Renton 17896 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 So the 60s saw the birth of pop/rock, the 70s the birth of punk, 80s disco and 90s grunge. 70's Happy, it was the 70's that gave birth to Disco. the 80's gave birth to the New Romantics, Hair Metal and later on in the decade, House!! ACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!! I was trying to be polite to the 80's and suggest it was good for something. Otherwise it was shite, as your examples show. The 80s were class for Indie bands though. And there was the Tube and the Chart Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 So the 60s saw the birth of pop/rock, the 70s the birth of punk, 80s disco and 90s grunge. 70's Happy, it was the 70's that gave birth to Disco. the 80's gave birth to the New Romantics, Hair Metal and later on in the decade, House!! ACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!! I was trying to be polite to the 80's and suggest it was good for something. Otherwise it was shite, as your examples show. you think disco was good?? try this one on fer size my friend!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc5d01_riBo...feature=related the worst thing about it is, I thought it was FANTASTIC when i was 6! That's quality. Disco is great man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentAxeman 82 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wwilCs4Jqg...feature=related further evidence (if any was needed) that Disco was a bit rubbish really.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I think we've had this discussion before but the 80's was actually the birth of grunge, just because Nirvana didn't sell records until the 90s doesn't mean all that came before it didn't count. The 90s was responsible for the death of the indie record label, which the noughties countered through the disregard of record labels to release music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Husker Du was the birth of Nirvana to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Husker Du was the birth of Nirvana to be honest. Actually Killing Joke had more of an influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Debatable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Debatable Do a google search for "Nirvana, Killing Joke" Tom, you were to young at the time. There was an incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 By the way the Melvins are responsible for Nirvana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I don't think you can put the down to one influence. I would say HD had more of a general influence than Killing Joke and probably more so than the Melvins too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cid_MCDP 0 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 (edited) Pixies were a big Nirvana influence too as I recall. The whole quiet verses, loud ass chorus deal. The Melvins as well maybe? Seems like Kurt cited them in some interviews... EDIT: Lols on the Melvins... Edited November 17, 2009 by Cid_MCDP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 (edited) I don't think you can put the down to one influence. I would say HD had more of a general influence than Killing Joke and probably more so than the Melvins too. Oops on the Melvins. I read an interview with Jazz Coleman a few years ago about what happened. In it he states he didn't care if Nirvana stole a riff, he just wanted them to acknowledge it. After Kurt fucked himself, Grohl played for KJ and admitted to Coleman that he was in-fact correct, the riff was stolen because they had been listening to a lot of KJ at the time. And yes the Pixies were often cited, so much that they wanted to use Albini because of his Pixies work. edit: The 3rd paragraph makes interesting reading. Edited November 18, 2009 by sammynb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 By the way the Melvins are responsible for Nirvana. Les Paul was more important...etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) I don't think you can put the down to one influence. I would say HD had more of a general influence than Killing Joke and probably more so than the Melvins too. Any band is the sum of it's influences.... every one of the bands being listed as the 'Grunge' originators would wish they could have been the ones that made the leap to global phenomenon. Originating the form is not necessarily as important as advancing it further than anyone else could, which Nirvana undoubtedly did. Those other bands will be very grateful to the huge breakthrough acts that popularised their music with just a nod towards it. It's a mutualistic realtionship, by which I mean The Melvins (for example) gained as much from Nirvana as Nirvana gained from the Melvins...they got signed to Atlantic for a start. Edited November 18, 2009 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) NPR music: The 50 Most Important Recordings Of The Decade in alphabetic order 01. John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls 02. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion 03. The Arcade Fire: Funeral 04. The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas 05. Beyonce: Dangerously In Love 06. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago 07. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning 08. Burial: Untrue 09. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: S/T 10. Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway 11. Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head 12. Danger Mouse: The Grey Album 13. Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism 14. The Decemberists: The Crane Wife 15. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP 16. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 17. Osvaldo Golijov: La Pasión Segun San Marcos (Saint Mark's Passion) 18. Green Day: American Idiot 19. Iron And Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days 20. Jay-Z: The Blueprint 21. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me 22. Juanes: Fijate Bien 23. LCD Soundsystem: Sound Of Silver 24. Lil’ Wayne: Tha Carter III 25. Little Brother: The Listening 26. M.I.A.: Kala 27. Yo-Yo Ma: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet 28. Mastodon: Leviathan 29. Jason Moran: Black Stars 30. OutKast: Stankonia 31. Brad Paisley: 5th Gear 32. Panda Bear: Person Pitch 33. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand 34. The Postal Service: Give Up 35. Radiohead: In Rainbows 36. Radiohead: Kid A 37. Shakira: Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 38. Sigur Ros: ( ) 39. Britney Spears: In The Zone 40. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois 41. The Strokes: Is This It 42. The Swell Season: Once Soundtrack 43. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate: In The Heart Of The Moon 44. TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain 45. Various: Garden State Soundtrack 46. Various: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack 47. Kanye West: The College Dropout 48. The White Stripes: White Blood Cells 49. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 50. Amy Winehouse: Back To Black Podcast discussion... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=120326033 Edited November 18, 2009 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26630 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Beyonce? Kelly Clarkson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Reads more like the only 50 records somebody bought this decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Beyonce? Kelly Clarkson? Kelly Clarkson is there to represent the pop idol phenomenon which, whatever the quality, has had a huge impact on the music industry. Definitley important. She's the most critically acclaimed, longest lasting of all of them. I think Beyonce is just great. You're not a fan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26630 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) Beyonce? Kelly Clarkson? Kelly Clarkson is there to represent the pop idol phenomenon which, whatever the quality, has had a huge impact on the music industry. Definitley important. She's the most critically acclaimed, longest lasting of all of them. I think Beyonce is just great. You're not a fan? Obviously reality TV has certainly influenced the music industry but has it actually influenced music? I wouldn't say Clarkson's album deserves a spot in there, representative or not, in terms of music it's just not that important. And aye I like Beyonce as much as the next man but will people remember the album in another five years time? Most people wouldn't remember it now. Edited November 18, 2009 by ewerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 If we're talking influential 80s records (and even if we're not) I heard 'Egypt, Egypt' by Egyptian Lover for the first time in ages the other day on some random techno / electro mix. Fucking mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16883 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 If we're talking influential 80s records (and even if we're not) I heard 'Egypt, Egypt' by Egyptian Lover for the first time in ages the other day on some random techno / electro mix. Fucking mint. OOO Where, where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) If we're talking influential 80s records (and even if we're not) I heard 'Egypt, Egypt' by Egyptian Lover for the first time in ages the other day on some random techno / electro mix. Fucking mint. OOO Where, where? Just something I downloaded off a site where people stick on their mixes. I'll try and find the link (I've got it at home but I might be able to find it anyway). Edit: Btw, if you like that sort of thing you should download the absolutely classic mix (which you can only get on vinyl and cassette formats) NY vs. LA Beats. Reminds me of trying to breakdance on bits on lino. Edited November 18, 2009 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16883 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 If we're talking influential 80s records (and even if we're not) I heard 'Egypt, Egypt' by Egyptian Lover for the first time in ages the other day on some random techno / electro mix. Fucking mint. OOO Where, where? Just something I downloaded off a site where people stick on their mixes. I'll try and find the link (I've got it at home but I might be able to find it anyway). Edit: Btw, if you like that sort of thing you should download the absolutely classic mix (which you can only get on vinyl and cassette formats) NY vs. LA Beats. Reminds me of trying to breakdance on bits on lino. Mint, cheers Alex, ill have a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Love being able to just copy/paste people's suggestions from in here to Spotify and have instant access to a lot of albums. Technology eh? Ain't it marvellous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12807 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 If we're talking influential 80s records (and even if we're not) I heard 'Egypt, Egypt' by Egyptian Lover for the first time in ages the other day on some random techno / electro mix. Fucking mint. Love that 'On The Nile' album. How mint a song title is 'What is a DJ if he Can't Scratch?'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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