Payn's Ponderings... Top 10 Essential Albums

[R_J_K75]

I do think they were pioneers in this respect. I mean, if you sit somebody down and ask them, "what genre Soundgarden is?", most people will say grundge. I dont really agree with it because their sound (on every album) is so multifaceted. It's pretty unique and a bit difficult to pin down at the same time.

Agreed, they definitely progressed from release to release and as you said even from track to track, especially from Badmotorfinger to King Animal. Chris Cornell said in an interview that he considered them hard rock/heavy metal akin to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. They got lumped in with grunge, but they had left the underground Seattle scene before it broke big, so I don't really consider them grunge either.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If you cant hear the missing links, you cant hear them.

Dude, I love hair metal. There’s hair metal in my collection that most people haven’t heard. I’ve played hair metal.

Time sigs, tunings, mode selections, tempos… the similarities are almost nil.

It’s an extraordinary claim- please point out the connections.

 

[payn]

Dude, I love hair metal. There’s hair metal in my collection that most people haven’t heard. I’ve played hair metal.

Time sigs, tunings, mode selections, tempos… the similarities are almost nil.

It’s an extraordinary claim- please point out the connections.

Vocals, drums, etc.. The timings dont line up and I dont think SG was ever solidly "hair metal", but I can hear them moving around looking for a new sound (on every album).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Are you suggesting that Pearl Jam has hair metal roots?

No. I’m saying Mother Love Bone’s vocalist- Andrew Woods- sounded a lot like guys in the hair metal scene, like Taime Down (Faster Pussycat). That’s the only overlap I perceived.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Vocals, drums, etc.. The timings dont line up and I dont think SG was ever solidly "hair metal", but I can hear them moving around looking for a new sound (on every album).

I guess I’m with R_J, then- we’ll agree to disagree.

 

[R_J_K75]

It'd be impossible for me to narrow down 10 albums as my favorite, there's just too many. If I had to narrow it down to 3, they'd be (in no particular order) the Beatles: Revolver, Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon, and Led Zeppelin III. Anything after those I couldnt decide on 7 more as I'd always feel like somethings missing.

Though one very underrated Pink Floyd record is Obscured By Clouds.

 

[StreamMonk]

1. New Model Army - No Rest for the Wicked
2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
3. Agent Orange - Living in Darkness
4. Wagner - Götterdämmerung (Berliner Philharmoniker)
5. Lara St. John - Bach Works for Violin Solo
6. Shriekback - Oil & Gold
7. David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - The First Day/Damaged
8. Killing Joke - The Fire Dances
9. The Hu Band - The Gereg
10. The Police - Ghost in the Machine

 

[payn]

I guess I’m with R_J, then- we’ll agree to disagree.

What do we have to do to coax a list from you? Its hard but not impossible Mr. second hand CD shop.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

What do we have to do to coax a list from you? Its hard but not impossible Mr. second hand CD shop.

Honestly, I can’t even begin to compose a list of 10 albums out of the 5k+ I have and the unknown thousands on my shopping list.

When I first got into CDs, their expense led me to limit my CD purchases to 7 bands: Led Zeppelin, Yes, King Crimson, Santana, Duran Duran, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. That lasted 3 months,

At this point, a 10 CD list would have me skipping entire genres.

 

[Cadence]

@payn RE: Soundgarden grunge and whatnot

New Grunge Supergroup Featuring Members of Soundgarden and Nirvana Drops Debut LP

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron, alongside Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, have joined forces to form 3rd Secret.

www.rollingstone.com