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Why do you like the music you do? Is it as simple as “It’s what I heard on the radio”? Or something deeper? People with elder siblings may be exposed to music earlier than first children. Jeff had an older brother, so was exposed earlier to cool music - Beatles, Janis, Hendrix, and so on. Mick was the eldest in his family and had to find his own taste. (No surprise considering what he listens to!) Were you bullied as a child? Influence! Did you share music with your friends? Influence! Did you have access to a good radio station? Or print media? Influence!!
We talk about our early influences – musical & otherwise – and look at how they played a role in what we listen to today.
In Rock News, Ringo has released a country album, and Toto is touring. Oh well, shouldn’t take them long to play their 3 hits.
You know Jeff's obsessed with AI, so he asked three AI brands to nominate the greatest albums of 1971. Not much variation, really. One day, we may ask them to understand quality, rather than sales figures, and see what they give us.
Our Album You Must Listen to Before you Die is “Blue” by Joni Mitchell - a top grade album that deserves to be here. Mick references Atlantic Records’ sampler called “Very Together” which featured “Carey” from this album, and points out a link between Joni Mitchell and Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth.
How did YOUR tastes develop? Drop us a line & let us know.
Enjoy!
References: RAM Magazine, Rock Australia Magazine, Countdown, Molly Meldrum, 2DoubleJay, The Magus/Holger Brockman, Chris Winter, Mac Cocker, “Never Mind the Bollocks”, The Sex Pistols, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie, “Five Years”, “Room to Move”, Chris Winter, “Starman”, “Rock'n'roll Suicide”, , Weather Report, Joe Zawinul, Brian Eno, “Another Green World”, “Zawinul Lava”, Lou Reed, Steve Hunter, “Sweet Jane”, “Heroin”, “Rock’n’Roll”, Alice Cooper, Velvet Underground, Peter Gabriel, “Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, “Song for Europe”, “Street Life”, “Psalm”, Sisters of Mercy, XTC, Nico, REM, Television, Patti Smith, “The Beatles, "Within You Without You”, “Tomorrow Never Knows”, Like a Rolling Stone”, Simon and Garfunkel, , Janis Joplin, , Carole King, , Box Scaggs, “Journey to the Centre of the Earth”, Rick Wakeman, “ The Guitar Spa, John Foy, bootleg records, “His Master’s Voice”, “Sheetkeeckers”, Australian electronica/dance music store, Hipgnosis, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Regurgitator, “I like your old stuff better than your new stuff", DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Blue, Joni Mitchell, Henry Lewy, “Very Together”, “This Flight Tonight”, Nazareth
