Tunes that Spawned a Thousand Imitators

CORP$EY

no mickey mouse ting
Spotify has thrown on this 'Talk To Me You'll Understand' tune by 'Ross from Friends' (sigh) and in confluence with this thread I'm wondering -

Was 'Archangel' by Burial the tune that launched a thousand pitched down RNB vocals?

Obviously Burial's first album was an influence on ppl like James Blake but 'Archangel' was when he blew up in a big way.

p.s. the Ross from Friends tune isn't that bad actually (and it's got 3 million bloody views on youtube, i assumed it was FACT fodder and nothing more!)

 

CORP$EY

no mickey mouse ting
The band's music incorporates extreme dynamic shifts; Francis explained in 1991, "Those are the two basic components of rock music ... the dreamy side and the rockin' side. It's always been either sweaty or laid back and cool. We do try to be dynamic, but it's dumbo dynamics, because we don't know how to do anything else. We can play loud or quiet—that's it".[108]
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
idk if you can point to a single track but Pretty Tony from Freestyle is probably most responsible for creating the Miami bass sound? along with Maggotron, Amos Larkins, etc
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
T La Rock - It's Yours is a big one too as far as influencing Miami bass (+ probably other bass-centric Southern rap scenes, I'd guess)
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
this is the purest distillation of Discharge's important era (ca. 79-82). you wanna talk about something that has spawned literally thousands upon thousands of imitators.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
there are so many Discharge imitations that some of the imitations have hundreds if not thousands of imitations. Anti Cimex, some of the Japanese bands, etc
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
this isn't even my favorite of his Double Exposure remixes (that'd be "My Love Is Free") but it is the one on which he essentially invented the template for modern dance music. definitely building on Tom Moulton, but Gibbons went way further - not just extending the track but recreating in one song what DJs had previously done by juggling records, extending breaks, etc. Obviously Moulton is still important, and Moroder is huge as well, but Gibbons is important because he basically decided what the building blocks would be. this article explains it way better than I can.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
Cold Sweat by James Brown has to go in this thread too ya? Or Papa's Got a Brand New Bag I guess, depending on how you wanna define the beginning of funk.
 

Leo

Well-known member
a million indie bands have ripped off the Pixies quiet/loud/quiet thing

could be argued that slint were there too around the same time, although the pixies album came out a little before. unlike pixies, who were more slick pop/rock "indie mainstream", slint also influenced most of the constellation bands (godspeed, etc.).
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
slint also influenced most of the constellation bands (godspeed, etc.)

if you're just talking the GY!BE etc of post-rock (as opposed to the jazzier math rockier side) then ya def Slint is the prototype

Pixies tho, better known much wider influence, plus they influenced many influential bands (Nirvana, Pavement, etc)

Good Morning Captain is a definitely a fucking jam tho

#2 all-time greatest American weirdo deconstructed guitar epic after Marquee Moon
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
actually drum question for Barty if u read this

what makes the drums interesting here? weird arty time signature I know. syncopation with the bassline? kinda post-postpunk vibe, like a half-speed Gang of Four or Killing Joke

I know what's going on in the more rock-out sections, I'm wondering about the quieter parts. I find them rhythmically compelling but I couldn't explain why.
 
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