In the summer of 2007 my drum teacher said that one of his bands was going to play at the Pitchfork Music Festival. He also informed me that he would get me three all day passes, all access-Very cool. I then decided to check out the bands, headlining were: Slint, GZA, and Sonic Youth. I had already heard the first two and decided to check out Sonic Youth. That night they were going to be performing the album, "Daydream Nation", so I decided to check that out. The first time I heard the album it blew my mind. It was a cacophony of metallic guitar noises beating against each other in an orchestrated way, while still being a rock album.
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"Daydream Nation" opened my eyes and ears to new music. They're music made me realize the limitlessness of music, and this is when I started my quest for music. I started going to libraries and checking out the maximum number of CDs I could, and if there was no limit, getting as many as I could hold in my arms. This album led me to Avant-Garde, which led me to 20th century classical, then to all other classical, to Jazz, and then making the leap into early rock and roll.
This album has an extreme amount of importance in my life. With out it I would not have heard most of the music I now listen. The album is often regarded as their best album, which to me means that many others have had this experience I had. This Album, "Daydream Nation", with its hardly distinguishable blend of melodic rock and avant-garde electric, has led me from The Beatles to Olivier Messiaen.
Here's the link to the first song off the album (I didn't know how to post a video, copy and paste):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRIsc34kAHo
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