Album that changed your musical outlook...?

333 · 03-29-2009, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

I don't think I listened to the CD at all for a long time. It wasn't until I finally got my license that I listened to this thing for the first time. Driving by myself afforded me the time away from my family so that I could engage in the music, and I really did. I got so enamored at the first whiff that I would drive to a remote location and park, but keep the stereo on and immerse myself in the music. As I got older, the album stayed with me (remarkably). I'd listen to it when I was at work (forbidden), doing some errand or cutting the grass (the only way I've been able to undergo such a chore).

It's only been four or five years since I heard it first but I have a sneaking suspicion that it's going to be with me for much longer than that.

Apologies for lengthiness and possibly off-topic.

First of all, great album. I don't know about favorites (I mean, can you really play favorites with Floyd?), but it's definitely up there on my list.

Secondly, I've been thinking about how listening to music in a car (driving or immobile) effects the music and response to the music. Guiltily, one of my favorite things to do is to listen to music while I'm driving, hence my deep appreciation for road trips. Lately, though, I've been thinking about the effects of this guilty pleasure. In my car, with the windows up, I am in a womb of music. There are times that I can't stop driving because I just want more music. I can even name a couple of albums that became favorites because of something I notice while driving and listening to it. Do we interpret and/or absorb music differently while we're driving? Or is it synonymous to the cruise control button - simply just background music to another human activity?

kniff0311 · 03-29-2009, 12:50 PM

pearl jam- ten

savannah · 03-29-2009, 08:49 PM

growing up i was always very musically aware,...both of my parents, in separate homes, exposed me to a pretty wide range of music, rather than just what was played on the radio,....however

i remember in fourth grade i got my first cd player,...for christmas,....i also got bush's 16 stone,....that was like, the big rock radio hit of that year,......i remember that being important to me,....but it was a few months later when i disected my father's collection that i lifted a few albums off of him (he still asks for them back to this day)

neil young - harvest (this is still a very important album to me, not only becuase of the emotional connection i have to it, due to it being my father's favorite,.....but because the older i get the more it makes sence,.....i still listen to it constantly, and youngs words never fail to stop me in my tracks)

led zepplin - 'four' (i think we can all agree how that would blow a fourth graders mind)

U2 - war (this was when i relized that music was also a political force)

allman brothers - filmore east (and another thats still a favorite,.....its when i first heard the music,...and not just some words thrown around to a tune,.....i mean really felt every note played, and asked myself why)

i think these albums were also what allowed me to hang on to grunge so hard,.....its really easy to transition between them for me,....

i also grew up listenin to alot of texas singer song writer stuff thanks to my mom,.....

jerry jeff walker's great gonzos was huge for me,......

growin up in the 90s, it seemed like country music was garth brooks,.....
but because of jerry jeff walker, i was introduced to people like kris kristpherson, willie nelson, gary p nunn, steve earle, ray wylie hubbard,......and that blew the doors open to most of what i listen to now,...

Dieselboy · 03-29-2009, 09:37 PM

Megadeth - Rust In Peace

I was happy listening to whatever was on the radio until my friend introduced me to Rust In Peace and blew me away. I started listening to metal almost exclusively after that point.

DJ Dan - Another Late Night

When I was convinced metal was the only genre that mattered another friend lent me this dj mix years later. Now my cd collection is pretty much split 50/50 between metal and various genres of electronica.

sweet_nothing · 03-30-2009, 06:43 PM

Nevermind the Bollocks- The Sex Pistols
I first go this album when I was in the 4th grade and it completely changed my outlook on life and music. It was the complete opposite of what was on the radio and I that greatly appealed to me. It opened me up to punk.

The Smiths- Hatful of Hollow
Up until I heard this album I listen to almost nothing but punk and hardcore, and the Smiths were very different from punk. Their songs werent angry but emotional. It was also my first indie album. I listened to nothing but this album for an entire summer.

The Libertines- s/t
The Libertines where the first band of the new millennium I liked. They were also the first 'underground' band I heard. Up until this point in my life I hadnt owned an album that dated passed 1997. I had always regarded new music as crap until I heard this album.

Gorillaz- Demons days
This album had blown the door open for me to wide variety of music, hip hop, electronica, dance, it had almost everything. And it blended them all together so well. It defiantly made my music taste what it is today.

03-29-2009, 08:49 PM	#63 (permalink)
savannah afrocentric Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: texas Posts: 753	growing up i was always very musically aware,...both of my parents, in separate homes, exposed me to a pretty wide range of music, rather than just what was played on the radio,....however i remember in fourth grade i got my first cd player,...for christmas,....i also got bush's 16 stone,....that was like, the big rock radio hit of that year,......i remember that being important to me,....but it was a few months later when i disected my father's collection that i lifted a few albums off of him (he still asks for them back to this day) neil young - harvest (this is still a very important album to me, not only becuase of the emotional connection i have to it, due to it being my father's favorite,.....but because the older i get the more it makes sence,.....i still listen to it constantly, and youngs words never fail to stop me in my tracks) led zepplin - 'four' (i think we can all agree how that would blow a fourth graders mind) U2 - war (this was when i relized that music was also a political force) allman brothers - filmore east (and another thats still a favorite,.....its when i first heard the music,...and not just some words thrown around to a tune,.....i mean really felt every note played, and asked myself why) i think these albums were also what allowed me to hang on to grunge so hard,.....its really easy to transition between them for me,.... i also grew up listenin to alot of texas singer song writer stuff thanks to my mom,..... jerry jeff walker's great gonzos was huge for me,...... growin up in the 90s, it seemed like country music was garth brooks,..... but because of jerry jeff walker, i was introduced to people like kris kristpherson, willie nelson, gary p nunn, steve earle, ray wylie hubbard,......and that blew the doors open to most of what i listen to now,... __________________ i changed my mind; i changed my mind;now i'm feeling different all that time, wasted i wish i was a little more delicate i wish my i wish my i wish my i wish my i wish my name was clementine - sarah jaffe

03-29-2009, 12:50 PM	#62 (permalink)
kniff0311 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: mo Posts: 96	pearl jam- ten

03-29-2009, 09:37 PM	#64 (permalink)
Dieselboy Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 608	Megadeth - Rust In Peace I was happy listening to whatever was on the radio until my friend introduced me to Rust In Peace and blew me away. I started listening to metal almost exclusively after that point. DJ Dan - Another Late Night When I was convinced metal was the only genre that mattered another friend lent me this dj mix years later. Now my cd collection is pretty much split 50/50 between metal and various genres of electronica.