Rolling Stones
Finally, to wrap this up, one of the pioneers of modern music. Much like Kraftwerk, This band for me represents another point in time: it was relocating to Melbourne and spending an incalculable amount of time on the train - where I listened to the Stones a lot (and boy was I spoiled for choice!). Listening to them, it seems to encapsulate everything I had picked up before coming to them. The energy and mischievousness of punk, the boldness of experimentalism, the application of atmospherics, snappy lyrics, the usage of exotic instruments and world music and the power of a growling guitar riff. It seems everything I have learnt has brought me here and yeah, I’m happy for it.
Key Album: Exile on Main Street (1972) It starts through the best opening trio of songs I have ever heard and carries on through excellent song after excellent song. Listening to it, I can’t help but think that Bob Seger was right: “Today’s music ain’t got the same soul / I like that Old Time Rock N Roll”
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