Songs that were first of a kind or started a sound?
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Being young when punk arrived I heard quite a lot of stuff that sounded like nothing I'd heard before around that time.
"Police and Thieves" - I'd never heard proper reggae before when this hit the charts in 1980 (?)
"baby i love you" the ramones - first thing i ever heard from them - and still my fave.
"Geno" DMR - soul was new to me then too v- especially this white boy from birmingham version
Ultravox - Hmmm.. yes I remember "Slow Motion" coming out and I loved it - bought everything by John Foxx fronted band - and Later JF solo material. They never sounded like Joy Division though, excellent as they were.
Scritti Pollitti - another band i remember as sounding like nothing i'd ever heard before - and they're playing live on radio 2 at the moment too. Still excellent
"Police and Thieves" - I'd never heard proper reggae before when this hit the charts in 1980 (?)
"baby i love you" the ramones - first thing i ever heard from them - and still my fave.
"Geno" DMR - soul was new to me then too v- especially this white boy from birmingham version
Ultravox - Hmmm.. yes I remember "Slow Motion" coming out and I loved it - bought everything by John Foxx fronted band - and Later JF solo material. They never sounded like Joy Division though, excellent as they were.
Scritti Pollitti - another band i remember as sounding like nothing i'd ever heard before - and they're playing live on radio 2 at the moment too. Still excellent
Boogie Boy
Rockin' on the 1210s
'Planet Rock' Afrika Bambaataa And Soul Sonic Force (August 1982)
Changed everything for me.
BB
Changed everything for me.
BB
RubberBuccaneer
Hedd Wyn
Major Tom said:
Hmm it was the bleakness.. 'I want to be a machine ' e.g.
'The Wild the Beautiful and the Damned'....syphillitic sores and Berlin alleyways.
Besides early JD was hardly an original sound.
AverageJoe
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Do Nirvana qualify for being the main instigator in Loud/Quiet stuff?
Boy George for the transgendered pop scene (maybe)?
Trent Reznor for inflicting Industrial on the masses (yes I *know* there were loads of bands before, but La Reznor was the one who influenced legions of bands. Or was it Gibby hayes. or was it the Ministry bloke)
Venom for thrash?
The BBC Stereophonic Workshop for bleeps etc?
Boy George for the transgendered pop scene (maybe)?
Trent Reznor for inflicting Industrial on the masses (yes I *know* there were loads of bands before, but La Reznor was the one who influenced legions of bands. Or was it Gibby hayes. or was it the Ministry bloke)
Venom for thrash?
The BBC Stereophonic Workshop for bleeps etc?
hammerntongues
Well-Known Member
Chickory Tip - Sons of my Father
I think was the first synth music to chart in 1972
( I just googled to see the date of release and was shocked to find that it was produced by Gorgio Moroder , I had no idea )
I think was the first synth music to chart in 1972
( I just googled to see the date of release and was shocked to find that it was produced by Gorgio Moroder , I had no idea )
RubberBuccaneer
Hedd Wyn
AverageJoe said:
No Bauhaus claimed that! Although bollocks IMO
But The Pixies did the shouty quiet thing before and I wouldn't say they were unique sounding ( brilliant as they are )
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
David Bowie?AverageJoe said:
AverageJoe said:
Trent Reznor *may* have been the person to bring Industrial to numerous American teenager's bedrooms (although I seem to recall Ferris Bueller having a Cabaret Voltaire poster in his bedroom), but nothing that he has done has been the first of a kind or created a sound.
My offering: DJ Zinc - 138 Trek
Before then UK Garage was all boompty bo-selectah stuff, but if you tuned into almost any pirate Garage station in 2000 you'd hear this tune within about 10 minutes. It kickstarted the tougher breakstep sound, whose influence can be heard in current Grime/Dubstep
AverageJoe
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Spandex said:
Spandex said:Granted
Trent Reznor *may* have been the person to bring Industrial to numerous American teenager's bedrooms (although I seem to recall Ferris Bueller having a Cabaret Voltaire poster in his bedroom), but nothing that he has done has been the first of a kind or created a sound.
Pchah! The guy is a visionary - five years ahead of his peers. As it should be.
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
Major Tom said:Being young when punk arrived I heard quite a lot of stuff that sounded like nothing I'd heard before around that time.
"Police and Thieves" - I'd never heard proper reggae before when this hit the charts in 1980 (?)
1977 (Clash cover). 1976 (original).
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
If you listen to the instrumental "On the run" on Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the moon" it sounds suspiciously techno-y for 1973.
brahaminda
...of the Mind
"1983/Moon Gently Turn The Tides" -Jimi Hendrix
Spawned the whole <simon reynolds>"Oceanic" Guitar rock thing</simon reynolds>
Spawned the whole <simon reynolds>"Oceanic" Guitar rock thing</simon reynolds>
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
Pugwall7 said:
I was going to cite it, but relented coz it would prompt too many "I hated the Beatles before you so I'm cooler" posts.
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
Major Tom said:
Must have been a rerelease, coz the original was definitely '76.
The insturmental stuff on Bowie's Low and Heroes must have been pretty groundbreaking at the time - I don't enough about Eno's output to know how much like Eno's solo stuff it sounds, maybe someone can put me straight on that.
Also - "Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads - it sounded really out there at the time. - and it was the first thing I'd ever heard by TH.
Also - "Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads - it sounded really out there at the time. - and it was the first thing I'd ever heard by TH.
brahaminda
...of the Mind
Major Tom said:
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