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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 6:00:39 GMT 10
The evolution of experimental music in the mainstream starts with the brilliant Joe Meek and his ability to streamline avant garde music into a pop consumer market and ends with the music of experimental hip-hop group Death Grips who I admittedly know nothing about beyond their reputation. I also know very little about Faust, Bjork or Sonic Youth and have never liked ELP therefore avoiding that album. I haven't even heard the entirety of the albums listed by Phil Spector or Kraftwerk. So this will be a slightly unfair vote on my part. However everything else I've heard here. The reason I made this thread was to point out the lasting impact of the 1960s. 1967 blossomed with creativity, most of which following a baroque pop tradition set by Pet Sounds the previous year and gone completely ballistic with on Sgt. Pepper, but it had albums that followed the precedents set by Zappa and Spector as well. That said by 1968 the back to basics look of things had exploded. Dylan who had previously gone pretty arcane with Blonde on Blonde had chilled out again, and The Beatles were aiming for a rootsier sound overall. This didn't stop experimental music though. 1969 saw the birth of modern prog rock and it's golden era with King Crimson's debut, Floyd at their most unhinged and twistedly avant-garde with Ummagumma, and Captain Beefheart with a literal attempt to sound abysmal. Ever since then experimental music has been in and out of fashion but the 60s is where it got its earliest ancestry.
That said by the end of this I'd extended things quite a bit. Look into what you've heard and cast a vote of your favourite.
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 20, 2016 9:44:31 GMT 10
Out of those listed, it's a three way tie between Pet Sounds, White Light/White Heat and Trout Mask Replica.... ended up going for the VU option
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 13:09:47 GMT 10
Out of those listed, it's a three way tie between Pet Sounds, White Light/White Heat and Trout Mask Replica.... ended up going for the VU option I also had a three way tie. Pet Sounds, Rain Dogs or OK Computer. All of which are in my top ten albums list. But I opted for Rain Dogs
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 20, 2016 15:01:59 GMT 10
Out of those listed, it's a three way tie between Pet Sounds, White Light/White Heat and Trout Mask Replica.... ended up going for the VU option I also had a three way tie. Pet Sounds, Rain Dogs or OK Computer. All of which are in my top ten albums list. But I opted for Rain Dogs At this point I really shouldn't be surprised.... the Waits gush continues unabated
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 15:29:18 GMT 10
I also had a three way tie. Pet Sounds, Rain Dogs or OK Computer. All of which are in my top ten albums list. But I opted for Rain Dogs At this point I really shouldn't be surprised.... the Waits gush continues unabated Pet Sounds lasted a bigger impact on musical history but Rain Dogs is one of the emotionally effective albums i've ever heard. The Beatles were the most innovative band of all time, Dylan had the most mature, eloquent, and poetically abstract lyrics of any songwriter and was possibly the strongest catalyst for social change, Hendrix was the most impressive contemporary musician there's ever been, The Velvet Underground's debut was the most important album historically, and Tom Waits was the greatest experimental performer to ever live. There are artists that you could argue are better than Waits if you want to, but for my money no other artists besides Waits are in the same league as the ones mentioned. He's aa genius and despite being fairly popular is one of the great unsung heroes of music history for my money.
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 20, 2016 15:58:11 GMT 10
At this point I really shouldn't be surprised.... the Waits gush continues unabated Pet Sounds lasted a bigger impact on musical history but Rain Dogs is one of the emotionally effective albums i've ever heard. The Beatles were the most innovative band of all time, Dylan had the most mature, eloquent, and poetically abstract lyrics of any songwriter and was possibly the strongest catalyst for social change, Hendrix was the most impressive contemporary musician there's ever been, The Velvet Underground's debut was the most important album historically, and Tom Waits was the greatest experimental performer to ever live. There are artists that you could argue are better than Waits if you want to, but for my money no other artists besides Waits are in the same league as the ones mentioned. He's aa genius and despite being fairly popular is one of the great unsung heroes of music history for my money. In other words, this is you:
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 16:02:14 GMT 10
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 20, 2016 16:04:25 GMT 10
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