2 posts tagged “life changing”
Audio: Show us five CDs or albums that changed your life.
Submitted by redhotmomma.
What a great question! I figure, the best way to answer a question like this is to just take the first albums that pop into your head.
My favorite band of all time is The Clash. I had the biggest crush on Paul Simenon and Joe Strummer. They changed my life. I sometimes trip out on how music and musicians have this power to inform their audience. The Clash were and are so amazing. They sang about politics. They were influenced by so many different sounds and were not afraid to incorporate it into their music (particularly reggae). They were not afraid to stand up and talk about what they believed. I was so young when I first started obsessing about them. I was young and impressionable. But they helped me take a broader look at the world around me. I guess, that is what Live Earth attempted to do. I am not sure they made their point. Sometimes, it only takes one band, that you are totally in love with, to reach out and help you see that other things matter, not just the bubble you live in. When Joe Strummer died back in December 2002, I was so crushed. I remembered how when Kurt Cobain died, I was sad but not as affected as a lot of my classmates, but when Joe Strummer died, I understood how all those people felt. People felt that way about John Lennon... I guess, I was born in the wrong time. I can honestly say, he was one of my heroes.
Paul Weller - do I need to say anything about Paul Weller? He's amazing. I have him on a pedestal. My friend, Andres, is a lot more obsessed about him than I am but whatever. This first solo album pretty much blew my mind. How long was it after the last Style Council album? He just took off on this one and amazed so many people...your's truly included. And ever since then...well, I cannot get enough of him. Plus, I have this Curtis Mayfield video (yes, VHS) and guess who's interviewing him? that's right, Paul Weller. I would love to sit and just listen to Paul Weller talk about music into the wee hours with a bottle of whisky and cigarettes.
Madness - well, I was and still am a "rude girl." I listened to a lot of ska and two-tone. But my favorite band in that scene is Madness. I was really happy when they were touring. I talked my friend into driving to San Diego with me so we could watch them at the House of Blues. All on a school night. I still love listening to ska. It reminds me of a really happy time in my life. It's all about skanking it out. Plus the guys in Madness were such hooligans. My love for the "bad boy." hee hee..but every girl has that!
De La Soul - I was never a big hip-hop head. But I heard De La Soul is Dead and it was, and is, just incredible. What was the story behind the album? I want to say it was at a time where hip-hop was in transition and there was a lot of crap coming out on the radio. They were making a statement. Is this right? someone correct me. This IS my favorite De La Soul album. I still have it on cassette. The skits were hilarious. The music was real and honest. But they also through in "Saturday" which makes me want to strap on my roller skates and hit the rink. Amazing album.
Sleater-Kinney - My second most favorite band of all time. This is the band I followed one year as they toured California. It was for the "Hot Rock" album. My friend, Jessica, loved them and got me really into them. I remember this story I read when Janet Weiss met Joe Strummer and it was Halloween. She handed him a pumpkin carved with his face or something. Two of the most incredible musicians together sharing a strange moment. You have to love it. After Sleater-Kinney broke up, I was talking to another friend about why I loved them so much and I remember telling her that I felt like as Sleater-Kinney's songs represented where I was mentally and emotionally through the years. We are about the same age. Their songs really reflected where I was and sometimes, I like to go back there. I am a very strong, independent girl. I am not a hardcore feminist. But I know, how I am, intimidates and honestly, freaks boys out. How can a girl be that way? Well, listen to the Sleater-Kinney catalog. It's intelligent, informed, strong, feminine, vulnerable, independent, passionate, and a lot of other qualities that make up each and every one of us.
(When I first met my friend, Berik, he commented that I was "mad about [my] music." I, sheepishly said, "yes..." but after writing this...I am pretty mad about my music..well, at least the bands I love love love)
My favorite band of all time is The Clash. I had the biggest crush on Paul Simenon and Joe Strummer. They changed my life. I sometimes trip out on how music and musicians have this power to inform their audience. The Clash were and are so amazing. They sang about politics. They were influenced by so many different sounds and were not afraid to incorporate it into their music (particularly reggae). They were not afraid to stand up and talk about what they believed. I was so young when I first started obsessing about them. I was young and impressionable. But they helped me take a broader look at the world around me. I guess, that is what Live Earth attempted to do. I am not sure they made their point. Sometimes, it only takes one band, that you are totally in love with, to reach out and help you see that other things matter, not just the bubble you live in. When Joe Strummer died back in December 2002, I was so crushed. I remembered how when Kurt Cobain died, I was sad but not as affected as a lot of my classmates, but when Joe Strummer died, I understood how all those people felt. People felt that way about John Lennon... I guess, I was born in the wrong time. I can honestly say, he was one of my heroes.
Paul Weller - do I need to say anything about Paul Weller? He's amazing. I have him on a pedestal. My friend, Andres, is a lot more obsessed about him than I am but whatever. This first solo album pretty much blew my mind. How long was it after the last Style Council album? He just took off on this one and amazed so many people...your's truly included. And ever since then...well, I cannot get enough of him. Plus, I have this Curtis Mayfield video (yes, VHS) and guess who's interviewing him? that's right, Paul Weller. I would love to sit and just listen to Paul Weller talk about music into the wee hours with a bottle of whisky and cigarettes.
Madness - well, I was and still am a "rude girl." I listened to a lot of ska and two-tone. But my favorite band in that scene is Madness. I was really happy when they were touring. I talked my friend into driving to San Diego with me so we could watch them at the House of Blues. All on a school night. I still love listening to ska. It reminds me of a really happy time in my life. It's all about skanking it out. Plus the guys in Madness were such hooligans. My love for the "bad boy." hee hee..but every girl has that!
De La Soul - I was never a big hip-hop head. But I heard De La Soul is Dead and it was, and is, just incredible. What was the story behind the album? I want to say it was at a time where hip-hop was in transition and there was a lot of crap coming out on the radio. They were making a statement. Is this right? someone correct me. This IS my favorite De La Soul album. I still have it on cassette. The skits were hilarious. The music was real and honest. But they also through in "Saturday" which makes me want to strap on my roller skates and hit the rink. Amazing album.
Sleater-Kinney - My second most favorite band of all time. This is the band I followed one year as they toured California. It was for the "Hot Rock" album. My friend, Jessica, loved them and got me really into them. I remember this story I read when Janet Weiss met Joe Strummer and it was Halloween. She handed him a pumpkin carved with his face or something. Two of the most incredible musicians together sharing a strange moment. You have to love it. After Sleater-Kinney broke up, I was talking to another friend about why I loved them so much and I remember telling her that I felt like as Sleater-Kinney's songs represented where I was mentally and emotionally through the years. We are about the same age. Their songs really reflected where I was and sometimes, I like to go back there. I am a very strong, independent girl. I am not a hardcore feminist. But I know, how I am, intimidates and honestly, freaks boys out. How can a girl be that way? Well, listen to the Sleater-Kinney catalog. It's intelligent, informed, strong, feminine, vulnerable, independent, passionate, and a lot of other qualities that make up each and every one of us.
(When I first met my friend, Berik, he commented that I was "mad about [my] music." I, sheepishly said, "yes..." but after writing this...I am pretty mad about my music..well, at least the bands I love love love)
