Following on from Henry's Shipbuilding/Stanley Spencer thread...
Are their any songs / records / record sleeves that have inspired you to investigate other artists?
This line from Robert Forsters "Dear Black Dream":
"Wondering who sings better in the dark
is it Townes Van Zandt, or is it Guy Clark?"
turned me on to two great singers.
The sleeve of Primal Scream's "Crystal Crescent" single led me to investigate the films of Maya Deren.
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Woody Guthrie et al via Dlyan.
The Band via Dylan. the best find ever
Even tried to read Verlaine and Rimbaud after Dylan mentions them in Gone make you lonesome when you go. Tried but failed.
Was into all the mod music like the Who, The Jam, Small Faces and Kinks etc when a teen after Ocean Colour Scene drew my attention that way and then found the Specials down that route.
Also found a load of vinyls in our loft once as a nipper which ranged from the Beatles and Stones to Cream and Pink Floyd, Dylan and Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff and Roy Orbison and Elvis which was a real treasure chest.
Then all the dance music and hip hop of late eighties early nighties which then evolved into garage, d&b and all the other stuff. Dont really like a lot of modern genres of music now but there's still some tunes/ songs that come along every so often that make me sit up and take notice.
Are their any songs / records / record sleeves that have inspired you to investigate other artists?
This line from Robert Forsters "Dear Black Dream":
[i]"Wondering who sings better in the dark
is it Townes Van Zandt, or is it Guy Clark?"[/i]
robert forster is on at the jazz cafe in mid july
turned me on to two great singers.
The sleeve of Primal Scream's "Crystal Crescent" single led me to investigate the films of Maya Deren.[div id=Attachments_709763 class=Attachments][ul][div]Primal-Scream-Crystal-Crescent-143998.jpg[/div][/ul][/div][/quote]
Now most of my listening is country/americana because of that.
Best thing I ever did musically.
On a similar note, I am so shallow I started drinking californian wine after hearing Sweet Virginia with the Stones singing 'thank you for your wine california'.
Thanks ads, hadn't heard about that! I'll book my ticket now.
A mate of mine played me a Fall song sometime around 1987. It pretty much changed my life. I started listening to John Peel and subsequently got into Sebadoh, Pavement, The Wedding present, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine.. and many, many more.
who i had never heard of
The Fall are amazing they have put me onto so much old stuff that I wouldn't have got into otherwise: The Big Bopper, Gene Vincent, The Kinks, The Monks....
A you tube video of modest mouse led to the incredible hungarian film director Bella Tarr
Leo Sayer lead me to Deep Purple! Well, sort of - I took a Leo Sayer album to a party in the mid-70s and brought home Deep Purple In Rock by mistake - what a shock that was and I never looked back.
As already mentioned above, The Fall have been midwives to much of the best music of the last 20 years, including the above to some extent. That said, I've never been a great fan of Mark Smith. Too crabby for my taste.
good work, fantastic band, you need to see them live, Garvey is immense. They have just released a Peter Gabriel cover on I-tunes, get that also if you haven't already[/quote]
Love Elbow, think Garvey is a genius and would love to see them live. I am on many concert mailing lists as we see lots of gigs but please let me know if you here anything about a new tour