feel alone, We can run in the dark and sleep on the roads.

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08-10-2008, 10:28 PM	#18 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	Thought I might resurrect this thread to provoke some interesting discussion... My votes for the off-ones: Mary J. Blige - What's The 411? The Spice Girls - Spice Michael Jackson - Thriller Chic - Chic The Strokes - Is This It? Nirvana - Nevermind It's not that I hate those albums (well, maybe the Spice Girls), but that I don't feel like they brought anything new to music, even for the time in which they were made. __________________ first.am

08-11-2008, 03:42 AM	#20 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	I can't stand lazy articles like this. "This album changed music. Really it did. We're not going to go into any detail in telling you why, but TRUST US." __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

12-12-2007, 09:05 AM	#12 (permalink)
teshadoh Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 94	^ Perhaps he is referring to her 'influences'. I would prefer to think she influenced PJ Harvey rather than Madonna.

12-12-2007, 04:04 PM	#16 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	The Strokes didn't change music they just made a certain form of it more popular.