Music that shaped you
 

Those moments that blew your mind and shaped you as a music listener. Those songs or artists that chenged you from one day to another.
It's a pretty demanding task, but try to throw down some links to those few things that probably played the biggest part in defining you as a fan of music. The bigger impact on your life the linked songs have, the more relevant they are.

This time, I'll wait posting something myself until someone else has taken the stage. So: What music shaped you as a music listener?

I swear I've seen a thread like this somewhere.

I grew up listening to a lot of material rap that was more focused on being braggadocios and having "banging" production than the actual lyricism of the artist, so when I heard Doomsday by MF Doom for the first time, it flipped my world upside down.



In terms the metal genre, there were two very defining moments in my listening. The first of which was when I heard Jane Doe by Converge the second time. The first time I listened to it, I just didn't get it. I had just started getting into Dillinger and still couldn't really comprehend many challenging metal acts, but once this album stuck, it opened my eyes in a lot of ways. This song in particular has always stood out to me as a defining moment.




Lastly, would be getting into black metal I suppose. Not only has black metal become my favourite sub genre of metal over the past few years, but it is also probably my favourite genre of music. Without Burzum, it may have never happened. This album changed my taste in so many different ways.

It's possible. I did a search but came up blank, but at the same time, I was thinking that someone must have come up with this idea before.

Welp so much for my journal.

I started as a drummer idolizing Dave grohl and Nirvana's music and they somehow led me to The Breeders and they ofc led me to The Pixies and that's about it. Since then I've discovered some artist that have broaden my horizons a bit but the artist that I feel has shaped me the most is definitely Frank Black.

Idk but a certain age I stopped being too impressionable, even if I listened to artist that were better and more creative than the ones I love somehow I wasn't that interested in them and prefered to stay in my little comfort zone. Once in awhile I discover a new artist that becomes part of that comfort zone and expand it little but ever since I settled with Frank black only 2 artist have gotten in there. No wait, 3. I forgot deerhoof.

That is something that has always scared me. I'm only 34, but I've feared getting too set in my ways since I was a teenager. I discover something that I found pretty eye-opening at least a few times each year. Hopefully that's how it will continue to be...? Even just today I found something that really captured my imagination (link at the bottom).
Maybe there's nothing bad about not being "easily impressionable" anymore, but I always likened it to not finding the world as interesting and mysterious anymore. To sort of get set in your ways and stop taking an interest in what's going on around you. I'm always suspicious of my own opinions about music, honestly (meaning that I'm not sure if I'm being open and fair when I hear new things).

The latest thing that captured my imagination:

Good song, it got a little too pop midway through but it was good. I don't think I have that fear. I know I'm set on my ways but I don't feel I need to impress anybody with my music taste or the need to listen to a lot bands and absorb as much as I can, I don't feel like that anymore. When I was a teenager I did but sadly I wasn't exposed to a lot bands back then and even when Napster became a thing it was a little too late. I always try to keep a open mind to not be stuck in a musical time capsule but like I said, few artist tear that wall of familiarity for me.

To me it's become a balancing act. Trying to challenge myself fairly regularly, while also making sure to listen to all the artists that I know that I love. There's only so many hours in a day, so of course there's a limit to how much new music one would need, but I do place some value in always pushing myself a little so that I don't become complacent.

I discovered the weird hard rock/heavy metal music of Blue Öyster Cult in the year 1973, when I was 19 years old and in the depths of schizophrenia. I seriously believe that listening to the music of BÖC helped me a little bit in regard to recovering from my psychosis!

I was so fascinated by the BÖC´s weird music that I had an easier time focusing on "reality out there" whenever I had either one of BÖC´s first two albums playing on my sister´s stereo.:yeah:

First songs I ever heard were from my sister -Selena 90's Hip hop and Pop music

First artist I started to get into has a kid- Prodigy ..was the first ... then well I grew up in the 1996-2003 years a lot of Rock and Nu metal

around the same time my dad introduced me to these bands called...The beatles Led zeppelin and Black Sabbath deep purple and pretty much the entire gammit of 60's 70's Rock...That in turned got me into darker and heavier stuff like Death and black metal stoner and sludge

around 2003 when IMO music was at its lowest that hip hop seed from the beginning spured up again and I started to get back into Hiphop and rap

not to toot my own horn but I didn't seem around the time I was in high school a lot of kids would like listen to Malovent Creation (Death metal) then bump some like Busta Rhymes and E-40 ...that was me

after that its all a blurr... IMO there are 2 different types of people Advent Music lovers and Passive music lovers

my music taste grew like a tree with many branches and I was just on a musical journey trying to find and look for anything that I liked didn't matter what style tempo or genera

Eminem - This guy was my introduction to hip hop, and his music ruled my life from when I was like 8 till the early days of high school.

Nickelback - Wouldn't have got into metal without them.

Metallica - Got into thrash metal through Kill 'Em All, I think. Once again, that was all thanks to Batty since I remember him repping the album back when I joined. And any thrash metal I ever listened to, I got from Batlord's threads/journals, and then looked around myself.

SOPHIE - Thanks Goofle. This artist introduced me to this type of pop. The more weirder side. I started taking an interest in weird pop from that moment on, and this led to Kesha.

Kesha - Batty brought this pop artist to my attention, and now mainstream pop rules my life. I always looked down on it, so this was pretty big for me. I also am aware I was a hypocrite, since I liked Nickelback. But you know how it is.

Dolly Parton - TBD

These bands/artists are in chronological order for the music that shaped me.

The first band I ever really listened to was Metallica. It was my parents favorite artist growing up. And when I first started listening to them I couldn't stop. The music blew me away.

My brother started this small "business" of buying and selling Zunes. He loaded one up with music and gave it to me. I for the most part just listened to the really big named artists. Artists like Queen, Metallica, and ZZ Top. But I found on my device a band called Sick Puppies. And while the band was typical teenage angst, it was so incredible to find a band singing all the emotions I was feeling.




Then my sophomore year of high school came and a lot of really bad stuff happened. I began a slippery slope into a lot of ****ed up ****. Instead of telling you why these artists were important, the reason is too personal, I'm just going to list them. Nirvana, QOTSA, Slipknot, Seether and Stone Sour.

The final band I discovered that changed everything was Tool. I was blown away by them. The way the music sounded was enveloping. The way Maynard sang was incredible. The lyrics were pretentious, but unique and different from any other artist I've ever heard. I needed more.

That's the music that shaped my life.

Her voice and songs made me to explore new genres, to listen carefully lyrics, to use music as medicine.

Hey Guys,

First post here so wassup!

For me its gotta be
Swordfish trombones - Tom Waits.
I can't post a URL cause its my first post but if you havent explored his music I highly recommend it.
Amazing soundscapes. It was like nothing else I'd ever heard