thekidsgirl said:

@ your signature!

Just to share
Some other albums I've picked up from the suggestions on the org include...

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

your sig's pretty funny if not completely hypnotic with all those faces
I love it!

I wrote this thread about it:

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/187019

She has an amazing voice and they managed to make a New Wave Record that really matters

Oh yeah, I actually created a thread kind of like this one where I asked for people to suggest albums that would take my ass on a ride and after I bought a few suggestions I posted the ass-ride the reviews thread:

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/139226

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Oh thanks! and BTW, Im already hip to Goldfrapp!!
but I love these suggestions

iight i'll give u some albums that have influenced me recently






massive attack blue lines


Gutterflowers goo goo dolls


i'll try to think of more
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I forgot about that. You bought my Bloodletting

TommyRoss said:

I sure did and I LOVED IT!

thekidsgirl said:

Didn't have time to write anythin' so....
Anyway, this is the best album the Bros Johnson put out. It's full of funky grooves. To me, this is the Brothers Johnson at their peak. Louis' playing is superb and George is doin' his thang on vox and gee-tarrrr. There are no fillers on the album (well, except the short intro-ish part to side two of the album, Rocket Countdown/Blastoff, but that's not really a song so...).
Contains such gems as Blam!!, Ain't We Funkin', Ride-O-Rocket and Mista' Cool. This album might be hard to find on cd but you can get it on vinyl at GEMM.Com. Definitely worth owning.
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FuNkeNsteiN said:

Oh ok cool! I never heard of them, but I like funky music and that cover is very cool. I just got a record player so I'll try to hunt it down for a good price

JackieBlue said:

y'all made me bust this out and listen this morning...love it.

sosgemini said:

You're the reason why I bought it!

sextonseven said:

i am?

how so?..

sextonseven said:

Sextonseven thanks for giving thekidsgirl a review. I didn't have time to myself and I just love this album. Hard to believe it's near a decade old now but sounds timeless to me.

sosgemini said:

You told me to get it. I forget exactly in what context. I think we were talking about Van Hunt's "Mean Sleep" duet with Nikka Costa and the original by Cree came up and I hadn't heard it and asked how the album was and you said it I should definitely pick it up. But I agree, that album is hot!

Ok peeps, I listened to a sample of Cree Summer's Street Fairie, and that album is GREAT! Thank you for suggesting it everybody! now I just have to manage to find it at the store

Deliciously Down is a favorite so far. now I just gotta get my head around all the other suggestions. You guys are the best!

sosgemini said:

Intersting that u guys like this cd. I have NOT listened since it 1st came out but I donn't recall like this cd at ALL. maybe I need 2 listen again.

Can is one of the most publically unknown, but artistically influential bands of modern times. This album was created in 1973 and still is more progressive than most things that are being released today. It's truly timeless.

thekidsgirl said:

OMG, I loooove Deliciously Down. I think that might be my favorite. Miss Moon is good too. The other day I was driving with my iPod on shuffle and Curious White Boy came on. The guitar at the end is killer!

Glad you like it.

TommyRoss said:

Good one and good sell.

I've already harped on this being my 'album of the year' but as for why...

Mostly, it's just a collection of great songs. Songs, it appears, that no one has heard. And songs might be putting it too loosely: more often than not, the song's finish sounds nothing like the song's beginning. It's a rollercoaster ride. Its a pretty organic sounding rock album. But sensitive. Despite the musical excursions sending you all over the map, the album is consistent, cohesive. They can be trippy without being plastic.

You know, I've held 2 jobs in my life that required pitching; I failed miserably at them. I reckon it just comes down to this being the only album I bought this year that I couldn't let get too far from me, the only disc that I couldn't file away, the one I'm still listening to a year on.

bc

I had so many musical influences growing up. My mother was into stuff like the Eagles, The Doobie Brothers, Credence Clearwater. My father was into stuff like Earth Wind and Fire, Chaka Khan, Elton John. My aunt was into stuff like The Carpenters, Helen Ready, John Denver plus I was a kid in the 70s so I loved disco and what is now considered "old school" and then there were the "oldies from when my mother was young that the gang members I grew up around always listened to. Then there was the hard rock and metal that my cousin and neighbor used to listen to. I got a little of everything growing up.

But I steered clear of rock music for a few reasons. Growing up in the church, you know they really don't take to kindly to rock Plus my neighbor and my cousin and his friends that were into that music, well they were total drugheads so I always associated rock music with "sin" because of the church and that was just exacerbated by the fact that the people I knew who were into rock were also into drugs so that music quite frankly scared me growing up.

So I entered my adult life without a connection to Rock music and so I wanted to recommend THE ALBUM that broke down that barrier for me:





I had heard so many great things about the Smashing Pumpkins so when I was browsing the used section at the Warehouse, I saw it on sale for $5.99 and decided that wasn't a huge sacrifice if I didn't like it so I decided to check it out. I was living alone at the time and I got stoned right before listening to it and I was astounded at what I heard. I even cried at how beautiful it was. This album opened up a whole new world of music to me.....the world of alternative rock and that door opened up other doors and my new found joy led me to other artists such as Tricky, Bjork and PJ Harvey all of which are amazing artists.

The album opens up subltely and then takes off.....!!!! The guitar 3 minutes 10 seconds in evokes so many different feelings, joy, freedom, elation....a sense of flying. Lyrically this album is amazing. Vulnerable and guarded, Billy Corgan explores the deepness of his pain and sadness with such amazing integrity. However Billy can be difficult to understand at times so I would recommend that you google the lyrics and keep them handy for when you listen because understanding the words is really key to how amazing these songs are. For me, it's very exciting to be able to pinpoint the one album that changed the course of my musical life for the better. Before it I had been closed off to a world which I wouldn't even consider. After that door opened, I broadened my musical horizons and my life is so much richer because of that

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

good one.

GangstaFam said:

I suck at trying to explain music but I like describing how it makes me feel

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

You're good at it.

You seriously need to pick up these now.


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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Wow.

I don't remember exactly what was the first big rock album I bought. I think I sort of eased into it. Maybe Living Colour's 'Vivid'. I was looking for some funk mixed with hard rock and after buying Mazarati, da'Krash and Dan Reed Network, I wanted something that pushed the envelope a little more.

GangstaFam said:

Is that Michael Meyers?!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Nope. I think it's a closeup of James Iha.

GangstaFam said:

is that Pisces Iscariot?