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Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

RFNAPLES — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:49:11 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/13/2009 12:49

Mashed Potato, wasn't that a dance done to Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time" and James Brown's "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" and "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A." songs? It was similar to the Halloween seasonal of Bobby Pickett's "Monster Mash."

Maybe we should use more of the emoticons. �'�

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

ffudnebbuh — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:40:07 GMT

Author: ffudnebbuh

Posted: 10/13/2009 12:40

Great, I love that people are so passionate about music, it is the greatest thing in the world for me...Mostly, I am interested and fascinated in how other people experience music. I can get just as excited about "Black saint and the sinner lady" as I can about Streisands version of "Who will buy"(from her second album.) or R. Strauss' "Four Last Songs"

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

joannajewsom — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:37:55 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/13/2009 12:37

ffudnebbuh wrote:

This is my first ever forum on any topic, I hate email, I hate communication that is not face to face, you don't hear vocal inflections, etc is someone being sarcastic, serious, sincere, which word in the sentence is being emphasized? There can be so much ambiguity, how does someone define a word? You have to spend 5 pages understanding exactly what someone is saying... Many times, I am not sure what someone is saying, for me, ..I think that that is the problem with this medium..and I am don't communicate well in this medium.

Yeah, that's a common problem on these forums and pretty much anywhere on the internet, especially defining terms. You get like 5 pages into a thread, then you're like, wait, how are you defining mashed potatoes?

Sorry your first forum went down a rough path. Sheesh. Keep posting. Trust me. It's not the norm for things to get this ugly.

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

ffudnebbuh — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:23:23 GMT

Author: ffudnebbuh

Posted: 10/13/2009 12:23

I am getting better at it but I this medium doesm't come natural to me.

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

ffudnebbuh — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:57:19 GMT

Author: ffudnebbuh

Posted: 10/13/2009 11:57

This is my first ever forum on any topic, I hate email, I hate communication that is not face to face, you don't hear vocal inflections, etc is someone being sarcastic, serious, sincere, which word in the sentence is being emphasized? There can be so much ambiguity, how does someone define a word? You have to spend 5 pages understanding exactly what someone is saying... Many times, I am not sure what someone is saying, for me, ..I think that that is the problem with this medium..and I am don't communicate well in this medium.

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

ffudnebbuh — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:43:00 GMT

Author: ffudnebbuh

Posted: 10/13/2009 11:43

joannajewsom wrote:

ffudnebbuh wrote:

The point of my original post("most influential album since Nevermind") was that I value the opinion of your generation

To be fair, saying stuff like "so what gives you this special expertise?..being 15, being a non musician, not having a degree from a major university in music?" doesn't make it sound like you value the opinion of anyone.

That's why I apologized, I was over the top

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

ffudnebbuh — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:42:27 GMT

Author: ffudnebbuh

Posted: 10/13/2009 11:42

joannajewsom wrote:

ffudnebbuh wrote:

It occurred to me last night that we were arguing about different topics...when I was discussing recollections and speculations, I was talking about my list of influential albums(which is a decent list) and that is what I thought you were talking about, but somewhere in the muddle, I think that you were talking about the John Lennon comment about Elvis and the Beatles and recollection/speculation which is when the conversation switched to original/derivative.. and then I had to switch to that but wasn't sure if that was part of your recollection/speculation argument. I think that we kept talking past each other.

I sincerely respect everyone's opinion on each issue although I still disagree with your definitions of originality and derivation and I at least will have to respectfully disagree with you. It is obvious that you are passionate and your ideas are probably thoughtful and well considered. I think that all opinions and valuable on this website. The point of my original post("most influential album since Nevermind") was that I value the opinion of your generation and that your generation can provide me with a more nuanced understanding of the drivers and influences of the music of the last 15 years since...can add more dimensional than just my objective response to the music.
So, if anything I said was over the top or disrespectful, Joannajewsom, I apologize...it was not my intention and was out of the ordinary for me, not my style.

Apology accepted and appreciated. I would also like to apologize for being disrespectful. I got really out of hand and just kept pushing the more you pushed. Don't blame yourself too much. I'm usually good at pushing the right buttons. I'm sure Mother would be proud 🙁 .

Thanks

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

Magnus — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:44:11 GMT

Author: Magnus

Posted: 10/12/2009 21:44

The problem with this question is that it's too general. There have been many influential albums since Nevermind, but all have influenced very different things. And then there's the idea of whether or not they have been a positive of negative influence.

Loveless (which did techinically come after Nevermind) is highly influential in the shoegazing, and while the shoegazing genre itself pretty much died in the 90s, many bands have been incorporated pieces of that genre into their work. However, unlike Nevermind, Loveless wasn't really this big pop-succuess.

Dookie by Green Day may not critically loved that much, but there's no denying that it had a strong influence on the pop-punk genre and helped popularize bands like Offspring, Blink-182, etc. And then of course, much of so called "emo" bands like Fall Out Boy are highly influenced by those bands. Of course, many would say that those band hurt music, thus Dookie's impact was negative. But it had a strong impact nonetheless.

To me, the closest album to Nevermind since Nevermind is Is This It. Nevermind to me wasn't really like all the other grunge albums out there, but nevertheless the succuess of Nevermind helped fuel the succuess of rest of grunge. It also didn't come out before a lot of those albums (Ten for instance was released months before Nevermind, though didn't start to become popular until after Nevermind). Also, Nevermind not only broke through the grunge genre but the alternative genre as a whole, even though much other alternative music wasn't like Nevermind.

Is This It is simliar to Nevermind in that regard. It wasn't the first garage-rock revival album (White Stripes already had I believe 3 albums before Is This It came out), but it was the one that made the genre popular. It also broke through the indie scene more than any other "indie" album did, even though a lot of indie music doesn't sound anything like The Strokes. Of course, Is This It impact was not nearly as strong as Nevermind's.

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

joannajewsom — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:02:23 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/12/2009 21:02

ffudnebbuh wrote:

The point of my original post("most influential album since Nevermind") was that I value the opinion of your generation

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

1234567890 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:19:13 GMT

Author: 1234567890

Posted: 10/12/2009 20:19

ffudnebbuh wrote:

The point of my original post("most influential album since Nevermind") was that I value the opinion of your generation

well, thats my generation. fyi

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

joannajewsom — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:32:05 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/12/2009 18:32

ffudnebbuh wrote:

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

ffudnebbuh — Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:44:18 GMT

Author: ffudnebbuh

Posted: 10/09/2009 19:44

joannajewsom wrote:

RFNAPLES wrote:

joannajewsom wrote:

...may God have mercy on your soul.

Oh the irony, from a self-professed Jewish atheist. :roll:

Link

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

RFNAPLES — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:15:41 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/08/2009 19:15

Pax Dómini sit semper vobíscum.

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

joannajewsom — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:12:47 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/08/2009 19:12

RFNAPLES wrote:

joannajewsom wrote:

...may God have mercy on your soul.

Oh the irony, from a self-professed Jewish atheist. :roll:

Link

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

RFNAPLES — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:02:06 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/08/2009 19:02

joannajewsom wrote:

...may God have mercy on your soul.

Oh the irony, from a self-professed Jewish atheist. 🙄

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

ffudnebbuh — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:53:45 GMT

Author: ffudnebbuh

Posted: 10/08/2009 18:53

joannajewsom wrote:

One last thing.

ffudnebbuh wrote:

of course everything is derivative

ffudnebbuh wrote:

many composers/artists are derivative, but the people who changed the direction of music were not.

Debating Rule #1: Work out your contradictions in your own head before you enter into a debate; otherwise, you will refute your own claim and undermine your argument.

Ageist remarks (almost a decade off on my age, by the way), sexist remarks, ad hominem attacks (especially when based on false assumptions), thought-terminating cliches, appeals to faux-authorities (being alive during a certain period doesn't guarantee that someone will understand and be knowledgeable of the historical significance of the events going on around them; nor does older=right), making claims without providing reasoning-- these tactics fall into a realm of anti-intellectuality, we'll call it, that is infinitely more abysmal than any claim you can make about what is happening in U.S. public schools, making the irony of your statements terribly devastating and sad. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

snore

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

Detroit Rock Citizen — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 13:41:18 GMT

Author: Detroit Rock Citizen

Posted: 10/08/2009 17:41

joannajewsom wrote:

Curious, what makes you think I don't enjoy the music?

i think you two need to get a room 🤣

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

Anonymous — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:26:52 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/08/2009 16:26

Anton Newcombe, while a talented musician, is being a little delusional there. Of the many bands I was trying to think of who could have influenced the White Stripes, Strokes, Hives, Vines thing since Nevermind not once did I think "Brian-Jonestown Massacre". The more I think about it the more I think those bands were pulling from beyond Nevermind, probably because they were tired of Radiohead people?[/quote]

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

joannajewsom — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:26:52 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/08/2009 12:26

One last thing.

ffudnebbuh wrote:

of course everything is derivative

ffudnebbuh wrote:

many composers/artists are derivative, but the people who changed the direction of music were not.

Re: What is the most influential album since "Nevermind&quo

ffudnebbuh — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:26:04 GMT

Author: ffudnebbuh

Posted: 10/08/2009 12:26

let me guess, you want be a philosophy major and then law...how exciting for you...
START ENJOYING THE MUSIC