Music of Me

This is partly inspired by a book by Nick Hornby called Songbook, partly by another of his books called High Fidelity, and mostly by my sudden need to write down crap about myself that I feel is somewhat relevent and/or important. My posts for a while will be a list of the ten most important albums in my life. They are listed chronologically in order of when I first listened to them. I guess this is my first attempt at some sort of autobiographical exploration...that said, I think I'll do this in installments, one or two a day, or month. More excuses to post that way. By no means am I making a claim that these albums should mean anything to anyone else, but if they do, well I'll probably never hear about it because no one will read this.

Monday, October 16, 2006

An Obvious Choice


2. Nevermind - Nirvana
As far as impact on the rest of my life goes, this should be #1 on my list. Bear in mind that this album has in some way influenced every musical choice that I have made since I first heard it while driving around Pocatello with my cousins in 1992. Somewhere between "In Bloom" and "Lithium" I felt the full angst of my teenage life begin to erupt. By "On a Plain" I was indelibly hooked on all things Nirvana, Seattle, Loud, Caffeinated, Ripped, Plaid, Rainy, Dank, and Punk. I will not spend any time trying to critique this seminal creation since countless things have already been said about it and all that followed. Consider this though: Since the 1950s and the birth of Rock and Roll, Rock music (not Pop), has been running through cycles and recreating itself about once every decade. It was saved from corporate schlock in the 60s by the Brits (at least twice). The 70s saw the surfacing of Punk and a hearkening back, however fast and distorted, to Rock's 50s roots. Punk went local and underground in the 80s and rippled out across the world as the decade ended and Grunge took down the King of Pop (and the entire kingdom really). But what has happened since Nirvana? I'm sure that for some pre-teens out there the newest Brit Pop band may be a musical revolution. And there are some damn fine musicians making some damn fine music right now. I am revoltingly biased on this subject, but Nirvana represents the last time our culture was redefined by a single album, a single song, a single word.
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VP of Haterade said...

By this 3rd post, I absolutely love your blog. I am commenting on every one as I read upwards. Get ready for intense commenting about your favorite albums, with a chance of an all out blog-versus-blog smackdown, cage match style.

11/02/2006 9:49 AM

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