or the massively imitated "sound" of My Bloody Valentine's Loveless?
More like Loveless I guess.
The Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues
I would've said Remain in Light or even My Life In the Bush of Ghosts was the breakthrough record.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Nov 16, 2005 5:51:01 pm PST #1215 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Tom Scola - Nov 16, 2005 5:52:47 pm PST #1216 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Remain in Light
That's probably what I meant to type.
Jon B. - Nov 16, 2005 6:22:33 pm PST #1217 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Dinosaur Jr. - "Bug".
Loveless wouldn't have happened without it.
And while I think "You're Living All Over Me" is a better album, it was the dozen-overdubbed-guitar-attack of "Bug" that was more influential in terms of sound.
Kathy A - Nov 17, 2005 12:09:03 am PST #1218 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think most of us use iTunes.
Damn. I can't use iTunes, because it won't load onto Windows ME computers.
Any other options?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 17, 2005 3:58:47 am PST #1219 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Unkonwn Pleasures by Joy Division. Martin Hannett's production was definitely an influence on much of what was to come, IMO. Metal Box by PiL was also quite striking.
erikaj - Nov 17, 2005 4:31:55 am PST #1220 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Not sure I know much about studio stuff but a lot of women would not be recording artists today without Janis Joplin's "Pearl" or Patti Smith's "Horses" making women's place in rock much more...serious?(it's early...don't have the right words yet. Sorry.) But now when I hear Alanis, Fiona, Melissa E.,who paid tribute with her awesome cover of "Piece of My Heart" that is what I think. Not to slight Grace Slick, bitterness over "We Built This City" notwithstanding. Also, and unrelated to the "girls with guitars", I'd feel remiss if I didn't say "What's Goin' On?"
Jon B. - Nov 17, 2005 4:48:29 am PST #1221 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Metal Machine Music.
heh
Frankenbuddha - Nov 17, 2005 5:01:45 am PST #1222 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Peter Gabriel's 3rd album for the drum sound he got.
tina f. - Nov 17, 2005 5:29:12 am PST #1223 of 10003
According to this LA Times blog Amoeba is starting its own music label (but their first release is a bootleg, Gram Parsons to be exact, not an actual album) and downloading site.
As far as the sonic touchstone thing - that's exactly the kind of question I am no good at answering. I tend to think of albums like OK Computer or Yankee Hotel that were just different than anything I had heard before and seemed to affect the sound and recording style of many other bands after, but I have no idea if that is due to use of the studio or my limited musical universe or what have you.
Jon B. - Nov 17, 2005 5:38:58 am PST #1224 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How about Big Black's "Atomizer" or Slint's "Spiderland"?