tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15785348.post8862249720525232082..comments2023-12-29T20:02:47.059-05:00Comments on Circle Of Fits: The 100 Most Influential Albums: A ResponseSeanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407390298942351451noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15785348.post-8528673293515767572013-03-12T17:58:23.061-04:002013-03-12T17:58:23.061-04:00I agree with Sean Coleman. Great analysis!I agree with Sean Coleman. Great analysis!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784693206490044434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15785348.post-62643485831177189902013-02-26T23:15:59.922-05:002013-02-26T23:15:59.922-05:00Hey man, glad to throw my humble 2 cents your way ...Hey man, glad to throw my humble 2 cents your way while you were compiling the list. Between 1963 and 1971 a lot of exceptional things happened as rock went through tumultuous puberty and grew to become an insane teenager. Since then, there has really only been a consolidation of what came before. The imagination that fueled the best of music from that period has been replaced by button pushing. Sure, there have been a lot of tributaries from the mainstream (some being pretty interesting diversions, too) but there is little in modern music that brings the element of surprise to the table. It's all pretty predictable. Even the so-called shock bands/artists are snore-worthy, cartoonish and only appeal to kids who haven't been exposed to enough music yet. Imagine tapping your foot to Perry Como's latest release and then having Little Richard dropped in your ear. It would be incredibly jarring if your only experience with music up to that point was safe, polished and bland pop or country. I think that we have just reached a saturation point with the sheer availability of music. Lists can digress into subjective territory, but I think that this one is solid in terms of how influential these records were. Sean Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948887847361064889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15785348.post-38098988843533187172013-02-26T17:29:06.539-05:002013-02-26T17:29:06.539-05:00Thank You so Much Derek.I guess I'd take off D...Thank You so Much Derek.I guess I'd take off Deep Purple-Machine Head, because Blues For the Red Sun is a Genre Starter..so that leaves room for one more......Seanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407390298942351451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15785348.post-68918910290532676332013-02-26T16:52:27.886-05:002013-02-26T16:52:27.886-05:00This was awesome, just posted on Facebook as well....This was awesome, just posted on Facebook as well. I think, as I wrote there, in the right hands music lists aren't about creating a definite tome of what is absolute, but help provide a spark for a greater conversation about the subject in general. It's not about the answer, it's in the question that lies the true knowledge. I'll bullet point some of my thoughts below, but again, thanks for taking the time and effort to make the list, it's excellent to see the thought process some, it's almost like we're hanging in a shop or basement duking out opinions, which is great.<br /><br />- I feel the need to fight for "my" generation's music. I have that in quotes because good music transcends age, but production technique, style, etc can't be overlooked. Back to the point though, I feel like most my age (33) don't care about music anymore either, and did even less so than the generation before me. I also feel lucky to be the age I am. I was born in-between two worlds, I'm not GenX, and am certainly not a f^cking millennial. I'm as comfortable with a joystick as I am with a turntable, and try to be a bridge between the two.<br /><br />- Who'd I take off? I love desert rock as much as anyone, but no way any Kyuss album influenced as many of today's artists as did Yo La Tengo or GBV - those two basically defined what a lot of "indie rock" is. As for JDilla, I'd say Saturday Night Fever. That was a product of influences, that yes, became a huge influence, but it wasn't the spark. JDilla made the blueprint on how to produce modern hip-hop, and if he didn't die so young, would still be pushing that game. HE was an influencer, not influenced. All my opinion though, the list really doesn't have too many holes, and the more I look, the more compete it seems. People who love music take it so personal because it IS, so when people don't see their favorite album they grab a pitchfork and scream.<br /><br />- Technology. I originally went to college as a music industry major. Music's always been my #1 passion, but this was also the time of Napster, and I saw that the industry was built w/dinosaur legs and wouldn't be able to walk into the future. I've tried to have music stay a part of my life personally and professionally since though, I can't help it. My skills as a musician pale like an albino bat compared to my love for it - and that's why I research and engulf myself in it so much, seems like air to me. That said, I too feel in a state of being behind - but love that! If I only listened to music that was released before 1979 I'd never finish, and that's great. Music isn't a video game - there's no way to "beat" it. It's ok for it to change, we just need to continue to champion and fight the good fight to influence as much as we can. The age of the LP's gone, we're back to the single like in the 60's it'll come back again. I think bands doing things w/tech is cool, Dan Deacon created an app people could download and then interact live with his set at live shows, that's pretty immersive and rad. But I'm also a vinyl-head, and there's other young people getting hip to this as well, it's a medium that's defeated all challengers, and don't see it dying because true musicians and fans want their shit pressed on it.<br /><br />Because of technology the whole world's being segmented, which is good and bad. It'll allow certain things to flourish - but the lack of things like this, active discussions suck - the internet's not good at that, and that's where i miss the record store vibe, and why I wrote this: www.theunexcused.com/dr-oldies_southern_new_england_rock_n_roll_collectors_convention/<br /><br />Good God, I'm starting to not make sense, in long, just thanks - it's nice to nerd out on this stuff, I may be a buffalo myself.<br /><br />Huzzah, I've got it! :)Derek-Digitalhttp://theunexcused.comnoreply@blogger.com