Great choices Jim. My music discovering years started ten years earlier so my choices are mostly from those years. Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Genesis - Nursery crime Yes - Yessongs Ayreon - Universe live Nightwish - Showtime Storytime live Tangerine Dream - Ricochet Neil Young - Harvest David Sylvian - Gone to earth Klaus Schulze - X Holst - The Planets Of course I have to mention Deep Purple - Made in Japan. Jethro Tull - Songs from the wood. U2 - the unforgettable fire. Depeche Mode - Some great reward.
The albums that have enhanced my musical journey 1. Deep Purple - In Rock 2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 3. Yes - Close to the Edge 4. Tangerine Dream - Ricochet 5. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine 6. Simple Minds - Son's and Fascination 7. Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness and Charm 8. Leftfield - Leftism 9 Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children 10. Tool - Lateralus and many, many more both rock, progressive and electronica. Great channel Jim. Thank you.
I completely agree with you on Deep Purple - In Rock, Tangerine Dream - Ricochet, Kraftwerk - The Man Machine and Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination (to which I'll add its additional album Sister Feelings Call since it was considered as a double album).
Hey Jim! Well like you said this seems to be the topic of the week. I knew IM would be one of your choices. It's amazing how music and certain bands have changed our lives. Great vid Jim, thanks for sharing!👍🎵🎼🎶😎
Great List Jim! I am much older than you, so I started my serious listening in 1968 with The Beatles (I was eleven). White Album - Beatles Who's Next - Who Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull Fragile - Yes Trick of the Tail/Selling England - Genesis Greetings from Asbury Park - Springsteen My Aim is True - Elvis Costello Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay The Raven Who Refused to Sing - Steven Wilson Whirlwind - Transatlantic Honorable Mentions: Blood on the Tracks - Dylan / Low Spark - Traffic / August and Everything - Counting Crows/ Back to Bedlam - James Blunt.
It’s good to see your most evolving and changing over time. I’m going to make another video talking about music over my entire life, not just the teenage years. That will be interesting!
Jim, after watching the vid i was surprised you didn't have Going For The One. The emotions that poured out of you while listening to Awaken was what i expected. The kite was a surprising bonus which made that vid one of your best! FOREVER YES❗️❗️❗️😎
My own list : 1 - Genesis - Seconds out 2 - King Crimson - In the court of the crimson king 3 - Talk Talk - The color of spring 4 - Mike Oldfield - Crises 5 - Radiohead - Ok computer 6 - Supertramp - Crime of the century 7 - Tears for fears - Songs from the big chair 8 - Marillion - Brave 9 - Fish - Vigil in the wilderness of mirrors 10 - Simple Minds - New gold dream 81-82-83-84 11 - Depeche Mode. - Black celebration 12 - U2 - The Joshua tree 13 - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms 14 - AC/DC - Back in black 15 - Massive Attack - Mezzanine 16 - Steven Wilson - Hand cannot erase 17 - Porcupine tree - Signify 18 - Peter Gabriel - So 19 - Genesis - Invisible touch 20 - Genesis - The lamb lies down on Broadway
As per the title not necessarily my favourite albums now but hit hard at the timeIn order of first hearing them 1. Bruce Springsteen and the e-street band - live 75-85 2. Sting - ten summoners tales 3. Oasis - definitely maybe 4. The stone roses - the stone roses 5. The prodigy - the fat of the land 6. Syd Barrett - the madcap laughs 7. The who - live at Leeds 8. Ryan Adams - gold 9. Gregory Alan Isakov - this empty northern hemisphere 10. King gizzard and the lizard wizard - ice,death planets, lava and mushrooms
Impressive list indeed, Jim, thanks for sharing. My list of life changing albums, although after very difficult choices to exclude some favourites. In no particular order; 1. Rust In Peace, Megadeth 2. Ride The Lightning, Metallica 3. Piece Of Mind, Iron Maiden 4. BadMotorFinger, Soundgarden 5. Reign In Blood, Slayer 6. The Edges of Twighlight, The Tea Party 7. Lateralus, Tool 8. Love Over Gold, Dire Straits 9. Dirt, Alice in Chains 10. Angel Dust, Faith No More Honorary mention to a few relatively recent albums…at least into my middle aged years 😊 Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye, Mastodon From Mars to Sirius and The Way of All Flesh, Gojira 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@BlindSniperz totally agree, such an underrated band, although popular in the ‘underground’ music scene here in Australia in the 90s and early 00s. That blend of middle eastern and other world music with rock… no one else does it better 👍🏼
Great list. I love that Mezzanine album also! I'm not sure I could put together a full list of 10. I was probably 16-17 before I began to have the means to explore my own music tastes and I certainly wasn't buying full albums before then. I love the bit you said about most of your music choices being dark, heavy and oppressive. As you're well aware that covers a lot of ground with me as well.
So Jim, you mentioned all these bands were before launching your channel. Maybe I'm pre-empting here but I would be interested to know what music has changed your life as a result of your First Reaction channel? In other words new bands and / or undiscovered albums? Would this be an option for another video from you?
Enjoyed your vid immensely! I absolutely love every single one of your picks, cherish those albums! Cook to see The The, so unique and memorable, dig their entire catalog. Led Zeppelin - same Black Sabbath - Paranoid Beatles - "red" and "blue" anthologies (double albums) Ramones - same Cure - Disintegration U2 - Boy Metallica - Kill 'Em All Iron Maiden - same AC/DC - Let There Be Rock Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Honorable Mentions: Radiohead - OK Computer Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bullocks Soundgarden - Superunknown The Who - Live At Leeds Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced Rush - 2112 Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark Slayer - Reign In Blood
I've been passionate about music since the early 70's, 2 albums that immediately spring to mind that i wont forget is "White noise" by David Vorhaus and Delia Derbyshire And "what's this for" by Killing joke.
Two of mine in yours Jim, Radiohead and Violator i remember buying it in Oxford Rd. HMV on a college trip to the Tate, played it on loop on the way back to Durham, a big favourite ever since.
Hey Jim. I have an idea for something a bit different. How about your top 10 live shows. Over the years you must have seen many of your favorite artists perform live. Who put on the best live shows?
Marillion Misplaced childhood Pink floyd Wish you were here Genesis Selling england by the pound Supertramp Even in the quietest moments Queen A night at the opera Bruce Springsteen Born to run Eric Clapton Just one night Stevie Ray Vaughan The sky is crying Pearl Jam Ten Porcupine Tree Coma Divine
Here are 10 albums that changed my life. These are not my all time "top ten" - but they rocked my world at the time. In chronological order from 1975 as an 8 year old to my older....MUCH older days. Wings - Venus and Mars Queen - A Night at the Opera Genesis - Seconds Out Barclay James Harvest - Live Tapes Focus - Hamburger Concerto Van Halen - I Led Zeppelin - IV Rory Gallagher - Stage Struck Clannad - Magical Ring Golden Earring - Live Could add quite a few more, but these albums really opened doors
Well Jim I can totally understand how “ Love “ from The Cult was heavily influential for you. I didn’t even know who they were until I’d got wind of that magnificent album. And glad you gave “ The The “ some props. I got into them through “ Mind Bomb. “ Truly one of the most overlooked bands out of the ‘80s. I also have a copy of that “ Leftism “ album. You certainly have a list of winners to get you going. I must add that Alan Parsons fabulous debut from ‘ 76 is probably the first influential piece that really grabbed me early on. Excellent review, looking forward to the next video you mentioned.
In no order and interestingly not much in line with my favorites, just ones that left an impression or signified a major shift in my musical journey The Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles- Abbey Road (no rule against two from one band, right?) Garth Brooks- No Fences (country is not my genre, but this is the very first CD I ever owned and it is in my vinyl collection now) Our Lady Peace- Clumsy (have now come to realize via this band with their original drummer Jeremy that I key in on what I like based very much on the drums) Tool- 10,000 Days (Listened to this one for 8 hours straight and fell asleep to it) Tom Petty- You Don't Know How it Feels (not an album here, but just the song and in conjunction with the music video) Devin Townsend- Empath (Why did it take so long to discover good ol Hevy Devy!) Deftones- White Pony Royal Blood- Royal Blood Gentle Giant- Playing the Fool (really the live performance of what I believe made up this actual album) The Massive Attack album could easily take the place of the Royal Blood album. Both of these are not in my general genre, but greatness is greatness. Also could put Tesseract- Altered State in that spot. Honerable mentions Alanis Morisette- Jagged Little Pill Ayeron- The Human Equation George Harrison- All Things Must Pass Silverchair- Frogstomp Weezer- Weezer
1. Dream Theater - Metropolis part 2 Scenes from a Memory 2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 3. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 4. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 5. Metallica - Master of Puppets 6. Opeth - Blackwater Park 7. Tool - Lateralus 8. Anathema - Weather Systems 9. Guns N Roses - Appetite for destruction 10. Muse - Origin of Symmetry All for a variety of reasons. Such as an introduction to a new genre like GNR getting me into Hard Rock. Opeth for Harsh Vocals. Metropolis 2 was for the concept album and realising music can be more than just the sound, it can tell a story and you can find out more with every listen. Or with Dark Side of the moon it was the album I first bonded with my father over.
My record dealer always says that my taste in music is eclectic because I have such a wide range of tastes. Now I know I'm not the only one. It's good that I already have everything except The The and The Orb, so I don't have to buy so much more ;-)
Great list , sir.... In chronological order of my life my most influential and mind blowing albums were.... As a kid in the 70s Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Xtc -Drums and Wires , then pre teens Rush - Exit .... Stage Left , Tom Waits - Rain Dogs , then later in my teens early 20s Smashing pumpkins - Siamese Dream, Jeff Buckley -Grace , Jellyfish -Spilt Milk , Alice In Chains - Dirt , then later Opeth Ghost Reveries, Richmond Fontaine - Lost Son
Honourable mentions , as a kid ELP -Pictures At An Exhibition, Beatles -Revolver, Police - Regatta Da Blanc , Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell , Van Halen s/t , Marillion Clutching at Straws , Kansas -Power , Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life , King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska and Vivian Stanshall - Sir Henry At Rawlinson End
Very hard to chose a top 10 when you have hours and hours of music listened behind you. If I have to be rational I would chose based on the quality of the album, but If I have to listen to my heart my top 10 should look like this: 1) Scott Walker - Scott 3 (Scott is definitevely my favourite solo artists, and his voice is unforgottable to me) 2 ) Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight (probably the best of Hogarth era. The guitar solo of Rothery in AOS...thanks God for the music) 3) Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback ('cause McAloon is a magnificient songwriter and he gave me a lot of emotions) 4) Tubeway Army - Replicas (fascinating and dystopian concept album - Gary Numan on those years was very charismatic) 5) Blue Oyster Cult - Club Ninja (not the best of the band but who cares) 6) Boston - Boston (for the lyrics and the sound quality) 7) David Sylvian - Gone To Heart (an incredible trip) 8) Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (Mark Hollis deserves a place) 9) Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (it reminds me of the concert I attended with the girl of my dreams) 10) Toto - Kingdowm of Desire (RIP Jeff Porcaro)
AC/DC were Australian but British, as they were all born in Scotland, except Johnson who is from the North East. Bon Scott was also born in Scotland. Yes an Australian band like the Bee Gees, but also completely British members.
I'm slightly older, i was 18 when Number Of The Beast came out and had been big into the whole New Wave Of British Heavy Metal genre. I really couldn't get with Bruce Dickinson's voice in Maiden. I loved it in Samson especially the Head On album, that album would make my top ten NWOBHM albums. I'll try for a ten that were ground breakers for me. 1. Deep Purple, Machine Head --bought age 12, my first. 2. Yes, Going For The One---first prog. 3.Metallica, Master Of Puppets------first thrash which fused punk, and metal in a fashion i'd been begging for and a further level than my imagination took me. 4. Pop Will Eat Itself--Cure For Sanity--------techno indie late eighties early nineties i was loving and this album is a classic for me. 5. Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral-------industrial done on a more musical fashion than usual , dark, brutal with splashes of beauty, this was like then vibe Floyd's Wall gave me but industrial. 6. Tori Amos, Boys For Pele-----i'd have to throw one from Tori or Kate who i love equally and close as it is this is the album that i've gone with, for Kate i'd have gone Sensual World. 7. Thrice, The Alchemy Index----one of my fav genre's and most underground, post hardcore, a four disc set of six tracks per disc, one for each, Fire, Water, Air Earth. A complete banger of an album makes my all time top four and never gets old. 8. Zero 7--i could say any of first three but i'll throw in The Garden their third, my fav trip hop outfit in a strong field. 9. Gallows, Grey Britain--if some one said my fav guitar punk album would be released in 2009 i'd have laughed, but here it is. A concept album -which i love---about two factions fighting for the streets in a post apocalyptic London. Brilliant hooks musically and vocally that are at first hidden to the listener and blossom on repeated listens, great piano and orchestral segues, i can't praise this album more. 10. A 3 way Mulligan for closer, just great old school rock albums i love and never tire of---Blue Oyster Cult, Cultosaurus Erectus.---Hawkwind, Quark Strangeness And Charm, Led Zeppelin, Physical Grafitti.
Great list Jim, thanks for sharing. We must be around the same age but being on the other side of the world the list varies: Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Metallica - Master of Puppets Headless Chickens - Stunt Clown Tool - Undertow Bjork - Debut Massive Attack - Mezzanine Radiohead - OK Computer Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Porgy and Bess Opeth - Blackwater Park Fat Freddys Drop - Based on a true story
I recently bought the bright red clear re:press of The Cult - Love, amazing and is better than the original. I have also pre-ordered The Cult - Electric re:press in opaque blue, which again - should be better than my originals, an amazing band. Great video Jim.
Great list. Ive shown half of those on my videos. I always thought of Violator as being the moody teenage brother of New Orders 'Technique' which came out the year before. Great list
I can put it down to two albums: The Hurting - Tears for Fears.. purely for the sole reason that it made me realise I wasn’t the only one… Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden.. as it was the first time that music gave me the goosebumps… Great list though Jim
@JimNewstead Yes. so are other bands. I like the groups from the UK. Echo & the Bunnymen were a favorite of mine too. Their album Ocean Rain from 1984 I played alot.
It just occurred to me. I saw AC/DC at Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. 2nd row from front. Drenched in Angus' sweat and Bon giving his all. Support band were a young Def Leppard. what a night!
Spooky Tooth, It's all about Traffic, Traffic Deep Purple in Rock Stand up, Jethro Tull Fairport Convention, What we did on our holidays Hall & Oates, War Babies Todd Rundgren, Utopia Astral Weeks, Van Morrison Stormcock, Roy Harper Live in the City of light, Simple Minds I could go on and on.............
My top 10 are these..10..super tramp breakfast in America..9..iron butterfly in a Gadda di vada..8..bad company first album..7..the Beatles white album 6..deep purple in rock album (love child in time) 5..metallica kill em all..4..blue cheer Vincebus eruption (which is actually the very first heavy metal band..especially that song doctor please) 3..queen a night at the opera 2..led zeppelin the 4th album..and of course number 1 is pink floyd the darkside of the moon..it's been on the chart for 13 years..and the other bonus was ac/dc the black album
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch Faith No More - Angel Dust Husker Du - Zen Arcade Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of unknown origin Neil Young - Tonight's the night Swans - The Seer Pere Ubu - Cloudland The Damned - Phantasmagoria Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Dire Straits Television- Marquee Moon The Smiths - The Queen is dead Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis? The Waterboys - The whole of the moon Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Slint - Spiderland Gang of Four - Entertainment! The Clash - London Calling Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven up here The Chameleons - Script of the bridge Magna Carta -Lord of the Ages Violent Femmes Pink Floyd - The Wall Supertramp - Breakfast in America Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Yes - Close to the Edge
Oh, how different we are, Jim. Most of those albums I've never heard of, but none of the ones I have, would make my Top 10 List. Let me give you one that my yt friend, Stephanie, told me about: Check out Gypsy's first album, 'Gypsy', from 1970. I "think" you'll really enjoy it. She turned me on to Gypsy, so I turned her on to 'The Dixie Dregs'. If you've never heard of The Dixie Dregs, check out their album 'Dregs of the Earth', from 1980. I think you've heard of them though. My favorite on that album is a 9 minute piece called 'I'm Freaking Out'. The entire album is an instrumental, but they added vocals later on, but I prefer their earlier stuff.
In no particular order.... My formative years 1)Rush "Signals"( I could put multiple Rush albums here) 2) Crowded House "Together Alone" 3) Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice "Jesus Christ Superstar" the London cast recording 4)U2 "The Unforgettable Fire"(toss up with "War") 5)Vangellis " Bladerunner" 6)Rush " Exit Stage Left" 7) Tears For Fears " Songs From The Big Chair"(could put every TFF album from the 80s....and TalkTalk as well) 8) Queensryche " Rage For Order" ( 80s Queensryche was the best) 9) Iron Maiden "Number Of The Beast"( ok all of the first 5 albums) 10)Will Akerman "Past Light" Bonus: The Moody Blues " This Is The Moody Blues" Kiss " Kiss Alive" Van Halen " Van Halen II"
Crowded House - Together Alone - masterpiece. Enough said. Seeing CH live on tour, touring with Together Alone was one of the highlights of my life. Simply supperb.
@@TheScubaboy56 I'm full of envy! Firmly believe NF is a modern musical genius. I've been singing his /their/Split Enz praise to Jim for years. Fingers crossed
This is harder for me, I'm older but my choices would go throughout my life, not sure 10 is really enough. In no particular order: Holst - The Planets Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets Jethro Tull - Stand Up The Moody Blues - Days of Future Past Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He Yes - The Yes Album Miles Davis - Silent Way Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope of Rainbows No 10 isn't enough, there's loads more.
@@JimNewstead Sounds good. First supporting cast: Shostakovich - Symphony no 7 Mahler - Symphony no 1 Penderecki - Symphony no 3 Brian Eno - Another Green World Genesis - Nursery Crymes Klaus Schulze - Timewind Can - Future Days Tangerine Dream - Pheadra The Flower Kings - Stardust we are Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstairs Still not enough 🤔👍
So that was your formative years. what about now? I've heard you go on and on about some of the albums you've played that you'd never heard before such as Aqualung. Would you say they've had an equal or less effect on you than in your formative years? Or is it possible to have a life changing effect on you now? Maybe you could do the 10 albums in your older life. That have had the most effect on you. I would love to hear another list of 10 albums that have affected You More recently if such a thing still happens with You.
Interesting concept because it is not necessarily your favorite album from that artist. For me I chose the album that got me started listening to that artist. In some cases, it ended up being some of my least favorite albums from that artist, but nevertheless, that album changed my life in way. I couldn't choose a Pink Floyd album as I heard too many of their songs on the radio. I have no idea which classic album of theirs I heard first. Anyway, for the fun of sharing, here is my list that I came up with rather quickly. Yes - 90125 Pearl Jam - Ten Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair Def Leppard - Pyromania Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day R.E.M. - Out of Time Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing and other stories Radiohead - Ok Computer Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism Genesis - Genesis
In no specific order Rush: Hemispheres Rush: Farewell to Kings Al Dimeola: Elegant Gypsy Allan Holdsworth: Metal Fatigue Allan Holdsworth: Road Games Brand X: Masques Ramones: Rocket to Russia XTC: Drums and Wires Deep Purple: Live in Japan Stanly Clarke: School Days
Amazing the albums that were important to me, not necessarily my God Tier ranking now and also I see that @HelgeKS has a couple of the same albums even though I would be a good 9 years older !! There's a very large live element to most of them as I could very few bands living in Cornwall, although ironically Hawkwind was my first live concert (1972) and local to me too!! (1971 T Rex - Electric Warrior) OK that's my 11th as it was the first LP I ever bought 1971 - Deep Purple - Firball (Studio) although 1972 Live in Japan would leave a far longer lasting impression 1971 - Hawkwind - In Search of Space (Studio) although their Live Space Ritual was brilliant too 1971 - Mountain - Flowers of Evil (half studio/half live) 1971 - ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition (Live) 1971 - Who - Who's Next? 1972 - Strawbs - Grave New World (Studio) 1973 - Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Studio) 1973 - Queen - Queen (Studio) (they made an impression on me from the off) 1973 - Genesis - Live (Live) 1974 - Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74 (Live) Honourable mentions would be amongst others 1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge, 1974 - Barclay James Harvest - Live, 1974 - Argent - Encore: Live In Concert, 1978 - Van Halen - Van Halen. There are many more that came along later and changed what music I listen to now.
@@JimNewstead You'll have to find the other half then. All of those are truly awesome. I would especially recommend the Rory Gallagher he was a phenomenal guitarist.
Sure, I get it. I think they were hugely influential on music and the musicians who came along afterwards, but when I was young, The Beatles were my parents’ generation band, no self respecting teenager in the 80s would be seen dead listening to their folks’ music!!!!
Oh, I almost forgot to comment on this : it started really great with Maiden, AC/DC is the only CD with Brian Johnson I got, but then our tastes drift apart. With the exception of Pink Floyd I don't own any other record, Leftfield and The Orb I don't even know 😆 Of the others, The Cult is ok for me, got some record on cassette, but bands like Depeche Mode and Radiohead never made it into my collection ... (or heart 🤣).... coming back to Pink Floyd, The Wall is the album, were I've been turned off by the single - Another Brick in the Wall - for me personally a "turn the radio off-song", even though it got a fine guitar solo.... but the rhythm is for me kind of disco - no, thank you 🤥
I'm only half a dozen years older than you but I am almost totally the opposite to you. Of the over 1,000 cd's and records I own I would say no more than 15 to 20 percent are British despite being a Brit,. Of the ones you showed I have 2 Cult cd and nothing else not even a Pink Floyd album. In contrast I do have the Aussie Black in Black. Strange.
ok, please no Dylan or Beatles. I like these "records that changed my life" videos, but too often Dylan & the Drab Four get mentioned & it's just depressing.
That was a long drop from Maiden and AC-DC to electronic and Radiohead. You lost me after AC-DC. Oh well, like you said…it’s YOUR list, not mine. I would turn a lot of people off with my list of Christian metal/rock/pop albums too, so I get it.
I don’t think I can name ten, but going in chronological order of when I first heard them, not release date, the ones I can think of are: Stravinsky: The Firebird and The Rite of Spring Beethoven: Ninth Symphony Pink Floyd: Dark Side of The Moon The Osmonds: The Plan Eagles: Hotel California Yes: YesSongs (first Yes I ever heard, outside of the radio edit of Roundabout) Jon Anderson: Olias of Sunhillow Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygéne Vangelis: Albedo 0.39 Yes: Going For The One I guess I found ten after all, although the Stravinsky were most likely recordings on separate albums.
I saw Maiden live for the first time at the Palace Theatre in Melbourne in 1982 when they were on fire. The first albums I remember getting into were Radios Appear by Radio Birdman Rising by Rainbow Dog Of Two Heads by Status Quo Animals by Pink Floyd Time Fades Away by Neil Young
Back in black line-up - Brian Johnson - Gateshead 1947, Angus Young - Glasgow 1955, malcolm young - glasgow 1953, Cliff Williams - Romford 1949, phil rudd - Melbourne (australia YAY!!) 1954, interestingly as well, Bon Scott - Forfar 1946. technically you could say they were british LOL
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@@jeffschielka7845 You'll be glad to know a friend of Mr. Cairo should be visiting the channel soon. 🗽😎
He’s still sorting out his passport and visas…. Blooming Brexit! Tch tch!!!
@@JimNewstead Vangelis is dead so I know Mr. Cairo is'nt coming in from Greece. 😎
Great choices Jim. My music discovering years started ten years earlier so my choices are mostly from those years.
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Genesis - Nursery crime
Yes - Yessongs
Ayreon - Universe live
Nightwish - Showtime Storytime live
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Neil Young - Harvest
David Sylvian - Gone to earth
Klaus Schulze - X
Holst - The Planets
Of course I have to mention Deep Purple - Made in Japan. Jethro Tull - Songs from the wood. U2 - the unforgettable fire. Depeche Mode - Some great reward.
Great list.... did you mean Holst, not Mahler?
@@JimNewstead oops age is kicking in. Of course I mean Holst. I like Mahler also 😅
Klaus Schulze :-)
@@heinruh9788 big fan for decades.
@@palantir135 Georg Trakl is always on my playlist.........Trippy
The albums that have enhanced my musical journey
1. Deep Purple - In Rock
2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3. Yes - Close to the Edge
4. Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
5. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
6. Simple Minds - Son's and Fascination
7. Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness and Charm
8. Leftfield - Leftism
9 Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children
10. Tool - Lateralus
and many, many more both rock, progressive and electronica. Great channel Jim. Thank you.
I completely agree with you on Deep Purple - In Rock, Tangerine Dream - Ricochet, Kraftwerk - The Man Machine and Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination (to which I'll add its additional album Sister Feelings Call since it was considered as a double album).
All amazing choices!
Hey Jim! Well like you said this seems to be the topic of the week. I knew IM would be one of your choices. It's amazing how music and certain bands have changed our lives. Great vid Jim, thanks for sharing!👍🎵🎼🎶😎
Great List Jim! I am much older than you, so I started my serious listening in 1968 with The Beatles (I was eleven).
White Album - Beatles
Who's Next - Who
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
Fragile - Yes
Trick of the Tail/Selling England - Genesis
Greetings from Asbury Park - Springsteen
My Aim is True - Elvis Costello
Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
The Raven Who Refused to Sing - Steven Wilson
Whirlwind - Transatlantic
Honorable Mentions: Blood on the Tracks - Dylan / Low Spark - Traffic / August and Everything - Counting Crows/ Back to Bedlam - James Blunt.
It’s good to see your most evolving and changing over time. I’m going to make another video talking about music over my entire life, not just the teenage years. That will be interesting!
Jim, after watching the vid i was surprised you didn't have Going For The One. The emotions that poured out of you while listening to Awaken was what i expected. The kite was a surprising bonus which made that vid one of your best! FOREVER YES❗️❗️❗️😎
He said these are PRE RUclips.
I never heard Yes before the channel launched Jeff. These are the videos of my "formative years" up to about mid 20s.
@WooBino :)
@@JimNewsteadGuess I was going by the title of your thumbnail. Oh well. Why do 2 vids instead of 1?😎😎
YES YES
My own list :
1 - Genesis - Seconds out
2 - King Crimson - In the court of the crimson king
3 - Talk Talk - The color of spring
4 - Mike Oldfield - Crises
5 - Radiohead - Ok computer
6 - Supertramp - Crime of the century
7 - Tears for fears - Songs from the big chair
8 - Marillion - Brave
9 - Fish - Vigil in the wilderness of mirrors
10 - Simple Minds - New gold dream 81-82-83-84
11 - Depeche Mode. - Black celebration
12 - U2 - The Joshua tree
13 - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
14 - AC/DC - Back in black
15 - Massive Attack - Mezzanine
16 - Steven Wilson - Hand cannot erase
17 - Porcupine tree - Signify
18 - Peter Gabriel - So
19 - Genesis - Invisible touch
20 - Genesis - The lamb lies down on Broadway
As per the title not necessarily my favourite albums now but hit hard at the timeIn order of first hearing them
1. Bruce Springsteen and the e-street band - live 75-85
2. Sting - ten summoners tales
3. Oasis - definitely maybe
4. The stone roses - the stone roses
5. The prodigy - the fat of the land
6. Syd Barrett - the madcap laughs
7. The who - live at Leeds
8. Ryan Adams - gold
9. Gregory Alan Isakov - this empty northern hemisphere
10. King gizzard and the lizard wizard - ice,death planets, lava and mushrooms
Impressive list indeed, Jim, thanks for sharing. My list of life changing albums, although after very difficult choices to exclude some favourites. In no particular order;
1. Rust In Peace, Megadeth
2. Ride The Lightning, Metallica
3. Piece Of Mind, Iron Maiden
4. BadMotorFinger, Soundgarden
5. Reign In Blood, Slayer
6. The Edges of Twighlight, The Tea Party
7. Lateralus, Tool
8. Love Over Gold, Dire Straits
9. Dirt, Alice in Chains
10. Angel Dust, Faith No More
Honorary mention to a few relatively recent albums…at least into my middle aged years 😊
Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye, Mastodon
From Mars to Sirius and The Way of All Flesh, Gojira
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Fab list!
@badmotorbreath5206 I would love to see Jim do The Tea Party - The Edges of Twilight.. or any Tea Party actually
@@BlindSniperz totally agree, such an underrated band, although popular in the ‘underground’ music scene here in Australia in the 90s and early 00s. That blend of middle eastern and other world music with rock… no one else does it better 👍🏼
Great list. I love that Mezzanine album also!
I'm not sure I could put together a full list of 10. I was probably 16-17 before I began to have the means to explore my own music tastes and I certainly wasn't buying full albums before then.
I love the bit you said about most of your music choices being dark, heavy and oppressive. As you're well aware that covers a lot of ground with me as well.
Mezzanine is pure class!
So Jim, you mentioned all these bands were before launching your channel. Maybe I'm pre-empting here but I would be interested to know what music has changed your life as a result of your First Reaction channel? In other words new bands and / or undiscovered albums? Would this be an option for another video from you?
Ah.... you know me too well!
Enjoyed your vid immensely! I absolutely love every single one of your picks, cherish those albums! Cook to see The The, so unique and memorable, dig their entire catalog.
Led Zeppelin - same
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Beatles - "red" and "blue" anthologies (double albums)
Ramones - same
Cure - Disintegration
U2 - Boy
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Iron Maiden - same
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Honorable Mentions:
Radiohead - OK Computer
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bullocks
Soundgarden - Superunknown
The Who - Live At Leeds
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Rush - 2112
Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark
Slayer - Reign In Blood
I've been passionate about music since the early 70's, 2 albums that immediately spring to mind that i wont forget is "White noise" by David Vorhaus and Delia Derbyshire And "what's this for" by Killing joke.
Jim, Just as a production note, I don't think you need the background music, you're voice is music to our ears! 😉🤣
Oh ok... it's one of the only chances I get to stick my own music on a video!
@@JimNewstead Release the music separately..like Jim's thought of the day.
Great idea
Very cool video. Thanks for sharing that with us!
Glad you enjoyed it!
An interesting collection! And great to hear the "Origins Story" of your formative years. 😎😎
Hi Jim,
Yes The Yes Album
ELP Brain Salad Surgery
Led Zep 1
The Police
The Cars
The Pretenders
Van Halen 1
Boston
Bruce Born to Run
Nice list!
Two of mine in yours Jim, Radiohead and Violator i remember buying it in Oxford Rd. HMV on a college trip to the Tate, played it on loop on the way back to Durham, a big favourite ever since.
Hey Jim. I have an idea for something a bit different. How about your top 10 live shows. Over the years you must have seen many of your favorite artists perform live. Who put on the best live shows?
That’s a great idea 💡
Banger list dood ✌️👊
Jim. Thank you for one of the greatest ear worm songs I have ever heard. The Orb- Little Fluffy Clouds. So great!!!
Marillion Misplaced childhood
Pink floyd Wish you were here
Genesis Selling england by the pound
Supertramp Even in the quietest moments
Queen A night at the opera
Bruce Springsteen Born to run
Eric Clapton Just one night
Stevie Ray Vaughan The sky is crying
Pearl Jam Ten
Porcupine Tree Coma Divine
Nice 👌
Here are 10 albums that changed my life. These are not my all time "top ten" - but they rocked my world at the time. In chronological order from 1975 as an 8 year old to my older....MUCH older days.
Wings - Venus and Mars
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Genesis - Seconds Out
Barclay James Harvest - Live Tapes
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Van Halen - I
Led Zeppelin - IV
Rory Gallagher - Stage Struck
Clannad - Magical Ring
Golden Earring - Live
Could add quite a few more, but these albums really opened doors
Well Jim I can totally understand how “ Love “ from The Cult was heavily influential for you. I didn’t even know who they were until I’d got wind of that magnificent album. And glad you gave “ The The “ some props. I got into them through “ Mind Bomb. “ Truly one of the most overlooked bands out of the ‘80s.
I also have a copy of that “ Leftism “ album. You certainly have a list of winners to get you going. I must add that Alan Parsons fabulous debut from ‘ 76 is probably the first influential piece that really grabbed me early on. Excellent review, looking forward to the next video you mentioned.
Cool list! Mezzanine is a perfect album really..
Yes. It is!
In no order and interestingly not much in line with my favorites, just ones that left an impression or signified a major shift in my musical journey
The Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles- Abbey Road (no rule against two from one band, right?)
Garth Brooks- No Fences (country is not my genre, but this is the very first CD I ever owned and it is in my vinyl collection now)
Our Lady Peace- Clumsy (have now come to realize via this band with their original drummer Jeremy that I key in on what I like based very much on the drums)
Tool- 10,000 Days (Listened to this one for 8 hours straight and fell asleep to it)
Tom Petty- You Don't Know How it Feels (not an album here, but just the song and in conjunction with the music video)
Devin Townsend- Empath (Why did it take so long to discover good ol Hevy Devy!)
Deftones- White Pony
Royal Blood- Royal Blood
Gentle Giant- Playing the Fool (really the live performance of what I believe made up this actual album)
The Massive Attack album could easily take the place of the Royal Blood album. Both of these are not in my general genre, but greatness is greatness. Also could put Tesseract- Altered State in that spot.
Honerable mentions
Alanis Morisette- Jagged Little Pill
Ayeron- The Human Equation
George Harrison- All Things Must Pass
Silverchair- Frogstomp
Weezer- Weezer
My next video along these lines will be music from my life, not just my teenage years!
1. Dream Theater - Metropolis part 2 Scenes from a Memory
2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
3. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
4. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
5. Metallica - Master of Puppets
6. Opeth - Blackwater Park
7. Tool - Lateralus
8. Anathema - Weather Systems
9. Guns N Roses - Appetite for destruction
10. Muse - Origin of Symmetry
All for a variety of reasons. Such as an introduction to a new genre like GNR getting me into Hard Rock. Opeth for Harsh Vocals. Metropolis 2 was for the concept album and realising music can be more than just the sound, it can tell a story and you can find out more with every listen. Or with Dark Side of the moon it was the album I first bonded with my father over.
I’m liking your list especially PF, IM, Tool, Opeth and Metallica 👍🏼
Another great list - some of these might be included on a later years list for me!
I got all of these except for Anathema ... and Dream Theater is my no 1 as well
Great vlog. If you haven't done one already, your top 10 tracks and a play of them. Would love that. 😊🎶
My record dealer always says that my taste in music is eclectic because I have such a wide range of tastes. Now I know I'm not the only one. It's good that I already have everything except The The and The Orb, so I don't have to buy so much more ;-)
There are a few of us around that have, let's say, a wide cast in music! You don't HAVE to buy everything.... but I get it!
Great list , sir.... In chronological order of my life my most influential and mind blowing albums were....
As a kid in the 70s
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Xtc -Drums and Wires , then pre teens Rush - Exit .... Stage Left , Tom Waits - Rain Dogs , then later in my teens early 20s Smashing pumpkins - Siamese Dream, Jeff Buckley -Grace , Jellyfish -Spilt Milk , Alice In Chains - Dirt , then later Opeth Ghost Reveries, Richmond Fontaine - Lost Son
Honourable mentions , as a kid ELP -Pictures At An Exhibition, Beatles -Revolver, Police - Regatta Da Blanc , Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell , Van Halen s/t , Marillion Clutching at Straws , Kansas -Power , Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life , King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska and Vivian Stanshall - Sir Henry At Rawlinson End
And how can you not include Portishead -Dummy
Superb choices amigo!
Very hard to chose a top 10 when you have hours and hours of music listened behind you.
If I have to be rational I would chose based on the quality of the album, but If I have to listen to my heart my top 10 should look like this:
1) Scott Walker - Scott 3 (Scott is definitevely my favourite solo artists, and his voice is unforgottable to me)
2 ) Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight (probably the best of Hogarth era. The guitar solo of Rothery in AOS...thanks God for the music)
3) Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback ('cause McAloon is a magnificient songwriter and he gave me a lot of emotions)
4) Tubeway Army - Replicas (fascinating and dystopian concept album - Gary Numan on those years was very charismatic)
5) Blue Oyster Cult - Club Ninja (not the best of the band but who cares)
6) Boston - Boston (for the lyrics and the sound quality)
7) David Sylvian - Gone To Heart (an incredible trip)
8) Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (Mark Hollis deserves a place)
9) Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (it reminds me of the concert I attended with the girl of my dreams)
10) Toto - Kingdowm of Desire (RIP Jeff Porcaro)
AC/DC were Australian but British, as they were all born in Scotland, except Johnson who is from the North East.
Bon Scott was also born in Scotland.
Yes an Australian band like the Bee Gees, but also completely British members.
You’re right, I almost mentioned that in the video that they were practically British!
How is Yes considered Australian?🤔
@@WooBino. ah….. grammar helps here. It should have read “Yes, an Australian band like….”
@@JimNewstead If I had more coffee or if it was not four AM here I would have fiqured it out....eventuality...😀🤣
I'm slightly older, i was 18 when Number Of The Beast came out and had been big into the whole New Wave Of British Heavy Metal genre. I really couldn't get with Bruce Dickinson's voice in Maiden. I loved it in Samson especially the Head On album, that album would make my top ten NWOBHM albums.
I'll try for a ten that were ground breakers for me.
1. Deep Purple, Machine Head --bought age 12, my first.
2. Yes, Going For The One---first prog.
3.Metallica, Master Of Puppets------first thrash which fused punk, and metal in a fashion i'd been begging for and a further level than my imagination took me.
4. Pop Will Eat Itself--Cure For Sanity--------techno indie late eighties early nineties i was loving and this album is a classic for me.
5. Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral-------industrial done on a more musical fashion than usual , dark, brutal with splashes of beauty, this was like then vibe Floyd's Wall gave me but industrial.
6. Tori Amos, Boys For Pele-----i'd have to throw one from Tori or Kate who i love equally and close as it is this is the album that i've gone with, for Kate i'd have gone Sensual World.
7. Thrice, The Alchemy Index----one of my fav genre's and most underground, post hardcore, a four disc set of six tracks per disc, one for each, Fire, Water, Air Earth. A complete banger of an album makes my all time top four and never gets old.
8. Zero 7--i could say any of first three but i'll throw in The Garden their third, my fav trip hop outfit in a strong field.
9. Gallows, Grey Britain--if some one said my fav guitar punk album would be released in 2009 i'd have laughed, but here it is. A concept album -which i love---about two factions fighting for the streets in a post apocalyptic London. Brilliant hooks musically and vocally that are at first hidden to the listener and blossom on repeated listens, great piano and orchestral segues, i can't praise this album more.
10. A 3 way Mulligan for closer, just great old school rock albums i love and never tire of---Blue Oyster Cult, Cultosaurus Erectus.---Hawkwind, Quark Strangeness And Charm, Led Zeppelin, Physical Grafitti.
Great list Jim, thanks for sharing. We must be around the same age but being on the other side of the world the list varies:
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Headless Chickens - Stunt Clown
Tool - Undertow
Bjork - Debut
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Radiohead - OK Computer
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Porgy and Bess
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Fat Freddys Drop - Based on a true story
Oh very nice selection!
I love this topic before watching.....I remember the blog. We did a challenge like this as well on FB I believe....
Yup! But never on YT before.... so why not, eh?
@@JimNewstead even more interesting.....10 songs....for me( and I suspect you) ...that would be a vast genre encompassing list 😂
I loved that Cult album at the time as well.
I recently bought the bright red clear re:press of The Cult - Love, amazing and is better than the original. I have also pre-ordered The Cult - Electric re:press in opaque blue, which again - should be better than my originals, an amazing band. Great video Jim.
The Cult….. fan-bloody-tastic!
Great list. Ive shown half of those on my videos. I always thought of Violator as being the moody teenage brother of New Orders 'Technique' which came out the year before. Great list
I can put it down to two albums:
The Hurting - Tears for Fears.. purely for the sole reason that it made me realise I wasn’t the only one…
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden.. as it was the first time that music gave me the goosebumps…
Great list though Jim
Music that gives you goose bumps! Now there a new list.....
ok, good start with Maiden & ac/dc 😀
I remember Dummy blew my mind the first few times I heard it.
Hi 👋 I like The The. My favorite album of theirs was Soul Mining.
Hi! Amazing band, still completely relevant today.
@JimNewstead Yes. so are other bands. I like the groups from the UK. Echo & the Bunnymen were a favorite of mine too. Their album Ocean Rain from 1984 I played alot.
It just occurred to me. I saw AC/DC at Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. 2nd row from front. Drenched in Angus' sweat and Bon giving his all. Support band were a young Def Leppard. what a night!
Whoa! I’d give my left ball to have been able to see AC/DC with Bon Scott. Lucky you!!!
Spooky Tooth, It's all about
Traffic, Traffic
Deep Purple in Rock
Stand up, Jethro Tull
Fairport Convention, What we did on our holidays
Hall & Oates, War Babies
Todd Rundgren, Utopia
Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
Stormcock, Roy Harper
Live in the City of light, Simple Minds
I could go on and on.............
I’m with you 100% on Radiohead and Massive Attack albums. Brilliant
My top 10 are these..10..super tramp breakfast in America..9..iron butterfly in a Gadda di vada..8..bad company first album..7..the Beatles white album 6..deep purple in rock album (love child in time) 5..metallica kill em all..4..blue cheer Vincebus eruption (which is actually the very first heavy metal band..especially that song doctor please) 3..queen a night at the opera 2..led zeppelin the 4th album..and of course number 1 is pink floyd the darkside of the moon..it's been on the chart for 13 years..and the other bonus was ac/dc the black album
oooh back in black i was 15 this was MEGA
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of unknown origin
Neil Young - Tonight's the night
Swans - The Seer
Pere Ubu - Cloudland
The Damned - Phantasmagoria
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Dire Straits
Television- Marquee Moon
The Smiths - The Queen is dead
Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis?
The Waterboys - The whole of the moon
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Slint - Spiderland
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
The Clash - London Calling
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven up here
The Chameleons - Script of the bridge
Magna Carta -Lord of the Ages
Violent Femmes
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms.
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Yes - Close to the Edge
Thanks
Hi Christine, thank you so much!!! ☺️
Oh, how different we are, Jim. Most of those albums I've never heard of, but none of the ones I have, would make my Top 10 List.
Let me give you one that my yt friend, Stephanie, told me about: Check out Gypsy's first album, 'Gypsy', from 1970. I "think" you'll really enjoy it.
She turned me on to Gypsy, so I turned her on to 'The Dixie Dregs'. If you've never heard of The Dixie Dregs, check out their album 'Dregs of the Earth', from 1980. I think you've heard of them though. My favorite on that album is a 9 minute piece called 'I'm Freaking Out'. The entire album is an instrumental, but they added vocals later on, but I prefer their earlier stuff.
Groovy!
@@JimNewstead hah hah 😏🙂
Another bigtime selling album is Pink Floyd "Dark Side Of The Moon".
Great fuckin list Jim!
In no particular order.... My formative years
1)Rush "Signals"( I could put multiple Rush albums here)
2) Crowded House "Together Alone"
3) Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice "Jesus Christ Superstar" the London cast recording
4)U2 "The Unforgettable Fire"(toss up with "War")
5)Vangellis " Bladerunner"
6)Rush " Exit Stage Left"
7) Tears For Fears " Songs From The Big Chair"(could put every TFF album from the 80s....and TalkTalk as well)
8) Queensryche " Rage For Order" ( 80s Queensryche was the best)
9) Iron Maiden "Number Of The Beast"( ok all of the first 5 albums)
10)Will Akerman "Past Light"
Bonus:
The Moody Blues " This Is The Moody Blues"
Kiss " Kiss Alive"
Van Halen " Van Halen II"
You can't have first 5 albums by Iron Maiden! That takes up half the list.... but I know what you mean!
@@JimNewstead 😂
Crowded House - Together Alone - masterpiece. Enough said. Seeing CH live on tour, touring with Together Alone was one of the highlights of my life. Simply supperb.
@@TheScubaboy56 I'm full of envy! Firmly believe NF is a modern musical genius. I've been singing his /their/Split Enz praise to Jim for years. Fingers crossed
I think most of my taste was informed by the album Magic Fly by Space, Alice Cooper from 1972 to 1984, Toccata by Sky, and Ultravox Vienna.
Toccata and Vienna.... oh my.... smiling and listening in my head!
This is harder for me, I'm older but my choices would go throughout my life, not sure 10 is really enough.
In no particular order:
Holst - The Planets
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He
Yes - The Yes Album
Miles Davis - Silent Way
Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope of Rainbows
No 10 isn't enough, there's loads more.
I agree, 10 is difficult. I'll have a follow up with supporting cast and sequels!
@@JimNewstead Sounds good.
First supporting cast:
Shostakovich - Symphony no 7
Mahler - Symphony no 1
Penderecki - Symphony no 3
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Genesis - Nursery Crymes
Klaus Schulze - Timewind
Can - Future Days
Tangerine Dream - Pheadra
The Flower Kings - Stardust we are
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstairs
Still not enough 🤔👍
So that was your formative years. what about now? I've heard you go on and on about some of the albums you've played that you'd never heard before such as Aqualung. Would you say they've had an equal or less effect on you than in your formative years? Or is it possible to have a life changing effect on you now? Maybe you could do the 10 albums in your older life.
That have had the most effect on you. I would love to hear another list of 10 albums that have affected You More recently if such a thing still happens with You.
Wow, when were you born, 1980? The Wall, really??? It's not even in my top 3 of Pink Floyd albums. Kudos though for including The The.
I was born in 1970. As someone under 10, what opportunity did I have to hear music that my parents didn’t listen to? Zero!
Interesting concept because it is not necessarily your favorite album from that artist. For me I chose the album that got me started listening to that artist. In some cases, it ended up being some of my least favorite albums from that artist, but nevertheless, that album changed my life in way. I couldn't choose a Pink Floyd album as I heard too many of their songs on the radio. I have no idea which classic album of theirs I heard first. Anyway, for the fun of sharing, here is my list that I came up with rather quickly.
Yes - 90125
Pearl Jam - Ten
Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day
R.E.M. - Out of Time
Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing and other stories
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
Genesis - Genesis
In no specific order
Rush: Hemispheres
Rush: Farewell to Kings
Al Dimeola: Elegant Gypsy
Allan Holdsworth: Metal Fatigue
Allan Holdsworth: Road Games
Brand X: Masques
Ramones: Rocket to Russia
XTC: Drums and Wires
Deep Purple: Live in Japan
Stanly Clarke: School Days
I thought Yes would have gotten on your list! Guess not, they r on my list!
To praise Pink Floyd 1972-80 is really missing the boat. Pre 1972 Floyd is every bit as awesome.
Amazing the albums that were important to me, not necessarily my God Tier ranking now and also I see that @HelgeKS has a couple of the same albums even though I would be a good 9 years older !!
There's a very large live element to most of them as I could very few bands living in Cornwall, although ironically Hawkwind was my first live concert (1972) and local to me too!!
(1971 T Rex - Electric Warrior) OK that's my 11th as it was the first LP I ever bought
1971 - Deep Purple - Firball (Studio) although 1972 Live in Japan would leave a far longer lasting impression
1971 - Hawkwind - In Search of Space (Studio) although their Live Space Ritual was brilliant too
1971 - Mountain - Flowers of Evil (half studio/half live)
1971 - ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition (Live)
1971 - Who - Who's Next?
1972 - Strawbs - Grave New World (Studio)
1973 - Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Studio)
1973 - Queen - Queen (Studio) (they made an impression on me from the off)
1973 - Genesis - Live (Live)
1974 - Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74 (Live)
Honourable mentions would be amongst others 1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge, 1974 - Barclay James Harvest - Live, 1974 - Argent - Encore: Live In Concert, 1978 - Van Halen - Van Halen. There are many more that came along later and changed what music I listen to now.
I know half of those!
@@JimNewstead You'll have to find the other half then. All of those are truly awesome. I would especially recommend the Rory Gallagher he was a phenomenal guitarist.
I have to admit, kinda surprised to see no Beatles make the list.
Sure, I get it. I think they were hugely influential on music and the musicians who came along afterwards, but when I was young, The Beatles were my parents’ generation band, no self respecting teenager in the 80s would be seen dead listening to their folks’ music!!!!
Oh, I almost forgot to comment on this : it started really great with Maiden, AC/DC is the only CD with Brian Johnson I got, but then our tastes drift apart. With the exception of Pink Floyd I don't own any other record, Leftfield and The Orb I don't even know 😆 Of the others, The Cult is ok for me, got some record on cassette, but bands like Depeche Mode and Radiohead never made it into my collection ... (or heart 🤣).... coming back to Pink Floyd, The Wall is the album, were I've been turned off by the single - Another Brick in the Wall - for me personally a "turn the radio off-song", even though it got a fine guitar solo.... but the rhythm is for me kind of disco - no, thank you 🤥
I'm only half a dozen years older than you but I am almost totally the opposite to you. Of the over 1,000 cd's and records I own I would say no more than 15 to 20 percent are British despite being a Brit,. Of the ones you showed I have 2 Cult cd and nothing else not even a Pink Floyd album. In contrast I do have the Aussie Black in Black. Strange.
ok, please no Dylan or Beatles. I like these "records that changed my life" videos, but too often Dylan & the Drab Four get mentioned & it's just depressing.
Hope that you approved!
That was a long drop from Maiden and AC-DC to electronic and Radiohead. You lost me after AC-DC. Oh well, like you said…it’s YOUR list, not mine. I would turn a lot of people off with my list of Christian metal/rock/pop albums too, so I get it.
i was 16
I don’t think I can name ten, but going in chronological order of when I first heard them, not release date, the ones I can think of are:
Stravinsky: The Firebird and The Rite of Spring
Beethoven: Ninth Symphony
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of The Moon
The Osmonds: The Plan
Eagles: Hotel California
Yes: YesSongs (first Yes I ever heard, outside of the radio edit of Roundabout)
Jon Anderson: Olias of Sunhillow
Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygéne
Vangelis: Albedo 0.39
Yes: Going For The One
I guess I found ten after all, although the Stravinsky were most likely recordings on separate albums.
I think Highway To Hell is so much better than BIB.
I saw Maiden live for the first time at the Palace Theatre in Melbourne in 1982 when they were on fire. The first albums I remember getting into were
Radios Appear by Radio Birdman
Rising by Rainbow
Dog Of Two Heads by Status Quo
Animals by Pink Floyd
Time Fades Away by Neil Young
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Back in black line-up - Brian Johnson - Gateshead 1947, Angus Young - Glasgow 1955, malcolm young - glasgow 1953, Cliff Williams - Romford 1949, phil rudd - Melbourne (australia YAY!!) 1954, interestingly as well, Bon Scott - Forfar 1946. technically you could say they were british LOL