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Records that begat other records...this includes blatant tune theft ("Taxman"/"Start", say), dis tunes that elicited dis responses ("No Scrubs"/"No Pigeons") and records that inspired other artists to scale new heights on account of their inherent greatness...

― Charlie (Charlie), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 05:15 (twenty-three years ago)

...I'm thinking of the whole Revolver/Pet Sounds/Sgt Pepper thingy here.

Ideas?

Maybe steer clear of rilly obv steals, cos, well, they're rilly obv...unless they're "tributes" of course (cf. Tocotronic's "Let There Be Rock"/Europe's "The Final Countdown"!)

― Charlie (Charlie), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 05:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Without the third VU album, there would have been no Galaxie 500. Slowcore would, as a result, be a lot gothier.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 05:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Nice. And on a slightly more tangential note, without Adorable's Against Perfection there would be no Radiohead's The Bands...FITE!

― Charlie (Charlie), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 05:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Someone once offered me the theory that without the Clash's 'Lost in the Supermarket' there would be no Pulp.

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 06:01 (twenty-three years ago)

And possibly no Lollies either...Masonic Boom to thredd!

― Charlie (Charlie), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 06:32 (twenty-three years ago)

without 'zen arcade' by husker du, there'd be no 'dookie' by green day. gd picks up the 'fucked-up teenager as concept album' slack left by the huskers ten years earlier. and they're not a million miles away from the same musical terrain the huskers inhabited either (though perhaps not 'zen arcade' so much - i'm thinking more latter-day huskers).

― angelo (angelo), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 06:41 (twenty-three years ago)

no zen arcade= no emo= no 'trolls'

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 08:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Without Phil Collins there'd be no REM; if you want the proof: Finest Worksong = '80s Genesis, Everbody Hurts = '90s Phil Collins.

― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 09:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Slowcore would, as a result, be a lot gothier.

This is bad how? ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 14:42 (twenty-three years ago)

without ozzie nelson, swing band leader and tv star, we would've never had ricky nelson, 50's teen idol, and we would've never had nelson, singing "after the rain" over and over again in tight leather pants...

three generations of #1 hits.

ugh,
m.

― msp, Wednesday, 23 October 2002 15:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Without "There's a riot going on" there'd be no Happy Mondays.

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 15:50 (twenty-three years ago)

without Mark S there'd be no influence. no, hang on...

― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Muddy Waters -> Captain Beefheart -> Tom Waits?

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 October 2002 17:20 (twenty-three years ago)

prob howling wolf instead of muddy i think.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 17:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Without Jad Fair, there would be no Old Time Relijun.

― , Wednesday, 23 October 2002 21:44 (twenty-three years ago)

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