Tunes That Were Ahead of Their Time.....

[Graves]

Space oddity

Bowie immediately sprung to mind for me too.

Station to station has a very futuristic vibe to it.

 

[ForeverTangerine]

New Order ‘Blue Monday’ was well ahead of its time when first released

 

[rememberlesshannon]

Gimme Shelter, released over half a century ago and kids today know it as a tune from Call of Duty. How much more ahead of it's time can you be, could have been written yesterday.

 

[RUSTY_2_STANDS]

Anarchy In The UK by The Pistols certainly got my attention as a 15 year old bored with the likes of Boney M and The Bee Gees dominating the charts at that time
It was all a bit bland and then boom! along came the Pistols
Never been anyone like them before or since in my opinion
A bit later I can remember hearing Relax by FGTH for the first time in Rumours. That song stopped me in my tracks as well

 

[dave1772]

New Order ‘Blue Monday’ was well ahead of its time when first released

40 years old and still sounds like it was written yesterday

 

[ForeverTangerine]

40 years old and still sounds like it was written yesterday

I’d forgotten that it’s 40 years this year. Wow now I feel old !
I remember it being released when I was in school and thinking then that this was the future of music

 

[Old_Laytonian]

Think you mean Pigmeat Markham

I used to drink with Billy Markham in the Mariners and the No .4. Are they related?

 

[TangerineBayern]

Bohemian Rhapsody was years ahead of it’s time when release.

 

[dodgy_surname]

Empire State Human or Being Boiled

Travelogue ? Saw them at the Palais
Cracking night
A crow and a baby

 

[TangerTonyGreen]

From the lyrical Godfather.

 

[Simonized]

New Order ‘Blue Monday’ was well ahead of its time when first released

It was the biggest selling 12 inch and still could be for all I know.
Wore mine out and The Beach on the B side got some hammer as well.

 

[SEASIDE2020]

Cos I'm re-learning how to play bass, I was listening to the chain by Fleetwood Mac. It goes from a folksy ballad with country overtones to full on metalesque to romping pop song in the space of five minutes. I'll second the vote for I feel love as well,

Fleetwood Mac have so many belters that I'd be struggling to pick the best but I think the way The Chain changes probably gives it the nod.

Has there ever been a better instrumental than Albatross ?

Maybe that's for another thread, another time.

 

[SEASIDE2020]

It was the biggest selling 12 inch and still could be for all I know.
Wore mine out and The Beach on the B side got some hammer as well.

I'm not a big music man and always get Blue Monday and True Faith mixed up.

Both belters to be fair.

 

[Levi501]

I used to drink with Billy Markham in the Mariners and the No .4. Are they related?

Can’t see it somehow as one’s a white roofer and the other a black singer, dancer, and comedian.

 

[thedevilsadvocate]

Literally, anything that Joy Division did. If they released all their stuff today, it would still be ahead of it’s time, 43 years later !

 

[Fangtastic]

A lot of people think this was the first of techno/acid/rave (or whatever you want to call it).

 

[stan007]

 

[andoverhantsseasider]

Has anybody mentioned Bat Out Of Hell?

 

[TSSeasider]

Eighth Day Hazel O'Connor

40+ years ago warning about everything which is coming to pass.

With the warnings about AI replacing white collar work this week, we could do well to take note.

 

[Simonized]

Anarchy In The UK by The Pistols certainly got my attention as a 15 year old bored with the likes of Boney M and The Bee Gees dominating the charts at that time
It was all a bit bland and then boom! along came the Pistols
Never been anyone like them before or since in my opinion
A bit later I can remember hearing Relax by FGTH for the first time in Rumours. That song stopped me in my tracks as well

17 at that time and Spiral Scratch and New Rose did it for me and also been a Fall fan since Industrial Estate.
I was and still am a huge Slade fan but they took the back seat for a while Punk and New Wave came on the scene.

 

[Simonized]

Eighth Day Hazel O'Connor

40+ years ago warning about everything which is coming to pass.

With the warnings about AI replacing white collar work this week, we could do well to take note.

Oh wow, that is a Gem of a tune and video, and always had a soft spot(a hard one actually) for Hazel

 

[Simonized]

Cos I'm re-learning how to play bass, I was listening to the chain by Fleetwood Mac. It goes from a folksy ballad with country overtones to full on metalesque to romping pop song in the space of five minutes. I'll second the vote for I feel love as well,

Try this little ditty

 

[Mr Tangerine Man]

 

[Costero Poderoso]

Try this little ditty

 

[seasiderjohn]

I see your year 2525 and I’ll raise you… Year 3000 Busted. *Disclaimer: Only familiar with Busted’s work because my eldest was into them.

ah but 2525 goes upto 9595 lol

 

[RUSTY_2_STANDS]

17 at that time and Spiral Scratch and New Rose did it for me and also been a Fall fan since Industrial Estate.
I was and still am a huge Slade fan but they took the back seat for a while Punk and New Wave came on the scene.

Yes Spiral Scratch and New Rose were fantastic and right up there with all the other great stuff which came out at that time.
Boredom, Boredom, budum budum!

 

[Simonized]

Yes Spiral Scratch and New Rose were fantastic and right up there with all the other great stuff which came out at that time.
Boredom, Boredom, budum budum!

Watching this video on the OGWT was probably the biggest turning point in my music life experiences.
When I go through the curtains to be burned this will be the tune playing.....

 

[RUSTY_2_STANDS]

Watching this video on the OGWT was probably the biggest turning point in my music life experiences.
When I go through the curtains to be burned this will be the tune playing.....

Brilliant! I saw Magazine at Lancaster Uni. My favourite -

 

[Simonized]

Brilliant! I saw Magazine at Lancaster Uni. My favourite -

Everything that falls into mine these days falls right out

 

[OneStepBeyond]

THIS is the very definition of ahead of it's time.

A track made using equipment that would later become synonymous with acid house music made by a chap in India who was just "messing around".

 

[TommyHutch]

American Idiot - Green Day

 

[Levi501]

THIS is the very definition of ahead of it's time.

A track made using equipment that would later become synonymous with acid house music made by a chap in India who was just "messing around".

Yeh good stuff, bit later, but really got into early 90’s indian/Asian music, Talvin Singh, electronic trip hop, and ‘Asian Dub Foundation’, electronic, drum and bass, dance and rap, all with a political stance.

 

[TheTangerinewizard]

Town Called Malice. A little bias as I love the Jam but Malice has hardly aged and it was a belting song for the times.

 

[Mr Tinto]

The Doors - People are strange

 

[Matesrates]

Summer Breeze, great song

Bohemian Rhapsody

Whiter Shade of Pale

Sultans of Swing

House of the Rising Sun

 

[Wizzerboy]

Anyone for Gary Numan and Tubway Army as was with Are Friends Electric.?

Although I do prefer this updated version.

Great version, didn't think Newman did his old stuff anymore though

 

[basilexile]

There She Goes - The La's.

 

[Charliecleanstonysheens]

For me I wasn't born when they released their music but steely Dan are absolutely amazing in the way they wrote their music and its still relevant today. Songs like pretzel logic, black friday, peg, I listen to all the time.

Brilliant band, and still so relevant. I still remember the first time a heard aja, absolutely amazing !!!!!!!

 

[Old_Laytonian]

Not ahead of its time but just brilliant. I've still got Real Life of vinyl I just checked under the stairs, phew

Watching this video on the OGWT was probably the biggest turning point in my music life experiences.
When I go through the curtains to be burned this will be the tune playing.....

 

[Simonized]

Not ahead of its time but just brilliant. I've still got Real Life of vinyl I just checked under the stairs, phew

It's a stunning piece of work Real Life and if any band deserved more recognition in history Magazine should be right up there.
Did you get to see them in 2009??

 

[Old_Laytonian]

It's a stunning piece of work Real Life and if any band deserved more recognition in history Magazine should be right up there.
Did you get to see them in 2009??

No , 1979 King Georges Hall Blackburn and Simple Minds were support. Whatever happened to them?

 

[Lala]

No , 1979 King Georges Hall Blackburn and Simple Minds were support. Whatever happened to them?

Heard their comeback single last year when Zoe Ball interviewed Jim Kerr on Radio 2, think they were doing a festival too. Simple Minds that is.

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

Great version, didn't think Newman did his old stuff anymore though

I saw him about 18 Months ago at a festival… Wuite possibly one of the most surreal experiences of my life… some bald headed 70 odd year old grandad suddenly broke out into a full robotic dance routine right in front of me …

 

[Simonized]

No , 1979 King Georges Hall Blackburn and Simple Minds were support. Whatever happened to them?

This has had 71,000 views and at least 70,000 are mine.

 

[Mr Tangerine Man]

 

[TangerTonyGreen]

pretty much all of the above

 

[SEASIDE2020]

Summer Breeze, great song

Bohemian Rhapsody

Whiter Shade of Pale

Sultans of Swing

House of the Rising Sun

Absolute belters there Mates.

None better than Whiter Shade of Pale, there is a brilliant version on You Tube where they do it in Denmark with one of those posh band things.

They don't make 'em like they used to.

 

[Matesrates]

Absolute belters there Mates.

None better than Whiter Shade of Pale, there is a brilliant version on You Tube where they do it in Denmark with one of those posh band things.

They don't make 'em like they used to.

Procol Harum we’re allegedly high on lsd when they wrote the song and have no clue what it’s about, part of the magic, great song.

 

[GrahamwantshisOates]

That’s alright- First Elvis breakthrough hit and caused an impact on the teenage music revolution.
Runaway- Del Shannon
You really got me- Kinks. Surely the first record you could air guitar to.

 

[dave1772]

THIS is the very definition of ahead of it's time.

A track made using equipment that would later become synonymous with acid house music made by a chap in India who was just "messing around".

this is great !!. Have never heard of this before.