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dont just post albums that you like a lot because that would go in the "what are you listening to" thread

subtle - a new white
they might be giants - apollo 18
muse - absolution
queen - queen II
king crimson - in the court of the crimson king
alice in chains - dirt
buckethead - giant robot
the mars volta - de-loused in the comatorium
mr. bungle - mr. bungle

not all of those albums are my favorite albums or even made by my favorite artists, but they all changed my life somehow

mr bungle - california
nujabes - modal soul
daft punk - homework
beck - sea change

Here's a list of albums that had a huge impact on my musical tastes. It's organized by the time I became largely influenced by the sound of these bands. The Alan Parsons Project may be placed inaccurate though.

2006 - "Past, Present & Future" & "Year of the Cat" - Al Stewart (The album Year of the Cat got me into music and the album Past, Present & Future was the first album I possibly couldn't get enough of. Not only that, but PP&F was the first concept album to make me appreciate those type of albums in general.)
2006 - ___________ - Joe Walsh (Some mix CD my dad made with nothing but legally downloaded Joe Walsh songs was one of the first really rocky albums I liked. Too bad I didn't really try to get into his actual albums until early '09, but I didn't start pirating music until around a year ago so w/e.)
2006 - "Dark Side of the Moon" - Pink Floyd (I think DSotM was the first progressive rock album I really liked a lot. The song High Hopes from their last studio album might have been the first progressive rock song that I ever really enjoyed though.)
2007 - "Rubber Soul" - The Beatles (This album got me into the band and I ended up listening to almost nothing but the Beatles for over half a year. A lot of their albums had an influence on my musical tastes, but it was more individual songs than albums as a whole that had a huge impact for my taste in music.)
2007 - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - The Alan Parsons Project (This album was very unique and different from anything I have ever listened to before. It made me appreciate experimental music much more and caused me to want to take a closer look into progressive rock in general.)
2007 - "Homework" & "Discovery" - Daft Punk (Opened me up to electronica and made me realize good lyrics aren't always important. >_>)
2008 - Queen II - Queen (I think this was the first hard rock album I really liked a lot. It's pretty progressive for hard rock though.)
2008 - "Mr. Bungle," "Disco Volante," & "California" - Mr. Bungle (All three of their albums had a major impact on my musical tastes and made me much more open minded as a music listener.)
2008 - ___________ - Secret Chiefs 3 (I used to not care for aerobic influences in music until I got into this band. I left part of it blank because I'm not sure if it was Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws or Book M that got me to really like aerobic influences.)
2009 - "In the Court of the Crimson King" & "Red" - King Crimson (These two albums blew me away the first time I listened to them. If I were ever to create an album, their music would have quite an impact. If I were to ever take up drums, the songs In the Wake of Poseidon from their second album and Red from their seventh album would have a huge impact on my style. I didn't include their second album to the list because only one song from that album had a real impact on my tastes.)
2009 - ___________ - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath is the first metal band I like and I really got into them recently. I don't think there's one specific album by them that got me into their music. Their music from their 2nd-6th albums just really grew on me overtime. Their first album is awesome too, but it didn't really have an impact for my musical tastes.)

oh also i guess saying how they changed your life makes it a better thread

uhh

subtle - a new white

rtil sent me this album, and i asked for it after hearing "she" in zekey's "MASS" cartoon. it opened my mind to music that wasn't rock music, and also started my taste for experimental stuff. after getting this album i went through a phase for about 2 years where i hated pop music and metal

they might be giants - apollo 18

though this isnt the FIRST album i ever got by they might be giants, it's the second. the first i got was the spine, and that wasn't really tHAT different from a pop rock band's album except that it was quirkier. apollo 18 introduced me to bands with songs that were under 10 seconds long and stuff like that. before i got into they might be giants my favorite bands were afi and simple plan and sum 41 and blink 182 and other gay punk shit bands like that

muse - absolution

this album brought me out of the phase where the only music i listened to was melt banana, subtle, they might be giants and select songs from guitar hero

queen - queen II

this album removed my negative bias on classic rock that i had for no reason (i know that the album isnt classic rock)

king crimson - in the court of the crimson king

this album made me further appreciate older music while also getting me into progressive rock simultaneously

alice in chains - dirt

this album solidified my decision to not do drugs and shit and also introduced me to grunge


buckethead - giant robot

this album made me appreciate metal and become interested in becoming a better guitarist

the mars volta - de-loused in the comatorium
mr. bungle - mr. bungle

its hard to say what the two last albums' effect on me was in words. it's like they gave me a whole new outlook on music and what can be classified as music i guess. it's not as gay as it sounds

fuck i may as well do the same

mr bungle - california
Just opened my eyes past what, back then, I considered the 'limits' of music or whatever. theres like a million genres covered on this album and it blew my mind when i first listened to it ages ago

nujabes - modal soul
got me into instrumental hip-hop and trip-hop which are now two of my fave genres

daft punk - homework
i used to detest dance/electronic music due to scooter and bonkers' prevalence in the UK as well as a horrific station called Galaxy that used to play really shitty dance music all the time and was the radio station of choice at my school. my friend lent me this and discovery and a few years later i'm now a massive dance/electronic buff

beck - sea change
made me not dismiss beck as an eclectic oh-so-quirky goofball and made me realise that not all acoustic albums are 'boring shit'

Quote from: W.A.C.2008 - Queen II - Queen (I think this was the first hard rock album I really liked a lot. It's pretty progressive for hard rock though.)

Oh, wait. The first hard rock album I ever liked was the Best of Led Zeppelin Vol. 1 and 2. That was in December '06. Queen still had a major impact on my musical tastes though, especially that album.

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Although Led Zeppelin was the first hard rock band I ever liked, Queen II was the album to get me into the genre.

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It got me so into hard rock that I underrated a lot of their more mellow songs. <_<

Quote from: squfarnone changed my LIFE because im not gay?????????

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look brosephs "changing your life" can be as simple as just have a slight effect on the way that you live

so if a certain band opens you up to a new type of music then they cahnged your life

therefore everyone here has an album that changed their life and those that deny it are afraid of sounding like those fags that say "music is my life and i can't live without it" etc whatever

in actuality just saying that albums changed your life doesnt make you a fag so dont worry about it hombres

all these albums changed the way I listen to music

King Crimson - everything, basically
everything about this band is innovative and lsitening to its albums really helped me develop a better focus on music
like, I pay more attention to details, I enjoy the slow build-ups more, it made my musical taste more eclectic

echolyn - Mei
a 49-minute song that doesn't get boring, doesn't repeat itself, and manages to not be pretentious. yeah, it's a one-track cd, and it's really good, got me into appreciating vocals more

Robert Fripp - Exposure
made me realize how important it is to listen to an album all the way through, and to value different "weird" vocals more, be more open-minded really

Dream Theater - Awake
I don't like it today as much as I did a few years ago but it got me into progressive rock and, ultimately, into all kinds of different music

Frank Zappa - We're Only In It For the Money
basically: I didn't know music could be this hilarious even after you listen to it a million times

Quote from: FlashFrank Zappa - We're Only In It For the Money
basically: I didn't know music could be this hilarious even after you listen to it a million times

^ lmfao yeah

Judas Priest - Painkiller
I didn't listen to much metal at the time. Most of the shit I listened to was scene garbage like Disturbed and Trivium. But then I heard the title track. And I knew what metal sounded like.

Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Yeah, I'd heard the Number of the Beast shit and liked it, so I made sure to listen to this album. Hoooooooooooooooooollllllllllly shit. There isn't one bad song.

Opeth - Blackwater Park
This is what got me into prog metal. It's just such a diverse and heavy album.

At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
This got me into melodeath. Blinded by Fear is only second to Painkiller in terms of my favorite songs ever.

Death - Symbolic
I've always hated straight death metal. The horrid vocals in the genre really ruin the great technical expertise of the musicianship. But this album is different. It has that heavy double bass, crushing riffs, and thick bass lines. But the vocals are inspired and thoughtful. You can actually make out what's being said. Why death metal didn't evolve moreso from this album instead of Leprosy is a mystery to me.

depeche mode - the singles 81-85 and rem - automatic for the people
pretty much got me into music. I saw them in borders when I was like 7 and convinced my parents to buy them because they looked nifty or something. before that I never really listened to music besides the kiddie shit that everyone was raised on. of course, then I got into shitty britpop shit like erasure

rammstein - sehnsucht
aaaaand then I got into metal and gave up on shitty britpop shit

oh yeah everyone in 8th grade thought I was a nazi because I listened to rammstein! and since then people have thought I'm a nazi even though I can't stand rammstein now

melt banana - cell-scape
then I got into weird experimental noise shit, which is where I am now

wreck of the hesperus - eulogy for the sewer dwellers
I also got into doom metal

the rolemodels - lets go die and session men of the apocalypse - session men of the apocalypse
some punk thing and a noise ska album that I got for $2. I started buying cheap CDs to find obscure awesome shit that I wouldn't find any other way.

saul williams - ________
I can't remember which album it was but that was when I stopped dismissing all rap as talentless shit

although most rap is still talentless shit

lmao I love how the bands here get more obscure as the list progresses!!

oh I forgot those snog things squeef sent me because

you know

I'm a cynical bastard

snog turned me from a cynical fuck into a cynical fuck who quotes snog lyrics at people

that reminds me of some severely retarded nig (how redundant!! no but this kid had like massive autism) in my 7th grade math class who spent the entire class every day blasting "up in here" from some dbz amvthing on google video and grunting along to it

he couldn't really form any words so it was just like

iyawguhm mmmm louuu ma uh heeaa uhhh heeeaaa ayaw guom mkej ijjjjjjjjjjjfnmefasdgf

Quote from: LordZeebmorkthat reminds me of some severely retarded nig (how redundant!! no but this kid had like massive autism) in my 7th grade math class who spent the entire class every day blasting "up in here" from some dbz amvthing on google video and grunting along to it

he couldn't really form any words so it was just like

iyawguhm mmmm louuu ma uh heeaa uhhh heeeaaa ayaw guom mkej ijjjjjjjjjjjfnmefasdgf

they have black people in sweden?

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Quote from: LordZeebmorkthat reminds me of some severely retarded nig (how redundant!! no but this kid had like massive autism) in my 7th grade math class who spent the entire class every day blasting "up in here" from some dbz amvthing on google video and grunting along to it

he couldn't really form any words so it was just like

iyawguhm mmmm louuu ma uh heeaa uhhh heeeaaa ayaw guom mkej ijjjjjjjjjjjfnmefasdgf

they have black people in sweden?

lmao I live in maryland

^ LOL

here is one

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the music isn't the greatest shit ever. it's catchy but kind of slow. but it's really well put together considering the circumstances surrounding it's recording, and the lyrical content is disturbing to sarcastic to very self-indulgent. i have a lot of respect for the person who wrote it.




...wargh \o/

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First album I ever bought
way before I discovered the internet

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Welcome to hardcore

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Greatest punk band that ever lived.

Yeah Taylor, TMBG does really have a knack for altering your outlook on music.

shut the fuck up faggot

Fuck you Scene-pussy, thank you for making me listen to Apollo 18 again.

it\\\'s a good album buddy

but definitely not their best

im not a scene pussy no need to be so rude!

I'm sorry for calling you that, currently I've liked listening to Factory Showroom and The Else by them.

i've been listeing to "cast your pod into the wind" (also known as the else disc 2) a whole lot recently

have you heard that shit bro

I've got the whole discography!

same here!!!!!!!!!!

what are your top 10 songs?!?!?!?

taylor and ixintro finally find common ground

1. Spiraling Shape
2. Climbing The Walls
3. Experimental Film
4. End of the Tour
5. The Mesopotamians
6. Now Is Strange
7. I Palindrome I
8. Four of Two
9. Dark And Metric
10. Vestibule

Holy shit, it's actually pretty hard to make a list since I've been gradually expanding through their songs. I started with individual songs I liked and it's now spread to almost every song.

my top 10 in no order are probably

uh fuck i cant do it i cant discern between all of their songs

i know that hey mr. dj i thought you said we had a deal, it\\\'s not my birthday, we want a rock, women & men, where your eyes don\\\'t go, the cap\\\'m, mink car, don\\\'t lets start and night gown of sullen moon would probably be on there

along with songs like \\\'till my head falls off, experimental film, and other shit

and i\\\'d have why did you grow a beard? as honorable mention because it\\\'s so hilarious

i was thinking about climbing the walls and spiraling shape for my list

the spiraling shape will make you go insane

Wtf, if I kept listing more songs, almost everyone of those songs would have been immediately next. shit

i went through a period about a week or two ago where i lsitend to the mars volta every day but now i\\\'ve been listening to tmbg non stop

I CAN\\\'T LEAVE YOU ALONE FOR FIVE MINUTES WHAT THE CHRIST WHAT THE DEVIL

Shti same here (we're drawing this out a lot), but I tried to diversify what I was listening several times over the last few months, but when it comes down to it, every single time I was back to listening to TMBG exclusively. I'm so fucking pissed, they're playing an adult show in Ithaca (like 20 minutes from my house) in October but I'll be in fucking college 4 hours away, DAMN IT!

i saw them last year man sorry for you because they were great and cool as shit

and tickets were cheap

and hwo cares if we\\\'re dragging this out THIS IS MY THREAD AND I CAN DO WHAT I WANT IM THE SHERIFF I AM THE LAW

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I also used to be really into the Foo Fighters who I saw in concert last year, but the small amount of time I'm NOT listening to TMBG, I'm listening to Modest Mouse.

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edit:

also in before taylor insults my music tastes

i dunno i'm like, just beginning a kind of musical journey and buyin lots of albums, etc, cause in da past i've never really listened to music too much

i'll get back to you in like a month

Aphex Twin
The Beatles
Pink Floyd

thats about it

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Skankfunk - Tricky sister girl

Seatbelts - Piano black - What Planet is This

Deadmau5

Masafumi Takada - Pleather for Breakfast

theres more but whatever

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what the hell seriously when have i ever done that before

Im silly :P

Quote from: taylorhey mr. dj i thought you said we had a deal

probably my favorite tmbg song

either that or one of the ones in that same general area on that one compilation thing

yes I'm late fucU

also lmao I thought that aphex twin cd was atari teenage riot for a while there!!

my life has never been changed by music because music is boring its just sound, utterly inferior to movies which provide sound and visuals, and games that provide sound, visuals and interaction.

weird al yankovic - bad hair day

Quote from: Billymy life has never been changed by music because music is boring its just sound, utterly inferior to movies which provide sound and visuals, and games that provide sound, visuals and interaction.

that's the dumbest thing that i've ever heard

I liked dr worm from tmbg
A long time ago I liked a few of their songs but I never knew it was made by them.

some songs from blink 182. I was 12 or some odd age and my brothers listened to them.

I liked Fred Bear from Ted Nugent but never had an album of them just one of my brothers old cd.

system of a down - toxicity and dont steal this album. First albums I had from a friend. Pretty much lived under a rock and never heard
anything other then shit on radio, lol I liked  mambo number 5 and some stuff by the who.

the pillows- I liked the last dinosaur because of flcl. I would always hear it from the preview of the next episode I believe and thought it sounded good.

radio head- I would go for walks and take pictures. I had everything from them pretty much. Not having anything else to listen to.  But it just stuck with me.
Used to hate it.

daft punk discovery. I seen it in a thread here and never realized how disco music could sound cool.

Nujabes modal soul. I thought hip hop would always sound stupid but this wasnt too bad.

Quote from: Thebigragudaft punk discovery. I seen it in a thread here and never realized how [size=]disco music[/size] could sound cool.

what

Quote from: Thebigragudaft punk discovery. I seen it in a thread here and never realized how disco music could sound cool.

Disco music influenced their sound but they're not disco. They're house/electronica.

since zekey answered seriously enough i think I will too so in no real order:
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is probably the first real album I've listened to (around when I was 6) and it brought me to music as well as left an impression towards my taste in faster paced music.

I can't be too specific but
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Was most likely the first Residents album I listened to (upon the suggestion of zekey from his Great Animation posts on NG) and it was love at first sight.  The ability to capture emotion and vision and bring it to people's minds so easily has me captivated, and for a while I've been pulling my work past sudden ideas to full peices.

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because its just beyond anything out there

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(Postcards From Patmos by The Residents)  This brought me back into ambient music recently, back onto stuff like Aphex Twin and the Doom 64 soundtrack (which sounds lame but it was by the guy who brought MIDI to videogames and has made the soundtrack for every Doom up till 3, you can get every one here (http://www.doom2.net/~doomdepot/music.html#n64)).


ANYWAYS life changing is way to much to say, like a teenager would know how their life will turn out so much better by another's musical escipades.  Also I can't draw without listening to music so I listen to around 4 hours a day

muse - origin of symmetry:
though i\\\'ve gotten more raw and diverged with my musical tastes, this was sort of the first album i really listened to start to finish as a whole, and really got me into music in general.

the mars volta - frances the mute
armon sent me his tmv \\\'starter pack\\\' about 2 years ago and it contained no songs from frances the mute, but the 3 songs he sent me were so different, considering i had never really listened to songs longer than 6 minutes. I downloaded franes the mute and listened to all of it and the final song cassandra gemini sent me into into an entire new era of musical taste. this was my introduction to experimental/raw music in general.

the mountain goats - all hail west texas:
this entire album is recorded on a fucking boombox with nothing but one guy and an acoustic guitar. i had been listening to the mars volta for so long when i first was sent this by my friend boyd irl and i had no idea something so unproduced and lo-fi could bring out such power.

jawbreaker - 24 hour revenge therapy
i dont really like punk very much, in fact i used to resent the whole genre due to the pretentious "oi oi up the punx" shit i would hear kids talk about, but the lyrics that blake schwarzenbach wrote drew influences from some of my favorite authors such as charles bukowski, jack kerouac and kurt vonnegut. though you can hardly understand what hes saying through the raspy vocals, driving palm-muted, strange chord progressions and bombastic drums, the man has a way with words.

neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
before i had heard the mountain goats, i heard the song two-headed boy and was taken away, nothing acoustic had ever struck much interest in me, but after listening to this whole album i felt refreshed somehow.

m83 - dead cities, red seas & lost ghosts:
this is the only electronic band that has ever been able to really really impress me, and god dayum is it amazing. some of the \\\'biggest\\\' music you\\\'ll ever hear.

drive like jehu - yank crime:
this album is so loud, so powerful and so angry, that it\\\'s hardly even accessible to listen to, especially with it\\\'s not-so-great recording quality, but that\\\'s sort why i cant stop listening to it.

do make say think - you, you\\\'re a history in rust:
i dont like post-rock usually, in fact, almost all post-rock is incredibly stupid and pretentious in my honest opinion, but these guys somehow manage to pull it off incredibly well without the 8 minute \\\'ambience to set mood\\\' bullshit. i had no idea how good tremolo-picked crunchy high guitar could sound over near-bluegrass sounding acoustic guitar and mandolin.

close to the edge - yes:
specifically the title track on the album is fucking amazing, i still marvel at how good it is compared to nearly any progressive-rock epic from the same era.

jethro-tull - thick as a brick
pretty much the only 40 minute song ive ever heard that doesnt go into repetitive pretentious \\\'jams\\\' or drawn out noise. it\\\'s a solid song for the entire duration and thats something that i rarely see.

at the drive-in - in/casino/out
i used to think atdi wasn\\\'t anywhere near as good as tmv, for i had listened to only relationship of command and had no idea what it\\\'s predecessor contained: a full album of relentlessly driving, amazing songs. i honestly think this record is on par with some of tmv\\\'s early work.  




im on adderall and wow i didnt realize how much i just typed

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ok i don't actually have that many albums i guess i'll just keep this short.

Since I Left You - The Avalanches:
my first real taste of this sort of chill out electronic genre. i guess it sort of changed how i saw other music, since before every time i heard an artist sample a song from somewhere else, i'd consider it lazy and uncreative. yet these guys practically sampled from everywhere, and yet it comes out as some completely new music. very cool.

Endtroducing/The Private Press - DJ Shadow:
introduction to trip-hop. there are some songs in here with some lyrics that sorta gave me a new perspective on things.

um ok this is dorky but it's a classical suite,
The Firebird Suite - Igor Stravinsky:
even if you don't like classical music you might like this. some songs might even sound familiar, but the finale is just one of the greatest endings to a suite i've heard yet. i always get caught up in the songs whenever i hear it. kind of reinforced how much i liked classical chunes. am dork.

Quote from: Jeinuyet these guys practically sampled from everywhere, and yet it comes out as some completely new music. very cool.

reminds me of some french house act

uh i didnt mean 2 post here i am truly sorry

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if this is some sort of shot at neutral milk hotel i font get it, jeff mangum is great and in the aeroplane over the sea is amazing

"i font get it"

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if this is some sort of shot at neutral milk hotel i font get it, jeff mangum is great and in the aeroplane over the sea is amazing

"i font get it"

its a decent album but i dont see how it can be life changing. i love mangums lyrics but his voice is fucking horrible

lenka, bob dylans voice is horrendous, people know this. has he not changed peoples lives?
in the aeroplane over the sea is one of the most discussed, influential albums of the 90s, the fact that you're clearly ASTOUNDED that i would even say such a thing makes me doubtful of your knowledge on this subject. part of the reason i love jeff mangums voice is because it's the sound of an average man singing, not some mastered, completely tuned voice. have you not heard of folk music?

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in the aeroplane over the sea is one of the most discussed, influential albums of the 90s, the fact that you're clearly ASTOUNDED that i would even say such a thing makes me doubtful of your knowledge on this subject. part of the reason i love jeff mangums voice is because it's the sound of an average man singing, not some mastered, completely tuned voice. have you not heard of folk music?

i guess i have to go with you on this one. maybe i was biased against ITAOTS because there was so much fuckin hype around it and what i got was a fairly generic indie-folk album with some nice horn segments thrown in here and there. i did enjoy the album but i've never found anything in it to be very outstanding. call me tone deaf but i really like dylan's voice as well as tom waits' (who many critics say cannot sing either). mangum's just tends to grate me, personal preference i guess. i think it was the whole I LOVE YOU JESUS CHRIIIIIIST that did it for me lmao

fuck you lenko

music is gay
my music tastes suck

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my music tastes suck

Quote from: The Sorting Hatfuck you lenko

i laaaaaahhhve you jesus cuh-riiiIIIiiiiIIIiiiist

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Quote from: jebxzlenka, bob dylans voice is horrendous, people know this. has he not changed peoples lives?
in the aeroplane over the sea is one of the most discussed, influential albums of the 90s, the fact that you're clearly ASTOUNDED that i would even say such a thing makes me doubtful of your knowledge on this subject. part of the reason i love jeff mangums voice is because it's the sound of an average man singing, not some mastered, completely tuned voice. have you not heard of folk music?

i guess i have to go with you on this one. maybe i was biased against ITAOTS because there was so much fuckin hype around it and what i got was a fairly generic indie-folk album with some nice horn segments thrown in here and there. i did enjoy the album but i've never found anything in it to be very outstanding. call me tone deaf but i really like dylan's voice as well as tom waits' (who many critics say cannot sing either). mangum's just tends to grate me, personal preference i guess. i think it was the whole I LOVE YOU JESUS CHRIIIIIIST that did it for me lmao

i dont understand that at all

bob dylan has one of the worst voices i've ever heard

jeff mangum has a great voice, and not just because he's "average", i really do think he's a very talented singer

get ready for some big gay shit

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unfortunately yes, this was one of the first albums i can remember listening to, but hey, i have to give credit where credit is due, i wouldn't be listening to music as much as i am now were it not for this album

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oh no not radiohead

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these guys are called made in mexico and if i'm not mistaken they kind of got me into experimental music!!!

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i love these guys and this album to pieces and made me love noise rock

and that's about it

the music in THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6_P_5VSc0E

illmatic

yeah i know

gangsta rap

the only merit of in the arpeoak  ov rthhn neutral milk thing is holland 1945 and the horn things because horns are great

but neutrawlkf mufadekis hjeotl is still way better than the decemberisjgmskm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHEkIiQpwI8

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I found it deep even though its comical which makes me enjoy it all the more.
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Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence is beautiful, first time i head it I got goose bumps. Watching a live performance of Ryuichi Sakamoto made me realise how much effort he puts into his work.
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Listened to this over and over
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made me learn to love Cash as my dad played it over and over in car trips.
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Like a rolling stone and desolation row are fantastic, but the harmonica just hurts my ears.
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Got me into rap music, from here I discovered not all rap is just about 'raping your bitch because she is a whore' and found that it does sometimes if you look hard enough have better content.
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made me discover punk rock and that I love the genre.
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This made me find out not all electronic music was like daft punk or doof doof shit. And showed me that I can enjoy the beauty of this kind of music.



I have so many more to share.

Magyar have you ever listened to the libertines

I can't say these albums have changed my life, but they have significantly altered my taste in music.
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uh wasn't klauz schulze in tangerine dream? that band is pretty awesome

Quote from: LordZeebmorkuh wasn't klauz schulze in tangerine dream? that band is pretty awesome

yes he was, TD is one of my favorite bands.

this one's good too
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hell yeah tubular bells is a good fuckin album

though its sequels are gay and basically the exact same shit

Actually this song changed my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms2klX-puUU

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oooh yeh that one changed my music taste as well

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Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence is beautiful, first time i head it I got goose bumps. Watching a live performance of Ryuichi Sakamoto made me realise how much effort he puts into his work.

i dont have this exact album, but i've heard his stuff before. i think he composes music for a lot of movie soundtracks. awesome stuff