what song are you listening to?.... thread...

[Savy]

They're unique for one thing. Innovative (for their time). And very talented; arguably two of the best guitarists in rock history and one of the top three drummers.

Are they unique? They may have been at the time but at any point in the past 25 years? It's like when you watch a really old film that people rave about because it did so many new hugely influential things but when you watch it you've already seen it done hundreds of times and some of those times better.

Rating guitarists and drummers is a bit childish and just takes things off topic. They're considered great because people like them to me who doesn't really like them it's pretty irrelevant. Innovation is also very of it's time. How influential a band/album is isn't really all that relevant to how much I like them.

I dunno a lot of bands that you hear people rave about ultimately aren't going to do that much for you but when you do find stuff it's great. Especially because there has been enough time for that music to sew its seed into other bands around and it gives you a whole trail of new shit you might be into.

The first time I heard this comes to mind.

[Poopadoop]

Of course no-one will ever be able to touch Paco on the guitar.

[Poopadoop]

Are they unique?

Well I don't know any band that sounds like them. A lot were influenced by them though afterwards but it's not really the genre I'm into (more of a hard rock than heavy metal guy myself). Some of the innovations were using weird time signatures like 5/4 time and whatever that almost no-one ever even would try.

[Savy]

Well I don't know any band that sounds like them. A lot were influenced by them though afterwards but it's not really the genre I'm into (more of a hard rock than heavy metal guy myself). Some of the innovations were using weird time signatures like 5/4 time and whatever that almost no-one ever even would try.

Then listen to all the hard rock and blues bands influenced by them rather than the metal ones?

[Poopadoop]

Then listen to all the hard rock and blues bands influenced by them rather than the metal ones?

I think it was mostly metal bands that tried to take after them, and most of those sound a bit shit to me. Blues is kinda dead in rock since the 70s, apart from bands like the Stones who were more R&B than straight blues.

[Savy]

I think it was mostly metal bands that tried to take after them, and most of those sound a bit shit to me. Blues is kinda dead in rock since the 70s, apart from bands like the Stones who were more R&B than straight blues.

Ain't my style of music so I can't really suggest anything (all that comes to mind is wolfmother) but if you're interested I can guarantee thousands of websites that will have great suggestions on exactly this.

[Poopadoop]

Ain't my style of music so I can't really suggest anything (all that comes to mind is wolfmother) but if you're interested I can guarantee thousands of websites that will have great suggestions on exactly this.

Thanks I will check that out.

Tbf, it's kinda hard for a band to directly influence other bands much beyond their own decade. For example, no-one today would try to write a Beatles type song because it would just sound weird, even though they were insanely popular in their day.

The types of bands LedZep influenced for the good were AC/DC or Van Halen because they had songs that were melodic but with an edge. A lot of the bands just mimicked the edge part (metal bands) and that rarely worked imo.

[OngBonga]

The Who are fucking great, so much better than Zepp.

The Real Me is a great song, too.

[Savy]

Tbf, it's kinda hard for a band to directly influence other bands much beyond their own decade. For example, no-one today would try to write a Beatles type song because it would just sound weird, even though they were insanely popular in their day.

Nah it's not. To be fair I'd say 10 years after a band is big is probably like the peak time to hear the influence of that music from kids who were young teenagers to being in their mid twenties.

Also you have to remember that parents music is pretty influential on kids, people of my generation will have had parents who grew up at the time of Led Zeppelin and are still really into them.

[Poopadoop]

Rating guitarists and drummers is a bit childish and just takes things off topic. They're considered great because people like them

When a bunch of people agree someone is great at an instrument, it's usually because they are.

I mean here's a song I don't particularly like, but no-one can deny both the bass and drum playing is from another planet.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Dinosaur Jr.

Wow. This takes me back to high school.

Their cover of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" still stands out as brilliant, yet trashy.

J Mascis is fairly amazing to witness, or he was 20 years ago. I haven't kept up.
His vocal styling has subdued melodies, or is just straight-up punk, depending on the song.
His guitar work underneath it all is mind-blowing, though. It took me a few listens to realize just how much he's doing behind those vocals.
If I hadn't bridged the gap between the vocalist and guitarist being the same guy, I probably never would have turned on to Dinosaur Jr.
(That cover I mention doesn't really highlight his guitar skills)

[Savy]

Wow. This takes me back to high school.

Their cover of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" still stands out as brilliant, yet trashy.

J Mascis is fairly amazing to witness, or he was 20 years ago. I haven't kept up.
His vocal styling has subdued melodies, or is just straight-up punk, depending on the song.
His guitar work underneath it all is mind-blowing, though. It took me a few listens to realize just how much he's doing behind those vocals.
If I hadn't bridged the gap between the vocalist and guitarist being the same guy, I probably never would have turned on to Dinosaur Jr.
(That cover I mention doesn't really highlight his guitar skills)

Check this out, one of his solo albums. I really like it, he has a more recent album out but I've never listened to it.