The Stone Roses
2005 was a year of changes: My phase as an anime geek was coming to it’s conclusion, I made a long-lasting friendship with fellow writer/Games Workshop nut called Andy, and I went back to University to study a post-graduate course. During this phase, it was perhaps fitting that I listened to the same kind of Britpop I was into when I originally started University. But in this case it was reaching into it’s roots (in a sign perhaps of everything coming full circle?). And for me, the Stone Roses represent those changes and taking a step into the real world. Indeed, it was that time when I had made some serious considerations towards my future and worked to get there.
Key Album: Stone Roses (1989) That’s the joy with bands that release one good album: That’s pretty much all you need. The best thing about this album, I’ve found, is in its instrumental prowess. Indeed, this represents everything I have liked, and picked up, about musicianship. It has a bass that’s constantly pushed to the front, it has a talented guitarist in the form of John Squire and it has an equally talented, not to mention spontaneous, drummer with Reni. Indeed, this philosophy is best represented in that stunning epic closer I Am the Resurrection (listen to it and you’ll understand). Again, I consider this album essential listening for spending a nice summer day outside, whether it be in the car or going to the beach.
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