grillebilly
Empty Head
One of the many benefits of AK is the wealth of knowledge that gets passed around here. The music forum has so many people who know their stuff, some specialize in one genre while others span quite a few. It would be a learning experience to ask each other what albums are the "important ones", or ones that changed things, or at least made a difference. Ones that other musicians paid attention to. It can be from any genre or time. From Bakersfield to Manchester.
So share a record or twenty that you believe was important, and why.
I got easy pickings since I'm first so I'll pick one that may not be as obvious as others. I say this because I dismissed it forever as just another 'Stones record.
Exile On Main Street.
AK Rolling Stones guru KeninDC laid a nice copy against my front door one day so I listened to it in its entirety for the first time. The 'Stones were arguably the biggest thing on the planet at the time and this was not the direction popular music was going. This record was way down in the basement raw. Like their latest record, it was back to the roots of rock. The folk/rock blues/rock and country/rock sound had already been well established but it was a more polished sound than this record.
So my point is the best in the business went back to the roots as opposed to trying to stay on the forefront. If not for the generosity of an AK'r this one would of meant nothing but a collection of great tunes to me.
We have some serious music freaks here so chime in so us poseurs can get an education
So share a record or twenty that you believe was important, and why.
I got easy pickings since I'm first so I'll pick one that may not be as obvious as others. I say this because I dismissed it forever as just another 'Stones record.
Exile On Main Street.
AK Rolling Stones guru KeninDC laid a nice copy against my front door one day so I listened to it in its entirety for the first time. The 'Stones were arguably the biggest thing on the planet at the time and this was not the direction popular music was going. This record was way down in the basement raw. Like their latest record, it was back to the roots of rock. The folk/rock blues/rock and country/rock sound had already been well established but it was a more polished sound than this record.
So my point is the best in the business went back to the roots as opposed to trying to stay on the forefront. If not for the generosity of an AK'r this one would of meant nothing but a collection of great tunes to me.
We have some serious music freaks here so chime in so us poseurs can get an education